Listen to the voice of resentment from the bottom world of the West!
The black rap that prides itself on three generations of poor and lower-middle peasants, who is full of pornography, gambling, drugs and incites world-weariness, must be classified as feudal dross according to the positioning of the core socialist values. Therefore, in terms of universality, this theme film is very unusual It's easy to shoot well - from this perspective, the film is quite powerful.
On the one hand, it displays the ruins of the marginalized community and the cultural scars of the free world; on the other hand, it further expands the sense of powerlessness of the little people through the powerful self-deprecation with the help of the highly contagious verbal confrontation. .
What is even more commendable is that although the film has designed many faces distorted by basic desires, or deceived the world and made a name for itself, is obsessed with sensuality, or is always complaining about oneself, blindly escaping reality, self-deprecating, and paralyzing both physically and mentally. The director is not content to provide a critical story that allows the audience to casually mourn "the misfortune and the anger". The male protagonist of this film is a typical "foreigner" and is a weak person in life, but with a little attention, you can find that his personality is abnormally positive——
His rap does not contain dirty words, and is also used to hoe the strong and help the weak, and to uphold justice. Even if he is deceived by life, the young man is still indomitable, positive and optimistic. In the face of the physical derailment of his confidante, he is not stubborn for personal interests, and dares to throw a fist. , he can also laugh it off to his lover after the incident; when he learned about his ex-girlfriend Chi Guoguo's emotional fraud, he didn't go to get back to the car, without losing the true open-mindedness of "Ning the people in the world blame me, and I don't blame the people in the world". Thinking about the environment he was in, as a "load-bearing" young man surrounded by grievances, and playing cards according to common sense, there would undoubtedly be full of complaints and grievances and inappropriate times, but he did his best to his family and his friends. In times of danger, his first thought is how to protect his young sister. When everyone is arguing, he does not chase the crowd, but rationally persuades his friends, "Read more, read more newspapers, eat less snacks, and sleep more." . His only shortcoming is that his emotions are too delicate, he lacks self-identity, and he cannot objectively judge his own value. Therefore, he lacks self-confidence and suffers from stage fright. Therefore, the story told in this film is based on his gradual overcoming of "stage fear". Symptoms”, and the process that finally shines brightly begins.
I personally think that the most important thing to interpret this film is to analyze the character of the male protagonist, which is a slow work of "you taste, you taste carefully". A white man from a black community, a newcomer whose rap level is higher than his black brothers, a poor kid with a weak personality and a strong inner heart, a young Werther who is afraid of lies but repeatedly betrayed by his girlfriends... There is no doubt that you will feel that he Wherever you go, you lack a sense of belonging, and you will be at a loss no matter what you do. Through these cultural genes, we can naturally see the serious injustice of social redistribution, and the social problems that the people at the bottom of the pyramid are ignored, but at the same time, we should also see the reason why black rap, who seems to be extremely unpopular in the upper class, can It is popular because it is really widely demanded by the toiling masses - if the status quo of poverty cannot be changed for the time being, then at least allow me to express my dissatisfaction. Sometimes, freedom of speech may also be a good medicine for healing the heavy wounds behind the disparity between the rich and the poor.
Having said that, the director must also hope that people can be like the hero, even if life deceives you, they are still kind.
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