"Anything mentionable is manageable"

Isidro 2022-01-06 08:01:09

Two days ago, New Year's Eve was at Fatty’s house, and I chatted with Ye Ge about his condition (depression)

He himself doesn't want to say, why Xiaohui choked me to force others to talk about it. What good is it for you?

If you can tell the pain, it can be resolved, as Tom Hanks said in the play, "Anything mentionable is manageable."

But he didn't want to say it, or they all thought it was useless to add to their worries.

So I asked Xiaohui, so do you know what his pain is? He said he knew.

Can't it be solved? I asked again.

Xiaohui said yes.

I ended this topic cleverly.

There is no need to persuade others to open yourself, when he wants to say, you can get the answer that is closest to the truth.


Lloyd is a very unflattering character. Whoever interviews will offend anyone, because he likes to dig into the dark side of others. He believes that human nature is evil. He believes that everyone will abandon their wives and children when their wife is about to die.

He was always angry, and people who moved the United States were unwilling to accept his interview, except for Fred, so he accepted the task of interviewing American Dong Hao with anger.

He didn't believe in real kindness, and felt that everyone was hypocritical, especially Fred. He took advantage of Fred's unbridled preference for him. Fred's liking for him is a bit of a protagonist halo. The halo also includes the angelic wife like Andrea who loves him, and the father and sister who can't beat or scold or run away.

Although he is an interviewer, he himself hates communication. Dad talks to him at his sister’s wedding, but he doesn’t speak, but because Dad said something he doesn’t like, he beats people and pushes his sister and brother-in-law angrily to persuade him to fight; Dad goes home Looking for him, without speaking, facing the indifferent dad who had been waiting for the two all night downstairs, the old man was indifferent and ill-tempered; every time Fred asked him a question, he always refused to answer, with a look of impatientness.

The whole world owes him.

In the hospital, the unfamiliar relationship reached the pinnacle, leaving behind the critically ill father, the lonely mother and son, and using the 400-word interview task as an excuse to escape the immediate trouble.


Then he changed.

Because Fred asked him to spend a minute thinking about the people in this world who love him because of him.

Or other reasons, in short, it has changed, although a bit far-fetched and exaggerated.

When he becomes soft, the whole world treats him tenderly.

He told his wife that what I want most is you and my son, and his wife is tearful.

He told his dad that I love your dad too, and he shook his hand and cried.

He told his sister that I was sorry for the wedding that day, and my sister said it was the most interesting wedding. Don't mind.

He wrote a 10,000-character interview manuscript, mostly about his own story, and the editor liked it very much and used it as the cover of that magazine.

After his father's funeral, he told his wife that he was willing to take a few months of children at home and asked her to go back to work.

Their family had a joyous Christmas with the second-married wife of sister-in-law and father-in-law.

Then,

After the shooting that day ended, Fred played the lowest key on the piano at the same time.

"Bang ↓"


Whether people can change so easily may not be what the film wants to convey.

Perhaps the director hopes that people, like Fred, will be kind to everyone and save every broken soul you encounter.

Have more patience and less temper.

If there are occasional negative emotions, let them release in the music of the piano.

I am really upset, just take a minute to think about who else in this world who purely loves you.

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood quotes

  • Fred Rogers: [reading a list of names during his evening prayers] Cecilia Sherman, Colby Dickerson, Justin Cook, Rebecca Anito, Lloyd Vogel, Andrea Vogel, Gavin Vogel, Jerry Vogel. Thank you, God.

  • Lloyd Vogel: Hey, what did you say to Jerry?

    Fred Rogers: I asked him to pray for me. I figure anyone who is going through what he is going through must be awfully close to God.