Let me start by saying, what would happen if the protagonist of this film was replaced by a black man?
The Chinese music at the beginning, the method of making steamed buns and stuffing, as well as the obvious Asian characteristics, Taijiquan, Fudao, the use of these Chinese elements makes this film full of Chinese flavor. Especially the action of Bao Baozi, I think it is very good, very, very good.
Let’s talk about the problem of children, a classic problem of widowed families. The absence of the father makes the mother-child relationship very deformed. The mother can no longer let the child leave her half an inch. However, such psychology and behavior lead to the child’s strong disgust and lead to the continuous relationship. In the end, the mother even wanted to eat the child completely in order to achieve true unity.
Also, the target of this Asian boy was a blond and blue-eyed man, which led to some speculations that the boy's parents and the decoration of the house were not Westernized at all, and even the mother took the child to do Tai Chi. Boxing, the family should not be very wealthy, then, the reason why the mother opposes the child, in addition to the imbalance of family affection, is there any xenophobia, that is, the Chinese generation living abroad is actually not integrated into this society, when they see their own When a child and a woman of a different culture begin to enter their own circle, they will naturally feel resistance and rejection, but the object of such rejection can only be their own children.
Squinting eyes, this is really, do Asians have small eyes? Also, the boy's playmates should be an African-American and a Latino, why is the boy playing with them? Now, the political correctness of the United States has to be traversed.
I think the ending of this film is very abrupt and very strange, why is it good, my father participated? Or did the mother change? I don't think there is any, it's just an imposed happy ending. Why is this? Does it imply that Chinese culture generally yearns for a happy ending? Or is this not real at all, but the mother's imagination, and the previous Bao Bao is the real ending? In the end which part is true, this logic really does not make sense, and it is possible that the director also made a reunion ending in order to cooperate with the reunion ending of The Incredibles 2.
I don't know. Anyway, I think this film looks very Chinese, but I don't know what this story wants to express.
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