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Post by jdv on Dec 1, 2021 15:49:00 GMT -5
Because of course they did!
"Entertainment giant Disney has removed an episode of the long-running animated series The Simpsons from its streaming platform in Hong Kong due to the episode mocking Chinese censorship, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
The episode features the titular family visiting Tiananmen Square, and pokes fun at the Chinese government’s censorship with a plaque at the scene that simply reads “On this site in 1989, nothing happened.”
The incident reflects China’s growing stranglehold on the American entertainment industry, and particularly Disney. The company has come under fire in recent years for numerous acts of pandering to the Chinese government, even going so far as to defend its human rights violations. Last year’s live-action remake of Mulan was filmed in parts of the Xinjiang region, which is notorious for being the location of numerous concentration camps for Uyghur Muslims." -----------------------
Almost like firing an actress for stating that the first thing Nazi Germany did was censor its opposition.
Almost.
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