Chapter 1472 1472 Special link
There are many moments worth remembering in the long history of the Oscars, but there are three moments that will always be imprinted in history.
One is that Malone Brando refused to receive his second Oscar winner, Xiao Jinren, and instead sent an Indian girl to oppress the Indians in American society and racial discrimination; the other is that Mr. Woody Allen, who refused to attend the Oscars after the September 11 incident in 2001, appeared at the Oscars for the first and last time in his career, just for his beloved New York.
Another one is the 68th Oscar held on March 25, 1996. Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed by a horse crash accident, appeared at the awards ceremony several months ago.
Hugo never expected that he would have such honor to be one of these three moments. Although Hugo had met Christopher on Broadway, New York three years ago, when Hugo was visiting Catherine Hepburn, he unexpectedly met Christopher. However, at that time, Hugo did not expect that one day he would stand on the Oscar stage with this legend.
The reason why Christopher is so special in Hollywood history is not only because the image he plays is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but also because he has always faced life with a positive attitude after his whole body is paralyzed. This is an irreplaceable spiritual force for the American society, which is gradually recovering from the economic crisis and turmoil.
Especially last year, huge turmoil occurred throughout the United States, including challenges accepted by the uncrowned kings, criticisms faced by social indifference, etc. Under such a background, just like Shamoses in the "Seven Deadly Sins", people gradually lost confidence in society and faced social problems with a negative, negative or even evasive attitude. However, Christopher, who was in the greatest crisis in life, showed a completely different appearance and brought hope to people.
So, Christopher accepted the invitation today and appeared on the Oscar stage.
"Are you ready? Do we need to speak a pair of lines? Or do you want to play on the spot?" Hugo seemed to have not noticed Christopher's wheelchair at all, and sat down opposite him with a smile, and took the teleprompt card handed over by the staff.
Christopher saw the gentle smile on Hugo's face, sincere and sincere, equal and bright, which made Christopher's heart warm, "I think I'm relying on you. I used to see you at awards ceremony, and you were always very eloquent, right?"
Hugo gently patted his shoulder, "Huh, pressure." This simple action made Christopher and Dana laugh. "Madam Reeve..." Hugo raised his head and looked at Dana standing beside him, and she also smiled, "Please call me Dana."
Hugo shrugged, "Of course, Dana. Do I need to pay attention to something? I'm not very familiar with wheelchairs and maybe I need some guidance." Hugo did not avoid Christopher's situation, but just mentioned this matter very calmly.
The contact with children in the past few months has made Hugo clearly know that in fact, many times, people's cautiousness caused by worrying that hurts the other person's self-esteem is the greatest harm to each other. Pity and sympathy are of no use or help to them, but on the contrary, they will only highlight their condescending superiority.
Therefore, Hugo did not deliberately avoid it or show caution. He just said it normally, just as if asking Christopher whether it is appropriate to smoke by himself. This is just a very ordinary topic. Indeed, Christopher is no different from them, but the way of acting is different.
Dana felt Hugo's friendliness, and her emotions suddenly became excited, which made her choke. It was a very honor to be invited to the Oscars ceremony today, but everyone treated them carefully. Dana knew that everyone was taking care of them, but this caution placed them in the position of the victim. Only the person involved knew that kindness. But Dana and the others were suffering, so they could not get angry with each other because of the friendliness and sympathy of strangers, right?
Christopher seemed to notice Dana's sob and chuckled, "She's a little exaggerated, maybe because you're so charming."
Hugo also laughed, politely placed his right hand on his left shoulder, bent down to salute, "This is my honor." This immediately made Dana laugh.
Then Dana explained some things to Hugo step by step, which was indeed not an easy task. So Hugo didn't have time to talk to Christopher about the manuscript, so she could only concentrate on studying.
In a blink of an eye, the staff informed Hugo and Christopher that they should go to the side table to standby. When they arrived at the side table, Dana confirmed that there was no problem, she hugged Hugo gently and whispered in Hugo's ear, "I'll trouble you next." Then she returned to the standby room.
Hugo held Christopher's wheelchair handle with both hands, and wanted to look down at the teleprompt card in his right hand, but found that the light was too dim, so he could only take a deep breath to relax himself. As a result, Christopher noticed Hugo's nervousness and chuckled, "Man, don't worry, you are not on the stage alone today."
At this moment, Steven Spielberg, who had just presented the honorary award to Kirk Douglas (K.douglas), stepped down from the side platform. As soon as Steven looked up, he saw Hugo. He gave Hugo a thumbs up, then lowered his head and greeted Christopher, and then walked into the standby room.
After Hugo got the prompt from the staff, Hugo pushed Christopher's wheelchair and took steps towards the stage.
When I walked onto the stage, the audience was covered with light yellow lights, which seemed a little dark. Then a spotlight fell, covering Hugo and Christopher. When I saw these two people on the scene, everyone in the audience stood up and applauded. The thunderous applause was thundering at the scene, and you could clearly feel that these applauses were given to Christopher. The admiration and respect from the heart sounded in the heart with the applause.
Hugo pushed Christopher to the center of the stage and asked Christopher to receive the baptism of applause. However, he squatted down and put down the pillars of the wheelchair to make sure that the wheelchair would not move independently. Then he carefully confirmed that the dropper was not rolled into the wheelchair wheel, and checked the connection between the dropper and the glass bottle. After confirming that everything was fine, he stood up and stood beside Christopher.
This inspection took at least twenty seconds, but after the applause gradually subsided, it was silent. No one disturbed Hugo's actions, and even the director did not urge Hugo, which made this year's Oscar live broadcast a twenty-second gap, which was really rare.
Hugo put his hands in front of him and said with a smile, "Wow, what a wonderful silence, almost made me think I was in the wrong place." This easy joke made everyone chuckled, and then Hugo continued, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome Christopher Reeve." Hugo pointed his hands at the wheelchair man beside him, and the applause of the scene rang again.
After finally waiting for the applause to weaken a little, Christopher smiled and said, "Thank you for your considerate and carefulness. I think you can consider taking a look at the nursing work." This made the scene chuck again, "In the past year, many special things have happened in the United States. We have deeply felt many problems from society, so we must pay attention to it."
Everyone was quiet, and everyone knew that this was why Christopher appeared at the Oscar scene today.
"In addition to me, Hugo, who was standing beside me, also had a lot of things happening to him..." Christopher said halfway, then paused, and the second half was obviously handed over to Hugo.
Hugo also tacitly connected, "That's true, but I'm not sure which one you are talking about. First of all, I must declare that I am really not a murderer, children, that's just a movie." Hugo's self-taught made the scene burst into laughter. Hugo continued, "Economic difficulties, rising unemployment rate, high crime rate, racial discrimination... Our society faces countless problems every day. In order to solve these problems, it requires not only the efforts of society, but also the efforts of each of us."
"That's true, I hope everyone will not misunderstand that Hugo is really crazy..." Christopher, who took the topic, said calmly. This was a satirizing the media misunderstanding during the shooting of "Death Guard Walk", and Hugo continued seriously, "I also hope everyone will not misunderstand that Chris is no longer alive." This sentence was obviously heavy, but it gave a little more joy under Hugo's story. Many people at the scene smiled. Then Hugo said, "Then, please enjoy the short film on the big screen."
Immediately, the lights of the audience dimmed, and a montage short film that reflected social problems began to be played on the big screen, reflecting many social phenomena in the past year, including Hugo, Christopher, and Michael Jackson, who was in a bad mood, which made everyone at the scene quiet.
After the lights came on again, Christopher spoke again, "As a member of the film industry, each of us has the responsibility and obligation to produce more works that reflect social problems, which is an important spiritual wealth for society."
Then Hugo continued, "Of course, 'Jurassic Park' is very good and profitable, but at the same time, we also need works like 'Seven Deadly Sins' to remind everyone that the indifference of society requires more attention. Sorry, I seem to be standing on the Oscar stage to advertise." Hugo suddenly said with an awkward look, which made the scene stunned, and then everyone burst into laughter.
"Hugo, maybe you can say 'Forrest Gump'." Christopher kindly reminded.
"Yes, 'Forrest Gump', maybe society needs more such thought-provoking works to make everyone pay enough attention to social issues." Hugo said seriously, "Of course, I am not emphasizing the box office part, but the Forrest Gump part."
Chapter completed!