Cashing in on the classics

Though it is still unknown whether remaking the four Chinese classical masterpieces will be a profanity on their essence or not, initial propaganda by television crews and other interested parties have already boiled over, says an article in Jiefang Daily. The following is an excerpt:

Since the beginning of the year, plans and preparatory works for remaking those masterpieces have provoked wide and growing criticism because the public does not allow their cultural classics being turned into potboilers.

A repetition of the trend has been rampant in China's TV industry, which is disgustingly hell-bent on remaking masterpieces time and again.