纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Shawshank in China as Youve Never Seen It Before
February 21, 2024 2 min 296 words
这篇《纽约时报》的报道以《肖申克的救赎》为题，呈现了一场前所未见的中国版本。文章生动描绘了改编自经典电影的中国版监狱生活，深刻反映了社会变迁。然而，这也引发了我对中国审查制度的思考。媒体在报道中是否自主选择了特定视角，避免触及敏感话题？这一独特的改编是否受到政治干预？报道中可能存在一定程度的审查自我审查，使得我们看到的或许只是冰山一角。在欣赏创意的同时，我们也需审慎思考背后的信息过滤和选择，以更全面地了解中国社会的复杂性。
When a stage production of “The Shawshank Redemption” opened recently in China, it was cast entirely with Western actors speaking fluent Mandarin Chinese. But that may have been the least surprising part of the show.
That the show — an adaptation of the Stephen King novella that became one of the most beloved movies of all time — was staged at all seemingly flew in the face of several trends in China’s cultural sphere.
Chinese audiences’ interest in Hollywood films is fading, with moviegoers turning to homegrown productions. China’s authoritarian government has stoked nationalism and cast Western influence as a political pollutant. Censorship of the arts has tightened.
Yet the production reflects how some artists are trying to navigate the changing landscape of both what is permissible and what is marketable in China. And its success shows the appetite that many Chinese still have for cultural exchange.
“The Shawshank Redemption” — the story of a man wrongfully convicted of murder who defies prison officials’ tyranny and eventually pulls off a daring escape — has been a target for Chinese censors before. Mentions of it were briefly censored online in 2012, after a prominent Chinese dissident escaped house arrest and fled to the American Embassy. In general, the Chinese authorities have shown little tolerance for calls, artistic or otherwise, for freedom and resistance to injustice.