On Apr 10, 2:48 am, "fyfp...@
gmail.com"
gmail.com> wrote:>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070406/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_tv
>
> BEIJING (Reuters) - China's broadcasting watchdog has issued a list of
> rules governing the airing of its latest take on the "American Idol"
> television series, urging the singing contest "Happy Boys Voice" to
> uphold high moral standards.
>
> ....."No weirdness, no vulgarity and no low taste," said the notice
> seen on Friday on the Web site of the State Administration of Radio,
> Film and Television.
> =================================================
> I am of the view that a government has both the obligation and the
> right to interfere into the social taste of its youths and in this
> case the Chinese government has the right to at least comment on a new
> wave of Lenonism or Micheal Jacksonism or that slut Hiltonism before
> the latter becomes another phenomenon named the Africanization of the
> Chinese minds.
I've always said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video
a million. So let's be a little bit more precise what we're talking
about.
Let's start off with this one. South Korean "Fly to the Sky". Is a
love triangle too subversive? Is this video too vulgar because of the
"love scenes"?
(1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpSFn0hPJ4
Next we have Taiwanese pop. Some even label him as king of Mandopop.
So let's see....Now, is this too vulgar for your taste? Just
interested in your opinion.
(2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPUzgfBoS8
Notice prostitutes at the beginning of the clip! Note also however the
very tame subject matter of the "Herbalist Manual"....
Let's compare all this to how North Americans do it. "Shake That" was
played prominently in computer stores in Hong Kong in Jan 2007.
(3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M83mvkO94
Lyrics are found here:
http://tinyurl.com/jd7tx
For obvious reasons, the video is anime to prevent a beyond-R rating.
Last, another Taiwanese Jay Chou video features the following slightly
altered lyrics:
(4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcgjYyLCHic
Partial translation of lyrics for those who do not read Chinese are
found in the comments section by poster Kashiva. They're reproduced
partially here.
* * * * *
So, I ask. Of the above: (1), (2), (3), and (4)
-- which ones should
the government allow? None of them? All of them? What do you think?
I'm not debating, just curious what your level of comfort is.
