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Cake day: December 29th, 2023

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  • The Wandering Earth 2 is not simplistic and you’ve probably missed a lot since you aren’t fluent in the language, because you can’t capture the nuances yourself and you aren’t able to go into Chinese-langauge spaces to see what other people have found. I also have no clue who the two people you mentioned in the pop music bit are, but idk why you are talking about them instead of hugely popular musicians like Phoenix Legend or Li Yuchun, both of whose works very much have evolved throughout their careers.

    There are a lot of structural factors when it comes to Chinese cultural products having less impact in the imperial core. I think you discount the lack of exposure. Even if there was some Chinese media that you personally feel is innovative blah blah, do you think the imperial core would let it get popular? So idek why that is a gripe that you have.

    You have valid critiques (and people in China complain about capital being lazy and not producing more creative films and tv shows), but a lot of this post sounds like lack of cultural self-confidence on your part, as well as viewing Chinese media through a Western lens/palate tbh.