Green Book

Undoubtedly, the greatest attraction of the Green Book is the beauty of dual masters.

Although the film has two main settings, the two corners pay equal attention to each other and complement each other, each with its own wonderful; The performances of viggo mortensen and Mahershala Ali are also impeccable, which is proved by the fact that the two won the award all the way in the award season; Judging from the complexity of characters and the "suspense feeling" of characters' motives, Tang Xieli is undoubtedly more complicated and profound.

Tony Lip (in terms of character characteristics) is also good. He is vulgar, bold, informal, rude, violent, socially mixed, but not vain, but principled, affectionate and righteous. It can be described as full image and distinctive features, but it is also bright and complicated.

The behavior motivation of the characters is just to do what should be done naturally-the discrimination, the aversion, the touch, the obedience, the performance of duties, and finally the natural probation. Is wonderful, but clear and reasonable, mysterious suspense is insufficient, a little less depth to dig.

Tang Shelly's "loneliness" and the "sympathy" inspired by it are reflected in many ways.

Black identity is one side (clearer side), pianist is the other side (contradictory side), sexual orientation is the third side (obscure side), and self-esteem held by personality itself is the fourth side (inside information).

He is a canary (gifted musician) imprisoned at the top of the pyramid, and an invisible cage-"black is not black enough, white is not white enough, even not man enough"-limits his freedom. But his self-esteem doesn't allow himself to be trampled on at will-because "only dignity can give you the upper hand".

He is not white enough, so he is not accepted by the white class—

"White people pay me to play for them, because it makes them feel that they have culture, but when I get off the stage, in their eyes, I immediately become a black man, because this is their true culture."

This is the living condition of black artists in that period, and here is another real example to illustrate:

At the Oscars in 1940, hattie mcdaniel, a black actress in Gone with the Wind, won the best match for her nurse, becoming the first African-American actor to win an Oscar in history.

But under the stage of the Oscar ceremony, she could not sit with Vivien Leigh, clark gable and other stars. Because of the isolation policy, she can only sit alone in a small corner.

At the premiere of the movie, she couldn't even appear on the stage.

Hattie mcdaniel and Vivien Leigh in gone with the wind

Even today, this racial status gap still exists in American society. The road to racial equality is still long.

He is not "black" enough. His knowledge, accomplishment, work and status make him incompatible with the average black.

The meaningful scene in the movie: when the car broke down halfway, Don Shelley stood by the car and saw the black farmers farming in the roadside fields. They also stopped to look at him-a white man was serving a well-dressed black man, which inevitably made them curious.

He suddenly felt uncomfortable and even embarrassed.

He didn't do anything wrong, but everything is normal income, and there is no reason to feel guilty. He should even be proud of being able to "turn over" his race.

But he can't be proud in front of these compatriots. He has only one kind of pride, and he often maintains this kind of "pride" in front of white people-he wants to declare to them that "I am equal and I respect". This is a kind of self-esteem of resistance. Nature is not suitable for compatriots.

As for showing off, he knew that although the white man served him, his social status was higher than his.

Maybe at this moment, he suddenly realized that "we" are still the same, but they are all black people. Their suffering reflects his inner fragility.

This is the first time and the only time that he is relaxed in his lofty dignity during the whole journey.

Some people may think that he should be integrated into the circle of "one's own", but the idea that he must be integrated into the "black circle" because of "black" is another kind of discrimination.

The beauty of the film is the contradiction between the two, while the beauty of Tang Shelley is its own contradiction. Coupled with its sexual orientation, and the alienation from relatives, it adds to the color of personal loneliness.

If he is only such a poor, fragile canary, it is just a sympathetic black man under the tragedy of another era.

But he didn't wait and die. Maybe he will always be the lonely canary, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know what to do.

He is a black musician, a musician of classical origin, and a musician who "not anyone can play Chopin as well as me". Although the white class forbids him to play classical music-because it is white music, he can only play pop music. But that doesn't mean that he is just the kind of black musician that white people know-a cigarette in his mouth and a whisky on the piano.

He wants to change their mind.

He is a gentleman, and his talent, knowledge, education and taste have brought him to this gentleman position. He doesn't like to eat fried chicken with his hands, he doesn't like to talk and behave rudely, he doesn't litter, he refuses to urinate anywhere, and he refuses to play games with blacks that he is not interested in-these things Tony thinks "black people should do".

He is black, but that doesn't mean he will be like any black man. He is a pianist and a gentleman. He has the dignity and character of a gentleman. He wants the white class to know that black people are not only inferior people, but also musicians and gentlemen. You can disrespect me and humiliate me, and the times can not allow me to resist, but I will declare to you that "I am not contemptuous" with self-respect and self-respect. I just face your discrimination with integrity and treat your inequality with humility.

"It is not enough to change the public's mind by talent, but by courage."

"Violence can never win, maintaining dignity will make you win, and self-esteem will make you take advantage."

A true warrior dares to face the dismal life. I think don Shelley is probably just that.

Lonely and contradictory Tang Xieli realized the sublimation of personality under the glory of "protecting dignity".