Chapter 1361： Group discussion

Just three months ago, the release of the "Seven Deadly Sins" set off a frenzy of debate in North America. The uncrowned kings stood on the cusp of the storm and became targets, and even made the media’s * and interests first become the focus of next year’s election year. The focus has not completely dissipated so far, and the uncrowned kings are still cautious now, lest they make mistakes and cause public outrage.

However, that frenzy of heated discussion is historically specific. The accumulation of historical events one after another will finally be completely detonated on Hugo, the most influential man today. This has led to such a far-reaching impact. This is also possible. Seen as the inevitable progress of the wheel of history.

This time, after the release of "Death Row", it caused another wave of heated discussion, but relatively speaking, it can't be compared with the "Seven Deadly Sins", because the focus of the "Death Row" controversy is entirely cliché. Whether it is the issue of death penalty or social indifference, it has been around for a long time and has been discussed countless times, but the public issue raised by Nicholas is quite new.

As a pronoun of a broad group of people, the composition of the lineup is diverse and complex, and it is difficult to generalize, so it is difficult for them to be the target of attack. But this time the special nature of "Death Row" has made the people the focus of attention.

In fact, the Rodney King incident, the Michael Jackson incident, the Hugo incident...including the uncrowned king's supremacy of interests, fanning troubles and other issues, the public has played a role that cannot be ignored. Because people’s emotions are often the easiest to use. Of course, what Nicholas is discussing this time is not about using the people, but the people's out-of-control emotions in dealing with news events, which can easily become a stumbling block in pursuit of the truth.

Behind this, not only requires the people to learn to look at things calmly, but also requires the uncrowned kings and opinion leaders who are leaders of public opinion to shoulder more social responsibilities. For example, in the report on Matthew in "Death Row", the difference in media coverage of the same incident can influence the trend of people’s views. If the media is more responsible to urge the police to investigate the truth, if the media gives more support to the nun Helen, maybe Matthew still can't escape death, but at least Karl won't get away with it.

This is the difference.

But the problem is that it is very difficult to criticize the people, not only because the people's foundation is too broad, but everyone knows that it is because of the limitation of people's vision and because of the difference in education level of the people, which requires the restraint of the law, The guidance of the media and the leadership of the government.

For this reason, the "New Yorker" wrote a draft of "Uncrowned Kings, Please Take Your Responsibilities". His words were very fierce and sharp, upholding the consistent style of the "New Yorker", and once again initiated the news media condemn.

In this article, the "New Yorker" stated that the news media, knowing that they are responsible for public opinion guidance and public opinion supervision, are blinded by short-term benefits, and they even fabricate news to create hot spots, thereby inciting ordinary people. It is a shame for the whole society to create greater disasters for the people, and the American media must reflect on it deeply, otherwise it will be a precursor to the collapse of society.

The "New Yorker" continued the controversy caused during the previous "Seven Deadly Sins" period and put further pressure on the uncrowned kings. As one of the most acute, sensitive, and current-related media in the United States, although the "New Yorker" is quite geographically discriminatory, its sight is often limited to the Greater New York area, which is not comparable to the "New York Times". But their views are often innovative and thought-provoking.

It can be said that "Death Row" once again continued the discussion hotspots during the release of "Seven Deadly Sins", and politicians determined to participate in next year's election also included the topic of news media in their preparations. However, relatively speaking, what really detonated the discussion about "Death Row" was the core of the movie-the attitude about the death penalty. This is a topic that cannot be bypassed for presidential candidates-even in 2014, the death penalty and the fall. Religious topics like pregnancy are still a compulsory topic for presidential candidates.

Almost every time a death row was executed, human rights and religious activists who opposed the death penalty came out to protest, and the US federal government and 33 states still retain the death penalty, and this topic has never been overwhelmed. This time, the detonated focus of "Death Row" has become a stage for human rights and religious figures.

In fact, in the original book "Death Prisoner's Walk", the real-life nun Helen Prekin, she is a firm opponent of the death penalty, and she is also doing her life to oppose the death penalty. This is naturally due to religious factors.

In the eyes of Catholics and human rightsists, the execution of the death penalty is an act of extreme violence. It is not only an act of forcibly stripping the right to freedom of human existence, but also the dignity of human life is inalienable at any time. This is also supporting the sacredness of human life. . They criticized the death penalty system from multiple perspectives such as morality, social fairness, basic human rights, the probability of wrongful killing, and legal costs, and pointed out that the death penalty does not actually serve as a deterrent to crimes.

What’s interesting is that according to the 2014 polls, more than 60% of Americans support the death penalty. However, in history, when the support rate against the death penalty peaked in 1966, it reached 4%. Seventeen, slightly higher than the 42% of the forces supporting the death penalty. But since then, the number of people who support the death penalty has been dominant.

At the end of last year, the topic of death penalty became the focus of controversy again, but the results of public opinion showed that 80% of people support the death penalty. This is also the highest point of support for the death penalty in the history of the United States. The attitude of the death penalty. Human rights and religious figures have been working hard to abolish the death penalty. Unfortunately, the results have been minimal. As of 2014, only 18 states in the United States have abolished the death penalty.

This time, after the advent of "Death Row", although Tim Robbins tried his best to maintain his neutral position, due to the influence of the original work, especially from the perspective of the nun Helen, the overall direction is still inevitably The direction of "abolition of death penalty" is slightly inclined.

Especially before Matthew's death, the sentence "No matter who it is, it is wrong to kill, whether it is me, you, or the government..." has aroused countless discussions. This sentence is also generally considered to be Tim's true thoughts, expressed through the mouth of Matthew.

Therefore, with the release of "Death Prisoner's Walk", various religious groups and many human rights activists have stood up and expressed strong support for the film. Since next year is the election year, the topic of "abolition of the death penalty" has once again occupied the focus of public opinion. In the United States, religious groups in major cities in the United States have held rallies or marches, saying that the death penalty should be abolished: not only to avoid tragedies like Matthew, but even if Matthew is killed, Walter and Hope cannot be brought back to life, let alone. Lucille also lost her son.

Subsequently, the temperature of the topic continued to rise and continued to ferment. Before long, even the United Nations human rights agency stood up and expressed support for the "death prisoner walk", hoping that the US federal government could promote the abolition of the death penalty. This time the topic has actually been on the world stage, and it is also a rare sight-even if Hollywood has a strong influence on a global scale.

In less than two weeks, 37 large-scale rallies took place in 15 cities in the United States, calling on the US government to abolish the death penalty. The largest scale is undoubtedly the 3,000-person petition team gathered in front of the White House in Washington on New Year's Eve, so Bill Clinton had to rush to formally to appease the emotions of the religious team on the scene, which avoided the chaos on the New Year’s Day.

However, supporters of the death penalty have a long history in the United States, especially last year 80% of the people expressed support for the death penalty. Such a powerful and stubborn force is almost impossible to shake. Faced with the actions of human rights and religious figures, they have also expressed their views in major media. For a while, the media has once again become the main battlefield.

As many as 27 TV programs, more than 100 radio programs, and 41 newspapers are discussing the topic of death penalty. In just two weeks, the frequency of the topic of "death penalty" has broken through thousands of times, making it the hottest topic in recent times. The focus of —— this has nothing to do with "Death Row", it was originally the focus of people's controversy.

But this time, those who oppose the death penalty seem to have finally found sustenance. They began to organize a large number of their supporters in major cities to enter the cinema to watch "Death Prisoners Walk and even organized public welfare activities and held charity activities. The audience is called upon to watch the "Death Convict Walk." This is a situation that was never expected before the movie was released, and it was jaw-dropping.

Similarly, those who support the death penalty are not to be left behind. They also went into the cinema, hoping to find evidence to refute religious people and support the death penalty by watching "death prisoners walk"-because not all film critics say this is a neutral perspective Works?

A literary and artistic work, an independent literary and artistic work shown on the art theater line, has actually become a craze on the cusp. This is really something that no one has expected-even if everyone has experienced similar incidents before, it should be said How powerful is Hugo's appeal? Or does it mean that the time and place are right and the people are on Hugo's side?

However, it is undeniable that the discussions surrounding "Death Row" in the past few months have contributed a lot, and Hugo's wonderful performance in the film has become an important driving force, successfully realizing the filming of Tim. The original intention of the work is to bring the death penalty controversy to everyone again, and at the same time, through its own wonderful performances, it shows the complexity of the death row itself, and further pushes the complexity of the problem to a peak.

Compared with the raging fire of human rights and religious figures, after the release of "Death Row", thanks to the strong attention, film critics also expressed their attention to the film for the first time.