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China Bans Simpsons, Mickey Mouse and other Foreign Cartoons from Primetime
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threedaysgrace <3
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The irony of all this is that China's "struggling" animation house have been animating many U.S. TV cartoons.
DarkTigerLily
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Aren't you confusing them with Korrea?
plecostomusmodel
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Unless you count Mouseworks, House of Mouse, and Mickey's Playhouse.
mommy of 1 expecting 1
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Howdy,
There's a bitter irony in this new law because there was an entire generation of Chinese animators that produced some astonishing stuff -- watching the output of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio (like the Te Wei material I reviewed a while ago) is both revelatory and infuritating. Revelatory because it's truly native Chinese animated product -- it's firmly rooted in numerous Chinese aesthetic traditions, and infuriating because Mr. Te ended up in the countryside (along with A Da, another Shanghai animation luminary) during the Cultural Revolution because "The Cowboy's Flute" didn't properly depict the class struggle that the government at the time demanded in their "art."
Te Wei lost 20 years of his life digging around in dirt when he could have been animating. Take 20 years out of the life of someone like Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, or John Lasseter (and I do think Te Wei is, or was, in the same league as these gentlemen) and tell me what happens to animation as a result. He retired after his last film in the 80's because nobody in China would fund his ink-and-paint animation. And now the Chinese government has the nerve to look surprised that there's no native Chinese animation industry.
There is a lot of animation talent in China, but like many artists there, they've found that there's a lot more money to be made working for other people than doing their own thing. If nothing else, it means they don't run into trouble for saying or doing something that will get them censored or thrown in jail, but since that last power is something the Chinese government will never give up (and probably even refuses to recognize as a contributing factor to the issue), I'm not hopeful that the problems of the domestic animation industry are going to go away any time soon.
-- Ed
There's a bitter irony in this new law because there was an entire generation of Chinese animators that produced some astonishing stuff -- watching the output of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio (like the Te Wei material I reviewed a while ago) is both revelatory and infuritating. Revelatory because it's truly native Chinese animated product -- it's firmly rooted in numerous Chinese aesthetic traditions, and infuriating because Mr. Te ended up in the countryside (along with A Da, another Shanghai animation luminary) during the Cultural Revolution because "The Cowboy's Flute" didn't properly depict the class struggle that the government at the time demanded in their "art."
Te Wei lost 20 years of his life digging around in dirt when he could have been animating. Take 20 years out of the life of someone like Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, or John Lasseter (and I do think Te Wei is, or was, in the same league as these gentlemen) and tell me what happens to animation as a result. He retired after his last film in the 80's because nobody in China would fund his ink-and-paint animation. And now the Chinese government has the nerve to look surprised that there's no native Chinese animation industry.
There is a lot of animation talent in China, but like many artists there, they've found that there's a lot more money to be made working for other people than doing their own thing. If nothing else, it means they don't run into trouble for saying or doing something that will get them censored or thrown in jail, but since that last power is something the Chinese government will never give up (and probably even refuses to recognize as a contributing factor to the issue), I'm not hopeful that the problems of the domestic animation industry are going to go away any time soon.
-- Ed
Family Guy's "PTV," which completely bashes the FCC,* and American Dad's "Stan of Arabia," which is basically two episodes that insult Saudi Arabia,** are both proof that Seth is sleeping with someone higher up. I mean, the guy could probably make a scene in which Peter says, "Okay, Lois, here's a list of all the curse words you can't say on TV," and proceeds to read down the list of f-bombs and s-words, and Fox would show it.
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Cuz you can't say penis.
What is a c**toris?
faith flowers
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> So if I agree with the CRTC I can't really disagree with China's decision if it is indeed to protect their domestic production. <
There's an importaint difference, though. Canada is only clearing a portion of their airways for domestic productions, not banning imports entirely.
When you do the latter you're restricting your citizens' freedom of choice, and, by eliminating the competition, giving your own animators very little incentive to produce a quality product. (As Ace pointed out, there's some Chinese animators who will do good work anyway, but China is probably also going to get a lot of shabby junk.)
There's an importaint difference, though. Canada is only clearing a portion of their airways for domestic productions, not banning imports entirely.
When you do the latter you're restricting your citizens' freedom of choice, and, by eliminating the competition, giving your own animators very little incentive to produce a quality product. (As Ace pointed out, there's some Chinese animators who will do good work anyway, but China is probably also going to get a lot of shabby junk.)
maddie fitz x3
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They're not banning import... they just don't want station to air foreign shows between 5 and 8 PM, it's the same 'cept Canada doesn't have set time frame, it's all in %