When the state-corporate culture of a highly aggressive imperial power produces war films that deliberately blend fiction and reality, there are real-world consequences. Views: 0
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China Mum on ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Box Office Success After Tencent Dropped Project
Chinese state media, which obsessively covers box-office news when it sees a political angle for the Communist Party, has been silent about the astonishing success of Top Gun: Maverick – the Tom Cruise film that had financial backing from China’s huge Tencent Holdings until the producers stopped trying to please Beijing’s censors. Views: 0
As Chinese Financer Bows Out, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Restores Taiwanese, Japanese Flag Patches
Following the removal of Chinese sponsorship from the film, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ producers restored the original Taiwanese and Japanese flag patches to Maverick’s iconic jacket. Views: 0
Documents Reveal How Pentagon Shaped ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Into A Recruitment And PR Vehicle
Files on “Top Gun: Maverick” detail the influence the Pentagon had over the sequel to Top Gun, how that affected the storyline and character arcs, and which “key talking points” became part of the script. Views: 0
Nolte: Masculine, Pro-American ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Blasts to $146M Opening, Towers over Woke Flops
‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ a masculine, pro-American, stridently non-woke blockbuster, just blasted off to a $146 million opening weekend, Views: 0