Chapter Seventy-Two: The Tonight Show
The anti-Vietnam War was extremely important to the generation of the United States that collapsed in the 70s, and if it were not for the anti-Vietnam War ideology and the various inhumane acts committed by the US military in Vietnam through the media, the new generation of Americans who have gradually grown up since World War II would probably continue to trust the US government.
However, with the exposure of various behaviors of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War, and the gradual consumption of the United States in the quagmire of war, it has seriously affected the economy and lost the lives of many young Americans.
In particular, the FBI conducted a "witch hunt" under the leadership of Edgar Hoover, and countless federal investigators used various methods to infiltrate student unions against the Vietnam War to trouble, harass, and threaten.
All kinds of behaviors made the young generation in the United States gradually stop supporting the government, but instead used various ways to resist, and then in the 70s, they gradually became confused, so they began to enjoy themselves, and looked forward to life on the eve of the Vietnam War.
Lucas's "American Painting" came into being in this situation, in fact, it is not only this one, during this period, many films that opposed the Vietnam War, described the good life on the eve of the Vietnam War, and compared with the economic depression after the Vietnam War, they performed very well at the box office.
This is like the later "Wolf Warrior 2", with the moral kidnapping of domestic film protection month and patriotic feelings, it is a reason that the box office is a big hit, after all, Americans are willing to watch movies now, of course, but now there are few "American Style Paintings" in the original history of the proud box office results.
Therefore, for Walter, no matter how much propaganda is carried out and cheered up for the movie, it is better to make remarks against the war and the Vietnam War in public opinion, especially now that it is still the last period of the Vietnam War, the American people are "bitter" about the Vietnam War.
Parker, a repairman, has been restless since March because his brother, who was drafted by the United States to fight in Vietnam, has not sent him a letter for almost a month. He and his brother are about the same age, but he was lucky not to be selected by the U.S. government after passing the medical examination, and his brother, in the farewell of his brother, embarked on a journey to Southeast Asia.
I didn't receive the letter, it is said that it is because the US troops are withdrawing from all fronts, and the letter cannot be effectively delivered, of course, this is an official statement, no one knows whether it is true or not, maybe the government is covering up something with this withdrawal, or maybe the next war is brewing.
Anyway, for Parker, in addition to trusting the media with a hint of skepticism, he only believes his brother's handwriting, and he doesn't believe the official statements of any other government, and the United States, which believes in free speech, is restricting freedom of march in various ways, who will have too much confidence in the government that supported the Vietnam War?
When it gets dark, when he gets home, he turns on the TV and watches his favorite show, The Tonight Show, hoping to temporarily relieve his thoughts and sorrows about his brother through the funny entertainment of this show.
However, things are very unfortunate, and the interviews that usually rely on games to conduct interviews, as the biggest highlight of this show, "The Tonight Show", began today under the leadership of the host Johnny Carson - Johnny Carson, directly discussing the recent withdrawal of American troops in the Vietnam War, which Americans are concerned about.
In the TV set, there are two sofas and a table in the studio hall with the night view of the city outside the glass window as the background, but unlike Parker's memory, there is an extra print on the table.
The print has the subject text "Against the Vietnam War, Support for the Withdrawal" and then a smaller text underneath it is the words "American Graffiti" with a graphic illustration of a girl lying in a boy's arms.
What the hell is this?
In front of the television, Parker wondered, he didn't understand the meaning of the painting, but he quickly remembered everything in the painting.
Host Johnny Carson sat behind that table, smiled and clapped at the camera, saying, "Welcome to our guest today, George Denis Patrick Carlin, George Carlin, the fighter who exposed the darkness of politics." ”
Then I saw that in the sound of music, a middle-aged white guest with some hair loss walked out from behind with a smile, and the scene immediately burst into cheers, but George Carlin sat on the sofa while smiling and waving.
When Parker saw this person, he hurriedly tightened his attention, because he knew that this guest was a very well-known talk show comedian in the United States, and his biggest feature was the political color and black humor in his comments. Is this really the US government really going to stir up trouble in the Vietnam War recently?
"I'm sorry, Johnny, what did you just say? The fighter who exposed the darkness of politics? Who is that?" George Carlin, dressed in casual clothes, looked at the host in surprise, as if the other party was talking about someone else.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be so good at acting, George, but you know, I'm talking about you. Johnny Carson said with a look of surprise, as if he couldn't believe it, before he smiled and said, "Of course, you can deny it, but I'm sure the audience here won't believe it." Isn't that right, you say?"
"Yes!"
"Of course!"
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As Carson asked the audience invited by the program team through various channels, there was a sudden uproar behind the camera, and it was obvious that the audience in this issue did not believe the words of this comedian who loves to expose political darkness.
In the most marginal corner of the crowd, a mixed-race Asian man in a casual suit was particularly calm about the scene in front of him.
This person is Walter, at the moment he is observing the effect of this episode of "The Tonight Show", although a small number of the audience of the tonight show are through various relationships and belong to the show, the others are ordinary people who were invited by the program team to watch the show on the spot, and from their expressions, you can see what the effect of today's show will be, at present, it is still in an ideal state.
As for why Walter watched "The Tonight Show" here, it is naturally because this episode of the Tonight Show was arranged by him through various relationships with Disney.
"The Tonight Show", as an evening talk and variety show founded by NBC in 1954, has been running for nearly 20 years, and already has the status of a strong program in the United States.
In addition, this issue of Walter's Vietnam War plan to NBC was valued by them, and Walter promised to help them invite Johnny Carson, a dark fighter with his own talk show, and the combination of the two made this issue of "The Tonight Show" show the most effective topic of the Vietnam War, and by the way, the program that advertised Disney's movies appeared.
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