Zhou Chonglin
This year, the wall of gender and racial barriers collapsed in the United States. Americans used their ballots to elect the first black president in history, and they also elected The first female president in history. This kind of pattern used to be the sleepwalking idea of Hollywood screenwriters, but now it is ironclad. Of course, they will not miss the opportunity to express their own values. "Superman Hancock" can be understood as a kind of flattery. It uses symbols familiar to the public to interpret all the history that just happened. Although, we noticed that the appearance of Superman Time has a prehistoric character, and more than two hundred years of American history is naive and ridiculous.
Hancock is almost the epitome of black Americans. He is alcoholic, energetic, violent at every turn, creates chaos, and occasionally does not get recognized for his good deeds. The meaning of destruction is greater than the meaning of construction. Even the ignorant child thinks he is a jerk, is there a worse superman than this? Hancock can scold his predecessors (Superman White, Spiderman, Batman, etc.) for being GAY. But Superman also has Pan Xiao-like life problems, and it is so eternal. Where did I come from and where am I going?
Hancock couldn't answer. After all, black Americans were also transported to the United States blindfolded back then. They didn't know that their descendants would have superhumans and that someone would become the leader of the country.
The appearance of white Raymond seemed so necessary. He said to Hancock in the tone of a Supergirl judge, "You can do it, you are the best, and I have confidence in you." In Raymond's view, it was Black Superman who isolated himself. You were originally talented and eye-catching enough, but now there are troubles everywhere, and you dress like a non-mainstream person. Raymond asked Black Superman to stop drinking (life inspection), act according to the rules (rule of law), learn the words of praised people (virtue), and restrain his irritability (kindness). It is not difficult to see that this is a value that is almost always conveyed in the United States. Superman does not understand the limitation of freedom and must return to the scope of constitutional constraints.
Raymond's dream of red hearts makes him more like the spiritual successor of another black superman, Martin Luther King, King's dream is to eliminate the gap of skin color in the world, and Raymond hopes that everyone wears the red heart symbol to convey Love (nothing is more familiar to the Chinese youth than just a few months ago), at the end of the movie, with the efforts of the black and white heroes, the red heart hangs high in the moon sky, and the world also changes color.
What I have to say is that the time logic of "Superman Hancock" is chaotic. The birth of Black Superman is prehistoric, but the Black Superman is based on the Hollywood series of Superman as his predecessors. With the appearance of Supergirl, the film's narrative seems powerless. For example, the first half of an NBA basketball game with scoring points is replaced by a Chinese football game with no goals in the second half. To shape the image of Obama well, but also to cry for Hillary, how difficult!
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