Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Slandering Ronald as Gene's partner in public is a very vicious move.

In 1979, conservative forces and religious forces were still very strong in America, except for a few large cities on the east and west coasts. There was little tolerance for people like Gene. In many southern states, it was treated as a disease and sent to special correctional institutions for treatment.

Although the entertainment industry is quite tolerant of them, and many people are also members of it, no one will publicly admit it.

The reason is actually very simple. If you publicly admit it, then you will not be able to play a romantic play between men and women in the future, or any movie with romantic scenes between men and women. This is equivalent to excluding 99% of movies and TV.

The vast majority of American people will not go to see your romantic comedy between men and women knowing that you are a gay.

For the role of Montgomery, the actor himself is heterosexual. Although the plot of publicly coming out in an acting class is very unorthodox, some audiences can still accept it because they know that this is a heterosexual actor playing a role in a play.

When the actor plays other roles, the audience can understand that the actor played a role in the play last time. There will not be too many obstacles to substitute a new movie role.

Including the new Oscar winner, Jon Voight, he has also played gay. The role of "Midnight Cowboy" did not cause too much obstacles to his acting career, but made him famous.

This is the current reality in America. You can play on the screen, but you can never admit that you are in public.

Besides, Ronald is not!

This dirty water was poured on Ronald, and he immediately felt very difficult. The timing of this British venomous snake was too clever.

Now he proposed to add a scene, because Montgomery's character had played the coming out plot before, so everyone on the set would not think that this was deliberately set up specifically for Gene and Ronald. It was a normal debate on art.

In this way, Gene was also put on the fire.

If Gene did not play this plot, then everyone on the scene would think he was hypocritical. The actor who played Montgomery didn't say anything. You are probably one of them, but you are unwilling to speak out for your own people?

What if Gene played it? Then his future acting career would be completely cut off, and his image would be completely fixed on the two-way plug Leroy in the movie version of "Famous".

Maybe this is one of Alan Parker's purposes. He doesn't want producer David Da Silva to make a TV series of the same name and turn his (self-proclaimed) great realist work into a soap opera.

Another purpose is nothing more than to severely retaliate against Gene and Ronald who once challenged his authority. Two young people dared to disrespect him on the set. In Alan Parker's view, this is intolerable and must be punished.

"Your plot design is not in line with Leroy's usual plot character setting." The producer was also furious at the sudden attack. This was going to ruin his TV series plan.

"The audience knew that Leroy was in love with Hillary and Coco before. If you suddenly add a homosexual plot here, it will only confuse the audience. They don't know who Leroy is and what happened."

David Da Silva said the reason why this story is not true artistically. He must have spent a lot of brain cells to come up with this legitimate reason to veto the director's outrageous plan?

"This is just an idea of ​​mine. If you insist on not shooting it this way, we can also change the plot. I just think this is a good opportunity for people like you to speak out in public." Alan Parker pretended to be regretful and did not insist on shooting this plot.

"No, that's not right. He didn't want to shoot this plot at all." Ronald also came back to his senses. When did the tyrant Alan Parker on the set become so easy to talk to? Can he easily give up his artistic ideas?

So, at the end of the filming of the whole movie, the main purpose of playing this trick was to retaliate against Ronald, Gene, and Da Silva, the three people who offended him.

And this so-called concession is to further confirm that Ronald and Gene are "partners."

Ronald narrowed his eyes and his blood boiled. This disgusting method of revenge is very similar to the British style, cold, disgusting, and not necessarily self-interested.

Ordinary words now cannot correct the views of the people present on themselves. Even if I deny it, I have planted the seeds of doubt in everyone's hearts.

Besides, Gene is really gay. After he becomes famous in the entertainment industry, people will link him with Gene Ray when they talk about Ronald Lee.

This is not a good reputation. How can he survive in the entertainment industry in the future? How can he find a girlfriend in the circle?

Ronald thought for more than ten seconds and had to dispel this rumor in a way that impressed everyone. Maybe there is a better way, maybe the method he thought of is not very rational, but this is not a strategic deduction. If he loses this 1-minute opportunity, he will not be able to fight back after Alan Parker announces the start of filming.

At that time, people will not remember that Ronald is good to them. In the future, when they talk about the "Famous" crew, their first impression will be: Do you know Gene and Ronald? ... Hehehe.

Ronald does not want this impression to be fixed in the minds of everyone present. He walked up to Alan Parker and confronted him alone, ready to give him a good beating.

Yes, Ronald thought of a way to beat up the director. Using violence to dispel his own rumors is definitely impressive. Maybe in the future, when the crew talks about the "Famous" crew, they will think of: Did you know? Alan revealed Ronald's secret, and Ronald beat him up.

It doesn't seem very good.

But Ronald didn't care much, clenched his fists, and looked directly at Alan Parker. The fighting instinct made Ronald's eyes fierce, and Alan also reacted instinctively. Ronald wanted to beat him, and immediately raised his hands and made a boxing gesture, signaling the other party not to get closer.

It seemed to say, I have practiced it too, come here if you have the courage.

Ronald sneered in his nose. This is a real fight, not a boxing match in a rope circle. Today, I will let you taste the taste of Chinese wrestling.

"If you ask me, Alan, you are a blind man." Choreographer Louis Falco interrupted Ronald's plan.

The first female lead of the crew, Irene Cara, who played Coco, came over and took Gene's hand. The two walked out of the venue affectionately and went to the dressing room.

Everyone, including Ronald, was stunned by this sudden turn. When did the two of them get together?

Besides, Ronald knew that unlike himself, who was slandered by Alan Parker, Gene was really...

As the two walked along, people began to whistle and applaud to congratulate. Ronald noticed that the smiling producer David Da Silva and the man in a suit behind him turned out to be the agent who had been with Irene Cara.

It seems that the producer and Gene were well prepared. There are no fools in this industry. Maybe except for himself, who thought that if he avoided the venomous snakes, they would not bite. Ronald began to review his previous strategy of avoiding blindly.

"So this love is one-way, Ronnie?" Alan Parker's venomous voice came again, "Were your previous anger about Meg Tilly's failure to be selected all disguised? Or are you the two-way plug?"

"You asked for this, Alan," Ronald thought to himself. He mentioned Meg's matter again and reminded Ronald that this account should be settled together.

A breeze blew across Ronald's face, and a familiar face appeared in front of Ronald.

It was Antonia Franceschi, who was wearing a dance costume and tied her coat around her waist.

Antonia smiled at him. Today her blonde hair was tied behind her head and tied into a ponytail. Her feet were still wearing the leg warmers that Ronald gave her that day, and she walked lightly in soft-soled dance shoes.

She walked half a circle around Ronald, not too close or too far away, and seemed to be close and distant. They were neither strangers on the subway nor lovers who had already confirmed their relationship.

Ronald felt that his anger suddenly disappeared without a trace, and that smiling face filled all the space in his heart.

Antonia took two steps and saw that Ronald didn't catch up, and was still standing there stupidly. She couldn't help but look back at him. The two red ears made Antonia laugh again, which was really cute. Then she shook her head and gave Ronald a signal to catch up.

Ronald was stunned for half a second after seeing Antonia's signal, and suddenly figured it out. Just like Irene Cara was arranged by the agent and producer to save Gene Ray.

Antonia was an angel who came to save him from an embarrassing place. But no one instructed her, Antonia volunteered to save Ronald's reputation.

Ronald laughed and ignored Alan Parker next to him, and followed him.

He gently raised his arm and let Antonia hold it, and the two of them walked to the lounge outside the studio. Ronald whispered "Thank you!" in Antonia's ear.

"No need to say thank you, Ronnie. You are like a knight. You saved me twice before. Once with leg warmers and once when Lucy fell off the car."

"Then the princess saved the knight in turn. I like the ending of this story."

The audience whistled and applauded again.

"Alan, you are really blind." The choreographer said again.