Was this a genuine pro-Chinese film, or a "yellow-peril" film, or an
anti-commie film? Those Red Army Slogans seemed to work well on an internal
Chinese audience for a few decades. Even the Boxers of the 1905 Boxer
rebellion, called themselves the Glorious Harmony Fists. Sounds like a
cultural thang going-on.
In a message dated 9/6/00 9:53:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
philosborn@hotmail.com writes:
<< My submission for most blatantly propagandistic film of the year - at
least
in the U.S. There was a group of Chinese sitting a few rows behind me.
When the film ended, I heard some of the Chinese women going, "AeeYah!," the
universal Chinese expression of total exasperation. This is supposedly a
pro-Chinese film, BTW. I am really curious as to who actually financed it.
It really reminds me of some of those Red Army slogans - "the glorious
vanguard of the victorious proletariat expresses its joy at the defeat of
the vicious capitalist warmongering running dogs." AeeYah.. >>
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