Exploitation Hollywood 1980

Ronald asked Gene carefully before he knew what his plan was.

It turns out that Jean's neighbors are actually very unfriendly to him. His mother is a dealer, and as a dancing b-boy, many neighbors know that he is gay.

During this period, Gene only appeared at home on weekends. Many people called him a fag. On weekdays, he worked as a midnight cowherd and earned money to buy new clothes.

Gene tried his best to confess, saying that he was on a film crew filming a movie and would soon become a movie star. Lucy also testified for him.

But none of the black boys in the neighborhood believed what he said. They would rather believe in their own imaginary story about Midnight Cowherd than believe that the boy they laughed at would become a black-skinned John Travolta.

Driven by his pride, Gene invited everyone to his home for his birthday and wanted his colleagues to testify for him. However, he did not expect that everyone's fear of various legends in Harlem would lead to today's embarrassing scene.

Ronald said he would go back with him and identify himself to his neighbors.

"It's useless, Ronnie. It's not that I don't believe in your kindness to me. It's just that these "brothers" only believe in their own ideas. Unless I can invite a few white girls to the party, they will think that I am

Really stood out.”

Ronald patted him on the shoulder, comforted Gene, and the two walked out of the shooting scene together.

Alan Parker saw the crowd's indifference to Gene and Ronald's comfort to him. "Where is the shooting list for tomorrow?" He turned back and shouted to the assistant director.

…

"Our movie will start shooting in Europe next month. If you are willing, you can audition for the heroine with me. I think you are very talented."

"Antonia!" Ronald called to Antonia who was avoiding harassment by a man on the road, "Want to help?"

The man, who was obviously of Italian origin, took out a business card and handed it to Ronald: "Don't get me wrong, I'm a director and I just want to find your friend to make a movie. I don't mean any harm."

"If you are a film director, you should know not to contact actors directly, but to contact their agents." Ronald smiled coldly, tore the business card into pieces and threw it on the ground.

Gene caught up from behind, surrounded the man's back, and made a muscle-flexing movement.

Seeing that he might be outmatched, the man started to back away: "No, I don't mean any harm, I just want to invite your friends to make a movie." Then he turned around and walked away quickly.

"fuxk you" Gene gestured to him.

"Antonia, are you okay? How could this happen? Isn't this the plot of a movie? Does this person want to find you to make that kind of movie?" Ronald was a little dumbfounded. Who knew that the plot of the movie could actually happen in reality?

In life.

"This has always been our daily life. This place is very close to Times Square. I used to meet them often when I was studying at the Performing Arts College next door.

They will follow you all the way home, and they won’t use force. They will just keep tempting you. If you want to be famous and fall for their tricks, it will be similar to Coco in the movie.”

"Why, did you also go to a performing arts college? Why didn't I know that?"

"Remember when I told you that I was in 'Grease'? I was one of 10 dancers selected in New York. I was only 16 years old and I had a friend make a fake birth certificate for the movie.

…”

Antonia was particularly talkative when she saw Ronald, and the two of them and Jean walked along the road to the parking lot.

"...I danced very well, and they added a role for me. I danced behind them in the graduation prom scene of the male and female protagonists.

...Then "Grease" came out, and the performing arts college found out that I was secretly working on a film crew while I was studying, so they fired me. I also got a scholarship to an American ballet school and used the film's salary to pay for my living expenses."

When they reached the spot where Ronald parked his car, the three of them found Lucy again. It turned out that she had also come out to find Jean. The four of them looked at each other and laughed, and Ronald proposed to have dinner together again to celebrate Jean's birthday.

"You will succeed, Gene. I feel this movie will be a big hit." Antonia comforted him after knowing that Gene was being treated coldly.

"Why do you think this movie will be a hit?" Ronald asked.

"I can feel the real power of others. Director Allen is very good at distinguishing what plots are real and what plots are fake and fabricated. I feel that the movie will be popular."

"Cheers!" Gene was very happy, picked up the Coke and clinked glasses with everyone. Now he likes to hear this.

"What do you think, Ronnie? Can our movie be a hit?" Gene was still the most convinced of Ronald.

"I don't know if the movie will be a hit, but most of the people who come to see this kind of movie come for the hot dance songs. The dance we shot today was very exciting, so the box office should be good." Rona

De picked up a piece of food and put it in his mouth.

"In the movie 'Rock of Ages' I participated in, every time the Ramones started playing, the audience started clapping and stamping their feet." Ronald took another sip of Coke.

"Many viewers still come to see exciting things. For example, powerful songs they have never heard before, and hot dances they have never seen before. This way they can tell which song and which dance are good when they go back and recommend it to their friends."

"For example, I can tell you now, which theme song by the Ramones in 'Rock and Roll High School' is good, and the female students dance well in the gymnastics room, which is worth watching. Then they will also say

, that dance in the Famous Restaurant was great.”

"Then let's go and see it. We didn't see it last time we wanted to see it," Antonia said.

"4 tickets to 'Rock 'n' Roll High.'"

"Here you go" the conductor handed out four coupons from the window.

"Are there many people watching?" Ronald wanted to inquire about the box office situation.

"Listen for yourself." The conductor pointed towards the hall.

There was a rumble of stamping feet, and then another burst of cheers.

Is it so popular? It’s so exciting. Ronald thought to himself that his share seemed to be promising.

When the show for the four of them started, they sat in the screening room with Coke and popcorn.

The "Vince Lombardi High School" sign at the beginning was taken by Ronald and Cameron together. The sun shines on the teaching building, and director Alan Aikush funnyly dubbed the bird's call, as if to say

"cheap! cheap!", satirizing Roger Corman's stinginess.

Ronald burst out laughing so loudly that he drew glares from the surrounding audience. This guy was probably not mentally retarded because he giggled at the beginning.

"Ah, this is so beautiful." Antonia couldn't help but say it when the scene of the rebellious girl Liv and the academic Kate walking in the sunset, directed by Ronald, was shown.

"Hahaha... Is that you with this mustache? It's so funny, Ronald, you're not my type." Gene shouted exaggeratedly.

"Boom, the roof was finally blown off, and the principal was so angry that he fainted." The three people and the audience screamed and cheered together.

Ronald, who has watched it countless times, doesn't feel much about it, but seeing everyone's love for certain parts of the show, Ronald is quite happy.

"Ronald, that's your name, look." Antonia shook his arm and pointed to the special thanks on the screen.

"I also want to leave my name on the screen." This is what Gene said.