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Hong Kong Filmart: TVB to Air 'Empress of China,' With CGI Cleavage Edits
The Fan Bingbing historical bodice-ripper caused a stir in mainland China, leading to any suspect cleavage scenes being replaced with close-ups of the characters' faces.
Hong Kong's TVB channel has bought the rights to the Fan Bingbing historical drama Empress of China and has hired a CGI team to provide extra coverage for the controversial cleavage scenes which caused such a stir during the show's run in mainland China.
When it first aired last year, Chinese censors required the producers to edit the show to focus on the characters’ heads, rather than their cleavage. TVB has instead used a team of CGI experts to place material over the offending material.
TVB Executive Catherine Tsang told local media that they would broadcast a version with fewer episodes, although claimed it would still allow viewers to enjoy the period costumes and scenery. Tsang said she hoped "viewers appreciate the uncensored version."
The series, also known as The Saga of Wu Zetian, dramatizes the life of China’s only female emperor, who ruled during the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D. to 907 A.D.). It is reportedly China’s most expensive TV drama and features Bingbing, who starred in X-Men: Days of Future Past, in the lead role. The actress is set to visit Hong Kong to promote the show, which will be dubbed into Cantonese.
The Chinese government has been on a crusade to introduce greater modesty and morality into public life, which has translated into tougher censorship rules for TV and movies.
While the cleavage shots might not raise many eyebrows in the West, China has stricter standards when it comes to public displays of nudity. In 2006, Gong Li’s eye-catching décolleté in director Zhang Yimou’s Curse of the Golden Flower caused a renewed debate about the need for a ratings system in local movie theaters.
Source:hollywoodreporter.com
The 'Empress of China' Set to Air in Hong Kong via TVB with Less Censorship
The Chinese historical drama “Empress of China” starring Fan Bingbing is set to hit Hong Kong with extra coverage on the controversial cleavage scenes after TVB decided to buy the rights to air the drama.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hong Kong's TVB had even hired an expert CGI team in order to make the show's offending material to be covered instead of directing the focus of viewers to the character's heads instead of the cleavages.
The "Empress of China" garnered strict censorship after its release in China with the country's entertainment watchdog required the makers of the show to edit the scenes that show cleavages of some of the female characters and refocus the scenes instead to their heads.
In Hong Kong, the historical epic drama series would first be aired in April, showcasing fewer episodes but allowing the audience more chances to enjoy the scenery and costumes during the ancient Chinese period it features.
TVB Executive Catherine Tsang even expressed her hopes that "viewers appreciate the uncensored version" of the drama, also known as "The Saga of Wu Zetian," featuring the life of China's only female emperor who reigned over the country in A.D. 618 to A.D. 907 at the time of the Tang Dynasty.
Reports revealed that it is China's most expensive TV series to date and, as proof, stars one of the cast members of Hollywood's "X-Men: Days of Future Past" Fan Bingbing playing the titular role of Wu Zetian.
The China Entertainment News reported that the actress would be visiting Hong Kong soon to promote the drama, which would be translated into Cantonese.
Source:en.yibada.com
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A love story between Yang Guifei and Li Longji, also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
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During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital Chang'an to Chengdu, the emperor's guards demanded that he put Yang to death because they blamed the rebellion on her cousin Yang Guozhong and the rest of her family. The emperor capitulated and reluctantly ordered his attendant Gao Lishi to strangle Yang to death.