Hollywood Road

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Back in the hotel room, the Asian reporter found his laptop, began to sort out the fan comments collected today, stored the contents recorded by the tape recorder in a separate folder, and sent it to the editor who was thousands of miles away. Department, and then opened the document again, recalling the content of the movie I watched this afternoon, typing on the keyboard, and preparing a review of my own.

Although this reporter has just started working on the Hollywood line, he was a professional film reporter in China before, and he has a very high level of appreciation for movies.

Murphy Stanton's new film Focus is a very in-depth and worthy of people's constant reflection. Religious groups still occupy a very important weight in Western society, so such a film that dares to directly criticize the internal system of Catholicism Works, from the moment it was born, carried awe-inspiring courage and strength. Just like the journalists fighting for the truth in the movie, they expressed the positive attitude of public opinion to the whole society. This attitude is very important to those Those who are still silently enduring are encouragement, those who are ignorant and indulgent are vigilant stings, and those who commit crimes in the name of God are directly whipped. The media obviously has the effect of influencing the direction of public opinion, so the justice and conscience of the media is also a country and the hope of the society. Therefore, the scene in the film where the reporters of the focus team defied hardships and won the final victory made my blood boil the most...

Of course, as a reporter working for a well-known domestic liberal newspaper, his comments are still very targeted.

Religious belief may not be so closely related to Chinese people, but it has a long-standing background and foundation in Western society. Even in modern society, although religious groups no longer control all aspects of Western society as they did in the Middle Ages, their influence But it is everywhere. Just like the extremely open and civilized society of the United States, its religious influence is also far beyond our imagination. I am currently reading a book The Myth of God by the famous British atheist Richard Dawkins , there is a small section that specifically talks about some prejudices and injustices against atheists in the mainstream culture of American society today, especially the importance of faith to the political life of Americans. He said: For any presidential candidate, the recognized The truth is, the confession of atheism is nothing short of political suicide.

There are many similarities among the children abused by priests in the film: low-income families, fatherless families, divorced families, etc. One victim said: 'If you are a child from a poor family, religion is very important. And being a When the priest notices you, that's a big deal. He tells you to put away your poetry book, or take out the trash, and you feel special, like the Lord is asking for your help.' These kids have that The idea is that in Catholicism, priests preside over Mass, perform baptisms, listen to confessions, and even heal diseases, etc. In the eyes of believers, priests like priests seem to have the glory of God. Therefore, they are valued by priests, that is It is something to be proud of. But what is infuriating is that it is precisely through this sacred cloak that some priests have repeatedly stretched out their claws on underage children.

The sheer volume of Catholic scandals involved in movies proves that it's impossible for people to be ignorant of such things, let alone within the Church.

But why are there so few public accusations? The movie offers several points of view: one is that the victims are ashamed to speak up; the other is that the church protects from top to bottom, and the clergy who committed the crime are not dealt with and continue to be employed. Even if some victims speak out, they are often at a disadvantage in the face of the powerful church, and many cases will be resolved in private; third, the occasional righteous person who speaks out for the victims will soon be pressured by the ubiquitous church forces to harmonize. The police shielded the priest, the lawyer conspired with the church, and the court sealed key evidence for the church...

Another very important point is the public's silence and connivance on this matter. Some of these people will have a natural fear and inferiority towards authority; some believers will defend the holy name of the church and leaders. It is taboo for the venerable; even more extreme people will not even believe those who have the courage to expose dirty deeds. I forgot where I read a case where a daughter told her mother that a respected pastor in the church on weekdays She had misbehavior, and the mother didn't complain about her daughter after hearing her daughter's misfortune, but instead angrily thought that her daughter was slandering the person who was holy in her eyes...

It takes a lot of courage to question and challenge authority figures and power, especially for the media industry...

At this point, the Asian reporter suddenly stopped typing ten fingers on the keyboard. For some reason, his thoughts suddenly flew to the country where he lived and worked, especially the relationship between power and the media.

His biggest feeling is what is the last name of the American media?

Focus is an extremely realistic movie. He has seen quite a few reports from North American media, including liberals, right-wingers, conservatives, etc., and he all very much admits this.

What left the deepest impression on him in the movie was the media's fight against power...

As a reporter for a southern liberal newspaper, this Asian-American's brain has inevitably been eroded by some rotten things.

The Asian reporter sat in front of the laptop, and some daring thoughts stimulated by this movie highlighting the freedom and power of the media kept jumping out, and his head became hot when he jumped, and his fingers fell on the keyboard unconsciously , Knock became an article.

After a certain station every year, a certain news program always talks about this show: in a harmonious and joyful atmosphere, it conveys the positive energy of the society and a strong sense of family and country, and has won praise from the mainstream media and the majority of netizens. A mainstream newspaper always publishes an article Transmitting Positive Energy on the front page, and distributes a commentary Advancing toward dreams or ideals; a review agency publishes a commentator's article Celebrating the World...

However, on a social platform composed of ordinary people, everyone's comments on the party are different, and they keep complaining. Seeing that the party has been manipulated into an extended version of the simulcast news, it is estimated that the vast majority of people are watching. In the middle of the show, the *** in my heart has been running over and over again. Then, why what everyone sees is different from what the mainstream media evaluates? Aren’t the two the same show? Is it a divided society?”

It's clear at a glance what the mainstream media's surname is, and those media who don't want to change their surname have only one end! The radio and television department requires foreign-funded enterprises not to provide video services in the country, and they will be completely banned!

This is our reality. If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. What's more, the higher order also said that the work of news and public opinion must put political direction first, and all work of the news and public opinion media must reflect the will of the ruling class, To reflect xx's proposition, as for the evaluation, it is better not to say.

Suddenly I thought about it. The former deputy director of a certain planning bureau was very wronged. He asked the reporter who came to interview him because of illegal construction. He said: 'Are you going to speak for my boss, or are you going to speak for the public?' As a result, the word shocked the world. These words were regarded as thunderous words, and quickly spread throughout the country, and the deputy director became an Internet celebrity in no time. Looking at it now, the deputy director is the real forward-looking politician. He foresees something happened...

I have to feel that the current situation is changing too fast, so fast that I can't see it, and I can't catch the glasses that have been falling down. Very good, this is a beautiful era, we should all shout long live, thank the Lord Ron!

After writing this, the Asian reporter suddenly couldn’t write any more serious film reviews, and the biggest sense of powerlessness came out. He felt like a eunuch commenting on the emperor’s sex life. Four……

The education he received since he was a child told him that history is always moving forward, the present is better than the past, and the future is better than the present. However, the current reality made him, a media practitioner, feel very clearly that in terms of media and public opinion, today is not as good as yesterday, or even the day before yesterday.

With a long sigh, the Asian reporter marked out the following content separately and saved it in a hidden folder. The things written in a flash of his head just now must not be published, otherwise he will definitely lose his job, maybe for life They can no longer work as journalists.

The Asian reporter took several deep breaths, finally calmed down, and continued to write the serious film review at the beginning.

His fingers flew like flying, and another text appeared in the document.

Murphy Stanton's film is very realistic, and it is also very warning. The breeding of corruption is based on this soil: evil is covered from top to bottom, and the so-called authority and reputation are wrongly respected. ...

Spotlight has received unusual attention since its screening at the Toronto Film Festival, not only because the film is based on a real scandal, but also because the scandal involves many clergy.

Perhaps the moral degradation of the clergy should not have been too startling.

After rational thinking, many people should know that the clergy are just a group of ordinary people, and some of them make mistakes, which is nothing more than normal.

A person will not instantly become a morally perfect person just because he joins the church. After all, there is still a long process before joining the church to truly convert the soul. The society has long neglected this process, which has led the public to hold the clergy too high. expectations, and often equate it with beliefs, so the outbreak of scandals has become a shattering of beliefs. For devout people, surprise is not enough to describe the collapse of their hearts, followed by anger and disappointment. Just like in the film, the reporter Mike went crazy after getting the ironclad evidence and Grandma Sasha cried after reading the report.

After spending a few days in Toronto and participating in several promotional activities, Murphy is also preparing to return to Los Angeles.