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"Of course we watched the CNN news!" Brad obviously didn't understand the meaning of Hugo's words, looked at Hugo with an incredible expression, and attacked Hugo with a firm and angry tone, "It's because we watched the news, That's why we know the truth, the white police. The police can beat ordinary residents at will, and he is also a black person. This is absolutely unforgivable."
Hugo noticed that, Brad glanced at Rob next to him intentionally or unintentionally from the corner of his eyes. It can be seen that he would righteously condemn Hugo on such an occasion. It is difficult to say that today's audition is a point. No impact.
It can be heard from Brad's words that he still takes the difference between blacks and whites very seriously, especially emphasizing that it was the whites who beat the blacks, not just the police. The police beat up residents, which is also inseparable from the direction of American history.
Racial discrimination in the United States has a long history, but with the development of modern history, economy, culture and many other factors, the confrontational relationship between races is constantly progressing, and this situation has achieved great results at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. The breakthrough, "Driving. Miss. Daisy", a film about shifting race relations, won Best Picture. This also marked the first time that the white-dominated American cultural system extended an olive branch to blacks.
Of course, this is just a movie. Even if "Driving for Miss Daisy" won the Oscar, the status of black people has not fundamentally changed. However, the fact that Oscar favors "driving for Miss Daisy" shows that at least the white-supremacist cultural society has realized that racial discrimination is bound to need to be changed, so in the next 20 years, or even longer For a period of time, starting from "Driving for Miss Daisy", the alleviation of conflicts between whites, blacks and Jews has been changing in a subtle way.
Therefore, under such an era background, after Rodney King time was given the concept of race, the energy that erupted was really terrible, and Brad would have such a point of view, which is actually the white people in American culture. The insinuation of universal values, including Rob, Martin, Joseph and others, is no exception.
In the face of Brad's aggressiveness, Rob also looked at Hugo with relatively cold eyes, obviously very dissatisfied with Hugo's performance just now. This made Joseph sitting next to him a little anxious. He wanted to say a few words for Hugo, but when he saw Martin who was ready to go, Joseph knew that this was a showdown between actors. As an agent, if he intervened , then Martin will step in too, and the situation will only get more chaotic. Therefore, Joseph swallowed the words in his mouth abruptly, and looked at Hugo worriedly.
Hugo was neither in a hurry nor slow, and he did not appear flustered because of Brad's oppression and Rob's coldness, but his voice stabilized, and he said with vigour, "I mean, you didn't watch. News broadcast behind CNN? Eighty-one seconds, not sixty-eight seconds!"
Hugo's words immediately stunned several people present, and they didn't react for a while.
KTLA edited the video and released it, and at the same time made the cut footage available to major U.S. television stations, making the timing of Rodney King's beating a shocking headline. But it's worth noting that CNN, or CNN, only learned three weeks after the tape aired that the KTLA-provided tape had deleted vital parts, said Ed Tees, vice president of CNN. Na (Ed. Turner) immediately ordered, after CNN rebroadcast the news, must add the deleted part.
In fact, although the 81-second version is 13 seconds longer than the 68-second version, the actual scene involving the arrest of Rodney King is only less than six seconds, but even so, it is enough for people to see the truth clearly. ,police. The police are only conducting legitimate law enforcement, not the scene in the 68-second video.
However, the three major American television networks, ABC, NBC, CBS and the local KTLA in Los Angeles still insist on broadcasting the 68-second version of the video. In the United States, the news of the three major TV networks is free, while KTLA does not charge in the Los Angeles area, and CNN TV is a cable TV program that must be paid for, and the pace of life of ordinary Americans is tight, even if they pay for cable TV The program also focuses on watching games, TV programs, and movie replays. Not many viewers watch CNN news, and few people will notice the slight difference between the two videos.
This was 1992, when the Internet was still underdeveloped, people's sources of information were relatively closed, and the mainstream media was the leader of public opinion, with absolute control over the direction of public opinion. With a very small audience of CNN news, the three major commercial television networks controlled the trend of public opinion on this incident, and even US President George Bush was kept in the dark.
Ninety-two percent of people in this week's poll said they thought white police officers. Found guilty, that's what's going on right now. Obviously, Rob, Brad, Martin and others in front of him are all among the 92%.
It was also an accident that Hugo and Joseph would see the CNN news. While filming in New York, they saw this news by chance in the hotel room. Hugo didn't know much about the situation at the time. Only after the shocked expression did I understand the ins and outs of the Rodney King incident. Before the time travel, Hugo was born in 1989, so the news events in the United States in the early 1990s did not have much real feeling for Hugo, but now he is in this society, can not help but let Hugo sigh, before he still He didn't adapt to his white skin, and now he should be thankful that he didn't transmigrate to become a black man.
After Hugo briefly explained the situation of CNN news, Rob fell into deep thought, obviously affected by this fact, Brad quickly noticed Rob's demeanor out of the corner of his eyes, and he secretly cried out. Wonderful, this quietly, Hugo began to have the advantage.
Brad couldn't help looking at his agent, Martin. Martin was much calmer. He thought for a while, and whispered to Brad, "Media, media." Brad didn't respond at first. , but he is not only not a fool, but also a very smart person. After thinking about it carefully, he will understand.
So Brad organized his language a little, looked up at Hugo again, and asked with a serious expression, "Then what do you mean, the American news media, which has always advertised the pursuit of truth, actually openly falsified? And it still emphasizes judicial journalism that takes facts as its life? Isn’t KTLA afraid of sparking civil unrest?”
Hugo was a little surprised that Brad was so... naive. But soon, Hugo realized that this was the 1990s, when people had unparalleled trust in the media, not the 21st century when fake news was flying all over the sky. As Hugo, questioning the media is a habitual action, because the era of "truth is the first element of news" is no longer important under the catalysis of the Internet. On the contrary, interests are the most important. For the sake of interests, fabricate news It can be said that methods such as creating burst points are almost omnipotent.
The uncrowned king, this is a very unfamiliar word for Hugo, but it is the most real life for the few people who lived in the 1980s and 1990s. That's why Brad was able to say that remark in such a righteous way because he believed so.
Hugo didn't speak, but stretched out his right hand and put a slap gesture on Joseph's face, which made Rob and Brad stunned, even Martin, who had always been disdainful of Hugo. Also quite surprised. And although Joseph was a little nervous, he once thought that Hugo was really going to hit him, but then he felt relieved. Inexplicably, he was willing to believe that Hugo was well-intentioned.
"If this scene is captured by a reporter, there are several possibilities. One is that it is just me and Joseph, and the other is that all of us are captured. How do you think the media will interpret it?" Hugo greeted him without any dodging. In response to Brad's condemning eyes, he said with dignity, "I can tell you that maybe 'Vanity Fair' will use the picture of me and Joseph, saying that I had a conflict with the agent; the 'Los Angeles Times' will use us A picture of five people and then saying Rob picked you and I had a bad rap with the agent because of my rage. So how do you think the National Enquirer will report it?"
The National Enquirer, an American gossip tabloid. There are a bunch of so-called "supermarket gossip tabloids" in the United States. These biweekly magazines are mainly sold in supermarkets. It is often used as a cushion or waste paper by people. When you accidentally see it, you may put down what you are doing and read it. The front pages of tabloid newspapers often publish some messy, sensational news and rumors, doing everything they can to attract attention. The National Enquirer is one of the leaders.
Facing Hugo's question, Brad was stunned. He already knew what Hugo meant, but he had no way to refute it.
Hugo didn't have any plans to wait for an answer, and just said, "I think the National Enquirer might say that Joseph and I are jealous and fight over Brad." As soon as these words came out, Rob snorted. He laughed, and the tense atmosphere just now melted and disintegrated, and the expressions of Brad and Joseph were very strange, and they were dumbfounded by Hugo.
As for Martin, he began to look at Hugo meaningfully. Although he has always shown disdain for Hugo, at this moment, Hugo has shown enough wit and composure, no matter what he is as an actor, but as an actor Man, his charisma is really admirable. Martin stood as an agent and saw the potential to become a cash cow in Hugo.