In Venice in the 13th century, mask culture became popular. In the carnival of about two weeks, the common people eliminated the barriers of rich and poor, age, gender, and class by relying on the particularity of the mask.
Perhaps the superheroes (the creators) use this as an inspiration to give the characters individuality and symbolism. For example, Zorro's mask metaphors resistance to rape and revolution. Superheroes (especially DC) not only use masks to conceal their identity, but also represent themselves as a symbol. They are also implied by the mask to go beyond the ordinary, get rid of shackles, and release their subconscious. The mask represents them. Another personality. The routine of this kind of comic film is very simple: ordinary characters suffer injustice --- accidentally found 0 --- successfully opened ---save the world --- get the heart of beauties. Among them, Superman is somewhat different from other xx heroes. Other heroes wear masks to be heroes and hide themselves as human beings; while Superman wear masks to be ordinary people and hide themselves as gods. In fact, they are all in order to integrate into life and switch roles between normal life and "work." Superman is a stranger, and the other heroes are earthlings, and their identity changes are just the other way round.
As a pseudo-superhero movie, "Ghost in Disguise" has made a deeper exploration of the metaphor of mask. The title of the film is the mask, which is concise and concise. In the film, a broken wood is blown into a rocky in the middle of the night, a troublemaker who loves pranks. Jin Kelly relied on him to subvert cowardice and low self-esteem, and show the unknown side of romance and justice like a sleepwalking. It is precisely because of the mask, exaggerated expressions and movements that they can be perfectly integrated with the comics, and the intense police chase is also Mix up with cool singing and dancing. There are two finishing touches in the film. The first is when the mask is first found, the TV introduces "Everyone wears a mask. Wearing a mask is a metaphor. We suppress deep desires and pretend to be an image acceptable to society." The second is When the hostess visited the male lead in prison, what magic power does the face have? Stanley replied that it can make people's deepest desires come true. If the abyss is slightly depressed and romantic, you will become an infatuated and wild man. If Dorian wears it, then everyone is gone. It can be seen that the setting of the mask in this film is a person who has no absolute will but can hypnotize the owner and assist the owner to be the most authentic self. As Stanley's heart became stronger and stronger, he gradually didn't need the help of the mask. At the end of the film, he succeeded in becoming himself, throwing away the mask.
The role-playing theory believes that everyone wears a mask to live, and there is more than one, and they have to switch frequently between roles. The function of the mask here is exactly the opposite of the setting of the film. People use it to suppress themselves and cater to the society. As early as in modern times, Venetians would use masks to express their true self, which is a kind of sadness from this perspective.
In the end, I want to say that I really love this movie. It’s not as unbearable as the comments say. Those idiots don’t look good at all, and simply use a vague phrase like "commercialization" to simply and rudely downgrade him to Dungeon. This movie is not only funny and nonsensical, it also has a strong romantic feeling. I strongly recommend it because it promotes what modern people lack.
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