January 22nd, this is a Sunday, a highly anticipated Sunday, because the 52nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony ended last night. Those who did not watch the live broadcast and did not listen to the radio were very happy to learn some information through the newspapers, and those who followed the awards ceremony in real time were also very willing to watch the comments afterwards from newspapers and magazines: experts’ views on the awards, the behind-the-scenes footage in front of the awards ceremony, the interesting news that people did not see on the TV screen, the selection of red carpet clothing...

However, when the audience on the West Coast opened the Los Angeles Times as they were used to, they found that the front page news layout was very interesting. The headline position on the front page was "The Great Win of Forrest Gump!" This news, which is about the Golden Globe Awards, is not surprising. The picture below is a picture of director Robert Zemeckis holding the Little Golden Man.

But there is a very conspicuous position below today's headlines, which is no less attractive to people than the headlines. Just below the first news, the red font is very eye-catching, "Hugo overturns Parker City!" The picture below this news is a narrow town street, densely covered with heads. At first glance, it looks like a scene where 100,000 people rush together at the Rock Music Festival, causing patients with intensive phobia to immediately retreat.

According to conventional rules, in addition to headlines, there are naturally other important news on the front page. However, in order to highlight the headline effect, other news generally do not have pictures, but are mainly written. However, today, the Los Angeles Times does not play according to common sense, and two pictures appear on the front page, and they are both very conspicuous and have a completely equal appeal.

As a comprehensive newspaper, the "Los Angeles Times" is just one of their reporting sections. Although it is located in the Hollywood base camp, their front-page headlines use entertainment news is not as frequent as expected. After all, many contents such as social news, political news, military news, etc. are more important. But today, the "Los Angeles Times" put two entertainment news contents on the front-page in one go, which is absolutely forever.

So, is it the Golden Globes more attractive or the news about Hugo is more worth watching?

The Los Angeles Times later conducted a random survey of 60 people on the streets, and forty-nine people chose Hugo. The reason was very simple, "I already know the list of awards, and I am even more curious about what happened to Hugo." Otherwise, "the list of awards has been confirmed, and it will not change anyway. Of course, Hugo's news is more interesting."

Among the remaining eleven people, six of them did not choose either because they were not interested in Hollywood news. They were more concerned about the war situation of the US military in Haiti. In June last year, the United States invaded Haiti and used all measures to force the Haitian military government to step down. After landing in Port-au-Prince, the US military had many armed conflicts with local demonstrators, and the situation has now become fierce.

The other five people chose the Golden Globe Award. They were not only curious about the list of winners, but also curious about how the winner and defeat of Hugo and Brad were in the competition for the most male protagonists in the plot category.

Although the sample survey of 60 people is not popular, because the Los Angeles Times is just a casual crowd on the streets of Hollywood Avenue and does not take into account regional diversity, age and gender distribution, etc., the survey results are still intriguing.

Nicholas wrote about Hugo's situation in Park City at the first time. In the report, Nicholas talked about the out-of-control fan frenzy that day. "The whole Park City was in a boiling state, which made people clearly feel that the town was in a violent shock. The noise and madness of the town even broke the rituals of the Momen Church, which attracted protests from religious people. This is a situation that Park City has never experienced in the past decade."

Then Nicholas used his own perspective to tell everything that happened that day from his own perspective, and focused on describing the little girl and her family. "The great success in career pushed Hugo to the forefront. Although he disappeared from the public's sight for four months, he still did not lose his popularity in the public's mind. All the audience was crazy about him, and even paralyzed the entire town. Only Hugo can have such a powerful appeal now."

However, Nicholas changed his tone and focused on the little girl's behavior, believing that such crazy and unreasonable fans brought trouble to Hugo. "But behind Hugo's strong popularity and enthusiastic pursuit, huge hidden dangers have also arisen. Fans lose their minds and their desperate behavior not only brings trouble to Hugo, but also creates endless disasters. If yesterday's situation was not controlled in time, there would inevitably be bloodshed on the scene, including ordinary fans and Hugo."

"So, while pursuing celebrities, should we also seek a suitable standard? Otherwise, after an accident, the artist will always bear the infamous reputation. Of course, the most important thing is the safety of fans themselves. Compared to pursuing celebrities, the health and safety of fans are the first priority, right?"

Objectively speaking, Nicholas's article was not too sensational. He did not strongly condemn the little girl. Although crazy fans have been criticized, first of all, it was just a little girl. Even if her family's behavior was very good, it was a minor after all, and it was not appropriate to strong condemn it. Secondly, the behavior of flesh and skin is much more crazy than that of the little girl, but the form is different. Honor until death encountered similar situations during the tour, so there is no need to deliberately target the little girl.

At the same time, Nicholas did not deliberately accuse those fans who had lost their minds because the reporters' situation was not much better.

But after this report came out, it immediately ignited the focus of all media. Nearly fifty media outlets were published along with the Los Angeles Times. Everyone focused on the storm that Hugo had set off in Park City. Moreover, like Nicholas, they expressed concern about the loss of their mad fans' sanity.

In fact, in the United States, fans' madness has always been on the extreme route. Fans who usually seem very rational will become very crazy. Once they get crazy, it will be a disaster. John Lennon's tragedy is still unforgettable. Therefore, when the media mentions the potential dangers of the fan phenomenon, it immediately attracted widespread attention from all media.

In an instant, many media focused their attention on Park City. The scene of the street being surrounded by fans was so shocking. Seeing that picture almost made people unable to believe that it was an unpopular film festival, and even made people feel that "Isn't the photos from the Cannes Film Festival transplanted?" It can be seen how powerful the impact the photos bring is.

It is not the era of computer editing and revising pictures flying all over the sky, but now it is the era of pictures and truth. The shock brought by a photo is far beyond imagination.

People can hardly believe that Hugo relies on the power of a person to set off such a storm in the distant, cold and lonely Park City. This is the most direct reflection of Hugo's current strong momentum in North America. Many media regretted it and regretted not going to the front line of Park City to grab news. Because relatively speaking, although the Golden Globe Awards are lively, they are still the same thing after all, and there is not much novelty. Of course, they are not as interesting as Park City's bombing.

More importantly, most media have focused on fan culture. In fact, movie fans have been restrained. Music fans have become deeply rooted in their flesh and blood. Fan culture has become part of the social subculture. Their fanaticism and madness are always easy to get out of control. The flesh and blood die suddenly due to excessive poisoning, fighting for the favor of band members, and even conflicting with band members are frequently seen in the newspapers, which is not new at all.

Especially last year, Hugo also experienced the Houston incident personally, which put music fans on the cusp.

Now, movie fans have entered a crazy era because of idols promoted by Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It can be foreseen that such out-of-control scenes will only become more and more serious in the future as the film idol culture is sound and mature.

Therefore, the media have begun to seriously discuss the importance of fan culture. Even sociologists have joined the topic, which is the second large-scale discussion in just half a year: because most fans are young people, in other words, the next generation who needs education. Not to mention whether they will delay their studies due to star chasing stars, just saying that they are poisoned, harmed by drugs, alcohol, and the loss of control of fan culture are likely to cause continuous subsequent impacts. To put it more exaggeratedly, it is likely to affect the development of the entire United States in the 21st century, because these young people are the future of a country now.

A simple question actually rose to such a height. This was what Nicholas had never expected. It was not his original intention at all. He was just talking about Hugo: the little girl's family was so speechless, but the other party was another child, and he could not beat or scold him, which was really frustrating. As a result, he actually knew the impact of such a sensation.

It's really ridiculous.

However, from the side point of view, any news that is related to Hugo will be infinitely amplified, and then there will be endless subsequent impacts. This has become the norm. This is also a portrayal of Hugo's current strong influence. As an artist, he can have an impact on social issues and gradually form an influence chain, which is indeed amazing.

In fact, on the 22nd day, the topic of the Golden Globes was the absolute protagonist. More than 90 media were reporting on the Golden Globes, and many national media conducted special reports. It can be said that "there are all over the world." But who could have expected that Hugo's unintentional action of inserting willows easily snatched the limelight of the Golden Globes, making the news of the Golden Globes on the front page for less than two days and quickly became tomorrow's yellow flower.

This is really atrocity.

If anyone is malicious and speculating, he would almost think that this is another wave of Hugo's revenge plan for the Golden Globes.
Chapter completed!