Author: Li Xiaotian
At 22:49 on December 8, 1980, rock musician John Lennon, a member of the British rock band "Beatles", was shot dead by a fanatical male fan, Mark Chapman, in front of his apartment in New York, at the age of 40.
Man sits in his home, and evil comes from heaven.
John Lennon did nothing, just in his apartment, only to be suddenly eaten back by his own crazy fans, causing shock to the world.
Lennon is not alone in such a thing.
On the evening of June 10, 2016, Christina Grimmie, a 22-year-old American singer, was shot and killed by a 27-year-old man, Kevin Loibl, after her performance in Orlando. It is reported that Kevin is a crazy fan of Guimi, and even has plastic surgery in order to win Guimi's heart. As for Guimi, she won the third place in the 6th season of "The Voice of America", and the original star was bright.
On the evening of April 10, 2018, Samira Sindhu, a popular female singer from Pakistan, was invited to attend an event and perform. While Samira sang, three male fans threw banknotes in front of the stage according to local customs. Later, they asked her to stand up and sing, but because Samira was pregnant at the time, they refused the request, and one of the fans was furious, pulled out a gun, and shot at Samira. As a result, Samira was taken to the hospital, and after ineffective rescue, the doctor found that the fetus in her abdomen was 8 months old. The tragedy of one corpse and two lives was thus staged.
Such examples, not too many. When fans go crazy, it is easy to trigger terrible things, not only eating up idols, but also devouring themselves.
Such an event, in the film and television culture, also has a very vivid interpretation.
An earlier example is "Ten Days of Danger," released in 1990, about an avid book fan who, for the sake of his favorite book characters, launches a crazy revenge on his idol, the author of the novel, and he has to put him to death.
Based on the novel of the same name by horror fiction master Stephen King, actress Kathy Bates won the 63rd Academy Award for Best Actress for her crazy and capricious performance of fanatical fans.
The closest point is the 2019 film Mania, starring John Travolta and directed and written by "Soft Cookies" lead singer Fried Durst, a self-written and self-directed film based on real events he himself experienced years ago. The film tells the story of a crazy bastard who, out of his passion for idols, has done all kinds of outrageous things, causing the idol and his own life to fall into chaos.
Similar films include the Bollywood work "Brain Dead Powder" released in China, and Hollywood's "Deadly Movie Fans".
These events of John Lennon, as well as films such as "Ten Days of Danger", whether they are real events or literary and artistic works, have been interpreted many times, and it is said that they can give people deep thoughts. Unfortunately, however, the development of society is not always progressive. The same thing happens again and again.
The latest example, as we all saw, is the rumbling of #Xiao Zhan fans reporting the AO3# incident. As for the process, needless to say, it is the crazy Xiao Zhan fans who went to report the fandom culture website AO3, which then triggered a crusade from all walks of life for reporting vices, which quickly evolved into a social storm.
Some people say that the reason why this incident is so hot is because the enterprise has not started, the school has not opened, everyone is idle, and the whole event must come out.
But things have been made so big, for Xiao Zhan, who is in the storm, it is actually innocent. Under the ravages of the new crown epidemic, he is like the public, isolating himself at home and being himself safely. Even, for the Wuhan epidemic, he also made donations, dedicated his love, and led fans to make contributions.
Unexpectedly, people sit at home, and the pot comes from heaven. Because of the irrationality of fans, the result began to regurgitate Xiao Zhan, which had a huge impact on Xiao Zhan's personal image.
Like any storm in nature, no matter how powerful the storm is, there will be a storm eye where everything is calm and everything is fine. Xiao Zhan, in this storm, is the eye of the storm. Sitting in it, quietly watching everything outside of him, except for making a reasonable apology in the name of the studio, can only be somewhat powerless not knowing what to do, worthy of sympathy.
As for the whistleblowing of the power, it directly destroys a subcultural ecology, and the result is, of course, severe criticism. But not all criticism is rational. In particular, some self-media, in order to win traffic, directly point the spearhead at Xiao Zhan, carry out various criticisms, and even insults, which is really undesirable.
A young idol, suddenly popular, will always attract people's attention, and trigger all kinds of unhappiness, all kinds of criticism, all kinds of prejudice. In fact, the popularity of idols is due to the efforts of individuals and the promotion of the market, and both are indispensable. It's not fair to just splash dirty water on idols. As for how long idols can be popular, whether the strength can be confirmed, it takes time and natural precipitation. Looking at people red, just bite a few bites, scold a few words, this kind of squinting eyes at people can only highlight the critic's own small gesture.
Without saying Xiao Zhan, look at Li Yuchun, you will know.
Li Yuchun, as the 2005 "SuperWoman Champion", became a hit. What is interesting is that while the "corns" have been holding Li Yuchun, criticism from the self-media has always bothered her. If nothing else, just because of Li Yuchun's sudden popularity, just because she has traffic, just because she is not happy to see her.
Li Yuchun, who is difficult to argue, can only be himself silently, and has been adhering to his image of a simple singer for many years and maintaining an initial heart. Finally, ten years later, until 2015, after Li Yuchun appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala to play a song, she was officially recognized by the mainstream, the dirty water splashed on her was gradually eliminated, the prejudice finally disappeared, and the media finally praised more than criticized.
Now, Xiao Zhan is in the limelight because of the "Chen Qing Ling", which brings huge commercial value, which is determined by the market. As for how far Xiao Zhan can go, it is Xiao Zhan himself who decides. Now that there is such a farce, in fact, neither the market nor Xiao Zhan wants to see it. Fans who believe in sanity don't want to see it either.
Chasing stars requires reason, and the crazy behavior of crazy fans is first devoured by themselves. The example given at the beginning of this article is that, without exception, every crazy fan will face severe legal sanctions. Whoever plays with fire will set himself on fire, and that's it.
As for the unscrupulous self-media who use human blood steamed bread as rations, they still have to be a little self-aware, and they must throw dirty water at all costs, and in the end, they must lose their credibility and bury themselves.
Since then, it must be said that this Xiao Zhan fan incident has clearly stood on xiao Zhan's side! I hope that he can look at all this in front of him more calmly, be tempered in the chaos, and complete the transformation in the state of abiding by the original intention, transforming from a youth idol into a powerful acting school, becoming another long-red Li Yuchun.