Recently, there was a very great drama that was launched, but it was grossly underestimated.
The degree of brain hole alone can be compared with the divine dramas such as "Black Mirror", "Secret Affair Nine", "Love, Death and Robots"...
Such a wonderful drama cannot be buried.
The Crow intends to read it well: "Roar"
One 丨 shelf
There is a female model with a good figure and a magnificent appearance...
On one runway, the female model met a rich man...
The two quickly fell in love, and at the invitation of the rich, the model moved into his mansion and began to live together...
One morning, the model was woken up. There was a clanging in the mansion, a loud noise...
She followed the sound to the parlor and found the rich man making a big fuss in the house...
He installed a huge display stand on the wall of the parlor.
The rich man was very excited to show: Honey, this is what I did for you with my own hands, and you will sit on it forever and enjoy my favor...
The model is confused, are you kidding?
Does she still have a job and sits on a shelf forever? What the heck...
But the rich man is serious and keeps nagging: you are too good to live a mediocre life. Resign yourself! I promise, you don't have to worry about anything in the future...
Unable to hold back the sweet words, the model agreed to this outrageous request.
She quit her job, climbed onto a shelf and sat down steadily, becoming a landscape, a mural, a real vase...
Every day, she changed into all kinds of beautiful clothes and sat on the shelf.
When the rich entertained the guests, she also changed into a solemn dress.
People saw her and exclaimed: How beautiful!
Occasionally, the rich will bring her all kinds of gifts, a string of jewelry, a bouquet of flowers, a flying kiss;
Usually, she exercises on the exhibition stand, reads magazines, and eats snacks;
At night, the rich man moved the ladder, climbed to the exhibition shelf, and made love to her...
As the days passed, the model sat on the shelf for three years...
Ducks
Alyssa is an elderly single young woman.
She wants to become a doctor, is preparing for the entrance exam for medical school, and when she is busy, she comes to the park and lake to make video calls with her sister...
Her sister urged her to quickly find a partner, saying: You always sit alone on the bench, when can you have children?
Helplessly, Alyssa turned the camera around, pointed it at a lake of ducks, and said: I am not alone, look at these fascinating potential objects...
Especially the green-headed one, I dare say, he must have a huge old man, long and curved...
After hanging up the phone, Alyssa found a mallard standing in front of her, staring at herself...
Suddenly, the duck spoke: Why do you think your sister is so interested in your dating life?
Alyssa was stunned, who would have thought that the duck would actually speak!
Although it was incredible, she replied: Maybe my sister is just too lonely...
Duck makes a dissenting opinion: Or is she internalizing patriarchy so deeply that she thinks your only value is related to men?
Alyssa was intrigued, and she leaned forward and asked, "So you're still a feminist duck?"
The duck replied humorously: I am the only male of a pond of female ducks, do you think I have a choice?
In this way, Alyssa and the duck became friends.
A few days later, Alyssa put the duck in the bicycle basket and brought it home...
Produced by Apple TV+, the American drama "Roar" began to launch on the streaming platform on April 15, with a total of 8 episodes, and has now been fully updated.
The show is based on Cecelia Ahern's original short story, one story per episode, and the genre is very rich. There are Westerners, fantasy stories, absurd fables, and even supernatural thrillers...
But all the different styles of stories ultimately point to the same theme: feminism.
Some netizens called it the feminist version of "Black Mirror", saying: All-female directors, all-female screenwriters, all-female protagonists, telling the suffocating life of each woman. Behind every line, every scene, is how many women have been eaten.
Some people have also commented: it is the most metaphorical, the most complete narrative, the most powerful, and the most gentle feminist work that has been seen recently. Instead of putting men on the opposite side, they focus entirely on women themselves, fighting for the right to think and live independently and to be "seen, heard, respected, and loved."
The 8-episode drama is not long, of which the story of the shelf is the most exciting.
It tells a story of a completely impossible thing with an incredibly real life scene, how could someone sit on a shelf for three years?
In fact, keen people should have realized that the shelf is false, and the value of models who are born as human beings is real.
What this story really wants to satirize is: objectifying women, and female self-objectification.
It is so blunt that it does not add a trace of concealment, so that a living person becomes an ornament on the shelf.
And the only value of her existence is for people to appreciate...
It is not difficult to think that in the context of the real patriarchal society, the contempt for women is everywhere, and even the habit of attributing the value of women's existence to pleasing others...
What's even more real and ironic is that when a model sits on a shelf, she doesn't get a permanent favor.
Soon, the rich man's interest in her waned and eventually turned a blind eye.
After three years, the tired model finally decided to flee.
Here comes the best part of the whole show...
However, the shelf that is more than one person high, in the eyes of the model, seems to be on a cliff, and the step forward is the abyss...
She first carefully threw down her shoes...
Then the whole person trembled, stretched out one foot first, and then climbed down...
In the process of escaping from the shelf, the director used a series of exaggerated shots to show it.
As for?
Why is it handled this way?
I think this set of magical shots symbolizes the process of women's decision to break free from the shackles and rebuild their self-worth...
Models have been unemployed for a long time, dependent on men, and want to return to society, you can imagine how difficult it is.
Just taking the first step must be painful and difficult, like falling into the abyss.
Next, the model jumped off the shelf and fell to the ground, but there was no imaginary broken tendon.
She got up, her body wobbling, as if she wasn't quite used to walking again...
But soon, she regained her balance, running and dancing, and even dancing in the streets, a colorful world that was beckoning to her...
She regained her former self.
From this large plot, you can see how gentle the director's expression is.
She wanted to tell women who had similar experiences that perhaps it would be difficult to take that step. But when you really try it, you will find that getting back on your feet is nothing more than that...
Moreover, once you really break free of this shackle, what awaits you must be radiant...
The shelves are just appetizers, and more irritating, duck.
This is not a fairy tale of people and ducks becoming friends, quite the opposite...
The relationship between the heroine and the duck points directly to the women who are PUA by their partners in reality.
After moving into Alyssa's apartment, one person and one duck are even better, and even have a relationship in a unique way...
After that, the duck became very clingy and asked Alyssa to stay home 24 hours a day.
As soon as she leaves, the ducks get anxious and then defecate everywhere in the room...
In order to take care of the duck's feelings, Alyssa had to give up her life, and even her sister's phone was rarely answered again...
Under the "persuasion" of the duck, Alyssa also began to doubt herself and decided to give up becoming a doctor...
Separating friends and family, hitting self-confidence, interfering in personal life, the first step of PUA was achieved.
At one point, there was a conflict between Alyssa and the duck.
The duck flew up and scratched Alyssa's forehead...
Alyssa was furious, but the duck had a word: you scratched yourself!
How does such a caliber sound like a man who excuses himself after domestic violence?
Seeing this, you may wonder, Alyssa, a good person, why should she establish an intimate relationship with a duck?
This question is almost the same as when we hear about violence in intimate relationships:
Why do good girls have to be with scumbags who are abusive and PUA?
Maybe it's because of loneliness, maybe it's to get rid of loneliness, maybe it's forced by the pressure of public opinion...
The reasons vary, and we can't blame the victims of a violent intimate relationship.
But there is only one solution: stay away from the one that consumes you, makes you miserable, and feels worthless...
Whether it's a man or a duck.
Interestingly, why does this drama use male ducks to represent the abusive party in intimate relationships?
Because, as we all know, in nature, females usually have an absolute advantage in choosing a mate.
Ducks, on the other hand, are just the opposite. They are one of the few birds that own tintin.
And the mating behavior of male ducks, even often forced to occur even when female ducks are reluctant ...
The metaphor of a male duck with a tyrannical temperament is still somewhat satirical of the patriarchal society's fertility cult.
What is more bold and heavy in the play is to use real wounds to externalize the pain of working mothers.
A female executive who has just given birth to her second child returns to the workplace.
In the company, she had to endure the ridicule of men every word, to suck milk in the dark utility room, to work hard to prevent male subordinates who coveted her position...
Back home, she has to endure the guilt of not having time to spend with her children, and endure the harsh rebuke of her husband who is taking paternity leave to take the baby alone...
Whenever she felt self-blame and pain, a deep bone bite mark appeared on her body.
On the face, on the chest, on the thighs, on the back ...
Bite marks are all over the body, blood and flesh are blurred, in the words of a woman, like a knife cutting flesh, it is a hard pain.
Isn't this the pain that every mother who is also a burden of family and workplace feels when facing double pressure?
In real life, no one can see this pain.
But this drama tells us in this bloody way that this kind of suffering is like biting the flesh of a working mother's body one by one, and it is a pain like Ling Chi...
Due to limited space, the crow can't finish all the highlights in the play.
In this play, there are many women who appear in various bizarre ways...
There is a woman who clearly exists, but is ignored by everyone, as if she has disappeared;
There is a woman who returns her husband, who has been married for 37 years, to the supermarket;
There is a female ghost who solves the mystery of her own death alone;
There is a cowgirl who avenges her father and has to dress up as a man...
The whole drama uses various exaggerated, absurd, and bizarre techniques to tell different female stories.
However, through various metaphors, it cleverly alludes to the various dilemmas faced by women in today's society.
Some people say that this drama is mysterious and can't understand it...
But I would like to say that if you can't even understand such a straightforward metaphor, it just proves that there are too few such dramas and our audiences don't see enough.
Some people also believe that the views of this drama are too mild to be worthy of the word "Roar" in the title.
But I think that film and television dramas that speak for women are not necessarily extreme and sharp.
Gentle and powerful, the cleverness of the point is also a kind of wisdom.
It symbolizes the strength of women unique to jukegang.
The poster of this play is a delicate flower, the heart of the flower grows a mouth, is wide open, as if shouting, roaring...
Unfortunately, such a desperate roar, there are still some people who can't hear it.
Either they don't want to listen at all, or they hear it and ignore it...
Or because, despite the effort to produce sharp teeth, it is after all just a delicate flower, too fragile and too little strength.
How can the sound be made penetrate the clouds and be known to the world?
How can the plight of women in our world be known and solved?
Relying on a certain person, a certain film and television drama, and the power of a certain push is obviously not enough.
It will inevitably require the women of the whole world, the feminists of the whole world, to unite and continue to cry together.
Only when these thousands of voices come together can they truly become a force, rushing into the clouds, breaking through the haze, and resounding throughout the land...
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