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https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb5wd/tom-cruises-jacket-top-gun-maverick-taiwan-moviegoers-clapping

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The blockbuster has not been given a release date in China, the world’s biggest movie box office worth $7.3 billion as of 2021.

Meanwhile, at the movie premiere in Taiwan, the audiences cheered and clapped at the unexpected sight of their national flag, the Central News Agency of Taiwan reported. Some people even flocked to buy copies of the jacket, which is being sold at the price of $1,449.

“To be honest, Tom doesn’t necessarily have to wear the same jacket in the opening scene. There’s no way film producers didn’t know the Republic of China flag would cross the Chinese Communist Party’s red line,” a Taiwanese film writer, who goes by the moniker Knee Joint, wrote on Facebook. Republic of China is the official name of Taiwan. “But they still did it anyway.”


2 posted on 05/30/2022 8:47:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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And it is not a bad movie.

Nice amount of action, not enough depth to the students but I think that has to do with there being so many of them. It would have required twice the run time to flesh them out.

But I have to say what I found the most appealing (aside from Bob) was the lack of "As a black man" "As a woman" "As a hispanic" "As a neo-divergent sim with a fetish for Irises". None of that. Just a bunch of Americans doing their best to be what is needed.

6 posted on 05/30/2022 8:57:29 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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