This is a film with a female perspective. In the short comment, I wrote, "We are women and a community of shared destiny." However, whether in reality or in movies, the interests of the "female community" often give way to money and power in personal choice.
Although the three heroines of the film are the same victims of Roger's sexual harassment, their ranks in the fox news empire are different. The host Megyn, the host of fox news, was broadcast live during prime time and appeared on all important occasions such as presidential election debates. Yesterday, the yellow flower Gretchen experienced a few degraded and reduced to garbage hours, but there are still large posters posted outside the building. There is a certain degree of popularity; Kayla, an intern, a low-level employee with insufficient hard power but ambitious, appearance and age are her biggest advantages. The latter wants to replace the former, and the former is always on guard against the latter. Competitors can only fight and talk about alliances. Therefore, Kayla, this smart boy, discovered from the beginning that there is only one secret to success: pleasing power.
Power is naturally Roger, and the power behind power, as Megyn introduced at the beginning of this film, belongs to the Murdoch family. The hierarchy of the Fox Empire is clear: "Emperor" old Murdoch, followed by princes hidden under patriarchy but higher than "subjects", the little Murdoch brothers; "Prime Minister" Roger, the reality of empire affairs The controller, and his many administrative assistants, have become veritable corporate bureaucrats; below this, the hierarchy is divided according to the amount of money brought to the empire, such as Megyn (top), Gretchen (middle) and Kayla (bottom) ); But in the final analysis, as ordinary employees, whether they are popular or washing their feet, they are all at the end of the imperial power system. Of course, the identity of Megyn, who is on the ceiling of the staff, is more special: she is the one who won in the Gu raising activities, and the huge benefits brought by her made the management consider turning her into "owner" and participating in the sharing of spoils; but her gender difference ( How can a woman become an accomplice of a man as an accomplice and perpetrator of the "sex trade"? And she is the former victim), her substitutability and instability (such as the sudden change of public opinion after the "Santa Claus" incident) ) Let the possibility of this transformation go infinitely. Therefore, the management tried to maintain a delicate balance with Megyn: Roger would occasionally please and sometimes oppressively communicate with her, the public relations department would woo her and pressure her but could not force her to do anything, and little Murdoch’s call Will call directly on her private cell phone. Judging from the results, the betrayal of the "owner" by people of similar or same class under the protection of the upper class is indeed fatal. Although Gretchen provoked the war, Roger's fate really took a turn for the worse after Megyn's statement.
Because power is there, and everyone wants to gain power; if they can’t directly own it, then at least they should do everything possible to hold its by-products: status, money, or reputation in one’s hands. In fox news, you either have nothing or have everything you need. Fair trade, equal repayment; people who have nothing betray their bodies, and people who have everything they deserve get a profit.
Sadly, this bloody evil law was packaged into an exquisite gift, handed over by seemingly harmless hands, so that the victim could not help but wonder if I was wrong after suffering immensely.
Kayla's experience demonstrates this process most completely.
In the beginning, Kayla came to Fox with great vision, determined to become the leading female anchor in prime time. The Gretchen in her eyes was harsh and control freak, a failed superior who had been outdated for a long time and tried to brainwash his subordinates. In her eyes, Mr. Roger is very intelligent, the founder of the fox media empire, a giant of the times with advanced views, and provides jobs for women so that everyone can speak out. In fact, Gretchen's situation may not be that bad, but because Mr. Roger has the power and resources in his hands, he looks so good! Let young Kayla think about it all, upward! up! Seize the opportunity and make progress by all means! In the face of huge hierarchical temptation, she did not and could not have noticed Gretchen’s kindly reminders of the same sex, and was destined not to be interested in Gretchen’s proposal to establish a gender alliance-yes, when Gretchen mentioned the word "loyalty" At the time, I think this is not only a retention of work partners, but also a call for a "female community with a shared future." She could not even realize that fox is a "male power center", as a lamb to be slaughtered, she even cleans up the butcher from the heart; just because she doesn't consider herself a prey, just because she subconsciously thinks "I want to be with Gretchen (that The kind of woman) is different, I want to be the same as Megyn (the kind of woman)". Her body is female, but she sees the problem from a male perspective, from a possible superior.
Kayla's thinking changed when she really suffered from sexual harassment. Under her initiative and the deliberate lure of Roger's female accomplices (male allies in women's skins), she stepped into Roger's office. Everything was so normal until Roger said, "Let me look at your legs"; wow, the world has changed. She realized that in front of Roger, she was a commodity and not a human being. She realized that she was a weak woman in the face of male power, and just now, she was betrayed by her "comrades." She realized that her "upward!" road could not be achieved through "a deal she could accept", and what's more, she was not even qualified to be Roger's accomplice. This passage of Kayla's trousers cruelly reveals two terrible realities: the "superior" can use the power in their hands to not treat people as human beings, and the "men" can take the unacceptable sexual insults of women as a matter of course. ". Still the same sentence, fair trade, there are gains and losses-but no one would think that a hand that has just been cut off is the most normal thing in circulation-where does fairness come from? The big men never knelt before us. Therefore, disadvantaged groups should always stand together. Alliance is necessary, community is necessary.
Stop here at the Kayla line temporarily, and make up for the rest when you have time.
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