We know that the Asian market, and mainly Chinese, has become essential for all studios, including streaming platforms. And Netflix is no exception. Even if it means modifying the works, like, very recently,Arcane saison 2.
Because yes, China has a very strict policy regarding films and series broadcast to its population, particularly on the subject of homosexuality, which any foreign production must sweep under the rug under penalty of seeing its broadcast banned . And if you saw Arcane season 2, you know where we’re going with this. For the others, beware of spoilers.
Because a whole part of the history of the series designed by the French Forts is dedicated to the romantic relationship between Vi and Caitlyn. The series ends, moreover, with tender gestures between the two young women, offering them a happy end well deserved. As you can see in the video below, this part has been completely rearranged for the Chinese version.
Arcane season 2, from excellence to ridiculousness
Retouching which is not afraid of ridicule since the heads of the two lovers no longer rest on top of each other, but in a void, and each seems to speak into a void, as if they were two scenes different. Suffice it to say that what happened before in the prison – already shortened in the final cut of the original work – has completely disappeared from this truncated version. For Chinese audiences, the homosexual relationship between the two characters of League of Legends simply does not exist. This is not the first time that Arcane has had to compromise to be able to export since in season 1, a tag with a middle finger of Jinx was replaced by a thumb.
Arcane was therefore no exception to the censorship of the Chinese government, just like the series Addicted before she had already experienced censorship, or even Star Wars and many other programs. But rarely has the cutting of sequences resulted in such a disastrous effect.
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