After "The Big Bang Theory" ended, "Sheldon" rarely showed his face. After missing it for a long time, I finally saw his handsome figure in the new Netflix drama "Hollywood", which was launched in May.
"Hollywood" is a limited series of Netflix, only 7 episodes, released at one time, bold.
When the show was officially announced, fans were very much looking forward to it. It was run by Ryan Murphy, the producer of the high-scoring American drama "The Enemy." Originally, everyone thought that "Hollywood" would be like "The Enemy." The well-known gossip, secretly satirizing Vanity Fair.
Unexpectedly, after the launch of "Hollywood", it was bloody, dreamy, politically correct, and finally reached a happy ending. Some viewers felt betrayed, and criticized the show for being "too fake and outrageous". But after I carefully watched the whole drama, I felt that this drama would not be a hit, and it was still worth entering the pit.
The story line of "Hollywood" is quite positive. The little people/minorities who are not accepted by the mainstream society are not afraid of people's words, rebel against the secular, and join Vanity Fair to realize their dreams. The protagonists in the play are veterans, Asian directors, gay screenwriters, and black actresses. This kind of character configuration, coupled with the perfect story, is indeed extremely politically correct. It has a faintly pleasing temperament of "seeing the wind and the rudder", no wonder some fans don't like it, in their eyes, it is not realistic enough, not critical enough, and not in line with the taste of watching movies.
However, being too politically correct does not mean it is not desirable. The people who are disappointed with "Hollywood" are probably movie fans who are looking for a deeper movie viewing experience.
However, there are only a few senior movie fans who study movie history and know a lot about Hollywood insiders. For ordinary audiences, they don't really care about the life experience and secrets of famous filmmakers in history. Whether a work is well-made, whether it can attract people to watch it, and whether it can tell the story roundly, this is the point. At these levels, "Hollywood" has achieved it.
"Hollywood" has shown a wild horse runaway from the very first episode.
The country boy has big ambitions and leaves his hometown as a "horizontal drifter". In order to pursue his dreams, he does not hesitate to put down his dignity and sell himself, which is touching. The well-known agent in the circle is gay, and he used his power to force the young handsome guy to "watch" himself belly dance in a long skirt with suspenders. Fortunately, the agent found "Xie Er" to perform, otherwise he might be slapped by the audience Shoot to death. Famous directors like to hold parties in mansions and call the last batch of cowherds to serve the party guests. Isn't this the legendary "Sea and Sky Feast"?
The showbiz is like a virgin forest, the curtain is slowly opened, the lion is opening its bloody mouth, the leopard is running at full speed to catch the little white rabbit and the deer, the orangutan is eating bananas lazily, and two pythons are intertwined on the tree. ... Insiders are caught in a huge net woven of power and desire, unable to break free or escape, while outsiders look at it with three points of envy, four points of nitpicking, five points of hallucination, and five points of delusion. confuse.
It can be said that in the description of the showbiz, "Hollywood" is like an outsider, not necessarily objective enough, but quite imaginative.
In Hollywood in the 1940s, all those who had the right to speak were white people of noble birth. In this circle marked by blood, race, and class, ethnic minorities were destined to become foils or even "not allowed to enter." The poor, blacks, and LGBT marginalized people, let alone in a conservative era, are still discriminated against to varying degrees even at present.
Ryan Murphy does not believe in evil. He used "Hollywood" to create a utopia, where minorities have equal opportunities to rise to power, no matter what ethnicity can be respected, no one abuses their privileges, and class transition becomes easy. The utopia then heads toward a "Hollywood ending" (the title of the final episode). This design is very interesting. He clearly tells you that utopia only exists in fantasy, and the world of great harmony will never come, but we should have the right to dream at will, and film and television works carry our dreams.
"Hollywood" presents the idealism of dream chasers.
The real life is too cruel. Only those above the middle class will appear in the official announcements of the big era. Those who carry bricks and cement on construction sites, deliver food in the wind and rain, and dig coal in small mountain villages are even Not worthy of a name. In "Hollywood", these little people became the protagonists who broke the rules and overturned high walls, just like green peppers served as a side dish for so many times, and finally became a tiger-skin pepper on the table.
In an era of increasingly serious class solidification, encouraging the little ones is worth more tears than praising the big ones, and recording hard work is worth cheering more than praising talent.
I am reminded of the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards that just passed. Zheng Xiuwen, who was nominated for Best Actress, once again applauded others. This is her sixth time running with her. Some people say that she worked hard, but was a little short. luck. In the movie "Match Point", Woody Allen used the protagonist's mouth to say, "I'd rather be a lucky guy than an honor student." This sentence pierces the essence of life. Most of the time, luck is better than hard work. important.
Whether in Hollywood Vanity Fair or the "Colosseum" in life, birth and talent determine the success rate, hard work may not pay off, but good luck can make you rise steadily. Zheng Xiuwen has made her debut for so many years, and she has sung "hard work to be admired" for so long, but she has not been able to take home an award for the best actress. She worked hard to make people feel distressed.
We have seen too many "efforts are useless". For example, in a talent show that should rely on hard work and strength to speak, let a rich family's daughter win the first place by "showing off". This is a ridiculous irony of the word "hard work". . So, "Hollywood" came out to "preside over justice". It crowns you with light and shadow for the awards that you can't get in reality; it lets the protagonist get back the dignity you lost in reality; it builds up dreamland for hard work. cheers.
Of course, "Hollywood" also has its shortcomings. The protagonist struggled too smoothly, met too many noble people, and the screenwriter opened the golden finger. Especially Jim Parsons's agent Henry, a grumpy, cynical, and game-playing gay, completely overturned his image as a dumb scientist in The Big Bang Theory, I couldn't believe it. It was Sheldon who was theoretical physics when he opened his mouth.
At the final awards ceremony, Henry was shocked at the public coming out of his artists, then turned to leave, unable to say anything. Facing the flashlights crowded in front of the media reporters, Henry turned back with a lost and relieved evil smile. At that moment, he was worthy of all the handsome guys in this world.
In "New Yuanyang Butterfly Dream", "The world of flowers, Yuanyang and butterflies are already crazy in the world, why bother to go to the sky", this song is also suitable to describe "Hollywood", there is helplessness and happiness, both cruel and gentle, it is better to break free Shackles, fall asleep together.
So, no matter how much controversy there is, I like this drama. The protagonist told me that the admission ticket that I didn't get when I was born, I can get it by working hard on tiptoe the day after tomorrow.
Giving the hardworking "nobody" a chance, not just the vested interests, is the most correct political correctness of "Hollywood". Class barriers no longer exist, and eggs can easily climb over high walls.
This article was first published on the public account: curtain flavor (movie1958)
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