Mad Date Mirador is a satirical comic book film directed by French director Sylvia Jomai, which focuses on small towns in France and New York in the United States, two seemingly unrelated cities, but because of the intervention of Chabin and Grandma, a big battle of family, friendship, and noding friendship against human greed and sinister. But behind the whole film is actually about the connection between the town and the beautiful city, which is not only the connection between France and the United States, but also the difference between tradition and modernity, in the fast and slow lifestyle and social changes, this anime film more to people to explain the new and nostalgic of culture, living in the 21st century, the pace of life and work is infinitely accelerated, and we gradually miss the slow pace of childhood, but we also know that all this is ultimately impossible to go back.
Behind the family affection is the grandmother's debt to her grandson
Chabin, who lost his parents at an early age, has been dependent on his grandmother for a long time. But because of the lack of young parents, he suffered from very serious autism and was not interested in external affairs. Grandma tried many ways to attract Chabin's attention, but with little success. Grandma finally discovered that Chabin was obsessed with cycling and had a strong interest in the Tour de France. In order to support Chabin's hobbies, Grandma has constantly encouraged Chabin to ride a bicycle since she was a child, and grandma can be seen encouraging Chabin in the wind and rain. Grandma herself has problems with long and short legs, but in order to support Chabin's hobbies, she does far more than Chabin, and all this is not only because of Grandma's love for her grandson, but also because of his debt to her grandson.
In Grandma's mind, Chabin could have enjoyed a relaxed childhood like any other child. But all this is because of the loss of his parents at an early age, Chabin not only suffers from severe autism, but also cannot read and play like a normal child. Over the years, Grandma has been making up for Chabin's lack of affection on the one hand, and on the other hand, she has also tried to make Chabin able to integrate into normal life. But it's not until the end of the film that Chabin understands. It's just that it all came too slowly, and Grandma didn't have a chance to see it. From Grandma Chabin's every move, it reflects not only the doting of the elders for the juniors, but also the worries of the elders about the juniors. It is impossible for the elders to protect the younger generations for a lifetime, after all, the future road will have to be taken by the juniors alone. Grandma's helplessness, Chabin did not understand; by the time Chabin understood, Grandma was gone.
Behind the friendship is the indifference of sharing hardships with the rich and the noble
The Beautiful Trio Sisters of Crazy Dating Mirador should be the most eye-catching characters. In the once bustling and beautiful capital (i.e. New York), they are very popular stars, and they were originally popular with many people, but now they are rarely invited. The three sisters now live together in a slum-like attic and feed on frogs from the pond every day. The singing voice that depends on survival has also become a newspaper, a refrigerator and a vacuum cleaner, but even if life has fallen into such a situation, the three of them can still sleep in the same bed, watch the characters on TV and laugh.
From the three of them, we see a rare brilliance of human nature. In the world of red and willow green in New York, the three of them not only enjoyed the reputation of their youth together, but also tasted the bitterness of the old pearl and yellow together. The friendship of the three of them is not only the true feelings of suffering and sharing, but also the enthusiasm for music hobbies, but also the indifference and calmness after the ups and downs of life. In their eyes, even if life goes up and down, as long as there are three people accompanying each other, music and each other, even if they live in the attic of the harsh environment every day, eating frogs that are difficult to swallow, they can still laugh at every day. Beauty was once beautiful because of them, and now they still retain the beauty of beautiful capital in their hearts, and everything in life can be calmly corrected in the face of friendship.
The meeting of Pingshui is mutual understanding between strangers.
The three sisters of Mirador and Chabin's grandmother met in a variety of music, Chabin's grandmother used a bicycle steel ring to knock out the three sisters of Meidu's once famous work, and the three sisters of Mirador were also very excited to join the musical feast. Even if there is no audience, the music itself ignites the enthusiasm of this group of people for the memories of the past. They were strangers to Grandma Chabin, but because of the music, they took Grandma Chabin back to their residence. When they meet in Pingshui, they can trust each other in an instant, which is inseparable from music and the hearts of strangers.
Grandma Chabin has only watched the three beautiful sisters on TV, and they are hot stars in TV, but back to reality, Grandma Chabin found that they are not much different from themselves. The animation does not describe Grandma Chabin's past too much, but from her attic and furnishings in a Small French town, it is discovered that this grandmother once received a good education, and perhaps her family did not miss the life of a superior person. But now that life has changed, there is not much difference between her and the three beautiful sisters, and they have chosen to understand each other after experiencing the ups and downs of life. Whether we are in a small French town with a slow pace of life or a fast-paced New York city, life is never easy, but life teaches us to leave the only remaining kindness for people who meet in Pingshui.
As mentioned at the beginning, the anime chooses two cities in France and New York in the United States as the main places of the story, and the selection of these two cities is extremely ironic. France once gave a Statue of Liberty to New York, but the torch held by the Statue of Liberty in the anime has become a cones, the code has become a hamburger, and the beautiful goddess has become an ugly-looking fat man, which is also a stark contrast to the Tour de France in France and the society in which everyone in the United States is enthusiastic about Hamburg. Behind the mutated Statue of Liberty symbolizes the failure of European culture to export to the United States, although it belongs to the West, but the United States has taken a different path from Europe in terms of culture and life.
The contrast between fast and slow in comics
From the All-French Tour of France, we saw the comparison between the speed of the bicycle and the car, and at the end of the ending we saw the speed and slow comparison of the bicycle and the car again. There is no doubt that in absolute speed, cars are much faster than bicycles, but the cars themselves also face problems such as road obstacles. Once the traffic is blocked and other reasons, the distance traveled by the car at the same time is not even as good as that of the bicycle.
In the small town where Chabin lives, the pace of life is very slow, from the cheers of the spectators along the road to hold the Tour de France, the driver's car maintenance, and the handling of traffic jams, this slowness has been engraved in the minds of the French. The picture shifts to the United States, from the driving of ships, the traffic on the road, the crowds in restaurants, the fast pace of American life makes people a little confused.
In this comic, slow and fast are in stark contrast, but the ending shows that slow is better than fast. Moving slowly through the bike, Chabin and the others defeated the mafia and won the final victory. Can I live can also think that slow is the main tone of this comic, the director tried to let us also live a slow pace through the ending, back to the essence of life. After all, in the fast-paced life, we not only lose the original appearance of life, but also present the fat, sleepy, and tired pathology of almost all the people in the comics.
The contrast between modern and traditional in comics
Although France, which has entered the modern era, has also gradually accepted the convenience brought by new things, and the Tour de France is the best proof of the French people's nostalgia for the past, but most of them have long abandoned bicycle travel and changed to car travel. The same is true in New York, USA, where customers who travel to and from the cabaret not only consume the history of prosperity in the past, but even if they have entered the modern era, they still cannot get rid of their love for opera performances and so on. France represents Europe, which is the birthplace of tradition, and the United States, which is the representative of the modern era, and the animation selection of these two major locations already highlights the contrast between tradition and modernity.
Over time, we are doomed to be unable to return to the past, but that doesn't mean we can't be nostalgic. Life will eventually move forward, and while we are immersed in a fresh environment, we should not forget the impact of the past on us. In fact, the comics have been complaining about the economic prosperity of the United States, but behind the erosion of modern life, a little more legal system and trading, but less human feelings and synaesthesia. The greedy desire of modern society is reflected in everyone, and the comfort and relaxation of traditional life have long been lost. In the face of modern life, we can actually be a little less happy about the new, a little more nostalgic for the past, and let life return to a comfortable state.
The animation "Crazy Dating Mirador" not only contains the light of human nature, but also constantly makes people reflect on the present and the past through contrast. The film does not emphasize the supremacy of family affection too much, but it is still mixed with grandma's love and helplessness for her grandson; while the three sisters of Beauty Repeat show us the sincere friendship of sharing hardships with the rich, and between Grandma Chabin and the three sisters, they show that pingshui meets and still retains their only remaining goodwill. Even if life is difficult, people still emit the light of affection, which is the most original appearance of ordinary life.
The entire animation uses a satirical approach, through different forms of contrast, we can see the ills behind the rapid progress of capitalist society and the extreme prosperity of the economy. In the fast-paced life, people lose the original joy of life. The growing greed of people, pervaded by modern culture, has taken on an irrepressible pathology, and behind the seeming satisfaction with the status quo is their tired, sleepy faces. We may not be able to stop the progress of society, but we can often remember or reflect on the warnings of traditional culture, at least so that we will not lose our true selves in a rapidly developing society and become a blind follower.