Chapter 26 useful people are always forgiven

In short, people in the mainland ignore those basic facts—so many people turn against him, he must have something wrong, but they are willing to give up the moral standpoint they have always held on to for him.If Hong Kong people saw all this, they might be surprised. They probably didn't expect that the popularity of Hong Kong filmmakers in the Mainland was delayed. When Hong Kong people looked at him coldly, the mainland audience still had expectations for him. is a useful person.And those who are useful will always be forgiven. Another example similar to this is Roman Polanski. On February 1, 1978, Polanski, who committed a crime by seducing a 13-year-old girl, fled from the United States to France in order to avoid prison, and has since become a famous wanted criminal. However, thirty years later, in 2008 However, the female director Marlena Zenovic made a blockbuster documentary to excuse him. This documentary entitled "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" completely abandoned the documentary The proper position, first try to exaggerate Polanski's experience (of course, he did not let go of the shadow of childhood and the murder of his wife by a cult), add sympathy points to him, and then destroy the image of the victim, and put the victim girl and her mother portrayed as a Vanity Fair chaser with ulterior motives, and finally focused on attacking the so-called judicial injustice, portrayed the presiding judge Ritterbond as a narcissistic, vacillating, and eager to please the media, and made such a point : The reason why Polanski was sentenced is entirely the collusion of the judge and the media.

This is not the most absurd. The most absurd excuse is that the prison where Polanski is held is full of felons. They will definitely harass Polanski and hurt him; prison, "is a gray place. "!" Like the Stephen Chow incident, Polanski also received spectacular support from the mainland media and film critics. The reasons for the support were mostly vague and emotional, except that the "artist's sexual privilege" was not clearly stated. bring it up.In short, the basic fact that having sex with a minor violates the local law has also been ignored.All because Polanski's films won Oscars a few years ago, and he's a useful guy.

In fact, not only writers and artists have this privilege, and the scope of "usefulness" is really wide.Once, a murderer who killed many people went to court, and the media was full of regret the next day, because he was really a handsome guy, and his appearance covered up the cruelty of the murder.Therefore, the man who accused Jackson of sexually harassing the child later committed suicide by drinking a bullet. It is taken for granted that he was tortured by conscience and committed suicide because of guilt, but there is another possibility, that is, he After being harassed and intimidated by fans and aggressively attacked by the media, I found out how painful it is to meet the "useful people" in people's minds.