I won’t go into details about the content of the movie, but it’s a traditional one, but it’s different from tradition. Some people compare it to Romeo and Juliet. It can’t be said wrong, but it’s not accurate, because the subject matter of the West Side story is obviously. More humane, more magnificent, and more "Zheng Zhihua", Romeo and Juliet's love occurred in two grudge families, the main line is love, the love spark here burned to two gangs from different countries, love is the introduction, it is threading The eye of a needle means a drunkard. In my opinion, its theme can be understood completely: the conflict between the native American and foreign immigrant cultures, and the rejection and integration of immigrants by the American Dream.
It's too overwhelming, but it doesn't matter, I wrote it for myself, you have the right to watch it as it is okay, or play without it.
Speaking of the American dream, I have to mention Benjamin Franklin, the founding father of the United States. As a model of the American dream, he implanted the core part of American culture, the concept of freedom, autonomy, and self-help into the hearts of every American citizen. His autobiography can even be abbreviated to one core, which is the verification of his own words: "God helps those who helps themselves" (God helps those who help themselves). Stimulated by the American Dream, the third wave of immigration occurred in the United States from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. People from all over the world gathered in this prosperous and prosperous place to dig for gold and treasure. Like the two gangsters defending the "turf" in the movie. To give another example, the Sacco Vanzetti case, which has been talked about by sociologists and historians in the history of the United States, is not without groundless denial and slander of immigrants by the "indigenous class". The United States in the early twentieth century was not the "Three People's Principles" like it is now. It also has many problems, but it is never a bad thing to expose the problems in the immature period. Innovation can not be accomplished by a few people holding books for statistical statistics. Listen without shouting, and talk about change without listening. People are still We Need Change, because they have an American dream that is not afraid of tossing.
Immigration has created the United States because it is an immigration country in itself, and immigration has made it political, economic, and cultural. The original Indian culture of that continent has been gradually destroyed since the arrival of the first immigrants in 1620. The current American culture is a unified culture achieved by the collision and integration of various ethnic groups. But as I said at the beginning, once any culture or group forms an interest group, it will naturally exclude foreign people and cultures, just like the immigrant exclusion that appeared in the United States at the end of the 19th century. Although it eventually returned to rationality, the immigration policy was implemented economically. Quota limit, or full control. This is not a question of tolerance or tolerance, but an instinctive maintenance like someone throws a fist and pretends to hit you in the face, you will subconsciously tilt your head or cover it. In the movie, the two gangs are fighting to be the boss of the turf. They start from bad words, and finally fist and fight, meet each other with swords and guns, and kill them. Then they repent. What does it matter if the boss is not the boss? There is a family in the four seas, Puerto Ricans and Americans. If they can get married, Americans and Puerto Ricans can naturally coexist peacefully. The vivid language of the film aptly demonstrates the process of cultural collision and the director’s beautiful expectations. Although the director’s expectations seem to have collapsed from the United States’ attack on Afghanistan and Iraq from behind, we put aside political interests, and a single country. , An intellectual, an artist, a film director, if he doesn't even have the courage he expected, can he become a country?
A common and extremely ironic phenomenon is that death can be used to resolve the opposition and alleviate the previous suspicions. When you want to intensify the contradiction, you must fight to kill you when you live, but the fish die or the net is broken, only to find out what the so-called boss, dignity, interests, and leader are all trivial, that is, fighting for strength and fighting bravely. .
But not all deaths are beneficial. Sacco and Vanzetti died, which contributed to the increasing openness and fairness of American laws. Tony in the movie was Nirvana, but it promoted the reconciliation of the two factions. If we are a big country, we will toss one plus six. After tossing six plus one, when can I toss it out without making people toss it anymore?
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