A crackdown on vulgarity drives fans away from Guo Degang, once a hero to ordinary Chinese for mixing puns and poetry and making fun of authority figures. He’s foulmouthed. He’s subversive. He has no respect for authority. In a country where an insurgent spirit can land you behind bars, it made Guo Degang rich instead.
A beloved Chinese comic gets the silent treatment
A crackdown on vulgarity drives fans away from Guo Degang, once a hero to ordinary Chinese for mixing puns and poetry and making fun of authority figures. He’s foulmouthed. He’s subversive. He has no respect for authority. In a country where an insurgent spirit can land you behind bars, it made Guo Degang rich instead.
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A beloved Chinese comic gets the silent treatment