Women's rights are human rights

Tatyana 2021-11-26 08:01:25

February is the Black Heritage Month in the United States. The whole country will always spontaneously or non-spontaneously carry out a series of reflections on the racial inequality that once existed in the history of the United States, and the masses took to the streets to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, etc. (this year this year) This kind of film seems to be more in the dangerous situation of the world turning right. Please remember that Hollywood is one of the front lines of the left in the United States) So the release of Hidden Figures is very suitable.

Although the adaptation was based on real historical events, it is believed that the screenwriter has done a lot to enhance the dramatic conflict. Especially in the characterization, the first heroine Catherine showed a mathematics talent different from her peers at a very young age. She is not good at talking and does not like to cause trouble. She participated in Friendship 7 and after the moon landing plan. He has always appeared as a low-key scientist in historical events, and finally won the Presidential Medal because of his outstanding contribution to the field of science and technology; Compared with Catherine, Dorothy has more leadership qualities, as small as organizing the daily bumpy carpool journey of three black women. , So big and forward-looking that the introduction of IBM will bring about major changes in the industry and lead the same group of people to learn programming, and therefore not only for themselves, but also for the sisters of the Western Computing Group to win better career opportunities, is A natural leader who truly fits the role of supervisor; Mary is more like a trustworthy social activist and advocate. On the one hand, she is well aware of the difficulties faced by the black affirmative movement, and on the other hand, she has adopted various methods Effectively fought for equal opportunities with men, especially white men, and cleverly used the law to win their own justice and truth, and finally became an important participant in the American affirmative movement.

The three outstanding women with high IQ eventually played different social roles because of their different personalities. However, this did not affect them from achieving equally important achievements and contributing to the progress of the country, society and humanity. This kind of contribution has nothing to do with gender, skin color, or nationality, and it is especially dazzling because they are ethnic minority women. This is the mainstream value that Hollywood, which is still a progressive force in the United States, is trying to convey to the world today. Just ask Chinese directors and media professionals, where are the mainstream values ​​of our Chinese society today?

There are not many domestically produced films I watched in 2016. Forgive me for my ignorance. I have only the impression of Feng Xiaogang's "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" with women as the protagonist or the main story line. It is also an adaptation of the script, which can be regarded as a tenacious and unyielding. Stubborn woman. However, in the end this woman struggled for a stillborn child. I am not saying that the fetus is not important, but I always feel that instead of spending such troubles, it may not be as good as her own value and social value that she can realize by operating the steaming beef bone soup near the Beijing railway station. However, symbolic Chinese women, not only have not done any epic heroic deeds in the eyes of avant-garde Hollywood directors, but in the eyes of our Chinese directors, they are even less worth mentioning. Most of them can be related to willfulness and unreasonable trouble. One child, preferably two or more children, all inequalities and unfairness are easily solved. I think this is the essence of things that most Chinese directors can recognize. Of course, movies do not need to reflect society originally, but in the face of such imbalanced art, it is necessary to reflect on whether it is a Chinese woman, a Chinese director, or someone else who appreciates the female artistic image portrayed by such a Chinese director?

Although Washington’s raging Women's March is coming to an end, women all over the world have gradually begun to reflect on the aspects of our own value that we can achieve. If mainstream Chinese directors have not seen this trend, they will pretend not to. If this trend is used to win the favor or sympathy of certain audiences, the objective social indifference reflected by it may be even more terrifying.

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Hidden Figures quotes

  • Dorothy Vaughan: Separate and equal are two different things. Just 'cause it's the way, doesn't make it right, understand?

  • Dorothy Vaughan: If you act right - you are right. That's for certain.