Spider-Man is not allowed to fly in the skies of China. Clarin Image File
China and Hollywood had a symbiotic relationship back then. Hollywood premiered a massive blockbuster at the Asian powerhouse, making huge profits, making the public happy, and Chinese theater owners-like majors– They are very good, the collections increase with each film.
Well, the “marriage” is broken …
CEO of Sony, Tom Rothman refused to make such a drastic change to the film, as the whole ending of the story had to be removed. and perhaps the best moment.
Marisa Tomei, Zendaya and Tom Holland at the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” World Premiere. Photo by AP
It’s China’s censorship -it’s the body that censors are responsible for raising or lowering the thumb for every potential Western premiere on its territory- just petitioned Sony Pictures to “erase” the iconic Statue of Liberty how it looks Spider-Man: No Way Home (Spider-Man: No Way Home).
Faced with the rejection of the powerful Hollywood studio, censors are not content to ask if they can minimize the time of the statue sequence.
Requests from Chinese censorship didn’t stop there: they also questioned the studio cut out shots where the film’s protagonist, Tom Holland, appears on top of the crown.
Furthermore, the request included dimming the light around the iconic monument. Again, Sony refused to make all of these reductions.
symbolic power
The Statue of Liberty – a gift from the French government in 1886 – is a patriotic landmark that extends beyond New York and spans the United States as a nation. A symbol of freedom, justice and, above all, democracy. All notions that oppose authoritarian and repressive governments, so China opposes their inclusion in the film.
You have to remember that Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) at Spider-Man: Away from Home (2019) premiered in China: the first winner $ 116 million in that country, while the second was obtained $ 198 million.
So, Disney and Sony gave about 200 or 250 million along with the third, but considering they got 1,892 million dollars in the rest of the worldthey may not care too much.
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