Ok maybe not time travel its self, being how hard it is ban something which isn't even possible yet. China's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television, has put out a statement saying that movies and TV shows with time travel themes and plots "lack positive thoughts and meaning."
Of course no government bans something so seemingly harmless just becuase they think its stupid, clearly there must be some ulterior motive for the ban. China is notorious for controlling there media and htis is just anohter step they are taking. News Corp Australian Papers reported that many people say that the "recent rash of TV time travel dramas focus too much on perceived happier times in the past for its citizens."
The happiness they see in the past may cause them to remember a time when the Chinese government wasn't as repressive and may spark a revolt.
If you don't believe me heres the article: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/14/china-bans-time-travel-tv-shows/?test=faces
I would be incredibly interested to read more about the reasoning behind this decision because it does seem incredibly ludicrous. And also scary. That China would go so far as to limit messages that might encourage citiznes to think about times when they were happier. What will they limit next?
ReplyDeleteI never realized how nitpicky the Chinese are. I thought Amy Chua and "battle hymn of the tiger mama" were a bit insane, now I think it was a very patriotically Chinese work. Squash and fight the idea of revolt. It's very interesting to see how scared the Chinese govt. is, to see how they anticipate crazy things.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming "back to the future" is being burned as we speak in Beijing. That's too bad, it was a cute movie.