The fourth film in the transformers franchise, starting mark walburg and stanley toche. About a third of it takes place in china and hong kong. There's product placement everywhere you look. And not all of it makes sense. But there's a moment in the film that i think, in retrospect, takes a bit of a darker turn.
Warner Bros. is censoring the newest Fantastic Beasts movie for Chinese audiences. It’s the latest reminder that Hollywood’s reliance on China comes at a cost.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, and hosted by Noel King.
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