8. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Is Racist To The Chinese
The Pirates Of The Caribbean films don't appear like they'd be offensive to anyone, outside of the people who are offended by crappy franchises who suffer a lot from the law of diminishing returns. It's unlikely there was much outcry from squid-faced people to Bill Nighy's Davy Jones tentacled portrayal of Davy Jones, but third in the trilogy (of four) still managed to ruffle some feather. Specifically those of the infamously authoritarian censorship board in China, which took umbridge with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat's character in Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End. According to Xinhua, the state news agency of the People's Republic of China, ten minutes were trimmed from the film at first amounting to the entirety of Chow's part as Sao Feng, Pirate Lord of the South China Sea. Ultimately the film was just banned outright, apparently because the character supposedly offered a negative and stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese people. There was no official explanation, but it's possible Chow's combative relationship with the People's Republic and previous run-ins with their censorship board didn't help its case much either. To be fair, it's not like they were missing much.
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