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[Episode] When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I Cringe | Video Essay
Added 2022-01-05 16:08:01 +0000 UTCEver since I brought up this topic on social media, the subject has been bubbling in the back of my mind. It's a topic few have discussed. Hopefully, I've made it interesting for you.
On this topic, I can only offer my limited perspective as a Chinese speaker. But I know Hollywood treats almost everything non-English equally terribly. So how has your language been treated?
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I donโt speak Chinese, but I do speak another Asian language. I can understand how painful it can be when something is translated badly in an Asian language.
Blong Lor
2022-01-18 02:47:47 +0000 UTCI vaguely remember that movie having some weird English, too. Maybe one day I'll make a video from the other side of the perspective.
Accented Cinema
2022-01-10 08:19:24 +0000 UTCI just watched Detective Chinatown 2 and the accents are terrible, but there are a few scenes where they make fun of it, and I literally lolโd.
moxiemouse
2022-01-10 03:55:11 +0000 UTCSpanish, not so bad, as Hollywood has a good staple of spanish-speaking actors, though most are "latino" (except Bardem and Banderas) so is a bit weird to hear someone that is supposed to be from Spain speaking with Cuban accent. But TBH the worst offender in my case was Bollywood. There was a time they started making spain as a location to visit and boy, it WAS WEIRD. At least the bad guys dressed eurosuits and not "toreador" outfits.
Abraham Limpo
2022-01-07 09:30:01 +0000 UTCMy mandarin is rough but oooof. Listening to the clips in your last video hurts ๐
moxiemouse
2022-01-07 03:07:24 +0000 UTCAs someone whose Chinese is still really shaky, it's a relief to know that my failure to understand all the Mandarin in this video may not be ENTIRELY my fault.
J. Francis
2022-01-06 13:55:21 +0000 UTC
