From worst previews, Censors have cut scenes of Chow Yun-Fat as a bald, scared pirate in the new "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" movie, saying they insult China's people.Chow's time on the screen in "Pirates 3" had "been slashed in half by censors in China for vilifying and defacing the Chinese." The version of the Hollywood blockbuster released in China earlier this week shows only about 10 minutes of Chow's scenes compared with 20 minutes in the version seen in the rest of the world.
While there are no specific reasons for the cuts, a Chinese magazine, Popular Cinema, said the scenes were cut because of the negative images they showed.
"The captain starring Chow is bald, his face heavily scarred, he also wears a long beard and has long nails, images still in line with Hollywood's old tradition of demonizing the Chinese," the magazine said.
The previous installment in the franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" was banned by the Film Bureau because of scenes of cannibalism and ghosts.
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I suppose they're not too far off on the depiction of the stereotype, but why bother releasing the third movie in any form if the second one was banned completely? That's just mean.
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