But what is even more frightening is that sometimes biopics not only fail to tell you the story objectively and neutrally, but even they can't tell the story well. If you look closely at this Iron Lady, you will find that, in fact, what kind of person Thatcher is, and what she has done, is not clear at all in this film.
First of all, it is necessary to spread the common sense of British politics a little bit, and to reorganize the history. Only the lower house of the British Parliament is elected, and the upper house is hereditary. The largest opposition party in the UK will set up a shadow cabinet, and the cabinet and shadow cabinet members are generally held by MPs. Therefore, MPs who participate in cabinet/shadow cabinet decisions and MPs who do not participate are divided into two levels: Frontbench and Backbench , Although Frontbench MP is not necessarily a member of the cabinet. Thatcher’s election to MP was very difficult. She started running for MP at the age of 25. After three general elections, she was elected as MP at the age of 34. Two years later (1961), she was promoted to Frontbench. The prime minister at the time was MacMillan of the Conservatives (nicknamed Tories). This process, which is supposedly important to any British politician, is almost omitted.
So jumped directly to the time when Thatcher was the Minister of Science and Education in the cabinet of Edward Heath (1970-1974). I don't know what the rules were at that time, but it is definitely not the Minister of Science and Education who is sitting in front of the speaker, but the prime minister, deputy minister and finance minister. By the way, the right honourable in the debate here is a fixed name for MP, just like the majesty corresponds to the queen (the British are in trouble). The Heath government encountered a period when the Trade Union was strong. The Conservative Party’s austerity policy led to a strike by British workers, especially coal miners, resulting in a large number of blackouts (the cabinet meeting Thatcher took out the flashlight in the film) and social unrest. , And the resulting shutdown. After that, one of the main economic measures of Thatcher's entire 11-and-a-half-year term as prime minister was to suppress Trade Union, which also profoundly changed the economic structure and core competitiveness of the United Kingdom. It is still regarded as part of her term of office. Important legacy, including Ed Miliband, the current chairman of the Labour Party, made positive comments. Of course, this film obviously felt that this matter was not very important to Thatcher, otherwise it would at least make it clear.
Thatcher's attitude towards the Northern Ireland Sinn Fein Party and the Irish Republican Army is very tough. This film seems to imply that the IRA killed her right-hand man MP Airey Neave during the campaign, which is related to her subsequent tough policy. Responsibly gave Thatcher an unprofessional impression of sentimentality. The same Falkland Islands war can feel that this film is focused on portraying, but I want to highlight it as if she wrote to the families of the soldiers who died... I have to say that the editing of the fast news event after that was a disaster. , Plus the part of Thatcher’s resignation at the end (Did you make it clear what is Poll Tax? If Geoffery Howe is just drafting the cabinet agenda, what impact will his resignation have on Thatcher-the key is that he is from Thatcher was the Deputy Prime Minister who was in the cabinet for the first time). He didn't explain the cause and effect and what happened. He patronized the hallucinating atmosphere like the sprinkling of rose petals, and then everything passed.
Even the part that focuses on Denis Thatcher is too fragmented and hidden. Thatcher gave her husband a high evaluation. In fact, Denis’s support for Thatcher is very important, and more importantly, he is a very wise man. He was once elected prime minister for the third time in Thatcher. Shih foresaw her resignation-and all of this was reduced to an existence that was born as a background and died as a ghost, and had to be helped.
In fact, we all understand that the core idea of this Iron Lady is nothing more than to show everyone that the iron Lady Margaret Thatcher is actually a woman and must have a feminine side. It was just a woman who had chosen an unusual path. This idea is good. The key is to admit that Thatcher is a woman. Instead of exaggerating her part that is the same as an ordinary woman, it is better to highlight her choices that are different from ordinary women. She is indeed a woman, but she is remembered as the former prime minister of the United Kingdom. The most glorious time in her life must be her period as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. This film chooses to condense this large amount of time, but uses her old age as the theme. The prime minister's time flashes back and forth, which is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation.
What is even more dissatisfactory is that this perspective that Prime Minister Thatcher and Woman Thatcher cannot coexist actually shows us ironically that the screenwriter and director (both women) still subconsciously have a prejudice against the female prime minister. Yes, I still don't want to agree with Thatcher's policy. Perhaps just like Thatcher's children's evaluation of this iron lady: from beginning to end, it was nothing more than leftist obscenity.
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