"Okay, next Mr. Billy, please come in for an interview." Rabbit Bill shouted while holding the information.
A white man with a handsome hairstyle came out and said, "Hi, buddy, I'm Billy. Can you tell me what questions you will ask later?"
Rabbit Bill: "The questions are random, just answer them seriously."
"Oh, damn, asking is in vain!" Billy shrugged and walked in.
Inside the interview area.
"Is your name Billy?" Yi Feiyang asked.
"Yeah, man, my name is Billy, but you can also call me Billy the Kid, it's a cool cowboy name!" the white guy said proudly.
"Are you here to apply for a job or something?"
"Hero! Man! Don't you know it after seeing my outstanding appearance? Look at me, I frown like Alain Delon, crooked my mouth like Stallone, think like Al Pachino, angry
I look like Robert De Niro, and my girlfriend said that when I hold my chin in my hand and look straight ahead, I look most like the actor Marlon Brando!" The white guy kept changing his posture and expression, looking super
Star look.
Yi Feiyang felt that this guy was born decades ago and was completely made to be funny on "America's Got Talent". Thinking of this, he immediately put a check mark on his profile.
"Ahem. You are right. Your appearance is very good. So I want to know why you came for the interview?" Yi Feiyang asked, holding the information in his hand.
"Do I need to say this? Of course it's for fame!" The white guy said very frankly, "I read your introduction, man, aren't you going to make three dramas? Ha, three dramas, at least one of them will be very popular.
It’s suitable for me! How can I put it, I thought this was an opportunity, so I came.”
"So what you're saying is that you want to be the leading actor in these three dramas?"
"Of course!" The white guy shrugged, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier! Similarly, an actor who doesn't want to be a protagonist is definitely not a good actor! Pick me, that's right!"
Very confident.
Yi Feiyang checked the corresponding empty column on the information again.
"Haha, it's true to be confident...but being the leading actor is not easy. After all, there are many people competing for this position. I want to know, compared to them, what are your strengths?" Yi Feiyang asked.
"Me? Haven't you seen it, man? I'm handsome enough, that's my specialty!"
"If being handsome is a specialty, then being fat is also an advantage!" Yi Feiyang smiled and glanced at Fat Jack next to him.
Jack Black rolled his eyes at him: "This joke is not funny at all."
"Then besides being handsome, what else can you do?" Yi Feiyang couldn't help laughing.
"I will also...well, I hosted a talk show when I was in college. I think I am a good talker. Yes, I think this is my advantage. At least as an actor, I must be able to speak well, right?!"
Yi Feiyang nodded, "You are right, friend. Okay, let me ask the last question. If you were asked to play a supporting role, would you be willing?"
"Supporting role? Oh, God, although I really want to be the protagonist, but if it is a supporting role... I am also willing to accept it!" The white guy thought for a while and acted very sincerely.
"Well, congratulations, Billy the Kid, you were chosen!"
"Oh, God, thank you so much!"
…
"Excuse me, what's your name?" Yi Feiyang asked the next interviewer.
The interviewer was a very rude-looking guy, with a strong back and a big waist. He rubbed his nose fiercely and said, "You can call me Quinn."
"Quinn? What are your specialties?"
"Speciality?" Quinn pursed her lips and spat.
Yi Feiyang frowned and put a cross on the information.
"Well... I'm very good in bed, does this count?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I think you may have gone to the wrong door. What we want is a DV actor, not an AV actor!"
"you mean……"
"I mean you can go out."
"Oh, shit! Don't regret it. Even if you invite me to come when I become famous, I won't come!" Quinn roared.
…
"Hi, is your name Katie?" Yi Feiyang asked a black girl while looking at the personal file in his hand.
"Yes, my name is Katie Alice." The black girl's hair was styled into many small braids, hanging down on her forehead, which was very distinctive.
"The information says that you graduated from the Department of Drama and Performance at the University of California, but why did you come to apply for a job with us?" Yi Feiyang looked at the black girl in front of him in confusion, both in terms of appearance and conditions. In Yi Feiyang's view,
A professional like her can definitely find roles in other film companies.
The black girl shrugged, "See, dear sir, it's just because I'm black."
Yi Feiyang didn't understand for a while, but Rabbit Bill next to him whispered, "Hollywood still discriminates against black actors."
Yi Feiyang was stunned. This was not the case in his impression. It seemed that many Hollywood blockbusters had black actors supporting them.
"Choose her, it will only do us good and not bad," Bill suggested.
Yi Feiyang didn't have time to think about why. After simply asking some necessary questions, Yi Feiyang carefully ticked the form.
Black girls were hired.
…
time flies.
After about a morning of busy work, Yi Feiyang only selected two or three more suitable actors and actresses from the long queue, and the rest were all passed on the spot.
During the break, Yi Feiyang was sorting out the interview materials in his hand. Rabbit Bill came over with a cup of coffee, handed it to him and said, "Have a cup, to refresh yourself."
Yi Feiyang smiled and suddenly asked: "Why did you suggest that I choose that black girl?"
Bill smiled and said, "Don't you understand Hollywood? As you Chinese say, you want to be a bitch and you want to build a monument at the same time... Yes, that's what it means. Hollywood looks glamorous on the outside.
Opportunities are equal, but the gap in treatment and treatment between white celebrities and black celebrities is more obvious than the black spots on Marilyn Monroe’s face!”
"Yeah, man. That's the way it is in Hollywood, it's hard for black actors to get ahead unless they kiss Lady Luck's toes or want to be the next Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, or Will Smith, than go ahead.
Exploring Mars is even harder!”
Immediately afterwards, Rabbit Bill told Yi Feiyang in great detail some of the history of black actors in Hollywood.
Due to identity issues, most of the people of color in early American films played negative roles in the films. In the 1930s, black characters began to get rid of the single negative role, and some loyal servant roles appeared. In the 1960s, as the United States
With the rise of the civil rights movement, the number of films reflecting social themes gradually increased. As a chronic disease of American society, racial issues began to be noticed by filmmakers and were repeatedly put on the screen.
In 1980, Ronald W. Reagan defeated Carter with an overwhelming majority and was elected President of the United States. The president had been an actor for twenty-eight years. Perhaps it was the good luck he brought that made Hollywood enter a period more advanced than the 1930s.
There will also be a glorious prosperous period. This period was a period when Hollywood hero blockbusters were rampant, making such stars as Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.
The super action stars that everyone is familiar with came into being. Most of their movies have a very clear opposition between good and evil. The heroes in the films are full of righteousness, wise and brave. The final result is often that the American heroes defeat the alien bastards, and even the Americans.
Saved the world, it has a full flavor of great-power chauvinism. And like action stars in the past, these men are all white.
Of course, American filmmakers also noticed the racist tendencies in their movies, so they adopted a rather clumsy remedy of casting white and black action actors in the supporting roles. The pioneer of this was 1982's "48 Hours", in which
White actor Nick Nolte and black actor Eddie Murphy had a complementary collaboration. Later, this "black and white combination" almost became a standard paradigm for action movies. In later films such as "New York Heist", people watched
There's a mix of "black" and "white" action stars.
After listening to Rabbit Bill's narration, Yi Feiyang finally understood that Hollywood is really a bitch. Although black actors have gradually gained some status on the big screen, for most black people, it is difficult to get filming.
It was difficult. Yi Feiyang seemed to hear the voice of the black girl just now, "Why would I apply here instead of going to those big film companies? Because I am black."
"Now my dear boss, do you understand why I suggested you keep that black girl? Black people account for 12.4% of the total population in the United States, about 36 million people. In the future, our movies want to occupy the box office in North America.
Black audiences are the ones we must win over, so having a few more black people in the play will only do us good, not harm." Rabbit Bill said slyly.
Yi Feiyang could not deny it, because he suddenly thought of another question: Since black people are so difficult to mix in Hollywood, what about Chinese people?!
I remember well, this year happened to be the year when Hong Kong superstars Cheng Long and Li Lianjie entered Hollywood at the same time. One of them filmed "Rush Hour" and the other filmed "The Sky Cannon 4". Especially Li Lianjie, known as the "Kung Fu Emperor",
In the film, I can only play a sinister and vicious drug dealer who is finally killed by the white hero...
The sorrow of black people in Hollywood is not the sorrow of Chinese people in Hollywood?!
Yi Feiyang fell silent.
(Because the background is locked, the update is a bit late. I'm sorry everyone! There are two updates today, the first one is here.)
