This is a racial film
This is a movie about the awakening of women
At the beginning of the 20th century, although slavery had been abolished in the United States for nearly 50 years, the lives of black Americans had not improved. Still at the bottom of society, still being beaten and imprisoned because white people are unhappy.
At that time, the status of women in society was not so high, especially in black society, women were regarded as servants and objects of lust, and they more pursued the idea of hitting women if they were disobedient. This seems to be in line with the practice of some men in Chinese society that "women don't have their houses uncovered for three days". So from this perspective, China is still in a state of ignorance and not fully civilized ideology even in the contemporary era.
So in such a big background, a black, female, and ugly, seems to be the bottom of the bottom, and it can't be worse. The heroine Siri grew up in such an environment. She was sexually assaulted by her stepfather at the age of 13, gave birth to two children, and then was sold to another black widower by her stepfather at the age of 14 as a commodity. Slightly inadvertently, beating hard, talking back, beating again. Every day, she takes care of a bunch of children who don't study well, as well as her tyrant husband. Without self-confidence, walking hunched over, always covering her mouth when she laughs. He misses the only sister who loves her every day, but he didn't wait for a letter because his husband secretly hid the letter. In the first years, she was a pessimistic and cowardly woman who accepted her fate. When her stepson complained to her that she couldn't handle his wife Sophia, she also came up with an idea to beat her. When Sophia learned the truth, she rushed over and questioned her angrily, saying that she had struggled with her father and brother and other men all her life, but she never thought that she would have to struggle with her husband when she got married. He didn't expect that it was Siri's instigation. Siri just said one sentence, this life will end, just go to heaven. At this time, Siri had no sense of resistance at all, she just wanted to end this corpse-like life as soon as possible and start anew in the next life. But it was also because of Sophia's perseverance and her strong defense of her rights that this incident made Siri a little more enlightened.
In middle age, Xili's husband's dream lover was taken back home because of illness. Siri saw her husband treat the lover of his dreams like a guest and bow his head, something she had never seen before. Celie's kindness made her take the initiative to take care of this beauty. Because of this incident, this dream lover began to regard Xi Li as a sister, and also began to encourage her to be confident, to love herself, and to fight for her rights. So the influence of this dream lover on Siri is huge. Even poor, short, ugly and black women have the right to pursue freedom and a better life. And because of this dream lover, Celie discovers letters her sister has written to her over the decades. This series of events awakened Celie and made up her mind to leave her tyrant husband.
Celie is free, not only did not get worse as her husband's curse, but also has a new life and her own business. And the stepson would rather live with her than go back to her ex-husband. Instead, his ex-husband turned into a mess, started drinking heavily, and his life completely stopped functioning.
This movie is complete here. Of course, her ex-husband's return is the icing on the cake. However, I think that's very unlikely. Alcoholism, domestic violence, hard to change.
The best ending is that Xili finally gained her own independent life, and also reunited with her own sister and gave birth to two children.
Any discrimination is about economic status. Race, female, etc.
I'm not a feminist, but I've also thought about the history of women's status. The industrial revolution freed labor, and the information revolution freed women. Due to the development of automation and informatization, many positions do not require much physical strength, and some even only women can do better. In this kind of social development, the status of women will be higher and higher, and it is still the economic base that determines the essence of the superstructure. An obvious example. In the past, men objectified women, and all kinds of posters were beauties with meat bombs, but now there are not only meat bombs, but also muscles, because women are also a strong consumer group. It is better for men and women to respect each other, and no one should discriminate against the other, because if there is no one in this world, there will be no descendants.
Spielberg's movies, you will never regret watching them.
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