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How can you bear the silence when we're all crying? How can you witness violence, bursting before your eyes?
Korbin 2022-03-24 09:01:53
How can you bear the silence when we're all crying? This sentence is the first lyric of the ending song at the end of the whole film! Personally, I think this sentence may be the best sentence in the film. Many people recalled "The King of Comedy" after watching it. Perhaps the first impression was the sentence on the talk show by Rupa: I would rather be the king of the night! Don't be a mediocre person. indeed! This sentence is indeed the essence of the film. But what struck me the most was the lyrics of the ending song. That's because this sentence indirectly tells about Rupa's life when he was not successful, and it is also the most true portrayal of the young people who are struggling in the world. The film "The King of Comedy" can be said to fully reflect the life and troubles of urbanites! In a society with extremely inflated desires, people are full of their own ideals and hobbies at the same time, but the pressure of social competition is so great. In an age where money is more than anything, how can ordinary and honest people realize their ideals? I think this is what the director wanted to express. The protagonist Rupa is a man in his 30s who is turning from youth to middle age! He hopes to become a big-name stand-up comedian. But the reality is cruel. He has never been able to achieve his ideal. He has a nagging mother. Not many friends. He fell in love with the barmaid, but others didn't have much interest in him. He eats and sleeps every day to and from get off work. Life was rather monotonous and difficult for him. Every day he fantasizes about being a big star like Jerry Lanver on the popular TV show! Realize the ideal! He started his talk show creation. He decorated the room like a stage, with cardboard of idols, as if he was talking and laughing with his idols~ Rupa tried his best to get close to his idols. Confessing his thoughts and fantasies to Jerry. But Jerry didn't pay much attention to him. In the end, he could only use extreme and dramatic means to realize his wish! He kidnaps Jerry with a toy gun along with another goofball like him. He made his talk show debut! This short 5-minute talk show may not be so funny, but he spoke the most true words of an ordinary small market, and told the life of an ordinary person for most of his life. Birth, father and mother, life and feelings in childhood! A man lives in the world and his outlook on life. 5 minutes are over. There are too many 5 minutes in life, but a lot of them are wasted by us, and it doesn't have any effect to become a passing thing. But in these 5 points, for him or for everyone, it is better than everything! Better than all the years and days of your life. Then, he was arrested. But he didn't forget his barmaid when he was arrested. So I asked the FBI to go first Go back to Jerry at that tavern. After arriving at that humble little bar, I think it will be the proudest and proudest moment for every man! Unforgettable for a lifetime. The male protagonist stood on the bar, changed the TV program, and showed his own talk show! This shocked everyone in the bar to see him on TV! The male protagonist finally showed himself in front of the world, although he achieved success in extreme ways! Yes! This is New York in the 1980s! Always accompanied by the light jazz piano blues music of the bourgeoisie, the crowds of Times Square Metropolis come and go, each from different countries, different cities, with different skin colors and speaking different words. But they all came here in a daze to find the so-called opportunities and wealth. They wandered all day long on the bustling avenues of New York, staring blankly at the city. Longing for the opportunity to land on his head. The final ending of the film is still a happy ending in the style of the American Dream, but what I see more is director Martin Scorsese's social criticism of that era! Martin Scorsese has a reputation as a film sociologist, I think it's no exaggeration! I think this film can be on par with Taxi Driver from previous years. It's just that one criticizes the society in a lighthearted and dark humorous way, while the other expresses it in a serious and realistic way, making the film more direct and authoritative and authentic.
Extended Reading
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Rupert Pupkin: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Let me introduce myself. My name is Rupert Pupkin. I was born in Clifton, New Jersey... which was not at that time a federal offense. Is there anyone here from Clifton? Oh, good. We can all relax now. I'd like to begin by saying... my parents were too poor to afford me a childhood. But the fact is that... no one is allowed to be too poor in Clifton. Once you fall below a certain level... they exile you to Passaic. My parents did put the first two down payments on my childhood. Don't get me wrong, but they did also return me to the hospital as defective. But, like everyone else I grew up in large part thanks to my mother. If she were only here today... I'd say, "Hey, ma, what are you doing here? You've been dead for nine years!" But seriously, you should've seen my mother. She was wonderful. Blonde, beautiful, intelligent, alcoholic. We used to drink milk together after school. Mine was homogenized. Hers was loaded. Once they picked her up for speeding. They clocked her doing 55. All right, but in our garage? And when they tested her... they found out that her alcohol had 2% blood. Ah, but we used to joke together, mom and me... until the tears would stroll down her face... and she would throw up! Yeah, and who would clean it up? Not dad. He was too busy down at O'Grady's... throwing up on his own. Yeah. In fact, until I was 13 I thought throwing up was a sign of maturity. While the other kids were off in the woods sneaking cigarettes... I was hiding behind the house with my fingers down my throat. The only problem was I never got anywhere... until one day my father caught me. Just as he was giving me a final kick in the stomach for luck... I managed to heave all over his new shoes! "That's it", I thought. "I've made it. I'm finally a man!" But as it turned out, I was wrong. That was the only attention my father ever gave me. Yeah, he was usually too busy out in the park playing ball with my sister Rose. But today, I must say thanks to those many hours of practice my sister Rose has grown into a fine man. Me, I wasn't especially interested in athletics. The only exercise I ever got was when the other kids picked on me. Yeah, they used to beat me up once a week... usually Tuesday. And after a while the school worked it into the curriculum. And if you knocked me out, you got extra credit. There was this one kid, poor kid... he was afraid of me. I used to tell him..."Hit me, hit me. What's the matter with you? Don't you want to graduate?" Hey, I was the youngest kid in the history of the school to graduate in traction. But, you know, my only real interest right from the beginning, was show business. Even as a young man, I began at the very top collecting autographs. Now, a lot of you are probably wondering... why Jerry isn't with us tonight. Well, I'll tell you. The fact is he's tied up. I'm the one who tied him. Well, I know you think I'm joking... but, believe me, that's the only way... I could break into show business... by hijacking Jerry Langford. Right now, Jerry is strapped to a chair... somewhere in the middle of the city. Go ahead, laugh. Thank you. I appreciate it. But the fact is, I'm here. Now, tomorrow you'll know I wasn't kidding... and you'll think I was crazy. But, look, I figure it this way. Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime. Thank you. Thank you.
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Secretary: Is Mr. Langford expecting you?
Rupert Pupkin: Yes, I don't think he is.