2019-05-10
“Avengers: Endgame” has been an unusual hit in China
Otherwise, Hollywood is struggling to please Chinese audiences
原文来源：The Economist 2019-5-3
Article
https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-10/
Notes
the Marvel comic book film series
individualistic superheroes
个人主义的超级英雄
the final instalment
一集
broke Chinese box-office records
票房记录
American and Chinese film markets—the world’s two largest—are converging.
Hollywood action flicks
电影
adding a Chinese actress to an American blockbuster in a “decorative role”.
装饰性的角色
crossover hits struggle
转型遭遇了困难
found it over the top, and even “fantastical”.
remarks, behaviour etc that are over-the-top are so extreme or unreasonable that they seem stupid or offensive
But expansion has boosted the clout of smaller cities where audiences relish films with local themes.
power and influence
using socialist money to fatten the capitalist pig
养肥了
Unbidden, she pays tribute to one-party rule.
付贡品，这里是比喻，说好话
