The 1986 film seems to be more open than the bl film in the late 1990s in China. Pakistani boy Omar chose to make money before going to university and working. After encountering Johnny, a London street boy he admired since he was a child, he invited him to run his uncle's laundry with him.
What kind of relationship Omar and Johnny had in the past did not explain in the film, but it seems that the two of them were not in that relationship before, because of Omar's supposed dependence and support, and Johnny's willingness and tolerance.
In the eyes of cats, this is the real seductive love. Omar hides his unlimited desires under his silent and well-behaved appearance. He wants to get ahead, make a lot of money, and do a big business. For this purpose, he does not hesitate to do illegal business, he does not hesitate to marry someone he does not love, and he does not hesitate to hurt others. Johnny has no such ambitions. He doesn't want to leave his street friends. He has no choice in the struggle between the local unemployed and Pakistani immigrants. However, he clearly stands on Omar's side, and he does whatever Omar says. It seemed that Omar was the one who gave the orders, but when Johnny decided to leave, Omar's attachment was reminiscent of a lonely beast. In the relationship itself, Johnny is the obvious offensive side, and Omar is the pure recipient. It was a strange balance, as if Johnny's submissive indulgence was just a manifestation of his doting. To be honest, the cat was really taken aback when he first saw Omar yell to Johnny to fire him. It's hard to think that Xiaoshou would give such a strong order to Xiaokong.
Many other things, such as race disputes, unemployment, drug trafficking, power struggles between families, etc., make cats unable to believe in the propaganda "love comedy". What a comedy here, at best, it didn't add a lot of foreign trouble to the relationship between Johnny and Omar.
Hmm, the cat thinks that Johnny still did not leave afterwards, because as he himself said, "you will leave after touching him". This is what the cat means by seductive.
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