{"id":1248380,"date":"2022-01-27T17:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1248380"},"modified":"2022-01-27T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:23:14","slug":"china-hopes-sequel-to-anti-u-s-korean-war-propaganda-blockbuster-will-smash-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hopes-sequel-to-anti-u-s-korean-war-propaganda-blockbuster-will-smash-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"China Hopes Sequel to Anti-U.S. Korean War Propaganda Blockbuster Will &#039;Smash Theaters&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-hopes-sequel-to-anti-u-s-korean-war-propaganda-blockbuster-will-smash-theaters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1248380&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Chinese state media on Thursday giddily hailed the arrival of <\/span><i><span>Watergate Bridge, <\/span><\/i><span>the hastily-filmed sequel to China\u2019s Korean War propaganda film <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/27\/review-chinas-anti-american-battle-at-lake-changjin-is-the-worst-movie-of-2021\/\"><i><span>The Battle at Lake Changjin<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>In a \u201cnews\u201d article that would make the vaudevillian hucksters of Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age blush, the Communist Party\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1250077.shtml\">predicted<\/a> the new film would \u201csmash theaters\u201d and \u201ccrown the box office\u201d during the Lunar New Year holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><i><span>Watergate Bridge <\/span><\/i><span>actually has some competition for fans of big-budget Communist history revisionism, because another film covering the same period called <\/span><i><span>Snipers <\/span><\/i><span>is opening as well. The latter project was helmed by famed director <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/arts\/2022-01\/26\/content_78012250.htm\"><span>Zhang Yimou<\/span><\/a><span>, who is also in charge of the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Snipers, <\/span><\/i><span>as the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>described it, \u201cpicks up a true story of a Chinese sniper defeating American enemies in the War.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19652970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/Snipers-promo-poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19652970 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Snipers-promo-poster-700x1024-1.png\" alt=\"Snipers promotional poster\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Snipers promotional poster (Enlight Media)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span>Watergate Bridge <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/20220123\/fa58d4f5c3fe4cf0892fa0829217df9a\/c.html\"><span>follows<\/span><\/a><span> the same \u201cChinese People\u2019s Volunteers\u201d unit from <\/span><i><span>The Battle at Lake Changjin <\/span><\/i><span>as it fights for control of \u201ca crucial bridge on the retreat route of American troops.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>fought a brief and comical struggle with itself to explain why it is a complete coincidence that nationalist propaganda films about the Korean War (which the Communist Party calls \u201cThe War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea,\u201d even though China\u2019s involvement condemned half of Korea to live under a psychotic dictatorship and the other half to live in fear) are flooding theaters during the busy spring holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The article then trotted out some Communist Party \u201cfilm critics\u201d to gush that both films are guaranteed to be artistic and financial triumphs, although <\/span><i><span>The Battle at Lake Changjin\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span>massive box office lead-in suggests <\/span><i><span>Watergate Bridge <\/span><\/i><span>will make more money. <\/span><i><span>Watergate Bridge <\/span><\/i><span>has supposedly racked up $15.82 million in presales already.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the other hand, one critic wondered if holiday audiences were eager to sit through a 149-minute war movie during the Lunar New Year holiday, while Zhang Yimou\u2019s competing film might benefit from the Olympic buzz around the director, and some of the other competing films scheduled for holiday release are breezy comedies and cartoons that might be more appealing to family audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is hard to quantify the box-office benefits of an authoritarian regime strongly hinting to moviegoers that buying tickets to a nationalist extravaganza is their patriotic duty. The Communist Party <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/10\/19\/chinese-film-about-defeating-america-korean-war-tops-global-box-office\/\"><span>inflated<\/span><\/a><span> box-office returns for <\/span><i><span>The Battle at Lake Changjin <\/span><\/i><span>by making sure no other movies were playing in some theaters. Audience members were encouraged to chew on frozen potatoes to get the full experience of the scrappy, starving Chinese soldiers who defeated arrogant, overfed American troops.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese state media on Thursday giddily hailed the arrival of Watergate Bridge, the hastily-filmed sequel to China\u2019s Korean War propaganda film The Battle at Lake Changjin. 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