Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

As an out-and-out, recognized "nerd", he thinks his sense of humour is quite high, and there are few things that can make him laugh, especially in today's world where comedy is gradually declining.

Yes, that's right, comedy is not only declining in China. In the United States, the current situation of this form of film and television is not much better. The offensive art that once made the people proud is gradually dying out.

The situation is similar to that of Han Xia. Although new comedies emerge and are filmed every year, the reviews are not good and the effects are often disappointing.

This is a very sad thing. American comedy has always been a very unique form of comedy, used to satirize various social phenomena through humorous expressions. However, it is rarely seen today.

Not to mention the film and television industry, even the national treasure-level art form of talk show, many famous talk show artists that have emerged in recent years have been replaced by Asians, such as Ojimi, Nochlin, Amy Rapong and others.

“In fact, this is also related to the activities of minority groups in recent years.” Mike read it out.

The reasons behind this are easy to analyze.

But the frustrating thing is that even if we analyze it, what can we do? Isn’t it still impossible to change it?

I don’t know what’s wrong with the minority groups in recent years. They have become more and more sensitive. They often feel that other people’s behavior is offensive and discriminatory against them. Discrimination has always been a very sensitive red line, so naturally people are afraid to avoid it.

"Ugh."

Mike shook his head.

Let's continue watching the movie. This movie should be an ordinary comedy, and it will be very well-behaved. It will be absurd and weird within a reasonable range, but it should not go beyond the limit.

After all, can you expect a foreigner who comes from across the ocean to do something that the locals dare not do? They come here to make a living, not to find excitement. The reason why those Asian talk show artists can succeed is that they are a minority group in the United States.

It is precisely because only minorities can do these things.

But is Xia Yuan a minority?

No, because he is from Hanxia, ​​not America, so the buff cannot protect him and he is not under the protection of the rules.

So, Mike continued to watch the movie, but he didn't have any expectations. Instead, he watched the movie with a slightly critical attitude.

Soon, a somewhat humorous song was finished and the main film began.

A slightly lazy narration accompanied by some pictures.

"We have a broken justice system and there are 200 million people in prison in the U.S. That's more than the entire population of Houston."

When this sentence was uttered, the scene in the movie was originally a very ordinary street scene. In the bustling CBD, countless office workers and white-collar workers were running around with briefcases in hand.

Then, as soon as they finished speaking, they immediately turned around, and their suits all changed into orange prison uniforms. They waved at the camera in their prison uniforms: "Hey, hello!"

Mike looked at him in a daze for a moment, the corners of his mouth slightly raised and trembling.

But he quickly told himself, no, I have a high sense of humor, this is nothing.

Just this one picture, combined with the data, made him feel as if he was facing a direct impact and was a little surprised.

So there are so many people in jail in their country?

In everyone's mind, prisoners and people with criminal records are a minority group. You won't meet them in your daily life. It's like they live in two completely different worlds. Although you know that the domestic crime rate is very high and there are many prisoners every year, they are just a string of cold numbers and don't make people feel anything.

Until this picture came out
Mike pursed his lips, leaned back slightly, and continued to read. Narrator: "Enough children are born in prison every year to form 250 youth league teams."

The original picture was a photo of a group of children wearing baseball uniforms, smiling at the camera, just like a victorious youth team.

Then the camera pulls away as the words are spoken, revealing a panoramic view. It is in the prison playground, accompanied by prison guards.

"There are enough people to fill three large stadiums to accommodate the opening of the Olympics being raped in prison. Can you imagine that? Three whole stadiums of people fu*king each other. Anyway, I can imagine it."

After three shots of a large stadium filled with spectators in prison uniforms, the picture changed instantly.

The next moment, the scene returned to normal. A man's voice appeared in the camera from a store.

This is an Asian figure with black hair, tattered clothes, and a very lazy expression on his face. It seems that he is picking something at the counter.

"My name is John Young, and I just got out of prison."

The narration ends here, interrupted by a gunshot.

A gun was extended from the clerk's position opposite and pointed at John Young.

"Shit, the robbery was discovered?" Mike was shocked.

Is there going to be a gunfight right at the beginning of the movie?

But it does fit the character setting, as the protagonist himself is a released prisoner.

However, just as he was guessing the plot, in the picture, John Yang looked down, took the gun, checked it, and looked a little dissatisfied: "Not good enough, do you have a bigger one?"

The clerk took the gun back and took out a larger pistol, continuing to point it at John.

John took the gun again, looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Yeah, that's almost right."

The scene changes, the gun is bought, and then there is a scene of driving.

"If I had a dollar for every time I went to jail, I'd have five dollars by now. It all started when I was eight years old and I stole a Publishers Clearing House trophy cruiser, thinking there was a million dollars inside."

The scene was of an awards ceremony, the kind where large cardboard checks were held for photos, and the staff was shouting, "Where's the check? Hurry and get it out!"

Just about to take the next step.

There was a sound of tires rubbing, and the patrol car was driven away.

Then he actually took it to the bank to exchange it.

"When I was cashing that big check, I was arrested. That was my first meeting with Judge Nelson Biederman. One sentence changed my life."

In the picture, a solemn and majestic judge banged the gavel: "Guilty!"

Then in the picture, standing on the judgement bench was a confused and childish little boy named John.

"You know, John, the original intention and meaning of our establishment of these laws and regulations is to protect and guide." (End of this chapter)