To the controversial response to the Scarlett Johansson lawsuit and the rumors of the reaction of Kevin Feige After learning what happened, we must add the defense of Bob Chapek – CEO of the company – to the hybrid premiere, of Black widow. But the thing has not ended there, now the manager has commented that Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings, the next movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which we will have in theaters in September, is “an interesting experiment.”
Chpek made the statements in relation to the fact that the new production will be available only in cinemas and we will not be able to buy it at the same time with a premium pass in Disney Plus, trigger of Johansson’s lawsuit.
The manager seems to be immune to the human component behind his great productions. His comment was made from a totally business point of view. He was referring to exploring methodologies to make his films as successful at the box office as they were before the pandemic.
But some of the members of Shang-chi, in particular to Simi liu, the main protagonist, who, under the context of diversity and multiculturalism, has published a tweet making it clear that for him – and probably his colleagues – this is not an experiment.
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ is not an experiment
“We are not an experiment”, begins the tweet with which he responds to Bob chapek. “We are the underrated, the ones who break glass ceilings. We are a celebration of culture and the joy that perseveres after a difficult year. We will be the big surprise. You are ready to make history this September 3. Join us.” So reads Liu’s tweet, in a very clear message to the CEO of Disney.
Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings It will be the twenty-fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first with an Asian protagonist. The idea was to release it on February 12, 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it underwent several changes: May 7, July 9 and finally on September 3, 2021.
According to a report by Variety, it is likely that this, together with Eternal, is not released in China. In the case of Shang-chi, apparently related to the main villain, Wenwu. In the comics it was about Fu Manchu, but for the movie the character has been reimagined to get away from the racist metaphors of “yellow hazard“.
But in China the controversy has remained, considering that the change of the character’s name is not enough to avoid stereotypes. As to Eternal, the point of conflict is Chloé zhao, considered persona non grata in the country after a nationalist wave that rescued statements made in 2013. “Beijing was like being in a place where there were lies everywhere,” he said.
Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten ringsTherefore, it could have figures with the global box office of not being released in China, one of the main markets responsible for the enormous success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.