The author of this article is @Ghost Foot Seven of the Xiaowan family
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When you heard that Sister Stone was going to play a Disney movie, I thought how can I play a princess?
Not a princess, at least a queen, right? Is it a female warrior?
But none of you expected that Emma Stone played the childhood shadow of many people, the famous villain of the witch, and the classic character in the Disney fairy tale "101 Loyal Dogs": Kuila de Vere.
This weekend, we take a look at this airborne "Black and White Witch Kuila".
In 1961, Disney released its 17th feature-length animation, 101 Loyal Dogs, about a bandicoot couple who rescue their children with the help of animal friends and rescue a total of 101 spotted dogs who were abducted by the villain.
In this story, Kuila is the villain who stole the cute little spotted dog and intended to use it as a dog skin coat.
"101 Loyal Dogs" is the childhood memories of many people, in addition to the cute puppies, it is the vicious Kuila, in the animated version of Kuira spit green smoke rings, face iron blue, vicious face, coupled with cruel purposes, in one fell swoop became a classic villain role.
And this year, Sister Shi wants to play the prequel story of this great evil man.
The protagonist of the story, Estella, is an innocent little girl, but after her mother's accidental death, she is reduced to a street liar, living by stealing and abducting with two friends.
Until one day, her design talent was appreciated by London's most famous designer baroness, and she entered the fashion industry and began her design career.
The story looks like a Disney inspirational girl growing up, but after Estella finally learns the truth about her mother's death and the true identity of the Baroness, Estella blackens into Kuila, and a gorgeous revenge begins...
From the story point of view, in the plot of "Black and White Devil Head Kuila", you can see the shadow of many classic stories, such as from the revenge story of "Hamlet" to the wandering life of "Orphans of the Mist".
Just as "Joker" shows the inner side of this famous villain through complex and deep expression, in "Black and White Devil Kuila", Disney seems to want to create a more three-dimensional image.
As a prequel story that "whitewashes" the villain in the original work, "Black and White Witch Kuila" focuses on Kuila's growth experience.
Although in the anime she is just a vicious woman bent on making a dog-skin coat, this time she has written a rich prehistory story for her.
On the one hand, Estella, who is a "well-behaved girl", is an inspirational image of pursuing dreams and working hard; on the other hand, the "evil girl" Kuila, who has been mischievous since childhood and hid later after listening to her mother's words, is a complete villain.
The emphasis on Kuila's dual personality may be inspired by the classic black and white hair color, each half of which is emphasized, and in "Black and White Witch Kuila", it constantly emphasizes the two sides of Kuira's good and evil.
She is both a street thug and a gifted designer, a young girl with a dream, and a master of revenge.
Sister Shi's performance is quite worth watching, and in the balance of the exaggerated style of animation and the balance of showing the inner pain of the characters, it can only be said that it is too sassy.
Of course, in addition to this, another important point of "Black and White Witch Kuila" is the addition of a large number of fashion elements.
Set in the London fashion scene in the '70s, Kuila went from an unknown street girl to a legend, relying on her unique talent for fashion design. Because of this, a large number of costumes in the film are also quite eye-catching.
There is a red dress of Kuila, which appeared in the trailer, there is also a gothic look with a tight leather jacket and "The Furthre" written on the face, as well as a black and white dress on the show stage, and the gorgeous shape of the villain in this work, Emma Thompson, the "fighting method" of the two stylists is undoubtedly a fashionable dress feast for the audience.
From this perspective, Kuira the Witch of Black and White is more like a dark version of The Queen Of Prada.
In the pursuit of fame and fortune, a series of tragedies change Kuira, leaving her on the road to "becoming a demon", and the dress made of bug pupa in the film becomes the best metaphor for the fashion world: it looks gorgeous and magnificent, but there are disgusting moths hidden underneath.
Although it is not as deep as "Joker" in terms of theme depth, "Black and White Witch Kuila" is still not only a simple revenge film, but also behind the story of Kuila's growth process, we can still see more details of human nature.
Kuira went from a little girl who lost her mother, to a thief who stole a thief, to a migrant girl who regained her dreams, and finally became a female demon, in which repeated struggles and pulls were shown, and between "black" and "white", Kuila was struggling to make a choice.
Disney has tried to express different female images in its works in recent years, in addition to letting the princesses get rid of the traditional positioning of the vase, this time also giving the "bad women" the opportunity to become the protagonists, not as one-sided symbols, but to let them make their voices.
At this point, "Black and White Witch Kuila" is still doing well.
It is also worth mentioning that although the live-action version of this time does not involve the animated version of the story, it also does a lot of tributes, such as Two friends of Kuila, played by Joel Frye and Paul Walter Hauser, a fat and thin shape directly inherited from the animated version;
In addition, the real protagonist of the anime, the Spotted Dog, also appears in this film, and in a sense, it also explains why Kuila hates the Spotted Dog.
As a dark-style fairy tale work, "Black and White Witch Kuira" successfully presents a wonderful revenge drama after introducing historical elements, and the two Emmas - Emma Stone and Emma Thompson - are also Oscar queens, and the confrontation between one old and one young is also wonderful.
Blackened stone sister, will it be your dish?
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