1060 Chapter 1060

January 22, this is a Sunday, a highly anticipated Sunday, because the 52nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony came to an end last night, and those viewers who did not watch the live broadcast and did not listen to the radio are very happy to know through the newspapers Some information, and those who followed the awards ceremony in real time were also very willing to read the after-the-fact commentary from the newspapers and magazines: what the experts said about the awards, the behind-the-scenes tidbits of the awards ceremony, what people did not see on the TV screen. An anecdote, the selection of red carpet outfits...

However, when West Coast audiences opened the "Los Angeles Times" as they were accustomed to, they found that the news layout on the front page was very interesting. The headline position on the front page was "'Forrest Gump' wins!" This news , This is news about the Golden Globes, not surprising. The picture below is a picture of director Robert Zemeckis holding a statuette.

But below today's headlines, there is a very conspicuous and eye-catching position, which is no less attractive to people than headlines. Just below the first news, the red font is very eye-catching, "Hugo overturns Park City!" The picture below this news is a narrow town street, densely covered with people's heads, at first glance It looked like a scene of 100,000 people surging together when a rock music festival was held, causing the patients with intensive phobia to retreat immediately.

Generally speaking, besides the headlines, there will naturally be other important news on the front page, but in order to highlight the headline effect, other news is generally not accompanied by pictures, but mainly text. But today, the "Los Angeles Times" is not playing cards according to common sense, and there are two pictures on the front page, and they are both very conspicuous and equally attractive.

As a comprehensive newspaper, "Los Angeles Times" is only one of their reporting sections. Although it is located in the Hollywood base, the frequency of their headlines using entertainment news is not as high as imagined. After all, social news, political news, military news There are many things like news that are more important. But today, the "Los Angeles Times" put two entertainment news content on the front page in one breath, which is absolutely unprecedented.

So, is the Ballon d'Or more intriguing or the Hugo news more worth watching?

The "Los Angeles Times" conducted a random survey of 60 people on the street afterwards, and 49 people chose Hugo for a very simple reason, "I already know the list of winners, and I am more curious about what happened to Hugo. things”, or “the list of winners has been determined, it will not change anyway, of course, the news of Hugo is more interesting”.

Among the remaining 11 people, 6 people did not choose two, because they have no interest in Hollywood News, they are more concerned about the war situation of the US military in Haiti, the US invaded Haiti in June last year - to use all means to force Haiti After the military government stepped down and landed in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. military had many armed conflicts with local demonstrators.

The other five chose the Golden Globes, curious not only about the list of winners, but also how Hugo and Brad would win in the competition for the most leading actor in a drama.

Although it is said that the sample survey of 60 people is not generalizable, because the "Los Angeles Times" is just random people found on the streets of Hollywood Boulevard, and does not take into account the distribution of parameters such as regional diversity, age and gender; But the findings are still intriguing.

Nicholas wrote about Hugo's situation in Park City for the first time. In the report, Nicholas described the out-of-control fan frenzy that day, "The entire Park City was in a boiling state, which made it clear that the town was shaking violently. , the noise and madness of the town even broke the Mormons. The purification of the church has attracted protests from religious people. This is a situation that Park City has not experienced in the past ten years."

Then Nicholas used detailed pen and ink to tell everything that happened that day from his own perspective, and focused on describing the little girl and her family, "The great success in career brought Hugo to the forefront, although he disappeared. He was in the public eye for four months, but he still did not lose his popularity in the eyes of the public. All the audience were crazy for him, and even paralyzed the whole town. Such a powerful appeal is now Only Hugo can have it."

However, Nicholas changed the conversation and focused on the behavior of the little girl, thinking that such crazy and unreasonable fans had caused trouble for Hugo, "But behind Hugo's strong popularity and enthusiastic pursuit, he There are also huge hidden dangers. The irrational and desperate behavior of fans not only caused trouble for Hugo, but also created endless disasters. If the situation yesterday was not controlled in time, there would inevitably be bloodshed on the scene, including ordinary The fans and Hugo included."

"So, while chasing after celebrities, should we also seek a suitable scale, otherwise after an accident, it will always be the artists themselves who bear the infamy. Of course, the most important thing is the safety of the fans themselves, rather than chasing celebrities In other words, the health and safety of the fans is the most important thing, isn't it?"

Objectively speaking, Nicholas's article is not too provocative. He did not strongly condemn the little girl. Although crazy fans have been criticized all the time, she was just a little girl at first. Even her family's behavior is superb, but after all, she is a minor. People, it is not appropriate to strongly condemn; secondly, the behavior of the flesh and blood is much crazier than that of the little girl, but the form is different. Glory to Death also encountered a similar situation during the tour, so there is no need to deliberately target the little girl. girl.

At the same time, Nicholas did not deliberately blame the fans who lost their minds - because the situation of the reporters was not much better.

But after this report came out, it immediately detonated the focus of all the media. There were also nearly 50 media outlets that followed the "Los Angeles Times". All of them focused on the storm that Hugo set off in Park City , and, like Nicholas, they have expressed concern about the crazy fans losing their minds.

In fact, in the United States, the madness of fans has always been extreme. Fans who usually seem to be very rational, once they become crazy, it will be a disaster. The tragedy of John Lennon is still unforgettable. Therefore, when the media mentioned the potential danger of the fan phenomenon, it immediately attracted extensive attention of all media.

In an instant, many media focused their attention on Park City, and the scene where the streets were blocked by fans was so shocking that it was almost impossible to believe that it was a movie that no one cared about. The festival even gives people the illusion of "Isn't it transplanted from the photos of the Cannes Film Festival?" It can be seen how strong the impact of the photos is.

Now is not the era of computer retouching and changing pictures all over the sky, but now is the era when there are pictures and the truth. The shock of a photo is far beyond imagination.

People can hardly believe that Hugo relied on the power of one person to set off such a storm in the remote, cold and lonely Park City. This is the most direct portrayal of Hugo's current strong presence in North America. Many media regretted that they did not go to the front line of Park City to grab news. Because relatively speaking, although the Golden Globes are lively, they are still old-fashioned and not too new. Of course, they are not as interesting as the bombing of Park City.

More importantly, most of the media has focused on fan culture. In fact, movie fans have been restrained. Music fans are deeply rooted with flesh and blood. Fan culture has become a part of social subculture. Their fanaticism and madness are always easy to get out of control, and flesh and blood are sucked. poison. Sudden deaths from overdose, fights for the favor of bandmates, and even clashes with bandmates are not new at all.

Especially last year, Hugo also experienced the Houston incident first-hand, which made music fans stand on the cusp.

Now, movie fans are also entering an era of madness because of the idols of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is foreseeable that this out of control scene will only accompany With the soundness and maturity of movie idol culture, more and more, and more and more serious.

Therefore, the media began to seriously discuss the importance of fan culture. Even sociologists have joined the topic one after another. This is the second large-scale discussion in just half a year: because most of the fans are young people, in other words, they are the next generation who need to be educated, not to mention Whether they will delay their studies because of star chasing, just say that they are poisoned by exposure to the entertainment industry. The harm of products, alcohol, and the out-of-control fan culture are likely to cause continuous follow-up effects. To exaggerate, it is very likely to affect the development of the entire United States in the 21st century, because now these young people are the future of a country.

That a simple question has risen to such a high level is something that Nicholas didn't think of at all - this was not his intention at all, he was simply making an injustice for Hugo: that little girl's family is so speechless, But the other party is a child, and he can't beat or scold, it's really embarrassing. As a result, such a sensational impact was known.

It really makes me cry.

But from the side, now any news and Hugo will be magnified infinitely, and then have an endless follow-up influence, which has become the norm, and this is also a portrayal of Hugo's strong influence today. As an artist , but it can have an impact on social issues and gradually form a chain of influence, which is really amazing.

In fact, on the 22nd, the topic of the Golden Globe Awards is absolutely the protagonist. There are more than 90 media covering the Golden Globe Awards, and many national media have carried out special reports. It can be said that "It's all about the Golden Globes", but who could have predicted that Hugo's unintentional move would easily steal the limelight of the Golden Globes, and the news of the Golden Globes would not be on the front page. In two days, it quickly became a thing of the past.

This is really frustrating.

If someone maliciously speculates, it is almost considered that this is another wave of Hugo's revenge plan for the Ballon d'Or.