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Hollywood Road

Chapter 717

Author: White Number Thirteen
updatedAt: 2025-08-14

After all, it is impossible for public opinion to be totally biased towards those who attack Murphy. With the development of Hollywood movies, a community of interests led by six major companies has been created. It is not easy for the Catholic Church to directly interfere in Hollywood as it did in the last world.

    If the Catholic Church reappears the moral censorship of Hollywood in the last century, it is undoubtedly not in the interest of this community. This is also an important reason why many media take the initiative to defend or blame Murphy when he is attacked.

    However, in Hollywood, the interests are entangled and the interpersonal relationship is complicated. There are many people who have a good relationship with Murphy, and there are also many people who don''t like him.

    Many of the latter, seeing the present opportunities, have jumped out and stepped on a few feet.

    Especially when the city of darkness seems to be under a curse and all kinds of accidents happen frequently.

    One weekend at the end of July, when "city of darkness" was shown in a large cinema in Guadalajara, Mexico''s second largest city, a fire broke out suddenly. Due to the timely arrival of firefighters, more than 800 viewers had to evacuate in time. Fortunately, the local fire department reported that there were no casualties.

    But it''s not over.

    In the afternoon, Los Angeles police confirmed that they had arrested a man with guns and knives in a cinema and found a large number of weapons and ammunition in his residence.

    According to the notice issued by the Los Angeles police, they were reminded by a cinema manager at that time and found the abnormal man. During the interrogation, they found a loaded "Glock" pistol, two loaded ammunition clips and four knives in his military bag.

    This event once again pushed the city of darkness into the limelight.

    According to the news from Robert''s lawyer, the Los Angeles police examined the background information of the man. Through some comments and pictures he posted on the social platform, they determined that he was a very enthusiastic Murphy fan. That night, they regarded the man as the number one suspect in the shooting case of the Chinese Grand theater and the park homicide case in Hollywood.

    Even if the man vehemently denied that these things had anything to do with him.

    "He has no alibi." Bill rosis told Murphy on the phone, "when the shooting happened at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood, he said he was alone at home, and the police found a lot of colorful magic balls and magician posters in his home, some of which were marked with red ''x''

    If the suspect is caught, Murphy is more or less relieved. If that crazy imitation magician continues to commit crimes, Maybe Hollywood will be interfered by foreign forces under the huge pressure of public opinion and religion.

    However, with the exposure of the incident, the discussion of Hollywood movies has once again become a topic of media frenzy.

    Driven by various forces with their own intentions, the media once again put on the table the topic of "whether the film should review whether it has given birth to violence". As Robert Downey Jr. said before, this is not the first time that people have committed crimes because of the film or imitating the film: criminal groups have committed crimes following the Italian mission, American youth John hin Kerry brings admirers and imitators to Judy Foster''s assassination of Reagan and natural killer

    Up to now, the tragedy is no longer a simple murder, attack and explosion, but a challenge to public order by creating public chaos. This ideological tendency of anti civilization and anarchy is about to emerge. Under the display of Hollywood''s spectacle violence, imitating the violence on the screen has become a kind of gradually upgraded normal. So, are all the elements involved in the narrative media, communication, audience and epistemology to blame?

    One of the most heated discussions is whether movies should be responsible for violent crimes?

    "In today''s mass media, violence tends to be entertaining, overflowing and aestheticized, although there is still not enough evidence to prove that the violent scenes in movies or TV are related to the tendency of violence."

    Not only Murphy will find experts, but also Catholicism. Dr. Michael Weiner, a famous psychiatrist in the United States, said in an interview, "but it is certain that a person is ready to commit a crime. When watching these movies, he may be affected by the movies and push the criminal mood to the critical point, leading to committing atrocity."

    Not only the experts, but also some Hollywood insiders who have had conflicts with Murphy have come forward.

    In an interview, Harvey Weinstein said very seriously: people in movies should sit down and review the impact of violence in Hollywood movies on people and the role played by Murphy Stanton!

    Famous movie star Leonardo DiCaprio supports this view: "our movies are surrounded by blood and violence. Hollywood and some directors like Murphy Stanton should pay for it."

    Similarly, there are many people who stand up for Murphy. Jessica Alba, who has worked with Murphy for many times, says that the innocent film "dark city" is just a coincidence tragedy.

    As the Oscar winner, Charlize Theron also mentioned this aspect in an interview: "don''t blame Murphy and his movies. Criminals always grab one thing at will to justify their distorted behavior."More relevant psychiatrists explained to Murphy: "a young man who saw a violent movie and felt cool killed people is not tenable, and his criminal motive is insufficient. Something must have happened in his life to make him commit a crime, but we don''t know yet. "

    So, should Movies be responsible for violent crimes? Should movies really be so accused? This is undoubtedly a very complicated social proposition. Violence aesthetics is often closely related to creation, style and brilliance.

    This difficult problem, this situation of no balance, is just like all paradoxes in the world that are hard to come to a conclusion.

    Some people look at these things from a relatively fair standpoint.

    For example, when Steven Spielberg was asked by reporters about these things, he said, "I can only say that the film is the carrier of art to present and reflect people''s minds. Many directors are more keen to express their views on the world by using villains and violence, which is not wrong. Even the magician of" dark city "has achieved great success with his crazy speculation People''s resonance, his crazy questioning of the crowd, the judiciary, the system, the rule, and the environment, to a large extent, expresses the resentment and anxiety of the whole era, which has far-reaching influence, arouses people''s excitement, and makes people reproduce and imitate. But it is for this reason that Chris Dann''s adherence to justice and the maintenance of life are more valuable. This is another message conveyed by the film Perhaps, some ordinary people are eager to become the magician of destruction and doubt, but I believe more people want to be the real Night Walker. "

    The New York Times has added a special supplement to this issue, just like serious political news, to discuss this topic.

    "Usually, the most important action for the protection of civilization will take place only after the tragedy and the death of innocent civilians. The real hero is neither a policeman, nor a politician, nor a fictional movie character, but an ordinary citizen. "

    "So, whether it''s in columbine, or in lower Manhattan, or in Aurora, Colorado, or even in New Orleans after the flood disaster, it''s every one of us who helps each other through the valley of death. Outside the screen and before the tragedy, they ensure that the magician and the murderer are alive through their own actions In the world, only a temporary victory can be achieved And this will be the most important thing that this popular film, this violent incident, this great tragedy tells people. "

    In the wave manor, Murphy put down the Los Angeles Times and asked Gail gado, who was sitting opposite and sipping tea slowly, "what did bill just call to say?"

    "The latest news about the suspect captured by the Los Angeles police." Gail gado put down his tea cup and said, "the suspect himself argued that he was very afraid after seeing the shooting incident at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood. He was worried that someone would commit a crime of imitation in the cinema near him, but he wanted to see a movie very much. So, he made a difficult decision. He took a Glock pistol and a few knives to the cinema. Even if someone came, he was afraid. "

    She shrugged. "And then he was arrested because he was alone and couldn''t find any witnesses to prove his innocence."

    "Could he be the murderer?" Murphy frowned. "Why don''t I feel like it?"

    "What do you think?" Gail gado shook his head. "You''re not a policeman, and you don''t actually participate in the investigation. It''s not reliable."

    "Well." Murphy nodded. "I wish he was the killer."

    If the murderer is still outside, it is possible to continue to commit the crime, then he and "dark city" will face greater pressure.

    Although not afraid of pressure, no one wants to stand on the cusp of public opinion.

    And now, the North American box office of "dark city" has been seriously affected. Since it exceeded the $700 million mark, the daily growth of "dark city" is better than nothing.

    "We''ll see Carla in the afternoon." Murphy stood up. "That''s the box office. Let''s talk about the awards season."

    At the same time, CBS reporters rushed to the office building in Santa Monica beach area. With the help of church staff, a producer directed the crew to transport the equipment used for live broadcast to a large conference room in the building.

    This evening, Archbishop of Central South Diocese of California, Marquez Costello, is going to give a TV interview.

    For any TV station, this is very important news.

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