Comedy + Suspense + Criticism + Philosophy, "White Lotus Resort" has taught me how rich a play can be, no matter what angle it is from: thoughts, stories, characters, images, and music, there is something worth pondering about.
This work perfectly explains how to express the most naked reality criticism and the most essential philosophical thinking in a vivid and interesting form. It proves one thing: comedies can be profound, and literary films are not synonymous with dullness.
The richness of this work makes me naturally think of "Dream of Red Mansions". All of them tell the stories of all beings in a limited space, and they all discuss the natural good and evil of human beings through short "small" descriptions of parents. big" theme. One is to see the bustling disillusionment in Jia's house, and the other is to reflect a capitalist society represented by the United States in the resort.
If the story of this play can be summed up in one sentence, it is: the battle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The outcome seems to have been expected, ending with the total defeat of the proletariat.
Armond, who is fighting wits and bravery with Shane, the second rich generation, is not the opponent of the second rich generation at all. He thinks that he can use his position to punish the other party, but just one sentence can make you lose your job immediately; Kai, who fought for the rights of the indigenous people with jewelry by the rich, failed to get his wish and went to prison instead; Belinda, who was ignited by an unintentional promise of a rich white woman, had a little hope for the rich after the rich woman changed her mind. It was shattered, but in order to survive, she had to pick up a professional smirk again and be a professional wage worker who served the bourgeoisie well, which is exactly the sentence: I can't stand you, but I can't kill you.. .
Rachel, who also dislikes the bourgeoisie, in the context of capitalism, her marriage with Shane is no longer a victory of love, but a victory of capital. Among Shane's many pursuers, Rachel was the one who had the last laugh. She received the trophy bestowed on her by the bourgeoisie, glittering and worthless. Logically, Rachel, who married into a wealthy family, should be happy, but during the honeymoon with her husband, she found that the man in front of her was nothing but rich. Vanity, childishness, selfishness, arrogance, he couldn't see his true needs at all. What he saw from Rachel was beauty, flesh, and capital to show off. Rachel was not a flesh-and-blood companion to him, but an emotionless appendage. Rachel, who gradually saw the reality, wanted to change, but found that her ability was limited. After leaving Shane, her life might not be as good as it is now. After some struggles, she returned to the vase beside the rich second generation...
Under such a hopeless core, the director still left the audience with one last hope, which came from Nicole's son Quinn. An ignorant boy who was immersed in capitalist material and lived on his mobile phone all day long, after the mobile phone was taken away by the sea, he was inadvertently compensated by the beauty of nature, and finally found the meaning of his existence: to join the rowing team. Fortunately, there is still such an awakening from young people, and this society will not be too desperate. Watching Quinn's sailboat paddle hard in the morning light, we seem to see the dawn of changing the world.
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