Many films are highly deceptive. When viewed from different perspectives, you will see two diametrically opposed stories. For example, in this "The Duchess": recognized morality is not necessarily true morality, and recognized beauty may not be true beauty . It seems to be a cliché and tragic story of how Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, fought against her unfortunate fate of being "rejected by her husband" and boldly pursued true love. But a strange phenomenon appeared: the Duchess, who should have been admired and sympathized by everyone, although young and rich, peerless, with a bright personality and a simple heart, the audience just couldn't like her. In contrast, the selfish, patriarchal, and powerful tyrant Duke of Devonshire can feel the noble, wise, fresh and refined stubbornness and demeanor in his soul from the first sight of him. . Together with the third person who was the Duchess's best friend, not only was he not a villain, but he was a dignified and steady man who valued love and righteousness, exuding a simple and persevering charm. what happened?
On the surface, the Duchess does not seem to have done anything wrong. But common sense is often not the truth of things. A classic line in the film reveals the mystery: "The Duke is the only person in the UK who does not love the Duchess." Why? Because this lady is not cute at all, she is actually very naive, so dull that she does not realize that she is obviously not worthy of the Duke and still wants to climb high. Although it may work on the surface, it is not practical. The duke did not live a serious life with her, and the marriage existed in name only, and it was embarrassing for a lifetime.
"I can't love you, because your quality is so much worse than mine!" This is the subtext of the Duke's usual silence. In fact, he never took a fancy to this marriage that Georgiana's mother, who was clinging to the powerful, forcibly forcibly put it on the duke. promised to marry. Sure enough, after marriage, Georgiana's personal opinion was arrogant and self-conscious, and she was completely unaware of her stupidity and shallowness. The Duke endured disgust and still gave her the dignity she deserved until her life. "You don't understand my grace and tolerance." The Duke said and left angrily. Yes, that is simply two people in two different worlds who can never communicate.
Years later, until Mrs. Bess, whom he really loved, appeared, the Duke no longer cared whether his titular wife was happy or not. He loves this person and stays with her, not because he has the supreme power, but because Mrs. Bess has the quality to be side by side with her, even her honesty and openness, her understanding, and the accuracy of her reaction to things is more reasonable There are sections, which means that she is even higher than the Duke.
The Duke broke the family distinction and the apparent ethical barrier, and boldly pursued love to the married woman, so that we can see a gentleman with a frank, healthy and enlightened temperament. And Beth, who is almost middle-aged and married to the Duke with three children, shows us the iron law of happiness hidden in nature: the real emotion between people only stems from "you are more right than me, more powerful". A man's happiness only comes from loving a woman whose intelligence is higher than his own! This rule applies everywhere and is constant. According to this rule, let's look at the division of the quality of life between people in "The Duchess": Lady Beth is greater than the Duke, the Duke is greater than Georgiana, and Georgiana is greater than her lover, Prime Minister Gray. (Georgianna is also likely to be the last level, she should not be bigger than Gray, Gray is just confused by her young appearance and strong background. Later Gray became Prime Minister, and the person he married would be more suitable.)
Although Georgiana was a fashionable figure at the time, of course the Duke of Devonshire, who was at the top of the pyramid, could not easily fall in love with a light woman who was just a little stronger than ordinary people. What he wanted was to be able to walk in. Your inner stable partner.
In the relationship of four people, each person's self-respect determines which level he is in, who he can be loved by, and who he will fall in love with. And because the rank cannot be reversed or overstepped, when Georgiana proposed that if the Duke wants to be with Mrs. Bess, she should also maintain a lover relationship with Gray, the Duke categorically refused. Beautiful response! Because there is no "equality" that Georgiana thinks, senior managers have the responsibility to restrain the behavior of low-level brainless people. This is not a negotiable equality transaction. Georgiana's personal quality is at the lowest level. She doesn't let her willful behavior, and stays where she is honestly, which is safe and secure for her and Gray. This is the way of heaven in the depths of nature. At this point, the right and wrong of "The Duchess" have been straightened out. Perfect process and ending, a pure genuine drama.
Georgiana's misfortune stemmed from her mother's snobbery and her own covetousness, as can be seen from her joy when she learned that she was going to marry the Duke of Devonshire. As a real rich woman, she will not be ecstatic when she gets married, at most it is acceptable, because the person she married "loves her" only means that this man is slightly lower than herself. In a happy marriage, a man must climb a little higher, and a woman must marry a little. Men must be happy, and women must be reserved and indifferent. The woman is less excited because she is married, and her personal advantages really make her less happy. It is precisely because of this that she has been regarded as a treasure by those who love her throughout her life.
If everyone is combined according to the laws of nature, there should not be any resentful women in this world. There is only one reason for resenting the woman: "She loves a man better than her, so she doesn't care about her." Just like the indifferent attitude of the Duke of Devonshire to Georgiana. The so-called sea king and scumbag refer to the man who dismisses his partner who is worse than himself. In fact, it is the scumbag who suffers from the whole thing, not the resentful woman. The resentful woman also had a lover who matched her, because she was too obsessed with the mistakes in front of her, and she missed her own happiness. (So the Wang Leehoms began to wake up, and they felt that one day if the person they really loved showed up, she couldn't be called a "third party" by this fake in the family.)
Fortunately, life is long, and it is not difficult to change; fortunately, life is short, and it is not difficult to start over. Life will eventually be reshuffled, and the hearts of the strong will gradually wake up. "The Duchess" is based on real historical figures, it is not a fabricated drama but real life. The woman that all the British love, only the Duke does not love, can only show one fact: that is, all the British are deceived by the beauty of this woman's appearance, only the Duke is awake, and his eyes are bright! The gentle and upright Duke of Devonshire maintained a clear sense of consciousness from beginning to end, and was never half-fascinated by Georgiana's young and moving appearance, and a pair of discerning eyes directly penetrated her empty essence. This is not surprising. Without a mind that is much higher than ordinary people, how can he be arranged by God to become the top dignitary in power, so he has the responsibility of educating the world by example. It can be said that the wise and martial duke 300 years ago has set a correct example for the pure men. History often repeats itself, from which we seem to have seen Prince Charles, Camilla and Diana.
Thanks to the creative team of "The Duchess" for their deep understanding of the central idea of the show. It is really not easy to capture the soul of the play correctly and unconventionally. Only on this basis can the development of all characters and stories be accurately set. In addition, there are almost no nonsense refined lines, all of which point to the direction of the core essence, let us see a historical fact that the spiritual essence is completely positive and does not go astray. The choice of each actor is also very suitable for the characteristics of the characters, so that the characters present a sense of sight that is completely unified with their inner nature. Under the pure topic selection and content preparation, the high investment in the follow-up exquisite "serving the Tao" and the specific details of all the operational levels are meaningful. This is the correct attitude and operation process that a film creation should have.
The last thing I want to talk about is the educational significance of the play, telling people: don't think that the accepted morality is the real morality, and don't think that the accepted beauty is the real beauty. Those who are oblivious to profit will get nothing, and even the love that should belong to them will be missed. Facts never follow superficial cause and effect, they follow the deep veins of things, and there will lead to true rules and true perfection!
If the natural order never stops working, both men and women deserve their own happiness. And the road to happiness, whether they know it or not, people in the future will eventually be led to it by their true heart! If you don't believe me, just wait and see!
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