"Legend of 42": More like a personal legend of a white boss

In the United States in the 1940s, a black baseball player, Jackie Robinson, was excavated by a white agent, Blanche Rickey, to add him to a white team for training and competition. Due to the long-standing concept of racial discrimination, almost all relevant white people cannot accept this "shameful humiliation", especially white athletes, and the abuse and ridicule of Jackie are more commonplace. Blanche tried his best to attack both hard and soft, and finally let the two sides work together in peace. The most unbearable thing is that on the field, the coach of the other side made sarcastic teasing to Jackie, which made Jackie's mental state almost collapse. At the critical moment, Blanche became Jackie's biggest spiritual support, so He has a stable mind and devotes himself to the competition. As a result, Jackie finally performed well in the event to win the game, which not only became a history of breaking the isolation of black and white players, but also became a generation of legendary black players in one fell swoop.

The film is based on real historical figures and events, and is written and directed by the gold medal screenwriter Brian Helgeland. The black rookie Chadwick Boseman starred in the prototype character, but Blanche played by the seasoned Harrison Ford is the biggest attraction. It seems that he is the soul of the film or his personal legend. Although this is a black legendary inspirational movie named after "42", in fact, this is not an inspirational movie in the true sense, starting from the line "baseball is the best representative of the democratic system" at the beginning of the title, it is doomed. It's a movie with an American theme. Facts have proved that in the more than two hours, more than 90% of the episodes are related to racist topics, and little mention is made of the mental journey of black Jackie's struggle. What is shown is how to realize his sports dream with the encouragement and support of white people. It seems that everyone in the film is not a racist. The black protagonist Jackie can't achieve the powerful atmosphere of "Django" that controls the aura at all. I don't know if this is also a condescending discriminatory angle on another level.

Although baseball is advertised as the best representative of the democratic system in the film, judging from the situation in the film, baseball cannot represent the best democratic system. Dedicated toilets, black and white bathrooms that avoid simultaneous use, and only black players are allowed to bring their wives with them. There are various discrimination standards. Of course, even though black people have been valued as presidents in the United States today, there are still intricate disputes over discrimination. Not to mention the extreme incident of a black child being acquitted after being shot by a white policeman. In the film and television industry, it is more difficult than climbing Mount Everest for a black director to make a name for himself in the white circle. . Not to mention the hypocrisy of such an American-style democratic system, at least, it is not as good as it looks on the surface. From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand Michael Jackson's thought of turning himself into a ghost and bleaching his skin even if he has become a king-level figure.

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