sábado, 16 de fevereiro de 2008

Fw: China Bans Horror Movies

URL:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/235971459/article.pl
KublaiKhan writes "According to an article on Reuters, the Chinese
censors have decided that horror movies are verboten. 'Offending
content included "wronged spirits and violent ghosts, monsters, demons,
and other inhuman portrayals, strange and supernatural storytelling for
the sole purpose of seeking terror and horror," the administration
said. This is apparently a sort of Chinese version of the Jack Thompson
effect, as the "mental health of adolescents" is cited as one of the
reasons for the ban. Presumably, this ban — much like the spitting ban
— is intended to improve China's image in the rest of the world before
the Olympics open; but given the Streisand effect, would this ban
perhaps unintentionally spur a surge of horror movie popularity in
China?" Blizzard has had trouble with skeletons in World of Warcraft ,
and I imagine this decision stems from similar objections.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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