Does China control Hollywood‪?‬ The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox's Alissa Wilkinson talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel about Red Carpet, his new book detailing the myriad ways that Hollywood movies are affected by China. They discuss how Chinese markets are essential for the budgetary math of big blockbusters, the role of the Chinese Communist Party's censors play in shaping the content of American films, and what this complicated global relationship might for Hollywood's future — and the future of movies in general.
Host: Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie), film critic and senior culture reporter, Vox
Guests: Erich Schwartzel (@erichschwartzel), reporter, The Wall Street Journal; author
References: 

Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy by Erich Schwartzel (Penguin; 2022)

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