A Good Woman

Nico 2022-12-18 16:11:14

Favorite movie. I watched it three times, and I still don't get it. Inheriting the original Oscar Wilde's "Mrs. Wen's Fan", the characters' plot lines are extremely ingenious. Wilde's women are mysterious, humorous, witty and full of power. The plot design of the movie is as mysterious and cunning as the heroine Mrs. Erlynne in the film, and if you are not careful, you will be deceived into the illusion constructed by the gossip of women. Finally, suddenly break it, revealing unexpectedly, who is a good lover and who is a good woman. The most exquisite thing in the whole play is the lines. There is no superfluous sentence. It is impressive and has a strong shaping ability.

Some women bring happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go. I do both.

Mrs. Erlynne (Mrs. Erlynne) ate dinner gracefully against gossip, financially embarrassed but not low-brow humour.

The acquaintance of the waiter suggested that if you have no money to pay the bill, you can slip through the back door. Mrs. Erin refused and said:

A lady always leaves the way she came.

The irony is that high-sounding ladies, compared to their dismissive courtesan Mrs. Erlynne, appear boring, vulgar, narrow, and full of market vibes: snarky-eyed whispering, vulgar and mean words.

Take a few paragraphs of impressive dialogue:

What you did is your mistake, your sack of bricks. You carry it. You don't confess and hand it off to someone who loves you.

This is Mrs. Erlynne's persuasion to Mrs. Windermere. We should carry our own mistakes and not unload them to those who love us to make them miserable, so we do not reveal all the cruel truths. Wilde's original script lamented here "How easily love is killed!" It is far more difficult for us to swallow the truth than to say it, and only hope that it does not hurt the fragile love. The clever thing is that this layer of comfort is not only aimed at Mrs. Wen and her husband, but also between Mrs. Erlynne and her daughter, who are mothers. To comfort the other party, but also to explain himself quietly.

The best way to keep my word, is never to give it.

-- The philosophy of life for those who are looking for fragrance in the world and are unwilling to stay for marriage.

We all straddle abyss, Mrs. Windermere. If we never look down, how can we know who we are?

We are all hovering over the abyss. How can we know ourselves without looking down into the abyss?

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A Good Woman quotes

  • Contessa Lucchino: My own business bores me. I much prefer other peoples.

  • Mrs. Erlynne: Women don't want to be understood. They want to be loved.