Chapter 1132 "Let's Talk About Qiu Xue"

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Out of personal habits, I tend to pay more attention to female characters when watching literary and film works. However, when I first walked into the theater and sat in the auditorium of "Daytime Rain", I did not have any expectations for the portrayal of women in this movie, because judging from the gender ratio of the characters and the plot in the trailer, the heroine Qiu Xuedu is a tool-like character that fits the popular impression.

She has a pure and lovely appearance and a gentle personality. This image of a young girl that can be seen everywhere in daily life is not uncommon in entertainment products and can be called a "standardized woman."

At the beginning, she was regarded as the goddess in Wang Dali's heart, and I understood - oh, another tool person who is admired and stared at.

My mood did not fluctuate at that time, only the numbness of being used to seeing this. As expected, Qiu Xue was secretly in love with Wang Dali, was accosted by Tian Gang, and was targeted by Mo Sen. In the early plot, she was "being" all the time, which just reflects that female characters are quite common in today's works. The situation: passive, vassal, symbolic, and the only role is to promote the plot.

When I saw Qiu Xue confessing to Tian Gang, I subconsciously rolled my eyes at the screen. Because as of this episode, Qiu Xue's mental state has not been reflected at all. At most, at a dinner party between Wang Dali, Tian Gang, Qiu Xue, and Qiu Xue's best friend, she hinted through her best friend that "Xiao Xue has someone she likes." "People", but this is also a foreshadowing of the plot, rather than the creation of characters.

So facing the plot of Qiu Xue falling in love with Tian Gang, I was a little disappointed as expected.

As we all know, "beautiful women paired with ordinary men" is the most typical sexual fantasy projection of male creators. As the plot develops, I feel more and more boring, because the rest of the plot can be guessed by just guessing. It is nothing more than Mo Sen, who covets Qiu Xue, seeing Tian Gang with the woman he wants, so he feels that Tian Gang is with him. Getting in the way, a series of harassment and attacks began, and finally the two men confronted each other, ushering in the finale.

If Tian Gang wins, then he will be a hero saving the beauty. The established result will tell the audience that there is a reason for him to be favored by Qiu Xue - you see, Tian Gang will protect her, he is a reliable man.

In a word, these are men's stories.

Qiu Xue only needs to be responsible for being imagined, spied on, lusted after, and saved. Like countless "standard heroines", she serves as a symbol of the beauty of writing and reads as a pendant-like existence of trophies.

Then the plot continues, and a small reversal about Qiu Xue comes. It turns out that she is not an innocent girl, but an experienced old Siji.

It made me sigh.

This character design is obvious and deliberate, and it is a high-sounding gimmick for the reason of "filling logical loopholes".

I still remember the laughter from the male audience and even some female audience members when this episode was shown. Because this section shows that Qiu Xue is not as perfect as she showed, or not as perfect as we imagined. She looks pure, but in fact she has had sexual relations with many men. Her "clean" character has flaws. Suddenly, the previous plot that she likes Tian Gang and wants to date Tian Gang becomes "reasonable":

"No wonder Qiu Xue can like people like Tian Gang. It turns out she's not that good either."

First, it creates the pleasure of a common man hugging a beautiful woman, and then makes the beauty appear "stained", making the male and female protagonists "well-matched", and also has a wave of "pure lust style" by the way. The sex scenes made the audience express their understanding and obscene feelings. laughter.

I have to say, this is a very mature approach.

Helplessly mature.

Tian Gang's mediocrity can be shown in many ways, including having no pursuit in life, having no car or house, not being handsome, having a weak personality, etc.

But to make Qiu Xue become ordinary and humble, all she needs to do is tell everyone: this woman has slept with many people before.

The male gaze, sexual relations, chastity theory...etc. are already commonplace topics.

I admit that when I saw the passionate sex scene between Tian Gang and Qiu Xue in the middle of the movie, I really wanted to get up and leave.

(Then I was pulled back by the appearance of the title "Daytime Rain" and the sudden change in style.)

After this, the new plot made me feel a little lucky that I didn't leave this easily.

Qiu Xue’s dream memories are brief but important.

The details of these few minutes fill in the relatively thin character of the heroine Qiu Xue, and provide sufficient and lamentable reasons for her "fall":

Gossip in adolescence.

Sex education in our country is still in its initial stages, and is lacking in many areas and at many times.

Sex education is not in place, and there is obvious sexual repression in cultural customs. Such repression leads to the reverse of things, causing minors to gradually become distorted in the repression and develop rebellious psychology.

This is exactly the direction of the trend in Qiu Xue's class.

When the teacher warned everyone not to fall in love prematurely and to concentrate on their studies, the students who were in the stage of puberty, sexual development and sexual maturity did the opposite, linking the normal phenomenon of teenage girls' first love with the "sex" of adults, forming a An atmosphere of "there must be something wrong if you don't fall in love" and "having no love partner means no one wants you, which is pitiful, shameful and pathetic".

The film only gives memories and does not use a lot of space to tell Qiu Xue's growth story. In that brief scene, I noticed that Qiu Xue's grades were above average, and then she went to the bar alone.

Those rumors and gossips, Qiu Xue seemed to have no reaction on the surface, but in fact, she gradually began to question herself - "Am I really as unattractive as they say?"

Once the seeds of doubt are planted in the heart, twisted flowers will inevitably grow.

So, at a stage when she had not experienced too many things, had insufficient experience, and had little social experience, Qiu Xue was influenced by the surrounding environment and words and came to the bar in a fit of anger.

Faced with the man's approach, her eyes flickered and she lied to him, saying that she was an adult, but she was actually only fifteen years old at that time.

Angry, revenge, prove that she "can do it".

Qiu Xue stepped into the abyss by mistake.

We don't know what happened to her later, but we only know that when the story of "Daytime Rain" begins, Qiu Xue worked in a cafe and became one of the crowd.

I don't want to speculate, but a large number of examples have proved that falling into sex and adult relationships too early is very likely to affect academic studies and careers. Although I don't know whether Qiu Xue successfully passed the college entrance examination, but seeing that she is working as a coffee shop employee, which is not a good job, I can't help but imagine that she interrupted her studies, gave up studying, and entered the society early.

If this is true, it would be a pity and too sad.

Deleting and revising, writing is very tiring. Tomorrow (4.21) is a single day off, so take a break.