"Vietnam War Trauma"-we remember because it is still happening

Theodore 2022-04-26 06:01:02

We remember because it is still happening.
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God said, accept change, change can not be accepted, but never gives us the wisdom to distinguish its boundaries, then, only in the development of events, the compromise step by step, until the situation does not change. Finally, like Allison was immersed in great regret, suffering from self-blame, "There was a chance I could leave with her, just the two of us", "But, what can I do, Kill Clark, a U.S. corporal?" Yes, we understand his final behavior in the face of strength, but we cannot forget the Vietnamese girl who was brutally abused and raped in the accident of fate and was eventually killed, or, she is the only one The mistake was that she was a girl, and she turned out to be a beautiful Vietnamese girl, so she was taken away on a slightly hot night, and in her or the dream that was still going on, by a few damn American soldiers Taken away, just because they were driven by male desires, of course, they didn't say that, they would say that she was a Viet Cong.
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Bulaiende Parma shots they failed to track cruel to the scene when the girl abused rape, but the contrast between the beauty and the beauty of being torn enough to give us a shock, as Lu Xun said, is the so-called tragedy The beauty was torn apart for others to see. For this girl, this is really a tragedy. The language that cannot be communicated can still understand the common human "mother", which is one of the few words that can express some emotions in the midst of great pain and fear. We don’t know what she said, but we feel the hysterical pain in our hypocritical emotions, howling deep inside, and killing these grandchildren, but we know that in most cases, we will be like Allison With the same feeling of guilt, we can't help but avoid it, even we are not as good as him. Irison’s perspective is our perspective, with a conscience that stays out of the matter, step by step, sinking deeper and deeper until the arrival of a greater tragedy.
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The race relations divided in the process of civilization often make humans do extremely cruel things to people who are not of their kind. In a way, this also shows the complexity of human nature. For Messo, in the eyes of many soldiers, he should be no problem, even excellent. He saved Irison under the dagger of the Vietnamese. He was also very painful for Brown's death. But he, or millions of Americans with serious racial superiority similar to him, ignored the pain of the Vietnamese and brazenly said, "These backward races are waiting for our rescue." But, you grandchildren , Who invited you here? War, this game between a few classes, has caused most people to bear the unbearable pain in their lives. Capitalism or socialism. At that moment, it is meaningless to the beautiful Vietnamese girl. All she can feel is the phallic. The pain of tearing the private parts, and the blood flowing from the corners of the mouth. When Clark finally inserted the dagger from the perspective of a background into the horrible girl who had been ravaged, when Messo finally commanded several other bastards to shoot frantically at the girl who was staggering on the edge of death to hide her weakness. At that time, we all became uncontrollably angry, "Exposing the target? You kidnapped her from her home, abused her and made her sick and coughed, and then you killed her because she exposed the target?" FUCK YOU! But this is reality again (it should be said that reality is more cruel than this), and the bigger reality is that most of us who are sitting in front of the screen and angry viewers will surely return to indifferent calm, just like in "Rwanda In "The Hotel", the reporter played by Jackie Phoenix said that when people see the dead bodies in the news, they will only say, oh, many people have died here, and then continue their own breakfast.
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It should be said that in the eyes of Brian DePalma, this film is not only a consumer film that arouses certain emotional factors of the viewer, it also has a strong reflection on war and human morality. In Brian’s perspective, That beautiful Vietnamese girl should be more than just a girl. She is a symbol of Vietnam. She has endured the unreasonable ravages of the United States with her weak body. From her experience, it can be seen that Brian strongly questioned the nature of the Vietnam War. Those Maesots It is pitiful. In their ignorance, they show their cowardice with violence against the weaker. For individuals, Clark is certainly a neurotic pervert (you can say that he is under the shadow of the Vietnam War, but this kind of person is a scumbag even if there is no war), but Dia’s does not want to be ridiculed and isolated to rape that girl. Sadly, he has not experienced too much pleasure, but he has to pay for his weakness. In his situation, we see the impact of the system on individuals. We all obey the system in a subtle way. Resistance may occur. But most of them are powerless, as Riley (black lieutenant) realized, "Why should we fight the system? (The implication is that you are nothing but the system)." In the movie, we see that Allison’s efforts eventually cost the Messo’s actions, but this is just a movie, or at that moment, the system is hiding in the clouds of God and grinning. Full of contempt. Maybe the movie should end when Ireson went to the bathroom and Clark threw a grenade. Ireson died in an accident and life continued as usual.
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more thing, that beautiful Vietnamese girl is called Cui Wanti, at least in the movie, she is by this name.

Film information:

"Vietnam War Trauma", director: Brian De Palma. Starring: Michael J Fox, Sean Penn. Year: 1989.

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  • Eriksson: You sick son of a bitch!

    Clark: I told you, cherry. What happen...

    [Clark is hit in the face by Eriksson with a shovel]

    Eriksson: Nobody cares, Meserve. I told everybody. I told them. You don't have to worry. You don't have to try to kill me, man. I told them, and THEY DON'T CARE!

  • Capt. Hill: You couldn't let it rest, could you? You had to push it?

    Eriksson: Go to hell. SIR.