Teaser for the series "The Three Body Problem"/Netflix
Netflix's new hit series, "The Three-Body Problem", is causing great anger in China - the Hollywood Reporter reports.
At the beginning of the series, a scene is shown that takes place during the Cultural Revolution in China - a period of intense and violent political persecution by the country's communist authorities against "anti-revolutionary elements", which began in the mid-1960s.
During the scene, a physics professor in Beijing is beaten to death in front of a cheering crowd for refusing to align with the ideology dictated by the government.
"The Three-Body Problem" is the second series, (after "The English Class") within the contract signed by Netflix with David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of "Game of Thrones". It is an adaptation of the best-selling trilogy by Liu Tschen, winner of the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Novel Spanning millions of years, the plot depicts the first ever encounter between humanity and an advanced alien population, and does so through time jumps between the past, present and future. The plot begins against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution in China, as a secret military project sends signals into space in hopes of making contact. with aliens. An alien society on the brink of extinction intercepts the transmitters and decides to invade the earth. The trilogy also has a Chinese adaptation, of about 30 episodes, but there they chose not to describe the scene, as it appears in the books.
Netflix is not available for viewers in China, but the scene upset the Those who did manage to watch it. CNN reported that the country is very angry about the series, accusing it of being an American attempt to present it in a negative light. The Chinese networks also protested the diverse casting, and added the grouping tag (hashtag) "The Chinese version wins" to the reviews. One surfer Wrote: "Netflix doesn't understand the 'three body problem' at all.
She only understands political correctness.'"
In the United States, on the other hand, conservative surfers praised the scene, describing it as an accurate metaphor for the Woke culture and the cancellation culture.
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