" Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves.
Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for Vendetta's" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people."
The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship."*
V for Vendetta, a movie about citizens overthrowing a corrupt totalitarian government, aired in China, historically strict about censoring media.
Is this a sign of change to come? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss what the airing means.
*Read more from Louise Watt/ AP via Huffington Post:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/v-for-vendetta-china-tv_n_2335144.html
