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The American mainstream media's evaluation of Aladdin is basically mainstream positive.

However, the media, film critics or audiences questioned why Aladdin was a Chinese.

However, in Qiao Feng's opinion, except for some of them, other media still collect money to discredit Aladdin.

This is normal. When movies in the United States or in any country or region are released, they will be discredited by competitors.

After all, hitting opponents is improving their box office.

Regarding the lost magic lamp of the Donald Duck Club, Aladdin’s publisher MGM did not spend less money to buy space to attack it.

This is a common means of competition.

The attack on the lost magic lamp of the Donald Duck Club is just like the Chicago Sun’s evaluation. Whether in terms of the continuity of the story or the rough production level of the picture, it is a real flaw in the Disney film. .

Therefore, it can indeed affect the box office of this film when it is attacked.

But for Aladdin, these accusations that Aladdin is a Chinese with Chinese elements have little effect on the box office.

Because for American audiences, the background of the protagonist in a cartoon is really not that important.

Because the entire story of Aladdin in the original version has an Arab background, even this kind of background American audiences did not say anything, and it did not affect the box office of the movie. Now that Aladdin is a Chinese, it will not have a big impact. .

Qiao Feng values ​​Aladdin very much.

Why is it important?

Because this film won more than 200 million US dollars in the North American box office and more than 500 million US dollars in the global box office in the original space.

Including other income from the surrounding area, there is a total of no less than one billion US dollars in revenue.

Compared with the investment of more than 20 million US dollars, the revenue of this animated film is extremely scary.

But there is another very important point, that is, more than 20 years later, this film can still be renewed to shoot live-action movies.

And it's also a blue-skinned elf played by black superstar Will Smith.

Whether it is in Europe, Oceania, South America, or Asia, this live-action animation adaptation film has been welcomed by audiences. It is inevitable that the global box office will exceed one billion US dollars.

One of the reasons why Aladdin's live-action animated film is so successful is that the cast is diversified.

When Aladdin’s live-action movie has not yet been released, and it has just been reported that the black superstar Will Smith is playing the blue-skinned wizard, it can be said to have caused an uproar.

There is even more scolding on the Internet.

Whether it was Aladdin and the princess choosing Asian actors or Will Smith as an elf, they were almost ridiculed by the crowd.

And because of this, people think that such Aladdin live-action animated films are bound to fail.

But facts have proved that online controversy will have a major impact is an illusion, but it is true that the diversification of the cast is good for the box office.

This can be seen from the fact that more and more family members of various skins and races in the Fast and Furious series have higher box office.

In order to lay the foundation for the Aladdin live-action animated film with a diversified cast in the future, this is also a consideration for Qiao Feng to set Aladdin as a Chinese.

There is also that Qiao Feng is a Chinese. Naturally, he hopes to add Chinese elements to the movie to give people from all over the world a channel to understand China.

Of course, the main reason is that Aladdin is a Chinese in the story of Aladdin.

Aladdin is a story in Middle-Arabia. It comes from The Thousand and One Nights, also called the Arabian Nights.

How did One Thousand and One Nights get its name?

According to legend, there was a Sassanian kingdom between ancient India and China. King Shanruyar was born cruel and jealous. He killed the queen for misbehaving. After that, he married a young girl every day and killed him the next morning to show revenge.

In order to save the innocent woman, Shan Ruzod, the prime minister’s daughter, voluntarily married the king and used storytelling to attract the king. She told the most exciting part every night. The day was just bright, and the king couldn’t bear to kill, so she allowed her to continue talking next night. .

Her story has been told for one thousand and one nights, and the king was finally moved and grew old with her.

This is the origin of the name One Thousand and One Nights.

Sasang is located between India and China, so there are nights and nights of Chinese elements, even Chinese people.

In the original story, Aladdin is a Chinese, even the story takes place in China.

It's just that the China in the story is based on the author's imagination and has a strong color.

Because the story of One Thousand and One Nights was produced around the seventh century AD, when the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, the unprecedented vast territory made the Arab Empire believe that it was east of its range of activities, including today’s Afghanistan. They are all China's spheres of influence, that is, Central Asia under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, there is even a Jewish merchant who bought utensils from Aladdin (he also blackmailed Aladdin), but there is no mention of Buddhists or Confucian scholars.

Everyone in this country has an Arabic name, and its ruler is more like a Persian king than a Chinese emperor.

Because the author lacks a specific understanding of China, he simply "*transformed" the Eastern world simply and crudely.

This kind of story background is very common in fairy tales-it highlights that the story should not be too realistic and lose its artistic conception.

The creator of the story does not know the existence of America, so Aladdin’s "China" represents the "East Land", while Morocco, the hometown of the magician, is the "East West Land".

At the beginning of the story, it is described that the magician did his best to come to China from afar. It was the longest journey in the creator's world view, showing the magician's determination to obtain priceless magic lamps.

At the end of the story, the elves effortlessly helped Aladdin and the magician to travel between East and West instantly, showing the power of the elves.

In recent years, there are almost no Chinese elements in Aladdin’s story, and Aladdin is no longer Chinese.

Many people have forgotten this, or even disagree with it.

How could Aladdin be a Chinese? The name alone doesn't look like it.

However, the Aladdin pantomime performed on the stage at the Royal Theatre in London in the 17th century provided favorable proof that Aladdin was a Chinese.

Since 1788 when Aladdin was put on the stage of the Royal Theatre in London by John Ochfield, the setting and plot of Aladdin's pantomime version have been integrated with Chinese elements as much as possible (although this "Chinese" scene is in East London, and Non-medieval Baghdad).

The reason why people gradually forget that the person and story of Aladdin took place in China is because of the original Aladdin animation film produced by Disney two years later.

Many of the original names of the characters in Disney's animated films have been renamed (for example, the magician was renamed "Jia Fang" and became the Minister of Korea), and the characters have new goals in the play (for example, the magic lamp elves desire freedom) Or be replaced (the ring spirit disappears and is replaced by a magic carpet).

The story scene was also moved from China to the fictional Arab city of Agrabah, and the story structure was simplified.

Qiao Feng used almost all the settings and plots of the Disney version of Aladdin, but the only thing is that he changed Aladdin's identity.

In his version of the movie, Aladdin is Chinese.

This is the result of many considerations, whether it is future live-action movies or current American audiences’ attitudes towards Arab elements and Chinese elements, Qiao Feng has all considered.

Therefore, Qiao Feng doesn't care about some trivial doubts.

As for now, at the current Aladdin box office, Qiao Feng doesn't care much.

Because, in the same period, there is no movie that can compete with Aladdin.

Haven't you seen the lost magic lamp of Disney's Donald Duck Club all being beaten?

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