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LOVE WITH THE LEAD ACTRESS. THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF MOCKERY IN
THE FILM BUT NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION COULD ANY OF IT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
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THE CHINESE COMPLAINED ABOUT HER FATAL WAYS PARTS I AND II · BUT WE TOOK THE VIEW THEN (AS WITH PART III) THAT TO ATTEMPT TO CENSOR COMEDIES OF THIS SORT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE LAUGH WAS ON US. PART IV, HOWEVER, SOUNDS A LITTLE MORE TRICKY IF THE PRODUCERS DO INDEED PLAN TO RIDICULE DENG XIAOPING. IF THE
CHINESE ARE SUFFICIENTLY CONCERNED TO BRING IT UP BEFORE THE FILM HAS EVEN BEEN MADE, WE MAY FACE A RATHER MORE DIFFICULT DECISION NEXT YEAR.
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