who cares? Changeling tackles bureaucracy

Cary 2022-04-22 07:01:05


I remember the subject of an impromptu speech during a college professional interview, a 5-minute comment on a news report. News content is the most tragic consequence of bureaucracy in rural China. When I was explaining it, I basically talked about things, because I didn't really understand what bureaucracy was at the time. Today, however, I can say that I understand the concept of this term very well, because I have suffered from it myself.
In the movie, the mother played by Jolie educates her son, Never start a fight, always finish it. In fact, in the process of growing up, we were also instilled with this concept by adults. That is, we do not cause trouble, but we must accompany those who bully us to the end. As most of us among the good people, the probability of thinking about making trouble and putting it into practice should be extremely low. Therefore, in many cases, when we are so angry that we can't bear to fight back, it must be when we are provoked.
The mother played by Jolie is very different from her previous roles. She is no longer a strong and intimidating woman. She is just a mother, an ordinary woman full of motherhood who just wants to protect her children and live her life honestly. However, when her voice threatened the interests of the authorities, she was immediately symbolically regarded as an absolute enemy on the opposite side of the police station, although she was only an unarmed mother who represented the weaker side.
When the police captain repeatedly ignored Mrs Collins' questions and escalated into threats and even persecution. We get so outraged that a mother's unreasonable request to get her real son back is treated in such a bizarre and even inhuman manner. But what strikes us most is that this is not imagination, this is what has actually happened, and is happening every day in reality, that the establishment is deliberately disregarding the public interest. When we go to school, when we are employed, when we want to have children, when we need to ask for salary, when our house is to be demolished, whenever we express our legitimate demands with trepidation, we will always be greeted with various official reasons. hindered. I used to think this was really a baffling thing, but after watching this movie, when it happened in the land of old beauty, I finally realized it, because they don't care , they don't care about your life and death, don't care about your situation, the only thing they care about is themselves and their interests. This is why those ridiculous words that are absurd to the extreme always come from the mouths of some officials, thanking them for having time to entertain the public during their busy schedules.
When Mrs Collins scolded the psychiatrist with that swear word that shouldn't have come out of the lady's mouth at all, that was what I thought was the most appropriate expression in the situation, the happiest expression, like the female patient said like that. When faced with a person who lacks humanity, can you still expect a normal person like yourself to communicate with him normally? Obviously not. Thankfully, Mrs Collins was supported by a priest speaking in the voice of God, and she was able to escape the mental hospital and see the bad guys brought to justice. But what about those who have had similar experiences to Mrs Collins but have not had such good luck? They are like forever in a corner where the sun can't shine, no one cares about their life or death, and justice can't be served. Although we have seen Mrs. Collins' extraordinary courage and persistence, if there was no external help and pressure from public opinion, she might end up dying in a mental hospital, taking that secret into her grave forever.
Rights need to be monitored, and this is the truth that the movie tells us once again. In a country where God is not believed, who will save Mrs Collins?

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Changeling quotes

  • Christine Collins: Why would they do this?

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: To avoid admitting they made a mistake when they brought back the wrong boy. Of course, anyone reading the newspaper with half a brain would see through it instantly. Sadly, that would exclude about half the readership of the Times. Mrs. Collins, I have made it my mission in life to bring to light all the things the LAPD wish none of us ever knew about. A department ruled by violence, abuse, murder, corruption and intimidation. When Chief Davis took over the force two years ago, he said...

    Chief James E. Davis: We will hold court against gunmen in the streets of Los Angeles. I want them brought in dead, not alive, and I will reprimand any officer who shows the least mercy to a criminal.

    Rev. Gustav Briegleb: He picked fifty of the most violent cops on the force, gave them machine guns and permission to shoot anyone who got in their way. He called them the Gun Squad. No lawyers, no trials, no questions, no suspensions, no investigations, just piles of bodies. Bodies in the morgues, bodies in the hospitals, bodies by the side of the road, and not because the LAPD wanted to wipe out crime. No. The LAPD wanted to wipe out the competition. Mayor Cryer and half the force are on the take: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, you name it. Because once you give people the freedom to do whatever they want, as the Lord found in the Garden of Eden, they will do exactly that. This police department does not tolerate dissent or contradiction or even embarrassment. And you are in a position to embarrass them and they do not like it. They will do anything in their power to discredit you. I've seen it happen too many times to start going blind now. That's why I wanted to meet you, to let you know what you're getting yourself into and to help you fight it, if you choose to.

    Christine Collins: Reverend, I appreciate everything that you're doing and everything that you said, but I'm not on a mission. I just want my son home.

  • Dr. John Montgomery: He had two cavities that needed filling. He put up a fight, but I took care of it.

    Christine Collins: And?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Your son's upper front teeth were separated by a small tissue, a diastema. It made them sit about an eighth of an inch apart. The boy in that room has no such gap.

    Christine Collins: Can that change with age? Because that's what they're going to say.

    Dr. John Montgomery: In some cases, yes, it's possible. But the tissue between Walter's teeth prevents that from happening. You see, they can never come together without an operation to sever the tissue, and I can tell you right now that he has never had such an operation.

    Christine Collins: Would you be willing to put that officially in writing?

    Dr. John Montgomery: Pardon my language, but hell yes.