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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Extended Reading
  • Krystina 2022-03-23 09:01:33

    So dark, so desperate, so strong...

  • Elbert 2022-03-21 09:01:32

    1. The police said to Sanford, the boy who was coerced to kill by the killer: you put them in the ground, you can take them out of the ground. What a cruel policeman, this boy suffered more cruelly than the boy who was killed! Every time they got in the truck, I just wanted to die. After all he's a boy with a conscience, a 5 year old kid, like the troublemaker said: You can't do that, I'm just a kid. Poor, speechless, ignorant child. 2. A fluke

Changeling quotes

  • Detective Lester Ybarra: If that's how you want it, then I guess we're done here. Tell county jail we're remanding him for trial.

    Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I didn't do anything. I wasn't even here when it happened.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: By pretending to be Walter Collins, you're interfering in a police investigation of a kidnapping and murder. We can try you as accomplice to that murder after the fact. That's too bad. County jail is a lot worse than a juvenile hall or a foster home. It's a lot worse.

    Arthur Hutchins: You can't do that. I'm just a kid.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: Mm. Sanford Clark's a kid, too. Fifteen. He's going to jail. All murderers and their accomplices go to jail. Everybody knows that. Get him out of here. It's out of my hands now.

    Arthur Hutchins: Wait. I don't want to go to jail.

    Detective Lester Ybarra: [pause] Prove it.

    Arthur Hutchins: I... I knew Los Angeles is where they make the Tom Mix movies. I figured if I could meet Tom Mix, maybe he would let me ride on his horse. His horse is named Tony. Did you know that?

  • Dr. Jonathan Steele: According to your file, you believe that the police substituted a fake boy for your son.

    Christine Collins: No, I didn't say he was a fake boy. He's not *my* boy. They brought home the wrong boy. My son is still missing.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's strange, because I have here a newspaper article with a photo of you at the train station, welcoming home your son.

    [shows her the article]

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: That is you in the photo, isn't it?

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: So, at first, he was your son and now he's not your son. Has this been going on for a long time? People changing, becoming something other than what they are?

    Christine Collins: People don't change.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: You don't think people change?

    Christine Collins: No, that's not what I...

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Shh! The police, they're not out to persecute you?

    Christine Collins: No, they're not.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: No, they're not. The police are here to protect you.

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Really?

    Christine Collins: Yes.

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's odd, because when you were admitted, you told the head nurse that the police were conspiring *deliberately* to punish you. So, either the head nurse and the interns are also conspiring to punish you or you're changing your story.

    [pause]

    Dr. Jonathan Steele: Do you often have trouble telling reality from fantasy, Mrs. Collins?

    Christine Collins: No...