The value of bees and the value of China

Haylee 2022-03-23 09:01:45

Professor Lang Xianping once said that "Kung Fu Panda" represents Americans' views on some of the vices of the Chinese people, so "Bee Movie" is purely a work to cheer for the capitalists.

The protagonist of the story is a young bee who is a little stunned. He has a certain cultural knowledge, does not like a static life, and is dissatisfied with the status quo arranged by fate for him (honey collecting and brewing honey for a lifetime), full of typical angry youth thinking.

By chance, the angry youth went out with the worker bees who performed the field work. After going through various dangers, he came into contact with the reality that the bee colony belongs to an oppressed and exploited class, and the fruits of bees' labor are constantly deprived by humans. The angry youth became angry and started a war with the ruling class of humans. Of course, the human beings in the ruling class are beautified beyond measure, reasoned, preaching the law, compassionate, and even compromise at the expense of their own interests. Under the premise of this world view, the struggle of angry green bees naturally won. Humans have returned the fruit of their labor—honey—to the bees.

The bees who have been living around the poverty line were stunned by the sudden wealth, and soon they were corroded, and they all lived a well-off life without farming. The world has lost the hard work of bees and is also on the brink of destruction. At this time, the angry youth who was fighting came to his senses. It turned out that his original struggle had brought the world to the brink of collapse. The angry youth and its human girlfriend, through a series of efforts, finally saved the world once again. The bees have resumed their hard work, and the world has returned to order. The angry youth has also become a hard-working little worker bee.

Does this routine sound familiar? What if the bees were replaced by Chinese people? This film brings us the following conclusions:
1. There is a division of labor in this society, what should be done should be done, those who should enjoy themselves should be enjoyed, those who should work should work, and those who work will never have the right to enjoy themselves. , otherwise it will fall, the earth will
perish Chance
3. Although some exploiting classes are not friendly to the lower class people, in general, exploiters are very reasonable and kind, especially those who use violence or inhumane means to oppress workers.
4. An angry youth will change. He will definitely realize that at that time, he could not see the essence of this society because he was not tall enough. An angry youth will be assimilated by the society.

The director contains these ideas in a cartoon whose audience is children with weak analytical skills, and his intentions are not sinister.

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Bee Movie quotes

  • Vanessa: It turns out I can*not* fly a plane.

  • Barry B. Benson: This is your queen? That's a guy in women's clothes! That's a *drag* queen!