In the film, Jackie has been struggling with how to make people remember Kennedy.
On the way back to the coffin that escorted Kennedy, she asked her escort if she knew about a certain former president of the United States, but the answer was "don't know."
She wants people to remember Kennedy.
To this end, she put a lot of effort into it. First, he referred to Lincoln’s funeral specifications, and stubbornly pursued the ostentation of her husband’s funeral, and finally asked to participate in the parade with Kennedy’s coffin. After all this, even the uncle thought she was Ridiculous (ridiculous), but she still felt—"not enough", she felt that the funeral was worth more soldiers, crying, and cameras.
As a wife, she too hoped that her husband would survive forever, and too afraid that Kennedy would be forgotten by people.
In fact, Jacqueline also has her own ambitions. She is his wife. People remembering him is equivalent to remembering herself. In the dialogue with the priest in the film, she frankly said: "The various requests I made to commemorate him were not for him or his inheritance, but for myself..."
Everyone once thought that if one day Kennedy was remembered by future generations, then it would be his wife Jacqueline who would be next to him. But history is often ironic. Facts have proved that after 50 years, Kennedy is indeed remembered by people, but not because of her, but because of another woman-Marilyn Monroe.
It can be said that Jacqueline's wish was fulfilled, but not fulfilled.
In later generations, whenever people mention Kennedy, they will suddenly realize: "Oh, I know, it's him and Marilyn Monroe..." And Monroe was named the world's most prestigious by Time magazine. One of the top ten mistresses.
But people seldom mention Jacqueline again, and those glories that were once fading away: people don’t know the name of Kennedy’s wife, don’t know that she is the one who coined the term "neo dress diplomacy", and don’t know that she was the first The White House introduces people to the world.
In fact, whether in foreign countries or in China, many successful men are willing to separate family from love. They always marry smart and generous people as their wives, but they prefer pure and wild women. They can be chic and romantic outside, but their decent wives can only serve them properly. To give a simple example, this is like Emperor Ming Tang and Yang Yuhuan. No one knows the queen's last name and name, but the love between the old man and the young girl has been recited for thousands of years.
When Jacqueline married Kennedy, she knew Kennedy was a playboy, but she could bear it. The two of them, talking about love is too ridiculous, on the contrary, they are more like political partners.
But even if this is only a transaction, it is by no means a fair transaction. Not to mention that she is his wife.
Maybe Jacqueline herself did not expect that when she was mentioned by the public again, it was such a sad movie. No husband, no illusion, more like a one-man show. It gives me the feeling that the movie does not show the strength of this woman, maybe there are some, but more is——
As a wife, you not only have to endure your husband’s bad habits, but even after his death, you have to speak for him for your own dignity. You even need to be prepared not to be mentioned by the world anymore, and he leaves. You must endure all the pains that are brought to you.
But a lover does not need it.
Therefore, "wife" is really a ridiculous and sad identity.
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