A common established view is: a
successful career for a man is the foundation of a happy family, and a
successful career for a woman is the cause of family destruction.
How many TV movies, including domestic and foreign #This time I am not only black domestic works#, it seems It is to say that the so-called strong women in our mouths are not naturally blessed, and when there is a problem in life, the first blame is the successful life of her.
This is the implicit punishment of the male-dominated society for the rise of women.
Doctor Foster seems to be telling the story of a woman who finds out her husband is cheating and wins by scheming.
At the end of the story, Gemma regains her job, wins custody of her children, and gets back her stolen property, seemingly a winner in life.
But the film does not convey such a sense of joy from beginning to end.
As the divorce lawyer in the play (who is also a patient of Gemma) said, even if a divorced woman gets half of her husband's property, the next few years or even the rest of her life will be busy with her own work, raising children, and being subject to social disapproval of divorce. There is simply no way/time/energy to embrace the new life.
The cheating husband will still earn back the money he paid, date younger women, and start a new and beautiful chapter in his life.
This is the inequality between men and women.
In the past, now and for a long time in the future, a woman wants to be loved, showing her meek, weak, pitiful and helpless side will always be the most effective means of attracting the opposite sex.
As a woman and strong, you will think that this is just a means used by girls to confuse boys, and it is not enough to explain the problem. But in the end, when you really show your independent side, he may not leave you, but you can make sure that he
will not secretly find a little girl to fill the machismo he can no longer satisfy?
Wouldn't this be an excuse to let go of the responsibilities of life?
Stop believing in your normal social interactions with other men?
Although I don't agree that the world is as black as a crow, the screenwriter (the screenwriter is male) really has deep hostility towards men. Almost every man in the play is having an affair. The heroine's husband Simon, the heroine's accountant, Simon's investor (that is, the father of Xiaosan), Simon's father, all kinds of men~
And what is even more desperate is that those women who can't be independent will also participate in destroying your team.
The Doctor Foster ending shows Gemma reuniting with her neighbors, her work resumed, her son by her side, but all at the cost of Simon pushing her through a window and hurting her head.
It seems that only being injured is the only reasonable reason for the successful Gemma to be accepted by them, and is the son really relieved about her?
At this point, do you still think this ending is Happy Ending?
The closing scene shows Gemma rescuing a wrecked passer-by, which is also a sort of tribute to her professional success and a redemptive hint for her future life.
It seems that the ideal of equality between men and women has been reached, but it seems that there is still a considerable distance away from us. But fortunately, this road is getting smoother and smoother, and seeing the fact that it has not reached the other side is the first step.
#Part of the comments come from the public account DramaMatters#
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