Chapter 914 fight fire with fire

“It won’t work.” Oliver-Kingston (Oliver-Kingston) directly shook his head and gave a veto. He is Charlize’s publicist, and Dorothy is both affiliated with Slate PR. “Let feminists express their support for us, and then launch a public opinion offensive? This approach is temporary, not the root cause, because it is just calling on feminists to support the film. It cannot shake the stubborn ideas of those men, nor can it change the current situation. The loss of viewers will be very serious. Even if we gain political correctness and regain the advantage in public opinion, the decline in the box office cannot be stopped at all, which will definitely be a disaster.”

This was the case with “Brokeback Mountain” last year. The topic of homosexual discrimination was due to political correctness. During the awards season, almost no one dared to speak directly, and many people even supported it. But everyone knows that this is Hollywood, and what people say is the basic skill behind what they say, and what they say is completely different from what they agree with in their hearts. On the surface, “Brokeback Mountain” seems to occupy the right time, place and people. Under the **** of the Chinese Communist Party, Yimapingchuan, but the actual result is obviously not.

Now, is “Fury Road” going to repeat the same mistakes?

Oliver showed a hint of disappointment. He originally thought that Lance had a well-thought-out plan and must have some fantastic ideas, but they had already thought of the method of awakening feminism—as professional publicists, how could they not have thought of it? Now feminist voices on the Internet are also rising one after another, fighting against those conservative and stubborn patriarchies, but after all, it is a drop in the bucket, and it has not been able to reverse the situation for the time being. What’s more, as he said, intensifying this gender contradiction is definitely not good for the box office of “Fury Road”.

“Support? Why do we need their support?” A rhetorical question from Lance made Oliver stunned, and subconsciously blurted out, “Because our movie is supporting feminism.”

Hearing such an answer, Lance showed a meaningful smile, “It seems that many men think so now.” Even as Charlize’s publicist, Oliver was contaminated with patriarchal habits and was Charlie Sheen’s rhetoric is convincing, let alone those ordinary men? Perhaps, the internal enemy is the biggest problem they face?

Oliver could hear a hint of ridicule and sarcasm in Lance’s words, which made his eyes droop.

However, Lance didn’t mean to chase after her, and turned to look at Dorothy, “We need feminist criticism.” There was a strange silence in the living room, and everyone didn’t quite understand the meaning of this sentence, ” Let’s just say, ‘Fury Road’ is a thoroughly patriarchal movie, and the female characters in it are all or half fruit, and in the name of freedom, they are actually using actresses as vases, not to mention All Victoria’s Secret models directly objectified women; also, Angarad died, as expected, was a sacrifice of sheep, and the tribesmen of Firosa also died one by one, and all became cannon fodder. In order to set off the existence of Max. The whole movie is full of disgusting patriarchal ideas, not to mention that Undead Joe also stores women as female species!”

…This?

Not only did Lance not intend to clean up, but he also planned to pour the sewage on himself? It’s not enough to offend the male audience, but now you have to offend the female audience all over again?

Dorothy opened her mouth, she couldn’t keep up with Lance’s rhythm, “But, the movie is not like this.” Dorothy could only subconsciously defend, but she couldn’t tell why.

Lance shrugged, “The movie is not what the patriarchs say, is it?” After the initial shock, Dorothy’s thoughts gradually began to turn around, and Lance continued, “Since They intend to criticize, so let the criticism be more violent. You’d better contact some feminist activists and incite them to stand up and criticize the film severely.”

This is called fighting poison with fire.

Patriarchs think the movie is misleading to women, or insulting to men; but what if feminists also think the movie is an insult to women? Both sides are firing on Fury Road, so who is right? “Fury Road” is obviously impossible to be patriarchal and feminist at the same time. It is impossible to insult men and women at the same time. Even if it is an anti-human work, it will not be like this. If you want to find out the truth, you can only walk into the movie theater and test it yourself.

This is exactly the same as “The Passion of Jesus”. As religious debates are in full swing, devout believers have entered the cinema one after another. The download has reached unprecedented heights, which is also the root cause of the film’s 300 million box office in North America.

More importantly, relying solely on the support of feminism, the fixed concept of patriarchy is difficult to change. They will only believe in the current direction of public opinion. The more feminism supports, the more they oppose it. This will only make male audiences pushed farther and farther. But feminist criticism can lead to controversy, curiosity, and confusion. They believe that female characters are clearly objectified in movies, which is an insult to women and caters to the preferences of patriarchy. Whether it is out of the psychology of seeking proof, or the psychology of criticism and refutation, or the psychology of an objective standpoint, the audience will go into the movie theater to seek proof in person.

At that time, whether “Fury Road” is patriarchal or feminist, or neither, or both, each audience will have their own judgment. At the same time, a new round of controversy is bound to push the confrontation between masculinity and feminism to a new high, which will become a new driving force for “Fury Road” to harvest the box office.

This is the means to fundamentally defeat the controversy!

After that, Chaos Film Industry will stand on the moral high ground according to the situation, and use political correctness to calm down all disputes and truly remove all obstacles.

Dorothy suddenly felt that everything became clear. The first thought in her mind was the box office, and the second thought was… the awards season. If it continues with such momentum, “Fury Road” will make a difference in the awards season. It’s not nonsense, especially considering the development track of “Brokeback Mountain” last year, but Dorothy thinks it’s a bit unbelievable. Did Lance start brewing early?

The thought just flashed by, and Dorothy immediately took her thoughts back. Awards season is still far away, and the top priority is this week’s box office battle. Now that it is difficult to protect themselves, they must respond as soon as possible.

“So, what are you going to do? Let feminists stand up and speak out? Or start with the Yahoo community and let the speeches ferment on the Internet?” Dorothy returned to a professional state again, and the original deadlock seemed to be suddenly A solution was found.

“Wait.” Oliver interrupted Dorothy, “Have we reached a consensus? Why don’t I know? Is this method really feasible? I think it’s up for discussion.”

Dorothy folded her hands on her chest, and she relaxed, “So, what do you think is wrong? Or, do you have a better solution?”

One sentence choked Oliver directly. If he had a way, there would be no need to come to Las Vegas today. Although he didn’t want to admit it, Lance’s move to draw fire from the bottom of the pot and fight fire with fire was indeed brilliant. Leaving aside the prospect of awards season, at least at the box office, it is already invincible, and perhaps “Fury Road” is not wishful thinking to replicate the miracle of “Passion of the Christ”.

Oliver still showed his professionalism and exhaled lightly, “Lance, what do you think should be done next?”

No, Lance shrugged his shoulders, “You are the professionals. I am in charge of coming up with ideas, and you are in charge of execution. Isn’t this how things work together?” Lance graciously gave up the initiative, and he has expertise in technology. , Lance does not intend to hold everything in his hands, “It would be great if you can also be responsible for the idea.” Otherwise, why would Lance hire a professional publicist?

In a word, the cheeks of all the public relations present were burning hot. Dorothy is still the calmest ~www.readmtl.com~ After all, she has been dealing with Lance for a long time, and this little damage can still be tolerated, “We must be fast now, time is the most precious, now, now we have to Launch a counterattack!” Dorothy took the initiative to speak, and everyone gathered together to discuss the specific implementation plan.

“Lance.” Dorothy called Lance who was about to leave, “You know, you’re playing with fire.” This way of fighting poison with poison, the result is unpredictable, and things may be resolved easily, but they may also fall apart completely , and eventually die together, the risk is really too great.

Lance shrugged with a smile, “If you want to be stable, you shouldn’t invest in this project in the first place. 150 million, which is enough for many people to live without worry for a lifetime.”

Dorothy laughed dumbfounded, and shook her head slightly, “I knew you were a **** before, but now I know you are still a lunatic.” The smile paused at the corner of her mouth, and after a moment of hesitation, Dorothy still said, “Sorry , I lost my composure just now, from any point of view, that is intolerable, there is no excuse. I am really sorry.”

“I know.” There was still a smile on the corner of Lance’s mouth, but the temperature in his eyes was disappearing, “So, this month’s basic salary will be gone. Also, it’s best not to have a next time.” After finishing speaking, Lance She turned around and left, Dorothy couldn’t help but shudder at the understatement. (To be continued.)