We can all be "Tang Shirley", but can we be "Tony"?

Cassandre 2022-04-23 07:01:15

The time when the Green Book was produced is very far away, but Tang Xueli's story is very recent.

Tang Xueli, who was beaten outside and could only secretly wipe her tears when she returned to the hotel, and put on a black primer, does it look like you who were bullied among your classmates and hid in the bed and cried? Tang Xueli, who "has no access to the toilet" and can only "find a new way", doesn't she look like you who had to swallow your voice after being scorned in a foreign country?

Therefore, even if it has nothing to do with skin color or sexual orientation, each of us may encounter all kinds of "isolation" and "rejection" in our life, becoming that "minority" or even "alien".

When we accept this fact, sympathize with Tang Xueli and even comfort ourselves, have we ever thought that if "Tang Xueli" also appears around us one day, can we act as that "Tony"?

Not the heart of the Virgin, but a human being who should respect others equally. Self encouragement.

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Extended Reading
  • Rachelle 2021-10-20 19:00:23

    Two men with huge differences in skin color, class, personality and sexual orientation became friends because of music, and became friends for life because of road trips. Sometimes talents are not enough, and you need to be brave and tear down the wall in your heart to get straight to the point. The movie is like a green pebble, thrown into the American society with distinct black and white, arousing small and beautiful ripples. Although there is a sense of warmth deliberately created, I am willing to pay the bill~!

  • Calista 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    Viggo Mortensen’s interpretation of the role of Tony is an extremely humorous, vulgar, but genuine Italian working class image, while Mahershala Ali’s interpretation of the role of Don Shirley is cautious and pessimistic but elegant and civilized. The image of an unusually talented African-American artist. During a journey, two completely different characters have achieved mutual understanding and established a mutually-helping friendship in the conflict of race and values. The contrast between the identities of the two characters is in the deep southern state. More subtle and contrastive excavations have been obtained in the setting. This road film with excellent performances has a modest narrative and photography, but the film has a good enough interpretation of this subject at an unambiguous level. This is a film. A heart-warming road movie with good intentions and no over-exploitation of the theme value.

Green Book quotes

  • Dr. Don Shirley: I am not a medical doctor. I'm a musician. I'm about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South. What other experience do you have?

    Tony Lip: [Thinking of how to best describe his job a a bouncer] Public relations.

  • Dr. Don Shirley: [Tony offers him a fried chicken] Come on.

    Dr. Don Shirley: I told you not to get grease on my blanket.

    Tony Lip: [mockingly] Oooh, I'm going to get grease on my blanket.