Uh. First of all, this movie does not describe the lives of Americans who are still alive. Nor is it the life of an American who was alive before and is now dead. Not even a person from any corner of any era in the world. . Real life.
This film describes what an ideal politically correct America should look like in the mind of a moderate American liberal.
As a liberal (or to please the overwhelming majority of liberals in the film critics), the screenwriter must first express his position and recognize that women have the right to choose abortion according to their wishes. So he arranged for Juno to choose an abortion without hesitation from the beginning. If you pay attention, you can also see that Juno also posted an anti-Christian tip on the school locker (putting a no-smoking cross on the cross and
writing "bad faith"). Here, the screenwriter has already radicalized himself. The position of freedom was almost clear. Then, when Juno reached the door of the abortion clinic, suddenly another Asian classmate of her popped out. . The name suggests that the girl is obviously Chinese. Although she has no accent, she is opposed to abortion. It is estimated that she is also a child of a typical Asian immigrant family who enthusiastically participates in the Bible study class at the church school on Sunday. . I don’t forget to tease the hapless "Chinese child", "all babies want to get borned"... The effect is similar)
Our cool and rational punk Juno is not as "uncool" as the poor and conservative "Chinese kid", but she is also a "sensitive and slender" and "full of spirituality" cool kid. The fetus has already grown nails at this stage, and she suddenly becomes "respecting life" again. It is cool to ignore the admonitions of Christians/conservatives, and it is not cool to disrespect life. The screenwriter wanted her to be a cool kid, so she finally retreated and stopped abortion.
Edited here, the screenwriter is successful
1. Ignore the conservative stand against abortion
2. Teases the conservative Asian immigrant group
. 3. Shows respect for life.
In short, what is politically correct can no longer be correct. Next, in order to continue the "cool but not cruel youth" style, Juno easily chose to hand over the child to an infertile couple for adoption. Once again, running in a politically correct direction~
Juno's parents also appeared on the stage and became cool. In order to make them cooler, Juno's mother was also set to be the role of stepmother. Both the father and stepmother calmly and rationally dealt with their daughter's sudden pregnancy and never forget to express warmth, support, and firm support. . After the parents are cool, the next one is the sterile couple. This couple is actually not very cool... The male is not grown up, the female is boring and neurotic, but this reflects the coolness of Juno and his family. ness...When everyone is cool enough, the infertile man suddenly proposed to divorce the infertile girl. The infertile girl and Juno completed the handover ceremony of the child with Juno, highlighting the independence of women. And strong. Go further and further in the direction of political correctness. . .
As for what the real American society looks like, look at the fact that they elected George W Bush twice. People with a little brain probably know what's going on. In fact, the students who have watched the film do not have to lament the "cultural differences". At best, this film can only be a good wish, a mild liberal version of the "model play".
But I would rather believe that the will of the director is good. This film not only has guiding significance for Americans, but also has the same guiding significance for Chinese. Parents, cool kids, and uncool kids all over the world should take a look together. The so-called step back is to take a step back. When you look at life from a less sorrowful or traditional perspective, how life can turn decay into magic. Don't just complain about "American society is open, Chinese society is conservative", "different national conditions" and "cultural differences" Wu Er. . . It's actually not that mysterious. Americans cannot reach the height of political correctness in this film. But this film for people, people from all corners of the world, reveals what a utopian world of light looks like. In the most ideal situation, people might really be inspired by this movie and become "relaxed and don't care". .
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Supplement:
1. The reason for deliberately downplaying "cultural differences" is that Chinese audiences do not want Chinese audiences to treat this film as a propaganda film reflecting the American advantages, and use the evaluation of "different national conditions, cultural differences, advanced and backward" to perfunctory. I even hope that we can see this movie as a possibility, a possibility to untie ourselves, as an attitude that can be chosen even in China-to deal with such a sudden change, we are not necessarily Routinely choose "cruel youth" or "sorrowful sadness" or "insensitiveness".
2. Regarding China and the United States, from the perspective of personal experience, I personally never think that China is my dear mother, nor that the United States is my dear uncle. The United States is indeed better than China. The reason for the good is that it has a sound legal system and self-improvement mechanism, but the actual difference between the two countries is not that big. The conservative and patriarchal culture is still these two. Countries, even the mainstream of a large part of the world.
3. The American society not only has political correctness, but the concept is entirely a specialty of the United States. English is political correctness. This political correctness is different from the meaning of "politics" familiar to the Chinese. In the sense of political correctness, Americans really love to talk about politics, and they talk happily. In recent years, the popular practice of freshman in the United States called first year student instead of freshman is to highlight the political correctness of equality between men and women. Similar examples are numerous.
4. In the United States, the most basic reason for opposing abortion is not out of human rights considerations, but out of Christianity. The attitude towards abortion is one of the basic indicators to distinguish between liberals and conservatives in the context of Western culture.
5. As a big country, China's citizens should have basic rationality. I don't think that "China distributes children like free ipods" offends the Chinese. This is just a small irony, and it is not fabricated out of thin air. I feel that the "dream abortion, it’s as easy as a dream" advertisement posted on the Chinese bus is shocking ---not against abortion, but feeling that abortion is a very personal experience for women, no Should be degenerate to such a frenzied degree.
6. I am an outspoken radical liberal, feminist, national nihilist, agnostic against organized monotheistic religion, and homosexual. It's not just the chauvinists and XXists that some people hope.
In fact, I just want to see that everyone can let go and get out of the so-called "heavy Chinese society" mindset, and hope that our world is A LITTLE LESS UGLY. . . If you are not bitter and mean, can you not survive in battle, dear compatriots?
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