6 Strange Ways Chinese Audiences Are Ruining American Movies

There was a time when Hollywood movies didn't make it out of the country, but when filmmakers found they could sell their films to an overseas audience and make boatloads of cash they started catering to these new clients.

They began shooting more on location footage in Europe and Asia, casting European and Asian actors more often and generally pandering to that new frontier of profit.

Now, thanks to their efforts, China is about to surpass the U.S. as the largest film market in the world, which may not seem like a bad thing until you consider how it will change the face of the industry.

Product placement will become even more disruptive to the movie, comedy movies will become even lamer, scripts will be written for easy translation and censorship will take a strange turn as Hollywood chases those Yuan.

Read 6 Bizarre Ways Chinese Audiences Alter Movies You Watch here (contains NSFW language)


Which explains the sudden loss of "Frat Pack" comedies that I enjoyed in the early aughts. Comedies are hard to translate, even if the language is understandable. I have a hard time with some subtle british comedies, unlike the more general appeal of monty python.
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