Chapter 240. [Compete for the Oscars! ] 】
Yi Feiyang and Will Smith talked freely for more than ten minutes, and both of them were a little unsatisfied, but the time for the award ceremony was approaching, so they could only reluctantly exchange phone calls, and agreed that they would have time to chat again if they had the opportunity in the future.
Walking into the auditorium, the place that can accommodate more than 2,000 people is basically full, and Yi Feiyang sat in the thirteenth row under the guidance of Miss Etiquette.
The budget for this Oscars is very sufficient, not because the American economy is booming after 2000, or because the real estate industry and the automobile industry have recovered, but because the United States wants to establish the authority of the entertainment empire in the world, and the West, as well as those Eastern cultures that refuse to give in, completely bow down to the authority of their own culture.
In fact, the United States has been carrying out Hollywood cultural aggression for a long time, and in the past, it was directed against the Soviet Union, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it radiated this energy to the third world, such as North Korea, Cuba, and the Celestial Empire.
It can be said that Hollywood movies have done a lot of things that the US government can't do, and have changed many people's views of the United States, and the crazy pursuit of stars has made the United States form the most desired entertainment paradise in people's minds.
In view of the above reasons, this year's Oscars have become more grand and grand than before, with only one purpose, to let the people of the whole world see how peaceful the United States is. Prosperity. The people live and work in peace and contentment. Happiness is incomparable.
As we all know, the beginning of each Oscar will be very special and memorable. This edition is no exception, at the beginning of the big screen, it is the host Steve Martin who plays a thief who comes to the pyramid tomb to steal things, and he has experienced countless traps and disasters, including cold arrows. Poisonous scorpions, cobras, and mummy attacks, and finally opened the treasure box and took it out of it...... Academy Awards!
But as soon as he got the award, the ground shook, the sky collapsed, the whole pyramid collapsed, and a spaceship outside released a beam of light, sucking Steve Martin, who was holding the Academy Award.
And then flew above the Earth. The hatch opened, and Martin was pushed straight down by the aliens.
Accompanied by Martin's screams. The screen went black, and he "fell" onto the stage of the Oscars......
At this moment, the synagogue of the Shores Theatre. The vast auditorium was packed, and to the thunderous applause of everyone, Steve Martin, dressed in a black suit, walked to the center of the stage and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Behind him, stands a huge statue of an Oscar.
Steve Martin is a famous American talk show host and an indispensable host of the previous Oscars.
For example, at a certain Oscars, an award-winning actor actually raised his middle finger at the live broadcast screen when he was celebrating, and everyone was stunned at that time, and the happy and sad actor also realized what a low-level mistake he had made, but at this embarrassing moment, Steve Martin directly stepped forward and grabbed the actor's middle finger, and then pretended to be surprised and said: "10,000 dollars, right?" We made a bet that if you won the best actor, you would donate $10,000 to the Red Cross, and oh my God, you remember this bet! ”
Afterwards, the actor happily donated a million dollars to the past, and praised Steve, of course, he was also praised by people and was known as the most conscientious actor.
Another time, a white actress who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress actually mocked the black actress's skin color in front of the camera after learning that she had lost the selection and lost to a black actress......
You must know that racial discrimination in the United States is taboo, especially in the entertainment industry, although discrimination has always existed, such as black people can only play supporting roles and the like, but this is all done in secret, and everyone is still "equal" on the surface, so when the actress said such a thing, the entire awards ceremony immediately fell into embarrassment and embarrassment, and at this time, Martin came to the stage and cleverly turned the mockery of the actress into a humorous joke, which solved the crisis of the Oscars.
It can be said that Steve Martin is an indispensable safety bolt in the Oscars, and with him presiding over such a grand ceremony that has attracted global attention, the organizers, and the backers of the Oscars are also a lot more relieved.
"We live in a beautiful country, and if we were in those war-torn areas of the Middle East, this statue would have been blown up long ago." Steve Martin said solemnly, pointing to the statue behind him, and the scene burst into laughter.
But for Yi Feiyang, this joke is not funny, day, what's interesting?
Sometimes Western humor is not suitable for him as an Oriental.
Steve Martin clasped his hands and continued: "Back in January, they asked me if I wanted to be the host of the gala. My main concern is, will I have enough time to recover after I pull my face? ”
The crowd in the audience burst into laughter again, and Steve Martin made a gesture and said, "Anyway, Xie Lu Xie those ruthless aliens, if they hadn't rescued me from the pyramids, I might have been having a barbecue with the Egyptian mummies...... Also, if you like to immigrate, I recommend moving them all to space, because there are no strong taxes there! ”
The audience laughed again.
"Aliens are watching us at 30,000 feet, and now there are 800 million people watching TV around the world, and everybody has an idea that I'm more of a star than those big stars, and of course, it has to be after my plastic surgery."
Steve Martin's tone continued to be serious, and the auditorium burst into laughter, and after a few words, he added: "There are many stars nominated for Oscars this year, and they have one thing in common, not one mouth, two eyes, but ...... They're all young, yes, really young, like Mila Suvali, who played 'Angela' in "American Beauty," and she's only 20 years old......"
At this time, the camera of the live broadcast switched to Mira Suvali, and I saw Mira smiling with her mouth open, looking very happy.
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On stage, Steve Martin constantly flaunted his eloquence and gags to make this scene of the awards ceremony lively and interesting.
Then the main drama began, those Oscar-nominated movies, as well as actors, began their own joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, it can be said that in just over half an hour, everyone's mood has been like the waves of God in the Pacific Ocean, ups and downs.
As a person who has come over, Yi Feiyang still has a certain understanding of this year's Oscars, not to mention anything else, the biggest and most aggrieved drama of this year's Oscars is "The Miracle of the Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks, starting from the nomination, the Best Actor nomination, the Best Supporting Actor nomination, and the Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, as well as the Best Movie nomination, etc., are all very popular, but unfortunately, the old men behind the Oscars seem to be very unpopular...... Don't buy anyone's account, not Tom Hanks's, but Stephen King's, the original author of this play!
Why do you say that? Although the Oscars are a commercial film awards ceremony, the best films selected each time are almost all rich in "connotation", not ordinary commercial vulgar films.
Who is Stephen King? The leader of American popular fiction, a business writer known as the "king of terror", has made hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth just by writing novels. If the Oscar judges award this best film to his novel, then they are undoubtedly telling everyone that we are all laymen! And it is full of copper smell, vulgar and unbearable!
Therefore, "The Miracle of the Green Mile", a movie with a high reputation, failed in the end, and completely lost to the dark horse "American Beauty", which had no chance of winning the award no matter how you watched it.
It can be said that this drama is also Xiao He is also Xiao He, Stephen King is considered to have fallen blood mold, only the box office, not the award!
Thinking of this, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but look at the sworn "Miracle of the Green Mile" lineup.
The entire crew there, from the director to the actors, sat up straight, especially Stephen King, who was the original author of the play, sat upright, looking determined to win.
Yes, Stephen King really lacks nothing now, and he lacks the recognition of the Oscars. He has written novels for so many years, which have been put on the screen, and there are only many adapted into movies, box office, word of mouth, almost all of them are OK, but every time he is nominated for an Oscar, he is brushed back, just like a student who is super good at exams, he gets an A in every exam, but he smashed the pot in the final exam, do you say this is not annoying?!
Stephen's creative ability has not been as good as before in recent years, and in order to support his family, in order to be able to drink milk and eat bread at once, he has created like crazy. When my creativity was at its peak, I could write three or four horror stories a month, but now, I have a car and a house, I am not short of money, I live a comfortable and comfortable life, there is no economic crisis, like an old cat nesting by the milk tray, I like to take a nap in the sun more and more, and I no longer work hard......
Laziness is a terrible disease, as long as you get it, then it will be difficult to eradicate it in the future!
Therefore, Stephen King attaches great importance to his own play, because he is afraid that he will suffer from laziness and disease, and he will never be able to write such a masterpiece in the future.
Stephen King has great hopes for his "Miracle in the Green", but Yi Feiyang knows that his dream will soon be shattered, of course, the difference from his previous life is that this Oscar has more "The Matrix 2" and his "Dance Floor Competition", but according to the aesthetic taste of the Oscar judges, Yi Feiyang believes that poor Stephen King will have a bad dream again eight ~ nine times out of ten. (To be continued......)