There is "prosperity" to have "prosperity"

Karl 2022-04-19 09:01:46

In the afternoon, I watched an American independent film "My Family" (Spanish translation). A lesbian family's 'stable' lives are upended by the discovery of their 'birth father' by their children. The performance of the two heroines is comparable to that of the two boys in Brokeback Mountain. A dysfunctional family is back to normal after experiencing the hostess' "affair", apologizing, and her daughter leaving home to go to college. A happy ending cannot hide the potential crisis of this alternative family life. However, I looked back and wondered if a family of two lesbians was not normal! Isn't this world colorful because of its diversity? For the prosperity of society, it is precisely necessary to have "prosperity" and then "prosperity".
After watching the movie, you can't help but think of China's current economic prosperity. It's hard to say it's all an illusion. But living in a society that gradually loses its moral bottom line, and where success and happiness are measured by money and power. It is difficult to feel harmony and inclusion. China doesn't necessarily need gay families in movies to be diverse and prosperous. The problem is that Chinese society is degenerating into a giant monster, and no one, no power, can appease it, control it, and no one knows where it will go.
The English title of the film translates to "The Children Are All Well". In fact, an abnormal family is like an abnormal society, and a potential crisis may break out at any time. Of course, this is not what the movie can express.

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The Kids Are All Right quotes

  • [last lines]

    Laser: I don't think you guys should break up.

    Nic: No? Why's that?

    Laser: I think you're too old.

    Nic: [wryly] Thanks, Laser.

    [Jules grins and puts a hand on Nic's knee, and Nic covers the hand with her own]

  • Paul: Just making an ob... observation.

    Nic: Yeah? Well, I need your observations like I need a dick in my ass!