{"id":4576,"date":"2023-07-06T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=4576"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:03:48","slug":"top-gun-blowback-pentagon-wont-help-hollywood-if-they-submit-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/top-gun-blowback-pentagon-wont-help-hollywood-if-they-submit-to-china\/paul-crespo\/2023\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Top Gun\u2019 Blowback &#8211; Pentagon Won\u2019t Help Hollywood if They Submit to China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In an unexpected, but long overdue move, the Pentagon has stated it will\u00a0no longer work with directors if their movies will be censored by Beijing.\u00a0This follows directly on the heels of Vietnam banning the movie \u2018Barbie\u2019 over its inclusion of a China-friendly map of the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That movie\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/commentary\/barbie-movie-banned-in-vietnam-as-hollywood-again-kowtows-to-china\/pcrespo\/2023\/07\/\">producers apparently caved<\/a>&nbsp;to Chinese pressure and included the map showing China essentially owning the South China Sea, which it does not, despite its claims. And Vietnam wasn\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/commentary\/top-gun-maverick-movie-irks-china-by-bringing-back-taiwan-and-japan-flags-on-flight-jacket\/pcrespo\/2022\/06\/\">previously wrote<\/a>, this Chinese censorship problem really exploded with last year\u2019s release of Tom Cruise\u2019s blockbuster \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now the Pentagon, thanks to GOP Senator Ted Cruz, has made it clear it now bans any military assistance to directors who plan to comply (or will likely comply) with censorship demands from the Chinese regime in order to distribute their movie in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In trailers for the \u2018Maverick\u2019 film shown in 2019, the flags of Taiwan and Japan had been removed from Capt. Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell\u2019s flight jacket worn by Cruise in the 1986 original \u201cTop Gun\u201d movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flags were part of a Far East Cruise patch commemorating the\u00a01963-64\u00a0deployment by the USS Galveston\u00a0off Japan and\u00a0Taiwan. In the preview clip for the movie in 2019, those two historically accurate flags were replaced by generic nonsensical symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taiwan \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc flag spotted in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TopGunMaverick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TopGunMaverick<\/a>, premiers in Taiwan today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFzOE6q91U\">https:\/\/t.co\/hFzOE6q91U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkVxugE4rk\">pic.twitter.com\/SkVxugE4rk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Taiwan News (@TaiwanNewsEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaiwanNewsEN\/status\/1529391058807066624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This shameless kowtowing was an apparent attempt to appease Chinese investor Tencent. But after serious blowback in the U.S. \u2014 and after Tencent reportedly dropped its investment in the film \u2013&nbsp;the flags were restored&nbsp;in the final version of the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another example, Chinese government censors actually pushed the producers of \u201cSpider-man: No Way Home\u201d to remove the Statue of Liberty,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/the-chinese-had-one-note-on-spider-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Puck<\/a>.&nbsp;This, likely due to its association with the Tiananmen Square protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, the studio did not comply, and that movie wasn\u2019t shown in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defense Department updated its rules for working with movie studios&nbsp;after&nbsp;Cruz&nbsp;(R-Texas) inserted language, known as&nbsp;the SCRIPT Act.&nbsp;into the&nbsp;fiscal 2023 defense policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cruz has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dy_nHjt80-E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strongly condemned&nbsp;Beijing\u2019s censorship of&nbsp;Hollywood&nbsp;films<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat does it say to the world when Maverick is scared of the Chinese communists?\u201d he said&nbsp;at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1340805090488295424?s=20&amp;t=RnVe7fWf__aYpXD61VwfJQ\">tweet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest Top Gun movie also reportedly showed us\u00a0a peek at what might be the SR-72 \u2013 the super-secret experimental hypersonic spy plane under development by Lockheed Martin. It was called the &#8216;Darkstar&#8217; in the film.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-372x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-372x600.jpg 372w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-768x1237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-953x1536.jpg 953w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-1271x2048.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-261x420.jpg 261w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-640x1031.jpg 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN-681x1097.jpg 681w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GN42808C_EN.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Providing more context, Politico&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/06\/30\/pentagon-to-filmmakers-we-wont-help-you-if-you-kowtow-to-china-00104315?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sailthru&amp;SToverlay=2002c2d9-c344-4bbb-8610-e5794efcfa7d\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>According to a new Defense Department document obtained by POLITICO, filmmakers who want the U.S. military to help with their projects must now pledge that they won\u2019t let Beijing alter those films.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The DOD \u201cwill not provide production assistance when there is demonstrable evidence that the production has complied or is likely to comply with a demand from the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China \u2026 to censor the content of the project in a material manner to advance the national interest of the People\u2019s Republic of China,\u201d the document reads.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hollywood and the Defense Department have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship for decades. The Pentagon has allowed filmmakers to shoot their projects on military bases, Navy ships, or other locations, and weighs in on filmmaking processes. The military benefits from positive portrayals of service members, and moviemakers benefit from authentic settings and technical expertise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But as China\u2019s ruling Communist Party has developed increasingly advanced censorship and surveillance tools, countless American companies \u2014 including Hollywood studios \u2014 have sought to comply with Beijing\u2019s demands while attempting to dodge stateside pushback.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, from now on, producers of films greenlighted by the Defense Department must notify the Pentagon \u201cin writing of such a censorship demand, including the terms of such demand, and whether the project has complied or is likely to comply with a demand for such censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not just that. DoD will also weigh any \u201cverifiable information\u201d from people not involved in the production who indicate that producers could comply with a censorship demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, hopefully Hollywood will stop caving to China\u2019s blackmail, or risk losing access to their much-loved Pentagon collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS \u2013 In an unexpected, but long overdue move, the Pentagon has stated it will\u00a0no longer work with directors if their movies will be censored by Beijing.\u00a0This follows directly on the heels of Vietnam banning the movie \u2018Barbie\u2019 over its inclusion of a China-friendly map of the South China Sea. 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