Melrose is full of despair and absurdity, but the composition is bright and cheerful, making people feel a strong sense of contrast, and ultimately makes people emotional. The male protagonist is actually very unpleasant, the whole person is exhausted, irritable and neurotic, and he is also addicted to drugs and alcohol. This feeling of being in the abyss of despair about to crash has always been there, but what is commendable is that although the male protagonist is weak in his bones, although there will be repetitions, he has really been struggling to survive, trying to get rid of the past and get rid of drugs.
Benny's performance is really textbook-level. In the first episode, he heard the emotional changes of his father's death, the fidgeting and trembling when the drug addiction attacked, the nervousness when he was high, and the silent tears when he wanted to change on the last phone call... ...Every scene clearly demonstrates the emotional changes of the male protagonist, which makes it very enjoyable to watch, following the male protagonist in the abyss of despair.
If you only watched the first episode, you would probably think that the male protagonist was too falling and hated him. However, after watching the second episode, you will find that the male protagonist did not kill or commit suicide because of this, or twisted his mind into a pervert like his father. rare. The dark things in the world are sometimes beyond people's imagination. Who would have thought that a father would actually control his mind, violently abuse, and even sexually assault his six-year-old son. And the male protagonist's mother, who was supposed to be the male protagonist's redemption, was also under the pressure of the male protagonist's father, and became the default attitude, making the male protagonist completely fall into the abyss of hopelessness and loneliness.
Many details in the play are worth savoring carefully. In the part of smashing the urn, the window was obviously opened by the male protagonist, but he always thought that it could not be opened in his fantasy; he received a call from his girlfriend early the next morning after taking drugs, but he subconsciously fantasized about it. His mother's voice; hiding under the bed in a psychedelic, comforting himself so that others can't find him, but the next second he worries that no one will find him... It's these details that make people see the fragility in the male protagonist's bones The loneliness, self-help, struggling to live, makes people believe that he will eventually get rid of his father's shadow and live a life completely different from his father, making people see a glimmer of hope for rebirth in the rich despair.
The first episode to the third episode spanned eight years. The male protagonist used the eight years of detoxification and drinking to learn the law and completed the first stage of self-help in his life. He climbed out of the pit of his father. Just like the title of the third episode, there is a little hope. Is it the black old acquaintance of the musician who successfully recovered from drug addiction, or the free and easy departure of the hostess of the banquet, or meeting a woman who can relate... Everything seems to be saying that the weather will be sunny after the rain, and the male protagonist can finally start a new life.
So after the fourth episode spanned to 13 years, the male protagonist who had married and established a business suffered another devastating blow. His mother used a series of dying behaviors to pull him into the abyss of losing control again, telling the male protagonist how much she didn't love him with her actions time and time again... Probably the male protagonist's life is full of cups and utensils, and these Cups, he has no choice, the injuries from his parents have broken him again and again, and this kind of distressing injury, no one can save him, only himself can save him.
In the fifth episode, I feel sorry for Patrick again. I feel sorry for Patrick and admire his gentleness and restraint. He grew up in such an environment, and finally reopened the door and went out, imagining his own resistance and salvation. He reconciled with the old times by himself, and thanks to his self-redemption, I feel that there is still salvation in this world.
The play is adapted from a semi-autobiographical novel. The author was sexually assaulted by his father many times in his childhood. His mother knew about it but acquiesced in this situation, and tried her best to clear her relationship with him. When the author was in school, he was addicted to drugs and sex to escape reality, and then relied on writing Vent your emotions and complete self-redemption. Melrose represents the author's past, present, and future, seeking a way out of life together.
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