The mainstream media in the United States has basically a positive evaluation of Aladdin.

However, it is also indispensable for the media, film critics or audiences to question why Aladdin is Chinese.

But in Qiao Feng's view, in addition to some of the doubts that he really doesn't understand, other media are more likely to collect money to smear Aladdin.

This is normal, whether it is the United States or any country or region, movies will encounter smears from competitors when they are released.

After all, to beat your opponent is to improve your own box office.

For Donald Duck Club's lost magic lamp, Aladdin's publisher MGM also spent no less money to buy layouts to attack it.

This is a common means of competition.

The attack on the lost magic lamp of the Donald Duck Club, just like the Chicago Sun's evaluation, is a real flaw in Disney's film, both in terms of the coherence of the story and the rough production level of the picture.

Therefore, the attack can really affect the box office of this film.

But for Aladdin, these accusations that Aladdin is Chinese and have Chinese elements have little impact on the box office.

Because for American audiences, it really doesn't matter what the background of the main character in a cartoon is.

Because the original version of Aladdin's entire story is an Arab background, even such a background American audience did not say anything, and did not affect the box office of the movie, and now if Aladdin is Chinese, it will also not have a big impact.

Qiao Feng has a high regard for Aladdin.

Why is it important?

Because this film won more than $200 million at the North American box office and over $500 million at the global box office in the original time and space.

Counting other surrounding revenues, there is a total of no less than one billion dollars in revenue.

Compared to the investment of more than 20 million dollars, the revenue of this animated film is extremely terrifying.

But there is another important point, that is, more than 20 years later, this film can still be shot with a new machine to shoot live-action films.

And it's also a blue-skinned elf played by black superstar Will Smith.

Whether in Europe, Oceania, South America, or Asia, this live-action film adaptation has been well received by audiences, and it is inevitable that the global box office will exceed one billion dollars.

And one of the reasons why Aladdin's live-action animated film is so successful is that it has a diverse cast.

When Aladdin's live-action movie had not yet been released, and it was even rumored that black superstar Will Smith would play the blue-skinned elf, it could be described as causing an uproar.

The Internet is even more overwhelmingly scolded.

Whether it's Aladdin and the princess choosing Asian actors or Will Smith playing the elves, they are almost ridiculed by the group.

And from this, people think that such an Aladdin live-action animated film is bound to fail.

But it turns out that the perception that controversy on the Internet can have a significant impact is an illusion, but it is true that a diverse cast is good for the box office.

This can be seen from the fact that there are more and more Fast and Furious series, and the higher the box office of the extended family members of all skins and races.

In order to lay the foundation for the future Aladdin live-action animated film with a diversified cast, this is also a consideration for Qiao Feng to set Aladdin as a Chinese.

There is also the fact that Qiao Feng is Chinese, so he naturally hopes to add Chinese elements to the movie to give people from all over the world a channel to understand China.

Of course, there is one of the most important reasons that Aladdin himself is a Chinese in the story of Aladdin.

Aladdin is a medieval Arabian tale from the Thousand and One Nights.

How did the name One Thousand and One Nights come about?

Legend has it that there was a Sassanid kingdom between India and China in ancient times, and the king Shan Luyal was cruel and jealous by nature, and because of the queen's misbehavior, he killed her, and then married a young girl every day, and killed her the next morning as a sign of revenge.

In order to save the innocent woman, the prime minister's daughter, Shanruzod, voluntarily married the king, and used the method of telling stories to attract the king, and told the best every night, and the day was just dawning, so that the king could not bear to kill, and allowed her to continue the next night.

Her story was told for a thousand and one nights, and the king was finally moved to grow old with her.

This is where the name One Thousand and One Nights comes from.

The Sassani country is located between India and China, so there are Chinese elements and even Chinese in one night and one night.

In the original story, Aladdin is a Chinese, and even the story takes place in China.

It's just that the China in the story is based on the author's imagination and has a strong *** color.

Since the collection of stories of One Thousand and One Nights was produced around the seventh century AD, when the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, the unprecedented size of the territory led the Arab Empire to believe that its sphere of activity, including present-day Afghanistan, was China's sphere of influence, that is, Central Asia under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Protectorate.

So, there is even a Jewish merchant who buys utensils from Aladdin (and he also extorts Aladdin), but there is no mention of a Buddhist or a Confucian scholar.

Everyone has an Arabic name in the kingdom, and its ruler is more like a Persian king than a Chinese emperor.

Due to the author's lack of specific understanding of China, he simply "***" the Oriental world simply and crudely.

This kind of background is very common in fairy tales - highlighting that the story is not too realistic to lose its mood.

The creator of the story was unaware of the existence of the Americas, so Aladdin's "China" represents the "Far East", while Morocco, the magician's homeland, is the "Far West".

The story begins with the narration of the magician who did his best to come to China from afar, which is the longest journey in the creator's worldview, showing the magician's determination to try to obtain the priceless magic lamp.

At the end of the story, the elves effortlessly help Aladdin and the magician to travel between the East and the West in an instant, showing the powerful power of the elves.

In recent years, there are almost no Chinese elements in Aladdin's story, and Aladdin is no longer Chinese.

Many people forget this or even don't recognize it.

How could Aladdin be a Chinese?

However, Aladdin's pantomime, performed on the stage of the Royal Theatre in London in the 17th century, provides favorable proof that Aladdin is Chinese.

From 1788 when John Ochfe brought Aladdin to the stage of London's Royal Theatre, Aladdin's pantomime version of the setting and plot were as Chinese as possible (although this "Chinese" setting was in London's East End, not medieval Baghdad).

And the reason why people will gradually forget that Aladdin and the story take place in China is because of the original Aladdin animated movie produced by Disney two years later.

In Disney's animated films, many characters have their original names renamed (e.g., the Wizard is renamed "Jia Fang" and becomes the Minister of the DPRK), and the characters have new goals (e.g., the Lamp Elves desire to be free) or are replaced (the Ring Elves disappear and are replaced by magic carpets).

The story setting has also moved from China to the fictional Arab city of Agrabah, and the story structure has been simplified.

Qiao Feng used almost all the settings and plots of the Disney version of Aladdin, but there was only one point, that is, he changed Aladdin's identity back.

In his version of the movie, Aladdin is Chinese.

This is the result of a variety of considerations, whether it is a future live-action movie or the current American audience's attitude towards Arab elements and Chinese elements, Qiao Feng has considered it.

Therefore, Qiao Feng didn't care at all about some insignificant doubts.

As for now, with the current box office of Aladdin, Qiao Feng doesn't care even more.

Because, in the same schedule, there are no movies that can compete with Aladdin.

Didn't you see Disney's Donald Duck Club, and the lost magic lamps were all beaten to pieces?

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