Chapter 279 We are black
"This is the first commercial masterpiece you really play the lead role."
In a mansion in Beverly Hills, a bald black man is persuading a black woman who doesn't look like a black man. "Halley, the Oscar winner is glory, the basis for you to get Catwoman and 20 million dollars, but don't forget how realistic this circle is, don't forget how difficult it is for a black man to maintain his current status. If this video falls too ruthlessly, you will never find a second chance to independently take on a super masterpiece, and you will never become a superstar!"
Halle Berry walked back and forth in the living room, as if thinking about these words.
She knew that she was lucky enough to win the Oscar for Best Actress, but it was more caused by the external environment. The industry itself did not take her as the Best Actress seriously. After all, some things are well known in the circle.
Despite the opposition from Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics, he temporarily threw away Storm Girl and turned to Warner Bros. and DC Comics to take over the role of Catwoman, for what?
Other companies and producers would not give a black female the chance to take the lead, only Warner Bros.
To be precise, she spent several weeks of various efforts to get this opportunity, an opportunity to truly become a first-tier superstar with her hopes.
Everyone knows that the Oscar heroine will take a big step forward in an actress' career, but it cannot guarantee that she will become a superstar. Winning the Oscars and the market appeal that a superstar must have are completely different.
But this opportunity... Halle Berry walked back and forth faster, and also showed some impatience in his heart. The reputation of "Catwoman" was really bad.
"Is this movie still saved?" Halle Berry seemed to lose confidence, "all the preliminaries are too bad."
"Presentation and release are two different things." The bald black man encouraged, "There are many films that failed in the trial and were successful in the release. Now we need to attract the attention of potential audiences and attract their attention from "Deadpool"."
Halle Berry sighed and walked over and sat opposite the agent.
The bald black man coughed in a low voice and continued, "Let's take a step back, even if "Catwoman" really may fail, it cannot be a big defeat like the preview. Then your career will be over, and you will be limited to the role of Storm Girl in your life, so don't think of any more breakthroughs."
"So..." Although his head was not very smart, Halle Berry also understood the agent's meaning, "I will cooperate with Warner Bros. and Bruce Berman to step on "Deadpool" as much as possible, pick up "Catwoman" and attract public attention."
"That's it." The bald economic man nodded.
Halle Berry was still a little confused, "Is this really OK?"
"Don't forget, we are black people!" The bald black man sneered, "In Hollywood films, it is natural to have black people playing important roles, and not to have racial discrimination!"
Halle Berry scratched his head. Is racism so understandable?
The bald black man came over and patted Halle Berry on the shoulder, "We can't afford the consequences of serious failure."
Starting from the new week, topics between Murphy and DC comics can be seen everywhere on the Internet. After "Deadpool" easily gave "Hellboy" a cliff-like box office dive, it was constantly compared by the media with the upcoming "Catwoman". Both sides are superhero movies, which is inevitable.
Just on Monday afternoon, new forces joined the battle group.
Halle Berry's personal blog has been updated, and the contents are pointed directly at Murphy.
"Some people should really shut up. When a film sells a lot, they will be proud and attack the films that others have spent their hard work. The quality is too low! I want to remind everyone that this director is still a problematic director. Please recall, is there an important role for "Fruit Hard Candy", "Saw", "Horror Planet" and "Sin City" that is responsible for black actors? It is said that in these crews, Murphy Stanton really holds the right to decide the actors!"
Once this heart-wrenching blog was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the media.
On Tuesday, many media entertainment pages added a specially bold news headline that was prominently labeled in many places. Murphy Stanton was suspected of racial discrimination?
In Hollywood, racial discrimination not only exists, but can even be said to be quite serious, but real existence is one thing, and manifestation is another.
Just like this so-called freedom and democracy, the anti-discrimination slogan is shouting loudly, and the whole world knows what the actual situation is.
Such topics must be responded positively.
"Some people say I'm suspected of racism? It's really funny."
Murphy immediately accepted an interview, "You go and count, how many Asian and Latino actors are there in my videos and crew, as well as other non-white actors!"
Under the contact of Bill Rossis, Jessica Alba immediately stood up to protect Murphy, "I haven't heard anything funny than this. Look at me, is I a white actor? Is it me the heroine of "Sin City" and "Deadpool"?"
Chen Hu, who has a certain reputation in North America, also accepted an interview, "I don't know what some people think. Do all the important jobs in the crew have to be left to black people? If you don't do this, you will be racial discrimination?"
He pointed at himself, "I want to ask, if all of us should be replaced by black people, are they suspected of racial discrimination?"
Indeed, because he had been in a province in the southeast for a long time, although Murphy was not discriminating against the black uncles, he did not have the feelings of the Bosch of the Virgin Mary, and some ideas were often deeply rooted and would not change if they came here from the other side of the Pacific.
But Murphy also knew that in the Hollywood circle, the theory of black people is very strange and cannot be measured by the way normal people think.
A large crew, not adding black characters to important actors, is racial discrimination; adding important characters, is a villain, is racial discrimination; the director angrily denounces that black actors perform poorly, is racial discrimination; the director does not direct black actors to perform and film their scenes casually, is racial discrimination; there are no blacks on the Oscar nomination list, is racial discrimination; there are too few blacks on the nomination list, is racial discrimination; there are enough nominations, not nominated for the Oscar Performance Award, is racial discrimination; there are nominations for the Performance Award, but not the Little Golden Man, is racial discrimination...
These are the current situation in Hollywood. Since the 1990s, a considerable number of black actors have understood this, including famous figures like Will Smith.
It seems that in the Hollywood circle, as long as black people want but cannot get it, it is racial discrimination.
Sometimes, Murphy really doesn't know where they put Asian and Latino actors with worse status in the circle.
Therefore, as long as some characters can use Asian actors or Latino actors, he will never use black actors.
He never denies it in his heart, and prefers Asian actors rather than the so-called black glass-heartedness of politically correct Hollywood.
In addition to "Hard Fruit Candy", which has only two main actors, Murphy has used a large number of Asian and Latino employees in the crew since "Saw", especially later, he focused on cultivating a super large Latino vase like Jessica Alba, who has begun to be famous all over the United States. To a certain extent, he was afraid that some people would just pull their hats and put them on his head.
Think about it, even Spielberg's typical American main theme video "Save Private Ryan", because there is no black man in the rescue team, can be attacked by those black men with unique ideas in the circle into racist films.
And they never considered it. This was a realistic film of World War II. What was the actual situation at that time.
As for Asian and Latino actors, black people often ignore them. They always have superiority in their treatment of actors of these ethnic groups, and seem to be disdainful of them at all.
Murphy is not surprised that Halle Berry ignores the Latino and Asian actors of her film. This is too consistent with the thinking characteristics of some black people in the circle.
Such racial discrimination is certainly unfair in the face of facts. Caa and Bill Roses only contacted several long-term media and easily resolved the so-called racial discrimination.
But coming without going is never Murphy's style.
However, he did not stand up by himself. Twentieth Century Fox and Caa had a large number of naval forces to use. In addition to continuing to hype topics and promoting "Deadpool", he also suppressed "Catwoman" without hesitation within the scope of the rules.
Once the box office of "Catwoman" explodes, not to mention the audience's choice, the screening rate in theaters alone will hit "Deadpool". The exclusive screening mode, after all, can only be used in a few theaters in some regions, and it is impossible to become the mainstream distribution model.
This is a very simple truth. If the quality of a film is not too bad, the wider the screens and the more screens it will be released, the more audience it will attract, and the greater the possibility of getting a high box office.
Without screening and without screening, no matter how good the film is, it is impossible for an explosive box office growth.
"The theaters will not cut down on our theater numbers," Bill Roses said to Murphy, who was sitting in a crooked manner, "After Catwoman is ahead of schedule on Thursday, it will be released in nearly 3,200 theaters starting on Friday, and the schedule of "Deadpool" will definitely be affected."
This is inevitable. Although the number of screens in North America is growing, the total number is only so large in the short term.
"Did you think of a suitable way to fight back?" asked Bill Roses.
Chapter completed!