Chapter 1301 1301 Entertainment to Death
After the biggest question in Nicholas' mind was answered, the shock in his heart could not stop for a long time. He was shocked not only by Hugo's dedication and perseverance for the work "Seven Deadly Sins", but also in the interpretation of the media. Different meanings are distorted underneath, which also makes the media reflection in the recent period more and more ridiculous; it is also because of the profound meaning of the "seven deadly sins" reflected from Hugo.
To be sure, Hugo's choice of "The Seven Deadly Sins" itself has no direct connection to what has happened in recent months, and Andrew Kevin-Walker could not have foreseen when he wrote "The Seven Deadly Sins". The world of journalism has changed dramatically this year.
However, the social reality reflected in the film "Seven Deadly Sins" and the experience that happened to Hugo in the past few months inadvertently echoed each other, and then burst out the stormy waves in his mind, making Nicholas fall into Contemplation led to the professional film review of the famous Los Angeles Times article "Reading the 'Seven Deadly Sins' from Hugo Lancaster", which had a subsequent impact on Stormy Seas.
"Hugo Lancaster has once again been in the media spotlight, and while he has always been the spotlight, this time he has set off a long-planned revolution. The whole society has begun to examine itself.
Hugo's experience over the past few months clearly reflects the concept of "entertaining to death". The concept of entertainment to death proposed by Neil Postman actually means that all public discourses in the real society are increasingly appearing in the form of entertainment, and become a cultural spirit, all political, religious, news, sports , education and commerce are all willing vassals of entertainment.
In the uncrowned king's pen, no matter how cruel murders, how terrifying earthquakes, or how ridiculous political scandals are, they can all become the object of their profit, the carrier of social entertainment, and even the medium for people to chat and laugh after dinner. Value is only determined by how much laughter or booing it can bring—how much attention or talk, failure becomes a culture, even grief, pain, death are factors in the value measurement system.
Hugo is like this. From the absence of the opening ceremony of "Seven Deadly Sins", to the refusal of interviews during the filming of the film, to the bizarre second incident of the witch trial during the filming of "Death Row" recently, Hugo has been fulfilling his own life. For the actor's obligation, he showed a professional attitude, and even put himself in a dangerous situation for the film. However, his professional attitude has become a carrier for the media to ridicule and entertain and gain attention, and has become a typical case of entertainment to death.
This is the cruelty of the society, and it is the tragedy of the society.
The whole sick society is entertaining to the death to the extreme, rewarding the most superficial, the dumbest, the meanest, and the most ostentatious. People don't know what morality is, they don't know shame, they don't know right or wrong. The darkest side of human nature is admired and praised, it doesn't matter if you lie or spread fear, because it is profitable!
When the news media, in order to cater to the market economy and for the benefit of sales, regard all public objects, including Hugo, as consumption objects, and infringe the basic rights of public figures endlessly and without limit, but the public is not only not surprised at all, on the contrary Also take it for granted, 'because they are public figures'.
This society has begun to become distorted, why? It is obviously not easy to discuss the social root cause of the birth of Amusement to Death, but it is certain that people's indifference must be one of many reasons. Becoming alienated because of busyness, indifferent because of alienation, and cold because of indifference.
People have given up the most primitive and classical means of communication, the way of emotional communication with relatives and friends, the resistance and complaining about life, and arming themselves with indifference to avoid being hurt, to avoid getting into trouble, and to avoid showing vulnerability. . As a result, people began to base their happiness on the pain of others, talk about the misery of others to set off their own happiness, laugh at the stupidity of others to set off their intelligence, and sympathize with the misfortunes of others to comfort their own happiness...
Against the background of society becoming indifferent, public figures have become not only entertainment objects, but also venting objects. People pin their anger, sadness, regret, bitterness, and pain on public figures.
The Hugo incident reflects not only the news media's entertainment to death or mercenary, but also the indifference, cruelty and indifference of the news media. From the original Rodney King, to the later Michael Jackson, to the recent Hugo, these 'witches' created by the indifference and cruelty of society have been separated from the scope of the news media, and they have reflected The indifference and indifference of the whole society.
Behind the entertainment to death, what we see is the beginning of the decay of society, and it is the cold and bloody indifference of society, and all of these are precisely the breeding ground for the birth of the profound meaning of the "Seven Deadly Sins". What the whole film reflects is precisely the cold society that has been armed with indifference.
Friedrich. Wilhelm. Nietzsche once chanted, 'God is dead'. From that moment on, our classical society was pronounced over, and society officially entered modernism. Under the rapid development of modern society, the distance between the world is gradually shrinking, but the distance between people has not narrowed. On the contrary, a cold barrier has gradually been established. Alienation and indifference have become the most accurate relationship between people. definition.
Behind the indifference of life, people gradually no longer care about the people around them, their loved ones, social morality and justice, lack of communication and communication, lack of sustenance and dependence, lack of care and friendliness, behind the indifference There is nowhere to vent the emptiness of people's hearts, so the gossip and brilliance of public figures, the desire to make a name for themselves. Hope and the cruel and cold-blooded bite of the weak have become their greatest spiritual sustenance.
The so-called seven deadly sins are no longer defined by the classical tradition, but have been labeled with a modern label. Everyone walks their own way and manages their own life. Busyness and indifference make them lose their sense of life, so in the film "Seven Deadly Sins" there are a few cases that are understated: robbers want to rob some Stab someone in the eye with change and a watch; call for help when a woman is assaulted, but call for fire; the landlord tricked the Mills into renting out their subway noise-torn house; and Another landlord considers the victim tortured to the living dead the best tenant because he regularly receives rent in the mailbox.
And in the real life after leaving the movie, Hugo, as an actor, devoted himself to the performance so much that he was in danger of mental illness. This has become a means for the media to make money, and it has become the focus of people after dinner. No sympathy, no concern, no respect, just indifferent talk and irrelevant ridicule.
This is undoubtedly the most cruel violence, and it is this cold violence that gave birth to the seven deadly sins of modernization: arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, gluttony, greed, and lust. want.
People choose cold arrogance over friendliness; people choose jealousy and rage over understanding and appreciation; people choose quick laziness and gluttony over health and the future; people choose filth over morality greed; people abandoned the love that stayed with each other and chose short-lived lust. want.
It is these seven deadly sins that gave birth to this movie, a great thriller and suspense work, and a warning record to wake up the world.
As the killer said, this is a work for caution. Just like the murder method chosen by the murderer, everything is well arranged and full of metaphors, which is suitable for the classicism that runs counter to this modern world. He used food to support a gluttonous fat man, use a bed to trap a lazy addict to death, use justice to punish a greedy lawyer, and use pleasure props to enjoy prostitution. Both sides of the desire were frightened to death, killed their own hope of survival with arrogance, and finally destroyed everything with uncontrollable rage.
The murderer has a modern tool - a pistol, he could easily end every life, but he did not replace the lost elegant classicism with the quickness and shortness of modernization, and taught a lesson for the murderous and cold modernity. A victim reflects the seven deadly sins of modern times, and it is the most direct and bloody condemnation of social indifference and cruelty; but all the means and methods are inspired by modern times, just like the movie said, 'We are facing is everyday life'.
Amusing to death itself is one of the seven deadly sins. It is arrogance, jealousy, rage, greed, and lust. Desire... The seven deadly sins that breed under the indifference of modern society destroy the souls of countless people. The three protagonists in the movie are one of the victims, and Hugo in real life is also one of the victims. Indifference and indifference to those who were harmed, and even lost their lives, were all among the victims.
Facing the indifference and cruelty of the society, Hugo chose his way to fight against it. The witch trial two years ago was thought-provoking, and Michael Jackson's injustice in April this year proved Hugo to be right; last month's 'neuropathy' 'The speech was silent, and the truth proved that Hugo's non-violent and uncooperative resistance was wise.
As the murderer in "Seven Deadly Sins" said, "If you want someone to listen to you, it's not enough to pat him on the shoulder, you have to shock him so that people will listen to you." The rebellion on August 5 shocked the whole society, but it is still uncertain whether Hugo succeeded, and the society's reflection on entertainment to death continues; but what is certain is that in the movie, the murderer succeeded.
The story of 'The Seven Deadly Sins' tells the story of Samose, Mills and the murderer, each using their own way to fight against the seven deadly sins of society, against the indifference and cruelty of society, which is precisely the core of the whole film The thought, the most deafening response! "