"Escape from Breakthrough": After the scars were uncovered

Melisa 2022-03-22 09:01:08

Dead history is written in ink, and living history is written in blood.

Racial discrimination is a common topic. "Selma", "Help", "Miracle", "Dance of Death Row"... are all famous "race" movies. Watching too many movies labelled as "unfair" will feel a little numb to the sadness, pain, loss and other emotions of the characters in them. Perhaps this is the so-called aesthetic fatigue. Movies actually need to be innovative, and this kind of innovation is not a brain-opening of content, but an innovation in conception, and ingenuity in technique. It is also a movie about racial discrimination, but "Escape from Death" is particularly enjoyable.

The film used a lot of foreshadowing to allow the plot to go forward, step by step to unfold the truth of reality, the relationship between Rose and Chris, the relationship between Rose and his family, and the relationship between Chris and Rose’s family. Cautiously, the embarrassment of being black is revealed.

The contradiction between blacks and whites can be said to be similar in every year and different in every year.

The history of racial discrimination seems to be happening all the time.

The U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act and the Electoral Rights Act in 1964 and 1965, which put an end to racial discrimination and apartheid in legal forms. However, in fact, the problem of racial discrimination has not been resolved for so many years. Instead, it has been fermented in the younger generation in another form. For example, the unfair social status has kept the crime rate of blacks high. Nearly 70% of the police in the United States are white. This makes the law enforcement process unfair and the problem is racial conflicts. .

The black Chris in "Escape from Death" also faced such problems. He had many worries because of his black status, but these problems had to be faced. In addition to his identity sensitivity, Chris's mother is also his weakness.

Various settings make Chris full and real.

The collision between Chris and the black brother Andre Hayworth, using the unique black culture as the collision, coupled with the quirky music atmosphere, really gives people a sense of tension.

For this kind of movie with profound historical significance, if you want to play to a new height, the necessary foreshadowing is indispensable. And the director of the film, Jordan Peel, did very well in this regard.

Many fans have said that this movie is very similar to "Skeleton Key". It is undeniable that the two have the same effect, but "Skeleton Key" uses witchcraft, and "Escape from Dead End" uses medical skills. . If witchcraft brings spiritual attraction and shock to people, then medical technology brings sensory attraction and shock.

Among them, Georgina, the black maid played by Betty Gabriel, interprets all kinds of complex emotions very well. Georgina, who "lives another person in the body", laid the groundwork for the subsequent development of the film, and this It is also the highlight of the movie.

Although "Escape from Deadly Town" is a small-cost movie, the director's intentions are evident. The whole movie is completed and smooth, and the sense of rhythm is very well grasped. Although the hypnotic setting is a bit abrupt, it does not affect the overall viewing experience.

"Escape from Deadly Town" has torn away the scars of history. "Your genetic characteristics are like this" and "Black has become a fashion now." These comments without any ethnicity are the true thinking of today's Americans or The movie's deliberate setting is unknown to us as the audience. However, what is certain is that there is a vision of the director for American society.

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Get Out quotes

  • Chris Washington: I got hypnotized last night.

    Rod Williams: Nigga, get the fuck outta here!

    Chris Washington: No. Yo, yo, yeah it's to quit smoking. But Rose's mom's a psychiatrist, so...

    Rod Williams: Bro, I don't care if the bitch is Iyanla Vanzant, okay? She can't fix my motherfuckin' life. You ain't getting in my head.

    Chris Washington: I know, she caught me off guard, right? But it's cool because... I'm cured. It worked!

    Rod Williams: Bro, how you not scared of this, man? Look they could have made you do all types of stupid shit. They have you fuckin' barking like a dog. Flyin' around like you a fuckin' pigeon, lookin' ridiculous. Okay? Or, I don't know if you know this. But, white people love making people sex slaves and shit.

    Chris Washington: Yeah, I'm pretty sure they are not a kinky sex family, dawg.

    Rod Williams: Look, Jeffrey Dahmer was eatin' the shit out of niggas' heads. Okay? But that was after he fucked the heads. Do you think they saw that shit comin'? Hell no! Okay? They were coming over there like "I'm just gonna suck a little dick, maybe jiggle some balls or shit." No! They didn't get a chance to jiggle shit because their head was off their fuckin' body! Yeah, they still sucked the dick, but without their heads. It was fuckin' weird detached heads shit. You know, that's Jeffrey Dahmer's business.

    Chris Washington: Thanks for that image right there, man.

    Rod Williams: Hey man, I ain't makin' this shit up. I saw it on A&E. That is real life.

    Chris Washington: Yo, and the black people out here too. It's like all of them missed the movement.

    Rod Williams: It's because they probably hypnotized. Look bro, all I'm doin' is connectin' the dots. I'm takin' what you presented to me, okay? I'm gonna tell you this, I think that mom is puttin' everybody in a trance and she's fuckin' the shit out of 'em.

  • Chris Washington: Do they know I'm - Do they know I'm black?

    Rose Armitage: No. Should they?

    Chris Washington: It seems like something you might want to, you know, mention.

    Rose Armitage: Mom and Dad, my black boyfriend will be coming up this weekend and I just don't want you to be shocked that he's a black man - a black.

    Chris Washington: So, I was the first black guy you ever dated.

    Rose Armitage: Yeah, so what?

    Chris Washington: Yeah, so this is uncharted territory for them. You know, I don't want to get chased off the lawn with a shotgun.

    Rose Armitage: You're not going to. First of all, my Dad would have voted for Obama a third time if he could've. Like, the love is so real.