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The latest episode of American comedy cartoons Rick and Morty was broadcast on October 2, and was discovered by the sharp -eyed netizens. The code of Hong Kong's anti -repairs slogan was suspected to have appeared in the film.
In the fifth episodes of Rick and Modi in the sixth seasons of less than three seconds, in the picture of the aliens in less than three seconds, "GFHG19SDGM", "721", "19 HK 831" appeared on the surface.However, according to the interpretation of netizens, GFHG19SDGM is the abbreviation of Hong Kong's anti -repair campaign slogan "Restore Hong Kong, Times Revolution" in 2019. "721" implyThe Prince Station attack on August 31, 2019.
"Restoring Hong Kong, the Revolution of Times" The slogan was identified by the Hong Kong government as illegal by the Hong Kong National Security Law in 2020.The Hong Kong Government has stated in July 2020 that the slogan "Today is the Hong Kong independence, or the separation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from the People's Republic of China, changing the legal status of the SAR, or subverting the national power."
Hong Kong audiences can watch Rick and Modi on HBO Go, while there are no regular viewing channels in mainland China.Rick and Morti belong to niche cartoons in the mainland and Hong Kong, so the "code incident" has not set off heated discussions in China.However, the incident attracted the attention of some foreign public opinion. Some netizens believed that the cartoon could be banned in Hong Kong, and related discussions also extended to criticism of the Chinese review system.
Why do Rick and Motidi have an anti -China code that is not related to the plot in the screen?Some netizens speculated that there may be Hong Kong people in the Rick and Motidi production team.
Agence France -Presse contacted Rick and Modi's producer Adult Swim and the publisher Warner Bros., but did not receive a reply.
Rick and Motidi's plot revolves around a cynical crazy scientist Rick and his grandson Motidi shuttle in the fantasy adventure of different spaces. The animation contains a lot of irony and criticism of real events.
The overall style of "Anti -Repair Code" and Rick and Motidi are not disconnected. As for whether this is the personal "closing private goods" or the intention of the production team, it is difficult to determine at present;The situation of anti -China symbols in American film and television works is not a case.In the past three years, as Sino -US relations have changed sharply, from time to time in American film and television works, vague criticism and the content of China, this trend has become more obvious after the outbreak.
In 2019, another American cartoon southern park (South Park) shows the picture of the protagonist wearing a Chinese official mask dancing in front of the door, suspected to shot the Hong Kong forbidden masses; the drama was banned in China in the same yearEssenceIn 2021, The Simpsons appeared in Tiananmen Square, which was also removed from the Disney Hong Kong platform.
This year, Dr. Movie Movie 2: Doctor Strange in the Madness of Madness also appears in the presenter.The film did not enter the Chinese market in the end.
Film and television works are an important indicator of social popular culture. Anti -China symbols continue to penetrate into American film and television works, and are supported by American audiences, reflecting the dissatisfaction of American society in China from the side.
It is worth noting that American audiences do not necessarily really understand the real backgrounds and meanings of anti -repair, banning masses, Tiananmen, etc., but as long as it is the content of China and anti -ChinaIt is supported by American audiences.
China's negative image is imagery and symbolic in these film and television works.In the context of the wake -up culture in the West in recent years, the criticism of film and television works has a deeper meaning of anti -distribution, anti -communist rights, safeguarding human rights, maintaining democracy and freedom.The concept is bundled together, and the image of China has gradually been demonized and solidified by demonization and solidification in the process.
This phenomenon is not unique to the United States. On Chinese social platforms, anti -American stickers and articles are not uncommon, and there are negative news related to the United States on TV news.
Under the epidemic, civil exchanges between China and the United States have greatly reduced.Taking international students in the two places as an example, the number of Chinese students who have obtained a US visa is only half before the epidemic.According to statistics from the data analysis agency Statista, in the 2020 school year, the number of American students studying in China decreased by nearly 80 % compared with the previous epidemic, with only more than 2,400 people.
The windows where the people communicate with each other quickly narrowed, and the people of the two countries can only look at each other through channels such as the Internet, film and television works through a narrow window.The understanding of each other's understanding is therefore a single face, the negative impression of each other gradually solidified and it is difficult to reverse; the more strong negative sense of the Chinese and American people will increase each other.The vicious cycle of spiral decline.
