Or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
In one moment
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip
- Eminem "Lose yourself"
8 Mile. The street where blacks and whites meet in Detroit, USA. The story happens here.
A white young man talking about rap, playing black music in a neighborhood dominated by blacks, he drives that broken car here all day, drinking and clubbing, making fun of the police, and mixing boxing with the blacks in Free World. He has a job, which is not decent enough but at least allows him to live, the colleagues around him are all black, and he has to swallow a big fat black man for a little extra income. He has a crazy mother, an angelic sister, a beautiful rebellious girlfriend and a group of good brothers. At the same time, his life is difficult. He often has to face humiliation, fights and even the muzzle of a gun. A kid running a train with a mouth full of chirps even robbed his girlfriend. Yes he struggled growing up in such an environment but he had a talent and he showed his talent in the black music world and what he had was the kind of thing that would make countless blacks cheer and whistle for a white man the power of.
Like many hiphop stars, Eminem made such an autobiographical film for herself. His real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers, born in Kansas City, USA, his childhood wandering around the United States with his mother, and finally settled in Detroit when he was 12 years old. He started rapping in high school, before dropping out to join several informal groups such as Basement Productions and New Jacks, and later the Soul Intent duo. The newly named Eminem later won the Wake Up Show's Best "Freestyle" award and was runner-up at the Rap Performance Olympiad in Los Angeles. He has always been one of the most controversial figures in American music, but at the same time his records have always sold astonishingly.
Eminem grew up in the "black district". So he's seen a lot of ugly deals, a lot of despicable human nature, some creepy shootings, violence. Eminem said this when he was interviewed on the radio. "Can you imagine coming home and seeing a corpse with wide eyes on the doorstep? I swear I saw it. In the days to come, all I hope is God bless me not to let me see this damn thing". It was in such a terrible environment that Eminem stubbornly grew up. How similar to the B-Rabbit in the film.
Eminem's growth line seems to cater to the so-called hiphop line, struggling and living at the bottom of the United States, fighting and shooting violence, whether or not it constitutes a strong heart, but at least it constitutes the heart of a hiphop, because they see the bottom of society. Dark people, so they will always be representatives of rebellion when they grow up. Eminem scolded President Bush, scolded Rumsfeld, and even when he accepted an invitation from an American TV show to participate in the recording of the show, he played a rap live. In this rap, he scolded the stars he thought were hypocritical and disgusting, including British footballer Beckham, Eminem said in the song: "Beckham, why don't you go into a movie? You guy who only conquers people with your face, I think you can get an Oscar, but you will never get it. World Cup." The live video of the show is still available on Sky's official website.
The core elements of hiphop are rebellion and independence and fearlessness. he made it. well done.
What impresses me in the film is the friendship between the brothers. When this group of friends fights, they will join together without hesitation, they will play good-natured jokes with each other, and there will also be quarrels, but when they reconcile, they don't even need an apology. Rabbit said to Future in the toilet, I apologize, but Future said, Stop it. Don't do it. I ain't even trip. But you just make sure you flip the script on this shit tonight. Simple words, everything In the past, they have to face the next battle together, which may be the battle of their lives.
The climax of the film is this battle, because this time I watched the original disc of District 1, no Chinese, only English subtitles. I don't know if it was in Chinese, what would they do with this passage, would it be translated, then it would be too indecent, because those lyrics are full of humiliation and contempt for the opponent, there are too many dirty words in it, but if Without translation, the understanding of the content of the film will be greatly weakened. I am very fortunate that I can see the original disk of such a film.
The battle scene was very big and intense. Rabbit really showed his talent at this time, he vented all his passion, at this time he really became champion, he sublimated.
In the final battle with Papa Doc he satirized those Free World people, he said This Free World's got you gassed up Now who's afraid of the big, bad wolf. He also teased his friend, I do got a dumb Friend named Cheddar Bob who shoots himself in his leg with his own gun. And he doesn't spare his nemesis, And Wink did fuck my girl, I'm still standin' here screamin' "Fuck the Free World" with his middle finger. He said his opponent He's scared to death He's scared to look. When the music stopped, he said I'm a piece of fuckin' white trash, I say it proudly.
And the strongest sound of the battle was, I am white, I am fuckin'bum. I do live in a trailer with my mom! This is his declaration to black people, he will not be ashamed of his white identity, he wants to achieve his own achievements in black music! This is his vent, the power gushing out from the depths of his heart. If you have watched the film, or you have read every English sentence above carefully, you can definitely feel this power.
The end of the battle is that Papa Doc doesn't say a word, just like the embarrassment Rabbit experienced in the opening sequence.
Rabbit seems to have a staged victory, but in his opinion the battle is just someone' s life. He still needed work, so when he got off the stage, he was walking down 8 Mile on a wet Detroit night just to get back to his overtime work, for that extra money.
Life is always bigger than everything.
This is an inspirational story, but it is a hiphop route. hiphop is not a violent fight with guns and marijuana, nor is it tattooed and tattooed wide board pants, nor is it shaking his head and speaking English full of fuckin. Hip hop is a spirit that belongs to strong people who have experienced darkness beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Only they are the real representatives of hiphop, so, after watching the film, apart from those superficial things, we might as well think about how we can face the darkness in life like hiphop. Like Future said, Do what the fuck you wanna do. And we should probably answer like Rabbit, I'm gonna do it on my own...
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