atypical hollywood life

"Yes, there will be a celebration party starting on Friday night, until Saturday morning, after a day's rest, and sailing on Sunday. The journey will take 108 days in total. The route will roughly travel around 4 continents, cross 3 oceans, and visit New Zealand, Australia, and Dubai. , Egypt, Italy, China and other countries, and there are classic routes such as the Alaska route, the United States, Mexico route, the Caribbean route, and the Mediterranean route, which are very good for physical relaxation. Arthur, you have worked hard during this period, you should relax .”

Margaret persuaded Arthur Miller that although he always likes to chase fame and fortune and has a strong desire to control, the old man still loves her very much. He worked very hard during the awards season, and traveling around the world is a good way to relax and cultivate The way.

Arthur smiled, and his little granddaughter was really caring, "Well, honey, I really need to relax, New York is so noisy and industrialized, the ocean is a very good place to go."

Seeing that Arthur agreed, Margaret was also very happy, "The top floor is temporarily closed to the public, and there are many vacant rooms. Arthur, you can invite some friends to go with you. You know my social circle and yours. The difference is a bit big, and I may not be able to accompany you by then."

There are some friends who are similar in age to travel together, and Arthur will not be too lonely. After all, she and Arthur really have no common language.

"Um..." Arthur Miller thought about it, and felt that Margaret was right. It would be boring if he was the only old man on the whole ship. The journey would be much more interesting if he invited a few friends to go together.

"Are all the facilities on board complete?" Arthur asked Margaret.

"Of course, everything from a telegraph machine to a fax machine to a satellite phone, dear Arthur, you don't have to worry about not being in touch with the shore in time. Except for the typewriter, which you need to bring, you have everything else."

Margaret understood what facility he was talking about. Most of Arthur's friends were people in his circle, some writers and literary workers, and even some film critics. It will take a long time, but it will be different with the contact facilities. It only needs a phone call or fax to complete various work handovers at the next docking location, without delaying work at all, and can relax the mood.

"Then I'll invite a few old friends to relax together. If I don't indulge myself, maybe I won't be able to move in the future." Arthur laughed at himself. He is almost 80 years old, so let's move while he can.

Rebecca next to him gave him a blank look, what nonsense?Ignore him and tell Margaret directly, "I'll take a friend with me, is that okay?"

"It's okay for you to bring ten, but who do you want to bring?" Margaret was curious. Rebecca is actually a house girl. She doesn't usually go out except for work and has few friends. She is really curious that she will bring who came.

"Secret it. You will know when the time comes." Rebecca said mysteriously.

Now that Rebecca said so, Margaret didn't pursue it, anyway, she would know next Friday.

I dragged a pile of newspapers and magazines on the table. After the Oscars, there will always be some sales peaks. People complain about movies, actors, and technicians. Anyway, they blame the White House for anything that happens in society. Similarly, as soon as the awards ceremony is over, there will be a bunch of injustices. This has become a tradition. How many Oscars leftovers have been dragged out as typical for many years because of this.

What about Oscar's discrimination, Oscar's unfairness, Oscar's dark inside story, as long as there is something that doesn't satisfy these media people, they can blackmail you.Of course, even if the result satisfies them, they still have to find something to hack again. For the sake of sales, the morals of the media and the media group behind them have already been squeezed out and fed to the dogs.In their eyes, an Oscar with inside stories and gimmicks is a good Oscar, and an Oscar that cannot improve sales is not a good Oscar.

Moreover, in North America, daring to resist authority is a symbol of free will. Free Americans have always been proud of daring to resist power. Oscar is also a symbol of power in a certain way, so every year there are media like He fought with all his might to cheer for the failed movies and stars. Anyway, the Oscars are not very white, and it doesn't matter if they are a little darker.

Arthur and Rebecca also read the newspaper while eating breakfast + Chinese food. Compared with Margaret’s must-eat porridge for every breakfast, Arthur and Rebecca are completely Western habits, fried toast and bacon Eggs and milk are much more convenient than reading a newspaper while drinking porridge.

After reading newspapers and magazines for a while, Rebecca suddenly felt that the media had changed their gender. There were not many people complaining about this year's Oscars. This is not American at all.

Continue to read a few more big newspapers such as "Variety Show", "USA Today", "Washington Post", "New York Times", "Los Angeles Times" and "National Enquirer", "New York Post", "World "News" and a series of gossip tabloids, although there are some who regret that other movies and stars did not win the award, but generally speaking, there are not many topics aroused by the Oscars this year, and the media hold the award-winning people and movies. positive attitude.

This is really strange.Rebecca thought, which year wasn't it a terrible mess?Why did it suddenly stop today?

Arthur answered this question for her. He clicked on the newspapers and magazines in front of him and said, "The reason is actually very simple. Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter are both big hits this year, and they were called out before the awards ceremony." It's very high, and with the addition of mainstream politics, it's not wrong for other film actors to lose."

There is one more thing he didn't say, these two are white Americans.Looking at the other nominees, there are still weak voices complaining about Stockard Channing and Debra Winger for Best Actress. Emma Thompson, a British talent, is directly defined as having no breakthrough in acting. Angela Bassett, a black actress, was never mentioned.Not to mention Tom Hanks. Among the five nominated actors, three are British, one is black and the other is him. This year, there is no racial political appeal. You said that the media are afraid of chaos. Who to attack?This is, after all, a white supremacist country.

After a pause, "Margaret has an advantage in age, and her acting skills are strong enough. The media may feel sorry for others, but they will definitely not attack her for not being as good as others."

The protection of minors in the United States can be counted as a number. If the media dares to make some inappropriate remarks in this regard, the protection of minors is not a vegetarian.

"As for Tom Cruise..." Arthur Miller showed a meaningful smile, "In a way, this is a 'psychotic' playing the role of a 'psychopath', all of which have been hyped up, the media If you attack him for the sake of sales, it will be too ugly to eat."

From Arthur Miller's point of view, the method used by the man who planned this awards strategy for Tom Cruise is almost a stroke of genius.

Not only did he successfully turn the factors that were completely unfavorable to him into favorable aspects, but he also gave the person who wanted to get rid of Tom Cruise behind him a slash, which made the other party lose his temper at all.By the way, Tom Cruise's professional image and image of loving family and children are created, which is completely respected by mainstream American society.Coupled with his emaciation in the later stage, although Oscar has not sold out in history, he is really the only one who can achieve Mr. Cruise's level, which is unprecedented.Arthur Miller felt that this pr strategy could completely rank among the best in the classic Oscar PR campaign.He even thought maybe he could hire Margaret to do some of the work the next time she hit the Oscar for Best Actress...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking Margaret, "Which publicist did Tom Cruise hire this time?"

"Cough...cough cough..." Rebecca choked on the fried egg in her mouth, coughing earth-shatteringly.

Margaret ran to the kitchen with a guilty conscience and gave her a glass of ice water and patted her on the back.

Seeing that Arthur was still waiting for her to answer the question, he replied with a dry smile, "It seems that Pater is looking for a PR company, I'm not sure about that..."

Before she could finish speaking, Rebecca coughed even worse, and Margaret patted her on the back vigorously, warning her not to leak her words.

After getting the answer, Arthur Miller didn't notice the offensive and defensive battle between the two of them and Rebecca's resentful eyes, and continued to eat his breakfast thoughtfully.

Supporters of the best film "Schindler's List" did not bother to explain that it was not attacked by other films. If such a politically correct film about World War II can no longer be correct, it would be a ghost if it was attacked. I forgot that American media groups are basically controlled by Jews. There is no need to explain this kind of thing. It is strange that Rebecca can't figure it out.

The vigorous Oscar drama has just come to an end, waiting for the next year to continue to set sail.

Margaret and Rebecca went out for big shopping after breakfast + lunch. Although there was everything on board, clothes and some daily necessities still needed to be purchased by themselves. For example, Rebecca bought There are auxiliary products needed for excessive blood loss for a few days, as well as swimsuits and wetsuits, which are sold in the shopping mall on the ship, but how can there be so many choices on the shore?As well as bits and pieces and messy things, the project can be described as huge for a large and a small.

So, adhering to the idea that strong labor is not in vain, Margaret's cousin was dragged to work as a free laborer, and he also brought a bottle of oil by the way.

When I met Margaret, I almost made her suffer from trypophobia!