“This expectation is unreasonable since Chinese don’t have such political correctness, as the country’s modern history is more about being invaded by Westerners rather than colonizing or oppressing black people. “ Westerners Cannot Kidnap Other Moviegoers on ‘Mermaid,'” Global Times article, 5.26: “Some American leftists are imposing their own politically correct values on Chinese audiences, expecting them to embrace the film the same way as Western audiences have. Will fans of this legendary Best Picture winner go along with Criterion’s greenish-teal re-do, or will they grab their pitchforks and torches and march down to Criterion’s Manhattan headquarters? Look at the kitchen dishwasher - more or less natural looking in the MGM Bluray version, soaked in muddy green in the Criterion.Ī little more than three years ago Criterion screwed up in a similar way when they horizontally compressed Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill while adding a greenish-yellow tint to the color. Look at the main title image comparisons above - the browner, dustier, desert-tan version from the 2012 MGM Bluray is obviously more natural than the greenish Criterion version beneath it…c’mon! Look at the color of Jon Voight‘s shirt below this - blue in the older shot, blue-green in the Criterion. Has anyone ever seen a sky that looked this putrid?Īre you reading what Tooze is saying? He found the color-tint desecration of Midnight Cowboy to be somewhat off-putting and what-the-fucky, but then he “ got used to it.” He decided to succumb to the greenish teal re-imagining because Criterion served it up and they know best, right? Are you telling me that Criterion’s greenish Cowboy capture is the more natural-looking of the two? God’s blue sky is greenish turquoise in the Criterion.
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