> good luck filming corrupt cops in a series in China with the CCP
I don't know about China, but when Poland was communist and there was widespread censorship - it was still OK to talk about corruption, it was just supposed to be shown in a way that makes it clear that corruption is western influence and communism is getting rid of it.
Funnily enough - Polish cinema was probably better artistically during communism, because it had to work hard to work around the censorship. So you had movies that were trying to be universal, say the things that can't be said using symbols, etc.
Modern Polish cinema is pretty awful, mostly shitty romcoms.
I'm not saying censorship is good, it's evil obviously, but the effect on art can be counterintuitive.
I don't know about China, but when Poland was communist and there was widespread censorship - it was still OK to talk about corruption, it was just supposed to be shown in a way that makes it clear that corruption is western influence and communism is getting rid of it.
Funnily enough - Polish cinema was probably better artistically during communism, because it had to work hard to work around the censorship. So you had movies that were trying to be universal, say the things that can't be said using symbols, etc.
Modern Polish cinema is pretty awful, mostly shitty romcoms.
I'm not saying censorship is good, it's evil obviously, but the effect on art can be counterintuitive.