What is Andrew after? There's no question that he loves music, but it's not out of pure love that he's practising his craft like crazy, he's looking for a recognition. Andrew's greatness is to be "Charlie Parker".
What is Fletcher after? His pursuit of a sense of accomplishment, the desire to "be a teacher and a master student", portrays Fletcher as a pervert. Andrew aspires to be the man who gets smashed and becomes a legend, and Fletcher aspires to be the man who throws the bowl.
As soon as Fletcher entered the rehearsal room, all the members "clamped the chrysanthemum," and he greeted the band members with "the sweetest words." He asked Metz to get out of the band, and tortured his students to get better. The way he was educated directly or indirectly contributed to Sean Casey's death.
What Fletcher sees and inspires is the "unstoppable drive" that comes with a desire to love. There are millions of kids who love music, but very few are as desperate for success as Sean Casey and Andrew, and Fletcher's Charlie Parker has to have that.
"The next Charlie Parker will never give up," Fletcher said. Sean Casey ended his musical career in death, failing to become the next "Charlie Parker". So if you stick to it, can Andrew become the next "Charlie Parker", and can Fletcher become the famous teacher?
We don't know.
Yes, every meaningful life should be a constant pursuit of excellence like Fletcher and Andrew. But life is not a 100-meter sprint, it is not about running all the way to keep the lead, crossing the finish line is a victory, and it can be celebrated in the whole world. Life is a Mobius circle. After one circle, there is a new starting point, and there is another road to conquer. Desires are endless.
If being "The next Charlie Parker" and cultivating "The next Charlie Parker" is a lifelong pursuit, then when Fletcher and Andrew desperately reach that so-called end point and enjoy that short-lived ecstasy, Fletcher and Andrew What can be done next? Is Sean Casey's long-term anxiety and depression also caused by this?
All human efforts are to prove their worth. Fletcher has been telling his students "Be the greatest, or nothing," like a multiple-choice question. Each of us would like to believe that we are the destined "The next Charlie
Parker". But the truth is that there is only one Charlie Parker and one Jo Jones in this world, more than Tom and Jack. Every Tom and Jack can have the will to be The next Charlie Parker and make it happen. But we can't ignore one point: there is not only one way to prove one's own worth. One way to the dark sometimes won't bring what we want. If we don't give ourselves a leeway, anxiety and pain may be like killing Kill Sean Casey, kill us. Charlie Parker lives in music history, Andrew lives in movies, and we live in the real world. We need love, we need support, and we will be nostalgic.
So, not insisting on being The next Charlie Parker is not a shameful giving up, and sometimes, that gives us an opportunity to let "Tom and Jack" find the right mindset to face life.
If never giving up means perseverance, what is the difference between stubbornness and perseverance?
It's not Andrew who pops a revenge solo at the end of the movie, and what he does is called persistence; it's not Andrew, who is full of gunpowder in the eyes of relatives, and what he does is called stubbornness.
In the end, in the eyes of others, you are considered to be persistent when you succeed, and you are considered stubborn when you fail.
And what we need is to listen to our own voice, and sometimes we know it.
To be The next Charlie Parker or JoJones, both Fletcher and Andrew are just stubborn.
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