woman = man?

Thomas 2022-03-16 09:01:03

Before watching the movie, I just read a United Nations delegation inspectors survey female rights in the US. The survey found that American women still lag behind European countries in terms of abortion, maternity leave, and wages. This movie just confirmed that report.
Jules, played by Anne Hathaway, in the first part of the film, with a dizzy look, she instantly travels to Queen Prada. I have never been able to appreciate the kind of "strong woman" who comes and goes like the wind, and is lonely behind her, because I think it's just a stereotype, an image of a male-dominated society waiting to be ridiculed, and movies and TV go to the audience in order to cater to the audience. Turn that fantasy into a fact: a woman with a successful career must have an unhappy family, or experience an extramarital affair with her husband, or divorce her husband. As Jules himself said: If the showdown is divorced, she is mostly single, her husband will remarry, her daughter will marry and leave when she grows up, and finally she will grow old alone and be buried among a bunch of people she doesn't know. If the story unfolds like Jules' cry, it's just a cliché and a third-rate. That kind of narrative can be said to be an understanding of professional women, but it is actually a double-entendre. While expressing understanding, it is also a warning, shocking bystanders and latecomers: Are you ready as a woman? Do you feel that you are strong enough to endure the challenges of your work while also facing the loneliness of your personal life?
Fortunately, The Intern doesn't fall into that cliché. It takes Jules as a normal woman, who can use rational forbearance and silently wait for her husband's prodigal son to return; when she can't bear it, she will also talk to someone who can talk.
She said to Ben, that is, to all the audience: she is just a mortal, she is afraid of being alone, afraid of being alone, and afraid of dying and being without a place. She is like every one of us. Women are fully human (feminism used to be called the radical theory that women are fully human), and successful women are also fully human.
In order to break the glass skylight of the workplace, she has to pay more than men. Her fame and fortune are due justice after solid efforts. But why does the patriarchal society seem to think that she has gained something wrong, that a famous and advantageous woman has gained too much, and it is only natural to lose a little, so she must be left alone or in an unhappy marriage.
In fact, the tangled issue here is whether a woman is a complete human being. A patriarchal society is inherently reluctant to easily practice the basic formula of woman = man. While reluctantly admitting that women are equal to people, another problem arises for women: people and women, you can only choose the same.
Jules can fully realize his personal value and be a perfect person.
So the patriarchal society punished her: she couldn't be a woman. If at first, women are considered different (inferior, inner, weak), it is because of the presence of men (respect, outer, strong). If there are no genders, there are no women. Likewise, she is a woman only in such a relationship with a man. When she loses her man, she deprives her of her qualifications as a woman.
The turning point of the film to solve the woman or human problem is the trust in human nature: the cheating husband found out his conscience and changed his mind.
The film has been playing the card of human love. Strong women are like you and me. They are afraid, cry, and yearn for company, because humans are social animals. The husband of a strong woman is just like you and me. He is a mortal and will make mistakes and go astray. So in this way, to look at human nature with considerate feelings, and ultimately a happy ending.
I agree with the film's trust in human nature. But I have reservations.
Human nature can know mistakes and repent. But it cannot be said that the other half of every other "strong woman" has the same moral consciousness as this husband. Taking a step back, he will make mistakes, and there is no guarantee that he will make them again in the future. So at the end of the film Jules said to Ben with a happy face: I have good news. I couldn't help but worry about her.
On the other hand, Ben is a little more reserved, he has already experienced his life, and he is just pulling Jules to do Tai Chi.
That's a lot better than "I have good news." Fortune and misfortune lie, misfortune and fortune depend on, good news and bad news, one or the other grows, there is no permanent good news, and it will not always be bad news. Yin and yang complement each other and complement each other on the contrary. Tai Chi is life.

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Extended Reading
  • Houston 2022-03-22 09:01:32

    Anne Hathaway Robert De Niro Anne Hathaway's warm love grows four and a half stars first. It is so inexplicable that the title of the film has been translated all the time, and the name of Hong Kong has won again. The old and strong old man and the noble wife of the princess will give you a big bowl of chicken soup with super positive energy, but it is so funny. If you want to return to the business, it is to steal, but it is only to not hurt the heart of the old mother. , Well-intentioned movies are rewarded. . .

  • Arne 2022-03-22 09:01:32

    Hahaha from assistant to boss Anne Hathaway is still wearing that navy blue sweater

The Intern quotes

  • Ben: How do I spend rest of my days? You name it. Golf. Books. Movies. Pinochle. Tried yoga, learned to cook, bought some plants, took classes in mandarin.

    [in mandarin]

    Ben: Believe me I've tried everything.

    [in english]

    Ben: Translation... believe me, I've tried everything.

  • Fiona: Sitting is the new smoking.