disappear into the crowd

Dessie 2022-04-20 09:01:17

Humans are born with two terminal diseases, aging and death. In addition to these two major terminal illnesses, there are also a series of small problems. Such as low self-esteem, loneliness, doubt. It is a pity that our teachers and doctors only care about our minds and bodies, and our hearts have been neglected for so long.
Most people only exist in the people around them in their lives, and no one even finds us sick, old, or dead except for a few people around us. The heroine is a once brilliant person, who is loved by thousands of people. This exacerbated her discomfort in the face of loneliness. I even think that such a person will live as others see her. She is narcissistic, but what she loves is not the current self, but the shadow that existed in the past. She couldn't find her eyes, and she couldn't find herself. How sad? If she was so unreliable when she was young, we would not lament the cruelty of time when she was old. But how do we define aging? My own feeling is that the heroine has never grown up since she was young, and her mind is unable to face an old self. She couldn't find her place in the crowd, so she could only rely on other people's vision, the camera, and the male protagonist.
This story is not just about a sunset and twilight story, but more about reminding people how to face themselves. When we have no appearance, vitality, career, and partner, how should we face that barren self.

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  • Joe Gillis: [Betty is softly crying, facing away from Joe] Stop crying, will you? You're getting married. That's what you wanted.

    Betty Schaefer: I don't want it now.

    Joe Gillis: Why not? Don't you love Artie?

    Betty Schaefer: Of course I love him. I always will. I... I'm not in love with him anymore, that's all.

    Joe Gillis: What happened?

    Betty Schaefer: [She turns and meets his eyes] You did.

    [They kiss]

  • Joe Gillis: A very simple setup. An older woman who's well-to-do. A younger man who's not doing too well.