Ye Wei understood "Winter's Bone" the first time he read it, because it was written very clearly. Compared to Rui, Gale is a better character to grasp.
The original book introduces Gale like this:
[Gail Lockran is Rui's best friend. Because she was pregnant with Floyd Long's child, she had to marry him and live in this tan RV, right next to her in-laws' house. . In second grade, the school organized a trip to Mammoth Springs. Rui and Gail were chasing the same frog under a picnic table and bumped their heads together. The two rubbed their heads and stood up. From the moment their eyes met, the two have been very close. Every year when they have free time, they happily exchange clothes and talk about their dreams and opinions about other people. Gail has a four-month-old baby named Ned. She also added a new layer of doubtful sadness, a sadness of being abandoned, as if she was watching this great world rolling forward, but overnight she was trapped at the starting point. ¡¿
The last paragraph can be said to clearly reveal Gale¡¯s mentality.
In the science of writing and screenwriting, Rui is the protagonist, and Gale is a very, very good, standard private dick.
What is a private dekick (partner, partner, best friend)? Partners are different from allies. Apart from the number of roles, the biggest difference is that allies unite with the protagonist for various reasons. They can be forced, for profit, or out of necessity; while partners have only one reason, "chasing the same frog." ".
The protagonist and his partner have the same goal. In w¡¯sb, they are to find Rui¡¯s father, live a good life, and fight for women¡¯s rights.
Look at the work of your partners and see what Gale has done:
1: The companion follows the protagonist, spends a lot of time together, and shares hardships with the protagonist on the journey to achieve the goal, but is not the promoter or initiator of the story, and is not the source of any major turning points in the entire process. The companion is usually very self-aware and will not compete with the protagonist for credit. All the ideas and power that promote the development of the story belong to the protagonist, but the companion will bring different drama to the story and will also provide another level of attention and resonance.
So Gale followed Rui to find Rui's father, but she was never the one who made suggestions or ideas, she just helped as much as she could.
2: The partner is absolutely loyal to the protagonist. Simply put, the partner will never betray the protagonist under any circumstances.
For Rui, Gail would give anything, her husband's car, her time, and risk being scolded by her husband and parents-in-law.
Three: The partner does not have the same abilities as the protagonist. To put it bluntly, no matter how capable and great you are, you will never be as powerful as the protagonist.
Is Watson awesome? Holmes is even better. Ron is awesome, right? Harry Potter is even better. Gail is a more feminine girl. She is a wife and mother. She has a baby that she needs to breastfeed. She has her abilities, but she does not have Rui's abilities.
Four: Partners will not die. What¡¯s interesting is that the protagonist can die at the end, but the partner cannot. This is probably the only benefit of the partner. Because partners symbolize continuity, if the partner dies, it will destroy the protagonist's mission to carry out the future of society. It can also be said that if the protagonist cannot even save his partners, what kind of protagonist are you, and who else can you save? But on the contrary, the protagonist dies at the end, but the companion can inherit the protagonist's last wish and ideals and tell his legend to others. Unless it ends in destruction.
So in the process of pursuing the target, Rui was almost beaten to death, but Gail was not hurt at all. She took good care of Rui.
Five: Partners will not experience character growth. Because companions exist to serve their heroes, giving companions growth experiences distracts from the entire story and dims the protagonist's light. If the partner grows, he is no longer a partner, but a protagonist. A story can have two protagonists or three protagonists, but the partner is not the protagonist.
At the end, Rui completed her feminist awakening, while Gale was still confused and trapped at the origin.
Six: Partners often question the protagonist's behavior and cause conflicts, and then provide suggestions. Because the partner is the person who knows the protagonist best in the world. He knows the protagonist's strengths, weaknesses, weaknesses, heart, underwear size let alone other people, he knows better than the protagonist himself. Usually when the protagonist wants to do this, the partner will say, "Is this really okay?" The protagonist will say, "I just know I have to do this." The partner will be like, "Oh, okay, tell me what you think." Or just say, "Is this really okay with you?" and the protagonist will say, "Well, let me think about it."
That¡¯s the way it is with Gail, Rei??That's it, and what can Gayle do? Help the protagonist!
Seven: If this is a love story, same-sex partners usually have comedic love affairs to echo and highlight the romantic love of the protagonist. Yes, you shit, we poetry and painting.
So Gail uses her tragic marriage life to accuse what it is like to have no women's rights, and to set off Rui's remaining freedom and future possibilities in this regard.
"Gail is such a good and loyal partner! Alice, what do you think?"
On October 3rd, w¡¯sb¡¯s studio continued at ¡°Dolly¡¯s House¡±. The shooting of this big scene was far from finished. At this time, during lunch time, everyone returned to the base camp to eat and rest. A quiet spot on the busy hillside is the online staff area. Ye Wei is sitting on the director's chair, chatting with Alicia and Gia next to him.
Alicia had already been stunned: "I think? This is cool" Gia had the opposite opinion: "This is not cool, this is just scary."
Ye Wei shrugged and continued: "This is indeed scary. When you understand the ways of creating and telling stories, you will lose some fun, but you will also have some new fun. There are gains and losses, at least You know now that if you are smart, you should not compete with the protagonist for credit, otherwise you will not be a partner and you will die miserably.
What¡¯s so attractive about Gayle? She's not as funny as a talkative donkey, nor as cute as -d2, she's just an ordinary person.
But she was really an important part of the story, especially for a story that was realistic about feminism rather than flattering feminism. Gayle was the person who brought out the fake feminists, meaning the extreme, crazy, fake ones. The person who hates "this useless woman" while hating her, and sighs "Look at how bad men are".
Is Gail a feminist? Yes and no, her situation is like that of a four-month-old baby, when feminism is in its infancybang! It can only be sad.
She is a rebellious female representative who longs for feminism but is ultimately thrown into tradition by herself and reality.
She is beautiful, she hangs out with boys, she gets pregnant, she has to get married and have children, and she embarks on the path of a yellow-faced woman. She had to endure the fact that her young husband was still having an affair, and she didn't even know why, but suddenly everything was over overnight. This is Gail's existence, and it is also the existence of many, many young women.
??Gail can see the trend of feminism moving forward, but she has been abandoned. In fact, that trend continues to abandon women. A woman will always be finished because of meeting a certain man, love, unexpected pregnancy, money, or other things. This is a fact that feminists don¡¯t want to admit.
This does not necessarily lead to happiness. If a girl or a boy fall in love, get married, have children, and grow old together, how can they not be happy?
Real feminists say, "Let's talk about how to maintain my career pursuits and how to allocate household chores after marriage." Fake feminists say, "How can I be happy? Why can't men get pregnant?" Girls, why are you standing? It¡¯s not up to women to pee? It¡¯s very tiring, you know. We have to stand up to go to the bathroom. We also have to sit down and play with our phones while peeing. Otherwise, it¡¯s not fair.
Don¡¯t laugh, I¡¯m serious! Rui and Gale are both true feminists, especially Gale. She prefers tradition. She just hopes that her husband can treat her well and get along well with her parents-in-law. She may live a very poor life, but she also often has joy. Then Ned grows up healthy, maybe has a girl, and the family of four goes on weekend trips in an RV and wears T-shirts with Dora the Explorer on them. One day, the younger daughter became obsessed with beauty pageants and had the opportunity to go to California to participate in the "Little Miss Sunshine" national competition. With Gail's insistence, the whole family set off, talking about Freud's nine-step formula for success and not getting into the military academy. The silent Ned, the gay brother who committed suicide, the old bastard father-in-law who takes drugs
But she won¡¯t get it. She is a failed pursuer of love. She is also a failed pursuer of women¡¯s rights. She is a loser.
It¡¯s not a comedy, it¡¯s a tragedy, poor guy. It was like that at the end of w¡¯sb, but what about in the future?
Maybe one day, Gaelic feminism woke up and had enough! Fuck that. Either leave Ned behind or take Ned with you. Take Ned with you because of her kindness. She took Ned to California by Greyhound, and was suddenly noticed by a guy while walking on the road. "You are a very charming girl. Are you interested in being an actress? I am a director, Ye Wei." Gale said, "We have a relationship, mother and son." Just eat. "Wow, that's the real Ye Wei, he let her act out a movie about bones, how to protect bones from the cold in winter and so on.
Unexpectedly, this performance became a big star. This girl's single mother was madly digging the black history by the gossip media, but who cares, it is just helping her to expand her popularity, Hollywood stories, American dreams, dream -chasing girls.?Oprah Talk Show, "Time Magazine", a bunch of rich people in Dubai invited her to travel for free, but she was busy, kicking off for the Yankees, performing for the Super Bowl halftime show, being a guest at Madonna's concert, and acting for Ye Wei During the premiere of his new movie, Ye Wei happily shouted to everyone, "Did you see, Gail Lockran and I are friends!"
Gale talked about her unbearable past and feminist consciousness everywhere, and she became another leader of feminists. She went to college to further herself, she did a lot of work in the feminist movement, became the United Nations Women's Rights Ambassador, and her autobiography ghostwritten by others became a best-seller Decades later, she officially entered politics, first as the governor of California, and then as a candidate for women's rights. President, her candidacy slogan was "Every woman is a hero!"
Then all the women went crazy "Ahhh!" and the men, being dominated by the women, also went crazy "Ah!", "Hey my partner, it looks like you want to click and select 'Are you over 18 years old?'" And then the men were like, "Ahhh, Gayle! Gayle! Gayle!" And then Gayle became another female president of the United States. Why another one? Because judging from the current trend of the feminist movement, there were already older women who had become women before then, maybe Hillary. She was so feminist that it was okay even for her husband to have an affair because she didn¡¯t care. Gael continues the American spirit, great Gael.
And Ned became a second-generation fallen star who indulged in partying all day long. Before moving into the White House, he overdosed on drugs and died one day. Gale called it "the saddest moment of my life" and delivered a powerful speech about "men are trash, including my son." Her poll numbers were as high as they'd ever been.
But it¡¯s also possible that one day, Gale gets divorced and Ned belongs to her, and she becomes a single mother, raising Ned by herself with her meager salary as a bartender and tips. Being verbally teased and patted on the buttocks by rude trash men was commonplace. One time, a drunkard really went too far. It wasn't just patting, it was rubbing. Gale threw a drink in his face, and ended up apologizing to him profusely. There was an angry boss who cried and begged, "I was wrong, this will never happen again, don't fire me, I need this job." The matter was resolved only after Gail kissed the drunkard's face clean of the alcohol. This is still Good luck.
She might be played with her feelings by some bastard and steal her money before sneaking out; she might also remain single, have two or three long-term partners, and occasionally have a one-night stand with a handsome and funny male customer, and they would have crazy sex in the bedroom. , Ned was watching TV in the living room, "Sesame Street" was playing, but he was not watching. He listened to those strange noises and thought, "I must give my mother a good life when I grow up." But Ned never got a good education. He was bullied in public schools and dropped out of high school. He had some troubles, just becoming a delivery boy, but he loved his wife and three children. , the eldest daughter is called Susie.
Yes, Gail became "Grandma." One day she and Susie talked about their first kiss on the phone. Gail said, "Susie, my baby, don't worry about that. My first kiss with Ree was great, and so will you and Ray." Yes, remember to use your tongue. "Susie was tragically raped and killed by a middle-aged pervert, Ned went crazy, poor Gale! She really wanted to die, but she still had to find a way to help this family cheer up.
This is the most likely scenario for Gale, and it is also the answer given by the original work.
The Gayle who becomes the female president is the Gayle that the fake feminists only dream of. Just develop and shoot to please women's rights. It is not completely impossible. There may be one Gayle in 100 million; becoming a grandma The Gael is the Gael in the real world, the representative of the other 99999999 Gaels.
What we are going to shoot now is the real-life Gale. She is just an ordinary little girl with no abilities and almost nothing. Suddenly she becomes pregnant out of nowhere and becomes a wife and mother. She doesn¡¯t know what that means until the reality. Told her that her life was over.
There is nothing feminist about her providing help to Rui, but she just wants to help and give herself a legitimate reason to leave the broken RV, leave the so-called "home", and stay outside for a while. Is this a feminist awakening? This doesn't count.
?????????????????? So Alicia, I¡¯m sorry, this is what your character looks like and does. Rui can be a female president in the future, while Gail can only be a grandma. Because of Gale's existence, Rui Cai becomes stronger, and women's rights become more necessary and urgent, and more worthy of thinking about the current situation and how to develop it. "
Ye Wei picked up a bottle of mineral water, opened it, took a big sip, looked back and forth at Alice and Gia, who were silent after the laughter, and said, "Speak?"
"My pleasure" Alicia was a little crazy, her body and mind were heating up.
This is the first time that viy has dissected Gale for her in this way, not from the perspective of an actor-character, but from the creative perspective of the author and director. In the past, she only knew how Gale himself was, but she didn't know that there was so much art hidden in it. ???Fun, it was a real pleasure to listen to him.
She smiled and asked another question: "Why is the answer in the original book that Gale becomes a grandmother?"
"Why?" Ye Wei put the mineral water back on the cushion box next to it and said, "Because the name Gail has two meanings, one of which means prison. Gail's life is a prison." Alicia Suddenly he let out an ooh, nodded and laughed.
"My name means Earth." Gia said, but Ye Wei didn't want her to be presumptuous: "In the eyes of aliens, the Earth is equal to a prison." Gia decisively gestured with her middle finger.
"I mean it sincerely." Alicia said with a smile.
"Another meaning of gail is why there is a waiting scene. I say so much because" Ye Weizheng was about to start talking again, but saw Jennifer walking over with a few bagels, and then broke into the director's rest area. . He immediately darkened his face and looked at her with cold eyes, "Go away."
Jennifer was stunned, "Dude, I just"
"Go away." Ye Wei said again, "Don't mess with me."
Alicia and Gia both looked at Jennifer, knowing they couldn't help. This kind of thing has been happening since early yesterday morning. Ye Wei warned no one to help Jennifer unless they wanted to piss him off, and Jenny explained that it was for the sake of a suitable atmosphere and to give her a real situation of Rui, all for the sake of the movie, so that Please don't ask any questions.
"Brother, aren't you taking a break now?" Jennifer wanted to stay, just stand, listening to Alice laughing from a distance, and really wanted to participate. She locked eyes with Ye Wei for a few seconds, shrugged slightly, turned around and walked away, starting to hate him a little
"Hey, Jennifer!" Ye Wei suddenly called, and Jennifer turned around and walked back in surprise: "Can I stay?" But he asked: "Has anyone ever said you are fat?"
Alicia was stunned, and Gia opened her mouth and said to her face that a girl was fat and super mean, and Jenny wasn¡¯t fat either.
"No." Jennifer said in a funny tone, and Ye Wei said: "Then let me tell you, you are very fat."
She smiled. She was really not fat, just not thin. In reality, no one would think she was fat. In the video, she would look a little fat. Who doesn¡¯t want to be photogenic? But the price is that in reality she is so thin that she can be blown up by the wind, and she doesn't want to look like that.
"Just be fat, that's who I am. My mother told me that health is the most beautiful thing."
"Has your mother ever told you that you are good, you are beautiful, you are smart, you are special" Ye Wei asked.
"Yes" Jennifer nodded. Alicia and Gia also nodded silently, they must have it.
Ye Wei said seriously: "No matter what your mother said, it's not true. It was just a talk show. Don't think you are different. Now, go away."
This guy! Jennifer was really angry, and the memory of being bullied at school came to mind. "Fuck you." She cursed and turned away, trying to calm down.
"That's how things work. The expressionist needs a rational mind, but he is pulling her to lose her mind, so she has to quickly return after losing her mind and then think about Rui, unlike the methodist who just acts directly. The advantage of doing this is that she has more emotional experience, can better understand and imagine Rui's heart, and stimulate the corresponding part of her subconscious to create. But it¡¯s very difficult!
She heard Ye Wei still shouting: "JL, there is only one sentence in mom's talk show that is true, 'I love you!' Mom will keep saying it, because mom knows, you poor little thing, you can't Heard this from someone other than me here. jl, do you know the math, there is a total amount of 'I love you' you get, the more your mom says, the less others say, why do you always get bullied? , because you are so annoying! You even smell like pig shit!"
Listening to what viy said, Gia¡¯s expression looked like she had just been hit head-on by a large truck. Jennifer could hold back this, so strong
Alicia frowned and looked at Jane who was walking away quickly, her back seemed a little trembling.
"Let's go back to the topic we just talked about." Ye Wei suddenly seemed like a different person and said warmly: "Alice, I'm talking so much because it may be used in that scene. I have to film and edit this material. I¡¯ll see if it works later.¡±
"It's okay with me, I'm a professional actor." Alicia smiled at him, "Kissing scenes, sex scenes, sex scenes, as long as it's for art and the opponent is an actress or actor, I can do it." Gia I also felt that Ye Wei was making such a fuss, wasn't it just the kissing scene between Gale and Rui, what's the big deal.
On another day, Ye Wei would not take it so seriously and said: "Today is your birthday, your 18th birthday. How important is this to you? Everything you do today should??Special, meaningful, and something you'll say "Wow" when you think about it later, so for everything, I have to explain to you why. I don't know if it's good or not, but you need to know. "
"Thank you." Alicia couldn't say anything else for a while, and suddenly understood what Jane meant. She must have a creepy look on her face now, unable to react naturally.
Ye Wei continued to explain: "Gail and Rui's kiss is a wonderful satire of fake feminism."
The original work reads:
¡¾When Rui kissed a man for the first time, he was not actually a man, but a "man" pretended by Gail. As the kiss gradually deepened, Gale, who was pretending to be a man, pushed Rui down on a patch of pine needles under the shade of the tree, and inserted his tongue deeply into Rui's mouth. Rui found herself sucking on the imaginary man's tongue until she tasted her morning coffee and cigar smoke. Drool flowed from her lips to her chin. She opened her eyes and smiled. Gale, who continued to act like a man, squeezed her breasts roughly, kissed her neck, and murmured softly. Rui said: "That's it! That's what I want!" Amidst such laughter, they practiced for three quarters. Whenever they had a chance to be alone, they pursed their lips in preparation. They took turns playing men, taking turns on top and bottom, one grunting for it, the other sighing to accept it. The first time Rui kissed a real boy, his lips were soft and shy on her lips, dry and motionless, until finally she had to speak: "Tongue, sweetheart, tongue. "As a result, the boy she called Sweetheart turned his head and said: "Disgusting!"]
What are the real differences between men and women? What are fake differences between men and women? Fake feminism often confuses, ignores, and denies their existence.
Throughout the book, Rui and Gail display a homosexual intimacy even though they are both heterosexual. First of all, girls will behave like that. God knows what they think, but they can hold hands and play together. However, no matter how best friends two boys are, they will not hold hands and play together. If they accidentally bump into each other, they will have to fight each other. Sternly declare, "Man, believe me, it was unintentional." But when the two girls got better, they could hold hands, sleep together, and kiss just for fun and training.
"No, there is no such thing." Extreme feminists will not admit these differences, "Why do you care about this? We are talking about women's rights! Don't want to talk? Then talk about why you still live with your mother at your age. "Accidentally, the topic was changed by them, which is really annoying.
The intimacy between Rui and Gale is a kind of difference between men and women, and it is also a metaphor. In the eyes of fake feminism, there are no boys. Men are all scum. Then find a girl to fall in love with and live life, but it doesn¡¯t work. It¡¯s not like that. . As long as they are heterosexual, boys cannot live without girls, and girls cannot live without boys. This fact will be distorted by fake feminism.
Some "differences" between girls and boys are sexist, fake, and should be overturned; some differences are real and should continue to be recognized and looked at directly, so that everyone can live easier. It¡¯s just that they are usually morally kidnapped by fake feminism and want to overthrow everything. They wish that girls could also be boys.
So this paragraph is really an explosion of irony about fake feminism. Rui and Gale pretended to be men. At that time, they had not awakened to real feminism. They were just fake men and feminism methods of fake feminism. "Sometimes they hummed and fought for it, sometimes they just sighed. "Acceptance with Qi", people of the same sex laugh and admire each other, kissing the woman, but thinking about the man. But it turned out that she was about to kiss a boy. Rui, who was used to pretending to be a boy, was disliked because usually a "sweetheart" should be called a girl by a boy, and even this fake woman had to fight for her rights. Yes, a lot of fake feminists are just ¡°disgusting¡±.
As you know, I have beaten women and been beaten by women. The interesting thing is that when I beat a woman, many feminist organizations jumped out and said, "Damn Ye Wei, you violent scumbag, you even beat women, how could you beat me?" Woman, even if she throws shit in your face, you can't touch her, because she is a woman. "The time I was beaten by a woman, those feminist organizations jumped out again, 'Emma, ??baby, good fight. ! Go, go, go, keep fighting! Beat him to death! It must be his fault, for sure! "
In any case, in addition to the differences between men and women, this paragraph also shows the fragility of feminism in facing reality and the absurdity of fake feminism in facing reality. Then the feminist Gayle, her power and her life could all be ruined because of an inferior Freud-Langan.
This is an age-old condition among women, why? It's complicated.
It's time to talk about another meaning of gail, cheerful and debauched. The etymology is gay, homosexual, she and Rui. Also, the only thing that fake feminism and failed feminism seem to admit is that women are noble and men are despicable. Yes, only women are worthy of women, and they turned around and got pregnant.
But these contents. "
Ye Wei looked at Alice who was listening intently and said:"I don't know if I can express it all in one movie. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't. The answer can only be found in the editing room. Now let's shoot the material."
"No problem." Alicia nodded, "I've wanted to kiss Jane for a long time."
"Haha!" He couldn't help laughing, and she laughed too: "Girl."
"Excuse me?" Gia, who had been silent for a long time, was confused and suddenly said loudly: "Why did you just call me on my 18th birthday? Hey, I am Master Gia! Your partner!" Ye Wei asked: "When? ?" Gia replied: "January 1, 2005."
Ye Wei spread his hands and said, "If you choose to be born on the New Year, you can't blame others for not paying attention to your birthday. It's your own fault, not mine." Amidst Alicia's laughter, he smiled and said: "At that time Iwell, at that time, Nina and I were traveling in Europe, and we were in love at the time"
Nina's smile flashed through his heart, and he calmed down. "Carrie" was about to be released. This movie He had not attended the premiere before and watched it through the internal DVD. Firstly, because he is busy, and secondly, Lionsgate's publicity strategy has changed and they don't want him to have too much to do with "Carrie" and affect the publicity effect of "Soul Surfer".
He could have attended if he had to, but no, it felt like it wasn't the right time to meet Nina, and she probably didn't want him to attend, so that she could watch the movie more relaxedly. Everyone still needs time. Just wait and see when she has a new relationship.
But after "Carrie" was released, Ye Wei thought that he needed to make a phone call and talk to Nina