I saw this legendary Cage film in 2020, and it made me feel very uneasy. The basic logic of the whole film is that the social elites who work hard on Wall Street must be single, have no wife and children, be promiscuous, and must also have no family affection. On the contrary, a person who sells tires in the country can achieve all of the above. Life is full and meaningful because family is more important than everything else.
Well, family love is more important than everything, but what is the logic of people who have a successful career and feel that their families must not be successful? Why must the social elite of Wall Street not have families? Why are children who grow up in cities less happy than children in the countryside? The more money you make, the more empty you must be.
These are the questions the film subconsciously avoids. In fact, there are many people who have a double harvest in career and family, and children in big cities are no more unfortunate than children in the countryside. This is not a fish and bear's paw story. To take a step back, for the elites in any industry to be successful, the first condition is that they like the profession from the heart. An elite who can be president on Wall Street, of course, likes to do it. Everyone has their own aspirations, whether to be a senior executive in a big company or to sell tires and raise children in the countryside. Each person has a different affinity for radish and cabbage, and there should be no distinction between high and low. M. So, black man, why do you impose your own values on Jack?
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