episode_0528
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Political Correctness.
PC in Hollywood often refers to efforts to fairly and comprehensively represent various races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, etc. in movies and TV programs.
The purpose was to avoid discriminatory or offensive expressions or stereotypes and to produce content in a way that respects all people.
However, now, instead of fairly expressing various elements as originally intended, PC has degenerated into something like a quota system for sexual minorities, people of color, and women.
Rather, should we call it a form of reverse discrimination that suppresses existing values?
The problem was that they were done by modifying and replacing existing roles.
Inserting characters that did not exist in movies or dramas, and even changing the race of real historical figures in documentary-like programs. Changing the race and appearance of the main character was more of a joke.
Naturally, the reaction of fans who saw their favorite character’s race change, a beautiful woman become an ugly woman, and become homosexual was not positive.
However, many film production companies were unusually stubborn and turned a deaf ear to people’s evaluations.
why?
Although some fans left in disgust, fans who could not abandon the production company’s name value and the original work, and people of the same race as the changed characters became new consumers.
One of the reasons was that the activities of those who advocate for PC went viral. They use their faded sense of moral superiority to condemn those who view them unfavorably as discriminators and silence opposing opinions.
The media, which is inevitably sensitive to discriminatory evaluations, had no choice but to show a passive attitude to such PCist attacks.
And there were people like this among the production team of Steel Heart.
Steelheart set at Nexus Studio.
There were a lot of staff members busy filming the cookie video.
“The lighting angle is wrong! Shine a little further to the right!”
“There! Who is the guy who put the paper cup of coffee on the rubble of the building? Did you receive a coffee company advertisement without the company’s knowledge?!”
“Lastly, let’s check the outfit!”
“Remove props from the actors’ movements!”
“Let’s raise the microphone a little higher.”
Recent movies, including hero movies, have tended to actively use green screen and CG, but Nexus Studio built a huge new set that resembles an entire village for the movie Steelheart.
Due to the nature of the movie, it was impossible not to use CG at all, but leaving everything that the set could handle to CG was not a good choice in terms of budget and time.
Unlike CG, which requires new modifications depending on the composition and scene, once the set was built, it could be used continuously.
So when filming on a tight schedule like now, the background of Nexus Studio, which allows such preparations, could not have been more reassuring.
A middle-aged white man with half-white hair looked around the set and sighed.
“After… I don’t know if I’ll get a good picture if I take the picture so suddenly.”
Jay Lennox.
Among Steelheart’s screenwriters, he is the one with the longest career and a quite radical PC person.
He was a man who could be said to be the next in line to the film’s director, Edward Hartman, and the original author, Carl Rogers, who could not visit the site often due to his age.
The amount of authority a screenwriter has varies greatly from film to film, but in general, the longer the story of the film, the more characters there are, and the more complex relationships are drawn, the greater the screenwriter’s authority to manage those elements.
In the case of series-type content, such as Nexus Studio’s work, or even content where different heroes within the studio influence each other, the scriptwriter had particularly great authority.
Jay Lennox is said to be the most powerful person among the numerous film crews.
He used that position to actively try to introduce PC elements into Steelheart.
Although not many were successful due to the opposition of the original author, Carl Rogers.
At most, what was successful was adding a gay black man as a brief extra or slightly increasing the proportion of female actors in supporting roles.
Nexus Studio and Carl Rogers adjusted it so that fans of the original comics would not feel any discomfort.
Naturally, it was not a satisfactory result for Jay Lennox.
It was barely a way to save face since he was an openly PC person.
‘If this continues, my name will eventually be buried with Carl Rogers forever. Just because I intervened in every incident in this movie, I might be excluded from being a member of the sequel to Steel Heart. shit… ‘If Edward Hartman had taken my side, none of this would have happened.’
Jay Lennox looked nervous and shook his legs.
In fact, he didn’t really believe in PC either.
They were just using it to get ahead because the main target group of PC attacks were white middle-aged men like him.
That worked pretty well until I shot Steelheart.
Self-presentation such as ‘I am a white man, but I am a talented person with an enlightened mind’ works.
Thanks to this, it’s been quite a while since I started being consumed by the concept.
But that didn’t work until I started working with Nexus Studios.
Although many production companies were already immersed in the PC ideology, Nexus Studio was relatively less influenced by the PC compared to other film production companies.
Because it was a movie, there were many parts that were adapted, but there was little room to delve into the character traits that PC fans were aiming for because they strictly followed the original comics. It was also evidence that Nexus Studio was protecting the original work well.
In the end, Jay Lennox had no choice but to become a so-called inconvenience whenever filming took place in order to maintain his status.
Since he was already actively riding the PC ideology to the point where it could be said to be a popular trend, it was clear that if he did not take action, his career would suffer greatly.
Nexus Studios also knew that PC was a sensitive issue, so it was difficult to disadvantage Jay Lennox just for that, but they were quick to kick him out when the opportunity arose.
If he didn’t have the skills required of a screenwriter, he would have been kicked out during the production of Steel Heart.
‘In what era did you start using a character like Playboy as the main character?’
Jay Lennox’s eyes turned to Jackson Reed, who was getting ready to shoot.
He was moving his body wearing a suit and helmet made by Awaken, which was the filming equipment that would be used on a trial basis in filming this cookie video.
From his perspective, Steelheart was truly a thorn in his side.
A white man who is a billionaire pretends to be a hero and flirts with every woman he meets. Naturally, the targets of flirting were beautiful women with slim bodies.
Although he admired what Carl Rogers had accomplished, he thought it was inevitable that he would come across as old-fashioned in this regard.
‘If I had made it, a better character would have come out… ‘
For example, a character like a black girl who is a genius engineer and a lesbian.
The scary truth was that his delusion was not entirely unlikely.
But the biggest reason for his disapproving attitude now was not Steelheart. Anyway, Steelheart’s main story had finished filming and was out of his hands.
But Ignis was different.
‘The character called Ignis is like that… If it’s a character that doesn’t appear in comics, shouldn’t we add a setting that’s more in line with current trends? ‘Suddenly an Asian male character.’
Carl Rogers simply kept Minho’s request, but Jay Lennox had no choice but to accept it uncomfortably as he blocked even the slightest interference with sexual identity.
Then, the image of Minho, who had just arrived on set, caught his eye.
‘… ‘He’s definitely physically good.’
He appears to be about 6 feet tall, with sculpted muscles showing under his shirt.
If they were facing each other and he looked down at them, he honestly looked like he would be scared.
‘I heard that Asians have a characteristic of looking younger than their age… ‘Your face looks so gentle that it doesn’t match your body shape.’
From what I heard, he said it was his first time filming a movie, but even after seeing the overwhelming size of the set, he had a relaxed attitude as if he was visiting an amusement park.
From the looks of it, he already has the attitude of a Hollywood star.
He approached the director, Edward Hartman, and greeted him calmly.
“Hello. I’m here.”
“Minho! You arrived on time.”
“I came a little early on purpose to take a look at the filming set. Jackson looks good with equipment, right? ”
“I’m quite looking forward to today’s photo shoot. I didn’t know that something like that was possible with Awaken’s equipment… I’m going crazy because I want to start filming quickly.”
“I think it would be quite fun.”
“That’s right. Would you like to sit here and look around first?”
‘what… ?’
The director’s harsh treatment raised a question in Jay Lennox’s head.
It was as if he was dealing with an investor representative rather than an actor.
He even became close with the lead actor, Jackson Reed, and was calling him by his name in a friendly way.
Even most Hollywood stars would not be treated like this by Edward Hartman, but this Asian man, whom I had never seen before, was treated better than he was even though he had no experience filming a movie.
‘On the subject of smelly Asians… ‘
Jay Lennox.
Although he appeared to be an advanced PC person on the outside, his true nature was that he was a terrible racist.
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