In New York, what happens when a woman from high society married a man from commonplace? The whole play looks full of suspense, but the ending is actually not suspenseful. The screenwriter's deduction of the plot and the mobilization of the audience's emotions are first-class.
The core suspense in the play is probably whether Jonathan would have done such a brutal and cruel thing. In Grace's mind, Jonathan wasn't that kind of person, so even if there were 10,000 reasons why he would kill, she would still believe he didn't kill. Just as her father Franklin had taught her since she was a child: the people who do things like that are not people.
However, even when the audience's emotions have been mobilized, they have empathy with Grace, and they hope in their hearts that he really isn't that kind of person, the writers ruthlessly push Jonathan back to a ruthless murderer. This plot reminds people of a scene that is often symbolized in Chinese aunt forums: a "silly white sweet" married a "golden phoenix", and the ending has no surprises and no surprises. The Undoing is actually full of subconscious satire of the "Golden Phoenix" from the screenwriters. Even if you go to Harvard University, you still fly out of the ravine. Your bottom line is different from that of people in high society. Your deceit and cruelty are in your bones and cannot be washed away.
As for another plot line, Jonathan's affair with Elena. Originally a person from another world, a painter, a free person. He was pulled into the aristocratic society by Bai Zuo's hypocritical "Diversity". The children went to aristocratic schools, Elena joined the ladies' committee, she fell in love with aristocratic society, aristocratic families and Jonathan, who had aristocratic temperament, and could not extricate herself. Sure enough, reality shattered her dreams, just like her head.
The screenwriter portrays the American aristocracy as nobler and purer, the more cruel and uglier the American society shown. Maybe only in New York. Go to the country, go to California, there is freedom. Is it?
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