"The world is full of lonely people waiting to make the first move." Sometimes we do not enjoy loneliness, but have to endure it. Lonely.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning." The most important thing between people is communication. Between strangers, there must be someone who takes the first step to become familiar; relatives and friends need to be in constant contact, so the relationship will get better and better; family members need to care for each other, so that the home will be warm good. There has to be a beginning. But among people, it is often this difficult step that makes an originally peaceful life even calmer.
This sentence comes from the movie "Green Book", which was released in China in 2019. This movie won the Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards. It's worth a look, friends.
This movie is adapted from a real life story and tells the story of the United States in the 1960s. On the surface, the movie is about the seriousness of racial discrimination in the United States in the 1960s. But if you watch this movie carefully, it also reminds us that a successful person relies on more than just his brains. He must be able to endure loneliness and learn to be patient before he is strong. "Forbearance" is vividly explained in this movie.
Tony is of Italian and American descent. He eats fried chicken and drinks soda every day and leads a careless life. He can eat 26 burgers in one sitting just to earn $50.
Don Shirley was born in a classical music family, behaved very appropriately, and was a learned and cultivated black man. Compared with Tony, the two were worlds apart. But in the United States in the 1960s, racial discrimination was so serious that white people disdained to serve black people, and black people were prohibited from attending high-end events.
Tony is a white man, and there is some racial discrimination, but compared to other white people, Tony's discrimination against black people is not as serious as it seems. Dr. Don Shirley plans to go on a concert tour in the southern United States and needs a driver. The driver's duty is to take care of Dr. Shirley's daily life. The doctor only plays a certain piano (Steinway) and needs a bottle of whiskey in the room every night. Tony needs to complete these tasks. This southern tour will not only have a concert, but the doctor will also participate in entertainment activities organized by the organizer before the concert.
At first, Tony did not bother to serve black people, and he felt that the doctor was a person who had many demands and was difficult to serve. But life forces him to support the elderly, educate his children, and support his wife. The doctor's side showed through various data and surveys that Tony was the most suitable candidate. Although the doctor was unwilling to do so. In this way, two people who disliked each other began their two-month journey.
Sometimes life forces us to choose the path we least want to choose. It may seem bad, but when you really get down to it, you may have unexpected gains.
When two people like this get along at the beginning, they will inevitably have small frictions. Tony used to be a bar manager, so he was bound to be exposed to entertainment and gambling, but in the doctor's opinion, this was illegal behavior. Tony likes to eat fried chicken and drink soda while driving, and doesn't care if the car is greasy, but the doctor, who has never eaten fried chicken, thinks Tony is unhygienic. Tony likes to use violence to solve problems, but the doctor feels that violence is the stupidest behavior. Passing by the jewelry store, Tony put the stone jewelry that fell on the ground into his pocket. The doctor thought it was theft. Even if Tony threw the drink bottle out of the window while driving, the doctor asked Tony to drive back and pick it up. But it was in this way that two very different people finally put aside their respective prejudices and became friends.
In the United States in the 1960s, black people could be said to have no status at all. High-end restaurants are prohibited from entering, high-end hotels are prohibited from entering, and high-end shopping malls will also prohibit black people from entering. Even when you go to a bar, you will be bullied by white people for no reason. Even if they are just for the concert to go smoothly, they will be squeezed into a small utility room near the bathroom, entertain doctors with fried chicken, and black people will not be allowed to use the bathroom of high-end restaurants. The doctor will not retort, because in his opinion, rebuttal is meaningless and will eventually affect the progress of the concert. If you have a moment of patience, it will be worth it in exchange for a smooth concert. But the doctor is also a human being, and he also has emotions. He integrates his emotions into music and expresses himself through piano music.
Tony has never understood why the Doctor, who has achieved a lot not only in the eyes of black people but also in the eyes of white people, would hold this concert and subject himself to such humiliation without saying a word or retorting. Every time Tony asked, he was met with silence from the doctor. Gradually, the two no longer disliked each other, and exchanged their thoughts on the journey from time to time, as well as chatting about daily life.
The doctor was beaten in the bar, and Tony went to the bar to rescue the doctor alone; the doctor was bullied by white people and sent to jail. Tony persuaded the police and finally released the doctor, although in the end the doctor still did not agree with Tony's bribery of the police. practice. When someone insults the doctor, Tony will also get angry. The result of Tony's anger is violent resolution. In the end, the two of them were arrested and taken to the police station in a heavy rain.
Everywhere Tony went, he would write letters to his wife about what he saw and happened. Although he was clumsy and had no literary talent, he would insist on doing it. The doctor taught Tony how to write a "love letter" with beautiful sentences, and Tony taught the doctor how to eat delicious fried chicken.
The concerts ended perfectly again and again, and the time for Tony and the doctor to go home was also shortened. The doctor's concert is scheduled to arrive home on Christmas Eve, and Tony wants to spend Christmas with his family. God did not bless them. On the day they returned home, it was snowing heavily and the road could not be seen at night. Tony drove for more than ten hours in order to get home in time, and finally fell asleep in the back seat. On the next journey, the doctor drove Tony back to Tony's home. Tony introduced the doctor to his family and they spent Christmas happily together.
Sometimes people are so changeable. From disdain at the beginning, to slowly trying to get along, and even sympathy for each other at the end, two people with completely different worlds and different personalities become each other. friends. Even if there are different classes, different races, different levels of wealth and poverty, nothing can stop two people from walking together in the end.
Someone commented on this movie: "It is not about firing guns to drive away prejudice, and it is not about fists to win respect. We are willing to turn back to go to the toilet, we are willing to stop for a meal, and we are not treated as an insult when being bullied. Tests, receiving favors are not regarded as honors but as humiliations. When the black slaves working in the south see him on the roadside, he is like a prophecy. A high-end restaurant, a spacious toilet, and a high-end fitting room cannot accommodate him. Things, but packed into a green car, bravely hit the road."
"Small impatience can lead to big plans." Sometimes forbearance is not a sign of cowardice, but waiting for an opportunity to show the world. A chance to prove yourself. Temporary violence may solve temporary problems, but it is never a long-term solution. When we want to be and become our true selves, there will be endless grasslands ahead instead of rugged mountain roads.
Come on, fight the workers!