{"id":54275,"date":"2022-08-23T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rise-of-gru-features-a-new-ending-in-china-due-to-local-censors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:45:14","slug":"the-rise-of-gru-features-a-new-ending-in-china-due-to-local-censors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rise-of-gru-features-a-new-ending-in-china-due-to-local-censors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Gru&#8217; features a new ending in China due to local censors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nobody tell the Gentle Minions, but the global cartoon blockbuster, <em>Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/em>has reportedly received a new ending in China courtesy of local censors.<\/p>\n<p>according to <em>The New York Times<\/em>, the hit sequel \u2014 which premiered in Chinese theaters on Aug.  19 \u2014 features an epilogue that alters the fates of two of the film&#8217;s main characters: the always adorably-despicable Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) and his mentor, Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 401px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:42%;\"><noscript><img alt=\"The ending of Minions: The Rise of Gru has reportedly been changed in China.  (Photo: Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy Everett Collection)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/8uy1hP.L2zmGIqEIAFMZKg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTQwMQ--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-08\/181f4880-2307-11ed-bbf7-c6fcb63f0866\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">the ending of <em>Minions: The Rise of Gru<\/em> has reportedly been changed in China.  (Photo: Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Yahoo Entertainment reached out to Universal Studios for comment, but did not receive a response at press time.<\/p>\n<p>The plot of the <em>despicable Me <\/em>prequel finds a young Gru is offered the opportunity to audition for the supervillain group that the supposedly dead Knuckles founded, the Vicious 6. But it turns out that Knuckles is still very much alive, and he kidnaps the 11-year-old villain-in -training.  Against the odds, they begin to bond and team up to fight the Vicious 6. The movie ends at Knuckles&#8217;s funeral, only to reveal that he once again faked his death, allowing him to continue mentoring Gru in the next <em>minions <\/em>movie<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s the ending that the rest of the world saw.  soon after <em>The Rise of Gru<\/em>&#8216;s China release, one of the country&#8217;s major social media platforms, Weibo, was flooded with posts describing an amended finale apparently approved by Chinese censors.  In this version, Knuckles is apprehended and given a two-decade prison sentence.  Meanwhile, Gru is described as becoming &#8220;one of the good guys&#8221; and the epilogue jumps ahead to show him as an adult alongside his three adopted daughters from the <em>despicable Me <\/em>series.<\/p>\n<p>the <em>minions <\/em>case is the latest example of Chinese censors rewriting major Hollywood movies.  Earlier this year, it was revealed that a streaming version of David Fincher&#8217;s 1999 cult classic, <em>Fight Club<\/em>, featured a tacked-on title card that described police apprehending Edward Norton&#8217;s unwitting terrorist before he could pull off his alter ego&#8217;s grand plan of destroying credit card company buildings.  (The original ending was later restored following an international backlash.) Other films that have been impacted by local censorship include <em>Back to the Future<\/em>, <em>Brokeback Mountain <\/em>and <em>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"link caas-button collapse-button\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-ylk=\"elm:readmore;slk:Story continues\">Story continues<\/button><\/p>\n<p>as in the <em>Fight Club <\/em>case, many Chinese viewers are expressing frustration with <em>The Rise of Gru<\/em>&#8216;s new ending where the &#8220;despicable&#8221; main characters are punished. <em>Reuters<\/em> reports that one popular movie reviewer on Weibo complained to his 14.4 million followers: &#8220;It&#8217;s only us who need special guidance and care, for fear that a cartoon will &#8216;corrupt&#8217; us.&#8221;  Meanwhile, a university student told <em>The New York Times<\/em><em> <\/em>that even though she didn&#8217;t see the need for the revised finale, she was pleased that she got to experience <em>The Rise of Gru<\/em> horse all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of movies I was looking forward to watching could not be released in theaters,&#8221; she noted.  &#8220;I personally think that the addition of these &#8216;special endings&#8217; is still acceptable, though just barely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Minions: The Rise of Gru <\/em><\/strong><strong>is currently playing in theaters <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody tell the Gentle Minions, but the global cartoon blockbuster, Minions: The Rise of Gruhas reportedly received a new ending in China courtesy of local censors. according to The New York Times, the hit sequel \u2014 which premiered in Chinese theaters on Aug. 19 \u2014 features an epilogue that alters the fates of two of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-rise-of-gru-features-a-new-ending-in-china-due-to-local-censors\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Rise of Gru&#8217; features a new ending in China due to local censors<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54176,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chinese-censors-change-minions-movie-ending\/","url_meta":{"origin":54275,"position":0},"title":"Chinese censors change &#8216;Minions&#8217; movie ending","date":"August 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. 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