Game:

The game i want to talk about is Mortal Kombat 11, it’s the most violent and bloody game I have ever played before. The whole series have very high public praise. However, the score of the newest version 11 has fall down to 2.6 from 9.2. There were some reasons on it, for an example like microtransactions. But there are some people said this is a SJW game. SJW is Social Justice Warrior, means a pejorative term for an individual who promotes socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, and multiculturalism. It’s also call Baizuo. In the game, a character call Jax, he is a black man soldier. In the end of story, Jax went back to the past and using his power to eliminate all slavery from human history, creating a utopian society. But detractors say that this is SJW because apparently having a black character erase the most horrific parts of human history is not a good thing. And they even complain about the women character are covered up, they are not dressing tight and skimpy outfit like the previous MK game, they are not sexy anymore. The funny thing is most male character in game are shirtless. All those things are saying this game is SJW or too political correctness, but personally, I think it’s ok. Jax has big ambitions and it’s natural to have the ability to do something like this. The way the female characters dress doesn’t affect the way the game is played, so I don’t think it matters. Moreover, these two arguments are only the small parts of the game. Although some political parts are designed, they are only exaggerated by some extreme people, which does not affect the game experience. By the way, the game is fun.

Film:

There is a film I really want to talk about is Mulan, it’s a new Disney live-action movie in this year. But people have heard a bad news before the movie released, which was general Li Shang is no longer showing in Mulan movie. General Li Shang is a key character that can push the story forward in cartoon version, but why they deleted him on the movie version? Reed gave us the answer, he said #MeToo movement as an influence on their decision to rework the character. “I think particularly in the time of the #MeToo movement, having a commanding officer that is also the sexual love interest was very uncomfortable and we didn’t think it was appropriate.” Well, so they split Li Shang into two characters. One became Commander Tung who serves as her surrogate father and mentor in the course of the movie. The other is Honghui who is Mulan’s equal in the squad.” I think that was the other SJW decision. The result is obvious, the score of Mulan is 4.9, that is really a low score for a movie.

TV

My favorite TV show is The Rap Of China, it’s a rap talent TV show, and it had 4 seasons since 2017. On the first season, is intense and exciting, with plenty of rivalry between the contestants. It was the first Rap TV show in China, it has brought a lot of people’s attention to hip-hop.

But then there is the problem that the dark history of many rappers is becoming known to the public. A lot of people have been involved in bad behavior, such as drug use, getting into street fights and going whoring, and many of them have been turned over a new leaf but that history can’t be hidden. Obviously all those things above are illegal, so some rappers are banned in entertainment industry, and many of their songs are not allow to shows on Chinese music platform. Rap TV shows can be remained, but the government said the bad words, tattoos can’t be shown on the show. So from the second season the whole TV shows became ‘Peace and love’ and some rappers with tattoo wearing the winter suit on summer, and some lyrics are changed, for example a rapper was sing ‘walking dead’ but the subtitles turned it into ‘woken day’. It’s ridiculous. I understand the government’s policy, it’s good for protecting the young kids, ‘peace and love’ is also a part of Hiphop spirit, but for our adults, that was so boring to watch.

Advertising

This is an American advertisement in late 19 century called The Magic Washer. It shows an American wearing a American flag suit, carrying a ‘Magic Washer’, kicking a Chinese guy away who has a braid, he is a typical Chinese labor. There are some words by the side: Don’t use it if you want to be dirty.

This reflected the impression of a large number of Americans at that time on the Chinese: they were engaged in the low-end work like the laundry room and done several people at the same time, which took away the jobs of Americans. At that time, the Chinese laborers suffered all kinds of ridicule. In 1882, America has passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, this is the first time in the United States that a specific race has been evicted in the form of legislation. The above advertisement implies that “the magic washer ” can be as effective as the Chinese Exclusion Act in driving the Chinese out of the laundry room. That is one of the worst advertisements in the world, extremely disgusting.