"The road to eradicating discrimination is still a long and arduous one. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" The Los Angeles Times wrote a feature article on this topic.

In the feature, Cliff Robinson uses Hollywood as a starting point to analyze the "Fury Road" controversy. Throughout the historical trajectory, feudal society has undergone a long period of precipitation and development, forming a mature world view, values and outlook on life, the patriarchal society has truly reached its peak at this stage, although the contemporary famous has entered the capitalist stage, but the state apparatus, religious beliefs, social consciousness and other frameworks have left a deep imprint of feudal society.

Aside from everything else, in European countries, the legacy of aristocratic culture still affects all strata of society, and the class differences caused by elite culture and aristocratic culture are also shackles that Europe must face in its development, and even in the 21st century, the class concept is still difficult to eliminate. The same is true of the repression of gender.

Men occupy an absolute dominant position in social development, which also directly leads to a serious imbalance in gender development, the idea of male superiority and inferiority of women is deep-rooted, in medieval Europe, religion in order to establish absolute authority, and even launched witch trials, women's social status has reached an absolute trough. After centuries of development, women struggled on the road to eliminating gender discrimination, and it was not until March 8, 1909, that the Chicago Women's Synopsis first put forward the slogan of equality between men and women, and the real development of this right and interest has only come to this point after a long period of precipitation, and many people believe that gender discrimination has basically disappeared compared to racial discrimination.

However, after the controversy of the "violent road", people realized that in fact, the so-called discrimination has never really disappeared, and the values precipitated by the long history have been passed down from generation to generation, deeply rooted in the soul, and if they want to reverse or even change, they must be through the edification of education, the dissemination of the media and the affirmation of society, and the strength will gather little by little, and witness the changes of the times in the younger generation.

In the article, Cliff said that the controversy triggered by the "Fury Road" is very representative.

Hollywood movies can be said to be one of the most influential artistic means at present, the scope of radiation can cover the world, even people who have not received higher education can feel the power of movies, but Hollywood is precisely the hardest hit area of sexism, the unequal remuneration of actors and actresses, the role of actors and actresses in the film, the voice of actors and actresses in the crew, especially the public positioning of actors and actresses - most actresses are still widely defined as vases, You can feel the sexism that is deeply rooted in the blood of the culture.

Why are people so sensitive/sensitive to the "berserk road"? It is because this movie broke the fixed model of Hollywood in the face of the world's condemnation, as "Variety" magazine said, there has never been a movie that truly respects women and puts women on an equal footing with men, from the script to the characters, from the plot to the lines, you can deeply feel this. This is undoubtedly earth-shattering for the whole of Hollywood, just like last year's "Brokeback Mountain".

But "Fury Road" is one step closer than "Brokeback Mountain", the latter is just an art film, the former is a commercial film, and it also relied on the pre-publicity to make history on the opening weekend, which made the controversy erupt like a volcano. If you dig deeper, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Disney have contributed to the success of all the focus on "Fury Road", which has also indirectly contributed to the boiling of controversy.

The controversy over the "Road of Fury" has given people a sense that social progress seems to be far from reaching the heights of popular opinion.

The Los Angeles Times is divided into three sections, in which Cliff only writes about the film industry, and the other two parts are analyzed in depth by sociologists and educators, respectively, from different perspectives on the different manifestations of gender discrimination in contemporary society, such as the discrimination encountered by women in the workplace, and the harsh attitude of society towards women in scandals. After breaking away from the "furious road", this controversy has truly become a social problem.

Subsequently, the New York Times designed a series of features, updated daily for two weeks, interviewing the current situation in various industries and dissecting the problems posed by gender differences. The New York Times is clearly one step closer to the Los Angeles Times.

The leaders and media on both sides of the strait spoke out in unison, which basically laid the foundation for the direction of the matter. Later, at the White House press conference, the interview again raised the issue of "Fury Road", and the press spokesman said, "I have just finished watching this work, and Mr. Lancelot-Strello has done a great job that deserves to be savored." I believe that those so-called controversies are the best proof that this work has become a classic. ”

That's the official position of the White House, but George Bush still declined to say anything about it, saying when he was surrounded by reporters on the golf course, "I'm not interested in movies, but I've heard about it." Similar rhetoric is not much different from last year's "Brokeback Mountain", but this time, he has been caught in a whirlpool of controversy.

Unlike homosexuality, efforts have been made internationally in recent years to eliminate gender discrimination, and even in the United States, women's voting is becoming more and more important, even in presidential elections. It is worth mentioning that in 2008, Barack Obama was able to win the election, and the number of votes for women and gays undoubtedly played a decisive role. Therefore, when George once again shirked with official rhetoric, it stimulated a strong backlash from the American people, and people accused George of not having any sincerity for the basic rights and interests of the people, and when the whole society was discussing hot spots, George still had the heart to play golf, which was not only a neglect of social hot spots, but also a dereliction of duty in the president's work.

Leaving aside George, who is mired in controversy, the official position of the White House is to put the matter behind the scenes.

The controversy will not disappear, as Cliff said in the special feature, there is still a long way to go to eliminate discrimination, but this means that the "road of rage" has finally washed away the controversy, whether it is masculinism or feminism, it has stopped for the time being, not only to return Lance to a clean slate, but more importantly, to give a new interpretation of the film, so that people have a new understanding.

Prior to this, the media comprehensive review of "Fury Road" created an insurmountable height for commercial films, but that was only a "professional point of view", and it was difficult for ordinary audiences to have a direct sense of substitution, after all, those arts and depths were still too far away. But now, after the ups and downs, the drama and the controversy, almost everyone has their own understanding and opinion of the movie, and at this time, if you go back and read those professional reviews, "Hollywood Reporter", "Variety", "Chicago Sun", "New York Times", etc., everyone will have a different understanding.

After chewing carefully, people really understand why the "Los Angeles Times" believes that "Fury Road" is a work that perfectly combines business and art, and the discussion about freedom and human nature is not forcibly preached, but naturally emerges with the fullness and three-dimensionality of each character, and the cruelty and truth under the background of the wasteland apocalypse perfectly continue the development trajectory of the crime trilogy, and a commercial masterpiece can achieve such a high degree of combination and artistic appeal, so accurate balance, It's really. What's even better is that the characters are three-dimensional, no matter how many scenes, the characters are unforgettable, which also makes people really understand why many professional film critics think that "Fury Road" is a classic that can go down in history.

A true classic, never afraid of the test of time and people's torture, the score of 9.8 on IMDB is enough to reflect the surging mood of the audience. For a long time after this controversy subsided, the score of "Fury Road" on IMDB was still high at 9.8 points, and there was no sign of falling back at all, even if it gradually slipped to 9.4 points, it still could not shake its position as the best in film history, truly replacing "The Shawshank Redemption" and achieving the overlord throne.

Who could have predicted that what seemed to be a public relations crisis would have achieved the historical status of the "Fury Road", and even Warner Bros. and Disney would have been reduced to stepping stones.

The surging controversy gradually subsided, but people's attention has not cooled, in the frenzy of the crowd, entering the third week of the release of the "Fury Road", still showing unparalleled strong dominance, in this week's North American box office rankings, "Fury Road" is still a well-deserved absolute king.

Under the pursuit of the hot discussion, in the fourth week of July, "Fury Road" handed over a 35% drop against the sky, for commercial works in the third week of release, less than 50% can be called a victory, but the decline of "Fury Road" is actually 35%? Even though the devastating box office rally has been deeply felt, this set of data has struck all the interjections in the throat for the third week in a row, and no words can describe the pace at which "Fury Road" made history.

55.9 million, "Fury Road" with a 35% drop against the sky, achieved a box office result of 55.9 million in the third weekend, which is even better than the opening weekend of "Superman Returns" - although this work has long been forgotten in the corner at this time, it still does not affect people's shock, only after comparison, can we understand how absurd and uninhibited this hotly hyped summer showdown is.

Easily breaking the box office record set by "Spider-Man" in 2002 for the third Thursday 15 million weekend, "Fury Road" was crowned the top box office in North America this week with a strong performance that set a record high for three consecutive weeks, becoming the first triple crown since 2006! (To be continued.) )