From films such as "Crazy Flowers at the End", "Piano Lesson", "Ancestors and Zhans", and "Every Moment", although the intentions for feminism are obvious, the story itself is enough to attract another part of the audience. And "Mona Lisa's Smile" actually used the whole film to do a theoretical study of feminism under the thin plot, which is one of the things I like about this film. In my opinion, power never equals freedom, I am a woman, but never power. There must be a gender gap, but women are by no means second-class creatures, so the definition of feminism is also incorrect.
The heroine Katherine in the film is the most forward-thinking woman in that era. She does not blindly pursue marriage, she has her own life, and she hopes to be free. So when she came to the school as an art history teacher, she couldn't wait to spread these advanced ideas to her students, but she encountered many setbacks. When she saw an article slandering herself published in the newspaper, at that moment she said she gave up, which was really desperate.
The other four girls in the film.
Betty was a model of many women at the time and the most pitiful one. The family is superior, and the marriage partner is of the right family, so everything is arranged by the mother. But after marriage, she faced her husband not going home, and her mother wouldn't let her go home, so she could only be a housewife wholeheartedly.
Giselle, after the divorce of her parents, dealt with all kinds of men, but she was always free. I like her character who dares to love and hate. I think in the end, when she saw that the married man's wife beside her was also cheating, she probably understood the gap between love and marriage.
Connie, she's the most naive of them all, she's so cute when she talks about condoms. When I saw her rush into the boys' dormitory and fight for herself bravely, I had to admire her, because even now, I still lack this courage.
Joan, one of my favorites, she has always understood what she wants, whether it is her future or her family, she is happy.
In modern times, I can still experience what Katherine felt at the time.
I once fought red-faced with a male friend over whether women had to get married. In his view, making a marriage promise is a manifestation of a man's responsibility to a woman. At that time, I immediately rejected it. Marriage is a manifestation of two people's love for each other. Why is it just a responsibility? Since then, marriage is meaningless. He said that age is much scarier for a woman than for a man. He can continue to play for another ten years, and then he will not worry about finding a partner to marry, but for his girlfriend, he has invested so much in this object. Time and feelings, it is difficult to start a stable relationship like now, and I will also worry that I will be old and will never be able to find a better marriage partner than now. In fact, after listening to it, my rebuttal lost a lot of basis in an instant, because the fact is that, even in this society where the status of women is already high, we still face such problems and injustices.
We swear that we want our own life, but we inevitably fall into the clichés of life. When we reach the age, those who are not married are urged to get married, and those who have no object are urged to go on a blind date. Then we comforted ourselves that marrying a good man is the most important issue in a woman's life. As a result, 10 years later, 20 years later, when the youthful appearance has faded and the dreams we once had faded away, we have become the yellow-faced women in the mouths of men. Betrayal and abuse will follow, and we will complain about the injustice of this society. .
But why don't women think about it, ten or twenty years later, can they still recall their dreams when they were young, when they were full of confidence and proud of their temperament. Aging is actually not terrible, but old age is the most powerful poison. So all your misery is just a self-defeating compromise.
I agree with Joan's attitude in the film. In fact, the important thing is not that you must be independent or must get married, but the most important thing is your own choice. We all feel sorry for her to give up Yale Law School, but she is very clear about her choice, she is free in love and family, and if anything is forced, she is still unhappy even at Yale Law School.
So whether Mona Lisa smiles, you have to ask yourself, choose the way you are free, and don't let any kind of cage be trapped for a lifetime. Whether married or single, women must live their own lives. Elegance is the best gift from God to every woman. We pursue the same career as men, but we also need to cherish the unique charm that belongs only to women, and be good at using it. This innate charm is what women call ism.
BTW, I really don't like Julia Roberts, why is she always playing the kind of woman I like!
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