Rules and subversion rules, the world and the new world

Axel 2021-11-16 08:01:26

When people started to understand the world, there were no rules or laws, so people at that time were the most free. But as human beings, we have to admit that it is precisely with the rules of the game that human beings can develop and the wheel of history can roll forward. But the rules of the game should not remain unchanged with the development of the times, and people should not stick to stereotypes. Otherwise, the human world would rather have no rules. Instead of living in an eternal stage that has been fixed forever, it is better to break the original rules and go. Find a new world with more fun.

Happy Valley (1998)
8.3
1998 / United States / comedy drama fantasy / Gary Rose / Toby Maguire, Reese Witherspoon

Happy Valley was originally just a black-and-white TV series of real humans. If Happy Valley can be counted as a dimension, a world, then it is a two-dimensional existence compared to the external real three-dimensional world. There is no place outside Happy Valley in Happy Valley. Just like people's life that is unchanging and recurring, all the roads here are a "circle", which circulates forever and will not last. The appearance of "Bad" and "Mary Su" is very unbelievable relative to this two-dimensional world. "Bad" can be an all-knowing and omnipotent god in this world. It is so magical, perhaps we human beings in the existing world can reflect on what the world above us is like.

What Happy Valley can bring to the audience is not only the reflection on the rules of the human world, but also the reflection on how human beings understand the world.

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Extended Reading
  • Norberto 2022-04-20 09:01:37

    classic work. Four points. Five points because it was the prototype for many later works. Most notably the recent WandaVision

  • Dereck 2022-04-23 07:01:44

    The liberation of human nature is completely promoting hegemonism!

Pleasantville quotes

  • [David and Howard are eating lunch at school and studying for the "Pleasantville" Trivia Competition]

    Howard: Okay, in the very first "Pleasantville" episode, whose window did Bud break when he was playing with his father's golf clubs?

    David: Easy: Mister Jenkins. What job did Mister Jenkins have?

    [Howard doesn't know]

    David: Salesman. What did Bud and Mary Sue name the cat they found in the gutter?

    Howard: Scout?

    David: Marmalade! All right, all right, here's one. Why did their parents come home early from their weekend at the lake?

    [Howard doesn't know]

    David: 'Cause Bud didn't answer the phone and they were worried about him.

    Howard: Man. You're unbelievable. You'll win this thing for sure. When is it on?

    David: Uh, marathon starts at 6:30, contest is tomorrow at noon.

    Howard: A thousand bucks, huh? And it's on all night?

    David: Well, of course it is, Howard. That's why they call it a marathon.

  • Jennifer: You listen to me for just a minute! I don't know what you've done to us, but you better fix it!

    David: Shhh!

    Jennifer: Fast! I had a date with Mark Davis and I even bought new underwear!