"He once humiliated me,
robbed me of hundreds of thousands of dollars in business,
ridiculed my losses , ridiculed my surplus,
insulted my nation, undermined my business,
separated my friends, and incited my enemies;
What’s his reason? Just because I’m a Jew!
Don’t Jews have eyes?
Don’t Jews have facial features, limbs, sensations, emotions, and flesh?
He’s not eating the same food, and the same weapons can hurt him.
The same medicine can heal him. It will be cold in winter and hot in summer,
just like a Christian?
If you stabbed us with a sword, wouldn’t we also bleed?
If you scratch our itch, we don’t. Will you laugh?
If you murder us with poison, won't we also die?
Then if you bully us, won't we have revenge?
If we are like you in other places, then at this point The above are the same. If a Jew bullies a Christian, how does the Christian show his humility? Revenge.”
If a Christian bullies a Jew, then follow the example of a Christian, how should the Jew behave him Tolerance? revenge. You have taught me the cruel methods, and I will definitely follow your lessons, and I will do my best!''
So this is a Beijing that should be the late night of the weekend when the tigers are raging in autumn but shrouded in the cold of late autumn. I am wrapped in Watch Shaon’s classic play "The Merchant of Venice" in the warmth of the quilt. . .
Someone has asked many questions about why Shaon’s many plays, such as "The Prince's Revenge", "Othello", and "Romeo and Juliet". . . Whether it’s classic interpretation or alternative post-modernism, almost all of them have been put on the screen many times, and only this "The Merchant of Venice" seems to have been dusted into the basement. The film and television producer seems to have forgotten that Shaon once wrote such a story. Comedy. . . In fact, I realized after watching this work that people with a little religious knowledge can experience the strong racial discrimination in the drama. . . I have watched the stage version of "The Merchant of Venice", where Charlotte's sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks are obscene and dirty, and the typical selfish and despicable profiteer image. So when he made another attempt to cut off a "noble" and "elegant" Christian businessman When a pound of meat, all the audience will be filled with righteous indignation, and when he finally fails to succeed in the "conspiracy" but received a powerful punishment, all audiences are equally excited, a comedy ending, a bad guy deserves to be punished. The classic mode is the most primitive representation of Shaon’s works. If Shaon wrote dramas like this during the European Renaissance, I think it should have catered to the “preferences” of people at that time. However, human rights and equality have become the common theme of the world. Today, especially after experiencing the cruel slaughter of Jews in World War II, no one wants to touch such a sensitive subject anymore. . . So silent. . . A long silence. . .
And this new version of "The Merchant of Venice" filters out the satirical villainous character of Charlotte in the original work, and more expresses the human nature of a persecuted Jew: he has his own faith in loyalty, and he has his own love. , Expressed as love for his daughter and his deceased wife, especially when he heard that his eloped daughter only exchanged a monkey with the ring his wife gave him stolen. He was angry, sad, and even in his eyes. She shed tears and said: Even if you give him 100 monkeys, he won't change it. . . His contempt and personal insult to Christians, he was humble, submissive, and patient. However, when he got the opportunity to resist, he relentlessly carried out his revenge. In the face of the enemy, he said the greatness that he had suppressed for a long time. Duan Bai said that in the end he held a steel knife and had no mercy on his enemies and said: When you describe me as a Jewish dog, please don't forget the dog's teeth. . . I can't help but admire Al Pacino's excellent performance, which vividly portrays such a depressed, hateful character who has to submit. . . This film is just right to show the unjust persecution of Jews on the screen, although the last Antonio also showed helplessness and sadness in the face of the impending killing, as well as his generosity and "double-heartedness" towards his friends. "Buddy mean" will also make people feel a little sympathy. However, due to the large amount of foreshadowing before the movie, it feels that he was punished as a result of his own crimes, so he deviated from the theme of the original book and couldn't feel it at all. Charlotte finally failed in revenge, but got a sense of comedy with a sadder ending, based on the faint sadness deep in the viewer's heart. . .
I don’t know if the above paragraph of Charlotte’s explosive statement is a line from Shaon’s original work? If Shaon ever wrote a large line that would come from the mouth of a Jew in this way, I can see from this point that Shaon’s heart is especially true when he writes such a highly racially discriminatory drama. The sympathy and justice of the nation. . .
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