Because Vitoria's clothes shrunk after washing, Toddy lent her ex-boyfriend's clothes to Vitoria to wear, and unexpectedly found that Vitoria was handsome and handsome in men's clothes, so she came up with a plan to let Vitoria change her name to Victor and pretend to be a man To the nightclub to do a ladyboy show, stage name is Vitoria. Apart from the fact that the corset made Vitoria a little uncomfortable, neither singing nor dancing stumped her. Her performance was very popular and she became a big star in a short period of time. Crazy isn't it? Vitoria was just a soprano in a small theater before she pretended to be a man, and she was unappreciated for her talent. The nightclub owner said her performance was not wild enough, so Vitoria felt insulted by playing Carmen as a bitch; He fainted from hunger on the street, and had to give up his dignity for a meal, and almost seduced the hotel owner. Of course, when she pretended to be a man, some people started to appreciate her talent, and some people made songs and dances for her. She didn't have to sell her looks. Her performances could be shared between the refined and the popular, and money and fame came one after another. She stayed in a high-end hotel, traveled in and out by car, and was picked up by a driver. She had a special dressing room. After the success of the performance, enthusiastic audiences crowded her small dressing room. But people don't think that this female imitator is actually a real daughter. People would rather listen to a man singing a soprano than a real soprano. It's funny! Men seem to take it for granted that women are either bitches or housewives, that women who are willing to show their faces should dress sexy, should know how to please men, like King's mistresses, who don't have a good voice and sing incomprehensible songs, But knowing how to discharge coquettish coquettish can still win full applause. No wonder Vitoria is reluctant to give up the identity of Victor even in the face of love, because only men can be respected and appreciated by everyone. What a crazy world!
Vitoria met King, an American nightclub tycoon after her premiere in Paris. In the 1920s, most nightclubs in the United States were controlled by the underworld, so the French took it for granted that King with a bodyguard was the boss of the underworld. However, in fact, King was a legitimate businessman. At that time in the United States, it was difficult to gain an advantage in the business field if you did not pretend to be the boss of the underworld, so King, who was doing legitimate business, could only pretend to be a boss of the underworld who pretended to be doing legitimate business. It seems that King's and Vitoria's situation are somewhat similar.
The presence of King brings up another of the film's most talked-about themes: homosexuality. In addition to showing its crazy side, Paris in the movie also shows its lovely side. The Paris show business world is simply a paradise for gays. Paris has its own dance hall for gays; Toddy sings Gaypari is gay in the nightclub, and the camera is aimed at a few female audience members in the nightclub, who are obviously Lesbian; Toddy is in the agency In front of the boss, a story was made up that he and Victor were lovers, and the two just went out and lived together. And most of the people in the movie are surprisingly ordinary about homosexuality: Vitoria and Toddy talked all night, and the two opened up. Vitoria was not at all sensitive to Toddy's sexual orientation; King's mistress only knew that Toddy was gay. Sorry for not being able to develop further with Toddy... the only person in the show who is uncomfortable with being gay is the main character King, who is a homophobic and chauvinist who refuses to believe in shining on stage Vitoria is a man, and he made no secret in front of Vitctor that if Vitoria was a man, he would beat him up, and he felt that homosexuality was unnatural. So the great director also made him suffer a lot: his sweetheart was unwilling to give up his cross-dressing career and acting career, he had to sacrifice himself and Vitoria to be a couple for love, and danced only in gay dance halls, which made him very uncomfortable ; The intimate bodyguard Kong Wu is full of masculinity, but he is actually gay. What's worse is that he was discovered by the bodyguard when he was making out with Vitoria, and then he was released; It's impossible to associate this handsome and handsome creamy boy beside me with my beloved Vitoria. All of this made King very depressed. He could only find someone to fight everywhere to relieve the pressure. He was beaten and his face was bruised. It was really heartwarming to see.
Of course, this is a comedy, and Happy Ending is a must. Although King may not finally let go of his homophobia, he really loves Vitoria, and he respects Vitoria, so he would rather be separated from Vitoria, would rather lose money and hope to save Vitoria's hard-working business, and sign Vitoria to another agency ; Vitoria also loves him. This man lets her go everywhere and respects her. He is really reluctant, so he would rather give up his cross-dressing career and save this love. In a sense, the story adopts an open ending. Toddy took the stage instead of Vitoria and said he wanted to say goodbye to the stage, but in fact Vitoria is going to the United States. Is the stubborn Vitoria willing to give up the stage? Are you just going to continue your drag career under a different name in the US? This is not the story in the movie anymore.
This film was filmed in 1982. At that time, Julie Andrews, dear teacher Maria, was 47 years old. He really grew up against him. He looked like he was in his early thirties at most. Listen softly. The length of the songs in the whole play is very heavy, but in fact this film is not a traditional musical. Songs and dances do not play a role in promoting the plot or shaping the characters in the film. It is just a film that adds a lot of musical elements , without these wonderful music, this film would be much inferior. Julie Andrews performed most of the songs in the movie, and the singing was so beautiful, so sweet, so sweet, well... I'm a Julie fan. In fact, Julie is not a very prolific actor. Since "The Sound of Music", she has passed a long period of silence. In fact, a large part of her silence is due to the growing silence of Hollywood musicals and the fact that she has Most of the energy is still on stage performances.
The director of the film is the husband who spent most of his life with Julie. The famous director and screenwriter Blake Edwards, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Pink Panther" series are all directed by him. The whole film is relaxed and warm in style under his direction, and the rhythm is relaxed, which is evident in his skill.
As the absolute protagonist, Julia is tailor-made for her from the role to the music in the whole movie. In addition, her acting skills are outstanding, of course, it is brilliant. However, Robert Preston, who plays Toddy, is also very good. His Toddy is witty, humorous, and suave, which is very different from the sissy Gay that has generally appeared in film and television works in the past or in the future. .
After this film, Julia Andrews once again devoted herself to the stage performance she loves. In 1995, she and her husband adapted the film into a musical and brought it to the Broadway stage. Of course, Julia is still the absolute heroine. This year, it has been 30 years since Julia last appeared on the Broadway stage. . Although Julia has made two landmark films in Hollywood, I still feel that Julia has always belonged to the music and the stage. She belongs to the Broadway theater more than the big screen in Hollywood.
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