The story has no end

Kale 2022-04-20 09:01:43

A few days ago, the teacher of Internet communication talked about a theory, Derrida's "post-structuralism", the point is that meaning comes from constant interpretation, and there is no ultimate meaning. Watching this movie, the similar feeling is that the story has no final ending. If it is a closed text, in World War II, "this is London", Edward R. Murrow conveyed the situation of the war to people through an objective and calm reporting style, which assisted the victory of the war, and finally had a happy ending, the war was won, he completed He has achieved his professional mission and won the trust of the people of the United States. But the story goes on. After World War II, America is no longer a fairy tale world. He was fighting against McCarthyism, and while the film featured a partial victory for "See it now," it wasn't the end. The speech at the beginning and end of the film shows the struggle with the "entertainment to death" era, which also insinuates that "the survey shows that the most trusted person in America is a comedian". It's a protracted war, and it's at a disadvantage. It's like fighting monsters and upgrading, you killed Hitler, killed McCarthy, and killed entertainment, but it's still not over, you think you are in front of the ultimate Boss, but you don't know the world when you level up It is also being upgraded to generate higher-level bosses. Most of the TV and movies we see now are based on a "binary opposition" structure, in which the good man defeats the evil. This is the mode that saves the money, the effort, and the audience, but at least we stay awake, and life is not like this. In the early days, people most discussed the story after the prince and princess were happily together, whether it was the struggle between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, or the struggle between the original wife and the mistress. If you dabble in history extensively, you will find that history is always strikingly similar. The era when the United States talked about red change is very similar to China's White Terror and the Cultural Revolution. When I read books recently, I can always find that the United States also has a history that is so unbearable. Whether it is food safety or freedom of speech, you can always find shadows in reality.

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Good Night, and Good Luck. quotes

  • Don Hollenbeck: [to Murrow, after his interview with Liberace] You're getting really good at this; people might think you actually like it.

  • Sig Mickelson: [to Murrow] Go after Joe Kennedy, I'll pay you for that.