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  • Kung Fu Panda Ascends the Mountain: Ekphrasis

    Kung Fu Panda is of course steeped in Chinese culture. One day I wondered what the Chinese thought about the film. It turned out that (despite assertions of cultural appropriation by a small minority) for most there was both appreciation and wonder. The movie became at the time, the most successful animated movie ever in China. Wu Jiang, the President of the China Peking Opera Company said: “The film’s protagonist is China’s national treasure and all the elements are Chinese, but why didn’t we make such a film?” Certamente Kung Fu Panda è ricco di cultura cinese. Un giorno mi sono domandato cosa i cinesi pensassero del film. Risulta che…

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