China’s Government Is Cracking Down On Bad TV
If you thought we had bad TV shows here in the US of A - well then apparently you haven't watched TV in China! Here's an example of what you are missing out on.
Apparently, when you're a communist country, you don't have to stand for a bunch of derivative, uncreative garbage on TV. (--So don't expect to see "The Real Housewives of Qingdao" anytime soon.)
--In China, the State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television has issued a WARNING to the people making TV dramas . . . and told them to STOP writing plots about TIME TRAVEL...so no Back To The Future TV series there...
--The reason? Those plots are generic, lazy, and, quote, "lack positive thoughts and meanings."
--The guidelines, which fell short of an outright ban of such dramas, seem to have come in response to a series of popular programs about protagonists drifting back to ancient times. For instance, in “Palace,” one of China’s hottest TV series, that's the video above, a woman falls in love with a Qing dynasty painting, travels back in time and then falls in love with several princes.
They haven't issued an all-out ban yet . . . and they aren't throwing TV writers and producers into jail for it or anything . . . but based on what we know about communist countries "suggesting" things, the time travel plots will stop.
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