"Whether you can distinguish between skin colors, I hope that in this land, there is no difference between you and me. The beauty of the colorful colors is because it does not have a separate color..."
Black and white don't have to be opposites, they can also be communion.
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a famous speech "I Have a Dream" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which set off a huge wave of the black civil rights movement.
At that time, American society implemented the "Segregation but Equality" "Segregation Law." It is said to be equal, but in reality, the treatment that blacks enjoy in terms of social security, education, employment and even various public services lags far behind that of whites. Black males are mostly coolies, while women’s work is still limited to working as domestic helpers in white households. "Equality" can only be enclosed in quotation marks, the word seems particularly ironic.
Martin Luther King paved the way with blood and laid the foundation for the abolition of apartheid in the United States.
At the same time, in Jackson, Mississippi, at the center of the storm of change, a group of ordinary black women also participated in this battle in a unique way, and finally won freedom and respect.
The movie "The Help" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Catherine Stockett. This book has long occupied the No. 1 best-selling list of Amazon online bookstores, and many readers have shed moving tears for it.
It is difficult to reach the sky without being scolded after shooting such a masterpiece. However, the director Tate Taylor has no such concerns. He and Catherine Stockcott are young, and they are naturally handy.
What's more, there are two old dramas, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. The latter won the 2012 Oscar for best female matchmaker with this film. Although Viola Davis passed the best actress, but her superb acting skills do not need to endorse, and in 2017 with "Fences" also won the best actress.
The white heroine Emma Stone in the film also won the Oscar for Best Actress in one fell swoop in 2017 with "City of Philharmonic". In the same film, a queen and two best actresses are gathered together, and the director's vision of casting a role is compelling.
The film does not deliberately amplify the injustice suffered by blacks. You will not have a strong sense of camp opposition. On the contrary, it shows a lot of human sincerity, kindness and perseverance in the balance. After watching the movie, Big Cat's emotions were deeply trapped in it, and he couldn't get away for a long time.
The master-servant is an extremely delicate relationship, especially between the hostess and the maid. The superficial harmony is contradictions and gossip.
Skeeter graduated from University and returned to Jackson City. Most of his former besties were married and had children. They dressed themselves up every day and attended some meaningless parties.
This kind of life bores Skeeter. She wants to be a journalist or writer, but due to her lack of experience after graduation, she has to commit herself to becoming a housekeeping columnist for the Jackson Daily.
Ai Bilin started working as a white helper at the age of 14, and had more than 17 white children in her life. Her only son died early due to inhuman treatment while working for a white. This fatal blow almost made her devastated. .
Ai Bilin loves children from the bottom of her heart and has a talent for taking care of children. She can quickly calm down a crying child.
Hilly and Skeeter used to be good friends, but she was acrid and vanity and superficial. Like most whites, Hilly believes that blacks carry germs. She does not allow Minnie the maid to use her toilet and encourages other families to strictly enforce the apartheid system.
Since she was a child, Skeeter has a deep relationship with Constantine, the black nanny, and in her heart, the seeds of freedom and equality have long been sown.
Seeing all kinds of injustices suffered by the maids, she secretly came up with an idea: write a book and use words to speak for them!
When Skeeter found Abby Lin and wanted her to tell her story, the other party refused. Abelyn knew too well what this meant, how could she dare to take the risk so boldly?
At this time, Minnie was fired by the thunderous Xili for stealing the owner's toilet.
The vicious Xili told the people in the town that Minnie was fired for stealing, so that no new employer dared to hire her. Minnie's husband is rude and cruel, and often fists at the unemployed wife.
Seeing Minnie living in danger and suffering every day, Ebeline couldn't sit still, she decided to help Skeeter finish the book!
With the dictation of Abelyn and Minnie, Skeeter quickly completed part of the manuscript. This unprecedented perspective really made the publisher's eyes shine, but if they want to finally publish, the current story is still thin, and the publisher is asking for more maids to join the narration.
Of course, no one else is willing to join. Everyone understands the consequences of this incident. Once it is leaked out, it may cause catastrophe.
When Skeeter was helpless, thanks to Hilly, something happened again. Minnie’s successor, Yamei, wanted to borrow money from Xili in the form of an advance salary overdraft in order to collect tuition fees for the children, but in exchange for a meal of contempt and sarcasm. Yamei was confused for a while and stole one of Xili's ring, but was arrested and imprisoned.
About Yamei, the black maids were filled with righteous indignation, and they all expressed their willingness to cooperate with Skye in writing books. Nilai has been compliant for too long, no one cares about the humiliation they have suffered, and the reality is crushed again and again, so that the maids can no longer remain silent.
One story after another emerged, true and powerful.
Some maids are written into the will by the employer as property and appoint an heir. Although this is not legal, it is justified in the eyes of the world.
Some maids are grateful when they talk about their white employers. A maid had to pass through a field on her way to and from get off work every day. The owner of the field pointed a gun at her and prohibited her from passing through. Her doctor's employer bought the land at twice the price, just for the convenience of the maid.
Finally, the book was about to be finalized, but everyone began to worry. Although Skeeter uses anonymity in the book, the details allow readers to know where the plot is taking place at a glance. Once the book was published, the consequences would be disastrous.
In order to be able to protect herself, Minnie had a bad idea.
After being expelled, Minnie made a special pie for her in order to retaliate against Xili, and added some shit to the pie. When Xili was eating, Minnie couldn't help but tell her the recipe, which made Xili almost vomit out of her intestines.
"Superb cooking" Minnie believes that as long as the incident is written in the book, the face-saving Xili will surely prove that the story did not take place in Jackson, otherwise her feat of eating shit will become everyone's joke.
At the end of writing, Skeeter left the story to herself, she is the only white narrator of the book. She wanted to write to Constantine, the old maid who raised her up, selflessly loved her, and established a correct outlook on life for her.
In her heart, Constantine is as important as a mother. Just before she returned home from graduation, Constantine, who had worked for 29 years, was fired because she was old and slow, and the two did not see each other before she died, which made Skeeter regret for the rest of her life.
This feeling should be the source of courage and motivation for Skip to write this book.
"The Help" is out! As expected, it quickly caused a huge sensation. It not only brought black people closer together and helped each other, but also allowed white people to face their own prejudices and mistakes.
At the same time, the publication of the book also quietly changed the fate of some people.
After seeing the contents of the book, Hilly completely turned against Skeeter. Fortunately, with "The Help", Skeeter became famous in one fell swoop, and she is about to go to New York to start a new life.
Minnie has a new employer, Celia is innocent and kind, caring for her very much. Minnie plucked up the courage to take the child away from her violent husband and moved into Celia's house.
After the loss of her beloved son, Ai Bilin devoted all her love to her employer’s child, Mei Moli. She always told Mei, You is kind, you is smart, you is important...... This couple is not treated by her mother. For children, it is tantamount to warm sunshine.
However, in the end, May's mother expelled Aibi Lin under Xili's instigation.
Viola's acting skills really exploded in the expulsion scene. She couldn't restrain the tremors of anger, reluctance and heartbreak, the kind of haggard and physical and mental fatigue that made people unbearable to watch.
At the end of the film, Ai Bilin walks on the boulevard, and the sun shines on her through the bushes. She knows where her new life goal is, and losing her job will not make her afraid. As she always said, her family will give birth to a writer...
In this "Help", more than 60,000 netizens scored a super high score of 8.8.
There is no protagonist in the film, and a big show is supported by a few women. The screenwriter and director did not deliberately create a hedge, and always allowed the plot to develop as smoothly as possible. There are bad characters among blacks and good images among whites.
Each character is three-dimensional and vivid, with a fullness of five stars. It is the kind of film that can be remembered for a lifetime only by watching it once.
Aibi Lin's narration and narration run through the film, her tone is the same as her expression, with helplessness in exhaustion, but not contagious. Such a calm person makes such a fierce resistance, which in itself is a highlight and a bright spot.
Help is also called mutual assistance. After watching the film, you will rethink the meaning of the word. Black women help white people write books, white women help black people speak, black maids help white families bring their children to cook, white families help black women live a dignified life... There are many kinds of mutual assistance. Help should have no boundaries, no thresholds, and no motives. This is the true meaning of the word help!
May the light of justice illuminate every corner of the earth. I hope that there will never be a gap between black and white.
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