Filmmaker Judd Apatow gave a recent interview in which he criticized the film industry for essentially censoring content that’s critical of places like China where human rights abuses are happening.
The director of hits like “Knocked Up” and “Anchorman” sat down for an interview for MSNBC’s “Mavericks with Ari Melber” in which he briefly touched upon the “chilling” idea that corporations linked to the filmmaking industry are so reliant on capital from markets like China that they’re unwilling to allow anything critical of the country to make their way onto the screen.
“For me what I perceive as more chilling is a corporate type of censorship that people don’t really notice, which is a lot of these giant corporate entities have business with countries around the world, Saudi Arabia, China, and they’re just not going to criticize them and they’re not going to let their shows criticize them or they’re not going to air documentaries that go deep into truthful areas because they just make so much money,” he explained. “So, while we’re all going, ‘can we say this joke or not say that joke?’ on a much bigger level, they’ve just completely shut down critical content about human rights abuses in China. And I think that’s much scarier.”
Apatow was recently one of the vocal critics of Disney’s “Mulan,” which caught backlash after it came to light that parts were filmed in the Xinjiang province, which has been the epicenter of a debate about how China treats its Muslim minorities. Many Uighur residents have been detained in internment camps where they are reportedly subject to forced political indoctrination, forced labor and forced sterilization.
“It is shameful that no US companies and very few politicians speak up about concentration camps in China,” he tweeted shortly after “Mulan” was released on Disney+. “The United States has abandoned the world when it comes to human rights.”
In his MSNBC interview, Apatow went on to accuse studios of killing stories critical of China or other countries where business is done with U.S. corporations in the pitch phase.
“‘Hey I want to write a movie about the concentration camps in China, and the Muslims in concentration camps. I want to write a movie about someone who escapes,’ no one would buy the pitch,” he explained. “Instead of us doing business with China and that leading to China becoming more free, what has happened is a place like China has bought our silence with their money.”
China suck but are Right about Islam! World wake up against Islam before you are forced to smell the ground 5X daily!
You have to know that Hollywood’s main source of adrenochrome is actually coming out of the Wuhan area of China. Also fresh body parts for transplanting comes out of mainly the same area.
I have an idea, show your films in China and stay out of the US. We know where your allegience lies.
Its amazing how many of our packing plants, business and farms that have been sold to China under Obama Biden presidency. Smithfield and Tyson were sold to China. They are 2 of our biggest packing plants in usa. I found out that China makes 97 % of our prescription drug and over the counter drugs.
I was checking the grocery store to see if can food and frozen food was made in China. Yes! On front of package USA vegetables, on the back China.
A few oth ago Pelosi wanted every thing labeled WORLD MADE, now I understand why! The latest on recalls. The meat was from Canada and Vinsuliam. Packed in USA. Is a way to put our pork and beef farmers out of business so China can buy the ranches? Because of the virus in the Smithfield and Tyson plants our farmers were stuck with beef and pigs. Pig farmers were killing the baby pigs because no market. China has refugees in packing plants.
It is true…….the influx of money coming from other countries, such as China, are astronomical! I thought we had a law on our books or in our Constitution that stated no foreign entity could own or hold a majority of shares in a United States based company!!! We need to have someone verify it. In the recent Presidential Debate, Biden spoke about helping GM get plants opened in Ohio and other states after the recession…yes, it was done with our money and was called “Bail-Out”. Now, GM has allowed China to invest heavily into the company because they couldn’t manage it themselves. FORD did not take any “Bail Out Money”. Tesla now has an influx of funds from China & will making automobiles in China to be shipped to other countries. Remember that Pelosi’s brother-in-law received a $600M grant for making solar panels & his business failed within about a year! The citizens of the USA are really getting pissed of with the influx of funds and influence from foreign countries for many years. This is why President Trump is promoting the USA first, while candidate Biden wants China to be successful!!!!!
In reference to Hollywood, take a thoughtful look at the strange and violent movies that are being produced and shown. Example the walking dead. The program shows how far the ideology of the USA has deteriorated.
Walt Disney would probably have closed the industry if he had any say in the matter.
Disney is also invested in the porn industry too.