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@liztai@hachyderm.ioHave you enjoyed some Chinese propaganda lately? I did.
I watched a Chinese legal drama called Draw the Line and I'd like to reassure you that I'm still not a member of the Communist Party of China.
Usually, these issues are for subscribers to my blog (it's a free subscription), but I'm setting it free for Mastadon folks for a week.
PS: Before you reply, could you read the article first? I'm anticipating reply guys lol
#China #Chinese #Drama #Cdrama #CDramas
http://elizabethtai.com/2024/03/30/have-you-enjoyed-some-chinese-propaganda-lately-i-did/
@liztai so you decided to spread Chinese propaganda.
But seriously, it’s probably no more propaganda than the deluge of American cop and lawyer shows showing how great they are at upholding the law and justice when in reality they’re more trigger finger white nationalists on power trips.
@liztai @gombang oh that was almost mandatory viewing for school students around the country for about a decade. The director was my classmate’s dad and around September teachers and the mass media would go off on their annual anti communist pro Soeharto propaganda lesson until the date rolled around.
@aulia @gombang this makes me curious enough to see if I could watch it! Darn we don’t even have propaganda this lasting, though if you can count the jingoistic songs that were often played in my childhood, perhaps that’s close enough. “Demi negara, yang tercinta, Di curahkan bakti penuh setia, Demi raja yang disanjung tinggi…” lol can sing this by hard.
@aulia gotta do my little bit to help the motherland 
@liztai 
from me, halfway through War of Faith right now, a few days behind the episodes airing on CCTV...8 I think, and thinking about what messages we're meant to get from it and what messages I do actually get. (And avoiding Weibo because I don't wanna get spoiled for tonight's latest twists.)
I find I don't want to watch anyone's modern day military/police shows right now, but I don't want to watch stuff that looks like my own suburban US white person life, either.
@coreo I hear good things about this drama! Glad you're enjoying it. Yeah, I don't usually want to watch shows that mirrors my life either! That's boring ;P