Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"These are the biscuits I baked. Ronald said that you need to exercise to gain muscle and act as a superwoman, so you should not be afraid of getting fat." After dinner, Aunt Karen handed over a box of biscuits that she baked by herself. , tied with a red ribbon, and presented to Helen Slater.

"Thank you, Karen," Helen took the biscuits, thanked them, and put away the small box.

"More, Aunt Karen's cookies are delicious." Ronald grabbed another handful of cookies, wrapped them in paper and put them in Helen's pocket.

"It's okay, Helen. The biscuits my mom bakes are not high in calories, unlike other people's houses that are full of sugar and butter, and Diane eats them often, so she won't gain weight," Donna said.

"I'll take Helen back to her father's house first." Ronald got up and put on his coat. Winters in New York are colder than in Los Angeles.

"Stop driving, call a taxi." Seeing Ronald drank a lot of red wine, Auntie got up and called a yellow taxi.

Helen put on a scarf and kissed Karen and Donna goodbye.

"This small box is beautiful, but I can't eat more." Helen put the small box in her bag in the car, then took a loose biscuit from her pocket and carefully bit half of it.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, if you go to London to exercise, you have to eat a lot of high-protein and high-starch foods." Ronald advised Helen to eat more.

"You don't know, it's very troublesome to be an actor to control your body. I'm getting fat now by eating anything." Helen pinched the flesh on her face in distress.

"I think you're even a little skinny, even by the standards of a widescreen anamorphic lens."

"Hahaha... how are you?"

Now, the average medium-sized film in Hollywood is a 1.85:1 widescreen, while the blockbuster movies often use a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, which stretches the actors more horizontally and has many strange distortions. . Very thin people will also look fat on the anamorphic screen.

Ronald deliberately said that Helen wasn't fat enough on the Transformers screen, and let her eat healthy.

"Your aunt's baked biscuits are still delicious, and she made the box beautiful." Helen finally ate another small cookie, very satisfied.

"She wanted to give you the biscuits as a Christmas present, but she knew you were Jewish, so she simply wrapped it."

"Well, then I'll take this as a Christmas present,

When I was a kid, I went to a mixed school on Long Island. All my classmates had Christmas gifts, but I didn't have them. I've always been envious. "

"Okay, I'll give you a double Christmas gift to make up for what you didn't receive before." Ronald said, took out a small box and handed it to Helen.

"It's so beautiful." Helen opened the box and saw a pair of shiny earrings. She took out the vanity case and put them on in the mirror for a while.

"Ronnie, thank you." Helen hugged Ronald's shoulder and was very happy.

"Helen, you are so beautiful today." Ronald hugged Helen and kissed his lips.

The two kissed quickly, and Helen gently pushed Ronald away for fear that the driver in front would see it.

"I said beauty, are you an actor? I know a lot of people and can introduce you. The most important thing in this circle is relationship."

It may be that after hearing what Ronald said in the movie before, Helen said that the actor was going on a diet or something, the South Asian taxi driver who was driving suddenly interjected and accosted Helen.

"Huh?" Ronald was surprised, not expecting the curry-accented driver to feel so good.

"She's already an actress, so don't bother you." Ronald put his arms around Helen's shoulder and kissed Helen again, declaring his sovereignty.

"Then you must be a bad actor. What movies and TV shows have you acted in? Tell me two and let me hear them."

"..."

"Can't tell? You are an unsuccessful actor at first glance. Tell you, the most important thing for an actor is relationship. You can't play any role without relationship. If you have relationship, you can also play the lead role."

Ronald frowned and was a little impatient. The driver was too blind, and even flirted with his girlfriend Helen in front of him.

Helen took La Ronald's arm, signaling him not to get mad at boring people.

"Why don't you date me at Christmas. I know a lot of bigwigs in the entertainment industry. I'll introduce you to play the heroine of a TV series."

"Hey, are you blind? I'm his boyfriend, do you want to compete with me?" Ronald patted the front seat, then snapped his fingers.

"There is no need to resort to violence, my friend. Mahatma Gandhi taught us that violence is not good, either for the individual or the nation."

The driver, who spoke with a curry accent, immediately changed the subject, "I just think your girlfriend can play the heroine. I really know a lot of insiders."

"Who do you know?" Helen interrupted to prevent Ronald from continuing to be angry.

"George Hamilton, do you know him? The star of the TV series 'Root', the last time he was in New York, the crew lacked a driver, and he hired me as a temporary driver. I tell you, he is a very good person, I I beg him, your girlfriend must have a chance to be a TV actress."

"Pfft..." Ronald couldn't help laughing, saying for a long time that he was a delusional person. And yes, not all New York cab drivers are showbiz like Diane Lane's dad.

"Do you really know Hamilton, the star of 'Root'? Then you are very good." Helen also held back her laughter and slapped Ronald's hand.

"That's, let me tell you, this TV series is very profound..." The driver boasted to himself.

Ronald was reminded of this TV series, which is about the journey of black people who were captured by slave traders from Africa to North America. He and his descendants have always hoped to find their roots. When it was released, it caused a burst of ratings and discussions.

"Don't know where your roots are?" Ronald thought.

The car finally arrived at the high-end apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Ronald and Helen got off the car. Ronald deliberately only tipped the driver the minimum amount, but the South Asian driver thanked him happily and left.

"Hahaha..." Helen couldn't help laughing, she had been in the car for a long time.

In the lobby of the apartment, a figure was waiting for his daughter's arrival. Hearing Helen's voice, he walked out of the lobby.

"Mr. Slater." Ronald passed Helen's hand to her father.

"Helen is going to London soon. You can spend more time with her when you have time." Seeing the earrings Helen was wearing, Gerald Slater nodded to Ronald and explained a few words.

"Bye!" Helen and Ronald kissed, bid farewell to her boyfriend, and entered her father's house.

...

"Aunt, what ethnicity am I? What country did my father and mother's family immigrate from?" Back home, Ronald asked Aunt Karen.

"Why do you care about this?" Aunt Karen was a little surprised. She had just let Donna go to bed, and she was drinking tea leisurely after cleaning up the room.

"Helen told me she was Jewish, and I was surprised. I never thought she was Jewish. She didn't look like a typical Jew either.

Then, I ran into a South Asian driver on the road, so I got interested in where I came from. "

"I don't know much about your father's family history except that he was born near New Haven, Connecticut, New England.

Your mother and I are both New York natives, with ancestors said to date back to English immigrants in the eighteenth century. But since your grandfather's father started relocating to Staten Island, he lost contact with his old relatives. "

"What? We're not from Staten Island?"

Aunt Karen shook her head, "No, your grandfather's family was originally from Manhattan. When he died, my sister, your mother, went to the Manhattan family to find relatives, but no longer knew Parker there. people."

"Oh, why did Grandpa move to Staten Island back then?"

"I don't know. Your mother seems to know the reason, but she doesn't want to tell me. It must be something unpleasant." Aunt Karen didn't know either.

"Your grandmother's family is a native of Staten Island. Their family is of German and Irish descent. It seems that there are some ancestors of the hair country. This is the case in America. The people of the old world have merged into a new nation in the new world .

In America, people should be judged for their goodness, not their race. Incoming New York Governor Mario Cuomo is Italian, and New York Mayor Koch is Jewish.

People's birth does not represent their final evaluation, Ronnie my dear. "

Ronald nodded. Aunt Karen was very open about these things. I guess she didn't say that her girlfriend was Jewish, even if she brought a black man back, it would be fine.

Considering the relatively conservative atmosphere of Staten Island, this may have something to do with the family education of my grandfather.

"Is Grandpa Parker's family so open to race?"

"Yeah, we Parker are Quakers. You know the Quakers were the first to support racial equality. Pennsylvania was named after an aristocrat named Bin, who were Quakers, who stood for peace and equality.

Donna's middle school history textbook has it. "

Aunt Karen got up and brought Ronald a cup of tea, "I have to go to bed early, don't make it too late."

Ronald kissed his aunt on the cheek, sitting on the sofa in the living room and thinking.

He still couldn't help but want to know where his roots were.

The mother's side is the winning mixed race of the Quakers. I don't know what race my father is, and where did he come from in this life? Who were you in your past life? Why is there such a wonderful connection between the two?

"In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will go to the New England area to the north to see what life is like in my father's place."