It was actually a coincidence to watch this film. There were people in the group who couldn't go. I got the ticket. After entering the cinema, I thought I went wrong hahaha. The more embarrassing he watched, Martin satirized the American dream to the fullest, but at the same time he cleverly combined the reform consciousness of that era.
I won't repeat the plot, the previous comments should have been written in detail. The first half of the movie made me think it was a satirical story about illegitimate meals (and did it); when Jerry was kidnapped and succeeded on stage, I realized that it was a satirical story about the American dream; I waited until I got on the rental car. When I was in the car, I realized that this was another sad irony of a comedy/movie eco-innovator (the director of the TV station played by Martin was the only person who thought Fat Jin’s script was funny). Here is an applause for Martin??
The irony of illegitimate rice is not to say, because Fat Jin is between illegitimate rice, lunatic and comedy master (genius and lunatic are so ambiguous), and the ending does not give the illegitimate rice (female) a thought.
The irony of the American Dream allows us to see how the values of the naked American Dream torture all classes of the United States. The male protagonist lives completely in his dreams, making it impossible to chat with him, and he thinks he is the king of comedy, so that he can win the cheerleader's favor. It's not that he has never tried the romantic act of sending flowers, but as a 34-year-old low-level man, he deeply understands that to win a woman, he needs to succeed. He can't help making his girlfriend believe that he knows comedy star Jerry as a bait to attract the attention of the heroine, and he succeeded. His love, status, success and fame are completely supported by the imaginary ladder of the American Dream. Therefore, he blocked everything, even if it was necessary to break the law. (I will briefly explain the American dream: no matter your background, you can quickly succeed in the United States)
Speaking of breaking the law, this leads to the third irony. Many people may find it difficult to understand why such an extreme method must be used. In fact, at the beginning of the movie, there was a forced personality of the male protagonist (getting into Jerry’s car, although the purpose is slightly different from that of the female, but it’s all for the idol’s attention), Jerry thought he could let the idol watch him perform , From then on he got the opportunity to appear on the show. But all the agency personnel refused to listen to his materials, which put him on a dead end. Why must pass Jerry? In fact, I feel that Jerry represents two important characteristics in the 1980s: the popularity of television and the success of the media. The bottom fat Kim wants to be a celebrity like Jerry needs the TV platform. Very pitiful, if he was born 20 years late, he could become an internet celebrity.
Back in the 1980s, movie theaters just took a breath from the blow of television, the new wave of Hollywood has just ended, the new Hollywood model has just risen, and the wind of postmodernism has blown all the way from Europe to the United States. Here, let’s briefly talk about postmodernism: Fat Jin asked the host who introduced him to say the words in accordance with his script one by one, which is a very obvious example. The host revealed that they spoke from the sign, which is similar to Godard. Breaking the fourth wall has the same effect, self-awareness. The audience is tired of the old contrived way, openly speaking, we know that this was shot, this is a good arrangement, everyone knows it well, just pierce this layer of window paper. Of course, this is only one of the characteristics of postmodernism, and interested comrades can check it out for themselves.
In this context, poor Fat Jin does not have the cheap and convenient platform of the Internet, and the only platform that can make him famous overnight is monopolized by the organization behind Jerry. If he continues to work in a small theater, he may remain unknown for the rest of his life. In the end you may meet a poor drunk comedian in that run-down bar. Fat Jin refused such a fate, and he was already a bit half crazy in fighting to the end. There will be the next kidnapping. This kidnapping can be regarded as a rigid confrontation between the bottom and the ruling class, in exchange for his fame, and it is also a reform of comedy. The traditional comedy represented by Jerry was replaced by the king of comedy overnight, and the audience saw a different pattern. Every joke that Fat Jin said came from his miserable life, and everyone thought it was a joke, including when he told the kidnapping, everyone laughed it off. Impossible possible.
Then let's take a look at what the new wave of Hollywood has done. The old Hollywood studio system was broken at the end of the 1960s. "Easy Rider" took us through a crazy journey of several hippies. In the 1970s, we all knew the change and madness of American society. The people (Fatkin) are fighting wildly with the old system (TV/Jerry) (new wave/marijuana/hippie). Comrades who want to understand that era can check out "Advertising Madmen." Fat Jin's madness is not alone, and kidnapping seems to be their only way to overcome mediocrity. Ironically, the strength of Hollywood (American Dream) allowed them to absorb this madness (the kidnapping of fat gold), and then established a new profit mechanism for capital operation (the success of fat gold) on this basis; just like Hollywood After the madness of the New Wave, the studio found the taste of young audiences on this basis and established a new studio system (changes after the success of Martin, Spielberg and the old man of Star Wars). No matter how crazy the American dream is, it can happen in the United States.
Therefore, I still have to pay tribute to Mr. Martin.
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