An absurd daydream

A story that was originally very tragic, the story of officials taking the people as dogs, a story that often happened in ancient times and even in modern times, using such extremely exaggerated and funny methods, such as using fake dogs for autopsy, thinking about aphrodisiac secrets in prison, and framed it. Bao Longxing raped a sow, a salted fish served as Fang's sword, brought a bunch of radishes to Beijing, a pot of potted plants with vegetables, people got in through a mouse hole, and a dignified and indifferent woman turned over her burden and stole something violently beating people , straight up the bent iron rod, and so on, turning a story that was originally tragic until the snow in June into a funny and playful, exposing the dark, frank and exaggerated dark society of the officialdom and dark society that should have been dark and obscure.
Stephen Chow's films are accustomed to exaggerating and playfully revealing the sophistication of human relationships, whether it is between relatives and friends in the officialdom and workplace, especially the ugly side of human nature. For example, the appearance of Bao Longxing and the lawyer is like a boxer appearance; the two are like shrews in the serious court, and children fight. Who stipulated that the court must be serious? His films are always rude but not rude, with a smile on the face but not a heart, with funny joke-like language, expressions and actions, explaining the profound human feelings and sophistication. It makes people laugh and think deeply.
The truth stated in the film "corrupt officials and traitors, honest officials must be more traitors" is very realistic. Moreover, in the film, Bao Longxing became the tortoise master, but because of this, he met the emperor who went to the kiln, hugged his thigh, sealed the imperial commissioner, and finally killed the bad guy and settled the injustice. Such a final solution to the contradiction, I don't know if the screenwriter designed such a plot intentionally, but it makes me feel a kind of sadness. Such extremely absurd solutions to contradictions, and extremely absurd redress of unjust cases, naturally can only exist in movies. What about in reality? What about Dou E and Qi Qin clan in reality? How to solve their grievances and sufferings? Unable to crack. Such absurd vindication, its subtext is that reality has no solution. If you have grievances or sufferings, you can suffer. You can daydream in your spare time. In your dreams, you can see the face of the sky and vindicate your grievances. The whole movie, isn't it just a pipe dream? An absurd daydream! Of course, the place where you can see the beauty of the sky in your dream may not only be a kiln, but also a road tooth, a latrine pool...

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