Milk: People are not uniform

Elbert 2022-03-18 09:01:04

Sean Penn's acting is so good. But this is based on my superficial understanding of this group. So, look, that's it, polite, sensitive and restrained, well-mannered, and funny. Even his every move and every move seems to be so full of drama, without revealing the slightest flaw. Although I still think he is acting. In the end, the real-life historical footage of the protagonist appeared, but it turned out that it was a more natural one. Smile modest, never want to look like a politician. Yes, in the smiles of politicians, we used to think that they were insincere, and it was inevitable that they would be contrived. And the real Milk—— actually wanted to use words like simple and innocent to describe him. In short, they are a unique group, they are extra sensitive, and they are extraordinarily easy to understand people because of their unusualness. Therefore, many gay men are said to be the best confidantes of women-they are delicate, and they are willing to be like women. to look at the world. Sean Penn's Milk is very dignified, his charm is that he always smiles, no matter what others have just said to insult him, he still laughs and talks, but after a joke, he subtly takes the initiative - - He's definitely smart. As said at the end, Milk's struggle is for "us" - the "us" of the 20th century, which is not only the "us" of Zamyatin, but also the us again and again in the great history, we used to be worker ants, Coerced in the torrent of history without face. We were once in a centralized state, whether in the East or in the West, and were required to be symbols, dictated by seemingly sublime doctrines, what to do and what not to do, and to have the will of the state, no matter who the individual. "We" are gay today, blacks and Asians tomorrow - as said in the film, the history of "our" struggle is a process in which people discover themselves little by little, affirm themselves, and find themselves. Today, when a black man has been elected as the president of the country, the struggle has not stopped, and people still have to go a long way in learning tolerance - knowing that there are many kinds of existence in this world, knowing that there is not only one right, and acknowledging differences , tolerate heresy, and know that polymorphism is the source of happiness—this is Russell’s words that Wang Xiaobo agrees with. Pan's mild-mannered, intelligent Milk, has left a mark on the world. A brave man who has the courage to fight for personal rights, "stand up", he said, people should learn to face themselves, affirm themselves, and express themselves - I am full of respect for the courage of the people he showed - only this. Courage itself is full of hope. It is not so easy to tolerate aliens who are different from oneself. Cut different. And homosexuality challenges the moral taboos of human beings. It is about the survival and reproduction of human beings, and there are still many problems for human beings, and they are one after another. The struggle about homosexuality is also the struggle of people arguing about themselves, trying to understand who they are. The more you argue, the clearer you are. Give people hope, because without hope, life has no meaning. Walking or walking in the postmodern West is also throwing away the nothingness, or is it just the eternal Hollywood theme, giving people a false hope? Hope, just like the road on the ground, if there are more people walking, it will become a road. Mr. Lu Xun said this, and he also walked his road like this. And now the road is already an asphalt road in a reinforced concrete jungle. How much truth is there about the hope at this time? Are the people who are farther and farther away from nature already uniform, like those reinforced concrete, but lacking a little freshness and vitality of nature? But there's also Mirko's struggle. Talking about hope. His struggle is a human struggle. People are unique and complex, not uniform. And the Milk here, after all, is only on the table, almost perfect, and the ugly side of human beings, the more real side, their fragility and madness, that is not what Hollywood hopes to provide us, let’s say After all, we still don't need to think. We are still just having a sweet dream. Of course no need to think. We are still just having a sweet dream. Of course no need to think. We are still just having a sweet dream.

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Milk quotes

  • Harvey Milk: Even though the Castro was firmly our area by 1973 it wasn't safe for us. We would have to wear whistles on our necks or in our pockets and if you ever heard a whistle you would run for help.

  • Harvey Milk: Hey, I like the way your pants fit... Where are you from, kid?

    Cleve Jones: [laughs] Sorry old man, not interested.

    Harvey Milk: I'm Harvey Milk. I'm running for Supervisor. What's your name?

    Cleve Jones: Cleve... Jones.

    Harvey Milk: Well Mr. Jones, we should walk up to my camera shop and register you.

    Cleve Jones: Fuck that. Elections of any kind are a fucking bourgeois affectation.

    Harvey Milk: Is that right? So do you trick up on Polk Street?

    Cleve Jones: If I need the cash... But I'm selective about my clients.

    Harvey Milk: Tell me one thing before you get back to work then. What was it like to be a little queer in Phoenix? Did the jocks beat you up?

    Cleve Jones: I faked a lung disease to get out of PE. So what? What are you, some kind of street shrink?

    Harvey Milk: Sometimes.