Getting older. Tears are low.
When Rodriguez and his entourage, who were still doing hard labour in the United States, went to South Africa for their first concert, facing the extended Lincoln who came to pick them up, they wanted to walk around, thinking they were not here to pick them up. Unexpectedly, the organizer not only provided them with a lengthened Lincoln, but also provided a VIP suite. On the way out of the airport to the city, they hung a concert poster all the way.
When the camera cuts to Rodriguez, who is unknown in the United States, takes the stage to the melody of the bass, he does not speak, and thousands of spectators scream and shout for 5 minutes. The old tears still couldn't hold back and fell unconsciously. The director's contrast skills are well used, and the tear-jerking effect is superb.
After thinking about it, in fact, without the director's efforts, Rodriguez's own huge contrast in life is full of drama. A mason in the United States, a rock star in South Africa, the same world, two completely different life time and space, in the same body.
I thought that Rodriguez had finally reached the peak of his life and was about to start enjoying life, but the contrast appeared again. He has performed more than 30 concerts in South Africa, and still lives a dull life, living in an old house in Detroit where he has lived for 40 years.
He really did what Mr. Fan said, "not to be happy with things, not to be sad with oneself". In the face of the ups and downs of life, we are not surprised.
How did you do it? The abundance of the heart is the correct answer. Perhaps majoring in philosophy in college gave him this foundation. Thinking about the world, thinking about what's going on with people, gave him a pair of discerning eyes, and saw the world clearly and truly.
Finally, let me say something. The co-worker in the play said something very touching, summarizing the meaning of life for an artist like Rodriguez.
He is like a silkworm who has these raw materials (suffering and suffering, bewilderment and distress), processes them and changes them and obtains things that were not there before. Those beautiful things, transcendent, eternal things. He did this, on behalf of A kind of human spirit, telling you what is the possibility, you can have your own choice, and bringing this world "Little Sugar Man" is Rodriguez's choice Have you found your own choice? Ask yourself.
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