from the name of the movie

Lottie 2022-04-19 09:02:48

Korean name: Beauty's troubles
Chinese name: Ugly girl turns over
English name: 200 Pound Beauty

From these three different names, you can feel how people in different cultures treat them.
As a major country in cosmetic surgery, of course, South Korea cannot completely criticize the cosmetic surgery industry or people's pursuit of beauty. In order to make the audience feel more sympathetic, they focused more on a so-called beauty, an "artificial person", the bitterness behind it and the trouble of self-recognition, and an explanation for the audience in a way of combining the two. It may remind people not to ignore the mind, but also reflect a reality: in today's society, many people will think that cosmetic beauties are hypocritical and fake, people just criticize blindly, but forget what they need to endure The pain and the courage they possess also forgot how the society pushed them to that cold operating table step by step.
In China, people refer to the film as Ugly Girl Turning Over, presumably because people think such a name can attract more attention. People's eyes are focused on Hannah. In such a setting, Jenny does not exist, because from beginning to end, it is about Hannah who is covered in bruises. Hannah believes that being beautiful can come to others, that being beautiful can stop hiding behind the phone, and that being beautiful can fulfill all her dreams. She has become beautiful. Although she has experienced many twists and turns, she has got the stage and the person she wants. A beautiful turnaround is probably the meaning behind the name.
The English name brings a more interesting meaning. "Two Hundred Pounds of Beauty," they treat Hannah and Jenny as one person in that name, and she's beautiful throughout the movie. Of course, there's a good chance the name was meant to bring the sensational weight and beauty together in stark contrast. However, you have to say that the word beautiful sounds much better than ugly.

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Extended Reading

200 Pounds Beauty quotes

  • Kang Han-na: My life is in your hands. You can end it or save it.

  • Lee Kong-hak: Years of suffering are over. Make peace with yourself and enjoy freedom. What was once you... It's gone forever.