2019-05-10

“Avengers: Endgame” has been an unusual hit in China
Otherwise, Hollywood is struggling to please Chinese audiences
原文来源：The Economist 2019-5-3

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-10/

Notes

the Marvel comic book film series

individualistic superheroes
个人主义的超级英雄

the final instalment
一集

broke Chinese box-office records
票房记录

American and Chinese film markets—the world’s two largest—are converging.

Hollywood action flicks
电影

adding a Chinese actress to an American blockbuster in a “decorative role”.
装饰性的角色

crossover hits struggle
转型遭遇了困难

found it over the top, and even “fantastical”.

remarks, behaviour etc that are over-the-top are so extreme or unreasonable that they seem stupid or offensive

But expansion has boosted the clout of smaller cities where audiences relish films with local themes.
power and influence

using socialist money to fatten the capitalist pig
养肥了

Unbidden, she pays tribute to one-party rule.
付贡品，这里是比喻，说好话