Seeing that several friends and neighbors used the word "boring" to sum up "Crazy Rich Asians", I couldn't help but look down on it. I saw this movie by accident, and after watching it with the mentality of killing time, I felt that the word "boring" was indeed a bit unfair. From the plot, from the story, yes, it is very old-fashioned, and there are no surprises, the relationship between the characters is simple, the characters are not complicated, and the climax is relatively weak. But if you look at it from the perspective of culture and values, you will find that the reflection and grasp of a group and a society's thoughts are actually in place, and even not found in many seemingly profound movies. In particular, the descriptions of class antagonism, thinking of the rich, and exclusion of values are very, very in place.
Even so, I still want to complain about the place at the end, where a table of mahjong won the world.
The general view is as follows.
An inferiority complex. The heroine's first appearance was at the teaching site of playing poker. At first glance, her confidence and courage amazed me. Who would have thought that such a young and beautiful professor of economics at New York University would be fooled as soon as he arrived at the rich! The little confidence that came to me came from chatting with important people, not the certainty of my knowledge and self-cultivation. In the face of frame-up and showing off her wealth, the heroine is not calm, and it is false to say that she is not envious. In addition to these "human feelings", what we see is not an excellent, determined, and outstanding woman, but a wobbly doll who follows every step and forgets himself.
rich man's world. The rich man's world is not only about money, but also everything that money pours out, habits, conversation, food and even hobbies. It is said that in the United States, even if you graduate from a prestigious school, if you don’t have a hobby that is exclusive to the aristocracy and has a top-notch hobby, you will have to be closed to finding a job. Because in modern society, although the naked class division is no longer the mainstream value, at least it is not "politically correct", but the identification within the class and the exclusion of the outside class still exist objectively. Mutual recognition within the class, education is only one aspect of it, and another important reference is your hobbies. The kind of interest that requires a lot of money and can only be achieved through professional training can be used as a ticket to the rich people's club. For example, piano, tennis, horseback riding, etc. are, but basketball, running, etc. are not. In the movies, the various lifestyles of the rich we see, and even the way they walk, are closely related to wealth and luxury. To put it bluntly, the female protagonist's walking posture does not look like a rich person.
best choice. However, is the heroine not suitable for marrying into a rich family? I thought so too at the beginning, and it seems that most of the people in the show think so, even the male protagonist, as a woman who has successfully completed the class jump, seems to think so too. Coming from the middle class, if you don’t understand the values and thinking habits of the upper class, you will not be able to integrate well. Intuitively, this seems to be the case. But if you look at it from another angle, you will find that it is very likely that fresh blood from the lower ranks is more likely to maintain this order and system of the rich group. The hero's mother is an example. Precisely because there is no backer and no choice, we can only win trust through unremitting performance without hesitation. Like the male protagonist, who was originally born into a wealthy family, he may not care and respect this order so much. The heroine was finally accepted by everyone, is it really because she played mahjong well? Because he was willing to give up to fulfill his goals, he was recognized by the male protagonist and his mother? What are you kidding? ! It is more likely that the mother of the male protagonist finally wants to understand that a girl from the non-rich class who is smart, determined and tactical is the staunch defender and supporter of the crime of the rich order.
Nothing has changed. At the end of the film, all the rich people who bullied her, did not recognize her, and regarded her as a demon, showed friendly smiles. That smile creeps me out. Nothing has changed, nothing will change. They laugh not because conscience finds a heartfelt blessing, but because of something else, something the heroine once resisted. The social attributes of people are objective and not subject to subjective will. Even if Sister Milk Tea does everything possible not to have excessive economic contact with Qiangdong, there is no way to change this social attribute, or even to avoid her own social attributes. No matter how many photos you take with your classmates on the street and how close you are to the people, there is no way to change this social attribute.
The thinking revolution of my poor man. The rich are the same as those of us who have no money, they are not much more expensive than us. Accepting this kind of "civilian hero" values since I was a child has always made me feel that I am a poor person. I gradually felt that this kind of thinking that people are directly equal and indistinguishable is very sad and ridiculous, and it is easy for people to fall into the lazy thinking that it doesn't matter, just like this, very satisfied, and they also think that they are noble. Wealth, self-cultivation, and value are things worth pursuing, things that you can think about, even eat, but smell. In modern society, the feeling of the rich cannot be summed up by words such as busyness, hedonism, etc. It is necessary to fully understand this situation.
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