First of all, I want to interpret this movie from the perspective of a little girl.
I don't feel like a father-daughter relationship must be given to the relationship between the old magician and the girl. The real father and daughter have been implicated by blood from the very beginning. It is a sin not to take care of them. If they take care of them, they will definitely establish a deep and eternal relationship with each other, which cannot be denied, abandoned, or broken.
This is naturally not the case between the little girl and the magician, otherwise, it is not surprising that there will be remarks such as "how the magician can leave halfway is too irresponsible". Instead, I'd rather be friends with them, so that I can rationalize the fact that "the magician is looking for his daughter in a girl" without affecting my opinion of girls.
Probably she is really very simple, only when she meets an angel, isn't there a fairy tale like that, just releasing an elf from a glass bottle can fulfill three wishes. When I was a child, I really seriously thought about how to make a wish, and even as I got older, the answer kept changing, as if I would meet one day. There is even a genius robber logic such as "my wish is to realize my three wishes", which shows that everyone has considered it. Perhaps the story from the little girl's point of view is more like this:
Once upon a time in a small town, there was a hard-working, kind and lovely little girl who had no family but many friends. She makes a living by cleaning and doing housework for others every day, and she dreams that one day she can leave the countryside and go to the big city. Until one day a magician appeared, wearing a neat suit, with elegance and maturity, showing people his own magic. So after getting some gifts, the girl followed the magician to the city. She saw the glamorous life in the city, wanted beautiful dresses and shoes, and learned to walk the streets like other beautiful urban beauties. So the magician really made a few beautiful dresses, which were exactly the same as the dresses in the window. She turned around happily and thanked the magician for his gift. After unremitting efforts, her steps became more and more brisk, her posture became more and more dignified, and she was no longer laughed at on the street. Later, she met a handsome and handsome gentleman. She was attracted by her gentle steps, a frown and a smile. They happily strolled down the street and looked forward to seeing each other every day. She seemed to see more and more clearly in life. of light.
Up to this point, it's very much like a Cinderella story. A girl has many beautiful qualities, but she cannot escape the predicament of life, so she successfully ushered in the light with some magic. But there was never a witch in Cinderella. After casting magic, she told Cinderella that the silver dress was earned by her hard work. There is no magic in the world, and now she is leaving.
So it's so sad that fairy tales meet the real world. We all claim to be able to draw the line between the virtual and the real, but maybe each of us is this little girl. When we meet a passionate lover, we will give him/her the qualities that we need in many dreams, a person's superficial conjecture, men are romantic, single-minded and successful, and women are rational, gentle and mysterious. We are sometimes confused and angry when the other person cannot meet their needs. In fact, this is also an act of imposing their own fantasies on others, and there are many guys who constantly strive to satisfy their lovers towards this fantasy.
So I don't think it deserves any moral critique of the girl, when the magic is gone, which is when she's on her own.
Then there's the magician's work part, which is a really sad story. The one I remember most is the ventriloquist, who ended up being a beggar on the street. With the development and change of society, many occupations are constantly created and eliminated, and people need to constantly adapt to this society. Probably at that time, there were still many craftsmen and jugglers like protagonists, with all their performance skills but no way to display them. This is probably a good thing for the society, because they always have to find another decent job to bring this society. come something. When the rabbit was released, I was probably in tears, hoping that the magician would be as free and plain as his old friend in the future.
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