Why would my friend ask me to watch this kind of film? I need new friends (Zingyou! Steaming!). OK, just kidding, "Love You, Simon" is a good-quality youth campus romantic drama. The story is smooth, from the beginning to the end of the suspense of "Who is blue", the people are beautiful, and the first love is throbbing and refreshing.
The story begins with the "normal life" of high school student Simon. Simon's standard is high, rich and handsome, with the most considerate and lovable friends in the world (the male protagonist is quickly forgiven for all kinds of betrayals, and the halo is bright and blind), and the most tolerant and loving parents in the world (mother understands enlightenment, dad is not timely Perceives his son’s “struggle” and blames himself for guilt), the most powerful teacher in the world who will always appear in time (the school directors and teachers appear when they should appear, the conscience of the industry); the biggest worry of his adolescence is that there is almost no homophobic pressure The school comes out...Sweet and sweet youth story, greasy and warm, dog food is flying all over the sky.
But this is just a story about stuffed sugar! Thinking about it carefully, many of these things are actually quite scary.
Have you noticed that nowadays white middle-class children are easy to come out, or even a trend ? And the children of ethnic minorities are extremely painful when they come out, and may even lead to murder? Regarding the former, we can boldly assert that they are entering the "post-coming era" . The trivial matter of "coming out" may make people feel a little embarrassed, but it's not a big deal. Most people will react like Abby, shrugging, "cool, man! good for you!". They usually have the support of their parents and relatives, and more importantly, mainstream society. Their expectation is to fully control when, how, and to whom they will come out. The biggest obstacle they face is their own determination of their sexuality; once they are determined, the external obstacles are often insignificant.
But for children from ethnic minorities , the situation is far less optimistic. "Coming out" is a privilege they can't imagine . They are often faced with internal and external difficulties, and are pressured by their parents and relatives and mainstream society; their expectation is only to survive, and many people have to "deep in the closet to death" in order to maintain their original lives to the greatest extent possible.
Compare simon and ethan in the movie (the classmate who came out bravely at the age of 16 and was verbally bullied every day), the variables surrounding them are more than different? The worst trouble on Simon's side is just a blackmail from a straight boy. But what about Ethan? Every Sunday when Ethan and his parents went to dinner with his grandparents, her mother would fabricate the story of him and his "girlfriend"; Ethan had been verbally bullied by his male classmates, and no one defended him; even after Simon was out of the closet, he To ethan who is also gay, said, "Guess I didn't think we had very much in common." What do you have in common? What does it mean? The male protagonist met blue on the Internet and quickly established a close relationship, isn't it just because they are all gay? Talking so enthusiastically with blue on the Internet, but in real life feel that he and ethan have nothing in common? Are these differences only individual differences?
"Love You Simon" because it is a campus romantic comedy, only touched these questions lightly. It can be compared with the previous Oscar best film "Moonlight Boy", the black male homosexual at the bottom of poverty. For the male protagonist Chiron living in a slum, is it a possible option to announce "coming out" in high school ? He changed from a thin and quiet little to a drug dealer with tight muscles and (on the surface) male hormones. He tried his best to hide his true soft heart and homosexual image deeply. What is the reason? There are no friends, relatives, or social forces around him to support him.
Coming out as homosexuals, Simon, the son of the white middle class, and Chiron, the black man in the lower class, are like living in two parallel universes. The difference is astonishing. Are these differences only individual differences? Don't take the movie seriously, sure, but the world in the movie is a reflection of reality. To what extent do Simon and Chiron represent the general conditions of their respective classes (the white middle class and the black bottom)? If the differences between classes are so great and there are serious structural injustices , how should they be resolved? Finally, the audience's perception of the two films is also worthy of reflection. As an audience, you are probably also part of the problem . No matter what orientation you are, what kind of ideal gay couple you think of when you close your eyes? A black drug dealer with gold teeth tilted his head, and Simon with blond hair and big eyes tilted his head. Whom is it easier for you to understand and whose story is easier to like?
Don't think that these are just issues of appearance. The prejudice and discrimination we generate due to our race and economic conditions are deeper, more and more hidden than what we look and say! And this is exactly the imprint of long-term structural injustice on our hearts .
Therefore, the success of the movie "Love You Simon" does not represent the success of the LGBT affirmative movement. The lives of some people have improved, and they are treated more gently by the world. Of course, this is not wrong in itself. This is definitely progress; but it is also necessary to remember that the problem is far from over, and equal rights cannot stop here. There are many more people still stuck in the quagmire, far away from Simon's Carnival Ferris wheel. And they, and simon as worth have sweet story, beautiful love, worth have your mainstream society where the 365-degree understanding and support!
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