Just from the content of the movie, it feels very similar to the morning news I saw not long ago, and it should be adapted from the same event. In 2016, Fox scandals have become a regular in Hollywood since the scandal of former Fox News president Roger Ailes. Many TV series and movies with similar themes have been shot one after another. Although it is not specified, it makes people think. Breaking News isn't the first film to be made on the subject, but it is the first to explicitly state that it's based on factual events. In the film, the actors used special effects makeup techniques to restore the appearance of the parties as much as possible, and added the role of Kayla, a newcomer in the workplace, so that the story was switched from the original two angles to three angles, using the perspectives of three women. It draws out more women's real perspectives and the tangle of whether they choose to remain silent for the sake of life or to speak the truth under the coercion of power. Some people choose to stay silent for many years to keep their golden jobs; some people plan for many years just to bring down Roger; some people just enter the workplace and keep silent because of their ambitions. So there are three heroines. Perhaps in pursuit of a documentary-like look and feel, the three lines are intertwined during editing, which brings a sense of confusion to many viewers that it is difficult to connect. Even so, the actor's acting skills are still commendable. Theron's Megan perfectly restores the state of the parties in terms of makeup, demeanor, and language.
Back to the content itself, although this theme has been broadcast many times, it really lacks some new ideas, but it is still worth exploring. There are several scenes in the movie that stood out to me, Meghan in the studio and her colleagues expressing concern about her reputational entanglement and saying she won't do anything for the time being; Accepts Trump's insincere apology on talk show for pressures of job and life security; Colleague who originally supported Meghan's reticence considering her situation when Meghan found girls who were also harassed and against. In the final analysis, this is a game between power interests and inner sense of justice and moral bottom line. Most people are forced by life and pressure, tell lies, help Roger to cover up the truth and prevent things from getting worse.
Here, the equally injured woman did not help the woman but chose to stand on the opposite side of reality, which may be the greatest sorrow and the part closest to reality. There are too many similar cases in life, but there are very few women who have the courage to stand up and say "Me too" without any scruples. Because of the threat and oppression of power, most people choose to remain silent or even make up lies to cover up the truth. The more this is the case, the more dangerous the position of women in the workplace, the more vulnerable they will be. And those who rely on power to act recklessly and step by step violate the bottom line of women, the more people will be.
Ironically, at the end of the movie, when everything looks like it's going to be overturned and the harassed women seem to be apologized, things start to work out for the good. However, the fact that Roger is down and Bill is still on duty makes us realize that this is just the beginning of another cycle. The game of women's rights and interests will never stop. And those women who speak out, even if they change jobs, will inevitably be affected by previous harassment incidents. As the film says at the end, "It turns out that being sexually harassed at work is like this, it makes you think, you keep asking yourself: What have I done? What have I said? What clothes have I worn? What have I missed? Do I look weak? Are they going to say I'm a money maker? Will they say I just want attention? Will I be isolated? Will I be criticized for the rest of my life? These questions will Won’t it keep bothering me? Can my next stop be different? Or, can I make it different?” These real-world questions are constantly being pondered by women who have experienced or are experiencing workplace harassment, and are truly How many people can do the same as the women in the movie, don't care if they are likable or not, how many people bravely stand up against everything? After all, this is a long-term game between reality and women's rights. There is much more that needs to be done to remove these thorns of power and heart palpitations in the middle so that justice can truly be revealed.
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