Many other places in the play hint at the end of an ancient civilized order, for example, C is the last gentleman in England, but in the end he also has a mistress and throws the remains of a cedar into the fire. Finally out of the old order, the last gentleman is gone. Viewers who support CV may be happy because a lover is finally married, but I just feel sad. Because this script is not a love story, but a story about a civilization and an empire slowly approaching the end, with C as a representative to show this sad process. So from a worldly point of view, C finally put down those morals and burdens, and was with the woman he liked. Stories of individuals who tried to slow the course of history and ultimately failed to resist. It is "the last gentleman in England" who can no longer hold on to the last remains of civilization, and has to compromise with the story of the new era.
What I can't help but think of is the sentence Lu Xun wrote in "The Farewell to Shadows", "I don't want to go to the golden age of your future that I don't like." When I read it for the first time, I saw Yi Wei quoted this sentence and said with emotion that there is a graceful youthful character in this sentence, but I didn't really understand this sentence. Until now, I suddenly feel that this sentence is suitable for the situation. It cannot be said that the sigh of the old and the young - neither Lu Xun nor C is so pedantic - rather, it is a person who has been benefited by civilization and order, and expressed their attitude when they saw that the times were crushing these civilization and order. . In C, even after trying his best but still unable to turn his life into his ideal form, his "political ideal", or the pursuit of a spiritual home, has been shattered. This has nothing to do with love, but the play chose to use love as a container to carry this ideal and sadness. I have to say, this is really not a good choice. Because these things of love and love will confuse people's eyes and divert people's attention, which will also weaken the spiritual power of the characters, and also weaken Parade's End, the end of the strong arrow, the sunset of the empire. Because the audience will think that there is nothing wrong with C like this, let go of the old burden and welcome a new life, a new partner, and a new friend, but in fact the ideal in this character's heart has been shattered. This golden age is not his. Yesterday's tomorrow is not today. Everything he hoped for yesterday has not been realized today. But because of the cover-up method of love, everything is covered with a coat like a big reunion.
There are also regrets about the two women. Sylvia's character will be more prominent because of her outstanding acting skills. She is a typical sophisticated upper-class woman. You can say she is flirtatious and frivolous, but there is always something attractive about her. But it is a pity that the layout is too small, and there is nothing else in my mind except the little romance between men and women. Every time she thought that C was alienating her because of a lover, she never thought that C was not a professional lover, and he also had many other things to do. The layout is so small, and the charm is greatly reduced.
On the other hand, Miss Wanopu is quite pure, and she seems to have some common language with C, but unfortunately the character is weak and her charm is weak, so C's emotional change towards her seems a little sudden to me.
On the whole, this is actually a story about the collapse of rituals and music, but the intentional tone is too high, and the narrative technique has not kept up. The place with deep meaning was passed by, and it should be placed in a second-class position. Above, such as the emotional entanglements between the hero and heroine - although these emotional entanglements are given some metaphors, it is also to reflect the different personalities of the hero and heroine [or it is wrong to say that the times are different or the dimensions are different, these two people are obviously two dimensions. . What the woman wants is romantic love, and what the man wants is a family order that is hard to find and a respectful relationship between husband and wife. It is difficult for him to tell the heroine whether he has more affection or more self-moral restraint, so these two people It is impossible, how can people with different dimensions be together! ] and the final gentlemanly demeanor of the male protagonist, but it is too procrastination.
So this is really a typical show with high eyes and low hands. BC's superb acting skills support more than 70% of the entire show. The director and screenwriter have great ambitions, but unfortunately they chose the wrong container. It is a very unwise choice to use love as a container to bear the ideal expectation and decline. Love itself is ambiguous, like sadness and joy, fleeting, and it is difficult to express love itself, and in the end it will only turn into a fight between men and women. She put on a light and ambiguous gauze. is for failure.
Those who abandon me will not stay on the day of yesterday; those who disturb my heart will be troubled today.
"There are things I don't want in heaven, I don't want to go; there are things I don't want in hell, I don't want to go; there are things I don't want in your future golden world, I don't want to go.
But you are what I don't like.
Friend, I don't want to follow you, I don't want to live.
I don't want to!"
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