The content of the movie is very simple. A middle-aged fat black aunt is psychologically distorted to create troubles, but the cause behind the story is tragic-campus bullying.
Just like Adler said: lucky people are using childhood to heal their lives, while unfortunate people are using their lives to heal childhood.
At the beginning of the story, Maggie, a beautiful high school girl, followed her divorced mother back to her mother's hometown life, entered the new high school, and quickly met new friends. In order to integrate into the group of friends, she went to buy wine and parties with her new friends. In the United States, underage drinking is prohibited. They can only ask passers-by to help them buy wine, and thus get to know the heroine of the story, Su An. Su An helped this group of young people buy wine and did not charge tips. Later, he enthusiastically provided the basement of his house as their meeting place, and even remodeled his basement to make it a more suitable place for gatherings. Many young people come here to host parties.
The young people gave Su An a nickname: ma (mother), but this mother would not scold their Meng Lang, but would provide drinks, snacks, and venues for them to party all night. And Su An seems to be part of this group. She is not the bottom of society who is always scolded at work during the day, not a fat and poor middle-aged black aunt, but a member of every night carnival, or even one of the protagonists. One, my body and mind are younger.
As the story progressed, Maggie and her friends gradually discovered Su An's weirdness, and they began to stay away from this ma. And we also learned about Su An’s past from the flashback memories of Su An: when she was studying, she was a marginal group on campus, black, not beautiful, not good, but secretly in love with the shining characters like school grass. But waiting for her was indeed a wanton prank, and made no secret of malicious insults. Everyone was watching her jokes, and no one helped her. We don't know if it was this experience that pushed Su An into the bottom of society, but we can be sure that the various experiences of her school days must have left an indelible shadow on her.
Through some plots in the movie, you can find that Su An admires the lives of other people and desires to be like others. She does not contact her classmates or attend parties, but she has been following her former classmates on social networks. I guess Su An is looking forward to it every time she uses social software, expecting that someone will think of her and contact her, but unfortunately not. Maggie’s mother was Su An’s high school classmate. She recognized them the first time she met other classmates, but she did not recognize Su An. Su An longs for everyone's closeness and desires to be the focus of attention, so she strongly invites everyone to come to her house for gatherings. But even if the convenience of carnival is provided to everyone, the evaluation of her behind others is: strange.
In the Enneagram classification, there is a type of personality called: helping personality, the main characteristics are: longing for the love or good relationship of others, willing to accommodate others, wanting others to feel that they need themselves, and often neglecting themselves; they are very concerned about the feelings and needs of others. Only when you see others accept their love satisfactorily, you will feel that you are worth living. Su An has this kind of personality, and she is in a dilemma in her heart: if I don't help others, no one will love me. So she tried her best to please, to hold fast to these high school students she had already entangled, she didn't allow these to leave her, she didn't allow herself to fall into loneliness again.
Su An has a daughter, Gilly, who was originally a healthy girl, but Su An deceived her daughter and told her: You are sick, and you are seriously ill. It is estimated that the source of inspiration for this setting is the famous American murder of Gypsy Rose. Gypsy was controlled by his mother Dee Dee. He was obviously healthy but his mother turned into a disabled person. Dee Dee shaped himself as a daughter who was seriously ill. A never-forsaken mother. Dee Dee madly enjoys the control of her daughter, she is her only support; also madly enjoys everyone's attention, the great image of mother has won everyone's attention and sympathy.
The Su An in the story is so similar. In reality, the daughter Gypsy broke out first, while the mother Su An broke out first in the movie.
Su An, after fawning and being disliked time and time again, after realizing that he was about to be far away again, collapsed after being ridiculed by Ben, whom he had crushed since school days, and started his final revenge. Su An killed the annoying bitch. He was already the focus of the crowd. Why did he take the lead in insulting him? After killing his classmate Ben, whom he had always crushed but humiliated himself, Su An finally realized this man's awful heart. Then Su An started the last carnival in her life. She had been helping others to organize parties, and now it was finally her turn. This is a performance with her as the protagonist. What she needs is unique, so she paints Xiao Hei's face white, because she is special alone; what she needs is hearty, so all kidnapped Of people put on a leash and let themselves be masters.
Su An reminded me of the heroine of another old movie "Witch Garley". After Garley was humiliated, after the only male protagonist who released kindness to him was accidentally killed, the last point of light She was stripped in her life and chose to kill her. The red but dirty blood of all those who insulted her was a memorial to her who was once weak and helpless.
The last turning point of the film was the outbreak of Su An’s daughter Gilly. She chose to rebel against her mother and saved everyone, but accidentally knocked over the candle and caused a fire in the basement. Everyone was trapped in the fire. Fortunately, Maggie's mother arrived in time to release everyone, but Gilly was dragged by Su An. Gilly is the only thing Su An can grasp, so other people can leave, but Gilly can't leave. I think Su An is also afraid, afraid of everything that her daughter may have to face after she leaves, and everything she has suffered before, so it is better to stay here together. The mother loves her and will protect her.
What I see here is that I especially hope Maggie's mother will rush to rescue Gilly. But it is a pity that Maggie's mother just hugged her daughter, and then constantly apologized, confessing what happened to Su An's school days. Just like the conversation between Su An and Ben (the object of Su An’s secret crush) meeting in a bar: some people just don’t change, weak people are still weak, just as they were back then Just as watching Su An suffer humiliation, watching the tragedy happen again.
Fortunately, the awakening of the next generation. Maggie broke free of her mother's bondage and rushed to rescue Gilly. She said: I am not weak, I am not my mother.
At the end of the film.
Su An did not choose to escape from the flames, but lay down with the body of her former crush, and died together. Perhaps, this was the very beginning, she had set a good ending for herself, so she let the corpse lie on the bed and didn't deal with it. After being wonderful once and becoming the center once, the splendor ends.
Perhaps at first Su An might want to take her daughter Gilly to death together, and escape this miserable and unfair world together. Maggie stepped forward, pierced Su An’s body and opened her heart, letting her know that there are always good people, and that her daughter has received what she once did not get—the help and kindness of others, maybe The daughter does not have to face the wind and rain alone in the future.
Some people will never change, but there will always be different people, and there will always be warmth. Su An opened the curtains in the sea of flames, and finally took a look at everyone who had escaped from the dead, and then at his daughter. Su An chose to let go, let go of her daughter, her daughter can move towards a new future, and new people will appear to give her warmth. And Su An herself chose to stay trapped in the past, lying next to her once beloved, stroking her cold body, and finally warming her soul together with the beautiful fantasy and fire of his youth.
How many people have been tortured by campus bullying, and how many people have been destroyed. That humiliation will not disappear over time, and there will always be a wound in my heart. Some people's wounds are scarred, and the scars become the thickest part of their hearts. It is a strong barrier to encourage them to move forward, but some people's wounds are getting worse and deeper. If the rotten meat on the wound is cut out, the heart will be too. It's empty.
I really hate bullies. I hate them to treat themselves as a child as an excuse to hurt others wantonly. Who is not a child yet, so are the people who are hurt, and they are weaker and innocent. I never believe in the innocence of bullies. Fun and ignorance are an excuse, and inferiority is a fact.
May there be no campus bullying in the world
Every flattering personality has a sensitive heart
Because I got too little, I tried my best to please everyone
Every marginal character has the illusion of becoming the center of the stage
Even if it's the only gorgeous bloom in life
Even if I broke your wings in the past
There is always a love that can warm the heart
There will be angels taking you into heaven
May there be no harm and no confusion in heaven
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