Spielberg gets a taste of Chinese anger
New
York
(ANI):
It
seems
film
director
Steven
Spielberg's
refusal
to
act
as
artistic
adviser
during
the
Beijing
Olympic
Games
has
not
been
forgotten
by
the
Chinese,
for
censors
in
the
country
cut
his
appearance
at
the
Academy
Awards.
It happened when the Oscars ceremony was re-aired in the Far East 12 hours later, and Spielberg announced the nominees for Best Picture and the winner, Slumdog Millionaire, reports the New York Post. Chinese viewers saw their screens suddenly cut to the beaming 'Slumdog' crew without any build-up, and insiders say that it was done as a revenge for his refusal to help at the Olympics.
Spielberg had refused to take part because China buys oil from the Sudanese Government, whom he considered responsible for the genocide in Darfur. More than 200,000 have been killed and 2.5 million made homeless in the conflict between Arab Janjaweed forces, supported by the government, and Christian villagers in the country''s south.