The background of the story of "Karaoke Hall" is the 1730s, on the eve of World War II. At the beginning of the film, the Nazis have not yet dominated Germany, the streets are still full of traffic, and the karaoke hall is still a place for pure relaxation and entertainment. At the beginning, the female protagonist only enjoyed the lighting of the stage, the praise of the crowd, and the joy of performing; the male protagonist just wanted to make a living by teaching English in this new place, ordinary and practical. The hero and heroine knew each other because of renting a house and fell in love with each other. They were sweet in the early stages of the relationship. The heroine loved the hero deeply, just as she expected to sing "Maybe this time, I'm lucky; maybe this time, he will stay," how she was looking forward to having a family with Brian. However, due to a series of reasons such as character, money, desire, etc., they eventually separated. The male protagonist kept asking the female protagonist why she had an abortion. The female protagonist replied that she could not bear to stay in a small room to take care of the baby, and she wanted to become a superstar. But looking back on the stairs, isn't it her longing and reluctance for her child? The first song performed by the heroine in the karaoke hall in the film already revealed the real reason why she left the hero: "Goodbye, my sir. You will be better without me, don't pat you in the eye, don't ask me why, I once said I was a wanderer." The host of the karaoke hall, although living in a square inch, knows the world thing. Every performance he hosted was closely related to changes in the relationship between male and female, political changes in Berlin, satirizing the influence of money, Nazi atrocities against Jews, and more. He was like an outsider, soberly looking at the brutal truth. And the male protagonist finally returned to the UK. Although the female protagonist told him that she could not watch him leave on the platform because she had an interview, she still forced a smile on the stage of the karaoke hall when the scene changed. Life here is beautiful. So when the lights come on, you have to smile. In the last performance of Sally, she felt that her emotions were about to get out of control, the ups and downs of her chest, the tears in her eyes, the choked voice, how sad she was, but she was still very happy, she seemed to have foreseen her own ending, and she took too much alcohol Dying with drugs, but wishing to die as a happy corpse, lying down like a queen. How sad this is. I think the beginning and the end of the film echo each other. The beginning reflects the crisp staggering sounds, laughter, and people close to each other and bustling figures, but at the end, the mirror reflection is the silent as if lifeless audience and countless people. Figures of Nazi soldiers. "Where did your troubles go? I told you that there are no troubles here, and life is beautiful." The host said this for the first time at the beginning and was really happy, but his expression at the end was not Really happy smile, is a sarcastic and helpless smile. The performance of the band at the beginning and end has also changed, the rhythm is no longer dynamic, but weak. From the karaoke hall where a Nazi was expelled, to the administrator being beaten, to countless Nazi red armbands appearing in the karaoke hall, people dare not speak the change, which reflects the proliferation and strength of Nazism, and the prelude to World War II is about to kick off. Chilling.
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