When it comes to editing and narrative, the contrast of light and shadow interspersed between the past and the present is so good, and the soundtrack is just right, which is more and more shocking and creepy. The world is going backwards too fast. Women are regarded as tools for reproduction, and they have lost the right to speak and read, and they cannot wear makeup or go out at will... It is simply going back to the feudal society thousands of years ago, or even worse.
In the whole play, I switched back and forth between the emotions of hope and despair. The heroine, the heroine's friend, the heroine's shopping companion, and the archbishop's wife, from freedom to oppression to resistance, the portrayal of each woman is unique. impressive. Fortunately, in the end, all the maids gave up the stones in their hands and did not throw the stones at the partners who "made a mistake". They started to resist collectively, and I breathed a sigh of relief. After ending the cruel torture rituals in the past, I believe that something has quietly changed in the hearts of these women in red uniforms. They came home with their heads held high like warriors. The future also seems to have opened a new ritual, what is that, is it bright? Is it hope? Just like when the archbishop's wife scolded the archbishop, the heroine's best friend drove away from the slut club and succeeded in arriving in Canada. No one can sink into this absurd past! I don't want our society to go backwards like this. Women are not instruments of service to men, nor do they need some noble reason to sacrifice themselves to serve society. When you become a girl in a music box, when you open it, you have to perform for others, and you have a fixed way of performing. When you close it, it is silent and locked in one world, and you can no longer be called a human being. Just a tool without a mind and without a soul. How terrible that is.
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