The best works of the underrated female genre

Vince 2021-11-26 08:01:25

Hidden characters, in my opinion, after watching all the Oscar films of this year, I can seriously evaluate it as an excellent work with the highest degree of "story completion" and the smoothest narrative. It stands to reason that in anti-racism movies, such as "Twelve Years as a Slave", some scenes are always arranged to show naked depictions of the persecution and even persecution of people of color. But "Hidden People" is not limited to this. It tells us more about a theme: the relationship between social status and the realization of self-worth . Will be recognized by the whole society.

"Hidden Figures" was translated as "Unsung Heroes" in the Hong Kong version, and Taiwan's translation is more appropriate for "Key Minorities". This film is doomed to have two clues: the talents of the three black women have achieved their social status; of course, the other line is even more confusing. The segregation policy of racial discrimination restricts the equal rights of blacks to education ! The nominee of the Taiwan version subconsciously took the latter clue.

The discussion of the latter issue is heartbreaking: there is a paragraph in which Mary Jackson has always wanted to be an engineer of the space agency, but the school that can go to does not accept women, especially people of color, and finally passed Mary Jackson finally enjoyed the qualifications for enrollment through legal procedures and official games; Dorothy Vaughn took the children to the library to read books, but was sent away by the administrator under the pretext of "forgiveness for not entertaining people of color". On the bus, Dorothy Vaughan took out the book and did not return it. She responded, “ We are also taxpayers, why can’t we enjoy this right!” This scene happened on the bus, so I must think about it. The famous "Montgomery blacks stopped riding buses to oppose the apartheid system."

Among them, Catherine Johnson, as the absolute main clue figure, has taken on a different dramatic task. If it is said that the racial discrimination that happened to Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan sisters, their resistance can not be only a low-key response in a line-drawing style, but Catherine Johnson, as the absolute heroine, the director gave her " "Complaint" form of expression.

Catherine Johnson was responding to her boss Al Harrison (Kevin Costner): "Why do you spend more than 40 minutes in the bathroom?" Taraji P. Hansen’s performance tension is to People burst into tears while screaming. This has a similar plot to many domestic workplace growth dramas, and it is equally possible to set up newcomers in the workplace to go mad at the boss. However, when many screenwriters designed this scene, they did not provide enough plot, which caused the point of the outbreak to be too far-fetched to be convinced.

But for Catherine Johnson’s roar this time, it was first confirmed that it was a heavy rain, and the conditions on the scene where emotions were out of control were suitable. In addition, various distrust and unwelcome tones of black women have been laid before, and the plot of white offices not allowing blacks to use coffee self-service machines has been intensified. No doubt this point is also a favorable assist. It can also be seen that Hollywood-level screenwriters have a profound skill in plot design, and they are completely in line with the rising mood of the audience . The plot design is a matter of course, without adventurous and unobtrusive.

Of course, the plot triggered by this plot is more classic-Al Harrison (Kevin Costner) took the steel pipe to drop the "Colored Ladies Room" bathroom tag the next day. The screenwriter deliberately instilled a wave of anger, and then changed the method to release them instantly, making people hooked. It is also true that Kevin Costner is shown as a "bodyguard" like a straight man with cancer, but he is even more "many" under this plot setting! This move also proves that social justice lies in the irrationality of people who constantly negotiate .

Another point is the theme of women's struggle . This, consciously or unconsciously, reminds me that the same excellent 2000 movie "Never Compromise" starring Julia Roberts is different from the social background in which Julia Roberts can directly engage in close hand-to-hand combat with the power in the play. The three black women in "Hidden Figures" faced the patriarchal society’s frivolity towards women, and at the same time, coupled with the discrimination of people of color, these are destined to be complicated in shaping the three heroines, and they must also endure humiliation. Over . The general environment outside is the national black demonstrations and protests caused by apartheid. The black groups who work in white-centric institutions (military, scientific research, education, government, etc.) are destined to live a life of resignation from the beginning. The importance of the deeper talents and qualities of the three women for survival in this contradiction! They may all understand that only by maximizing their own value to the extent that it is relevant to the survival of the group can they gain the respect of the individual group.

The three women in the play are always in the same batch of "apartheid" measures for the irrationality . At the beginning, they are undoubtedly obedient under the fence. Mary Jackson defends the right of blacks to receive equal education by studying the legal provisions set by whites. When Dorothy Vaughan endured the extra unpaid management work imposed by white people, with her familiarity with computer science, in order to preserve the black jobs in the data computing department, she bravely negotiated terms with white people; Catherine Johnson made countless discriminations Clarifying their goals in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, coupled with their extraordinary talents, has created an irreplaceable position in aerospace computing missions and has been respected by the entire company.

This also shows that in modern society, especially in the workplace, "unfairness" is universal. If you just blindly use a radical attitude like demonstrations to "pinpoint the wheat mang" and "established values", this kind of resistance It may just be praised, and it will not help to solve the immediate problem. The initial assumption of acceptance and obedience, in-depth cooperation, and deepening of their own value will not solve the immediate problems until the "public nuisance" of the irrationality of the fermentation system. Otherwise, when the big environment still needs to evolve, the three intelligent women did not put themselves in, but the curve of saving the country is still in color. This is the "most correct resistance mode" that the society has given women to do. , Not like in "Never Compromise", Eileen Brockovich responded to the swear words of "Fuck you" by others, and simply spouted "Fuck you back!"

Compared with other films in the Oscars, "Hidden Figure" has a box office score of $20.45 million. It is also politically correct in terms of conception, and has a degree of relaxation in the narrative rhythm. At the same time, the director rarely uses obscurity. The lens language to explain the plot, in general, it is the absolute Best Pic NO1 in my heart!

One point that can be expanded is that something implicit in "Hidden Figures" involves the matching of a black's educational resources. In today's society, according to the analysis of the national racial equality database, among the 95 most populous cities in the United States, 90 cities have a higher proportion of public schools with a majority of poor people than whites. In three-quarters of the cities, the percentage of minority students entering poor schools is at least 20% higher than that of whites. In 29 cities, this gap exceeds 40 percentage points. If what Howard did desperately in the movie "Passing Through Fire" is not to "poverty hereditary", then based on the social problem of discrimination against people of color, black groups in the United States are destined to be unable to become core members of society because they do not receive equal educational opportunities. A member of Secondary One, such "racial discrimination" will also be hereditary !

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  • Darrell 2021-11-26 08:01:25

    The soundtrack and performance are very good, and the use of comedy to express racial issues is very valuable. The audience burst into laughter, applauded several times, and finally stood up and applauded. The attendance rate was over 95%, and it was difficult for those who came in later to find a seat.

  • Darrell 2021-11-26 08:01:25

    Patriotism + skin color equality + women's revolution, this time more than ever needs political correctness, because only after losing it, we discover its indispensability. Once blacks needed to sit in the quarantine area, once women could not enter the conference room, there would be the first person to break the prejudice if there was prejudice, history will not be hidden forever.

Hidden Figures quotes

  • Night School Professor: Well, the curriculum is not designed for teaching a woman.

    Mary Jackson: I imagine it's the same as teaching a man.

  • Dorothy Vaughan: Now don't get me wrong, any upward movement is movement for us all.