David Geffen's call came through.
"Ronald, are you still in Los Angeles? I have something important and want to interview you..."
"Mr. Geffen, do you want to buy back Andy Warhol's paintings from me?" Ronald had no good impression of this Jewish profiteer.
I asked him to buy it back and he couldn't sell it at a charity auction.
"artwork".
"Hey, there is no unconditional return in the art business. That thing has a lot of room for appreciation. Just keep it. Look how many times the value of Van Gogh's paintings has appreciated after his death... Wait, I'm not looking for you because of this. This is a big deal in Hollywood. We urgently need your help, Ronald. Without your participation, the blacklist in Hollywood will come back, and you don't want the discrimination in Hollywood to come back. , all future films will be reviewed by the ethics committee..."
"How can it be the same? Andy Warhol doesn't call it a painting, it's a silk screen printing." Ronald cursed this profiteer in his heart, but he was curious about what kind of discrimination, and it was like McCarthy. Senator, want to interfere with free creation?
"What's the big deal?"
"You're in Los Angeles. I'll ask the driver to pick you up. We'll be at the Four Seasons Hotel..." Geffen hung up the phone after saying that.
"What? I didn't agree. These powerful people all have one thing in common, they always have a very big ego..." After listening to Ronald's story, Diane persuaded Ronald to go to the meeting. This time, the Oscar failed. , the big reason is that Ronald's friends are not broad enough. He likes to associate with geniuses like Cameron, and is always impatient with those who have insufficient IQ or ability.
"I'll go see him and come back..." Ronald followed the advice and took the limousine sent by Geffen to the Four Seasons Hotel.
"This is Bruce Vilanch, the script writer for the Oscars... You already know this, Alan Carr..." David Geffen introduced Ronald as soon as he saw him coming. There were two pale people sitting in the room.
Weilanqi was a bit obese, and Alan Carr still looked half-dead. When he saw Ronald coming, he stood up and said hello.
"The witch-hunting movement in Hollywood in the 1950s has begun again. We want your support to express your views publicly and support Allen's Oscar ceremony..." David Geffen came up and made a request.
"What?" Ronald was confused and looked at the pile of newspapers pointed by Geffen on the table. He picked them up and looked at them one by one.
Just like film critics, there are drama critics for TV shows. The Oscars party received a lot of malicious comments in the newspapers.
"ABC's Oscars broadcast was surprisingly lacking in magic. It had outdated concepts and was completely lifeless compared to last month's Grammy Awards." This is the review of the Los Angeles Times.
Ronald actually agreed with this statement and asked Snow White to sing and dance. This kind of performance might have been popular with people fifty years ago.
"This Oscar ceremony should always be included in the history of Oscar embarrassment. The performance was chaotic and left the audience with no confidence in the future of Hollywood."
Ronald also agreed with this. In the segment where the new star performs, the singing and dancing are still the routines of Hollywood musicals from thirty years ago.
"The 61st Academy Awards was an unprecedented event, with audiences in 91 different countries, including entering the Soviet Union for broadcast, but the result was an unprecedented failure in television broadcast. We let them watch a circus." Although the words are harsh, they are also true, especially Alan Carr's ingenious way of not being the host, which is indeed like a disaster.
"No one said anything nice?" Ronald realized something was wrong. Even if his movie is released and criticized by film critics, it is impossible for all reports to be negative...
"This is an attack on us... We need to unite and make our voices heard." David Geffen put his arm around Ronald's shoulders and made a fist with his other hand to encourage him. The other two parties present, He also said excitedly that as long as Ronald leads them to do it, he will risk his life.
"What, what us? What does my relationship have to do with you?" Ronald was confused. Why are you and the two people who run the Oscars show in the same camp?
Anti-Semitic? No way, David Geffen is Jewish.
"Yes, Ronald, we need to make a voice for those of us who are sexual minorities. I heard that many conservatives have begun to join forces in private to issue an open letter against us..." Geffen's face showed an excited expression, his cheekbones There are two groups of pink color on it.
"What a minority... Ouch!" Ronald looked at the two losers who made Oscars, and suddenly discovered a truth in their eyes. These two people, like Geffen, are people of different orientations.
"I'm not, I didn't, where did you hear that?" Ronald was so frightened that he jumped two meters away with a snarl like a tom cat with its fur exploded.
"No, didn't you actively speak out for the Aids March? You also participated in the charity gala." David Geffen was also surprised. How could this be possible?
Hollywood as a whole
"Circle", everyone knows that you are particularly friendly to us.
"No, how could you think I was..."
"No, you used the late cinematographer James Crabbe in Longway Boy. He was... ah. And you gave Emile Adolino a fledgling director, a director with tens of millions of dollars in production Chance...don't tell me there's nothing between you...the father of Jennifer Gray, the heroine you cast in Dirty Dancing, told me..."
"Don't come over...don't come over." Ronald felt that there was a huge misunderstanding.
"This doesn't mean I am the one? I obviously like beautiful girls..."
"Well, it's nothing. Even if you are not, we are very grateful for your support of our minority group. You are one of the few directors and producers who do not discriminate against us." David Geffen admitted that they had misunderstood, or Invite Ronald to sign their open letter, not in the name of one of them, but in the name of a sympathizer... In fact, there are many people among them who are still not brave enough, and not all of them can come out of the closet. , even he, Geffen, mistakenly thought that he was terminally ill, so he disclosed his orientation.
"In this way...it is not convenient for me to sign this open letter, but I will not sign the other party's open letter either. If you want the director's signature, just go to Emile Adorino..." Rona De called Emile Adorino and he agreed to come over to discuss... David Geffen walked Ronald to the door and apologized to him again for making an mistake.
"Actually, you haven't tried another direction?...Many people only wake up when they reach a certain age. I was in love with He Xueer before, and I didn't know myself well enough...I thought I was bidirectional...Okay, okay , I won’t say any more. Anyway, thank you for your kindness to those of us who are discriminated against..."
"That's so good, why not buy Warhol's painting back?" Ronald thought what happened today was too funny.
David Geffen's words were indeed true. In the next few days, Hollywood was filled with various rumors.
Some people say that the reason why Snow White found an unknown actor and wore that kind of makeup was to imply that she was actually a man in drag.
"Beautiful" actor Rob Lowe comes to dance with Snow, a suggestive statement. The Hollywood Rising Star's performance was originally adapted from a performance at Club 54 in New York, and was full of undertones and implications of minority groups.
The general feeling among Hollywood people is that this kind of thing is too outrageous. A producer who has disclosed his orientation, and a screenwriter who has disclosed his orientation, acted selfishly for their group and took advantage of the theme.
"Ronald, we would like to write an open letter against this behavior. Are you interested in signing it? I am someone who has experienced the screenwriter blacklist in the 1950s. Hollywood is bound by the values of various audiences. Any Radical, extreme excitement that wants to destroy this consistent value system will tighten the free creative space that Hollywood now has, and we cannot let it go." The leader of the opposition is also the boss, Gregory Peck.
He and Ronald had visited the other side of the Pacific together, and he admired this rising star, so he wanted to recruit him and put the banner of Hollywood's correct power into his hands.
"When I was young, I opposed discrimination against Chinese, against blacks, and against Jews. But this kind of opposition to mainstream values will only lead to the division of the audience and have a strong impact on our cause. The negative effects. I have experienced that era and I know this all too well.” Gregory Peck explained to Ronald that opposing discrimination does not mean endorsing the values of a minority and using mass media such as movies to promote them.
Rather, they should not be discriminated against if they do not hinder others. Those on his side were all the big names who were famous at that time.
In addition to him, there are Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, and Oscar Best Director winners, Billy Wilder and Joseph Mankiewicz, a total of nineteen Hollywood
"Social elites"... However, these
The "social sages" are too old and no longer have much real influence. Ronald had promised Geffen in advance, so he made an excuse for his company to sign a contract with director Emile Adolino, who was also a minority and was not convenient to sign.
"Mr. Parker, although I agree with your point of view, I cannot break the heart of my contracted director. But don't worry, it is not convenient for me to sign this open letter, but I will not sign the other party's open letter either."
"Okay, I understand, you are a true gentleman. There are very few people in Hollywood nowadays who uphold this kind of demeanor." Gregory Peck chatted with Ronald for a few more words, and then went to find other people. People signed it.
The matter got bigger and bigger, and even the slightly famous stars in Hollywood were asked to take sides. Ronald's agent Niceta also had to go back to deal with this matter.
He didn't want his client to participate in such a heated statement between the two sides, so he went to negotiate terms with Ovitz. Ovitz himself had a headache, with clients ranging from genuine dissenters to those who resented them.
How to choose in order to obtain the greatest benefit? Finally, another layer of identity, Jewish ethnicity, comes into play.
Ovitz gave written interviews to the media and defended Alan Carr and others. Said that their awards show is a performance that truly respects the tradition of Hollywood,
"Bring acting back to the film industry." This statement angered the older generation led by Gregory Peck, and their rhetoric became very fierce.
"Everything that happened at this awards night was an insult to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Technology and the entire film industry." These famous directors and actors of the older generation are all figures who deeply believed in the puritanical morality of early white Americans.
Both Parker, who leaned to the left, and Paul Newman, who leaned to the right, felt disgusted.
Snow White is a classic image of Hollywood, and someone used it to imply something very embarrassing. This is a huge offense to the foundation of Hollywood and its audience.
If you want to promote that your group is not a monster, don't drag down the assets that Hollywood has accumulated over the past eighty years.
The upgraded open letter also caused an escalation of anger on the other side. David Geffen also accepted an interview with the media. He completely denied this accusation and believed that this was a witch hunt, a revival of the persecution of minority groups by McCarthyism in the 1950s, and a very irrational hoophobicism.
An open letter to counterattack is also being prepared. He plans to use Montgomery Clift, a star who died young due to discrimination in Hollywood because of his minority orientation, as a representative of the persecution, to disclose the real reasons for his subsequent alcoholism. , as a counterattack.
The development of things gradually got out of control. What started as a hint of internal understanding has now turned into gossip for public discussion.
The most seriously injured was Disney’s Snow White. At the helm, Michael Eisner decided to take action.
"The Walt Disney Company has filed a lawsuit against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for improper use of the image of Snow White. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, including
"Copyright infringement, unfair competition and damage to business reputation." Disney's legal department took action.
This time, David Geffen had to stop playing. Their planned counterattack also came to nothing. The fight now is not about discrimination and anti-discrimination, it has already involved the most critical thing in Hollywood - money!
It's one thing to fight against discrimination, but it's another thing to prevent the largest animation company in Hollywood from making money and make one of their most famous animated characters devalued so that future peripheral dolls can no longer be sold.
And Eisner is also Jewish, so the race card has expired. Geffen wanted to resist again, but the attitude of the college completely shattered his delusions.
Academy President Richard Kahn immediately apologized to Disney. He also stated that the academy did not have any disrespectful intentions towards Snow White.
Alan Carr was summarily fired and his three-year contract to produce the awards show was cancelled.
Script writer Bruce Vilanch's contract was also cancelled. Actor Erin Bowman, who plays Snow White, was ordered to remain silent and was not allowed to discuss any details of the awards show or give interviews, otherwise she would face a hefty fine.
"So, are they really going to create a different version of Bai Xue?" Ronald looked at the trend of events in the newspaper that was beyond the expectations of many people, and also asked about Richard.
Are those rumors true? Are they really that stupid?
"Yes, Erin Bowman said that producer Alan Carr told him that this dance is a rite of passage for people of different orientations."
"Uh..." Ronald felt a little physical discomfort. He didn't feel this way when he was watching the scene. Now that he was reminded, it turned out...
"How dare they do this? Disney is not easy to deal with..."
"Actually, they got the consent of the lawyer because the image of Snow White has expired the copyright protection period, and they also deliberately avoided the costumes and accessories of Snow White in the cartoon."
"But Disney is Disney..." Ronald had seen the capabilities of Disney's copyright lawyers.
"Fortunately, I didn't sign, and Emile Adolino didn't have time..." Ronald only felt that it was lucky that his director was not involved in this big trouble.
You have to pay special attention in the future. Whichever party you lean towards in this aspect will cause the other party to be disgusted.
"I don't think this performance has so much meaning. It's just an ordinary tribute to Snow White. I don't think playing her boyfriend is an offense to this classic image..." On TV, playing Snow White Boyfriend's Rob Lowe was interviewed.
He is a relatively innocent person who was involved for no reason. Performing at the Oscars was considered by his agent as a good opportunity to return to the mainstream film industry, who knows...
"It's stupid to be interviewed now...", Ronald looked at the boy gang on the TV
said Pretty Boy.
