One of my favorite feminist movies I've seen so far.
Feminist rights, black people, Chinese descent, disability, homosexuality...
At first, when I watched the movie, I thought it was just a simple American youth school drama, telling the story of a group of high school students playing a little trouble.
At the beginning of the story, Vivian woke up in the desert, unable to shout. After waking up, the title "Reflect on a cause you feel passionate about." appeared on the computer. There was also the quarrel between children and parents, but I didn't realize the powerful power contained in it.
Vivian's awakening process, in my opinion, is very close to the process of a girl's awakening for feminism. Lucy, the new black female classmate in the class, clashed with the white boy Michael about the art work in the first class on the first day of school. As the captain of American football, the white boy is definitely a shining star in the eyes of outsiders. His words and deeds have become absolute authority. When he hears rebuttals against white men, he becomes sharp and cannot tolerate social issues such as immigration and black mothers. Interrupting other people's speech, especially the angle of interrupting women's speech, was the first point that touched me. Lucy couldn't help but envy when he affirmed "I am speaking". Traditional Chinese values are instilled in Chinese children—especially the values of girls are asking them to respect their teachers, obey the four virtues, and contradict the status and status seldom happen to us. Sometimes even if it conflicts with the values of boys, the first thing a woman thinks about is whether this is her own fault. Such examples are too common and sometimes they forget its existence, but Lucy's sentence made me realize that this is a different film. An ordinary movie.
Going back to the picture just now, Mitchel's identity advantage allowed him to act recklessly while avoiding punishment, which also made Lucy's situation embarrassing. The conversation after Lucy found the headmistress was even more confusing. Sexual harassment is said to be boys’ naughty and girls’ own "dramatic". At the end of the conversation, the female principal asked her assistant to sign up for Lucy’s school band. So black people must be good at music and love rap? Isn't this a kind of racial discrimination? Being treated unfairly and being "disturbed" by boys is quite annoying for Vivian, but when she ran to comfort Lucy, thinking that she should keep a low profile so that she would not be disturbed, she got tough. Response: "I'm gonna keep my head up, high" .
The scene turns to the story of the heroine's mother. When he was young, he loved rock and roll. At the age of 16, his dream was to "overthrow the patriarchal society." Vivian, who was infected by feminist ideas, found his mother's feminist magazine, and the story unfolded from here with the magazine as a clue.
The magazine wrote:
"Because we don't want to assimilate to someone else's voice, standards of what is or isn't."
"Because we don't want other people's views to be assimilated with the standards of what to do and what not to do"
"Because I believe with my whole heart, mind, body that girls constitude a revolutionary soul force that can and will change the world for real."
"Because I wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly believe that girls are subversive spiritual powers, and they can change the world."
Patriarchal speech that discriminates against women, and ironic lines run through the entire movie. Rank the school girls and choose who is the "best girl to go to bed", who is the "girl with the biggest cup", who has the "best butt"...; men "voluntarily" provide services to women, as if they are genuine I don’t know how to put the purchased items into plastic bags, I don’t know how to put the fragile ones on top; pat girls on the buttocks, hug the shoulders, let the girls sit on themselves or sit on the girls themselves... etc.; Boys immediately suppressed "She's not gonna do anything" when they felt "not so good"; as a female principal, she was bullying and discriminating against women, but she was sitting on the "most outstanding principal" award and praised her. School "got moxie"; "Of course" men should win scholarships more than women, even if they lose one game after another...Such cases have been seen too much by women in the 21st century, and heard too many. I have experienced too much, so the helplessness in Kiera's tears and the cry of "very fair" can poke my heart.
This is our story, the story that plays on us over and over again.
Some people would say that the feminist mother in the story eventually found a man, disguised his voice and living habits, and became a woman in people's stereotypes. I am also puzzled. Perhaps this is why the mother told Vivian "I want YOU to be YOU" when the mother and daughter were arguing in the bedroom. They are both representatives of the feminist movement, but it does not mean that they cannot have love. A 16-year-old mother might forget for a moment that overthrowing patriarchy was also her childhood dream. When she gave the baton to her 16-year-old daughter, her daughter did better. Perhaps it also symbolizes the reality of the feminist movement. In every era, women have become the leaders of the feminist movement, and their great contributions also give the next generation the courage to do better.
The last thing to write is the male lead Seth. In the process of the film, I found that I was so obsessed and intoxicated with Seth's personality. His in-depth understanding of Vivian, including remembering her kind behavior of releasing spiders when she was in elementary school, knowing that every step she takes in an intimate relationship requires great courage, etc., so that his charm is unobstructed. Giving her ample space, unconditional support and respect, and just the right sense of boundary made me marvel at how someone could be so perfect, combining all my beautiful fantasies about men. From his confession, "I start to worrying that maybe I shouldn't come off too strong. You're like this super powerful feminist, and you're not just a cute girl.", before they are about to enter into sexual During the link, "I 100% want it to be with you. I want to be the only thing you're thinking about.", and at the end of the film, the arm with Vivian's name defeated my last psychological defense- if you The road to me is too difficult, then I walk to you, stride and firm .
This time Vivian finally yelled out. All the women yelled out. Please believe that it will definitely be in the future .
ps: When I wrote a film review and watched the movie, I found out that Lucy's eyeshadow color was painted in accordance with the color of the rainbow, which also echoed her coming out. The details are well received.
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