The male protagonist cecil became the housekeeper of the White House by chance, and it was an era when black people were oppressed and ready to rise up, which made his service feel low. When I first watched it, I also wondered, why Cecil can be so content with serving white people, especially considering his childhood experience, he should hate white people very much~ Seeing that all the people in power are white people, and black people can only serve them, don’t they? Doesn't he feel unfair? Later, I thought, maybe it has something to do with personality. Everyone has a position that suits them. If it weren’t for this background, someone would always have to do the job of a housekeeper, maybe someone would be suitable for the job of the president, and someone would It's suitable to be a housekeeper~
I found out later that in fact, under the background at that time, it was difficult for Cecil to be a housekeeper without being considered a surrender to white people. In the end, he and Gloria attended a state dinner, and after being served, he also realized that he was not willing to be a housekeeper. His father was killed by the white man in front of him, it is impossible for him not to hate this system~ and his inability to do anything makes him turn his anger into helplessness and submission, the only way to survive and to survive in the days to come Support his work~ His anger is hidden too deep, he doesn't know it himself, so that he has been at odds with his eldest son Louis~
I will force myself to separate black and white when I watch a movie, I don't know how to use gray How to deal with it~Louis was on the opposite side of Cecil at the beginning, and there was a lot of quarrels and small quarrels. Cecil hoped that his son was safe, but Louis had a young man's unique vigor, and hoped to change his experience with his peers~ I'm so confused because I don't know which side to support...I understand Cecil, but it is precisely because of the existence of people like Louis that the status and environment of black people can be improved, their rights have to be legally established, and the system can be be perfected.
I prefer mature Louis. When he took that girlfriend home and was kicked out by his dad, he despised his dad's "housekeeping" job, and Gloria, who missed him so much, slapped him and told him to get out, saying so A sentence: "Everything you are and everything you have is 'cause of that butler." This sentence is so good, I also let go of why I was so entangled with Louis before~ He does everything for good. For the purpose, he still looked down on his dad and didn't understand his dad. He then left his girlfriend, found a more peaceful way to continue his fight, and began to learn to live peacefully with Cecil, a mature Louis who could do better and more.
Another impressive scene is that after Louis was released on bail, he had a conversation with his younger brother Charlie, who was going to Vietnam. He was deeply impressed because the two brothers had completely different ideas, as Charlie said: "you fight your country, and i want to fight for my country." This kind of conflict in the same family is more shocking to me than the conflict between two groups of people in society. We all hope that our families can be safe, but we still need to respect their ideas, their choices, and suffer the pain it brings. It was sad to see Charlie die, after all I always thought he was cute and a good little brother.
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