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■Sai played by Streep The appearance of Mrs. Chell waving her arms to turn the tide may become the most brilliant picture of this year's Oscars, but the life of the heroine in reality is not so beautiful.
■With such a controversial character as the protagonist, it is no wonder that "Iron Lady" will receive mixed reviews. Although the right-wing newspaper praised the film as "unparalleled," the left-wing newspaper relentlessly criticized it as "deadly boring."
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movie "Iron Lady" will not sell its first movie ticket in London until January 6, but the British have long read it in the newspapers Film review. Interestingly, most of the writers are Britain’s top current political commentators.
But they are still anxious. Martin Keitel, a critic of the British "Guardian", even listed this as his 2012 New Year's resolution: "Avoid simple labelling in comments, even for Mrs. Thatcher. People with a stereotyped image.” It
is not easy to define Thatcher. In 1979, she was elected as the first female prime minister in British history. She was elected for two consecutive terms and was in power for 11 years. During this period, she pushed Britain to the forefront of the times with a tough attitude of "no compromise". Thatcher has become an indispensable term in the history of the 20th century-Thatcherism, Thatcher policy, the Thatcher era. British media have commented that, "Although Thatcher only 11 years, but her influence would have been for decades."
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However, the female director, Felida Lloyd, who made this politically motivated movie, did not have experience in shooting such political movies. Before that, she had only shot the movie "Mamma Mia" based on the Broadway classic musical. ! ".
When she called her old partner Meryl Streep to invite the Oscar queen to play the leading role, Streep also hesitated. Because she is sure that, as an American, playing such a classic image in British history will definitely arouse criticism from the British.
"But my advantage is that I am an outsider. Just like Margaret Thatcher, in her world, she will always be an outsider. Whether it is her personal life or political party work, she always appears in her Where it belongs." Streep said.
In the hearts of the British, Margaret Thatcher is a split image. In the eyes of the right, she is a highly sought-after hero who led Britain out of economic difficulties and improved Britain’s international status; but in the eyes of the left, she was a cruel dictator who suppressed workers’ protests during her tenure and almost destroyed it. In the UK’s welfare system, even today, there are still people in the UK who are still complaining that it is this woman who has ended the free milk supply for British primary school students.
The British have a love-hate relationship with her. In the BBC's "100 Greatest Britons", Mrs. Thatcher ranked 16th, the first among the nominees currently living. In another selection of "The 100 Bad British You Hate the Most", she ranked third, followed by Blair, the British Prime Minister at the time, and British porn star Jordan.
With such a controversial character as the protagonist, it is no wonder that "Iron Lady" will receive mixed reviews. Although the right-wing newspapers praised the film as "unmatched", the left-wing newspapers relentlessly criticized it as "to deathly boring", and they even ignored the poster with the head of Mrs. Thatcher: "This should be the worst this week. The poster is, oh no, it must be the worst this year!"
But it seems that the critics are not targeting the film itself. After watching the pre-screening of the film to the media, the British "Daily Mail" critic Susan Moore wrote: "Because the film is full of sympathy for Margaret Thatcher, it is really hard to catch the eye. I just wanted to secretly Sneak out to eat pizza. People are really grateful for Streep’s superb acting skills. She performed this role with a human touch, although in my opinion, Thatcher is still a devil-like person." The
British "Guardian" reported this upcoming film. An online poll was organized for the movie that was released—regardless of whether Meryl Streep was acting well or not, do you like Margaret Thatcher in reality? As a result, 88% of people voted "no".
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In November 2011, at the exchange meeting after the Beijing premiere of "Iron Lady", one A British audience stood up and said that when he was young, Mrs. Thatcher was still in power. At that time, he had surrounded her car, threw eggs at her angrily, and shouted "Thatcher get out." Although he still disagrees with Margaret Thatcher's policy, after watching this movie, he has a new understanding of the former prime minister.
"The Guardian" commented that the film is about a "Thatcher without Thatcherism". The ups and downs of the female prime minister-mass protests, poll tax riots, miner strikes, IRA bombings-were all ignored, and even the Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's sovereignty were ignored.
The film uses heavy pen and ink to outline the sadness behind a woman who works hard in the world of men. The film restores Mrs. Thatcher's working situation: in the council full of gray and black men's suits, there is only one woman in a bright blue skirt sitting alone.
In order to be able to adapt to a foothold in the political arena of all men, Thatcher also received special training to change hairstyles, plastic teeth, and practice speaking tone. Daughter Carol once mentioned that there was not a single female casual dress in the mother's wardrobe, and they were all covered with suits suitable for formal occasions.
Although living in a gang of men, Thatcher still retains a lot of femininity. Like many women, she still carries her handbag, but in addition to combs, lipsticks and handkerchiefs, there are also flashlights to deal with power failures and antidote to prevent opponents from pouring sulfuric acid on her face and disfiguring her face.
It is said that Mrs. Thatcher will put her handbag in the center of the conference table and take out documents from it at any time during the debate. When the former British Prime Minister Blair was young, he asked whether Margaret Thatcher had read Keynes, and Margaret Thatcher calmly took out the British economist's article from her handbag to refute Blair. Nowadays, "handbag" has an additional meaning of "bashing or intimidating" in the Oxford dictionary.
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familiar with the image of Mrs. Thatcher's iron fist will probably not recognize her The old woman who faltered in the opening of the movie "Iron Lady". She was slow and incoherent, and her eyes were full of cowardice.
This is what Mrs. Thatcher is today. "There are only two favorites in my mother's life: one is No. 10 Downing Street, and the other is my father Dennis. Her favorites have been deprived." said daughter Carol.
In 2003, her husband Dennis passed away, but Thatcher could not accept this fact for a long time. According to her daughter Carol, nowadays, with Alzheimer’s disease, she hangs up her husband’s portrait in the restaurant, while eating while talking to her “husband”, and sometimes explains to her daughter: “Look, Dad doesn’t Leave us!"
Linda McDogo, who has been acquainted with Margaret Thatcher for more than 30 years, exclaimed: "I used to be so envious of the self-confidence that ordinary people possessed in her, but now, I can only learn from her. She saw timidity and hesitation in her eyes. She also felt these changes herself, and she felt terrified because she wanted to stop these changes but was powerless." The
upcoming "Iron Lady" has set off a wave of reviews in the UK, and there are film critics. It is believed that the film will become the favorite to win this year’s Oscars. Streep’s appearance of Margaret Thatcher waving her arms to turn the tide may become the most brilliant picture of this year’s Oscars, but the real heroine, life But it is not so beautiful.
Now, 86-year-old Thatcher does not watch TV or read newspapers, and lives alone in his London home. When she wakes up every morning, she will sit by the window, staring at the people playing in Hyde Park not far away in a daze. Because she focused on work when she was young and had little contact with her family, she did not have a close relationship with her children. They visited her once every 6 months on average.
Although she made a lot of friends during her tenure, when she celebrated her 77th birthday, she thought she could receive at least dozens of greeting cards, and finally received only 4 cards. They were carefully placed on the mantelpiece, and when she was free, Mrs. Thatcher would stare at them in a dream.
In order to echo the upcoming movie, a reporter from the "Daily Mail" specially ran to her doorway at Christmas time to capture the old iron maiden's demeanor. However, he neither photographed his sons and daughters coming together, nor politicians to greet him, only the guard who opened the door for her and the nurse who helped her walk. The view of Mrs. Thatcher in the lens is no longer. She is holding the door frame with her left hand and striding forward with difficulty.
Published on January 4, 2012
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