New Age Artists

Chapter 504: Dog Whistle Effect (33)

A weighty article.

"Wolves and sheep cannot be confused. How Lost on Journey mitigates conflicts"

"Lost on Journey" is a beautiful, chilling and bone-chilling movie. The so-called young and cutting-edge director Shen Santong, as always, creates that outrageous warmth for the audience.

Use a bowl of Meng Po soup, which has been brewed for many years to make the sheep ignorant, so that they will no longer be hostile to the wolves and may even develop appropriate sexual fantasies.

As a native of Shijiazhuang, if it weren’t for the words “Shijiazhuang Airport” and “Shijiazhuang Railway Station” displayed on the screen, I would think this was a science fiction theme.

It does not deny that the situation in "Lost on Journey" will happen. For example, in the United States, their emotional intelligence and sentiments may be realized, but in the University of Tokyo where the gravity of reality is so heavy, such things only exist in promotional materials.

The boss looks cold but is as gentle as a sheep.

On the way, he was knocked, stimulated and enlightened by a migrant worker, and he dared to carry out criticism and self-criticism, dug deep into the roots of his wrong ideas, and finally woke up and embarked on the mass line of accumulating virtue and doing good, and saving all living beings. In addition to business, he gained a double harvest of family affection and friendship, and was almost a perfect person.

The wage earner swallowed N gallons of milk and risked his life for a conservation-oriented society. If he had not changed N means of transportation, he would definitely do a lot of good things and help a boss he didn't know. In the end, good people will be rewarded.

The most outrageous thing is that director Shen Santong once again expressed his fantasy about the government.

The workers got their wages back through normal channels and continued to live a life of detached from the real world as always.

In his mind, the labor law would be enforced once it was written, and he blatantly deceived everyone.

A family of female con artists, with a clichéd black-and-white setting and no exploration of human nature.

The boss's wife is also a cliché setting. Facing the attack of the mistress, she chose to run away. In reality, is there such a good-talking wife? For the mistress, she is simply a female bodhisattva and gave up her position.

In life, most of the original wives pretend to be ignorant while knowing the truth, put aside the hatred that there cannot be two tigers in one mountain, and try to influence their spouses with the three obediences and four virtues.

The mistress is the most shocking character in this film. She is no longer the disgusting vixen, but the virtuous Liu Huifang (a character longed for in the TV series).

What she was pursuing was actually marriage and love. When she learned that her boss's family was harmonious and happy, she left angrily. The fact that there is such a warm-hearted mistress in the world shows the good spiritual outlook and moral sentiments of urban women in the new era.

This kind of movie is full of jokes, which should make you laugh, but it just makes you feel uncomfortable.

Such a harmonious and beautiful world is exactly what the word "harmony" means.

I finally understand why there is a rumor that director Shen Santong's films are "not subject to review".

The essence of it is "harmony" itself, so why does it need to be "judged"?
It’s hard for other directors who have to fight against censorship!

The young director Shen Santong showed his peers a way forward. The policy waved and the directors applauded.

Be a clapper and your work will be safe from the shears.

In essence, it is like castrating oneself before the big scissors.

We can’t say that Lost on Journey is bad, it is good, it is really good, extremely good, but the problem is that it is unrealistic.

It’s just like when we work out, we can aim to be like Sylvester Stallone, Schwarzenegger, or even Wang Zhiwen, but you insist on choosing Nezha as your target and insist on training to have three heads and six arms, isn’t that nonsense?

I'm not afraid of nonsense, but I am afraid of ulterior motives and good intentions. Who would watch such a movie?

Boss? Their passion for movies is investing in the box office, not watching themselves become fools;
A liar? The film is so black and white, and the whole film is warm, except for the liar. Will they watch it?
The wife and the mistress? The two irreconcilable parties actually share the same hatred in the movie. What a harmonious and good movie!
Therefore, the only ones who enjoyed the film were the most outstanding workers. This is also Shen Santong's consistent technique and ultimate goal.

The "workers" here refer to all those who work for others, rather than the lowest-level migrant workers. This allows many people who are already in a terrible state to see those who are worse off than themselves, and thus develop a sense of superiority.

"Lost on Journey" is actually promoting the message: Workers, the bosses are actually kind, passionate, and fragile, and need your understanding and support.

Sheep, actually there is no difference between wolves and you. Once you grow teeth, you become wolves. You can dance with wolves, flirt with them, and even have relationships with them. What a wonderful world this is. Relax, relax more.

However, in the oldest law in the biological world, the Law of the Jungle, sexual fantasies do not seem to be an option when it comes to prey countermeasures against predators.

Director Shen Santong is indeed an excellent film businessman, and his sense of the market remains as good as ever.

"Lost on Journey" is undoubtedly another good business, but I would like to ask, Director Shen Santong, as an artistic creator, why can't you see the common people?
You call yourself the new generation and have cut ties with the sixth generation, but the films directed by the sixth generation really reflect real people.

And you, in Shen Santong's movie, are cold and indifferent amidst the warmth.

"Lost on Journey: A pioneer of domestic science fiction films."

The collision between reality and ideal seems so understated and contradictory in this movie.

The unscrupulous businessmen represented by Xu Zheng and the simple farmers represented by Wang Baoqiang have created the most unlikely and harmonious yet obvious rhythm along the way.

The boss and the employee become friends, and finally it depends on the government's special policies. "Lost on Journey" can be called the first science fiction film of 2009. Don't say there are no domestic science fiction films.

The main creators of "Lost on Journey" were divided into two teams and worked in a cinema in Shenzhen.

Shen Santong, Zuo Xiaoqing, Yan Danchen, Girls' Generation and others are in one team, and Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Fan Bingbing, Yang Mi and others are in another team.

I was busy until evening.

Shen Santong led the team to fly to the north for a road show. On the plane.

Zuo Xiaoqing asked: "There are so many controversies in the media today, why don't you respond?"

"What should I respond to?" Shen Santong was indeed angry, but he didn't plan to respond in the next few days.

Yan Danchen next to him couldn't stand it: "You've been hacked, shouldn't you respond?"

Shen Santong asked: "Have you heard the story about flies collecting honey in Australia and toilet water being drinkable?"

Zuo Xiaoqing: “???”

Yan Danchen: “???”

Shen Santong laughed, and the expressions on the two of them were like "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Let me ask you another way. If a person uses a spittoon to serve rice, and this spittoon has been used, cleaned, and even medically tested, and the bacterial flora meets food-grade standards and is harmless to humans, would you use it to serve rice?"

Yan Danchen couldn't hold it in any longer: "Can you stop being so disgusting?"

Zuo Xiaoqing also put on a mask of pain and got goose bumps: "Don't you have a bowl? Do you have to use this thing to serve rice?"

Shen Santong said: "You people in charge are confused. Jump out. What time are we at now?"

Zuo Xiaoqing was puzzled: "What?"

Yan Danchen thought thoughtfully: "Chinese New Year."

Shen Sandong said: "The New Year is coming soon, and audiences go to the cinema to relax."

"Many people have worked for a year and studied for a year, but they are not media professionals or experts or scholars."

"I don't suffer any hardship or pain all year round. I just think about what's on my mind all day long."

"Most people are very tired at work. After working for a year, they don't even read a newspaper these days!"

"Their criticism has no influence on the audience who watch my movies. My audience are people who live in reality and will not pay attention to these things during the Chinese New Year."

Yan Danchen said: "That's why you didn't respond. If you responded, it would only help spread them."

Shen Santong snapped his fingers; "If it wasn't Chinese New Year, I would still take advantage of this matter."

"But these criticisms are of no use during the Chinese New Year."

"It's like most people don't believe that flies gather honey in Australia, that toilet water is drinkable, or that they don't eat with a spittoon or a bowl filled with feces."

"There are dog whistle theories in political science, there are dog whistle theories in psychology. They just disgust me."

Zuo Xiaoqing didn't understand: "What dog whistle?"

Shen Santong explained: "The dog whistle effect is a form of abuse."

"Provoking the victim's emotions through signals that only the victim can understand, but pretending to be innocent on the surface."

“Dog whistle blowing is a common occurrence in workplace bullying.”

"You feel insulted, but you suspect you are too sensitive because no one else can relate to you."

"That's called a dog whistle. This signal is only for you. Don't doubt yourself at this time. If you feel uncomfortable, it's really disrespectful."

Shen Santong thought of the page that Dongzi opened in his previous life.

There are standing sheep, stick gestures, and the gestures that Yang Li and Deng Ziqi made when they talked about the phrase "How much effort it takes to struggle" on the show.

They are all dog whistles, for the insulter and for their audience to see.

Those who should be noticed will be noticed.

"The public attacks I face are also dog whistles."

"As for the Sanlu issue, I was prepared for it during my interview in Shanghai, but I still pretended not to have noticed it."

"It's obvious that it's just to torture me and put pressure on me."

"On the other hand, these articles are also responding to their own audiences."

"This is a set of techniques developed by the West that combines psychology and communication studies."

Shen Santong asked Zuo Xiaoqing and Yan Danchen: "Do you know what will happen if you blow the dog whistle too much?"

(End of this chapter)