movies in times of economic crisis

Alessia 2022-03-22 09:01:38

I saw it a long time ago, and I didn't find it funny at the time, because I didn't understand what the economic crisis was at the time. It happened that I encountered another financial crisis at a sensible age, and I rewatched the film again, and found that my comprehension exploded, and I could finally understand these dark humors.

In this film, Jim Carrey also showed people his outstanding acting skills, which can magnify the bland, ordinary people's stories infinitely through his rubbery face and exaggerated actions. The thing that impressed me the most was digging other people's lawns at night. In fact, he had been forced to do it, and he had no choice but to do it. However, Jim Carrey's actions were extremely exaggerated. Although people understood the hardships, they also had tears in their eyes. Laughing back and forth. After watching the film, I realized that the United States also has temporary workers and Xiali, and there are realities that we cannot touch. Fortunately, the final story has a happy ending, happy ending. In reality too? Suddenly I thought of the laid-off workers in Twenty-Four Cities, how are they now? Did they have a happy ending too? Forget it, a movie is a movie, and reality is reality, and it cannot be mixed at will.

Some people say that the company behind this film is actually Worldcom. In fact, I don't know what this company does, but I think it's not easy for them. A huge company goes bankrupt when it says it goes bankrupt, and corporate executives don't care about the life and death of their employees. On weekdays, when an enterprise is developing, it is said that everyone should unite and rush into the future. If the enterprise goes bankrupt, it will fall apart, and will not communicate with each other. Please, I'm just here to work, not to work hard. But there should be a good company. But we don't know what kind of company is worth our lives.

Enron is mentioned at the end of the film, and the collapse was quite a sensation at the time. But looking at the collapse of Lehman Brothers this year, the AIG bonus scandal, General Motors teetering, not to mention the thousands of closed small businesses. Of course, this is only in the United States. In China, apart from knowing that the Dongguan toy giant went bankrupt and the stock market plummeted, I really don't know anything else. Maybe this is the embodiment of the "superiority of socialism".

Hope to get through this financial crisis safely. Amen!

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Extended Reading
  • Pete 2022-04-21 09:01:51

    Watch this movie under the financial crisis, don't feel it

  • Adeline 2022-04-21 09:01:51

    Smile to face the cruelty of life.

Fun with Dick and Jane quotes

  • Jane Harper: I went to this Botox Experiment, and I had a little accident... does it really look that bad?

    Dick Harper: No. Just... different.

    Day Laborer: Hey Dick, can we talk about these some other time?

  • Billy Harper: Mama quit her yob yayyyy!