cynics of the golden age

Krista 2022-03-25 09:01:15

This is an old one too, used to love deep so much that I watched almost all his movies, Edward, The Chocolate Factory, The Mad Hatter, Captain Jack, Sleeping Hollow, The Secret Window, The Barber, Bonnie and Joan, and a lot of weird movies. When I suddenly saw the chocolate factory one day and finally figured out that the pure Edward was him, and the ruffian Captain Jack was also him, I was shocked beyond words. Not only does the makeup look like another person, but his performance is also so divine. This time, he's libertine, a libertine who can never be read.

Something, always in my chest, made me feel heavy breathing. This time, I didn't tell anyone.

Maybe a lot of messy thoughts flashed through my mind, but I couldn't catch them, let alone talk to people. Or I am convinced that those who can read it completely are senior fans. I don't think I'd watch it if it wasn't for my deep trust in it. But after reading it once, I choked up. I don't know if it's the emotional rendering of the music at the end of the film, or his line "You love me now?", even though the film is over, I still can't seem to put it down.

The section exam is coming, followed by the period exam review. But at this moment, Li opened it again with an indescribable mood. This time, I went down to my mobile phone, curled up in bed and watched it on a small screen. Even if you already understand the general plot, you still can't say anything after watching it. But I already know that I will watch it for the third time, the fourth time... and this feeling, I know that I will hide it, and I will not talk about it with my roommates, not even my best friends. Because they don't understand, they don't understand, they don't care. Just like in that film, everyone is indulged in the grand scene created by themselves, and no one will question why the world is so strange. except him. Since you can't shake this rotten kingdom with your own strength, let's give up on being the worst one. With such thoughts in mind, say goodbye to this world. Those so-called friends, lovers who indulge together, turn their faces, but they are proud of themselves, ridiculous! In such an era, who is more aloof? Looking back at the confession of the title, people who don't understand will say "nasty". He just hated the self-respecting aristocrats. He will despise his mother, save the servant who stole his master's money, and mock his wife as a "mother monkey in a beautiful cage", so that's why. He exists according to his own thoughts, but he also hurts the people around him and himself.

As I write, my thoughts are messed up again. Maybe some, I haven't understood yet. When the roommates were all asleep, the image playback started in my mind. Those ridiculous plots, those thought-provoking dialogues. He gave me no room for nympho, and I couldn't even bear to look directly, because looking at it would hurt. Maybe it's too far away for us. Such absurdity is unimaginable. When he walked into the park, it was so filthy and filthy under the thick fog-shrouded shade. This is a real example of the reign of that king. It's a pity that the "great king" can't see this. He was shocked and furious when someone put everything in front of him. The so-called kingship cannot withstand any threat, let alone in front of foreign envoys who need to be bought with heart? Absurd farce often has even more absurd endings. Before the opening, he was ready to flee. Before leaving, he gave Barry a meaningful look. I think it doesn't matter if she really betrayed him. This girl never intended to give her heart to anyone from the beginning. In all fairness, she is the most sober person on the show. Even if the scene is changed, I will applaud her. In such an era, being born as a woman, with such ambition, is worthy of the world. She is selfish, ambitious, and never hides. Because she had said to him at the beginning: "You can buy me a night of dinner, but you can't make me succumb." She was too real, so real that he was tempted. And what he wants is her authenticity, even if only on stage. But at this moment, she's terribly real. She used to be so humble and noble. It was he who taught her how to survive, but now she has lowered her noble head in order to survive. She ended up being no different from those selfish philistines. But he never blamed her, because those things were taught by him. She still believed in his great talent, she knew him so well. The difference is that she is no longer humble - she has gained the capital to survive. The only one who leaked his emotions was the child born silently. Perhaps what fascinated her the most was his indomitable look, which suppressed all her ambitions and arrogance. And that humbleness has long since disappeared with his irrepressible confessions time and time again.

Even so, I still believe that he loved Elizabeth. The prostitute who always followed him said that a man will fall three times in his life, once with his first love, once with his wife, and once with the person who will accompany him to the end of his life. And she accounted for at least two. He would often ask her to describe how he felt when he took her away, even on the verge of dying. You could say it was him showing off his powerful charm. But I thought maybe that was just to prove his wife's love for him. I was deeply moved when she stopped his bottle and hugged him desperately. The one who loves him most in this world is not his mother, but her. You don't see how beautiful she is when she complains about her husband's indulgent life like every well-mannered wife. She watched him fall, tears streaming down her face. When she saw that he was trying his best to get the bottle back, she actually left the old lady's shelf and took a gulp of wine, just to force him to recognize the truth. Holding his head, she said something, people say you have a demon around you, and I finally know why. She may not understand his talent, and she may even be boring and rigid like other noble women. But in the end, when no one was willing to clean up the mess for him, she still stayed by his side. He can have many mistresses, but his wife can only be her. Finally, she wiped away her tears and gently closed her eyes for him, corresponding to Barry's same action on stage. In the end, the one who stayed by his side was not his favorite actress, but his wife.

Writing here, what should be said is still unfinished. Some things, I vaguely understand, but I don't seem to understand very well. The cynic of the golden age, holding his glorious and heroic sacrifice. Perhaps the wine does not leave his hand, but it is because he is too sober. And his eyes that see through everything may have never been blurred by alcohol. Any attempt in life has a price, so he never regretted it and chose the one with the highest price without hesitation.

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The Libertine quotes

  • Rochester: You are one of life's understudies!

  • Harris: [calls to him onstage] My lord!

    Rochester: I asked for no interruption.

    Harris: My suit is one of the utmost urgency: the stage direction at the end of this scene requires, in my opinion, some authorial exposition.

    Rochester: It seems straightforward enough.

    Harris: Yes, um,

    [reading from the script]

    Harris: "Then dance six naked men and women, the men doing obedience to the women's cunts, kissing and touching them often, the women in like manner to the men's pricks, kissing and dandling their cods and then fall to fucking, after which the women sigh and the men look simple and so sneak off." The end of the second act.

    Rochester: A strong scene, an eminently playable scene, and though I say it myself, a climactic one.

    Harris: And w-will the kind of equipment that that young lady has in her hand

    [a large wooden dildo]

    Harris: be available for gentlemen for... strapping around the middle for the execution of this scene?

    Rochester: I had not envisioned you to be so encumbered; I feel this scene should be given... in the flesh.

    Harris: And will we give... two performances on the day?

    Rochester: No, Mr. Harris.

    Harris: [relieved] I am glad to hear that from the author.

    Rochester: With the dress rehearsal, the court performance and the public showing, I envisage three.

    Harris: Right; I don't know if you've met my regular understudy, Mr. Lightman, he's a most dependable fellow.

    Rochester: Sir, you have the honour of playing *my* understudy.

    Harris: [cross] Well, I shall take this opportunity to withdraw from the engagement.

    [he leaves]

    Rochester: [calls after him angrily] You are one of *life's* understudies!