If you've seen this episode of The Sardine Game and thought the writer's rhythm of shaking the bag was ingenious, then you've only understood half of it.
The screenwriter seemed to spend 28 minutes chatting with all parties, and the last two minutes reversed. In fact, in the first 28 minutes, the gray line of grass and snake points directly to the darkness and cruelty of human nature, which is the essence of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Many people think that the old lady Jotini is just ignorant and confused, but I think she is the biggest accomplice. second only to pedophile fathers. Look at the poster first, who is in the middle? Who are the main characters? At a glance.
The old lady Jordini, Rebecca, Carl, and the old father are all in important positions, of which the old lady is in the middle, the obvious C position.
She claims to be the family's nanny, taking care of the three siblings when they were very young. And Rebecca said she was just her father's cleaner. She obviously has always been aware of the fact that the father of the three brothers and sisters violated the boy, and helped cover up, let loose, and perjury, always saying that the old father of the family is a good person. That's why Rebecca said that she was her father's cleaner, helping her father to clean up his sins and clear his name.
This is also the reason why the old woman thinks she is on an equal footing with this family, because she knows all the hidden sins and weaknesses of this family, and no one is better than anyone else. Look at her eyes and ask Rachel: The skirt is hot enough! When Rachel hilariously replied that I bought it from Paris, the old woman's face changed immediately, and when I fell from Legoland, my butt became this color! Rachel looked bewildered.
And when everyone was hiding in the closet, in front of Rebecca, she deliberately asked Rachel: Tell me how you and Jeremy met! Rachel said that she was claustrophobic and didn't want to stay in When she was here, she sarcastically said: Is this why you dare not touch the snake? !
Between the words, the gun and the stick are held, and they are not allowed. The sexual implication of snakes in the adult world is too obvious, so she must have witnessed Jeremy and Rachel's affair in the dark, so mention it at this time, one is to embarrass Rebecca, don't think I don't Knowing that you told others that I was here to serve drinks, your fiancé doesn't care about you at all. Don't ignore me, your situation is not very good.
The second is that she doesn't like what the young and beautiful Rachel does. You can't hide the things you've done from me. It's better to be more respectful to me, and don't make me impersonal. Because Rachel's boyfriend, LEE, always directs the old woman to pour wine. In reality, such an old lady is unwilling to take any loss at all. The one who holds the gun and the stick cares clearly, and the master who cuts the knife secretly, you say she is confused? Don't know? She pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, and you don't even know if she eats it.
Presumably Carl and Rebecca both suffered from her when they were children, so they both hated her. Her words: "Why didn't your sister come back? I miss her sons very much." The sincerity of her tone made people who didn't know the insider think she was a kind grandmother who cared for the younger generation, but looking at Carl's painful expression, think back then In this way, she pretended to be kind and coaxed the little boys of other people's families to send them to the pedophile father's side, and really helped the abusers.
Imagine a wealthy family with three children, who belonged to the local head and face. Throwing a party for the kids in your own home, your kids are invited, you're simply flattered, the mansion has gourmet food, all kinds of novel toys, and a nanny who looks kind and gentle, promises to take good care of the kids , are you too embarrassed to refuse? Children do not agree. And the other party is a decent family, and they don't stay overnight, what can happen? Definitely feel free to send your kids to play. As a person with children, think about the anger of leaving!
Let's talk about Rebecca, a complex and tangled female character. In a way, she was also a victim of her father
Look at her clothes first, her engagement banquet, she should be dressed grandly and beautifully. The red and black dress is grand enough in terms of color, the jewelry she wears looks expensive, and her makeup is meticulous, but the whole dress looks old-fashioned. She is only in her thirties, so she should be more beautiful and elegant. . But her clothes gave people a feeling of being depressed, dull, and old-fashioned.
Rebecca's expression was also depressed when she spoke. When she heard something that made her unhappy, she always lowered her head, frowned, then raised her head suddenly, forced a smile, and said as much as she could with the corner of her mouth. But that look made people look depressed and stiff. Compared with Rachel and Stewart who stared when they were angry and laughed when they were happy, the expressions of these two people are much more vivid. Carl, on the other hand, also had a gloomy, preoccupied expression. So Stewart would say: You both look prettier when you're angry. (Because anger is the natural expression.)
Rebecca only showed a shy expression when facing her fiancé Jeremy, and when facing her father, she also showed a little girl's flattering look.
Living in such a family, what is Rebecca's personality like? Why does she panic when she sees the flower wine in the bathroom, but shows a nostalgic expression when she sees the soap?
Why did she really want her father to play this game? Why did she know that Carl was mutilated back then, and she wanted to take Carl's hand a second to comfort her, and scolded the old woman for not mentioning what happened back then; and then her father came to the closet, and she immediately changed her mind. The voice of the deputy little girl, joyfully revisiting the game of sardines back then?
Let's recreate the story back then.
In this family, the mother was absent, and Rebecca's mother was not mentioned. Maybe my parents have already divorced, maybe my mother is dead. In either case, the role of the mother is missing, and the maternal love that the children received when they were young is almost negligible. Maybe Rebecca's sister and Carl got a little bit of maternal love, but if Rebecca was the youngest child, she would get the least.
His father was a pedophile and undoubtedly ignored Rebecca. At the beginning, young Rebecca didn't know what happened, maybe there was a trace of envy and jealousy for her father to bathe Carl. She longed for her father to love her and care for her, but she was always disappointed. Only when will my father be nice to her? It was during the game of sardines that my father smiled at her and said to her, "My dear Rebecca, can you bring Carl to me? You know, boys are dirty and I'm going to teach him Take a shower." Then, with the smell of carbolic soap, I gently patted her and gave her a hug.
Then, Rebecca went to Carl and took Carl to the bathroom. It wasn't until once, through the shower curtain, that he heard Carl's cry for help, and young Rebecca didn't understand what was going on. She must be terrified and don't know what to do. Maybe she had tried to ask for help, Jotini, the nanny who was taking care of them, but Jotini told her that she was wrong, that her father was a good person, and she could not say such things again in the future. Her father would be angry, sad, or not. Love her daughter again.
So this matter became a pressure and burden for Rebecca, and such a matter was powerless for children to solve. On the one hand, she is the father she depends on for survival, and the child is naturally loyal to her parents, and on the other hand, she is her brother. Even if it is a child, she knows that his brother has been hurt. What can she do? She could only escape, even if she knew that Carl was repeatedly mutilated, she could only pretend not to know.
Maybe not long after, the father will hold a party at home again, and let them invite their classmates and good friends to come to the party. The children don't know what the father's idea is, so Rebecca and her sister once again He became a tool in the hands of his father, played the sardine game with his friends, and acted as a pawn to deceive the friends again without knowing it.
Did Rebecca still play the role of deceiving her friends when she knew it? I think there is. Otherwise Carl wouldn't hate her so much, and little Pip wouldn't be able to scold her Bichi uncontrollably.
There is a term in psychology called compulsive repetition.
Originally a term for psychoanalysis, it can be understood as the replication of the pattern of relationships that an individual forms in his or her family of origin. After experiencing a painful or happy event, children will unconsciously create the same opportunities to experience the same feelings over and over again in the future.
Young people who encounter resistance in the process of growing up and experience withdrawal in some aspects of their self-development may reject new experiences because the fear of new experiences can make them feel anxious, so they become more addicted to them. Familiar early experience. When unresolved anxiety persists long enough, it can become an obsession.
So Rebecca's attitude towards her father is both resistance and flattery. Very conflicted and struggling. I want to get my father's love, and I want to find the warmth of that moment again. Only when playing the game of sardines will my father have a warm side to her, although it is a use. Unconsciously, I want to go back to the past, go back to the scene before Carl was injured, and want to save Carl.
Therefore, in the eyes of many clinical psychiatrists, many people's abnormal behavior, no matter how unreasonable, is to deal with their own incredible pain.
This also explains why I always have a weird feeling when I see Rebecca's behavior, nervous and vulnerable, hilarious and terrified. I have to admire the level of British drama actors, who can always interpret the characters in the play just right.
And Rebecca is the same in the intimate relationship. She knows that Jeremy still loves Rachel. Jeremy chooses to get engaged to her because her father's position is more advantageous. After all, Jeremy's big boss has to find ways to build On the father's relationship, complete the company mergers and acquisitions. Unconsciously, she chose another man who didn't love her, but just wanted to use her. It appears to be a repetition of the relationship with the father.
The harm of compulsive repetition is also reflected in Carl, who said to his male partner: Can't you just shut up for five minutes? Can you look like a normal person? ! Carl wanted to live like a normal person, but couldn't. The original intimacy should have come from the imitation of the parental relationship in childhood, but this natural process was mutilated by the father. In the process of pursuing intimacy, Carl had to repeat the scene of the year, found a male partner, and started an intimate relationship, because this was the only mode he was familiar with, but in the process, it brought him back to the agony and humiliation. He struggles, resists, hates himself, and attacks himself. Therefore, his attachment to his boyfriend Stuart from the very beginning turned to indifference and disgust.
And John, who was also mutilated that year, chose not to take a bath again, and continued from childhood to adulthood.
Only little Pip, who pretended to be Ian, fought back then. Although he was forced to move his family away, he also avoided being attacked again like John and Carl. But the older you get, the more you realize what happened to you back then? Why didn't his parents support him, why did he choose to compromise with the devil! This experience of anger and hurt must have been tormenting Pip, making him come all the way back to this place, lurking here, waiting for a chance to get his revenge.
There are times when crises, suicides, and assaults on others are associated with severe trauma.
A bunch of people are hiding in the cabinet, some are perpetrators, some are accomplices, some are victims, some are greedy, some are adultery, this locker is like an asura field, and more like a prison, however In the end, only little Pip escaped. Just like many years ago.
The only one who can redeem is himself.
The tragedy of most people is already doomed
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