After the premiere of "Mean Girl", it was first screened in Los Angeles on a small scale, and then it expanded rapidly.
The main creators embarked on the roadshow schedule of being tired again, and this time they still focused on major campuses. The media followed closely behind, and as the box office rose steadily, they were soon divided into two groups: open and conservative.
Compared with "Happy Death Day", "Mean Girl" is more direct in poking the G-spot because it presents a value.
"This movie should be rated NC-17! It taught my daughter badly, and I found that she was imitating the role of school beauty and began to record gossip of teachers and students throughout the school."
"All parents should take a look! Do you think your child is a good girl? No! You may not be able to imagine her private appearance!"
"The most interesting thing about this movie is to make the struggle between high school girls serious. Newcomers can join the slogan, and the betrayer will be ruined. Small groups have internal seat rankings. There are also the means of the heroine, collecting black materials, provoking discord, and establishing common enemies. This is basically a reflection of the adult world!"
"Phoebe Cates stayed in the comfort zone in a proper manner. Natasha's breakthrough was amazing. It was so bad that it made people itchy and so miserable that it made people want to hug. She has been in Hollywood for many years and finally found the right way. In addition, I admire this Chinese person's level of picking actors. Where did he find these fresh and fit new actors?"
"This movie is terrible, it's like squeezing Lolita into the cheerleader's flower ball, and every shot is teasing the values ​​of minors!"
"The screenwriter has definitely eavesdropped on girls' toilets!"
At this critical moment in the late 1980s, it was the stage when American society moved from the last conservatism to the complete openness.
It is natural for "Mean Girl" to cause controversy.
Many parents don’t want this film to teach their children badly, but young people love "Mean Girl" to death.
New York.
At the entrance of a cinema, the screening just ended and the audience came out one after another.
The reporter randomly caught the audience for an interview. She picked a young girl in her early 20s. The girl cooperated very well and said with a smile: "I am in college now. When I was in middle school, there was indeed a school-style girl.
She also brainwashed us with the nonsense of saying "You can't wear pink on Wednesdays." I was willing to become her follower. Now I think about it."
"How did she do later?"
"She fell down the stairs at the graduation prom and threw her breasts out."
"Yeah! I understand this feeling!"
The reporter slammed the girl with high fives.
San Francisco.
A teacher expressed his opinion: "I can only say that the [social level] expressed in the movie does exist. On campus, the captain of the football team and the dance queen are everyone's kings and queens, occupying a high position in the social order."
"The younger generation of children are losing interest and responsibility for social values. They like fashion, high-tech electronics, and over-emphasized themselves. I am worried about the future of the United States."
Detroit.
The movie is halfway through, and the plot is about the heroine provoking discord and tricking the school beauty into eating high-calorie food.
An aunt suddenly stood up in the back row and scolded loudly: "This is a bad movie. It will teach my daughter badly. I want to complain! I want to report it!"
"Don't make a noise, it's so embarrassing!"
Her daughter is here, and she feels very socially dying.
The aunt didn't care, she looked very socially responsible, and taught her a lesson on the spot: "You are not as well-behaved as you were when you were a child. They are all bad movies. Don't watch them anymore, let's go home!"
"I don't want to go back!"
My daughter couldn't help but quarrel with her, and finally she was carried out by the security guard. When she was carried out, her daughter was still shouting: "Why are you teaching me a lesson? Didn't you put cockroaches into Katy's schoolbag?"
"Hahaha!"
"Mean Girl" became the most popular film during Thanksgiving.
It’s Thanksgiving!
Usually, the family reunites, eats turkey, and then comes out to watch a movie, so many parents also see this movie.
In fact, there were relatively open youth films in the 1980s, such as Phoebe Cates' "Open American Institute", which also tells the stories of a group of middle school students. However, this is the longing for virgins to fall in love, fear and curiosity about sex, which belongs to the normal cognitive scope.
The school beauties in "Mean Girl" are different. Her values ​​are unique and it will be difficult for older people to accept, so many family storms naturally occurred. These storms were exaggerated by the media and became more and more angry.
It seems that young people look fashionable when watching this movie.
If you don't read it, you'll be old-fashioned.
Chen Qi took the team to promote the promotion, and was inevitably asked. His attitude was consistent: "Look at the enthusiasm of those young audiences, it means that they love "Mean Girl". Compared with the audience's love, what can I do if I get scolded a few times?
I am making movies and insisting on serving the audience!”
He always said this everywhere he went, making a conservative vote happy. Is this Chinese going to run for election?
Not to mention, if Chen Qi dressed as an American, he would really want to go into politics, kill him all the way up, sit at the White House, and then put on a button to ask for Coke.
Early December.
As night fell, Quentin Tarantino took a taxi to a hotel in Beverly Hills. In the eyes of the doorman, he stepped into the hotel gate with a relaxed surface but nervousness.
His first time in a high-end place like this.
At the beginning of the year, Chen Qi recruited him in New York. He is now an employee of Oriental's Los Angeles branch. His position is screenwriter + chores. He usually earns salary for chores, writes scripts and earns remuneration for scripts.
"Is it here?"
Quentin was wearing a cheap suit and found the banquet hall. He felt very noisy at the door. He was a little nervous when he didn't see his acquaintance at all. Then he saw Li Lianjie and went in with confidence.
He took a glass of wine, looked at it stupidly for a while, walked straight towards Chen Qi, and greeted, "Good evening Mr. Chen! I wonder if you still remember me?"
"Oh, you're the guy who contributed to me in New York. Quentin Tarantino is right?"
"Yes! It's me!"
Quentin was a little excited, but he didn't expect to call out his name and hurriedly said, "I have joined the branch, thank you for your support!"
"Accumulate experience, come on!"
Chen Qi patted his shoulder and went elsewhere.
Quentin felt deeply moved, and felt that the other party was a real big man. He was stunned for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran towards the dream goddess Umathurman whom he had admired for a long time.
Chen Qi led a group of people to end the roadshow like a cow and horse. He just returned to Los Angeles and didn't mind doing some trouble and held this celebration banquet.
Anyone who has friendship in the United States will be shining with stars and will not be very shabby.
He greeted him for a while, and when he saw that the guests were almost here, he walked onto the stage and picked up the microphone. The audience calmed down and watched the guy who had already reached the "three-film law" of Hollywood:
A film is successful only by chance, and success in three consecutive movies is strength.
Similarly, if one film fails, there will be a chance. If three films fail, then you will get out of here.
"Black Man", "Happy Day of Death" and "Mean Girl" are just three consecutive independent films that have been produced, all of which have been successful.
"Thank you all for attending tonight's cocktail party. My friends are here, and they all helped me a lot - I will bring you good news first. The newspaper is so lively, I believe everyone knows that the first week of "Mean Girl" was a surprise.
Chapter completed!