China censors Pirates

In their continuing censorship of all that is good (or all that is anything, for that matter), the Chinese have edited out parts of Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End with Chow Yun-fat because…well I can’t think of any reason besides them being racist against Asians, which is absurd. For some reason they decided he didn’t deserve to be in the movie:
According to local media, more than half of the scenes featuring Chow as a Singapore pirate, have been cut, including his recitation of a poem in Cantonese.
A spokesman for Disney said auds would see a Chinese version of the movie and there had been cuts, without elaborating.
China Film initially said it had made no cuts, then declined to comment on a Beijing News report that it had cut scenes involving too much violence and horror.
The worst is yet to come. As if the movie wasn’t confusing enough already, the edits supposedly make it even more difficult to follow. Do they actually think they’re doing a service here?







