Perhaps the only people who will resonate with this show are those who are actually in their 40s and have had a similar experience.
Those people must not be in the minority.
As life goes on, some people unknowingly deviate from the track. Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, mental illness in the play, or other physical and mental disorders, difficult diseases, etc., have been latent since birth Beside me, when I get older, I realize that it is a rare happiness to live healthy to 80 years old.
I will never forget to sleep until three in the morning, open the door of my father's bedroom, and find that he was dragging his own loose stool in his hands, and his eyes looked at me with panic and fear.
His brain disease caused by a cerebral infarction became more and more serious.
But in the end, he did not completely retreat from his self-esteem and shame. Later, his physical condition continued to deteriorate because he refused to take medicine, which may also be a choice for him.
Even if I didn't accompany me often, I deeply felt the roar in Dominic's narration at the end of the second episode in the psychiatrist's office. struggle:
I feel like my younger brother is like a lifetime burden. He was the same before he fell ill, and he has not cut off his own hand. He is always on my shoulders, and I only have a little breathing space. I used to think that someday Get rid of him, untethered, but now I'm 40 years old, still in a mental hospital, running around for him, and now I finally understand, he's my curse.
Severe chronic disease is like a curse, whether it is physical or mental, over time, whether it is sick people or people around them, they will also be wrapped in this curse, unless there is optimism and positivity. life attitude, this curse will only drag people into the abyss.
An unidentified father, a stepfather who occasionally punishes him, and a mother who plays rabbit games with his younger brother, the twin brothers who grew up in such an environment become different people because of their characteristics. Sensitive and cowardly, the older brother who has lost himself and the younger brother who protects himself with a hard shell, everyone has their own choices, but sometimes there is no choice.
All of Dominic's accusations and remorse for himself poured out on Thomas's funeral, for his stepfather Ray. When Thomas was locked in the dark room, he didn't open the door; when Thomas couldn't open the toilet door on the bus, it was other students who came up with the solution; when Thomas was criticized by his stepfather, he Always listen obediently; ostracized Thomas in college because of his abnormality... He pushed his younger brother farther while protecting himself, but in the end he was left alone to fight the result of inaction. He was the only one left.
After my father left, my mother often blamed herself for not being more patient when she could be with her. As I wrote this, it occurred to me that my mother and Dominic had something in common, especially in their refusal to help everyone. She always thought that she was omnipotent, but she was often frustrated when she was helpless. And I'm becoming more and more like her, and in a way, more and more like my father.
Each of us could be Dominic or Thomas.
Ruffalo's acting skills are really amazing. After checking Wiki, he found out that in order to play Dominic's role, he first lost 6.8 kilograms, and then gained 14 kilograms to play Thomas, as Gabe Fazio as a stand-in. (Gabe Fazio) also increased or decreased, only to complete the interpretation of one person and two corners.
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