Does alcohol catalyze the real self?

Arne 2022-03-23 09:02:01

Help Help Love it so much Love this alcohol program so much. The last part of Uncle Mai's dance was so beautiful that my heart trembled, it was so beautiful, so beautiful. In the dance of no one else, he was freed from himself. The jump in the final scene is so classic. In fact, Martin has always been a very depressed person. Unsuccessful marriage life, wife drifting farther and farther, history class that no one listens to, and gradually lost myself, unable to find my own value. Why do people become less and less like themselves? What is the self like? The ego itself is a process of constant development and change. Why always look for the past self or the self at a certain stage? The beginning of the movie was misunderstood as a comedy, and I even had the urge to imitate it. To a certain extent, I have a great resonance with Martin. I am no longer as cheerful and confident as I was when I was a child. I have learned to suppress myself and demand myself with the so-called social education and moral requirements. Sometimes I'm really obsessed with the feeling of alcohol, it's light, it makes people active, people take off their defenses, and they take off their masks. At the beginning of the film to celebrate the birthday party, Martin was obviously not so cheerful and lively, he couldn't get in, and used to drink water from time to time to cover up his discomfort and embarrassment. He was depressed for too long, almost in a state of collapse, the pressure of life and work took his breath away, and he tried to talk to his wife, but was interrupted countless times. So they started drinking, just as a life-changing opportunity. The whole movie seems to be described in one sentence: "If I hadn't seen the sun, I could have endured the darkness." What did the alcohol bring to them? Is it the real self or the false self? Alcohol makes them free and charismatic, but is this the real them? Alcohol seems to have brought a turning point and hope in life. After I can stop drinking, my life is still a piece of shit, my wife is still so indifferent, and my teaching class is still not popular with students. The physical education teacher didn't get rid of the control of alcohol, he started drinking, he couldn't control himself, after increasing the drinking, everything went out of control. It was a very sad story at the end. Faced with the helplessness of life, human beings can't change anything even with alcohol. There are often some people who love to drink, and I drink it occasionally. I do admit that alcohol brings relief and relaxation, and when we are in a slightly addicted state, people can indeed exert better professional skills and social skills. But people cannot live on alcohol forever. The happiness brought by alcohol is temporary, illusory, and useless to human health. Don't run away, be a real warrior who dares to face the bleak reality! "When Uncle Mai danced his body, the world became a joyous field surrounded by pain. With Nietzsche approaching the sun, the audience becomes a swan, part of which is in the sea, part of which wants to fly, rising and falling freely in drunkenness. "

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  • Martin: So, when you run around totally wasted, throwing up in bushes and alleys, don't feel alone, because you're in great company.

  • Martin: Josse, there's an election with three candidates, so who do you vote for? No. 1: He is partially paralyzed from polio. He has hypertension. He's anemic and suffers from an array of serious illnesses. He lies if it suits his purpose and consults astrologists on his politics. He cheats on his wife, chain-smokes, and drinks too many martinis. No. 2: He's overweight, and he's already lost three elections. He suffers from depression and has had two heart attacks. He's impossible to work with and smokes cigars non-stop. And every night when he goes to bed, he drinks incredible amounts of champagne, cognac, port, whiskey, and adds two sleeping pills before dozing off. The last one, No. 3: He's a highly decorated war hero. He treats women with respect. He loves animals, never smokes, and only has a beer on rare occasions. Josse, who do you vote for? Josse: The last one. Martin: The last one, No. 3? And the rest of you? Students: Yes, No. 3. Martin: Oh boy! You just discarded Franklin D. Roosevelt... Winston L. Churchill... and thankfully you elected this guy.

    [reveals a photo of Adolf Hitler]

    Martin: Students: Hitler? Martin: Focus! It's funny, but there's a point to this, which is important and which I hope you'll understand someday: the world is never as you expect.