Woody Allen's new film "Blue Jasmine" is about a girl named Jasmine. Before graduating from college, she met a man who is willing to spoil her and can provide a luxurious life, so she didn't hesitate to let it go. She never cared. After studying in college, he washed his feet and went to the city to live an upper-class life.
Chanel, Prada, Fendi, LV, Dior, all the beautiful clothes that women dream of can be chosen at will, and the husband is gentle and considerate. What he has to do every day is to hold a glass of martini in his right hand and look at his husband affectionately at the banquet. Flirt with other women and get yourself some jewelry when you get home. They are all private clubs, undeveloped resorts, and there are no diaosi. Jasmine lives the life of her dreams, but discovers her husband's affair one after another.
The same plot also appeared in another movie "Growing Up Education", but this can be regarded as the primary version of "Blue Jasmine". It is also a handsome, handsome and rich man with a lot of money and infatuation. Jenny, a 16-year-old girl who has not graduated from high school with her dream of living an upper-class life; the difference is that the girl Jenny in this movie is not as lucky as Jasmine. After she made her wish to go to Paris, when she hoped to make a promise, she found out that this was a "recidivist" who had a family and often cheated girls outside.
The same Cinderella looks so proud because of her ideals, and can be appreciated by tall, handsome and rich, but also because of her distinctive temperament and natural beauty, but when the colorful life balloons are blown, they also do different options.
It's not that Molly doesn't know about her husband's affair, it's just that she chooses to run away, she ignores him when he flirts with his secretary; she ignores him when he hooks up with a friend's wife; she just asks when he's dating their personal trainer But she easily believed his explanation... Until one day, her friend told her that everyone knew about your husband's affair. I thought you would find out sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to take so long. The misfortune of being exposed is the most unbearable for a person who loves vanity; she lost her temper when she came home, but only got a complete confession from her husband - let's divorce, I fell in love with that little Parisian girl, I to marry her. The servant of that friend's house, the underage Parisian girl, is about to take her place as "the other she" - another high-ranking successful Cinderella.
In "Growing Up Education", Jenny also faced the pain of waking up from a beautiful dream. She picked up the lost textbook and returned to the place where it should have been. The humiliation of her classmates and her wasteful studies were not the reason for her to escape from reality. After all, she was still too immature and had no choice but to admit it. Fortunately, she was still young.
Jasmine reported her husband to the FBI, the shrewd and charitable rich man, who instantly became a big liar. Although the movie does not clearly explain what kind of scam his husband is engaged in, it is estimated that it is similar to a Ponzi scheme. The government confiscated all their property, luxury houses, jewelry, furs, etc. The husband who slammed the door and went to spend the rest of his life with the little girl in Paris was arrested on the street, and she was also living on the street and had to sleep with her sister who was a cashier in a supermarket. Family.
Jasmine of "Tiger Falls Pingyang" once hoped to step into the upper circle again by herself, but found that even a job like a front desk clerk is difficult for her. She signed up for an amateur computer training class and fantasized about becoming an interior decorator, but she found that the computer thing had nothing to do with her, and she couldn't understand it.
A man has become the lifesaver for her down-and-out life. At a party that was not very popular, Jasmine successfully attracted a rich and single man with her good looks. Everything seems to have turned a corner, and the phoenix can fly back to the branches again. Unfortunately, on the street where I went to a jewelry store to buy an engagement ring, I met my ex-brother-in-law who was cheated of 200,000 by myself and my ex-husband. The lie was pierced once again, and the plan of the sparrow to become a phoenix again was shattered.
Jenny in "Growing Up Education" started to study again. Her intelligence and hard work did not fail her again. Although the story did not tell us her future life, she told us that there are no shortcuts in life.
Jasmine is also a smart woman, and she has tried her best to live on the ground, but she couldn't keep going. When choosing that shortcut to "happiness", perhaps because she was so lucky that she never thought about the possible price to pay, so between pride and reality, she chose her pride and ruined that superficial luxury. She thought that at least she could get her inner fulfillment in return. She didn't think that this kind of life, even if it was seen as a joke, was at least beautiful for her, and she couldn't give up. What pride brought her was a down-and-out life and the Xianglinsao-style remorse who kept mumbling to herself.
Whether it's in fairy tales or Cinderella in Korean dramas, what they never told us is that if you want anything, you have to exchange innocence; if you have nothing to rely on, you have to let go of your pride.
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