a little thought

Hattie 2022-04-19 09:01:09

Although the film did not rely on popular speeches and appeals to express his opposition and protest against racial discrimination like Martin Luther King did, and even in the plot, Martin Luther King only appeared on TV for a few seconds, but the director used delicate The language of the camera vividly and realistically depicts the conflicts and contradictions between the wealthy and wealthy white people and the "colored people" in that era. Those high-sounding rich people are willing to hold charity gala to help the poor in Africa, and they are stingy to give a little financial aid to a hopeful mother, but respond with arrogance and irony. I can't understand, when did contempt for humanity and deprivation of the dignity of others become the ticket to high society? I was annoyed at the unfair treatment of the maids all the time while watching the movie. Yes, from a rational point of view, a maid is just a servant, but from a human point of view, they also have dignity, rights, and ideas. They have feelings. Although they do not belong to this family, they have already been integrated into this family. They work very hard but receive meager salaries. They live without dignity and pride, and they do not even have the right to use the toilet! I have to say that the success of the novel of the same name in the film and the counterattack of the maids were very heartwarming. I also want to say to the damn black law and the arrogant white man: eat my shit!

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  • Elizabeth Leefolt: [after Mae Mobley has used a toilet dropped on Hilly's lawn, Elizabeth pulls her off and spanks her; crying sounds are heard offscreen] You will get a disease from those toilets!

  • Minny Jackson: Eat my shit.

    Hilly Holbrook: What'd you say?

    Minny Jackson: I said eat... my... shit.

    Hilly Holbrook: Have you lost your mind?

    Minny Jackson: No, ma'am but you is about to. 'Cause you just did.