The 5-point scoring system in the play is similar to the likes on social networks at first glance, but later I found out that this score means more things: the first impression of outsiders, the credit rating of the loan, the qualification to buy first-class cabins, and even the decision to Whether renting a car with dedicated access...everything in life is about this score. It directly determines people's "class" in society - whether they are "noble" or "poor", "upper class" or "inferior".
The protagonist is a motivated young woman with a score of 4.2, and the people around her are basically close to this score. Everyone looks friendly and polite, trying to give everyone "five stars" and looking forward to receiving "five stars" for themselves. The rise in evaluation means the improvement of life. They keep swiping their "friends circle", and if a high scorer rates themselves, they click into his or her homepage and browse through the enviable life fragments of the "upper class people" item by item.
I feel that I, including most of the people around me, are like the protagonist with a score of 4.2. Graduated from an ordinary second-class university, relatives and friends look good, but they are incomparable to those who went to 985 universities and went abroad for further study; I have a decent job, and I often stay at home after get off work and occasionally go out. Improve life, but compared with the rich second generation who go to Michelin restaurants and travel to famous places in various countries, I feel that everyone is not at the same latitude... In the circle of friends, we are playing small things, occasionally posting mood essays, life I realize that people are enjoying luxury cars, food, and feasts every day, and the comments are full of envious eyes... We occasionally, like the protagonists, foolishly brush the circle of friends of "male gods" and "goddesses", What does it feel like to think about their life? "Ordinary people" with a "good" level want to move closer to the "excellent" "superior people".
Therefore, just like the real society in which we live, most of the people who strive to make progress live with masks, speaking polite and hypocritical words, hoping to gain the approval of others while working hard. Gradually get used to it, and you won't feel hypocritical.
Later, the protagonist pushes too hard for a shortcut to the "superior". If it is too late, the evaluation will drop rapidly, and even the original opportunity will be lost. In the process, she encounters a lot of people with low scores, who may be vulgar and decadent, but they are real. According to the needs of the plot, it is reasonable to meet an old woman who lived in shackles like the protagonist in the past, but in the ordeal she knew she had to live her life and decided to give up obeying the rules. The protagonist is also being cruelly denied, learning to express his true emotions, saying what he wants to say, and no longer obeying the disgusting social rules.
Back to reality, everyone understands what the director wants to say, but how many people can do it? Perhaps this reflects the cruelty of reality even more. After watching the film, you still have to wear a mask and go back to life obediently. The workplace must follow the rules. This is something that cannot be changed by individuals, but can the film give us some inspiration for the things we can change? For your small social circle, for your close relatives and friends, can you change the mental model of living for others? Don't be too dead to save face, don't just focus on showing off, don't pay too much attention to other people's thoughts and decide your own actions... Leave a space to release yourself, and say the "fxxk" that is boring in your heart.
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