A Westworld crashed down
Thousands of Westworlds stood up
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Before graduating from high school, my parents kept comparing me to my neighbor's children, saying that I was not good enough at two points, and that was not good, and that was not good either.
As soon as I set foot on the job, the second old man is like a sudden change of person. He asks me for comfort. As the saying goes: it is less tiring to be an ordinary person.
I can't figure out who is more precise. I have a positive heart, but I am born with a lazy bone. I can't figure out my self-positioning. This is the most heart-wrenching thing in the world.
Just recently, another Western drama "Yellowstone" from Paramount Television Network made a strong landing. If you didn't watch it carefully, you almost thought that "Westworld 3.0" was coming so soon. Beneath the cowboy hat, within the bronze skin, the foundation of the film is still asking people's self-positioning.
(Attention! Don't go to the wrong set to "Yellowstone Park")
This "Yellowstone" is much more western than the West World. It is set in Montana, which is the most standard westward land in the colonial era, where the bones of countless Indians and the greed of the Caucasians have been buried.
With the prestigious Yellowstone National Park and Indian Reservation in the state, you can imagine that the natural beauty of the place must be quite beautiful. Adjacent to it is the largest ranch in the United States today, the Dutton Ranch. But old farmer John Dutton had a tough time, and capitalists from the coast wanted a piece of his land.
They erected a schematic diagram of a future home surrounded by mountains, and in the background the pristine appearance was threatened by this dry tofu billboard, and the words Coming Soon seemed to declare war on Old John. As an old cowboy John felt obligated to protect the land from encroachment, and commercial expansion would also affect the quality of Dutton Ranch.
What troubled Old John on the other side were the Indians on the reservation. Montana law states that goods on private land belong to the owner of the land. But his fences are mysteriously damaged, and livestock are often lost on reservations to graze. By law, livestock are no longer the property of Dutton Farms once they are outside the farm's boundaries, and no amount of tags on the cow's ears will help. In addition, the new Indian Patriarch intends to buy back the land that originally belonged to them, in an attempt to change the flow of water in the upper reaches of the Dutton Ranch, forcing Old John to sell the land.
Caught in the middle of the land dispute on both sides, Old John's identity began to blur. In the face of developers, his family is a "native" in Montana, playing emotional cards in protecting the territory; in the face of Indians, his family is a former invader, and has advanced in the development and utilization of land. Sex, but also take development to talk about things. After being caught in a dilemma, John's identity disappeared, and he felt extremely anxious.
Equally anxious was Old John's son, Casey. There is no specific reason for the bad relationship between father and son in the currently broadcasted episodes. It may be related to the marriage of Casey and the Indian woman Monica. Casey's family lives on the reservation, but because of the conflict between the ranch and the reservation, he has difficulty balancing his identity. Monica's grandpa earnestly advised him to take the family back to the ranch to avoid the limelight, saying that he belonged to the people over there.
Although Casey stood firmly by his wife's side, in the conflict, when he witnessed his uncle shoot and kill his brother, in anger, Casey opened five holes in his uncle's chest to avenge his brother. The police determined that this was not self-defense, but an execution.
The brand on Casey's body is the exclusive crest of the Dutton family, and it is engraved on the chest to represent an indelible identity brand.
If Old John's ambiguity is due to history, then Casey's is due to belief. Going left and right is not the optimal solution, and anxiety comes from this.
The writers put this confusion in the Montana scene, and it's buried deep in everyone's heart. On the night of the exchange of fire, the pilot of Shuke, who was driving the helicopter, complained to Old John: "I was stationed in Afghanistan four times, but I didn't expect to encounter such a mess in Montana." This is the common doubt in the hearts of the old Americans who have never fought in the homeland since the Civil War. They flew all the way to the Middle East to fight terrorist operations, but it was the unarmed old and weak women and children who were actually frustrated . Where is our justice ?
In "Yellowstone", the three factions are fighting each other. No one party has absolute justice, and no one can overwhelm the other party with absolute advantages in law and morality, especially the middlemen who do not occupy the two sides, AKA old John and Casey.
Historically, the U.S. military has committed inhumane massacres in Vietnam, which are no less brutal than what the Japanese army did in Nanjing City. Whether it's the Gulf War or the War on Terrorism, the news of torture of prisoners has always tortured the conscience of the residents living in the peaceful continent of North America. As for the "sanction", "strike", or "support" that Laomei talks about all day long, it is nothing but a means to consolidate the status of the big brother, and whether it is just or not. And those middle-class Americans who are involved in politics and seem to have voting rights in their hands to decide everything, but are actually useless, reflect on themselves every day, and are caught between the ruling class and the poor and lose themselves.
(Don't search for "Mei Lai Village Massacre" for the faint-hearted)
Even if you know your wrong attributes, you still have to fight for survival. There is only one way - to break down the class barriers, learn from the barbarians to control barbarians, and then replace them.
Old John has three sons and one daughter, each with their own division of labor. Aside from Casey, the eldest son, Li, is in charge of taking care of the ranch. From the scene of helping a cow deliver a baby, it can be seen that he is a standard wage earner. John held the bull's head to observe the timing, and Li waited for the order before going deep into the bull's belly to complete the delivery. Old John said that Li would not be a manager and could only do some rough work, but he always took him by his side as a strong assistant, because Li was the cornerstone of the future of the farm.
Another son, Jamie, is the farm's external spokesperson, has drunk ink at a top university, and holds a gold lawyer's license to handle legal issues up and down the ranch. But Old John looked down on him, and felt that it was not a problem to be able to talk about it, but he had to rely on his identity to talk to the governor and congressmen.
Daughter Beth combines the strengths of her two brothers. She is good at financial management and is the only one among her brothers and sisters. One who doesn't ride a horse.
Bess's contradiction is also reflected in her sex life. While rejecting the little cowboy who came to chat with her in the bar, she turned around and immediately picked up the successful man in suit and leather shoes, and when she returned home, she immediately threw her arms towards her father's men. , In the end, I despised others Ding Ding Xiao. The duality of the business world and the west world is perfectly combined in her, and they tear each other apart.
To deal with the developers and officials, Old John sent Jamie and Bess out; to deal with the aborigines, Old John and Lee played in person.
It is conceivable that the growth trajectory of the three children was carefully planned by Old John. What kind of talents the ranch needs, John will cultivate the children into what kind of career. Old John embraced Li's body and his son to enjoy the last sunshine. Li's head was drooping, and there was no vitality. The words on his chest were covered by the back half, and only the words "livestock" were exposed. The line between man and livestock is not clear at this level.
Old John's opponents are also well-informed. The new leader of the local tribe, Thomas Rainwater, is a man of two faces. In his first appearance, he wore a high-end suit, and his words and deeds were no different from ordinary politicians.
In the conversation with the congressman, he continued to accept the "ceremonies" of the people around him, put on the classic headdress of the Indians, and finally met the clansmen who were celebrating downstairs.
The conversation took place in a lively casino for the entertainment of white people, and this meeting room resembled the interior of an Indian tent, decorated in light yellow, and the traditional ceremony of lighting incense, and the private conversation between politicians became The talks open to the tribe... All of these designs are designed by the director to tell us that the core of this western entertainment building is a pure Indian heart. The purpose of building the casino is to use the money squeezed out by white people to buy back the land that originally belonged to the Indians.
In the final analysis, in order to break down the barriers of class and drink the nectar of the most upstream, not the footbath of others, one must learn the "upper class" trick, which is money, not faith.
The video shows the most intense bidding scene I have ever seen. The host moved faster than Hua Shao, and three consecutive bidders bid in one second. They are shooting the next season of calves, and the price is more than doubled after a year.
Thomas refuses to return the lost livestock from Dutton Farms, and he envisions using these pies that have fallen from the sky to raise patties for the people to get rich from generation to generation.
The developers are also interested in the beautiful scenery of the Yellowstone area. If they don't turn them into cash, what is the value of beauty?
The famous "In god we trust" on the back of the dollar is often ridiculed as "In gold we trust". Facing interests, it is time for faith to withdraw from the stage.
Casey took his son to play in the developed town, and the son licked the ice cream and asked what was a "settler"? Settlers are the races that bring ice cream and squeeze you for gold. Shame, but we all want to be them if given the chance.
America's middle class struggles to climb up amid such a chaotic sense of identity insecurity, scrambling to become the object they once spurned.
As for me, it seems that enjoying a quiet and leisurely life is more exciting than buying and buying. I'm sorry parents, this time I should be disobedient!
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