The original intention of dreaming is nothing more than to become the best self in your heart and complete the most meaningful life. In other words, "dream" means "becoming...the kind of self", which can be both sublime and dazzling, ordinary and beautiful, and even self-satisfied. But in the process of chasing "dreams", people often ignore the scenery around them, sacrifice the gait of their feet, and lose the most important "self". This film explores this topic with a modern American fairy tale.
The beauty of fairy tales lies in their fictitiousness and beauty, which makes it easy for people to put themselves in the role of the protagonist, as the protagonist faces the choices, and thinks about his life in a projective manner. The heroine Charlotte is a combination of beauty, ability, courage, and opportunity. The identity of the female secretary of state makes her a Marvel superwoman. And such Charlotte was not immune to the misunderstanding of "dreaming" as "being yourself" in life.
Charlotte's heroic dream suddenly became within reach, and it was really worth understanding that she was lost. After all, in the face of this ultimate heroic dream of becoming a president, no one will be enthusiastic, especially a heroic like Charlotte. Therefore, when faced with the current president’s “willful” career re-planning, Charlotte and the team began to conform to the cognition and tastes of the public, the media, and politicians, and launched an offensive to campaign for the next president in a planned way.
In order to win votes, Charlotte changed her words and deeds on the one hand to change the public's prejudice against "sexy" and "beautiful" workplaces; on the other hand, she intends to promote an environmental issue to increase the support rate of the competition. For this, the team needs a copywriter. Thus, the knight who rescued the princess in the fairy tale appeared. Fred, an excellent journalist who was unemployed due to radical words and deeds, and who had a young entanglement with Charlotte, was absorbed into a writer in the worried eyes of the team.
Sure enough, there are reasons for worry. Let alone Fred's overly casual and inconsistent clothing and behavior with politicians, the team has a headache just because he is unwilling to compromise and modify the terms of the agreement and make a big talk banquet. But it was also this conflict that caused Charlotte to reflect on whether the compromise of "obeying the rules of the game before being qualified to make the rules of the game" was against the original intention. Getting along day and night, Charlotte's boyhood self was awakened, and their love awakened quietly.
To be yourself, of course, is not to let it go, but to shoulder the responsibilities of the chosen role according to your own principles and methods. Wearing alcohol and floral makeup, Charlotte was able to successfully complete international negotiations and rescue the hostages. This shows her self-demand for a sense of responsibility and mission, but it is precisely this self-demand that has become a bargaining chip for the interests of the party: in the campaign In the face of the result, should the content of the agreement and the love object all become victims?
Fairy tales always have a happy ending. Charlotte has become herself and her dream has come true. But for ordinary people, the will to resolutely chart a life path leading to the dream, and not forgetting the original intention to move forward bravely is enough. As for whether you can really reach your dream, it really is not completely subject to subjective initiative. Besides, there are so many people doing the same dream, and only oneself can do it. If there is a choice between "dreaming" and "being myself", then I choose "being myself".
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