I want to say a few words about this show. The first season is undeniably the most powerful spark of lust. Being bitten by a vampire means losing one's body, and there is no need to hide between people. The heroine Sookie's brother Jason is simply the male version of Aphrodite in "Homer's Epic", and it is a bit sad to live in the world . Not to mention brain damage, he is still very stubborn, but he has an advantage. He is good at thinking with the lower body. This is a problem for film viewers, and you have to withstand the "embarrassment" of ultra-high frequency. In the second season, even though Jason put on his pants and went to church, he still couldn't get rid of an "empty". The key point is that Bill's identity is not completely clear, and Eric is the right person in the original book. Therefore, there is no doubt about the expectation of the third season, and I have been waiting. This is also the credit of Bauer's adaptation. The published novels can only be used as a reference, and the template of the movie is in Bauer's mind. As for the third season, it is said that they will not be able to return until July and August of 2010, so I can't help but complain that their team is really lazy, so it's no wonder that there will be an embarrassing situation. In addition to blaming the limited audience, there is also the factor of slowdown.
This article focuses on the viewing experience that I want to comment on is from Alan Ball's 2008 self-written and directed film "Arab Guy". When the film, based on Ariane's novel of the same name, was screened in the United States, it was met with serious protests from Islamic groups and social organizations around the world. This is understandable. The title of the film is "Arab Guy", and the literal translation is "Towel Head". After connecting with the content of the film and thinking about the name, people can feel insults and discrimination. This is not unreasonable. As mentioned in the report, it is better to use the originally proposed name "Nothing is Private", which has the meaning of education for various ethnic groups. How to dissolve cultural differences and ethnic contradictions is what the film itself wants to express. It seems that Alan Ball made the film with this intention, but it was not known which immortal gave him such a bad idea. But then again, the original is a critical satire novel, and Alan Ball strives to preserve that style, and courage and spirit should be recognized.
The whole film of "Arab Guy" still carries the atmosphere of the United States. Although the cultural tradition of the Arab nation has been pushed to the front, it is blurred like a shadow in the dark. In the movie "Classic Car", Walter, an American veteran who participated in the Korean-American War, is recognized as a "nail household" by the newly-relocated Miao old lady. At this moment, the town where Walter lives has apparently become a new home for "Miao Gang" immigrants. Although not discussed with ethnic differences and contradictions, the sharp problems of the future are obvious. And in the movie "My Greek Wedding", the antique old man who is Greek first married his daughter to an American guy of non-Greek descent. What kind of mental journey was that for the old man? It can definitely be described as a betrayal of the nation. Of course, the result is to take a step back and open the sky.
In this film, some special backgrounds were set from the beginning, the main body entangled in ethnic differences was set as various groups of people around the protagonist, and the students in the school were directly investigated. This is different from the first two films. .
Mr. Moran from Lebanon loves the United States very much. He hangs the American flag at the door of his house. Although he is Arab, he believes in Christianity and does not wear a headscarf. He is also an absolute supporter of Bush and resolutely opposed to Saddam. Living in a white neighborhood, he even let his daughter Garcia drink beer and agreed to Garcia's babysitting for the neighbor's child, Zack. In this way, he looks more like an unmarked American. Like those Americans who have a sense of ownership, whether it is their parents or themselves, they came to the United States and have since become proud Americans.
So from this point of view, the film goes the other way. It is more appropriate to understand that it is more appropriate to try to integrate and accept. If you choose the alternative of living in the diaspora, when the run-in is close to a soft state, if there is a thorny situation, it is mostly a personal ideological problem. This person may be a person with low self-esteem, so there will be such a reflection, like Moran asking her daughter to write a letter to her grandmother she has never met, telling her how capable her father is. Or maybe the man was an extreme racist, Moran banned his daughter from dating black boys, and used the word nigger to insult black people who belonged to the same category. And when it comes to racism, in Garcia's class, you can see kids of all colors, but when she is debunked as Arab by her grandmother's letter, all the kids make fun of her with "towel heads." This is a very real phenomenon, the discriminatory eyes live in the eyes of all people, as long as you are not in the same category as that person.
I am not denying Mr. Moran's national thinking, he must have the influence and education of Arab culture in his bones. Before the film begins, he asks his daughter to go to a suburban school and use tampons, which is a deeply rooted patriarchal ideology. There is also such a scene. In the morning, the daughter Garcia came out to eat in only a cropped T-shirt. Moran didn't say a word, and came up with a big mouth. The daughter ran back to her room and cried aggrieved. In the next shot, Moran pushed the door, with a look of remorse, then broke the atmosphere, threw a sentence, "OK, I forgive you. (I forgive you!)" and then left. Indeed, there is nothing to explain, with a distinct "national tradition" color. However, the overall discussion, adding other characters, and the changing process of the story, it is easy to find a different way of life in this film, and the resulting contradictions, the national culture is a bit weak here.
Another question should be to explore the growth of an adolescent girl, a single family - itself a wrong upbringing environment. That's why the film brings in another happy couple waiting to give birth to step into Garcia's life. When Garcia is seduced by her neighbor, Uncle Uso, and then molests, her self-identified values change. During this period, the biggest problem for Garcia was answering questions. She needed a healthy and objective psychological counseling assistance. The arrival of Garcia's mother and his father's intensified practice only show that the failed family has caused physical and mental harm to the children, and did not play a role in the crisis that Garcia is facing. At this time, the whole film is directed at the modern family. Parents' responsibilities and hidden dangers in daily life. The character of Uncle Uso, despised his dirty behavior, but sympathized with his scapegoat status. I don't know if he performed well, or if the life presented to us is too spicy, I feel that the character is very successfully portrayed, it is normal and not contrary to common sense, and the out-of-control instinct is a beast.
As for the ending of the film, I still like how Alan Ball handled it. He had no intention of accusing Garcia and the black boys of stealing the forbidden fruit too early, and seemed to wish the two children to truly love each other. And the birth of a new life, and the final epiphany of his father Moran, can be regarded as a good hope. Of course, he didn't punish Uso severely, he just let him get into the game and bail out. The last sentence he sent to Garcia was the director's closing remark, "That's not your (Garcia) fault." Child What's wrong? Beckham's second son has a classic children's saying: "I will never apologize for what my parents did!" Underage children have such a right.
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