Double American Dream

Maribel 2022-09-17 23:48:58

She would say something like this: Isn't every story about betrayal?

No, not like that, I think.

But I would never say it, I can only agree with her.

It's fun to agree with her.

Cool neon fonts perfectly match the tone of the film

"Little Women" finally won the best costume design award. Let director Greta Gerwig once again enter the public eye. This woman once became the fifth female director nominated for the Oscar in 92 years through "Miss Bird", and she also gave lesbians a long face.

As the protagonist of the film, Trish is obviously a standard three-good student with a pleasing personality. At the very beginning of the film, Trish enters the bedroom and turns on the light. My roommate yelled that I was sleeping, turn off the light, and Trish immediately turned off the light. Weakly said, "I'm your roommate."

compromise personality

Classmate A was going to the safari park, and when he talked about the gifts that the classmates gave him, he suddenly stopped at Cui Xi's place. That's right, she forgot Cui Xi's name, and of course, the tracking device she gave. Attention, keep track. Isn't most of what the protagonist does in the film is stalking and peeping.

When it comes to the freshman meeting, Cui Xi never thought that she could not participate, but she naturally persuaded her in front of her roommate who came over. That's what Trish is like, all people with flattering personalities are like this, always thoughtful, always ignored, always eager to continue her excellent and positive state, but always want to move closer to the negative personality. Only when he does what he is good at will he have the so-called "independent personality. " That's why Trish is so curious and kind when she sees the star-studded Brooke who came down from Broadway.

Trish's relationship is about to shatter

Brooke is an American lover, with curly blond hair, smoking in taxis and dancing in bars. She lives a life completely opposed to Trish, having a fiancé who made her a rich woman, a mortal enemy, and countless potential female classmates who were bullied by her student self. She dares to love and hate, and she can live in a corner of the city for an illusory dream and beg for the forgiveness of her enemies. Her character and Trish just form a mirror effect, which can be said to be the opposite of the American dream. More freewheeling, less following the rules, this is Brooke.

As the plot of the film progressed, Trish's character gradually changed, and she inadvertently moved closer to Brooke. She thought that Brooke not only provided herself with valuable writing material, but also thought that if she became Brooke, would it be possible to write different stories? the same works. While imitating Brooke, she also discovered the fragility under Brooke's hard shell. For example, standing on the multimedia stage of the villa would not be as free and easy as in the bar. She would also be embarrassed and express confusion. Sometimes You will also need to save yourself.

Brooke is in a language quandary

Brooke is in debt, and when there is no hope of opening a restaurant, his father calls to say that he will not marry Trish's mother again, which is undoubtedly worse. Brooke paced helplessly, weeping, and he said to his father, "Don't just quit like this, we in Cardinas always do. Go back and do something else, hold on!" she thought of herself , a lot of creativity, dream is empty, nothing is achieved. Always on the way to the dream, don't hit the south wall, don't look back.

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"In a split second, her allure turned into borderline hysteria. One could sense the failure she was about to face, she smelled rancid, her youth was dead, and all she did was run around dragging a rancid corpse. Somehow, I became the one who carried the coffin." The beloved American lover looked infinitely bright, she ran to one illusory dream, and finally returned to the place, but she had principles, her principles were Don't destroy other people's happiness, don't let others discover the bleeding wound under your plump wings, even if it's rotten.

full screen drama

In the end, Cui Xi gave up the opportunity to enter the literary club and prepared to set up a new literary club herself to fight against the literary club that "choose only my own people". At this time, she already had the spirit of "American lover" in her character. At the same time, he has not lost his original sincerity and enthusiasm. The fusion of the two qualities in Trixie represents the final reconciliation between Trixie and Brooke.

The last cowboy, hopelessly romantic and unbelievably failed

It can only be said that the Bowie comedy without Greta has no soul. Greta as an actress, she is undoubtedly successful, excellent, even unique and irreplaceable. As a director, Greta also has what she wants to express, which can be seen in Miss Bird and Little Women, but she still has a long way to go before the final formation of the director's style.

This pair of talents will overflow the screen

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Mistress America quotes

  • Brooke: Of course it's possible to hurt me. I'm the most sensitive person.

  • Dylan: I just learned what case-sensitive meant, like seriously, yesterday.