Seriously, the tone of the film "The Six Heroes of the Light Pig" is not as vulgar as its title suggests. This typical British comedy focuses on the living conditions of the urban bottom working class during the economic depression, and implicitly satirizes many social problems in Britain at that time with a dark humorous tone.
The film begins with an old city scene short film as a prelude, trying to make the story - Sheffield - an ideal livable city. As one of the eight largest cities in the UK outside London, Sheffield emerged from the steel industry in its early years. However, as the film teased, in the 1970s and 1980s, international competition and the collapse of the British coal industry led to the decline of the local industry. The industrial city of the past has lost its former glory and self-confidence, and the dilapidated streets are full of dilapidated factories.
With the economic recession comes massive unemployment, and the "Six Heroes" in the film is a microcosm of this wave of layoffs of steel workers. At the beginning of the story, Gates and his companions, who have nothing to do, have been unemployed for more than half a year, all day long in the job club waiting for a phantom job opportunity. For an adult man, not having a proper career means losing face, not only unable to support his wife and children, but also unable to hold his head in front of everyone.
Gates and his wife have long since divorced. On weekdays, petty thieves sell the steel in the factory. Coupled with unemployment benefits, they can live a happy life alone. In his stretched life, the only thing he cared about was his son Nathan, born to his ex-wife. In order to pay his son's alimony and not let the court deprive him of his custody, Gates is desperate to make a small fortune, and the hot scene of the strip club gives him a glimmer of hope. The story of the entire film revolves around Gates's process of building a stripper team composed of steel workers.
A recession is a bad thing for men, but not quite so for women. In the wave of layoffs, women have shouldered the burden of supporting their families and their economic status has been continuously improved, which reflects the adjustment and impact of economic turmoil on the British social structure. As Gates complained, "Women don't need men anymore, men are dying like dinosaurs, antiques, and ball bearings, and in a few years, people will only be seen in zoos. A man whose endangered animals were protected."
In the UK, human society has evolved to the stage where women can pee standing up. The emergence of strippers is a profound reflection of the rising social status of women and the upsurge of the feminist movement. Not only the working class at the bottom, but also the elites at the top, from the female leader Margaret Thatcher to Theresa May, all of which are telling the world that the UK is becoming a society with an increasingly attitude. A more inclusive and open country.
Although strippers are no longer a rare thing, just like conservative and serious eastern countries, British men are also ashamed to talk about it - after all, they have to go against the evolution of human society for thousands of years. It's not an easy task to act on the stereotype of men who are tough and tough. On the one hand, Gates has to work hard to maintain his father image in his son's heart and prevent himself from becoming the most humiliating stupid dad in the world. The concerns of other people's eyes bring the whole team together.
Thinking about it carefully, it is very interesting that the whole film presents a two-way parallel form in the plot. When the audience sat in the dark theater, they all held a curious and slightly cruel mentality, watching how these six men put down their dignity little by little, and finally stripped themselves naked in the eyes of everyone. . However, as the story progresses, the audience is attracted by the embarrassing plight of the six men, and they begin to sympathize with the "six heroes" - although they still want to see Gates and his old buddies strip naked, but hugging With a kind of hope that they will successfully get out of the predicament. This is where the magic of the movie unfolds, and until the end of Gates and their successful performance, the whole story has become a process of how these six men pick up their dignity and rebuild their faith in life.
This heartwarming comedy is actually about a theme that has been repeated over and over again: the powerful cohesion and humorous yet fearless attitude of family and friends are the little people's last weapon against the ravages of the real world. Finally, I have to sigh, after watching this movie, who can not love life?
Attachment: Dedicated to the little fairy.
View more about The Full Monty reviews
