Seeing that three Hollywood actresses are gathered on the poster, there is no reason to miss this movie. However, due to the sensitive topics in the film and financial issues, the film almost failed to make...
"Breaking News"
The film is based on a true story , and it is also the most talked about sexual assault incident in recent years, involving Roger Ailes, the former president of Fox News (Fox News), who can influence the outcome of the US election .
Last year, there was an American drama "The Loudest Voice" , which told how Roger Ailes built Fox News and made it the most influential TV station in the United States. News focused on the darkness the "media godfather" brought to the news station.
As the president of Fox News, Roger has a pivotal position in the media industry, and it is easy for him to kill any anchor.
In the news station, it is unavoidable to fight openly and secretly, and the competition between female anchors is more intense. Roger is aware of this and will always make all kinds of unreasonable sexual harassment against them. In order to keep their positions, female anchors often can only It also made Roger's sexual harassment more reckless.
Roger has been on the news station for many years and has absolute right to speak on personnel promotions, interview angles, etc. Everyone can only obey him.
"Miss America" veteran anchor Gretchen Carlson , who is nearly 50 years old, is not as attractive and influential as before.
Gretchen, who graduated from Stanford University, is actually very talented and capable, but he is often regarded as a "vase" on TV. After a certain makeup photo, he was mocked by Roger as a "sweaty menopausal aunt". The offensive remarks made Gretchen quite angry.
Later, she secretly recorded Roger's sexist remarks, and immediately accused Roger of sexual harassment after being fired in the future, and used the recording as a threat.
Compared with Gretchen, Megyn Kelly , who is in her 30s, has a very popular career on TV, like a TV "first sister". She is not only bright in appearance, but also dares to act. She questioned the candidates for defaming women in the Republican primary debate, which made her more popular in the United States.
After Gretchen filed a sexual harassment complaint against Roger, everyone on the TV station followed Megyn's lead to see if she would rehabilitate Roger who had helped her, or persuade more female colleagues to come forward and accuse Roger together?
The youngest of the three female anchors, Kayla Pospisil , is a newcomer to the TV station. In the movie, Roger asked her to keep pulling up her short skirt in the room to show her long legs. She reluctantly gave in, and only hoped to get a chance to be in the top position. What Kayla shows is also the helplessness of female newcomers in the workplace.
The three heroines clearly represent three distinct career stages—
Gretchen, who has reached retirement age, is going to sue Roger, and it seems that she is about to break the bank; Kayla is soft-spoken, and she never dares to offend the leadership easily because of this job; Megyn, who is in between the two, is struggling the most, and she has a bright career. Of course, I don't want this to affect my career, but as the "first sister" of the TV station, if she also silences sexual harassment, the younger generation may be even more at a loss.
However, when "Bombing News" shows these three characters, it does not blindly portray them as "weak".
Although the three were both victims of high-level sexual harassment, not all of them were willing to stand up and resist at first . accomplice.
It breaks through the framework of the same type of movies. Women are not only the role of victims, but also full of selfishness and ambition, victims and accomplices, but it is only a matter of thought.
These questions have injected reflection into the film , allowing "Breaking News" to have different perspectives to portray the plot of a group of women being sexually harassed, boldly and deeply.
The performances of three Hollywood actresses have naturally become the focus of the film.
In the movie, the role of Megyn Kelly played by Charlize Theron has the most room to play. Theron himself also painted stunt makeup for the role, and the glued eyelids sometimes couldn't close at all. In order to imitate Megyn's unique and low voice, She damaged her vocal cords so much that she lost her voice for three weeks.
In the end, Theron played Megyn with both form and spirit, and the scene where he responded rudely to Kayla's naive question was even more amazing.
Margot Robbie , who played Kayla Pospisil , also performed very explosively. The scene of collapse and crying in the movie impressed the audience and was moved.
And Gretchen Carlson, played by Nicole Kidman , was supposed to be the key figure in "Bombshell". She bravely challenged hegemony alone and used her wisdom to knock down the devil's high-level Fox News. However, Nicole Kidman is in There are fewer scenes in the film, and there is a lack of eye-catching performances.
Finally, don't overlook John .
He seldom played villains in the past, but this time, after putting on makeup, he was already very similar to Roger himself, and even with his gestures, he portrayed this "old horny demon" to the core, which made people grit their teeth.
Although sexual assault incidents have been constantly mentioned in recent years, and the movie seems to have fallen into a cliché in the selection of topics, "Bombshell" still has a fresh feeling, paving out this sex scandal that shocked the media industry in a way of laughter and scolding. , lighthearted and humorous, yet full of depth, narrating from the different personalities and contradictory viewpoints of the victims, which also makes the film multi-faceted and three-dimensional, worth watching.
Author: Phoenix
Source: WonderFilm Wonder Film Public Account
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