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In a mansion in Beverly Hills, a black man with a bald head is persuading a black woman who doesn't look like a black man, "Hallie, the Oscar queen is glory, and it is 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 person to maintain his current status, if this film falls too hard, you will never find a second chance to play a supermasterpiece independently, and you will never become a superstar!" ”

Halle Berry walked up and down the living room, seemingly considering the words.

She knew that she was a bit lucky to win the Oscar for Best Actress, which was more due to the external environment, and the industry itself didn't take her as the Best Actress too seriously, after all, some things are well known in the circle.

Ignoring the opposition of Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics, he temporarily threw away Stormgirl and switched to Warner Bros. and DC Comics to take over the role of Catwoman, for what?

Other companies and producers simply wouldn't give a black woman a chance to take the lead alone, and only Warner Bros. reached out.

To be exact, it took her a whole few weeks of hard work to get this opportunity, an opportunity that she hoped would truly become a first-list superstar.

Everyone knows that an Oscar-winning actress will make an actress's career a big step forward, but there is no guarantee to become a superstar, winning an Oscar and the market appeal that a superstar must have are completely different things.

But this opportunity ...... Halle Berry walked back and forth faster, which also showed some impatience in her heart, and the reputation of the test screening of "Catwoman" was really poor.

"Is there any salvation for this film?" Halle Berry seems to have lost confidence, "All kinds of early ratings are too bad. ”

"A test screening and a public screening are two different things." The bald black man encouraged, "The test screening failed, and there were many films that were released with great success, and now we need to attract the attention of potential audiences and draw their attention away from 'Deadpool.'" ”

Halle Berry sighed and walked over and sat across from the agent.

The bald black man coughed in a low voice and continued, "Taking a step back, even if "Catwoman" really fails, it can't be a big failure like a test screening, then your career will be over, and you will be limited to the role of Storm Girl for the rest of your life, don't think about more breakthroughs." ”

"So......" Although her head is not very bright, Halle Berry also understands what the agent means, "I want to fully cooperate with Warner Bros. and Bruce Berman, step on "Deadpool" as much as possible, pick up "Catwoman", and attract public attention." ”

"That's it." The bald homo economicus nodded.

Halle Berry was still a little puzzled, "Is this really okay?" ”

"Don't forget, we're black!" The bald black man sneered, "In Hollywood films, it is natural to have black people play important roles, and if there is none, it is racial discrimination!" ”

Halle Berry scratched her head, can racism be so understandable?

The bald black man walked over and gently patted Halle Berry on the shoulder, "We can't afford to fail badly. ”

At the beginning of the new week, the topic between Murphy and DC Comics can be seen everywhere on the Internet, and after "Deadpool" easily gave "Hellboy" a cliff-like box office dive, it is constantly compared by the media with the upcoming "Catwoman", both of which are superhero movies, which is inevitable.

On Monday afternoon, a new force joined the warband.

Halle Berry's personal blog has been updated, and the content in it is directed at Murphy.

"Some people should really keep their mouths shut, a film is a big hit, they get carried away, and indiscriminately attack the films that others have worked so hard to make, the quality is too low! I want to remind everyone that this director is still a problematic director, please recall, "Hard Candy", "Chainsaw", "Terror Planet", "Sin City" has an important role played by a black actor? It is said that in these crews, Murphy Stanton really has the right to decide the actors! ”

As soon as this heart-wrenching blog was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the media.

On Tuesday, many media outlets prominently added a bolded headline to their entertainment pages -- Murphy Stanton's alleged racism?

In Hollywood, racial discrimination not only exists, it can even be said to be quite serious, but it is one thing to actually exist, and it is another thing to manifest it.

Just like this so-called free and democratic country, the anti-discrimination slogan is shouted loudly, and the whole world knows what the reality is.

Such topics must be addressed head-on.

"Some people say I'm suspected of racism? It's really funny. ”

Murphy immediately gave an interview, "You go and count how many Asian and Latino actors and other non-white actors are in my film and crew!" ”

Under the contact of Bill Rosses, Jessica Alba stood up for Murphy for the first time, "I haven't heard anything funnier than this, you look at me, am I a white actor?" May I ask if the heroine of Sin City and Deadpool is me? ”

Chen Hu, who has a certain reputation in North America, was also interviewed, "I don't know what some people think, do all the important jobs in the crew have to be reserved for black people?" Failure to do so would be racism? ”

He pointed to himself, "I want to ask, if all of us should be replaced by blacks, are they also suspected of racism?" ”

Indeed, because he had spent a long time in a province in the southeast, although Murphy did not discriminate against the Black Uncles, he did not have the feelings of Our Lady Bosch to think that they were black brothers, and some of the ideas were often ingrained and could not be changed when they came here from across the Pacific.

But Murphy also knows that in Hollywood circles, black people's theories are very bizarre and cannot be measured by the way normal people think.

A large crew that doesn't add black characters to important actors is racist; added an important character, but he was a villain, which was racist; The director angrily denounced the poor performance of the black actors in the crew as racist; The director does not direct the performance of black actors, and casually shoots their scenes, which is racism; There are no blacks on the Oscar nominations, which is racism; The number of blacks on the nomination list is too small, which is racism; The number of nominations is large enough, and it is racial discrimination to not be nominated for an Oscar for acting; was nominated for the acting award, but did not win the little golden man, is it still racist......

These are the realities of Hollywood, which has been understood by a significant number of black actors since the nineties, including such big names as the Will Smiths.

It seems that in the Hollywood circle, as long as black people want what they can't get, it's racism.

Sometimes, Murphy doesn't know where they're putting the more disadvantaged Asian and Latino actors in the circle.

So, as long as some roles can use Asian actors or Latino actors, he will never use black actors.

He has never denied in his heart that he prefers Asian-American actors to so-called Hollywood politically correct black glass hearts.

In addition to "Hard Candy", which has only two main actors, since "Chainsaw", Murphy has used a large number of Asian and Latino employees in the crew, especially later focused on cultivating Jessica Alba, a Latino super vase that has begun to be famous in the United States, in part for fear that some people will casually pull off their hats and buckle them on his head.

Think about it, even Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", a typical American theme film, because there is not a single black person in the rescue team, can be attacked by those blacks in the circle with unique ideas, and it is a racist film.

And they never considered what it was like to be a realistic film of World War II.

As for Asian and Latino actors, black people tend to ignore them, and they always have an superiority in treating actors of these ethnicities, and they seem to be dismissive of them at all.

It's no surprise that Halle Berry ignores the Latino and Asian actors in her films, and that's too much in line with the thinking of some black people in the industry.

Of course, such racial discrimination cannot be established in the face of facts, and the CAA and Bill Rothes only contacted a few long-term cooperative media outlets to easily resolve the so-called racial discrimination.

But coming and not going has never been Murphy's style.

However, he didn't stand up on his own, Twentieth Century Fox and CAA have a large number of trolls to use, in addition to continuing to stir up hot topics and promoting "Deadpool", they also suppressed "Catwoman" within the rules.

Once the box office of "Catwoman" explodes, not to mention the audience's choice, the scheduling rate of theaters alone will impact "Deadpool", and the exclusive screening model, after all, can only be used in a few theaters in individual regions, and it is impossible to become a mainstream distribution model.

This is a very simple reason, if the quality of a film is not too bad, the wider the scope of screening, the more screens it will show, the more audiences it will attract, and the greater the possibility of getting a high box office.

Without film scheduling, without screens, no matter how good a film is, it is impossible to have explosive box office growth.

"Theaters aren't going to cut our theater numbers," Bill Rothes, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, said to Murphy, who was sitting crookedly, "Catwoman will be released in nearly 3,200 theaters starting Friday after its early screening on Thursday, and Deadpool's schedule will definitely be affected." ”

It's inevitable that the number of screens in North America is growing, but in the short term, the total number is so much.

"Have you figured out the right way to fight back?" Bill Rothes asked.

Murphy stood up and held up a finger, "The feedback from the preview of Catwoman has made it clear, we just need to grab a little bit!" (To be continued.) )