Chapter 755

Back in the hotel room, the Asian journalist found his laptop and began to sort out the fan reviews collected today. He stored the contents recorded by the tape recorder in a separate folder and first sent them to the editorial department thousands of miles away. Then he opened the document and recalled the contents of the movie he saw this afternoon. While tapping the keyboard, he prepared an article belonging to his own My comments.

Although this reporter has just started to run the Hollywood line, he was a professional film reporter in China before and has a high appreciation level for films.

"Murphy Stanton's new film" focus "is a film with considerable depth and worth people's constant reflection. Religious groups still play an important role in western society. Therefore, such a work that dares to attack the internal system of Catholicism has been full of awe inspiring courage and strength since its birth. Just like the journalists fighting for the truth in the film, they show the positive attitude of public opinion to the whole society. This attitude is an inspiration to those who are still suffering in silence, a sting to those who are ignorant and indulgent, and a direct reprimand to those who commit crimes in the name of God. The media obviously has the function of influencing the direction of public opinion, so the just conscience of the media is also the hope of a country and society. Therefore, the scene that the reporters of the focus team in the film won the final victory without fear of difficulties made me most excited. "

Of course, as a reporter working for a famous liberal newspaper in China, his comments are very targeted.

"Religious belief may not be so closely related to Chinese people, but it has a long history and foundation in western society. Even in modern society, religious groups no longer control all aspects of Western society as they did in the middle ages, but their influence is everywhere. Just as the United States is a very open and civilized society, its religious influence is far beyond our imagination. Recently, I was reading a book "the myth of God" by Richard Dawkins, a famous British atheist. In it, a section was devoted to the prejudice and injustice of the mainstream American culture against atheists, especially the importance of faith to the political life of Americans. He said: for any presidential candidate, it is generally accepted that he believes in atheism His confession is a kind of political suicide

"There are many similarities among the children who are violated by the priest in the film: low-income families, no father, divorced families and so on. One victim said: "if you are a child of a poor family, religion is very important. And when a priest notices you, it's a big deal. If he asks you to clean up your poetry books or take out the garbage, you will feel different, as if the Lord is asking for your help. " The reason why these children have such an idea is that in Catholicism, the priest presides over mass, baptizes, hears confessions, even cures diseases and so on. In the eyes of believers, clergymen like priests seem to carry the glory of God. So it's a matter of pride to be valued by the priest. But what makes people angry is that it is also through this layer of sacred coat that some clergy repeatedly stretch out their claws to minor children. "

"The huge data of Catholicism involved in the scandal in the film proves that people can't be ignorant of such things, let alone within the church. But why are there so few public accusations? The film offers several viewpoints: first, the victims are ashamed to speak; second, the church gives top-down protection, refuses to deal with the criminal clergy and continues to appoint them. Even if the victims speak up, they are often in a weak position in the face of powerful churches, and many cases will be solved in private. Thirdly, if there are just people occasionally speaking for the victims, they will soon be pressured by the omnipresent church forces. The police cover up the priest, the lawyer conspire with the church, and the court seal up the key evidence for the Church... "

"Another very important point is the silence and connivance of the public. Some of them have a natural fear and inferiority to authority; some of them are taboo for defending the holy name of the church and leaders; and some of them even don't believe in those who have the courage to expose dirty practices. I've forgotten an example I've seen there. It said that my daughter told her that the respected pastor in the church had misbehaved towards her. After hearing her daughter's misfortune, my mother didn't complain about her daughter's injustice. Instead, she angrily thought that her daughter was slandering the holy man in her eyes... "

"It takes great courage to question and challenge the authority and power, especially for the media industry..."

Writing here, this Asian American reporter suddenly stopped ten fingers of tapping the keyboard. I don't know why, his mind suddenly flew to the country where he lived and worked, especially the relationship between power and media.

What is the name of American media?

"Focus" is an extremely realistic film. He has seen quite a lot of North American media reports, including liberals, right wingers, conservatives and so on. They all recognize this very much.

What impresses him most is the media's fight against power

As a reporter for a southern liberal newspaper, the Asian's brain is inevitably eroded by some decadent things.

Asian American reporter sitting in front of his laptop, some audacious ideas stimulated by the film which shows the freedom and power of the media, keep jumping out, jumping, his head is hot, his hands fall on the keyboard unconsciously, knocking into an article."Every year after a certain station, a news program always says that this evening party: in a harmonious and joyful atmosphere, it conveys the positive energy of the society and a strong sense of home and country, and is praised by the mainstream media and the majority of Internet users. A mainstream newspaper always publishes an article "delivering positive energy" on the front page and a commentary "marching towards dreams or ideals"; a commentary agency publishes a commentator's article "universal celebration"... "

"However, in the social platform composed of ordinary people, people's comments on the party are different, and they are constantly spitting. It is estimated that the vast majority of people have run away from the party again and again in the process of watching it. So, why is what you see different from what is evaluated by the mainstream media? Isn't it the same party? Is it a divided society? "

"It's easy to see what the mainstream media's surname is, but those who don't want to change their surname will come to one end! The radio and television departments require foreign-funded enterprises not to provide video services within the territory, and will ban them completely! "

"This is our reality. We have to accept it if we don't accept it. What's more, the higher instructions also said that the political direction must be put first in the work of news and public opinion, and all the work of news and public opinion media should reflect the will of the ruling class and reflect their opinions. As for evaluation, it's better not to say so. "

"Suddenly, the former deputy director of a Planning Bureau was wronged. Because of illegal construction, he asked a reporter who came here to interview him. He said, "are you going to speak for my boss or for the public?" As a result, the whole world was shocked. These words were taken as thunder language and quickly spread across the country. The deputy director became a network celebrity. Now, the deputy director is really a forward-looking politician. He foresaw some things early on. "

"I have to lament that the current situation is changing so fast that I can't catch my eyeglasses which have been falling all the time. Good. This is a wonderful time. We should all shout long live, thank you

When I write about this, I can't write down the serious film reviews of Asian journalists. My biggest weakness is that he feels like a eunuch commenting on the emperor's sex life. He can't do it himself, but he gossips about others

His childhood education told him that history is always moving forward. Today is better than the past, and later is better than the present. However, the current reality makes him, a media practitioner, feel that in terms of media and public opinion, today is not as good as yesterday or even the day before yesterday.

With a long sigh, the Asian American reporter delimited the following contents separately and saved them in a hidden folder. These things that were just written in his head can never be published, otherwise he will lose his job and may not be able to work in the journalist industry for his whole life.

After several deep breaths, the Asian American reporter gradually calmed down and continued to write the serious film review at the beginning.

His hands were flying, and words appeared in the document.

"Murphy Stanton's film is very realistic and has a very warning significance - * the breeding is based on such soil: evil is covered up from top to bottom, and the so-called authority reputation is wrongly respected and safeguarded..."

"Focus" has received unusual attention since it was shown at the Toronto Film Festival, not only because the film was based on a real scandal, but also because the scandal involved many clergy.

Perhaps we should not have been too surprised by the moral degradation of the clergy.

Rational thinking, many people should know that the clergy is just a group of ordinary people, some of them make mistakes, which is normal.

A person will not become morally perfect in an instant just because he joins the church. After all, joining the church is still a long way from true soul conversion. The neglect of this process in society for a long time has led to people's high expectations of the clergy, and even equated it with belief. Therefore, the outbreak of scandal has turned into the collapse of belief, and the collapse of faith has led to the loss of faith For pious people, surprise is not enough to summarize their inner collapse, followed by anger and disappointment, just like the madness of reporter Mike and the tears of grandma Sasha after reading the report in the film.

After a few days in Toronto and a few promotional events, Murphy is ready to return to Los Angeles.