John UM
Recently, Marvel announced that it will shoot the first Chinese superhero movie. The new movie plan focuses on the role of the superhero in the Marvel Superhero Matrix. With the popularity of today’s superhero culture, most Chinese have been waiting for a Chinese superhero, and the emergence of gas seems to fill this gap
So, “上气” will become a good story of cultural exchange like Disney’s launch of “Mulan”?
And to tell the truth, in the comics, it’s really not to be dragged out. The whole Asian film and other small characters like “Golden Romance” were born in 1972. They were the masters of Spider-Man’s martial arts, and later joined. The Avengers’ Alliance, with many characters such as Night Devil and Spiderman, seems to be a very regular and decent hero
But he has a very special identity, because in the setting he is the son of a man. The villain, known as the Manchu in the manga, actually came from a more distant past
Man’s original name is Fu Manchu, and Fu Manchu’s image is believed to have been heard by many people. It is a great example of insulting China. It represents the “Yellow Peril” thinking of the Western world in the past and also represents the Caucasian to yellow species. The irresponsible evil imagination of man. In fact, the character created by the British author Sax Rohmer in 1912, with a naked mark of discrimination, he kept a string of characters, dry skin, wearing strange costumes, and painting a quirky look. His IQ is high, but insidious
Then the yellow disaster thought finally came to an end, and Fu Manchu seems to have been buried in history
But in the 1960s, in order to cooperate with the Cold War, Fu Manchu was once again turned over by Hollywood directors to the movie screen. In just over a decade, he shot dozens of Fu. Manchurian movies, including “Fu Manchu”, “Resurrection of Fu Manchu”, “Eye of Fu Manchu”, using the Douban early film to explain the old wet words, if not forbidden in time, these Westerners should put every body of Fu Manchu The parts are shot again, such as Fu Manchu’s **.
And in these stereotypes, every time a good Caucasian scientist finally defeated Fu Manchu, who was trying to destroy the world, and the depiction of Fu Manchu’s daughter pushed the discrimination to the extreme. In all relevant stories, Fu Manchu’s daughter seems to be portrayed forever as a Chinese woman who has long been in a state of dissatisfaction. With a strong obscenity, it is an image that is almost equal to a prostitute
This image was criticized by the Chinese as early as the last century as “expressing the arrogant and unrealistic sexual fantasies of Caucasian women against yellow women.”
Finally, this image of insulting China was finally banned under the protest of the Chinese community
And after half a century, the image of “Fu Man Chau” will once again be moved to the screen and will naturally cause dissatisfaction
Some netizens said that although they are fans, they do not want to see an image of insulting appearing on the world screen
And when it comes to the role of Shangqi, born in 1972, it is already the time after Fu Manchu was boycotted. So why in 1972, knowing the controversy of Fu Manchu, Marvel still moved out of the role of gas?
This actually stems from a story of vying for the market, quite a bit of a sense of helplessness
Familiar with Mei Man, there are two major comic publishers in the United States, DC Comics and Marvel Comics. In the 70s and 80s of the last century, it was the two companies that faced the time when the sales of old-fashioned comics were not eager to broaden the market. After the end of World War II, people seem to have become tired of the old-fashioned superhero who always beat Hitler. People want to see some more realistic characters, which leads to the story of the solidified superhero comics. For more than a decade, sales have been declining, and both companies are at the forefront of life and death
At almost that time, because of Bruce Lee’s deep roots in the United States, both the Marvel comics and the DC comics were eyeing the kung fu comic market that had never been developed. In the last century, the founders of Englehart and Starlin found Roy Thomas, the editor-in-chief of Marvel. They hope that Marvel can produce a kung fu comic. Although Roy Thomas knows little about Kung Fu comics, he has been keenly aware of the commercial potential of Kung Fu comics, and Roy Thomas has heard about the Kung Fu comics program of the dead rival DC, so he wants to publish ahead of them to seize the market ahead of them
Soon Marvel stared at the “Kung Fu” TV series that was broadcast in the United States at the time, and hoped to be adapted into a kung fu comic, but the copyright of “Kung Fu” TV series was in the hands of rival Warner film, so Marvel had to try Create an original character
At the same time, Roy Thomas got a gossip from his friends. It is said that the editorial department of DC has been competing in the analysis of Marvel’s Kung Fu comics program, and the editor of DC is meant to let them play. Out of the Chinese role DC will be Fu Manchu
Roy Thomas is very clear, if DC is the first to seize the manga image of Fu Manchu, then no matter how attractive the original character of Marvel is, it must be more than this old character with a lot of popularity
So in order to better seize the market, Roy Thomas simply put his original character and Fu Manchu in a pot, and set the new character “upper” to the son of Fu Manchu in advance, trying to overcome his evil father
Then, after the launch of the comics of Shangqi, it really attracted a large number of readers for Marvel, but the controversy followed. As early as the last century, readers sent letters to the Marvel editorial department. “You know that Fu Manchu is a picture full of racism, why do you want to use it.”
And the response of Marvel’s editorial department is, Fu Manchu is a bad guy. It is not because he is a Chinese, so he is a bad guy, but he is a bad guy. He happens to be a Chinese
There is a natural controversy about this statement, but it has certain rationality. In fact, in the process of controversy, some netizens expressed support for this image
And this filming, Marvel seems to have made a lot of effort. According to the US media report, Marvel Films ranked the priority of the Air Film Project as a first-line sequence in the Marvel series of movies, and the person in charge of the Marvel Films also expressed hope in the interview. Being able to reach the level of “Black Panther”, let everyone be familiar with this “new hero that blends Asian and Asian American themes”, and this film will be created by Asian and American Asian filmmakers
Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, the screenplay was written by Duff Karaham, a Chinese-American scriptwriter who once wrote “Zombie Land 2”, “Godzilla” and “The Death Squad”
It is reported that Duff said that the script of “Upper Gas” will be revised on the basis of the original work, and keep up with the times to avoid stereotypes. It can be said that the image of Fu Manchu will be a controversial topic in the film
However, I think that the netizen @小明’s ultimate day may be a good one, which is a change in the impression of the Chinese in the Western world. From evil racists to good heroes who come from helping others, this is precisely the fact that discrimination is melting in overseas culture
In fact, this is what we have seen. The Chinese have been active in a variety of multinational companies, and it is no longer the old, obsessive image of solidification
So what do you think about this?
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