This documentary withstood great pressure to expose the "wolves of Hollywood" who sexually assaulted more than 100 women for more than 30 years
At the Oscars, there is one person who is thanked as many times as God is, and he is the famous producer - Harvey Weinstein.
As one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, he has successfully created a series of well-known films and has also won countless international superstars.
Many of these actresses, such as "Big Cousin" Jennifer Lawrence, "Pepper" Gwyneth Paltrow and others, have behaved intimately to thank him.
Even Meryl Streep, who is internationally renowned, did not shy away from saying in public: Harvey, is my god.
However, it is such a producer who is regarded as the "god of Hollywood" by many actresses, but was accused of sexual assault by another group of women in their real names.
What is even more shocking is that since Weinstein worked, he has never stopped assaulting women, and some media have counted that there are hundreds of women who have accused him of sexual assault in their real names alone.
But these ugly crimes he committed were covered up for more than 30 years before they were revealed to the world.
那么，这个“好莱坞之狼”韦恩斯坦为何敢如此猖狂，受害者们又为何会如此沉默，揭发者们又是抱有何种心态、排除了怎样的磨难，才最终披露这场轰动全球的“性丑闻”？
These questions can be found in the movie "She Said" based on the Winnstein incident, which can find thought-provoking answers.
First, I can make them or I can destroy you
As the center of world cinema, Hollywood has unparalleled star-making ability, which makes a large number of young actors flock to this "dream factory" every year with star dreams.
As a top player in this vanity fair, Weinstein can legitimately reach many young and beautiful dream-chasing women.
From the accounts of the victimized women, we can clearly glimpse Weinstein's usual cajoling routine.
先是打着工作的幌子，把初出茅庐的年轻女演员们骗到住处，并以身心疲惫为借口，要求对方为其按摩。
At the same time, Weinstein will mention as many actresses as possible that he has previously made popular.
And borrow their experience of becoming popular to make the young women who are alone with him believe that he can make anyone he wants popular.
The implication is that I can complete them in one wave and destroy you with ease.
Faced with the temptation of fame and fortune and the oppression of power, these young women who are not deeply involved in the world will unknowingly fall into the "law of survival" designed by Weinstein.
And this law follows the robber logic of the weak to unconditionally obey the strong.
After a series of PUAs, Weinstein would take further assaults on the limbs.
At this time, women whose psychological defenses have been broken can only experience Weinstein's transformation from "Hollywood God" to "Hollywood Wolf" in fear and despair.
It is such a routine that Weinstein has repeatedly used for more than 30 years, accumulatively violating more than 100 young women who are chasing dreams in the film industry, which simply brings human bestiality to the extreme.
Some people may ask, can he do evil for more than 30 years, is his routine very clever?
The answer given by the film is clear, and it really is not.
Second, the shouts are useless, no one is listening
What can help Weinstein get out has never been those barbaric routines, but the powerful capital power behind him.
The formidable power protected his thoroughness, and the women who were victimized could only remain silent in great pain.
Because they know that exposing Weinstein's crimes on their own is tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble. After all, at opposite ends of the power scale, they are zero and Weinstein is ten.
And the film "She Said" will cause a huge sensation around the world precisely because it focuses on how Weinstein used his power to commit sexual assault and cover up crimes.
Weinstein will use the producer's power to open up relationships.
As long as he gives an order, the women who resist his aggression will be easily abandoned by the crew, and even have to leave the film industry and transfer to other industries.
Actress Ashley Judd, the first actress to report Weinstein's sexual assault under her real name, and another Asian American victim made it clear in interviews that instinctive resistance ruined their careers.
He will also use the resources at his disposal to make deals with media outlets that want to expose his scandals, and as long as the other party promises not to report news related to him, he will give him various opportunities to visit big-name stars.
If not, he will also use various relationships to probe the internal scandals of the other party as a bargaining chip to restrain the other party.
NBC had been investigating Weinstein's sex scandal as early as around 2014, but after learning that the same scandal existed within NBC, he threatened the TV station not to publish any reports about him.
In addition, strong capital strength also makes Weinstein obsessed with the road of "breaking wealth and eliminating disasters".
To avoid scandals, he frequently used "hush money" to silence victims, and, to ensure that victims remained silent, he paid legal agencies to help him develop confidentiality agreements.
He can even pay off private agents, police officers, and other staff who appear to be upholding fairness and justice, so that they can force victims and investigators to recognize reality.
The gap in power and money deprives the women of the opportunity to resist. In this way, their voices become useless shouts that no one hears.
Third, women are not the only ones who help women
Although "She Said" was released after Weinstein was arrested, the film did not make the plot exciting.
Instead, it uses as many plots as possible to restore the psychological torture endured by the victims after the incident, as well as the various difficulties and threats experienced by the two female journalists in the process of investigating the incident.
Fortunately, when all women are united, these oppressions from "men and power" eventually become paper tigers for decoration.
There are two details in the film that make Tomato Jun quite moved.
The first detail is that subject to Weinstein's threats, the first reaction of most victimized women to receive an investigation call is to quickly hang up, and only one sentence can make them instantly put away their psychological defenses.
This is the saying: We can't change what happened to you in the past, but we can borrow your experience together to help and protect others.
The women who are in the quagmire because of their own experiences are trying to protect other girls from the same abuse as themselves, and finally decide to reveal the secrets hidden in their hearts.
The second detail is that due to Weinstein's repeated intimidation, the two female journalists investigating the matter repeatedly fell into psychological anxiety and fear.
But when they asked each other if they had ever regretted being involved in this huge maelstrom, their answer was overwhelmingly affirmative, never regretted it.
Because, as women, each with their own daughters, they have all made up their minds to make the world safer and better.
Similar to the help between these women, there is a lot more in the film, but Weinstein's ugly deeds can finally be successfully exposed, and it is not the efforts of these women alone.
This is clearly glimpsed at the end of the film.
At the moment of the Weinstein scandal, the people in front of the computer were of different genders, different ages and different skin colors.
It is with the joint efforts of these different groups of people that the women who are burdened with pain and stress are finally able to breathe.
It is precisely because of the existence of these people that women in this world believe that it is never only women who can help women, but everyone including different groups of people.
Conclusion: Hear her say
The name of the film is "She Says", but it is more important to hear and value women's voices than to encourage victims to speak out about their personal experiences.
Otherwise, the courageous resistance of the victims can only be reduced to cannon fodder in the ignorance or bystanders of the outside world.
In fact, for more than 30 years, not no one dared to come forward to expose Weinstein's crimes, but their voices have been put on the entertainment page of tabloid media more than once as gossip for readers' entertainment.
Rather than seriously criticizing the perpetrators, people seem to be more willing to speculate maliciously on the victims.
Similarly, in real life, there are many phenomena that ignore the cries of victims.
Another obvious example is "Shame of Japan" that Tomato-kun shared with you before.
When Shiori Ito withstood all kinds of pressure and used the help of foreign media to expose her own aggression, did many people say that she was trying to gain fame?
It has to be said that the ugliness of the victims by the outside world has indeed hindered the victims' resistance to a large extent.
And the reason why Tomato Jun shared "She Said" with everyone again is to spread a value that is as tolerant as possible, so that more people can hear the cry of women.
After all, as half the sky of this society, women's voices deserve to be heard by all.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Office: Zihan)