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One of the most unique things about America is Hollywood. The movies made by American companies serve as the benchmark for entertainment all around the world, including China. But China is quickly becoming the largest entertainment market in the world, and doing business with them comes at a price. This week, we discuss the intersection of the free market and Chinese censorship in Hollywood, and what that means for our culture.
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Of course, in just over 18 minutes, they weren’t able to get to the question uppermost in my mind:
With Rubio and Cruz pushing legislation to make Hollywood reveal Chinese censorship of its movies, who is pushing the other way?
Is there an unholy alliance between China, Hollywood, and the Democrats in this matter, as there probably is in the “Russia collusion“ narrative?
In the 1930s, Hollywood was similarly intimidated by Nazi Germany. However, unlike today, this did not lead the Hollywood moguls to do propaganda for Nazi Germany, just pretend it didn’t exist.