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The play's the thing

"The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, had less to do with culture than with a violent attempt to control the minds of the Chinese people. Yet it was a play, which slyly criticized Chairman Mao, that raised the curtain on this horrendous period in China's history, acting as a catalyst for the brutal reforms. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of the movement that led to the deaths of half a million people before finally consuming itself."--Container.

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  • "China's Cultural Revolution"
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  • "Part of a 6 part series tracing the rise and fall of communism. This episode shows how the murderous Cultural Revolution was triggered by an argument over Wu Hans's play The dismissal of Hai from office."
  • ""The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, had less to do with culture than with a violent attempt to control the minds of the Chinese people. Yet it was a play, which slyly criticized Chairman Mao, that raised the curtain on this horrendous period in China's history, acting as a catalyst for the brutal reforms. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of the movement that led to the deaths of half a million people before finally consuming itself."--Container."@en
  • ""The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, had less to do with culture than with a violent attempt to control the minds of the Chinese people. Yet it was a play, which slyly criticized Chairman Mao, that raised the curtain on this horrendous period in China's history, acting as a catalyst for the brutal reforms. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of the movement that led to the deaths of half a million people before finally consuming itself. Jack Gray, author of Rebellions and revolutions, and Zhang Yongning, son of a Party official, offer their insights into the Communist politics of the day"--Container."
  • ""The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, had less to do with culture than with a violent attempt to control the minds of the Chinese people. Yet it was a play, which slyly criticized Chairman Mao, that raised the curtain on this horrendous period in China's history, acting as a catalyst for the brutal reforms. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of the movement that led to the deaths of half a million people before finally consuming itself. Jack Gray, author of Rebellions and revolutions, and Zhang Yongning, son of a Party official, offer their insights into the Communist politics of the day"--Container."@en
  • "Shows how the murderous Cultural Revolution was triggered by an argument over Wu Han's play "The dismissal of Hai from office". Mao, believing it to be a mocking parody of his own political actions found it deeply offensive. Egged on,he launched the Great Proletarian Revolution in 1966."@en
  • "" The Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, had less to do with culture than with a violent attempt to control the minds of the Chinese people. Yet it was a play, which slyly criticized Chairman Mao, that raised the curtain on this horrendous period in China's history. Beginning with an excerpt from The dismissal of Hai Rui, this program presents the details of the movement that led to the deaths of half a million people before finally consuming itself"--container."@en

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  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Documentary films"@en

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  • "The play's the thing China's Cultural Revolution"
  • "The play's the thing"@en
  • "The play's the thing"
  • ""The Play's the thing" China's cultural revolution"@en

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