Yesterday, I watched five episodes in one breath. I was over after watching it. But today I happened to see the work of a contemporary black artist. I was very shocked. I suddenly thought of some details about race in the play. Here are some notes. Pen it.
The main plot of the tragic death of a black father planted by a white man will not be mentioned. At the beginning of the play, Assane works as a cleaner at the Louvre, and most of the other colleagues are mostly ethnic minorities. Here, they have separate passages, separate elevators, and separate exits. They are separated. Assane told his companions about his plan that their employer was on the other side and would not really "see" them. Here, the lack of eyesight of white employers gives them an opportunity.
In another scene, the white man "looks at" the black man, and his gaze is repeatedly captured by the camera. At the swimming pool, Juliette smokes a cigarette and feels content, while Assane wincely explains that he has the owner's permission. Juliette glanced at him, smiled and teased him: "Is their rumors about black people true?" (I thought she was going to ask that?) and frivolously used a kiss to lure him to prove that he could swim. In this scene, Juliette dominates so easily not only because of the owner's identity, age or beauty, but also because of race. She looked at him and saw only stereotypes about black people. Time moved forward. When Assane's father took him to see his wife for the first time, she didn't know that it was the driver at home. She acted very vigilantly and immediately locked the door. Back in time, with the secret support of his wife, Assane attended the best private high school. There, most of the white classmates stared at him like a monster, mocking him as a servant who went in the wrong place.
In the fifth episode, he recalled a time when he pretended to be a policeman and fooled the most valuable things from a rich old lady's house into his own hands. The old lady told Assane that her husband used to mine ore in the Belgian Congo. Assane sarcastically called those days "the good old days". The old lady also said that the locals didn't know the wealth at their feet, so they were not polite. This typical colonial art! When the old lady mentioned Fabergé's eggs, Assane feigned a refusal and gladly accepted it, jokingly saying that it was "in memory of the Belgian Congo", fearing that she had rolled her eyes several times. It's not just this old lady's family background, but how does the wealth of the Pellegrini family and other wealthy people come from the squeeze of other classes and ethnicities?
Assane travels through the white world, repeatedly unintentionally or deliberately showing the sensitivity and inherent racial prejudice of blacks. After the auction, the host and Assane pretending to be a wealthy businessman walked out together. The host said that he did not expect a buyer like you. Assane immediately stopped, "I am like this? What do you mean?" When the police investigated the case, a bunch of sightings The author drew several completely different portraits. In the eyes of white people, you are all the same black people. When Dumont was kidnapped, Assane dressed up as the little IT guy and yelled that Dumont would delete the pornography from the computer himself. Dumont was so annoyed that he asked him to show his credentials. He immediately pretended to be violated: You are naked racial discrimination!
The screenwriter’s intention to arrange these details is of course obvious, but it is difficult to say whether they can arouse further discussion. Not to mention how many people will notice these details in the casual revenge story. Apart from the protagonist, there are no other black people in the play. He went to the best school for whites with the help of whites out of guilt. His good friends were white classmates in the school, his son's mother was a white girl, and the investigative reporter who sought help was also a white. After watching the whole play, Assane grew up alone in white soil, without any connection with other black people. He is smart, elegant, and charming. He is like a strange and outstanding representative of the black community.
I know, just treat it as a super-powerful story, don't need to be true. I didn't think so much when I watched it, but when I recalled these details a day later, I still felt that if the show did not put the racial issue on the table so clearly, it would not make people think about it. But since it is obvious that I want to discuss it, I should work harder.
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