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Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Draws Fire in China, Praise From U.S. Conservatives | The Hollywood Reporter
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Netflix’s acclaimed new sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem is getting some heated reactions from viewers in China, while its opening scene is drawing praise among some conservatives in the United States.
The show’s opening is set in 1966 and depicts a Chinese Cultural Revolution struggle session at a Beijing university where a physics professor is brutally beaten by Red Guards for his refusal to conform to government beliefs before a jeering crowd.
“Even though I had anticipated this, the scene still startled me.” According to CNN, the show has sparked “nationalist anger” in China and some accused its Red Guard depictions as Hollywood deliberately trying to make the country look bad.
Some conservatives in the United States are heralding the opening scene on X, where an elderly professor refuses to acquiesce to demands by young revolutionaries to change his thinking.
Apply anything to that opening scene, COVID, the Climate Cult, Transfuckwitism etc.” Conservatives are also criticizing the show overall for some of the same “woke” casting moves that have annoyed some viewers in China.
David Benioff — who is the co-showrunner of 3 Body Problem alongside Dan Weiss and Alexander Woo — was asked about the progressive authoritarian vibe in the opening scene during a set visit to the show in 2022.
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