I've been really fascinated by this American drama "You" these days. I listened to the podcast about this show called "You on Netflix", and then went to read the original English novel.
The story is about a bookstore manager who fell in love with a girl who came to the bookstore and started stalking her and removing "obstacles" for her, including killing people around her who were harmful to her.
I read a lot of comments, and many viewers on the Internet think Joe is too attractive. Some people tweeted "kidnap me plz" to the male lead Penn, and the actor replied "No thx", which is a bit funny.
In fact, both the male protagonist Joe and the female protagonist Beck are beautified in the play. Many of Joe's more morbid inner monologues are not shown, and Beck is not as perfect as in the play. She does not really love Joe, nor does she love Doctor. Part of it was hysterical when Beck found Joe's secret box, and at that point Joe's thinking was that Beck was just in a bad mood, she'd calm down, and Beck was wrong because she rummaged through his personal belongings. Joe didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
In the final basement scene, all of them are Joe's own thoughts. Beck is "the one", so he can endure a lot of Beck's faults, and as his imagined "the one", Beck's derailment must also be due to being cheated. Seduced, it's the doctor's fault, Beck just loves him.
There are some differences between this part in the novel and the show, it is more sexual, Beck seduced Joe, the next day Joe really thought they were reconciled, leaving the door of the cage open, washing happily on it, Beck was naked Rushed to the door of the basement and called for help. After Joe came back, Beck started fighting with him and cursing him. At this time, Joe was explaining to Beck in his heart. She should have said that I woke up alone and didn't see you until I was afraid. rather than trying to escape. Later, Joe thought that he had strangled Beck, and his inner monologue began to regret and feel sad, and Beck woke up and fought with him again, and was finally strangled to death.
This part of the show is a bit more euphemistic, especially the poem Beck wrote, which is really beautiful.
The last part is Joe's burial of Beck, there's a wedding going on nearby, he's imagining what it would be like if he and Beck were married and had kids, and he's feeling some pain for Beck's death.
I feel like this part will be better than the show because nothing changes at the end of the show, Joe just thinks Beck is not "the one" and he will just continue his behavior until he no longer needs to kill for it. And this female character didn't change Joe, she didn't win at all, and I think the show should show Beck win even a little bit, and Joe should change.
And compared to the novel, it can be seen that Joe does not really love Beck, he is in love with the image of true love. In fact, this person can be anyone, and he can use the name of true love to construct each other's life. , for the other party to remove obstacles, he can morbidly manipulate the other party's life and make everything go according to his ideas, and therefore everything he does for true love can be justified, and he will not feel anything wrong.
I'm not a big fan of the show, but it's really engaging, there's a lot to think about, and it's still fun.
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