Entertainment « Week In China - Part 3

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Audiences feel scammed by a new film ‘based’ on a much-loved TV show
Aug 17, 2018 (WiC 420)

Back in 2009, a TV show called iPartment, or Love Apartment, as its name translates more directly from Chinese – was a big hit. The series followed a group of young people living in adjacent apartments in Shanghai and hanging ...

A bad week for Alibaba as two of its entertainment projects are axed
Jul 27, 2018 (WiC 419)

Originally billed as “a triumph that the entire world will adore for years to come”, Asura was supposed to be the smash hit of the summer. But it is more likely to go down in history as one of the biggest flops in Chinese cinema, ...

Has Netflix backed a loser in Meteor Garden remake?
Jul 20, 2018 (WiC 418)

Wang Ju earned national attention as one of the most popular singers on Tencent’s reality show Produce 101. With her heavier frame and darker skin, she challenged public perceptions of female beauty (see WiC413). But was that a one-off ...

One of China’s most troubled movie projects is finally set to hit the big screen
Jul 20, 2018 (WiC 418)

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of China’s victory in the Second World War, two films were planned to re-enact the horrors of the Japanese bombing of Chongqing. The first was Finding Kukan, a documentary about the making of the ...

Dark comedy about China’s healthcare industry proves to be summer hit
Jul 13, 2018 (WiC 417)

In Dallas Buyers Club, a 2013 film that is based on a true story, Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a Texan electrician and rodeo rider, who finds out he only has 30 days to live. The year is 1985 and Woodroof is diagnosed with ...

How an online talent show boosted Unilever’s toothpaste sales by 268%
Jul 6, 2018 (WiC 416)

The massively popular reality competition Produce 101 has finished, but the controversy has just begun. The show, which has accumulated about 5 billion views online since launching in April, follows a group of 101 contestants as they ...

The hardest working woman in television returns with a new hit drama
Jun 29, 2018 (WiC 415)

Children in China were a little late to discover the delights of the Harry Potter franchise but that didn’t dampen their enthusiasm for the youthful wizard. Or for the knock-off material inspired by the characters dreamed up by JK Rowling, ...

A Chinese college drama – set in the US – becomes the latest hit TV show
Jun 22, 2018 (WiC 414)

While many of the stereotypes surrounding Chinese studying overseas have focused on them being quiet, nerdy and good at maths, there is a new characteristic on the list: a propensity to cheat. Back in April, a Chinese woman pleaded guilty to ...

Alibaba’s Youku pulls the plug on a TV show that blew through its budget
Jun 15, 2018 (WiC 413)

Before it reached cinema screens in 1997 Titanic generated most of its headlines because its director James Cameron had blown through an already enormous budget by $100 million. In Cameron’s case there was a happy ending: the film ...

Acting superstar Fan Bingbing has her taxes probed
Jun 8, 2018 (WiC 412)

When director Feng Xiaogang released Cell Phone 15 years ago, the low-budget film about infidelity went on to become the biggest surprise of the year, taking over Rmb56 million (a hefty sum at the time) at the domestic box office. The dark ...

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