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米雪兒‧歐巴馬:根除種族主義
●Non-black folks also need to help root out racism, former first lady Michelle Obama said this week while speaking out over the death of George Floyd.
前第一夫人米雪兒‧歐巴馬5月30日回應明尼蘇達州非裔男子佛洛伊德死於警方暴力的事件表示,就算不是非裔也要協助根除種族主義。●Obama expressed grief over the recent killing of Floyd, as well as other black men and women in recent weeks, in a Facebook post on Friday.
米雪兒5月29日在臉書上貼文,稱她和許多非裔男女一樣,對佛洛伊德逝世感到惋惜。
●”Like so many of you, I’m pained by these recent tragedies,” she wrote. “And I’m exhausted by a heartbreak that never seems to stop.”「就像你們許多人一樣,我對近期悲劇感到痛苦」;她寫道:「對於心碎看似從未停歇,令人筋疲力竭。」
●Obama went on to mention Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and Michael Brown.米雪兒接著提及佛洛伊德、(遭警察射殺的無辜26歲非裔女急救員)布琳娜‧泰勒、(遭白人父子追擊槍殺的非裔慢跑男子)艾伯里、(涉嫌販賣私菸而遭警鎖喉亡的非裔男子)加納、(遭警察攔檢入獄後自縊的非裔少女)珊卓拉‧布蘭德,以及(在街上與警方起衝突後遭槍殺的)布朗。
●”It just goes on, and on, and on. Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it,” she wrote. “It’s up to all of us—Black, white, everyone—no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out.”「這些事情一再發生,種族與種族歧視是我們許多人生來學習適應的現實,但若我們希望盡棄前嫌,並非僅靠有色人種來處理」;米雪兒寫道:「這攸關我們所有人,非裔、白人、每一個人,無論我們自認為多麼良善,老實說,根除種族主義都是令人不自在的事。」●She continued, “It starts with selfexamination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.”她接著表示,「這始於自我檢視,聆聽那些與我們不同的聲音,終於正義、同情與憐憫那些出現在我們生命中和街上的人。」●Obama concluded on a hopeful note, saying she prays “we all have the strength for that journey, just as I pray for the souls and the families of those who were taken from us.”米雪兒以希望作結寫道,祈願「我們都在這趟旅行中擁有力量,正如同我為罹難者靈魂及其家屬祈禱。」
●Her statements came as her husband, former President Barack Obama, shared similar sentiments on Twitter.米雪兒的推文與夫婿、前總統歐巴馬在推特的類似觀點相呼應。●”It can’t be ‘normal,’” the former president wrote, speaking about racism in the US. “If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better.”歐巴馬推文寫道,「這(美國的種族主義)不能成為『常態』,如果我們想要孩子在這個奉行最高理想的國度成長,我們必須更好。」
新冠肺炎(COVID-19)席捲全美,戲院紛紛拉下鐵門。片商腦筋動得快,以數位管道發行新片,嘗到甜頭後打算未來改採院線與數位同步上映模式,掀起戲院抵制聲浪,一場娛樂圈內戰就此開打。
開第一槍環球魔髮精靈成功
這場娛樂圈內戰導火線是環球影業(Universal Studios)發行的「魔髮精靈唱遊世界」(Trolls World Tour)。全美新冠肺炎病毒疾病疫情升溫後,環球決定跳過院線,以加值隨選視訊(PVOD)模式推出這部動畫續集。「魔髮精靈唱遊世界」數位發行3周內,美加地區租片次數逼近500萬。扣除數位平台抽成後,環球進帳逾7700萬美元,比2016年首集「魔髮精靈」(Trolls)院線放映近5個月扣除戲院抽成的實際收入還多。
環球影業母公司美國國家廣播環球集團(NBC Universal)執行長薛爾(Jeff Shell)向華爾街日報表示,「魔髮精靈唱遊世界」數位發行表現超乎環球預期,全美戲院恢復營業後,環球打算在院線與數位平台同步推出新片。
違反協定戲院業者大喊封殺
新冠病毒疫情爆發前,好萊塢片商通常要等新片在戲院放映90天後,才能放上數位平台。全美戲院飽受疫情摧殘之際,環球違反君子協定的計畫惹火戲院業者。全球最大連鎖院線AMC娛樂控
股公司(AMC Entertainment Holdings )執行長艾朗(Adam Aron)發表公開信,痛斥環球不顧戲院處境,揚言AMC旗下所有戲院未來不再放映環球發行的電影,其他片商如跟進環球,AMC也將比照辦理。
AMC在美加地區擁有逾600家戲院,艾朗威脅看似嚴厲,但在全美多地居家防疫的狀況之下,戲院即使恢復營業也沒有新片可放的情況下,AMC實際上沒有太多籌碼。美國疫情迅速惡化之下,戲院幾乎全關,北美票房早已停止統計。
原訂3月要上檔的「噤界II」(A Quiet Place Part II)、「花木蘭」( Mulan)等片都都延到夏季,暑期大片檔期也大風吹,普遍移到夏末或年底。