In 1973, "The way we were", which pioneered the American literary film, was released.
Although my mom and I are Clinton fans, we haven't read "My Life," and have no way of knowing if he mentions in the book that he saw a movie like this in 1973.
However, Clinton's obsession with movies is obvious to all, and he has repeatedly invited Barbra Streisand to spend the night at the White House at the cost of rumors.
So today, I guess, did Clinton, who was not yet climatic in 1973, see "The way we were" one day and saw his own shadow in Katie played by Barbra Streisand? Katie, for the sake of a man, stepped down from the sturdy podium and pretended to be a bird and a man to please herself, but in the end, she couldn't see McCarthyism and arrogance, abandoned the Hollywood sunshine life, broke up with her boyfriend, and took to the streets. Jump on the podium and hand out flyers.
Katie, who has always appeared as a fighter, went from opposing the Franco regime and supporting the Soviet Union in her student days to supporting Roosevelt, to later fighting against McCarthyism, which silenced everyone, and finally opposing the dropping of the atomic bomb.
But the question is, are these struggles inevitable?
What more does Katie need to fight when decades of anger and fighting have finally paid off for peace? So she couldn't get used to everyone's jokes after Roosevelt's death, and couldn't listen to the compromises of the McCarthy era. She was always a clumsy fighter and didn't know how to relax.
But in the face of a powerful regime where everyone is being humiliated and deceived, is it better to stand up and fight or shrink to protect yourself?
A pastor said: "When they came to arrest the Jews, I kept silent because I was not a Jew; when they came to arrest the Communists, I remained silent because I was not a Communist; when they came to arrest the trade unionists, I kept silent because I was not a trade unionist; when they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me...".
This is the fate of the shrinking turtle.
But looking at Yi Shu's "The Wounded City" again, he hesitated about the June Fourth period. Being a hero leads to the pain and worry of a loved one, and that is the price to pay for fighting.
When the struggle is over, every night, who needs those angry heroes?
The highlight of "The way we were" is not the dialogue that people talk about - "Hubbell, you girl is lovely",
but the quarrel between the two. Is that a contest between Make Love or War——I'm
just standing up for my beliefs, will you feel angry listening to Singer's crazy treatment of those people? Just because they have the guts to fight for the basic declaration of human rights.
We don't have a declaration of basic human rights, we don't have freedom of speech.
Then stand up and fight for power!
Everyone will be afraid that this is not school, this is growing up politics, and it is both stupid and dangerous.
So should I just sit aside and shut up?
It's a shame that those people and their families only hurt, nothing will change after they go to jail, after years of confrontation, they make movies, play tennis, go after each other's wives. In the end, why did everyone go to jail, political prisoners? I tell you, people are more important than any witch hunt, not the reason, not the principle!
The people are their principle!
If it is an unsolved proposition to choose to fight up or shrink your head to protect yourself, then at least "The way we were" reminds us that any pursuit of democracy and freedom is not so smooth. While welcoming Chinese-style Katie, we must also be alert to June 4th frenzy.
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