The more vain, eccentric, and low emotional intelligence of the family in "The Happiest Season", the more embarrassing the movie is. On the other hand, behind the embarrassment, Harper can't help but hint at gestures, puns, etc., and secretly communicate with Abby's comrade desires. The superficial high-sounding, vain and boring, and the dark night's passion and lightning are in stark contrast, which also makes the desire more fiery. The director's first "Out of the Closet" has been told, and the false pretence is abandoned, the family accepts the real self, and successfully enters the happy ending of the marriage. This is not enough, the director also left clues for the interpretation of the sequel (I think the second part should be "Marriage Story"). Notes on Abby's married life. - Harper's insincerity with Abby (not telling her and Connor both got chicken pox, the tradition of white elephant gifts, the real reason for breaking up with Riley). Because Harper feels that two people can have relatively free space, there is no need to talk about some bad pasts (fear of Abby's misunderstanding, fear of highlighting his own scum). But if you're not frank, wouldn't the misunderstanding be even bigger? Maybe the sequel will focus on portraying these misunderstandings. Why does Harper keep hiding? Because she has a strong heart, she wants to maintain her perfect image, and she doesn't want to be seen for her weaknesses and flaws. The long-term competitive relationship with her sisters has taught her to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, and not easily show weakness to others, so as not to be caught. It is also understandable why the discovery of her brother-in-law's affair will make her sister and Harper fight fiercely, because the two have been fighting for favor and do not want the other to grab their braids. -John said Abby's proposal was to "possess" Harper and push her into the heterosexual norm. Abby said she just wanted to settle down with Harper and to get her father's blessing. Abby said in the car that she was good at winning the love of her parents, but seeing her family's enthusiasm for Connor on the first night, she asked Harper anxiously at night, is it possible that her family likes her to the extent that they like Connor? Seeing that everyone was buying a white elephant gift, I hurried to buy one, but the result was counterproductive. The framed accusations of the two little babies brought the family's impression of Harper to a low point. The Harper family's comments on Abby's inadequacies made Abby feel very anxious, and they all wanted to work thousands of times to prove themselves.
We can speculate that after marriage, Abby will be super anxious about what Harper's family thinks of herself, and she will unconsciously demand herself as a "wife" according to the heterosexual norm, even if Harper thinks it is completely unnecessary - but from another perspective , will Harper also include Abby into his competition system, and subconsciously want her to be more perfect in front of her family? ——Harper and his friends didn't come back until after two o'clock. Abby expressed concern, but Harper suddenly accused Abby of "checking the post" and felt "suffocating himself". This contradiction seems to break out abruptly, but combined with John's statement that Abby's marriage proposal is "possession", perhaps Abby feels a strong insecurity in the relationship between the two, so subconsciously wants to "possess" Harper in the form of marriage.
After all, the audience only sees one story. Maybe in getting along, this kind of insecurity makes Abby often check posts in the name of "care", so Harper feels that he is just talking with his friends and not doing anything ambiguous. Abby will do this again. It really suffocates myself - but on the other hand, Harper's insincerity does exacerbate Abby's insecurities. ——Harper said to Abby that his family's love depends on competition, so Harper must be a very competitive person. Harper is the focus of his father's cultivation, but at the end of the film, the second sister, who has always been despised, becomes a best-selling author, and her status begins to rise. The eldest sister has become the bottom of the contempt chain, and Harper has a bad relationship with the eldest sister, and the competition in secret is more intense. If something goes wrong with Harper's career in the sequel, it will be a huge blow to her self-confidence, and if the problem of work continues to the family... ——Harper said Abby was "my Christmas" on the second night Gift", the rating for brushing Abby's teeth and taking a selfie is cute. Explain that Harper treats Abby more like a beautiful and lovely object, enjoying the pleasure of "using" the object, rather than communicating like a "mate".
At the beginning of the movie, Harper asked Abby to climb the roof and said will you shout up and follow me? Text Abby to the bar saying come and see me! Tsk tsk, the imperative tone is serious, indicating that Harper is unequivocal to Abby, which reflects the unequal relationship between the two. So it can be imagined that Harper felt that there was no need to say something, because he didn't think of Abby as someone who could talk to him as an equal (Riley could listen to Abby very equally), which in turn exacerbated Abby's insecurities. A sense of security, I want to check the post even more... But seeing the show of love and love on the ins with a diamond ring, I still eat a big mouthful of dog food. The ring Abby gave Harper was from Brilliant Earth.
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