Many people are willing to regard this film as a feminist classic, but how many people dare to say that they understand the meaning of the four words "feminism"? Beginning with primitive people, the gender war has never stopped. From matriarchal society to patriarchal supremacy, the undercurrent under the historical narrative is even more turbulent. Beauvoir spent her life trying to convince the world that femininity is social, not biological.
Once, on this planet, there have been many turbulent women's movements, and the shocks caused by this are not only the concern and concern for women, a disadvantaged group in the traditional sense, but also for human relations, freedom, equality, and gender. The reconsideration and definition of concepts such as, and the extension, the interrogation and pursuit of the universal value of life.
The discrimination and oppression that women have suffered in the patriarchal society for thousands of years may not be more cruel than the injustice faced by black people after the start of globalization, and the annihilation suffered by Jews during World War II. Even, whether the human species, as a primate, exploits and demands other biological species at an ethical level, has always been controversial. Whether the word "equality" is used to describe the ultimate dream that is impossible to achieve like a mirage, or a vision that can be worked hard for, different people have different answers in their hearts, and even more different performances in real life.
"The Endless Flower" is not so much an exploration of the psychological and behavioral changes that women can produce when faced with extreme environments, but rather to reveal what is the real awakening and freedom of human beings. Two ordinary American married women who said "no" to a rapist with a bullet after a bar bash are forever on the road of no return.
From the perspective of criminal psychology, this is an irrational and calm move in the face of serious provocation. But the world is such a jerk sometimes. Those who have hurt you badly really don’t want to apologize, let alone feel that something is wrong with them. The next time they encounter something weak and beautiful, they will still possess and trample on it. impulse. It wasn't the man's lewd and lewd smiles and abuse that aroused Louise's anger (in a way, it was Thelma's own instigation, her inner desire for excitement gave her indulgent pleasure and lured her into victimhood) the edge), but the contempt and arrogance exposed by the men in the confrontation, which combined with the insults she had received to form a deeper shadow, she could no longer allow this swaggering power, and had to use a gun to end it all .
Thelma may never have expected the consequences to be so severe, she was forced to Liangshan like a fallen hero. But during the long road trip, her carelessness, her pure kindness, drove the two of them to a situation where they had to flee again and again. Mexico is destined to be too far away, and before they can reach the free country, they will be chased and intercepted by the whole world. However, the moment their car fell off the cliff, they looked at each other with the wildest smiles in their eyes.
Many people may have never experienced this kind of personality release in their entire lives, because they have never realized that they have been living in all kinds of unreasonable encirclement and suppression. You can judge this pair of impulsive women who violently resist the law according to the standards of moral law, and you can also use reason to imagine a happy ending for them after turning themselves in. But if they don't do it, they just go to a dead end and don't look back. However, it has to be said that they live better than most people. Just like in an era when everyone is grinding themselves into the exquisite Xue Baochai, Qingwen's death may not be worth it, but it is the most amazing pleasure. When you can understand and even experience the joy of giving up your life, you are really not far from spiritual freedom.
Western culture and values have always tried to explore to what extent individual power can be sublimated or alienated in the violent conflict with the external environment. Almost all philosophers and psychologists want to find answers, and artists and writers are all expressing this theme. When we are hurt, we often just need an apology, but even that is hard. More people choose to swallow their voices and smile, and never say so stubbornly, "You apologize to me!"
The angry youth will say, I don't need sex, because the government fucks me everyday. For more ordinary people, the government can be changed to time. How much stronger can one kind of person be than another? How much equal can one person be compared to another? We suffer cruel erosion all the time, awake and drunk, and sometimes it is a good way to escape or fight.
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