[The "cat killing" incident in "The Mistress of the House" is trapped in "Rashomon", no animal should "sacrifice for art"] Recently, a scene in the period TV series "The Mistress of the House" in whi...
[The "cat killing" incident in "The Mistress of the House" is trapped in "Rashomon", no animal should "sacrifice for art"] Recently, a scene in the period TV series "The Mistress of the House" in which a kitten was poisoned has caused controversy. Many netizens suspected that the crew tortured and killed the kitten for the filming. After the situation completely escalated, the crew released videos and interviewed the cat owner to prove that the kitten was still safe and healthy. However, netizens did not buy it. The crew has reported the case and will pursue the criminal responsibility of those who spread the rumors.
It is not uncommon for animals to die or be injured in film and television dramas. Why did "The Housewife" cause such strong indignation? Firstly, it is because the scenes of cats being poisoned, struggling to fall from the table to the ground, vomiting blood and dying in the film and television drama are too real. Many netizens with experience in raising pets and those engaged in animal medicine said that such a reaction of the cat is absolutely abnormal; secondly, although the crew produced some videos and materials to prove that the kitten was still alive in the face of public inquiry, they have not produced the most direct and powerful proof - the footage of the kitten standing up or making some movements at the end of the filming. And its existing evidence has encountered many doubts. For example, some people used video software to analyze frame by frame and believed that the action of the cat licking blood-colored syrup in the behind-the-scenes video was suspected to be a pornographic picture. Another example is that the cat in the drama is a female cat, but the cat owner later brought it out for an interview. It was a male cat... The attitude of the drama series is ambiguous, and netizens cannot trust it at all. The incident fell into a "Rashomon" where everyone has different opinions, and the rating of the drama also fell below 3 points amid the controversy.
Why do netizens have such deep suspicion? Because domestic film and television dramas do a very poor job in protecting animal rights. The director of the TV series "Dog King" once revealed that in order to make the performance more realistic, he blew up a well-trained military dog that had repeatedly performed meritorious service. Not only did he not feel shameful, but he also regarded it as an honor in his words; and the director of the movie "Sad Brook", in order to pursue the "realistic effect" of the filming, pushed a horse off a cliff and fell to death. How cruel! Yu Zheng's previous hit drama "Story of Yanxi Palace" was once suspected by netizens of killing a monk parrot, a second-level national protected animal... It is precisely because the domestic film and television drama industry generally has a weak awareness of respecting life and protecting animals, with numerous "criminal records", and the relevant laws and regulations are still blank to this day, so everyone is so anxious to get angry and worry about the fate of the kitten.
