An atypical Lynch movie with no split personality and no bizarre dreams. In the process of watching the film, several movies with the same theme appeared in my mind, Herzog's "Every Man for Himself, God Against All", Cauchy's "Black Venus", Truffaut's "Black Venus" Wild Child" and so on, but they are not as "positive energy" as the ending in this film. This kind of "positive energy" has made the elephant man respected and cared for by the gentlemen and ladies of the upper class, and received encouraging applause. It seems that, with the help of the doctor, he has changed his life circumstances, indeed, he can eat better food, sleep in a more comfortable bed, be cared for, read and write, and think like a man of high society. This is a life that many healthy people from the bottom cannot achieve. He would like to thank the doctors for their kindness and for the hypocrisy of the upper class. In this circle where you need to rack your brains to set up people, the easiest way to label yourself with fraternity and equality is to support the lower class, care for the weak, and protect the isolated freaks. In actual life, the people who are cared for will have qualitative changes, which is a good thing, but such good things also come from unequal identities, and this kind of unequalness is even worse than the hard days of the past. Look at today's major celebrities are scrambling to do "charity", and at the same time, they are also making comparisons in terms of reputation. This is a more advanced comparison. Elephant people are their tools for comparison. When these celebrities and nobles came to the hospital ward to visit the elephant man, it was essentially the same as the previous circus-style onlookers. They were all spying on the spectacle, and they could watch it for free. Again, the improvement in the quality of life of elephants is unquestionable, the doctors are unquestionably kind, and the whole thing is for the good, but the driving force behind the appearance is much more complicated. In essence, the benefit of the elephant comes from being discriminated against by others. People at the bottom discriminate against him so they bully and humiliate him, while those at the top discriminate against him so they help and encourage him. The elephant man cannot become equal to others because of the improvement of his life, because no matter where he is or what kind of life he lives, it is the product of discrimination and inequality.
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