0312紐約時報
*【拜登發表全國講話】
拜登總統承諾將在5月1日前為所有美國成年人提供疫苗。數小時之前,拜登簽署金額高達1.9兆美元的紓困法案。這是他就職以來首次在黃金時段發表白宮講話,拜登表示,美國有很大機會在獨立日(7月4日)前大致恢復正常。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/11/us/joe-biden-news?_ga=2.156657721.380292088.1615256594-1305779676.1608620621
*【Covid-19新聞】
#自4月1日起,前往紐約州的國內旅行者將不再需要隔離。但對國際旅客的隔離要求仍然存在,所有旅客必須繼續填寫該州的旅客健康表格。
#美國四位前總統及其第一夫人出現在一項新的公共服務運動中,向美國人發出了一個單一的請求:接種疫苗。
#隨著疫苗生產,運送和接種的增加,美國越來越多的州正在允許越來越多的人接種疫苗,使那些一直在等待時機的人們感到樂觀。
#近幾周來,美國各地的大學生們紛紛湧向酒吧、海灘和後院,學校開始嚴厲管控疫情在校園內散播。
#香港健身房現群聚感染,多家銀行雇員檢測呈陽性。該健身房在外籍人士中很受歡迎,近期有17宗病例均與之相關。衛生部門表示,已經聯繫了200多名最近使用過該健身房的外國人,其中100多人被送往政府隔離設施。多家銀行已提醒員工在家工作;招收外籍學生的國際學校也被迫關閉校園。
#歐盟批准嬌生公司的一次性新冠疫苗。
#法國外交部在星期四發表的一份聲明中說,從星期五開始,往返澳洲,英國,紐西蘭,新加坡和韓國的旅行將不再需要提出必要理由。
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/11/world/covid-19-coronavirus?type=styln-live-updates&label=coronavirus%20updates&index=0&action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
*【部分歐洲國家因擔憂血栓風險而中止阿斯特捷利康疫苗接種,但未有證明其和該疫苗有關】
丹麥暫停阿斯特捷利康疫苗接種,擔憂血栓風險可能增加。當局表示,目前還無法確認兩者之間存在聯繫,需要全面展開調查。在14.2萬名已經接種該疫苗的丹麥人中,少數人報告了嚴重的血栓;其中一人死亡。奧地利在出現類似情況後暫停了特定批次的疫苗接種,挪威與冰島也已叫停阿斯特捷利康疫苗。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/astrazeneca-vaccine-denmark.html
*【大流行一周年】
今天是世衛組織正式宣佈新冠疫情為全球大流行的一周年。這場災難的規模難以記錄,但一些非同尋常的數字仍然說明了一切。迄今為止,全球報告的新冠病例總數已經超過1.18億例,死亡人數超過260萬人。與此同時,已有約3.16億劑疫苗被接種。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/business/dealbook/pandemic-numbers-toll.html
*【國際奧委將從中國購買疫苗,供參賽者使用】
根據雙方達成的協議,中國已經同意在東京奧運會和明年的北京冬奧會前,為任何有需要的參賽者提供疫苗,並且,每為一名奧運參賽者接種疫苗,中國就會為運動員所在國的兩名普通民眾提供疫苗。這對北京來說無疑是一場公關勝利,對國際奧會來說,也是一個敏感問題的解決方案。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/sports/olympics/ioc-vaccines-china-thomas-bach.html
*【中國計畫如何讓“愛國者治港” 】
週四,中國立法機構幾乎全票通過了一項對香港選舉制度進行重大改革的決定。中央政府打算擴大選舉委員會和立法會,為其盟友增加席位;港府還將另行成立一個專門負責審查的委員會,“不忠誠”的候選人將被該機構除名。新規使親民主人士在香港行政長官選舉中幾乎失去話語權,也將很難獲得立法會議員席位。民主派人士說,這是一個“可悲的做法”。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/asia/china-hong-kong-elections.html
*【血染緬甸小鎮】
緬甸軍方對抗議者無差別射擊,造成至少八人死亡,20人受傷。事發地是位於該國中部的一個小鎮,目擊者說,在那條他走了一輩子的街上,他看到了一具頭部被打爛的屍體,“他們像射鳥一樣殺人。”此外,軍方週四繼續對翁山蘇姬發起指控,稱其非法收受25磅黃金和約60萬美元,這些罪名可能導致長達數年的監禁。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/asia/myanmar-police-coup-killed-myaing.html
*【紐約州州長古莫面臨彈劾調查】
紐約州議會宣佈,將授權司法委員會對有關古莫不當行為的指控啟動調查,這一決定可能會對該州一個多世紀以來的首次彈劾努力奠定基礎。同日,州議會中的59名民主黨人簽署了一份聯合聲明,要求古莫立即辭職。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/nyregion/cuomo-resign-sexual-harassment.html
*【喬治·佛洛伊德案進展】
前警官Derek Chauvin面臨一項新的三級謀殺指控,他曾在Minneapolis街頭用膝蓋抵住佛洛伊德的脖子,後者在八九分鐘後死亡。Derek Chauvin此前已同意對這項指控認罪。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/third-degree-murder-charge-derek-chauvin.html
*【威廉王子稱王室“不是種族主義家庭”】
這是他在哈利與梅根接受採訪後首度公開發聲,此前這對夫婦表示,有王室成員曾對他們孩子的膚色表示擔憂。威廉還表示,自採訪播出以來,他還沒有與哈利交談過,但他會找機會。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/europe/prince-william-royals-race-meghan-harry.html
*【觀點:打倒英國君主制】
一小撮人不是基於道德價值,而是基於遺傳的偶然性,享受著從公眾資金中榨取來的數百萬美元,並被當作民族主義英雄崇拜,這就是王室。
https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20210311/meghan-harry-abolish-monarchy/
*【在福島大地震中消失的村莊】
10年前的地震和海嘯摧毀了氣仙沼市的全部550個家庭,但15名居民拒絕放棄,他們試圖重建家園,希望這個古老的村莊能夠獲得重生。過去10年中,時報攝影師益池廣子每年都會來到這裡兩次,記錄下他們的努力。
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/asia/japan-fukushima-kesen.html
*【震後十年,這位護士也許意味著福島的希望】
除了海嘯和核事故的直接影響、人口老齡化加速,核災難帶來的汙名是福島復興的更大障礙。與許多同齡人選擇離開福島不同,年輕的津川里奈決定返回家鄉,照顧老年人。
https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20210311/japan-fukushima-anniversary/
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Bài đọc hôm nay là: THE GROWTH OF BIKE-SHARING SCHEMES AROUND THE WORLD
How Dutch engineer Luud Schimmelpennink helped to devise urban bike-sharing schemes
A. The original idea for an urban bike-sharing scheme dates back to a summer's day in Amsterdam in 1965. Provo, the organisation that came up with the idea, was a group of Dutch activists who wanted to change society. They believed the scheme, which was known as the Witte Fietsenplan, was an answer to the perceived threats of air pollution and consumerism. In the centre of Amsterdam, they painted a small number of used bikes white. They also distributed leaflets describing the dangers of cars and inviting people to use the white bikes. The bikes were then left unlocked at various locations around the city, to be used by anyone in need of transport.
B. Luud Schimmelpennink, a Dutch industrial engineer who still lives and cycles in Amsterdam, was heavily involved in the original scheme. He recalls how the scheme succeeded in attracting a great deal of attention - particularly when it came to publicising Provo's aims - but struggled to get off the ground. The police were opposed to Provo's initiatives and almost as soon as the white bikes were distributed around the city, they removed them. However, for Schimmelpennink and for bike-sharing schemes in general, this was just the beginning. 'The first Witte Fietsenplan was just a symbolic thing,' he says. 'We painted a few bikes white, that was all. Things got more serious when I became a member of the Amsterdam city council two years later.'
C. Schimmelpennink seized this opportunity to present a more elaborate Witte Fietsenplan to the city council. 'My idea was that the municipality of Amsterdam would distribute 10,000 white bikes over the city, for everyone to use,' he explains. 'I made serious calculations. It turned out that a white bicycle - per person, per kilometre - would cost the municipality only 10% of what it contributed to public transport per person per kilometre.' Nevertheless, the council unanimously rejected the plan. 'They said that the bicycle belongs to the past. They saw a glorious future for the car,' says Schimmelpennink. But he was not in the least discouraged.
D. Schimmelpennink never stopped believing in bike-sharing, and in the mid-90s, two Danes asked for his help to set up a system in Copenhagen. The result was the world's first large-scale bike-share programme. It worked on a deposit: 'You dropped a coin in the bike and when you returned it, you got your money back.' After setting up the Danish system, Schimmelpennink decided to try his luck again in the Netherlands - and this time he succeeded in arousing the interest of the Dutch Ministry of Transport. 'Times had changed,' he recalls. 'People had become more environmentally conscious, and the Danish experiment had proved that bike-sharing was a real possibility.' A new Witte Fietsenplan was launched in 1999 in Amsterdam. However, riding a white bike was no longer free; it cost one guilder per trip and payment was made with a chip card developed by the Dutch bank Postbank. Schimmelpennink designed conspicuous, sturdy white bikes locked in special racks which could be opened with the chip card- the plan started with 250 bikes, distributed over five stations.
E. Theo Molenaar, who was a system designer for the project, worked alongside Schimmelpennink. 'I remember when we were testing the bike racks, he announced that he had already designed better ones. But of course, we had to go through with the ones we had.' The system, however, was prone to vandalism and theft. 'After every weekend there would always be a couple of bikes missing,' Molenaar says. 'I really have no idea what people did with them, because they could instantly be recognised as white bikes.' But the biggest blow came when Postbank decided to abolish the chip card, because it wasn't profitable. 'That chip card was pivotal to the system,' Molenaar says. 'To continue the project we would have needed to set up another system, but the business partner had lost interest.'
F. Schimmelpennink was disappointed, but- characteristically- not for long. In 2002 he got a call from the French advertising corporation JC Decaux, who wanted to set up his bike-sharing scheme in Vienna. 'That went really well. After Vienna, they set up a system in Lyon. Then in 2007, Paris followed. That was a decisive moment in the history of bike-sharing.' The huge and unexpected success of the Parisian bike-sharing programme, which now boasts more than 20,000 bicycles, inspired cities all over the world to set up their own schemes, all modelled on Schimmelpennink's. 'It's wonderful that this happened,' he says. 'But financially I didn't really benefit from it, because I never filed for a patent.'
G. In Amsterdam today, 38% of all trips are made by bike and, along with Copenhagen, it is regarded as one of the two most cycle-friendly capitals in the world - but the city never got another Witte Fietsenplan. Molenaar believes this may be because everybody in Amsterdam already has a bike. Schimmelpennink, however, cannot see that this changes Amsterdam's need for a bike-sharing scheme. 'People who travel on the underground don't carry their bikes around. But often they need additional transport to reach their final destination.' Although he thinks it is strange that a city like Amsterdam does not have a successful bike sharing scheme, he is optimistic about the future. 'In the '60s we didn't stand a chance because people were prepared to give their lives to keep cars in the city. But that mentality has totally changed. Today everybody longs for cities that are not dominated by cars.'
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arouse (v): đánh thức
conscious (adj): nhận thức
conspicuous (adj): đáng chú ý
vandalism (n): hành động cố ý phá hoại
theft (n): hành vi trộm cắp
abolish (v): hủy bỏ
profitable (adj): có lợi
pivotal (adj): chủ chốt, then chốt
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decisive (adj): kiên quyết
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「更能反映一個人真實樣貌的是我們
做出的選擇,而非我們擁有的才能」
——Albus Dumbledore
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想不到這個句子在現實生活上真的有實用的機會:正所謂「時窮節乃見,一一垂丹青」,時局越亂,越能檢驗你日常做的每一個選擇是否能拉人一把,或是落井下石地把人進一步推往地獄裡去。
J.K. Rowling的性別分類帽
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「和別人不一樣絕對不是壞事,那意味著你有足夠的勇氣做你自己」Luna露娜這個角色是整個哈利波特宇宙中最讓人有感的人物。在一個不斷討論血統背景的故事中,特立獨行的露娜至少在某些年輕讀者的蒼白人生中真的幫得上忙,提供他們投射自我的心理慰藉。
J.K. Rowling本人則比較沒有什麼幫助。
今年以來一再利用自己的社群帳號來挑釁跨性別者社群的哈利波特小說作者J.K. Rowling,本週再度正常能量釋放,大喇喇地拿出她的性別分類帽套在別人身上。當有人在討論如何在疫情過後建立一個對「有月經的人」更平等的世界時,Rowling緊咬「有月經的人」一詞,質疑有月經的人如果不是女人,難道還有別人嗎?「如果『性別』不是真的存在的東西,整個地球上所有活生生的女性等於也一起被塗銷了」她並祭出「恐X症」標準話術,強調她「認識跨性別者,也愛這些跨性別者」,但性別就是性別,把性別消除掉根本就是睜眼說瞎話。
Rowling不是第一次發功。去年底一名學者因為在網路上鼓吹應該禁止任何跨性別者修改他們的生理性別而遭到研究機構開除,Rowling隨即在twitter力挺說:「你愛穿什麼都隨便你。你愛叫你自己是什麼都隨便你。你愛跟哪個成年人上床(只要他自願的話)都隨便你。儘管安心過你自己的生活。但憑什麼一個人出來主張性別是真的存在(不能改的)東西就要因此被開除?」
她的發言在過去一週激起了熱烈的討論:
1)「你的話正在傷害那些過去非常喜愛你文字的孩子們」網路上第一時間隨即出現這樣的聲音。
2)GLAAD同性戀反毀謗聯盟則呼籲大家把對於Rowling的負面情緒用在支持平權團體繼續努力之上。
3)LGBT音樂人King Princess批評Rowling沒有意識到作為一個白人、順性別女性已經得到遠多於跨性別者那麼多的特權和權力,而她竟然仍堅持摀著耳朵拒絕聽見那些每天都可能被謀殺、被毆打、被法律無視的族群的聲音。
4)LGBT自殺防治計畫Trevor Project則以哈利波特本人Daniel Radcliffe的名義發表聲明,強調「跨性別女性也是女性,而任何與該句話有違的說法不僅傷害到跨性別者的認同和自尊,也違背了比我和Jo(指Rowling)更有專業說話的醫療專家的認知」。他同時也向那些說從此再也無法享受哈利波特小說的粉絲致歉:「如果你在故事中找到任何有共鳴的段落,可以在你的人生任何時刻有所助益,那就是屬於你和那本書之間的神聖關係。我個人認為誰都沒辦法毀掉那個關係。因此那些故事對你有什麼意義它就是什麼意義,那些有的沒的發言污染不了那個意義。」
5)Emma Watson:「跨性別者說他們是什麼就是什麼,他們有資格過自己定義的生活,而不需要一直被別人質疑或指導他們應該稱呼自己是什麼。」
6)Rupert Grint:「跨性別女性就是女性,跨性別男性就是男性。每個人都有資格過著不受評斷地被愛的生活。」
7)Eddie Redmayne:「我無法苟同Jo(Rowling)的見解。跨性別女性就是女性,跨性別男性就是男性,非二元性是真確存在的事。我無法代表跨性別社群發言,但我確實認識到我那些跨性別友人和同僚都對於這種身份認同的質疑無比厭煩,而且這些質疑已經觸發暴力和騷擾。他們只想平靜地過自己的生活,是時候讓他們如願了。」
8)Evanna Lynch(飾演露娜):「光想像作為一個跨性別者並且學著接受這件事並好好愛你自己已經是一件充滿挑戰的事,我們作為一個社會完全不應該再替他們增添任何痛苦。」
9)Warner Bros.拗口的正式聲明:「過去幾週的事件加強了我們作為一個企業去正面面對社會議題的決心。Warner Bros.對於多元融合的立場是非常明確的,維持一個多元融合的文化對我們公司和我們的觀眾都是非常重要的議題。我們也看重這些在創作過程中充分與我們分享創意的創作者所產出的故事。我們同時也非常認同我們有責任呼籲所有人,尤其是那些跟我們一起工作的夥伴和接觸到我們內容的觀眾,促使大家能夠有更多同理心、能夠更理解每個社群和每個人。」
此外,曾推動過「End Period Shame月經並非恥辱」公益活動的英國品牌The Body Shop美體小舖拿出了他們當時特別設計、上面印有"it's bloody natural" 以及 "drop the P-word"字樣的帆布袋,裝入專門研究跨性別平權的美國學者Paisley Currah的書《Transgender Rights 跨性別權利》,快遞給you-know-who。
大軍包圍霍格華茲或被評為過度反應,但Rowling作為公眾人物一再地在性別定義上做文章確實是在替處境原本就很不利的性少數落井下石。
同一時間,《Orange Is the New Black 勁爆女子監獄》演員Asia Kate Dillon則為Rowling示範了如何在亂世之中努力幫上忙:
Dillon是美國主要電視網上第一個認定自己性別為Non-binary gender 非二元性別的演員,他不認為自己是女性,也不認為是男性,並且一直用they、them、their等詞彙自稱(JK Rowling表示崩潰)。他在電視劇《Billions 金錢戰爭》中飾演的角色Taylor Mason則是美國電視史上第一個非二元性別主要角色。該角色一直以來在SAG-AFRTA美國演員工會的SAG獎中一直報名的是「最佳男配角」獎項。
Dillon本週發表公開信給演員工會,呼籲他們廢除演員獎項的性別分類。他說我們從沒看到男導演獎、女導演獎、男編劇獎、女編劇獎,卻偏偏只有演員的表演必須以二元性別來區分他們的成就。這樣的分類過去是用來保障白人順性別女性的權益,但同時也讓其他性別多元者得到歧視。因此他今年在接獲演員工會邀請擔任評審時,決定以這封信向工會提出了改革呼籲。
一週份量的用行動改變世界
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「更能反映一個人真實樣貌的是我們做出的選擇,而非我們擁有的才能」某校長說。
過去兩週的美國種族平權抗爭,也反過來促使新聞媒體和好萊塢用放大鏡檢視自己的成員和日常運作機制是否符合平權價值。
一直有美化蓄奴制惡名的奧斯卡最佳影片《Gone with the Wind 亂世佳人》,在受到《12 Years a Slave 自由之心》 編劇John Ridley直接點名批判之後,被HBO Max暫時下架,預計要再增加警語之後才會重新上架。另外長壽真人實境秀節目《Cops》也在32季之後被電視台腰斬,不再繼續訂購。該劇在1989年首播後一砲而紅,隨即吸引了全美各大警局爭相與該節目合作,藉以行銷警察形象。
紐約時報日前刊登共和黨參議員Tom Cotton一篇主張派兵鎮壓抗議民眾的投書,引發超過800名時報員工聯署抗議報社做法。紐約時報發行人A.G. Sulzberger一開始還力挺刊登該文的決定,但後來改口承認該文並不符合報社的標準。4天後紐約時報宣佈社論版主編James Bennet已經請辭,而且即刻生效。
該事件後,緊接著數位媒體Refinery29的總編輯Christene Barberich因被離職員工爆料對黑人女性的職場歧視作為而下台。Philadelphia Inquire的資深編輯則因為刊登一篇文章說不只黑人的命很重要,那些建築物也很重要,因而在爭議中下台。雜誌出版集團Condé Nast旗下的美食雜誌《Bon Appétit》總編輯Adam Rapoport同樣也因為被員工爆料對黑人女性歧視而請辭。
另一篇紐約時報專欄則把檢討的視線移向同屬Condé Nast的《Vogue》總編輯Anna Wintour身上。在這波種族抗爭剛開始的時候,Wintour曾發信給員工坦承該雜誌對於替黑人編輯、作者、攝影師和設計師創造更多機會做得遠遠不夠多。受訪的黑人離職員工多數都認為黑人在Condé Nast的出版事業中一直很難得到發展的資源和機會,經常被忽視甚至以「懶惰」的種族刻板印象被看待。這次曝光的美食雜誌總編輯惡行甚至包括要求史丹佛大學畢業的黑人員工去幫忙清理他的高爾夫球桿。作者同時認為Anna Wintour雖然過去也促成包含Rihanna等多位黑人女星登上封面,但仍然會下意識地展露了時尚業長期以來的種族刻板印象。比如LeBron James登上封面的時候就被安排白人女模和他一起模仿電影金剛的場面。過去曾有媒體統計過Anna Wintour用過的助理名單,發現她的用人策略完全就是一種白人權貴的陞官圖遊戲,十之八九都是白人權貴的子女。康乃爾大學畢業的《The Devil Wears Prada 穿著Prada的惡魔》作者Lauren Weisberger在這份名單中只能算是平民百姓。
上一次讓新聞和娛樂產業這麼緊張地砲口對內檢討的是先前me too運動期間。me too運動的經驗告訴我們這樣的檢討不一定能立即扭轉結構問題,但總是個採取行動的開端。
IBM則在種族爭議中示範了更直接果斷的行動:該公司執行長Arvind Krishna在一封給美國國會信件中,宣布該公司將立即停止所有臉部辨識軟體的開發並不再提供給任何客戶使用。「IBM堅決反對並絕不容忍使用臉部辨識技術(包括來自其它供應商的技術)用在大規模監控、種族分析、侵害基本人權和自由,以及其它任何違反我們的價值和信任透明原則的用途之上。」隨後,Amazon也宣佈將在未來一年內暫時禁止警方使用他們的臉部辨識技術Rekognition。
另外一個促成改變的行動來自超級英雄漫畫創作者:
Marvel超級英雄《The Punisher 制裁者》因為其暴力制裁犯罪者的形象而長期獲得軍警、暴力幫派和極右派人士的擁戴。英美軍人都會在身上使用制裁者的骷髏頭logo來裝飾自己,包含《American Sniper 美國狙擊手》電影中的軍人。最近幾週的美國種族爭議和民警對立中,更出現了底特律警察配戴骷髏頭徽章的畫面,甚至主張軍事鎮壓的Fox新聞台主持人直接戴了骷髏頭別針在節目上表態。制裁者的漫畫作者Gerry Conway向來反對軍警使用這個logo,甚至曾索性透過漫畫人物之口在劇情中傳達反對之意。他近日也向Forbes表示他創造這個漫畫人物從來不是為了代表「壓迫」的力量,「這個角色代表的是法治的失敗,是用來關懷那些深感自己被體制遺棄的人」。
近來有多名漫畫作者發出呼籲,要求Disney用侵權訴訟來制止警方使用制裁者logo。不過原作者Gerry Conway想到了更好的方法:
他發起一個與Disney或Marvel完全無關的Skulls For Justice活動,鼓勵抗爭者穿上由黑人藝術家設計、帶有骷髏頭標誌的T-shirt,重新將骷髏頭logo與社會正義連結在一起。這才是讓右翼極端主義、暴力幫派和軍警成員徹底棄用制裁者logo的終極解法。
電影院的春天什麼時候回來
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中國電影放映產業的重啟原本是全世界同業密切關注的事件,無論重啟成功或失敗他們的經驗都將是地球上每一家電影院借鏡的對象。
然而中國政府的不透明的決策讓重啟變成一個撲朔迷離的巨大問號。三月底的電影院短暫重啟隨即遭到中國國家電影局的緊急喊停,之後官方態度一直曖昧不明。最近一次中國政府對電影院復工的表態是6月5日,據悉當天電影局發出通知要求全國電影院的開業必須統一時間安排,暗指不准像上次那樣個別偷跑。
本週一封聲稱由駭客組織Anonymous匿名者發出的信件中,也罕見地直接指名中國政府無視電影院員工的死活。很快地就有不幸事件佐證了這個強烈的指控。
中國博納影業本週三(5月10日)突然在微博發出訊息說集團副總裁黃巍已於凌晨逝世,享年52歲。中國導演賈樟柯也隨即轉發該訊息,並評論道「行業之悲」。黃巍的猝逝引發北京電影圈議論紛紛,並隨即傳出他是在辦公大樓墜樓,極可能是自殺。導演賈樟柯幾分鐘後的另一則貼文提供了一些線索:「應該考慮影院復工復產了......有的電影企業日虧損100萬,100萬影院業者需要生存啊」。
原本一直期待中國官方很快會宣佈讓電影院重新開門的放映業這兩天再度迎來噩耗:北京新一波確診案例湧現之後,北京市政府官員明確重申電影院目前不得開門營業。
太平洋的另一岸,美國的電影院重啟同樣牛步化。顯然因為電影院重啟速度不如預期,WarnerMedia昨天終於宣佈《Tenet 天能》將延後上映,原訂7月月17日檔期將改成重映Christopher Nolan的舊作《Inception 全面啟動》,並加映《天能》的片段做為暖場。但《天能》也沒有打算讓大家等太久,新的上映日期是7月31日,WarnerMedia也不敢拖延太久讓超級金雞母Nolan不開心。
《天能》稍稍倒退兩步後,Disney的《Mulan 花木蘭》將在7月24日成為電影院重啟後的第一部好萊塢大片。在此之前7月10日還有一部Russell Crowe主演的低成本驚悚片《超危險駕駛》搶先上映。對片廠來說第一名不是什麼值得搶的王冠,把錢賺回來才是。
因為停業蒙受巨大虧損的AMC電影院最近稱他們和Universal的關係有些緩和,但目前為止仍沒有安排放映該公司電影的計畫。雙方在電影院停業期間因為VOD空窗期的爭執打了一場口水仗。然而Universal這幾天又做出了令人挑眉的可疑動作:
《Knocked Up 好孕臨門》導演Judd Apatow的新片《The King of Staten Island》本週上映。發行商Universal原本預計採用《Trolls World Tour 魔髮精靈唱遊世界》的相同發行策略:在(僅剩還在營業的)電影院和VOD市場同步上檔,並且已經讓上百家美國汽車電影院預定檔期,甚至開始預售門票。結果上映前兩天Universal突然說讓電影院預定檔期純粹是「作業疏失」,該片並沒有要在電影院上映的計畫。該片因此會成為VOD獨家。在AMC電影院仍然繼續抵制Universal的情況下,Universal這種做法可謂大膽,因為他們等於明白宣示了輪到網路先演、電影院乖乖等空窗期的時代了。
電影院的春天回來之前,包含放映和製片業都只能想辦法自救。
導演Alejandro G. Iñárritu、Guillermo del Toro、Alfonso Cuarón、演員Salma Hayek 、Gale García Bernal和Diego Luna等多位出身墨西哥的影人以及將近50家製片公司本週就宣佈共同募款成立名為Sifonóforo的基金,用以幫助受到疫情影響的基層影視工作者度過難關。每個申請者可以得到2萬披索(約900美元)的紓困金。
Iñárritu在啟動記者會上說:「整套機制由我們所有發起人共同發想、討論出來,用以決定這個基金要幫助哪些人以及如何幫助他們。這也算是某種民主機制的委員會運作。雖然慈善募款都不是我們的專業,然而作為一個產業、作為工作夥伴、作為一個人,我們每個人都有責任在這種艱難時刻出來互相拉一把。」
|新聞出處|
6/8~6/14一週大事
New York Times Opinion Editor Resigns Following Backlash Over Tom Cotton Op-Ed(https://bit.ly/3cKrNxE)
J.K. Rowling Somehow Decides Now’s a Good Time to Double Down on Her Transphobia(https://bit.ly/2YcfJjD)
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology(https://bit.ly/2AUooiy)
Top editors step down as newsrooms grapple with race issues(https://bit.ly/3dZvGAB)
'Trans women are women': Daniel Radcliffe speaks out after JK Rowling tweets (https://bit.ly/3f7MntI)
HBO Max Pulls ‘Gone With the Wind,’ While ‘Cops’ Gets Canceled(https://on.wsj.com/2MISdp6)
博納影業副總裁黃巍今日凌晨逝世 享年52歲 疫情之下影視業太難了(https://bit.ly/2BTxGMu)
‘Billions’ Star Asia Kate Dillon Calls for SAG Awards to Abolish Gender-Specific Categories (https://bit.ly/2YnQj2x)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Salma Hayek, Guillermo del Toro Launch Fund for Mexican Below-the-Line Workers(https://bit.ly/2MTH2ds)
Can Anna Wintour Survive the Social Justice Movement?(https://nyti.ms/3hkwJgr)
The Creator Of ‘The Punisher’ Wants To Reclaim The Iconic Skull From Police And Fringe Admirers(https://bit.ly/3dZCAps)
‘Tenet,’ Expected to Signal Hollywood’s Return, Is Pushed Ba(https://nyti.ms/3hlzz4K)
Universal Pulls Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow Flick ‘King of Staten Island’ From Drive-Ins(https://yhoo.it/2Yz2Dgu)
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1 【alert 警報】— 名詞
The free app will issue an alert 30 minutes before rain.
2 【abolish 廢除】— 動詞
Cyprus has announced a controversial passport scheme will be abolished.
影片中口誤說成希臘,應該是塞普勒斯 Cyprus 喔(位在地中海靠近中東一帶)
3 【lethal 致命的】— 形容詞
Belarus allows the police to use lethal weapons against protestors.
4 【the Holocaust 納粹大屠殺】— 名詞
Facebook has explicitly banned Holocaust denial content.
5 【seedling 幼苗】— 名詞
Three million seedlings will be planted over the next few years.
簡單複習:
1)alert 警報
2)abolish 廢除
3)lethal 致命的
4) Holocaust 納粹大屠殺
5)seedling 幼苗
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Is Religion banned? Will you get your organs harvested for practicing your faith in China? Will you be oppressed and suppressed? Will you be arrested? Are there Churches in China?
The Taiping Rebellion was influenced to some degree by Christian teachings, and the Boxer Rebellion was in part a reaction against Christianity in China. Christians in China established the first modern clinics and hospitals, and provided the first modern training for nurses. Both Roman Catholics and Protestants founded numerous educational institutions in China from the primary to the university level. Some of the most prominent Chinese universities began as religious-founded institutions. Missionaries worked to abolish practices such as foot binding, and the unjust treatment of maidservants, as well as launching charitable work and distributing food to the poor. They also opposed the opium trade and brought treatment to many who were addicted. Some of the early leaders of the Chinese Republic, such as Sun Yat-sen were converts to Christianity and were influenced by its teachings. By 1921, Harbin, Manchuria's largest city, had a Russian population of around 100,000, constituting a large part of Christianity in the city.
Christianity, especially in its Protestant form, gained momentum in China between the 1980s and the 1990s, but in the following years, folk religion recovered more rapidly and in greater numbers than Christianity (or Buddhism). One scholar noted that "the Christian God then becomes one in a pantheon of local gods among whom the rural population divides its loyalties".
Protestants in the early twenty-first century, including both official and unofficial churches, had between 25 and 35 million adherents. Catholics were not more than 10 million. Other demographic analyses found that an average 2–4% of the population of China claims a Christian affiliation. Christians were unevenly distributed geographically. The only provinces in which they constituted a population significantly larger than 1 million persons are Henan, Anhui and Zhejiang. Protestants are characterised by a prevalence of people living in the countryside, women, illiterates and semi-literates, and elderly people.
A significant number of members of churches unregistered with the government, and of their pastors, belong to the Koreans of China.[334] Christianity has a strong presence in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin. The Christianity of Yanbian Koreans has a patriarchal character; Korean churches are usually led by men, in contrast to Chinese churches which more often have female leadership. For instance, of the 28 registered churches of Yanji, only three of which are Chinese congregations, all the Korean churches have a male pastor while all the Chinese churches have a female pastor. Also, Korean church buildings are stylistically very similar to South Korean churches, with big spires surmounted by large red crosses. Yanbian Korean churches have been a matter of controversy for the Chinese government because of their links to South Korean churches.
In recent decades the Communist Party of China has become more tolerant of Christian churches outside party control, despite looking with distrust on organizations with international ties. The government and Chinese intellectuals tend to associate Christianity with subversive Western values, and many churches have been closed or destroyed. Since the 2010s policies against Christianity have been extended also to Hong Kong.
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