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Chapter 238 The Wave of Orangutans

The successful release of "Planet of the Apes" immediately caused a movie viewing frenzy.

Those who watched the premiere are still shocked by the facts revealed by the movie after returning home. In this movie, people see humans on the road of self-destruction, and the future owner of the earth is likely to be other species. By that time, humans will completely become inferior animals and be slaughtered.

All of this is caused by human greed and cruelty, not natural disasters or other creatures.

One of the critics commented: "Although the film has a very entertaining sense of the packaging and application of suspense, it places the director's political demands in such a futuristic film. The plot of the protagonist being subjected to an unreasonable trial clearly alludes to the McCarthyism's persecution of Hollywood. Although this cloud has been floating above the Dream Factory for more than ten years."

"The film's interpretation of moral redemption, abuse of authority and strict class is surprising, and it secretly criticizes the various disadvantages that are rampant in modern American society."

"However, the success of Planet of the Apes than other films is that it has excellently dissolved the heavy topics it wants to express in fantasy, special effects, adventure and suspense, avoiding the clumsy situation of rigid sermons and self-talk. In fact, this film has long been positioned as a family-friendly film, and it is rare that this type of film can express such political meanings."

Some film critics exclaimed in the newspaper: "Planet of the Apes, the legend of 1960!"

The film critic said: "The film is excellent in both the picture, music, storyline and actors' acting skills. The genius musician Alex personally scored the film, and he wrote, directed and acted by himself, and read half of the work of a film. From this film, we see a future scene of mankind, which is likely to become a reality according to the current international situation!"

"The film uses a perspective-based approach to show the crisis and pathological psychology of human society: the arrogant humans are unwilling to be enslaved by animals because the orangutans are inferior in subconscious mind. This is the common psychological trend of humans and viewers in the movie; what about orangutans? They also think that they are higher and humans are inferior. When they see that humans are actually about to resist, their surprised expressions are no less than those of humans in our reality when they see orangutans rebelling."

Film critics and ordinary audiences have a very good reputation for this film. With their strong recommendations, more people walked into the cinema to watch it, and these people were immediately shocked by the future of humanity described in the film. When they walked out of the cinema, they were still thinking about the last scene: the goddess of liberty collapsed on the beach!

As a result, more people joined the ranks of "Ape Fans", and they wanted to recommend their relatives and friends around them. They even accompanied them to watch it in person several times, and under their influence, more and more people entered the cinema.

The appeal of several actors in this film is not weak, and with the powerful publicity of DreamWorks, the successful initial momentum made the number of viewers snowballed and the growth rate was getting faster and faster. It spread to the whole country like a chain reaction, and then to Europe, America and the whole world.

The box office of this film continues to rise. At first, Alex thought that the box office in the United States would be almost the same as 100 million yuan, but unexpectedly, it had already exceeded 100 million yuan in a month. At this time, the number of viewers was still large, and the attendance rate did not drop much.

As for overseas box office, since statistics from various countries are difficult, they have not yet been counted.

Seeing such a hot reaction, even Alex was shocked. He really didn't expect so many people to come and watch it. In his impression, it would be amazing that this film could have 80 to 90 million.

The orangutan hood in the store suddenly became a best-selling product. Many people would go to buy an orangutan hood after watching the movie. When their friends saw it, they thought the orangutan looked quite fun, so they also bought it to wear it.

These people quickly used this method to identify the other party's identity and gathered together. They were all viewers who had watched "Planet of the Apes" and were very interested in the storylines, world backgrounds, etc. described in the film, so they spontaneously formed a so-called "Ape Fanatic" organization.

Whenever there are demonstrations in various places, you often see a group of people wearing orangutan hoods and holding a banner in their hands. It says: "Apes do not kill apes! Peace is supreme!"

Or lyrics from some Alex songs, etc., and sentences like this. In short, they quickly attracted the attention of the news media and were very eye-catching every time they appeared on the screen.

To add fuel to the fire and stir-fry the wave of apes. Alex suddenly remembered to shoot a very simple MTV. He found several DreamWorks staff and put on makeup to look like orangutans. The makeup props he used were naturally not the head hoods sold in the store, but they were not as troublesome as they were in the movie.

Then he stood in front of the camera wearing a pair of large black wide-edged sunglasses, covered the camera with his hand, and let it go after a few seconds.

Five dancers who had already prepared to dress up as gorillas stood behind him. They all wore sunglasses, looking honest and cute, making people laugh.

Alex sang: "My grandma doesn't want to do it today, so I just want to stay in the quilt, but I just don't want to answer the phone! So you just leave a message. Because I swear, I won't do it today."

"My father raised his feet high, stared at the fan in a daze, turned on the TV, stuffed his hands into his pants and tinkered. Don't tell me that I can't! I will tilt on the sofa, nestle in my warm nest, switch to ABC station, and watch them teach me to dance! Because on my castle, I am Master..."

"My grandma, I don't want to do it today, I just want to stay in the quilt, but I just don't want to answer the phone, so you just leave a message! Because I swear, I don't have to do it today. I don't have to do it! I don't have to do it! I don't have to do it!"

Yes, the song Alex sang is a song by Brother Mars in later generations. This song "The-lazy-song" is a song of Brother Mars' fame. Perhaps the music quality is not as good as his later works, but the song is very interesting. Those who like it will like it in a mess, while those who don't like it will feel boring and have no artistic nature.

Alex remembered that he had played this song because he saw the ape fans wearing orangutan hood in the newspaper. He had a spoof idea and immediately called a few DreamWorks employees to come over. He originally wanted to do it casually, but he didn't expect that they would treat such trivial things as filming a movie.

This is natural, the boss's request. Of course, the people below will do their best to complete it. Especially the boss is still watching in front of him. How could these little people who usually don't see Alex miss such an opportunity? These guys took chicken feathers as command arrows and urgently called the makeup artist who was following Morris to shoot the Apes series movie.

This action not only alarmed DreamWorks, but even Carpenter Records was shocked: "Alex is about to release a new song, why don't we notify us? This is not possible. We must be involved."

Hula, a group of people rushed from the record company all at once, as if they wanted to compete for business with DreamWorks.

Alex's younger brothers and sisters also followed him to see what the song was.

After all, every time Alex makes a move, it can make people refreshed. His songs have been seen as the weather vane of pop songs. Every time a new style of song appears, it will cause a considerable trend in the music industry.

For example, the jazz rock music in "Mom Talks", the electronic music in "Love in My Heart and Mouth", the rap part in "Baby", etc., when they first came out, some of them were not used to it, and some were flocking to it. Gradually, more and more people imitate it, and gradually formed a trend.

His musical works are considered to show a variety of styles and contain elements of various musical genres. Many music critics also praised this. The New York Times music critic once wrote an article saying: "Alex is the most diverse and approachable singer in pop music! Every time his songs are innovative, it will surely lead to a new breakthrough in musical songs."

"Why are everyone here? My song is just singing casually, nothing!" Alex was almost scared by the formation of these people. He really wanted to spoof a song, without considering sales or whether it was popular or not.

"No, I also want to play with an orangutan!"

Karen felt very angry. She felt that there was such a fun thing, so she didn't ask her to come together. Especially after seeing the MTV filmed by Alex and those staff, she became even more angry. Although the MTV effect was very rough and had not been post-processed, just from its funny ingredients, it was very interesting.

Karen has always wanted to participate in this kind of thing. She has been thinking about playing the little gorilla in "Planet of the Apes". Unfortunately, when Alex started filming, she still had something to do and could not participate. Now she has finally found an opportunity, and of course she will not let it go.

"Yes, Alex, since you want to shoot MTV, of course you have to ask us to shoot together. After all, we are the Carpenter brothers and sisters. Although you rarely record records with us during this period, you can't film MTV secretly by yourself!"

Even Richard, a younger brother who acted much more steadily than Karen, was eager to try it out, thinking that this MTV was much happier than the ones he filmed. He was actually not very old, but because he had an older brother like Alex, he put a lot of pressure on him, so he was not active enough in front of others.

Seeing them pestering each other like this, Alex was helpless, so he had to give up the MTV that was almost the same. He started shooting again. Richard and Karen occupied two of the orangutan positions. Even Chuck and Little Richard rushed over and asked for two places.

The rest was taken by Elvis Elvis. He was pulled over by Karen and was also very interested in playing the orangutan.

Now, the team of the MTV is simply amazing. Not to mention Alex himself, they are all worth hundreds of millions of dollars, all of whom have no faces. Even the person who played the landlord aunt is a very famous rock singer like Jerry. He is the only person who has the chance to show his face in the MTV clips except Alex.

Jerry has no interest in playing the orangutan. He has recently caused a huge trouble and has made a mess with marriage issues. Not only do he cheat on it frequently, but he has many illegal marriages. This has caused him to be in trouble and has caused constant trouble. Some critics believe that Jerry's actions have ruined his musical future.

Although he has not been in the rock music industry for a long time, he has a great influence. He has uniquely combined country music with rhythm and blues, his piano style, singing style, and even his lifestyle has influenced his contemporaries and later generations. He has always wanted to be the king of rock music, but this dream has almost been ruined in his own hands.

"Boss, you must pull me! I just need to show my face in your MTV, and I don't ask for anything else!"

Jerry Lee Lewis has been wandering for many years. Not only are she so big, but she is also very thick-skinned. Originally, Alex didn't want to pay attention to this guy. But after a second thought, Jerry has made a lot of money for the record company, so it's reasonable to help with it.

So he asked him to play the female landlord. After he dressed up as a woman, he looked much more pleasing to the eye, which made everyone want to laugh.

In order not to waste the five celebrity effects of playing gorillas, Alext added an extra shot at the end, which was considered a MTV behind-the-scenes footage, asking them to take off their headbands and make a fuss. I believe that those fans who watched MTV and insisted on seeing the end would definitely be scared by the identities of these five superstars in the music industry.

"I originally wanted to shoot a low-cost MTV, but I didn't expect... Alas, I can't even make the appearance fees of those people now!"

Alex felt a little depressed when he saw that things were out of control, but he quickly threw this emotion away. Because it was so fun to shoot MTVs with these group of live treasures, and there were many unexpected events. Sometimes, Karen deliberately came to the front to grab the scene, sometimes, Elvis' dance steps, you could tell that it was Elvis himself, sometimes, Jerry forgot the lines, etc.

In short, working with this group of people who are too familiar with is simply a failure.

They didn't take this MTV seriously at all, and they all played with a short episode of the boring life. Alex didn't take this MTV seriously, but the more he invested, the more he was nervous about the effect of the MTV.

Fortunately, after the filming, he looked at the shooting clip and found that it felt pretty good. Although they don’t use MTV as a job, they still have their own skills after all. They can take a relaxed mood and shoot the filming result is not bad.

After the MTV of "Lazy Song" was filmed, Alex did not make the post-production work very long, and it took it to ABC TV station in a few days. In the lyrics, Alex also specially made an advertisement for ABC TV station, which I believe will have a certain effect.

This song with weird lyrics and light-hearted style quickly attracted people's attention. Originally, Alex thought that there were naturally people who liked it, and there shouldn't be many. After all, this song does not belong to mainstream love songs, nor is it a positive energy song. There should be more people who hate it.

But unexpectedly, after the broadcast of "The Lazy Song", it became popular all of a sudden, and it was also very popular. The hippies, the Beat Generation, the teenagers and other fans were ecstatic about the appearance of this song. Among them, the hippies and the Beat Generation even regarded this song as a song they sang together at the gathering.

If Alex went to attend such a gathering, he would be surprised to see a large group of people gathered together, dancing and singing "The Lazy Song" around a few people wearing orangutan hoodies. This situation seems to be not only in the United States, but also in Europe, which are far away from the ocean.

"The Lazy Song" soon became one of the hippies' cultures. They believed that humans should be lazy, which would be beneficial to people and the earth.

"We would rather lie in bed all day than run to fight with others! The more lazy people, the easier it is to achieve peace!"

These people understand "The Lazy Song" so much, and seem to do this. They are lazy all day long, do nothing, think about anything, and just wander around, eating as much as you have something to eat, and sleeping as you have nothing to eat.

Relatively, people who don’t like this song also hate hippies, thinking they are too negative and lazy, and even calling them parasites in society.

"These people are idle all day long, their bodies are dirty and sloppy. Alas, this generation is completely destroyed!"

Those older generations are very disgusted with the new generation and believe that the United States will eventually be destroyed by these young people. Their views are too extreme. In fact, later American President Bush was also a member of the hippies when he was young. However, Bush finally joined the mysterious organization "Skull and Bones Club", which gave him the capital and connections to participate in politics.

No matter what, this song was still popular all over the sky, which really surprised Alex. However, strictly speaking, this song has a lot of innovations in style, and many sensitive music creators have gained a lot of inspiration from it.

Alex's copycat behavior did not cause harm to the world. In fact, it diversified the works of this era and actively promoted the birth of various talents. Whether in music, novels, or science and technology, his actions gave those professional talents a reference, and drew a lot of nutrition from it and emerged a large number of talents and innovations.
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