Chapter 915 feminism

The protests and demonstrations of men’s rights action groups are in full swing. The news media in the three major cities of Los Angeles, New York and Chicago are flocking here. Game after game, just after setting a new box office record for its premiere, “Fury Road” fell into controversy, and the box office trend suddenly cast a shadow.

Just when everyone thought that things couldn’t get worse, “Fury Road” once again encountered a bigger crisis.

The crowded Hollywood Boulevard has been in a climax for nearly four hours today. At this time, it is finally coming to an end. The protest demonstration is drawing to a close. They are preparing for the last round of slogan chanting, and then they will call it quits. It will be held next week In the second round of activities, every participating member’s face was filled with excitement and excitement. Obviously, they couldn’t be more satisfied with the results achieved so far. They are all looking forward to the next one. More trouble, of course, and more importantly, their group has won enough attention, and a strong exposure rate is really good for promoting their values ​​and worldview.

At this moment, there was a commotion from the east side of Hollywood Boulevard. From far to near, it seemed like thousands of bees were gradually approaching. , A thin layer of goosebumps appeared on the surface of the wet and sticky skin, and people couldn’t help but turned their heads and cast their gazes in the direction of the source of the noise, and then everyone was dumbfounded.

I saw a big red convertible sports car in front of me. The car was driving slowly at a low speed in first gear, surrounded by about 20 to 30 women, following the car and driving normally. Walking slowly under the scorching golden sun, it was as if a gust of sea breeze was blowing towards the face, gathering all the scorching gazes in an instant. A lady stood tall on the passenger seat, with long blond hair fluttering gently in the wind, and a black plain long dress that was slightly loose, but at sixty years old she still had an indescribable elegance.

“Down with Fury Road! Boycott Strelow! Restore women’s dignity! Say no to patriarchy!”

Those crisp and soft voices were shouting in unison, accompanied by the sound of the wind, which was not clear at first, but it caused people to look sideways, and even the protest team, which was preparing for the last round of slogans, temporarily stopped. After he made his move, he looked over curiously. After he heard it clearly, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Many people even wondered if they had heard it wrong, “Road to Fury”? Are they protesting “Fury Road”? But, something is wrong, isn’t the men’s rights activist group behind it also protesting against “Fury Road”?

The surrounding noises became quiet for a while, everyone strained their ears to try to hear more clearly, and then they heard the first sentence “Down with ‘Fury Road'” clearly, and everyone was dumbfounded , all eyes were shifted to the patriarchal action group, with inexplicable doubts in the eyes:

So, is “Fury Road” patriarchal or feminist?

Not to mention the onlookers, even the protesting team themselves fell into doubts, not understanding what happened at all. But the reporters on the scene became excited in an instant, exciting, extremely exciting! All the reporters left the small square next to the Kodak Theater in a swarm, and sprinted in the direction of the convertible sports car. The traffic on Hollywood Boulevard was completely chaotic. Originally, everyone in the urban area did not honk their horns, but look Seeing the crowd of reporters suddenly jumping out, all the cars panicked immediately, with sudden brakes and horns blazing continuously in the sky, and the entrance of the Kodak Theater suddenly made a mess of porridge.

The red sports car slowly stopped at the entrance of the captain’s theater opposite, and was surrounded by reporters in a blink of an eye. At this time, many sharp-eyed reporters immediately discovered that the lady standing in the passenger seat was an acquaintance, Gloria-Steinem (Gloria-Steinem)!

Who is the most famous feminist in America? If you ask any average fifty-year-old over who knows anything about American women’s thinking or social activism, everyone’s answer will be similar: Gloria Steinem! One of the two leaders who led the second-wave feminist movement in the United States, she is still active in the front line of fighting for women’s rights all year round after she is over 60 years old. Her face is regarded as a symbol of the American feminist movement.

Not only political reporters, social reporters, but even entertainment reporters are very familiar with her. Gloria has always condemned the symbolization and materialization of women in the Hollywood industry. She firmly believes that movies are one of the means of art. , this is also an important platform to convey mainstream ideas. When all the female characters active in commercial blockbusters are just vases, the impact on young people is undoubtedly huge.

When seeing Gloria’s figure, people knew that this event was obviously not that simple!

Surrounded by reporters, Gloria picked up the loudspeaker and spread his words widely, “I watched a movie, ‘Fury Road’ at the cinema last night, because there were many My friends are emphasizing that this is a work that advocates feminism, which is really a surprise to me, and I never expected to see such a work on the big screen in the summer file.” This mocking sentence The reporters at the scene laughed softly, “But the result disappointed me greatly. This is simply a piece of garbage that insults women, belittles women, and tramples women. It is completely chauvinism disguised as feminism.”

boom! Boom!

Before the reporters could respond, the surrounding crowd began to get restless. Everyone had already reached the climax of the “Fury Road” show, but now it seems that the previous disputes were just a warm-up?

Gloria’s remarks didn’t end there, “Didn’t anyone notice that almost all the female characters in the movie are naked? Didn’t anyone notice that most of these female characters were models? The director even Specially arranged for these female characters, all the women are bathing in the desert like ancient Greek goddesses! God, they just stood there and bathed! This is literally all the movies I have seen in my life, Objectify the female characters The most direct movie!” Gloria’s words became more and more sharp, and the impassioned words temporarily suppressed the noise around her, “not to mention the setting of the villain in the movie, **** Christ, in which All women are just objects, objects! In the name of feminism, the movie takes women’s yearning for freedom as the theme, but in essence it still exaggerates the idea of ​​male supremacy, which is not only demeaning to women, but also A kind of subtle insult, the kind of aloofness that goes deep into the bones, it is disgusting!”

“It’s just the slightest part of the movie. I heard, the director said in an interview that it’s a movie with a female protagonist? Shit/shit!” Gloria’s swearing won over all women The voice of support, “Look at what happened to the women who are the protagonists in the movie! One of the most important supporting roles, sacrificed, and was left behind like a broken shoe without any meaning; The female characters were all sacrificed. During the battle, the two male protagonists seemed to be possessed by the Hulk, and they would not be injured no matter what, but the female characters died so simply that there was no time to sigh; What’s disgusting is that after the heroine Firoza tried her best, she saved the hero’s life and killed the big villain, but in the end? In the end, I still have to rely on the hero to save me! When the heroine transfused blood for the heroine At that time, I was so angry that I couldn’t speak, this is not love, this is indeed not love, this is pity! Even in the end, the heroine who saved the world still has to be saved by the hero! The whole movie Full of disgusting machismo, full of men’s messianic arrogance, condescending to hand out their sympathy and rescue!”

Hollywood Boulevard is still full of hustle and bustle. Due to the blockage at the entrance of the Captain’s Theater, other vehicles cannot pass through smoothly. The crowds caused by the traffic jam seem to be getting more and more intense, but all the onlookers have no intention of paying attention to these “details” things, all eyes projected towards Gloria.

People suddenly realized that they were confused, that what patriarchy said seemed to make sense, and that “Fury Road” had a female character as the protagonist, which was an insult to the powerful status of men; but now it seems that Grau Rhea’s feminism also seems to be on point, so what’s going on here? Who is right? “Fury Road” seems to have angered all human rights defenders around the world after experiencing a huge box office explosion in the first week~www.readmtl.com~ Is this really okay?

“I’m not surprised by such a movie!” Gloria slowed down her voice, and her emotions seemed to gradually calm down, “Because the whole Hollywood is like this, all movies are shot like this, there is nothing new , all men are still unwilling to face up to women’s abilities, but!” Gloria’s voice paused, “But ‘Fury Road’ is using feminist slogans to try to gain women’s support, but in essence it is hiding With the hegemony and strength of Hollywood patriarchy, I hope to subtly let women accept the fact that they are insulted, and at the same time cheer for the movie. Shameful! Shameful!”

Gloria’s voice rose again, and then raised her right hand high, shouting “Resist ‘Fury Road’!” The women around the sports car also raised their right hands, shouting, “Resist ‘Rage Road’ Road’!” Everyone on the scene was dumbfounded, and Gloria then shouted again, “Boycott ‘Road to Fury’!” This time, the surrounding audience also booed and shouted, gradually becoming more Many people joined the ranks of shouting slogans, and impassioned shouts echoed over Hollywood Boulevard, and the momentum was overwhelming.

The protest team still standing at the entrance of the Kodak Theater was dumbfounded. What should they do now? Should they… should they be shouting along? But, they and Gloria have a sworn enemy, so what should we do? (To be continued.)