What are you commenting on funny, jokes, and a little bit off the beaten track? The essence of this movie is a sharp social satire packaged into a nonsensical comedy. A five-star rating is for balance, and a four-star rating is completely qualified: a relaxed style, constant laughter, exaggeration and careful thinking can be "extremely scary", it's all ugly in reality, full of aftertaste.
On the expression of "Golden and Jade's Failure in the Outside", "Holiday Adventure" (1983) predates David Lynch's "Blue Velvet", which is full of filth under the picture of the beautiful life in the United States and the prosperous city. The former makes people happy. With a smile and face, the latter is frighteningly blue and thin, and the diaphragm responds to nerves. Of course, this film is not detached, but it follows the trend of facing reality in that era and continues the new Hollywood movie style. Satirical comedy has a history.
In contrast, the 2015 new version of "Holiday Adventures" has been reduced to a three-seed sketch, which is bolder and more progressive than what you said. It avoids sharp irony and relies on the three-seeds and miserable sales to make awkward smiles (there are no lack of deliberately contrived , Awkwardly out of the sky), some accidents that rely on particularity, such as cheap hotels, love-lost dog abuse, mechanical failure, etc., in short, no longer exhibit social structural contradictions. The tribute section is poorly imitated, and the old version of the theme song is put on the old version of the theme song.
The worst part of this series is the sequel "European Holidays" (1985). It has no aura and fun, and it is both praise and derogation to Germany. If you don't be ironic and have no relationship, you won't be funny, boring and boring.
Let's briefly analyze the various classes and characters in the 1983 old version of "Holiday Adventures".
Lower floor, lower floor
Poor people’s area: The station wagon got off the wrong highway. It was in the impoverished black neighborhood near the skyscraper and the building. While asking for the way, the hubcap was stolen by swiftly for some money. Violence and illegality in the neighborhood were rampant, and it was self-managed. System, the rule of law vacuum, "decent people" don't even want to go through. Disparity between the rich and the poor, and social divisions.
Desert area: Although the "repairman" helped Clark's family by rescuing and repairing the abandoned car, he also extorted all the money. The perpetrator himself is the sheriff. Poor supervision and disregard at the grassroots level.
Cousin farmer: a family full of children, but the little girl takes high drugs, the little boy is addicted to pornographic magazines, and education is absent; the whole family has no livelihood and depends on the elderly and infants to obtain subsidies from the poor (so far in line with the reality of the poor in the United States); the only male is the father After retiring from the army in the Vietnam War, he has not been able to obtain his ideal career, full of helplessness... The strange family with distorted personality was born and deposited in a perhaps more distorted society.
Middle class
Service industry: At the beginning, the car dealer’s flicker is "the place where the dream begins." Crushing and smashing old cars symbolizes efficient waste, and the successful promotion of funny broken cars symbolizes consumerism that allows people to buy a lot of unnecessary, It is not an inappropriate product. The rich are the key targets of bluffing.
Among them is a bar where the welcomers play casual clothes and shoes, and the bar staff are indifferent. They simulate shooting with real guns. They reduce costs, are greedy for profit, and have poor service. I think audiences all over the world can smile heartily.
There are many complaints about the service industry, including the banking industry.
Neighbors: Rich in racial discrimination and ethnic prejudice, reminding us to be wary of the Indians. Later, it was the Indians who saved the Clark family.
Heroine Allen: The core values are the three views of human beauty, but she has always been attached to, pleased with Clark, and subordinate to her position. She assumes the role of advice and complaints. (Waiting for female boxers to strike? This film is also suitable for feminist comments)
Male protagonist Clark: The core driving force, the uncle who has a middle-aged crisis, seems to be able to control the overall situation, and he works very hard, but he makes frequent mistakes. The barrage of station B kept complaining about how he got his driver's license, how to do his job... soul torture. Entering the middle class, leading a glorious life, must have high abilities and good moral qualities, and not smarter than the blacks and Indians that appear in the film. It may just be that the conditions and opportunities are better.
It must be mentioned that whether the vicious dog should die may be controversial, and the death of the aunt is an unnecessary tragedy. However, Clark and his children were extremely disgusted. When people died, they were treated as objects. They were tied to the roof of the car as luggage and exposed to the rain. They were thrown away on the backyard chairs of relatives’ homes without leaving any notes. The alienation of capital eliminates kindness, completely materializes people, and is indifferent and dispelling the emotions other than the closest relatives. It is both "horrifying" and "too real", dumbfounding, and thought-provoking.
Rich class
There is not much ink, only a capitalist, the owner of Wally in Wally Park.
Clark desperately wants to go crazy, the destination is a paradise, using entertainment to escape all dissatisfaction and contradictions in reality "the paradise". However, the short-lived joy may be just an anaesthetic. Have all the problems been solved? Perhaps it has solved a family harmony problem, that is, during the two-week journey, the four members of the family have increased their relationship (actually, it may also intensify conflict).
From a practical point of view, there are boundless merits in creating joy. From the point of view of literati criticism, Boss Wally is the creator of real narcotics and class contradictions.
Other elements
Mysterious Ferrari girl: a character that has been penetrated many times, the audience knows very little about it, only knows that it is a powerful temptation that makes the middle-aged Clark captivated. This is an image, a symbol, and it implies that in the consumer society, the beauty images of sexy girls that are flooded in the mass media and the streets are pure sensory stimulation, materialize the temptation of female sex, and attract the eye everywhere. In short, consumption is supreme and does not care about morality.
Luggage that is always scattered: It symbolizes the dream or ideal of an ordinary family. It is neatly packed and plump, but it is easily broken up and lost by reality. The low garage is the limit of the rising ceiling. The bumps (shocking the lady's box) on the way are social instability. Hearing that the aunt passed away and rushed out of the roadside luggage and dropped, it was the mood and ideals being dropped and shattered...
It can also be said that I am overly interpreting that dropping luggage is just a joke that echoes back and forth. But the new version in 2015 is also over-interpreted (requires to meet the theme and style) to see? "Lick the chrysanthemum"? Hammer’s 6-pack abs? His eagle?
Finally, the old ending song Dancin' Across the USA is super nice.
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