 Vietnam and possibly the Philippines will be banning the new Barbie movie from being shown in theaters nationwide For a reason David that a lot of Americans definitely don't understand Yeah, we got to talk about it because this is going viral on some platforms, right? We're talking about something Andrew originally silly the Barbie movie, but it went geopolitical which is serious Oh, so long story short Andrew There was a snapshot from the trailer of the new Barbie movie where I think Barbie is like trying to map out the real World because she's trying to teleport from the Barbie world to earth So she's like mapping out earth in her mind. Yeah, so there's a line She tried to she tries to draw Asia from her memory and there's a little bit of like a journey hash mark But a lot of people thought that that was actually representing China's nine dash mark Which is their claim to the South China Sea which is disputed waters And that is what caused Vietnam and the Philippines to think about banning the movie all together, right? So because of a little Dashmark in the corner of a screenshot on the back of a cartoon like map Vietnam got mad about it and then now it's a controversy and people are talking about now Let's talk about it because I think there's different sides of this story. Yeah, we are not gonna get political guys I did not even know about this issue. I absolutely support Vietnam banning this movie I think that that's the best thing that it can do to push its side of the story Yeah, exactly now people are talking about and I had a researcher, but anyways guys We're gonna get into the comment section. Please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot pot boys David we're talking about Barbie Margot Robbie Americans do not really understand geopolitics very well, right? Generally the Americans and I mean Americans and all Americans we just care about who's the enemy of America, right? Because we we're against them and just whatever's happening within American borders typically right whatever is happening in English Maybe the UK a little bit But you know for the most part Andrew most of the things people were sending me on IG were so frivolous They were discussing whether Margot Robbie or Ryan Gosling have aged out in our washed-ass sex symbols This is talking about the dispute over territory and potentially life-changing resources at the bottom of the South China Sea You know Warner Brothers did release a response. It was like, you know that map was not meant to be a statement It was a childlike drawing from Barbie's stupid blonde mind But there was just like yeah Barbie is an idiot in the movie guys, so she doesn't know what she's drawing So I guess that was our bad But and then there's also people pointing out that the dash marks are it's only eight dash marks And it's not nine dash marks, which is the nine dash line, which is the very political one But it could have just been a path over a map and right actually the Philippines came out and said Okay guys, we're going to let the movie in but you guys better blur the map part Because you know the Philippines they're like we really like Barbie we We do like the movie And let's get into the comment section and then of course our own takeaways Somebody said man, it's one of two things man Warner Brothers is bowing to the possible For the possible revenue streams from the Chinese market or the person who made the prop has pro China leanings In fact, I know the guy who drew the map his name was Drew Wong Who's that because he drew wrong Yeah Pretty funny. Um, what do you think how much of this? Do you think was just the pure capitalism because this was like most of the discussions whether we're talking about Yahoo news Instagram? A lot of people were like well China's like literally well, I don't know like 15 16 times bigger possibly 20 X bigger than Vietnam So they don't want to miss out on the second biggest global theater market in the world and potentially Andrew if you project into the future China might become the number one theater market in the world. Yeah, I get the whole economic play when people are like Oh, well, they would sacrifice the Vietnamese theater movie going market for the Chinese one if they had to pick one of the two But I'm saying really if you think about it None of this had to happen if they just showed a different part of the map Unless Barbie in the movie is literally being like hey guys look at this area. It's owned by China This little island here called Taiwan. It's also China, right? I don't know much about the real world outside of the Barbie world Yeah, but I know who the South China seas belong to And never forget I'm gonna go visit my friend Xi Jinping. I'm just like guys You just didn't even have to put that part of the map So that's why I think Warner Brothers made a mistake now Now giving up if the Vietnamese, you know, Vietnam has to ban Barbie I think that the Barbie movie can still be successful obviously the Philippines is a large market China's a large market now Does this make I have a question Do you think it makes the Chinese like regulators more excited about the Barbie movie and they're like, oh, yeah, like America Barbie the blonde Barbie is standing up for Chinese territory Yeah, we all gave you guys a little bit more CCTV push because we like the way you drew Barbie drew the map from her mind If that is true, I guess but I just don't think I think Warner Brothers I honestly think Warner Brothers like made a mistake. I think so. Yeah, I'm sure if they could erase those eight lines They totally just erase the eight lines and the map doesn't even look like a real map. It's just Anyways, somebody said I'm still watching it coming from a Vietnamese American. You guys can't make me care about this Listen, I'm not saying you guys don't have the right to care about it But I also have the right to not care about this and then a girl from Vietnam said yeah Because you're a white boss and you have no compassion for your own country SMH and this turned into a thread of like 50 things going back and forth I think just from a macro perspective because I don't want to comment on this because I'm not Vietnamese this specific aspect of it How much should second-generation kids care about what's going on in the motherland? I mean, I think we We we care a little bit more than obviously the average American that is not Asian right now I know I get it that we are American. I am my passports American I probably plan on living most of the rest of my life right at least 95% of the time I have no plans to move to China right now like move my life to China, right? So I guess I It's hard for me to care because like I This is not even an issue that I really knew that much about right We had to do a bunch of research to even understand what was going on I know that China always wants its territory. I know that people are always disputing it I get it that makes sense, you know, but it's also like I have no say in this I don't know like yes I believe in Vietnam's right to make this a bigger issue to ban Barbie so that the international community is talking about it now Now I'm more informed now. Everybody's more informed. All right, but again, we also are now I'm also not in the business to to Villainize every single thing that China does ever either, you know, so I'm just like I guys I don't know. It's like I just wish Warner Brothers just didn't do that. Yeah It's just like it's kind of silly that a screenshot of a Barbie map is Being geopoliticized not just politicized Welcome to 2023 and I actually think it's really interesting that some of the more Nationalistic or patriotic members of our motherland are starting to get so good at English We can argue with them, right? You know how previously when we were growing up there's no way you're arguing with the fog because you it would have to be in language and there just wasn't that line of Communication I mean, I'm sure like I've seen reddit posts about us or whatever I'm sure a lot of those people are maybe born in Asia raised elsewhere, but like yeah, like seriously. I I Don't know David. Do you well as because as English becomes more of a total globe lingua franca It is really interesting. Do you like do you how much can someone care? Man, I think everybody's different at a baseline. I do not think you can expect second-generation Asian Americans Do I think we should probably do more research at least of the food of the country that we come from for sure? I think we should but I don't think there's any baseline default requirement Pre-requisite to like how much of geopolitics you have to understand I think it helps so if you want to be like a bridge or or speak on it for sure if you want to be a subject matter expert You got to be an expert. Um, somebody says man It's just all about capitalism and somebody said, yeah, if it's all about capitalism It's just more evidence of China Insinuating its influence on American life and culture which needs to come to an immediate end What what do we think about this because a lot of people are saying that the geopolitical politicians in America, right? Generally, they're like pro America, but the companies are pro bottom line pro ROI Which means that they're gonna cater more to that China market demands, right? But this is how the companies make money. So it's a global marketplace. It's also free market It also means that anything you do is going to be judged in the global free market It's like when Jocelyn Chia the comedian made a joke about Malaysia at a New York comedy club and That sparked backlash from the Malaysian police in Malaysia. So I'm saying you saying that was so 2023, right? It's just that anything that gets posted Is gonna be scrutinized under the lens of a global geo politicized lens So people are gonna get banned from countries that they even will not even be visiting. You know what I mean? just like Why what else would we be talking about Barbie getting banned in Vietnam for a screenshot of a map and this is why also I don't like to put like a lot of maps and Flags in our thumbnails when we talk about Asia just because it's so politicized because there's so many feelings behind flags Because the flag can represent a different party or a different era, right then what people want somebody said I can't believe nobody at Warner Brothers thought about this. Does the West really just know that little about Asia? Do you think that's true Andrew like a lot of people even though they're gonna sell the movie internationally? Obviously like we said a lot of Americans We simply do not know or pay heavy attention to what's going on serious or unserious outside of American orders So it's like these mistakes are gonna pop up more and more, right? Yeah I think they they definitely needed a consultant somebody whose job it is to look for sensitive material I know that initially most people would never think that drawing little dash marks on a map Or maybe they drew them and then even there was a consultant that was like, yeah But that's like eight dash marks and you know nine is the one you want to stay away. So you're good It's not too cow-tunny, you know, I thought it you're good money Though that person lost right, you know the same thing happened on the live-action Mulan, right Andrew There was a Chinese consultant, but that okayed everything But when the movie got exported to China, they're like wait Why does Mulan like live in Beijing or like Shaanxi, but then she's living in a southern Chinese like Haka like Circle house and stuff like that. Yeah I think that it's kind of weird that when you make a movie and you expect it to be for the Chinese market You almost have to know more now and that's what it is You have to learn more about China to be honest and that's just the marketplace. That's literally capitalism That's literally the system that everybody in America loves. So guess what guys this capitalistic system It just went global. So that's what it is Yeah, it's very fascinating and obviously I hope that everybody in Asia can get along Andrew But you know, it's unlikely and guess what Andrew me and you have no influence on it whatsoever no matter what we say in this video it has zero impact, but I am glad I'm not mad that Vietnam like made their issue a thing because now people know about it But unfortunately that will hit the pockets of the Barbie movie a little bit, you know and the Barbie movie I will say this objectively Not telling you know, I'm not promoting. I'm just saying it does look well written Right, okay that if I was gonna consume any Barbie material in my life, it would be that movie. Yeah Anyway guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below. I think there's silly aspects about this I think there's really serious aspects about this I think everybody's entitled to take it out. They want it because their closeness to this issue is like highly variable Especially here in North America. Let us know what you think in the comment section below keep it civil and until next time We out peace