917 Social Focus
Bryant and Katie are the best examples. They each hold their own opinions and refuse to give in, but it is extremely difficult to convince each other. There is more and more evidence, but they become more and more confused. Before watching the movie, no one can refute the other party with a foregone conclusion, but they cannot insist that they are correct.
However, this does not affect the continued heat up of the dispute. The debate on "Today" is just the tip of the iceberg. This episode received 7.6 million ratings. This is the second time that the ratings have exceeded the 7 million threshold since the 21st century. The last time was a special program where the White House declared war on Iraq. What's even more terrifying is that at this time, more than 67 TV programs in the United States chose the "Rampage Road" as the topic, and more than 400 radio programs have chosen this hot topic, not to mention the numerous newspapers and magazines. Even university professors, human rights groups, and sociologists have joined the discussion and expressed their opinions, trying to analyze the truth about the "Rampage Road", and even trying to analyze the gender discrimination scene hidden behind the "Rampage Road" incident.
There is no doubt that the "Rampant Road" has become the focus of attention of the entire American society.
Compared to the topic of "Raging Road" is patriarchism or feminism itself, what is more profound is why this kind of debate occurs? Has gender equality really been realized? Has gender discrimination really disappeared? Is patriarchy really not discriminate against women? Is feminism really not excessive? Is the differences between men and women really solved? Is political correctness really completely eradicated the problem of discrimination? If so, what is the homosexual discrimination caused by "Brokeback Mountain" last year? What is the case of racial discrimination that has become increasingly fierce in recent years? Under the background of cultural integration, discrimination has become increasingly serious. What is going on?
Returning to the "Rampant Road", is this movie a resurgence of Hollywood patriarchy, or is feminism breaking the shackles of the film industry for the first time? Is this the progress of the times or the regression of society? What kind of influence will this movie have?
All the debates could not stop, just like dominoes. With a light push, all the problems broke out. It seemed that all the problems were just a movie, but not just a movie.
With the addition of feminism to the war, the whole debate became increasingly chaotic. In addition to Gloria, another famous feminist, Germaine-greer, launched a sit-in demonstration. She called on more than 100 women. At 3 pm on Sunday, local time in the United States, they took off their shirts and took off their underwear, and sat cross-legged in Times Square in New York with practical actions to protest and refute patriarchy.
The sit-in demonstration lasted for three hours and attracted more than 300 media to flock to the scene for interviews. During the conversation with reporters, Jermaine spoke fiercely and almost fought. "So, everything is the woman's fault, it is exactly the same as in the past few centuries. Men cannot find a job because women are out of work; men are under too much pressure because women do not care for them; men's family is not perfect, because women do not do housework well. Everything is because women. Haven't men reflect on themselves?
In terms of jobs, you can't compete with women. Isn't it because you are stupider than women? With the same life pressure, you collapsed first. Isn't it because you are more sissy than women? The family is not perfect enough, surely it's because you are nostalgic for prostitutes outside? Now, even a movie uses a female character as the protagonist, and even causes such exaggerated controversy! So, this is what you call social progress? This is what you call victory for feminism? All women should revolve around men? Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Stupid! Sad! Despicable!"
Jermaine has always been famous for her sharp words and sharp views. Her radical views have also led to a lot of controversy, but obviously, this did not affect her style. Facing the huge team of journalists in front of her, "Look at you, look at yourself, there are only three female journalists here. This is our current situation, how ironic!" Just one sentence, Jermaine successfully made all the reporters present blush, but she obviously hasn't finished speaking, "Now, it's just that the heroine in a movie shows the same ability as the male protagonist, and the men are in a furious situation? This is the real shame! You don't even have the courage to accept, a
Women have the possibility of being of equal strength as men, even in a movie, in a fictional movie, in your eyes, women are your vassals and your fertility machine! I think the ridiculous thing is that you think you are the villain in the movie, right? Just treating women as a machine for inheriting their family line! It’s so similar, so similar! But you don’t know that such a self is the most ridiculous. If you deny the value of women’s existence is equivalent to denying your own value of existence! This makes you look like a group of studs who are in love but can’t find a way to vent. You can only keep running and roaring in the wild mountains and rivers, no different from wild beasts.”
Jermaine's view immediately triggered an unimaginable frenzy of discussion - this was the first time someone linked patriarchy to the immortal old Joe, but if you think about it carefully, it seemed, maybe, maybe... a bit similar, and things suddenly became interesting.
"Side by whether the movie is feminism, men can't wait to jump out just because of a movie. This is the best proof of gender discrimination!" Jermaine summed up her with a loud voice. Her views were slightly different from Gloria. Obviously, she was not interested in the movie itself and probably did not intend to watch it, but she had objections to the controversial topic itself. Just this statement strongly condemned the "controversy", pushing the entire discussion to a higher level, and everyone was collectively uproar.
Things have begun to lose control. Now it is not something that Lance or Chaos Pictures can control, nor is it that Warner Bros. Disney can control it by joining forces. The Hollywood reality reflected by the controversy caused by the "Raging Road" is becoming a social issue and attracting everyone's attention.
Even at the White House press conference, the reporter couldn't help but raise the topic of "Raging Road". However, the George Bush administration obviously does not want to respond to this for the time being. First, the problem is too difficult, and second, the "Raging Road" is just a movie. After the official response, things became really serious. Therefore, the spokesperson simply resisted the return with an official response of political correctness, probably "We support women's rights", "Gender discrimination is absolutely not allowed", "I have not watched movies for the time being and have no say", trying to keep the dispute outside the government.
But obviously they couldn't do it because things were getting bigger and bigger, like snowballing, and now it has caused an avalanche, and no one can stop the power of nature.
Everyone is looking for the parties involved in the incident, Lance.
So far, the reporters have not had time to interview Lance's thoughts. Charlie Shin attacked at the premiere of "The Banshee in the Water" on Wednesday. It fermented on Thursday and Friday, but the matter was not serious at that time. Lance, who was in the publicity period, was not mentioned related issues. When things started to get big on Saturday, Lance arrived in Las Vegas to participate in the publicity, but he refused the reporter's interview request and said that he needed to concentrate on the recording of the program. Then... Then Lance disappeared, all phones turned off, and all contacts were cut off. Even Percy said that he could not contact - of course, no one could identify how true or false Percy's words were.
Even Chaos Film and the "Rampant Road" crew were silent inside and outside, not making conservative remarks, but refusing to make remarks, as if they had decided to protect themselves in this controversy. This silence, in the eyes of outsiders, is a manifestation of "conceit", adding fuel to the fire, making the heat of the controversial discussion rise to a higher level.
All paparazzi across the North American continent were looking for Lance, and even ordinary residents were curious about the whereabouts of the focus. The San Francisco Chronicle even proposed a theory, "Did Lancelot Strello follow Roman Polansky's footsteps?"
Roman was accused of rape of a minor girl. Before the court sentenced, he fled from the United States and was still wanted by the United States. The San Francisco Chronicle was obviously also mocking Lance for running away at the last minute and was guilty, but this remark was severely accused by public opinion. Lance and Roman's behavior were not of the same nature at all. This analogy is not only irresponsible, but also suspected of misleading the audience. This is really a loss of identity for an authoritative media.
Subsequently, Theodore Strello officially announced that he would sue the San Francisco Chronicle for slander and insult.
Before receiving the lawyer's letter, the San Francisco Chronicle published an apology letter under public pressure, and the reporter Brian Barlow, who wrote the article, publicly apologized. However, there is no news about whether Lance accepts the apology yet - because he still has not appeared.
By the time the paparazzi discovered that Lance was resting and adjusting in Palm Springs according to the tips, it was already July 25th. In other words, the weekend box office in North America in the third week of July was already hot.
Chapter completed!