番外｜「Eddington」里被困住的美国

【聊了什么】

本期节目，我们与播客疲惫娇娃的主播们，聊了Ari Aster的最新电影《爱丁顿》(Eddington)——一部让人看完想骂街，但又忍不住要深度分析的作品。这位以《仲夏夜惊魂》和《遗传厄运》闻名的导演，这次把镜头对准了2020年5月疫情初期的美国小镇，用西部片的外壳包装了一个关于社交媒体如何撕裂社群的恐怖故事。Joaquin Phoenix饰演的老派警长Joe Cross和Pedro Pascal饰演的自由派市长在这个巴掌大的新墨西哥小镇展开政治对决，而真正的赢家却是那个从头到尾都面目模糊的科技巨头——他们要在这里建数据中心。我们从这部极具争议性的电影聊开去，探讨了BLM运动的社交媒体化、取消文化的游戏规则、以及阴谋论如何在小镇邻里间传播。最终发现，当所有人都在网上吵成一团的时候，真正的危机——AI和大科技公司——已经悄悄占领了现实世界。

本期节目录制于2025年9月7日。

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【时间轴】

01:12 - Vibe Shift：从Covid到现在的时代精神转向

03:44 - Ari Aster这一次拍了个什么片？

07:57 - 小镇警长和自由派精英的对决导演拉偏架了吗？

16:57 - BLM运动的社交媒体化和"good trouble"的商品化

23:34 - 社交媒体游戏规则如何让所有人"吃相难看"

35:36 - 创伤如何成为舆论场的货币

40:07 - 小蓝的"假新闻田野调查"

46:31 - 电影结局的虚无主义倾向

49:31 - "SolidGoldMagikarp"彩蛋

53:30 - AI数据中心对美国小镇的真实影响

59:24 - 艺术家有权创作"残忍"艺术吗？

1:11:12 - 爱丁顿里的真实社会议题

【我们是谁】

美轮美换是一档深入探讨当今美国政治的中文播客。

我们的主播和嘉宾：

小华：媒体人

小杨：疲惫娇娃主播

一芳：疲惫娇娃主播

小蓝：新新人类主播

主播和嘉宾的言论不代表其所在机构或其雇主的观点。

【 What We Talked About】

This episode we dove into Ari Aster's latest film "Eddington"—a movie that'll make you want to throw things at the screen, but also can't stop you from obsessively analyzing every frame. The director behind "Midsommar" and "Hereditary" sets his sights on a fictional small American town during the early pandemic chaos of May 2020, wrapping a horror story about social media tearing communities apart in Western film genre. Joaquin Phoenix's old-school sheriff Joe Cross goes head-to-head with Pedro Pascal's liberal mayor in this tiny New Mexico town, while the real winner turns out to be the faceless tech giant that's been planning to build a data center there all along. We used this deeply polarizing film to unpack everything from how BLM got weaponized on social media, to the toxic rules of cancel culture, to how conspiracy theories spread like wildfire through small-town neighbor networks. The ending is both alarming and defeatist: while everyone was busy fighting online, the real crisis—AI and Big Tech—had already quietly taken over.

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【Timeline】

01:12 - Vibe Shift: Zeitgeist transformation from pandemic to now

03:44 - Film plot overview: Political showdown in a New Mexico town

07:57 - Did Ari Aster put his thumb on the scale in the fight between the sheriff and the mayor

16:57 - The social media-ization of BLM and commodification of "good trouble"

23:34 - How social media rules make everyone look bad

35:36 - How trauma becomes currency in the discourse

40:07 - Xiao Lan's "fake news field research"

46:31 - The film's nihilistic ending

49:31 - "SolidGoldMagikarp" Easter egg

52:18 - Real impact of AI data centers on American small towns

59:24 - Do artists have the right to create "cruel" art?

1:11:12 - Real social issues plaiguing today's America in "Eddington"

【Who We Are】

The American Roulette is a podcast dedicated to helping the Chinese-speaking community understand fast-changing U.S. politics.

Our Hosts and Guests:

小华 (Xiao Hua): Journalist, political observer

小杨 (Xiao Yang): Host of 疲惫娇娃 CyberPink

一芳 (Yi Fang): Host of 疲惫娇娃 CyberPink

小蓝 (Xiao Lan): Host of 新新人类 PixelPerfect

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