Does An Anti-China Movie Need A Chinese Bailout? – Arts & Entertainment

blogs.forbes.com — Quite a bit of ink has been spilled in both the U.S. and China over the remake of the 1980's so-bad-it's-good thriller "Red Dawn," which now casts the Chinese as the villain in place of the Soviets. But has the Red Menace struck even before the opening credits had a chance to roll? I can see the headline now: China buys "Red Dawn," suggests script changes.

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Does An Anti-China Movie Need A Chinese Bailout?

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