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[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 15 points 17 hours ago

The film has been boasting that it is the adaptation of the “true story” of a woman who killed her husband by accident while fighting against his long-term domestic violence.

The verdict in Zhao’s trial found that she used a fruit knife to stab her husband to death

No domestic violence was mentioned in the actual verdict, in contrast to Zhao’s persona in the film, that of a heroine resisting domestic violence.

they obtained the approval from the prison to let Zhao play in the film by saying that they were preparing a “documentary”

But what they produced turned out to be a commercial film. This is against the law because the China Prison Law stipulates that all prison activities must only serve the goal of education.

Slayyy (your husband, with a fruit knife) Queen

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

What is it with Western Media constantly glazing Chinese scammers?

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm not going to entirely discard her claims of abuse given that the court gave her such a lenient sentence.

But also definitely not the girl boss being punished by misogynists for defending herself that western media want her to be.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago

It's more this bit

they obtained the approval from the prison to let Zhao play in the film by saying that they were preparing a “documentary” But what they produced turned out to be a commercial film

And then dressing it up as state censorship

this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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