Just watching the first half of the movie, I thought it was a comedy about two stupid thieves, but as the plot deepened, I realized that it was a tragedy that reflected society.
When I saw that Sonny wanted to call his mom but was fired up and didn't even have a chance to speak, even I wanted to shut the phone down hard. Sonny must be a figure on the fringes, and maybe it's the heist that briefly brought him to the center. In the end, the bank clerks who had been with Sonny all the time didn't even look at him, and they all turned away their eyes when they focused on him, and he became a marginal person again, which really had the ultimate black humor.
In addition to telling the tragedy of Sonny, this film is also a mirror that reflects society to some extent. Sonny's identity as a Vietnam War veteran and gay, both of which reflect the tear in American society at the time. As we can see from the movie, the crowd cheers for Sonny at first, and then turns into swearing, and Sonny seems to be a pair of scissors at this moment to cut the society.
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