When I first saw the introduction, I thought this drama was very boring, and it was an eternal "triangle relationship", nothing more than you love me, I love his platitudes. Of course, when it comes to the main story line, it really is nothing more than a man swaying between two women. It can be seen as a dog-blooded romance drama between a man's glamorous, arrogant and arrogant original partner and a pure, flat-chested and smart mistress. If you have to understand it from this angle, it is better to watch Korean dramas with more than 100 episodes. .
What really moved me had nothing to do with love. Despite the guise of an unhappy marriage and true love, this is an elegy for "The Last Gentleman." Mourning the idyll of the past, and welcoming the turbulent modern world. After watching this play, you can have a better understanding of the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
What exactly is Parade? Rather than talking about honor, it is more like a gentleman's code of conduct. In Chinese, it is the way of a gentleman. How should a gentleman behave? Self-cultivation, family order, governance of the country and the world, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith.
What is very entangled in the play is the relationship between Christopher and Sylvia. Why does a cuckold husband treat his wife who is out of the wall this way? In episode 4, the general's words inspired me a lot. He said, you should either divorce her or "live with her like a real man", which I understand is to have a good life with her. C's answer, obviously, neither of these meet Parade's requirements. On the one hand, a gentleman can't divorce his wife, or in other words, he can't "break" her off because she doesn't obey women's morals. This will put his wife in an embarrassing situation, which is unkind. On the other hand, a gentleman has honor and has Proud, his wife eloping with someone hurts him a lot, such a wife is not a match for him and his family, it is a stain, it is impossible to accept her as if nothing happened. Therefore, Sylvia will say, he forgive without mercy. The role of Christopher itself is upright, and BC played him very kindly, so the former aspect is obvious, and the latter aspect is not easy to understand.
In the eyes of today's people, this is purely an act. However, going back 80 years, we will see such a similar entanglement in Hu Shi and Lu Xun (although they are entangled in an arranged marriage, not a cheating wife).
I think whether he forgives Sylvia or divorces her and stays with Valentine is the end of Parade. When a couple's divorce no longer has catastrophic consequences for either party, it is no longer considered humiliating for a husband to leave his wife; at the same time, it is no longer humiliating or humiliating for a husband to forgive his cheating wife. But it's just a difficult time in the married life for both parties to go through together. Isn't this the world today? Whether you agree with it or not, marriage has stepped down from the altar of dignity, honor, family, and succession, losing its solemnity and stability, but also bringing more respect for the will of the individual.
As for why this ending, I haven't read the novel, and I don't know how the original author explained it. From the TV series, Christopher and Sylvia are not the same kind of people, just like a husband who likes to stay at home and a wife who goes to a nightclub. , No matter how much you love each other, I'm afraid it's also a resentment.
Although it cannot be denied that the world trend is mighty and mighty, those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. However, there are still some impressive old-fashioned people in this world. When a person walks against everyone, his back is sad. When he changes his position and goes with the flow, it is also very emotional.
In this ever-changing world, being a constant person is itself a sad gesture of doomed failure.
What I really like about this show is the banter under such a dull theme. Almost every episode has a plot that makes me laugh at the table. Nostalgia and self-deprecation are the British people are very good at. Therefore, I think the Chinese translation of Parade's End is more accurate, "ceremony collapses and music is broken". This word is always full of humor now for some reason.
In addition, it was not until episode 4 that I found out that the general was playing Douglas, partnering with BC in Cabin Pressure. His voice was so distinctive that he was very playful. I can't deny that as soon as he opened his mouth, I was amused.
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