Dolly used lies one by one to weave different dreams of different people. Make the painter and niece believe that a dance competition can get them married, make the two accountants believe that they can win love and romance in New York for $3, and she did it, because it was Mr. Van der who paid the bill.
When I first saw "Hello, Dolly", I was still in elementary school.
It’s being shown on TV until all the waiters learn about Dolly’s upcoming scene,
I was attracted by the gorgeous scenes and the enthusiasm of the actors.
Who is Dolly? Why is everyone looking forward to her coming?
Where is it on the screen? Why is it so beautiful?
I haven't waited for the answer, but my mother called me to sleep.
Although the body has fallen asleep, the soul is still dreaming. I dreamt that Dolly is a beautiful and charming woman. She usually lives a hard life and saves money to spend a wonderful night in that gorgeous place every year.
Many years later, when I actually watched the movie, I realized that Dolly was married to Mr. Lewell, and under his company and guidance, he spent a happy life in this harmonious restaurant.
However, after the death of Mr. Lewell, he stayed away from such a life, relying on all kinds of work to maintain his glamorous appearance.
Until she met Mr. Van der.
Mr. Van der lives in the small town of Yankel and runs a chicken feed shop. He has considerable savings. He thinks that people in the world are fools and do some stupid things, especially the penniless painter who wants to marry his niece. , Really stupid. In order to dispel the idea of his niece wanting to marry the painter, he commissioned Dolly to take her niece to live in New York for a while, so as to calm down the silly head that was boiling.
But Dolly Drunkard who accepted the commission didn't want to drink, she came to Yankel town to conquer Mr. Van der's heart.
This led to the first question that came to my mind—why did Dolly want Mr. Van der to propose to herself?
Money, is everything done for money?
Miss Molly wanted to marry Mr. Vande for money, because she didn't want to run a hat shop anymore, and wanted to turn her life into an adventure.
What about Dolly? Is Dolly for the money?
Does Dolly really love him? Or did she just want to say goodbye to the lonely life of a widow?
With such a question, I continued to watch.
I saw that Mr. Van der, who was stingy, conservative, and accustomed to his own life, was subtly influenced by Dolly. For the first time, I had the idea of wanting to get married and decided to go to New York to propose to Miss Molly.
This led to his first song It Takes a Women. This song sang the image of an ideal wife in the heart of a wealthy man in a small town, and showed what kind of life the housewife of the small town had to live in order to be thrifty and maintain a family. Repairing water pipes, caring for animals, cleaning, doing dirty work together... She is more like a housekeeper than a wife.
However, under the influence of Dolly, Mr. Vande absorbed the concept of consuming and enjoying life in his mind. From the beginning, the idea of "marrying a housekeeper and going home" changed to "money in the corner is a pile of dung." It should be used to nourish young lives and lives", and finally proposed to Dolly, who was obviously used to the luxury life.
why is that? What did Dolly do to make his transition?
lie. Dolly's magic weapon is a lie.
The lie contributed to all the major events in the film. The niece married the painter, the accountant met and fell in love with Miss Molly. The lie even changed the concept of Mr. Van der, making him no longer cling to wealth and want to enjoy life.
Just like this prosperous society, everything is built on gorgeous lies.
Just as Dolly greeted everyone, pretending that everyone was her friend.
Just as when Dolly got off the carriage, it was originally a two-horse carriage, but it was rumored to be a four-horse carriage.
Just as Mr. Verde, who had no idea, was stuffed by Dolly with thoughts about getting married and proposing to herself.
Just as Dolly didn't want to leave at all, but sang "Goodbye" to Mr. Fande.
Dolly used lies one by one to weave different dreams of different people. Make the painter and niece believe that a dance competition can get them married, make the two accountants believe that they can win love and romance in New York for $3, and she did it, because it was Mr. Van der who paid the bill.
In this way, all questions have been answered.
Why does Dolly want to conquer Mr. Vander's heart?
Why was Mr. Van der changed by Dolly?
Why does everyone in Harmony Restaurant love her?
Because Dolly herself is like the consumerism itself selling fantasy, because everyone loves the beautiful fantasy she brings.
The dream of having a big meal in the most exclusive restaurant in the city and having someone else pay for you; the dream of getting love and enjoyment without hard work.
She once brought this dream into a big city like New York, and now she wants to bring this whirlwind into a small town. Who can reject such a dream? Listen to the song sung by Mr. Vande! The hard-working housewife in the small town has to lead a hard life like a housekeeper. Listen to the song of the hat shop owner sung by Miss Molly. In order to avoid other people's spying, you can't go to the theater or participate in the dance, and lead such a boring and hard life. Who doesn't want to dream of a drunkard?
Everyone took advantage of such collective dreams and joined the carnival parade in the heyday of capitalism. They didn’t know that what they were planning ahead was the future...
Does Dolly really love Mr. Vander?
It has nothing to do with love or not.
Dolly’s dream just needs a carrier, a person with savings, let him dream, let him continue this carnival parade, and let consumerism never stop and expand.
"Dolly will never leave again" the dreamer sang and danced like this, hoping that the dream would never wake up and Dolly would never leave. But Dolly will leave one day, because the money in the bank will always be spent one day, people will always wake up, and the dream will always be shattered. Hasn't Dolly left the glamorous 14th Avenue because of the death of Mr. Lewell? She will also leave the town of Yankel one day.
But as long as there are still people struggling in poverty, as long as people are dissatisfied with their lives, as long as the gap between the rich and the poor still exists, Dolly will come back.
I hope she will not come back again, because even if the dream is done a hundred times, it will not come true, it will only bring more pain. In the alternate back and forth of dreaming and waking up, human beings just prove their own stupidity over and over again. The difference lies in whether one is stupid or is stupid with others.
"Will there be that day? Dolly won't come back anymore, mankind doesn't have to have beautiful dreams, because reality is as beautiful as a dream."
I sang, asked, and dreamed like this.
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