A classic, amazing! The powerful performances of Leslie Cheung and Zhang Fengyi, as well as Gong Li's just-right adjustment, have pushed the plot to ups and downs again and again!
When he was a child, Xiaodouzi was sent to a theater group after his mother cut off six fingers (a more attractive occupation for children from poor families in that era). Perhaps, from the beginning, his life was dark. The young Cheng Dieyi has strong self-esteem, no sense of security, and a personality with distinct likes and dislikes. In order to insist that he is a man, and firmly refuse to speak the lines of the female Jiao'e, he is willing to be punished. Cheng Dieyi's tragic life is not an exception, it is also the tragedy of countless poor people in the historical background of the chaotic era.
In order to survive, and because of the limitations of the system, Cheng Dieyi finally became a female Jiao'e. She is the concubine Yu who lives and dies with the overlord, while Duan Xiaolou is the overlord who has a deep relationship with her! The play is like life, with an extreme personality, Cheng Dieyi thinks that Duan Xiaolou is the overlord who can't betray him, and he is the Yu Ji who would rather Yusui and stay with the overlord! In his life, there is only drama, and there is only himself in his drama! Therefore, he initially rejected him as a female Jiao'e, but he was clearly a man! Therefore, he will be with his senior brother until he dies, because he is Yu Ji!
Of course, off-screen he also has a special affection for his senior brother Duan Xiaolou. Perhaps it was because his senior brother once gave him a sense of security and trust, which made him feel attached since he was a child. In other words, he objectified his senior brother because of his excessive inferiority complex and excessive insecurity, believing that Duan Xiaolou was his personal belongings.
In the end, Cheng Dieyi finally looked like a female Jiao'e, but he also lost himself forever. Duan Xiaolou will always be his senior brother, but he stubbornly thinks it is love. In fact, what he loves is not his brother, but himself! Otherwise, there would be no Juxian's hanging and his own suicide. True love is respect and fulfillment, and he just wants to possess it selfishly. He understands this feeling very well in his heart, but he has long been unable to let go and let go!
Therefore, I prefer to call his feelings a behavior of "holding together for warmth" in the tragic era. Because there is no one to rely on, and because I am in prison, I don't want to let go of every straw that can be approached, and I don't want to throw away any fuelwood that can be used as fuel. Even if you don't need to use it for yourself, you have to let it carry a lifetime of guilt and live out this life with a heavy burden.
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