Chapter 253: Twelve Men Down

Subtitle of this chapter: The Blind Screenwriters

"This Man Comes from the Crypt" was a classic science fiction classic that caused so much controversy that Pope Pius XI protested to the U.S. government and demanded that it be banned. Christians across the United States even spontaneously bought SCP magazines and burned them in public. A large number of letters of protest and threats were sent to the headquarters of the magazine, and demonstrators gathered around the headquarters day and night to continue protesting......"

"Mr. Howard Philip Lovecraft, the editor-in-chief of SCP magazine, has been subjected to numerous physical threats and has had to take a long vacation to Asia to escape the limelight. On this trip, he went to the snowy plateau, and on the way he not only took a lot of first-hand notes, but also took a large number of precious video materials, which eventually became a travelogue and documentary of the same name: "Shangri-La: Hell on Earth......"

"By the way, the pen name of this author is 'This man is from the future'. Although Mr. Lovecraft and SCP Magazine never revealed who the real author of this book was, many people speculated at the time that it was Mr. Yuan. However, he himself flatly denied it......"

"One of the consequences of this incident led to the famous lawsuit in American history, SCP vs. the New York State Government, also known as the 'First Atheist Case.'" Under pressure from religious communities, the New York State government banned SCP magazine, which filed a constitutional lawsuit in federal court. In fact, the effect of constitutional litigation in the United States is only for the parties, but since the United States is a common law country, as long as such a precedent exists, it means the victory of the atheist......"

The Supreme Court invoked Article 1 of the Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law concerning the establishment of the State religion or the prohibition of freedom of religion; deprivation of freedom of speech or of the press; or deprive people of the right to peacefully assemble and petition the Government for redress. SCP Magazine was awarded the verdict. Since then, the atheists in America have grown in popularity......"

"Although SCP magazine won a judicial victory, due to strong resistance from religious forces, the magazine was eventually bought by the World Women group and split into two parts, namely "Sce Fi orld" and "Fantancy Fi orld......"

β€”β€”Excerpt from "Records of Major Judicial Cases in the United States"

Our Master Yuan, of course, knew about 1920...... Well, before the civil rights movement, he couldn't have made a movie like "This Man Comes from the Crypt" under any circumstances, unless he didn't want to mix up as a neoclassical liberal master in the United States. In fact, even if he wanted to shoot, there would not be a few people messing around with him, and even if he did, there would be no place to release it, so he had to have a "Twelve".

Juror No. 7...... That's got to be you. ”

Mr. TS-Elliot smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Okay, I'm just a bank clerk." ”

The reason for his wry smile is of course clear to Yuan Yanqian, and the fact that his wife is cheating on him is the sore spot in his heart as a great poet. However, how can the screenwriters of "Twelve" have few future world poetry leaders, and Elliot himself is a playwright who later wrote a lot of scripts. His 1935 publication of Murder in the Cathedral caused a strong reaction in the British literary scene, and many important playwrights followed suit. As a result, the British poetry drama reappeared in a climax of development for more than ten years.

"Thank you, Juror 7. So what do you think of this case? ”

The big poet with a little green on his head smiled bitterly again and said, "Guilty." ”

"Welcome to our Juror No. 7!"

Yuan Yanqian looked at the master of love craftsmanship this time: "Howard, you should be the No. 8 juror." ”

"Yes." The Master of Horror readily agreed, presumably having already figured out his own personality, and immediately asked, "Neo, can I be an astronomy professor, a bachelor astronomy professor?" ”

Master Yuan said in his heart that this guy has not forgotten his ideals when he was a child.

"Of course no problem, what do you think, Mr. Astronomy Professor, who is single?"

Without hesitation, the master of the love craft said, "Guilty." ”

Our Craftsman had a bit of a misophobia in addition to being racist in the original timeline, until he met the big Jewish sister.

Yuan Yanqian realized a problem, it seems that he has to find a wife for this little brother, otherwise the psychological problems are too serious and will affect his "service life". finally accepted such an obedient little brother, but he didn't necessarily sit back and watch the master of love craftsmanship die young like the original timeline.

"Come on, Juror No. 9, Mr. Dwhitt-Wallace. What is your profession? ”

The editor-in-chief of "Window to the World" is still happy to participate in such a game, and he is enthusiastic to say, "Can I be an encyclopedia traveling salesman?" ”

Our Master Yuan smiled and said, "Not bad, this profession is very suitable for you." Guilty or innocent? ”

Mr. Wallace glanced at his beloved wife beside him, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Guilty." ”

"Mr. Big Reporter, you're juror number 10."

Mr. Sanders didn't mean to shirk at all, and said happily: "Thank you, Mr. Yuan." I'm the captain of the fire brigade. I think the defendant is guilty. ”

I can't imagine that this guy still wants to be a hero in his heart. That's right, Superman and Spider-Man among superheroes both use the identity of a journalist to cover themselves on the surface.

Now there are still two left, so the fertilizer water will not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Yuan Yanqian pointed to Miss Helen Brown and Emma Pulitzer Street: "You two gentlemen are Juror 11 and Juror 12." ”

The two 'beautiful' gentlemen stood up in a hurry.

"What do you two want to be?"

Miss Brown rushed and said, "I want to be a seaman." ”

Miss Pulitzer said, "I want to be a photo shop owner. ”

"Okay then, innocent or guilty?"

The two girls looked at each other and said in unison: "Guilty!" ”

Really...... Women just like to embarrass women, especially beautiful women.

Our Master Yuan looked at the jury of eleven people with a sense of complacency, including himself and Miss Brown, there were seven writers who would be famous even if they were not famous now, as well as two journalists, two editors-in-chief, and a director of a publishing house.

If you can get these people together, it's like those films with a prefix, it doesn't matter how bad the filming is.