"Mining gold for Chinese silver screen; Actress from Newton hopes games alleviate cultural tensions" by Patricia Wen, Globe Staff | August 6, 2008
BEIJING - Brogan has come a long way since then, having appeared in about 40 Chinese films and television shows. Now 28, she is described by a local magazine as "the hottest western face in China."
But five years into her career as a full-time actress in Beijing, she still struggles with roles that play off Asian stereotypes of Western women (pampered, promiscuous, or pious), or that cast her as the "foil" to a heroic or virtuous Chinese lead. She sees herself as working against something like the racial typecasting that affected Sidney Poitier and Bruce Lee decades ago in the United States.
Or ARABS in AmeriKa's ZIONIST-CONTROLLED film industry!!!!
So how does the shoe fit on the other foot, 'murkn?
As Brogan has found, however, the Chinese government is particularly prickly when it comes to the role of foreigners in the cultural domain. While officials encourage citizens to immerse themselves in Western scientific, technology, and business practices, they are skeptical about importing what they see as morally questionable Western cultural ideas, said Li Nan, a former journalist who has written extensively on the Chinese film and TV industry.
But that is O.K. when it comes to ZIONIST JUDAISM, isn't it, Zionist-controlled AmeriKan MSM?
And they do not hesitate to make an example of wayward Western performers. This past spring when the Icelandic singer, Björk, called out "Tibet, Tibet!" after performing her song, "Declare Independence" in Shanghai, Chinese Ministry of Culture officials condemned her "political show" as breaking Chinese law and "against the professional code of an artist."
The event kept most Western faces off the air for about two months, Brogan said. Only last month did things loosen up, and she again began appearing regularly on television and movie screens, including a film to promote the Olympics.
Two words for you, AmeriKa: DIXIE CHICKS!!!!!!!
Brogan said she looks askance at what Bjork did, feeling sympathetic to the Chinese sense of betrayal just months from their Olympic moment. "When in Rome, do as the Romans," Brogan said. "You have to respect other people's culture, customs, and needs. It's a delicate situation."
She said it is painful for her when Chinese officials fail to distinguish between a global celebrity such as Björk and Western actresses such as herself with a longstanding commitment to mastering Mandarin and immersion in Chinese society.
Try being a Muslim living in Zionist-controlled AmeriKa, lady!!
Western actors are often typecast as military officials or policemen. The native of Iowa said he worries that in China, "you're always a foreigner. You can never break out and become one of them." He is less optimistic than Brogan about the potential positive influence of the Olympics. The official wariness about foreigners, he said, runs too deep.
In China, producers of movies and television shows must win the approval of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television for their political and moral content, and all movies, once distributed, can be viewed by anyone without regard to age or parental supervision.
Sort of like the FCC, right?
And what is with the FREEDOM of VIEWERSHIP, huh?
Not like Amerikan MSM is censored or anything!
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