This serious, paranoid, mean, irritable, irrational, and irrational old woman saw a girl accidentally fall into the water. She immediately called the young man next to her to save her, and prevented a young man from committing suicide. If you see a nasty little girl picking flowers, you will yell at her, and if you hear someone behind the judge, you will secretly take revenge, even if the other party is your son's bride. When giving tribute at other people's weddings, she cut her own steak and toasted with others.
The couple had a fight during the gunman's robbery (Maybe they are scared and frightened) Anyway, I don't think normal people would fight at this time. While Olive complained about her husband's meddling like saint, and comforted a panicked nurse next to him, he also told the gangster not to apply the acne on his face, which would make it worse. When the police came, she also prevented the gangster from committing suicide. Her father's suicide really cast a great shadow on her.
Just after watching "Marriage Story", a young couple fell in love but separated due to various contradictions and disagreements. In this drama, I have seen couples who have been quarreling and quarreling all their lives get old together in vain. Maybe tolerance plays its role.
Poor Olive took the plane and ran to the other side of the shore, and was angry with his stupid daughter-in-law and her stupid child. His own son also remembered the scene of being beaten and scolded before, and he still complained about it. Olive took the plane back ahead of schedule. At home, what awaits her is the news of her husband's death. Just because she went to see the stupid daughter-in-law, she missed the chance to say the last word to her husband. And the nurses didn't take her words seriously, and her husband didn't hear everything she said on the phone before his death.
In the following days, Olive stayed with his dog until it died, and then took his own life. But she stumbled upon a widower in a similar situation while walking her dog. They tried to get to know each other over a meal, but found it inappropriate. One day Olive received a call from his daughter-in-law and found out that she became a grandmother and that her dog died on the same day. And then came the scene at the very beginning of the show, where Olive lays the carpet, turns on the radio, plays music, loads his revolver and prepares to kill himself. But at this time, the three bear children ran over and said their territory at this time (here took care of the previous, Olive once told young people who wanted to commit suicide that they could not commit suicide in a place with children), and attempted suicide, Olive burst into tears and gave up suicide idea. Holding a bunch of flowers, she found the old man again, lying on his chest.
It baffles me, this world. I don't want to leave it yet.
the end of the play
This seemingly crazy lady is actually doing reasonable things, but it looks weird because of the so-called out-of-group. Being correct is not the same as being gregarious, and not being gregarious is never the same as being incorrect. Poor me I hated this heroine very much at first, but then I found out that some part of her is similar to me, I saw my own shadow in her, and even more and more affected by this character
She is mean, but not indifferent. She hates all forms of social interaction, but when she sees a girl falling into the water, she will call for help, she will stop a strange boy from committing suicide, she will often send home a little boy whose mother is mentally ill, and she will pick up the trash alone when everyone eats the wedding cake. The plastic bag was blown into the sea by the strong wind, and she would take care of her husband who had suffered a stroke, caring for an old man who fell to the ground and sending him home all the time. In every detail, she is an extremely principled person. She tries to make all the details organized, as concise and clear as a mathematical formula, but this is inhumane in the eyes of others. She seldom shows her true feelings to others, and she greets the enthusiasm others show to herself with a cold face, but she is kind at heart. The girl who fell into the water mentioned the grace of saving her life, and she said don't take it to heart "erase it from your heart"
Olive is not only enthusiastic about helping others, she actually has a wealth of emotions flowing deep inside her heart, but she almost completely restrains all of this, making it impossible for others to notice, so she looks weird. When her son called to talk about the crisis of her divorce, she made excuses to leave, but she still listened anxiously to the conversation between her husband and son. Then she brushed the dishes nonchalantly, leaving her worried husband to do something else. Why is she not worried? What she does is like avoiding the problem and suppressing her sadness by pretending not to care.
Restraining yourself and not expecting too much from others can reduce the chance of disappointment. Exchanging each other's feelings just to ask for love from others is an economic act based on barter.
However, in real life, too few people can truly understand these people. People who are not close to Olive are naturally reluctant to understand. People close to Olive, like her son, may forget all this in the midst of repeated friction. And only the one who is willing to try to understand and be willing to endure is the one who loves her the most. In the play, this person is her husband Henry.
After her husband had a stroke, he was unable to speak and lost his senses. Only then did Olive become gentle in front of him, willing to release the suppressed emotions in her heart. On the hospital bed, she hugged him tightly - something she had never done before her husband lost consciousness.
In the end, Olive and the old man who just lost his wife came together. They are the same kind of people, and they will go to the not-too-distant end together.
The opening and ending songs are also very nice, melodious, light and peaceful, slowly telling the simple town life
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