Timothée Chalamet carried out a complete conversation with a doctor in the film 100% in Mandarin. Getting a straight answer from the Chinese Communist Party is more difficult than trying to leave one of their “re-education facilities” in Xinjiang province.įurther pandering has taken place in the promotion of Dune. While Duncan-Brewster and Boyega have been supporters of Black Lives Matter over the past year, it’s impossible to know if that’s the cause of the promotional material being altered. It didn’t help much, as opening weekend was only $66.5 million – which, in comparison, seems like a lot, but 2018 was a different time. Sucks to suck.Īlso, in 2018, with the release of Marvel’s Black Panther, alterations to the poster were made to put the Black Panther mask on Chadwick Boseman while he was unmasked for the rest of the world.
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China couldn’t care less about “a movie about space wizards, intended for children,” as it made $120.2 million during its 5-week run in theaters, which had already stagnated at the 3-week mark. Right? Right?Ĭlearly, this is the same strategy that didn’t work back in 2015 for the Chinese promotion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, after they took John Boyega’s likeness on the poster and put it on a postage stamp for China. So perhaps the CCP was really strict about adhering to canon? Or maybe it’s that they are strict about putting minorities IN cannons. Liet Kynes, who was originally a “white man” in the novel. The controversy is in relation to the decrease in prominence of Jon Boyegas. How’s that working out for ya?ĭuncan-Brewster starred in the film as Dr. The Chinese poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has provoked controversy. Jason Momoa is prominent there, and Zendaya’s ambiguous ass seems unaltered it’s simply erased the black lady to appease the CCP. Trinidadian-heritage actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster, who is circled on the American poster, is replaced by the talentless Dave Bautista, who is of Filipino ancestry. took a page out of Disney’s playbook and altered the poster to make it more “China-friendly.”īlack lives don’t quite matter as much as Chinese profits to the WB. Also, the tepid reception in China ( $6.45 million opening day) wasn’t from a lack of trying to pander in fact, Warner Bros. It’s receiving mixed reviews, but it was going to be a tough go for anyone not familiar with the source material (the Frank Herbert classic is charting at #1 in all books on, by the way). Dune is struggling at the box office all around the world.
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