It is another film that satirizes the society. In fact, he is precisely the work of "Miracle Boy" which is the opposite of each other.
"Wonder Boy" is a story of kindness triumphing over selfishness in a seemingly imperfect world full of prejudice and bullying.
"Square" is just the opposite. It is a story that exposes the indifference and numbness of human nature little by little in a superficially civilized, high-class, and utopian society.
The irony in the film is endless, such as the protagonist planning a large-scale performance art, enclosing a 4x4 square, and each person in this square must help another person.
As if zebra crossing drivers should give way to pedestrians.
My relative has passed away, and I am standing in the square. Would you like to chat with me for half an hour?
My wallet was stolen and I'm hungry, can you buy me something to eat?
My phone was stolen, can you lend me a call?
. . . . . .
A square is a utopia. People help each other in there and respect each other. It's like the ideal community of "Miracle Boy", which is a miraculous, friendly, harmonious and kind-hearted community.
Ironically, the protagonist's speech received thunderous applause, and then the
protagonist asked the chef to introduce everyone to dinner, which included Wuchang fish and fish-flavored shredded pork. . . . . .
Before the chef's introduction, the audience who were applauding the ideal Utopia square art just now began to leave the venue one after another, showing no respect for the chef at all.
Finally, the chef shouted angrily, don't go, soul Dan! Hear what people say!
Look, everyone feels great when they sing high notes and shout kindness. However, everyone does not take into account the feelings of many others. Careful, soft, long-term rational upbringing and the ability to empathize will always be no match for self-centered narrowness.
The protagonist's mobile phone was stolen, and he located the residential building where the thief lived, so he sent threatening letters to every home. He doesn't think it's a threat if he doesn't steal, he just wants to get his stuff back. I even thought it was fair to do so.
Once it's on your own head, let go of these politically correct bullshit! !
So he took his younger brother, drove a Tesla, sang the battle song of justice, held the hammer of justice, and went to harass people in an entire building.
It didn't give any thought to the consequences for those people.
There is an old saying in China, don't do good for small things, and don't do evil for small things. This is how society is. Everyone's self and small evils, trickle down into the ocean, eventually become reality.
The film is 150 minutes long and contains so many satires that I won't describe them one by one. Say climax.
The climax of the movie "The Square" is a fake orangutan in a banquet performance art show. A man pretends to be an orangutan, makes all kinds of unreasonable troubles, is funny and rude, beats, smashes, makes trouble, and entangles. Everyone just watches him perform silently, and no one stops him.
Even the orangutan started pulling a lady's clothes and hair, but none of them spoke. It seems that back to the square in the beginning, everyone is indifferent to asking for help.
This is the greatest irony.
This orangutan symbolizes the incarnation that is full of self-consciousness, selfishness, violence, and all kinds of small evils, and roams the banquet recklessly. The banquet is the world we live in.
Before the art performance, the host said, welcome to the jungle, the jungle is hunting and gaming, if you show fear, the beast will attack you and kill you. If you're calm and composed, you can watch other hapless jokes.
So the guests let the orangutan be ruthless, and even giggled when the orangutan attacked the first person. Watch the fun.
Then he started to be afraid again, bowed his head silently, pretended to be calm, and prayed that the next one would not be him.
At first, the people who were attacked dared to fight back. Later, the orangutan only needed to call out, and the guests would run away automatically, and no one dared to resist the violence.
It was not until the end that they could no longer bear it, and then they collectively resisted.
The guests at the banquet bowed their heads, acquiesced in allowing the orangutan to act in the name of performance art, but did not dare to resist, just like Lu Xun described the indifferent, numb and selfish crowd eating human blood steamed buns. As long as you don't do it on yourself, as long as you are not forced into it, and as long as no one takes the lead in resisting, then you will acquiesce and let it happen.
Naked orangutans, and well-dressed humans, evil, numb, selfish, indifferent, weak, the most vivid collection.
There are also those who shout slogans on weekdays, write some so-called positive energy on the Internet, and export three views. In fact, in order to gain fame and interests, they use moral weapons to suppress others and protect their own pockets. Stealing trust, abusing gentleness, sanctimoniousness, and double-edged swords.
I really see too many people like this. Society is complex, and people of all shapes and sizes are hard to identify. That’s why I said last time I was livestreaming that I was summarizing these good and evil, values, identifying people, social entanglement and self-selection into a book. I have a hunch that this book will be the longest thing I've ever written.
"Square" made fun of everyone, both inside and outside the play. When satirizing others, the audience laughed again and again, and when they satirized themselves, they stopped laughing. It started to feel like sitting on pins and needles, and even yelled at him.
Some even felt offended and gave it one star. Funny tight.
So "Square" is the same as "Miracle Boy", one positive and one negative, one good and one evil.
One is to break down prejudice and selfishness, and connect people with warmth.
One is to shred the mask and provoke sarcasm.
The purpose is the same, which is to appeal to everyone to take a brave step forward to resolve prejudice and misunderstanding, take a step back and think twice to restrain oneself, so as not to cause trouble to others. This is education.
The discussion in this article can be compared with the last "Wonder Boy".
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My point is that both films are excellent, but both have flaws.
"Miracle Boy" is about finding love and respect in a world full of fallacies, prejudice, discrimination and selfishness. As long as everyone bravely takes a step of civilization to understand and help each other and be kind, the world will be very moving. This is a story of good defeating evil. It is really touching and tear-jerking, but it is too idealized. Everyone is so idealized. Only fairy tales can be so beautiful. It's an overly idealistic miracle.
(In reality, there are patients with the same illness, who questioned the impracticality of the film, the high cost of surgery, and the problems of real life.)
"Square" is a civilization full of high-class society outside, politically correct, artists and intellectuals. That kind of rationality, high-profile singing, performance art for public welfare activities, etc., under the appearance of positive energy, a little bit of exposure to people's selfish nature, indifference and numbness, mutual disrespect, inattentive, politically correct on the surface, everyone only thinks about themselves , causing all kinds of small misunderstandings and evil stories. This is a story of evil defeating good.
He satirized evil and exaggerated evil. Too much exaggeration of the ugliness of people, it is not that the irony is wrong, but the whole film is too ironic, not even a breath is given, and it seems that there is not even a normal person at the banquet.
It only describes the bad phenomenon, and the irony is hard.
Neither is perfect.
In the eyes of those who truly see through society and human nature, the world is not like this.
A few days ago, in my review of "Wonder Boy", I described the opposition of two values. A single value leads to a single view. Then I wrote about mature people. Mature people are as diverse as the world. It can be seen that multiple values coexist, while a single value is limited.
In the general pattern of the rising society, we can also see that the beauty of the ideal and the imperfection of the reality actually coexist. A certain phenomenon is only part of the limitation.
The point is, don't let yourself be affected and limited by this phenomenon. See the big picture clearly, and in the end insist on being yourself, without escaping or compromising.
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Don't let yourself indulge in that cheap self-movement, false kindness and poisonous chicken soup.
Don't let yourself go into a dead end, appear cynical on the surface, use reality as an excuse, be indifferent and selfish in reality, complain all the time, and be ruthless and low-level individualism.
If you insist on coming up with a code of conduct, it is not to do evil for small things, and not to do good things for small things. At the same time, don't indulge in false self-greatness in order to move your own self-righteousness by doing cheap "kindness".
Think before you act, take a long-term view, and do not do anything you are not sure about. Don't force, judge, belittle, or interfere with others, be strict with yourself and be lenient toward others, and do your best not to add chaos to the world.
3. In
the end, the utopia, the ideal land that is surrounded by squares, does not exist. The kind of civilized, courageous, miraculous community of mutual love, mutual help and understanding in Miracle Boys does not exist.
Good people, bad people, selfishness, indifference, short-sightedness, kindness and long-term rationality, interrelated warmth, and the nature of hurting each other, as well as the misunderstanding and chaos caused by everything, are intertwined with each other like a pot of stew. the true face of society.
It's like the final apology from "The Square": Although I am wrong, it is also a social problem that cannot be changed by one person. is a real problem.
Reality is a paradox. complex. I can't tell if I don't understand.
This apology, in the movie, is an escape, an excuse, and an excuse for the protagonist. Reality does have problems that cannot be solved. It is not good to use love to generate electricity, nor to use reason. People have a "bad" nature, and society is full of complicated and confusing misunderstandings.
The crux of the problem is that after seeing through the unpleasantness of these realities, do you, like the protagonist, use the imperfection of reality as an excuse for your behavior, or make your own choices.
People who make a choice, have a clear conscience, are just as good. Even in the face of this huge hit and all kinds of satirical movies, it won't feel like sitting on pins and needles.
Finally, in this complex and corrupt world, it is too difficult to be an uncompromising person who will not be disrupted by worldly distractions.
It takes too much courage and strength. In the end, we can't change the world, we can only change ourselves. In society, be strict with yourself and be your best self. Back home, with three or two friends and relatives, in your own little world, find your own ideal hometown.
As the famous saying: true heroism is to see through the world and still love life. To survive in this imperfect world, we all need the support of an ideal peach blossom garden.
May you have a great weekend and every day ahead.
I'm Junjun, and I'm here today.
This article was first published on the public account: The loneliest book club in the world.
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