In the Spring Festival of 2020, people all over the country seem to be worried about the health of themselves and their families. A new type of coronavirus originating from Wuhan is gradually spreading from Hubei to the whole country and even overseas due to its strong contagiousness. It is seen rolling every day. The increased number of confirmed and suspected cases makes people seem to have returned to the period when the SARS virus was raging 17 years ago. In the face of the epidemic, as a non-professional ordinary person, in addition to cheering on Wuhan and Hubei, paying tribute to medical workers and staff who are struggling on the front line, respond to the government's call to stay at home and prevent the further spread and spread of the epidemic. It became the only contribution we can make to fight the virus. In this longer and more difficult holiday than ever, let us review and appreciate the high-scoring American drama "Yellowstone". This traditional American Western drama will bring you some different feelings.
If a person has been in prison for 6 years because of manslaughter, he will definitely worry about his future and livelihood after he is released. But Cowboy Walker doesn’t use it at all. At the moment he walks out of the prison, a Dodge Ram "The pickup truck stopped in front of him. This car belongs to Yellowstone, the largest farm in Montana, USA. The farm is hiring people. The current foreman Rip sees Walker as a murderer and a cowboy. Walker thinks it is. It was an opportunity to break away from the past and move towards a new life, so Walker got into Rip's car. But as Rip said, the murderers on the Yellowstone Farm have to pay a price. After he came to the farm, Walker found that among the colleagues he spent day and night with were whites, blacks, old people and even women. Some of them were like being raised on the farm. Like those cows, the logo of Yellowstone Farm is branded on the chest, and the branded talents are the real core strength of the farm. These people have a higher status in the farm. In addition to daily farm work, they must be led by the foreman Rip Solve all kinds of troubles and threats on the farm in private, even if you kill people and set fires. Walker, whose identity background is not clean, accepted the brand under the coercion of Rip, but he did not accept such a way of life after a bitter lesson, so the conflict with Rip was unavoidable. And this is just a microcosm of the many contradictions and conflicts that have occurred around Yellowstone Farm.
Speaking of Yellowstone, in addition to the city of Huangshi in Hubei Province where the current coronavirus epidemic is most severe, it is also the famous Yellowstone National Park in the United States, which is located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho , Is one of the check-in attractions to travel to the western United States. The American drama "Yellowstone" is not about Yellowstone National Park, but the largest private farm in the area called Yellowstone bordering the park. The farm has long belonged to the Dutton family. John Dutton is the farmer of this generation. He is well-known in the local area. He is not only the chairman of the Animal Husbandry Association, he controls the armed forces of the animal husbandry police, but also has a very high reputation in the Montana State Government. With his support, the governor and the state attorney general have been elected and re-elected to this day. At the same time, the beautiful single female governor also has a close relationship with John that is beyond friends.
Despite this, the Yellowstone Farm still encountered a huge survival crisis. On the one hand, the large area of private land belonging to the Dutton family hindered the local development and urbanization process. The governor, the attorney general and other powerful figures wanted to draw a line with John. .
On the other hand, because the farm’s land is connected to the Indian reservation, separated only by fences and barbed wire, the two can live together peacefully while the old Indian tribe leader is still in place, but now the tribal leader has changed hands. The new leader started by opening a casino. He is very young and ambitious. He wants to restore the glory of the Indians, retake the land that the white people have taken, and merge the Dutton family farm into the reserve.
At the same time, because the location of the farm is backed by the tourist attraction Yellowstone National Park, real estate developers are also eyeing this piece of land. They need to build tourism and hotel projects around the farm. In order to provide power to related facilities, they need to block the river and build dams. The ecological environment around the farm and the livelihood of the farm’s land have a negative impact.
Faced with so many challenges and threats, the only response method taken by the protagonist John Dutton in this drama is "struggle", a struggle that goes all out for survival, just like when he encountered countless crises before. The Don’s family did the same.
In order to regain the cattle detained by mistake entering the Indian reservation, John took the privateHelicopters organized armed personnel to break into the reserve late at night to engage in a fierce fire with the locals. Although the cattle were successfully driven back, the farm also paid a heavy price. John's eldest son Lee was unfortunately killed in the fire.
In order to prevent the real estate developer Dan Jenkins from building a hotel plan, John sent someone to divert the river with explosives and threatened Dan by hanging from a tree.
All sorts of violent acts made John's enemies hate them, and they even got together. Various conspiracies were intertwined and staged in turn to see how the Dutton family faced each other. In
, John Dutton plays the role of American veteran actor Kevin Costner. The success of his Oscar-winning films such as "Dancing with Wolves" and "Bodyguard" made Kevin Costner young As soon as he stepped onto the altar, the box office fiasco of "Future Water World" made him fall again. But Kevin Costner’s image of a tough guy on the screen has long been popular. Whether it is Lieutenant Dunbar, who chooses to live with the Indians, or the serious, rational and professional bodyguard around Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner’s "hard" has a low-key, deep, lonely and determined style. Every critical moment can always burst out amazing energy. In addition to his innate temperament, this style may also be related to his appearance in many western-themed film and television works. It always gives the impression of a knight galloping on the vast and barren land of the western United States, single-handedly, fighting against dangerous people and the natural environment in order to survive. It is precisely because of this that the 64-year-old Kevin Coase Turner's performance in the Western-themed drama "Yellowstone" seems to be easy to do. Coupled with the blessing of Tyler Sheridan, the screenwriter and director who is known as the most capable Western movie in the United States, the whole series gives people the feeling of environment. Beautiful, compact plot, three-dimensional and full character.
was filmed entirely in Utah and Montana, from the vast and magnificent western landscape to the barn on the farm, from the cowboys’ unique cowboy hats, buckles on the belts, and leather leggings CHAPS, And then to the details of the cowboys' daily work and life, they all uniquely show the true culture of the American western cowboys.
In addition, in the characterization of the character and the depiction of the relationship between the characters, the play is realized through constant contradictions and conflicts. Needless to say, John himself, as the leader of the family and the owner of the farm, is the strongest defender of family interests and the creator and initiator of various contradictions and conflicts. When the survival of the farm was threatened, his toughness and courage both frightened his opponents and guided and protected his own family. When his daughter Beth’s life was threatened, the brief and powerful “KILL THEM” that John said to his younger son Keith was a true portrayal of his character.
and Foreman Lipp had a miserable childhood. He lived in a family environment where perverted serial killers were commonly created in film and television works. The father didn't know any bad habits and was irritable and often beat his wife and children. Finally, one day, his father killed his mother and younger brother, and 14-year-old Rip killed his father in a rage. In the process of fleeing, John, who was the husbandry police at the time, found Rip and kept him on his farm. John's original intention to take in Rip is unknown. Perhaps the stubbornness and bravery shown by the young Rip is exactly what the farm needs.
Rip, who was granted asylum, naturally regarded John as a reincarnation parent and became his most loyal supporter. He not only managed the daily work and life of the farm workers, but also privately took on a lot of "dirty work" for John. , Dealing with a lot of "trouble" for the farm. This kind of loyalty at all costs stems from the family tragedy of his boyhood. Rip has always blamed himself for failing to protect his mother and younger brother and cannot let go. This desire for protection has been in the Yellowstone Farm after a long life. Rip grew into the strongest man on the farm and empathized with the Dutton family. Of course, this loyalty also stems from Rip's love for John's daughter Beth.
Beth is the only woman in the Dutton family. Although she is the daughter of the farmer, Beth has hated horses since she was a child. When she was a child, she indirectly killed her mother and almost killed her brother during a horse-riding excursion with her mother and younger brother. This incident not only made Father John a huge blow, but also made Beth hate herself. As an adult, Beth inherited the perseverance and courage of his father's character, and became John's most solid and powerfulUnder the call of her father, Beth resolutely gave up her work and life and returned to her father to actively deal with the crisis encountered on the farm. The alcoholism and occasional weird behavior reflected that Beth still failed to recover from the shadow of childhood tragedy. Out of the middle, her unwavering support for John is also the most direct manifestation of her guilt for her father and family.
The second son, Jamie, originally intended to inherit the family farm, but John, who knew his sons’ personalities well, trained him to become a lawyer. Jamie became the most promising lawyer in Montana and was also in the government. And the legal level maintains the interests of the family. But Jamie was weak and vulnerable to temptation. When the governor offered to support his campaign for the post of attorney general and introduced a beautiful female assistant to lead his campaign team, Jamie gradually fell and left family affairs behind. The astute John sees that this is the government's division strategy. Once Jamie is elected, as a government official, he is bound to do things that are not conducive to family interests. Therefore, John strongly opposed Jamie's election and fostered a competitor. Jamie didn't understand his father's behavior. Under the instigation of the campaign team, Jamie revealed some ulterior secrets of his father to reporters.
Actually, Jamie’s heart is contradictory. On the one hand, he is in awe of his father and sister Beth, fear of going against their will and fear of betraying the family, on the other hand, he wants to break away from his father’s control and do what he wants to do. . After experiencing a fierce ideological struggle, on the edge of the cliff that completely broke with the family, Jamie finally opted out of the election and returned to his father like a child who had been away from home for too long.
The youngest son Keith is an Indian son-in-law. He has a calm and quiet personality. He chooses to leave the farm because he can’t understand his father’s behavior. He lives in an Indian reservation. Although he is not rich, his life can be considered peaceful. , Stable. However, contrary to expectations, in the dispute between the Yellowstone Farm and the Indian Reserve, it was Keith's Indian brother-in-law Robert who killed his elder brother Lee. In order to avenge Lee, Keith executed Robert who was not in harmony with him on the spot. Since then, a series of events have prevented Case from returning to his former peaceful life. In order to give his wife and children a better life, Case decided to return to his father to help, and was determined to change the status quo of the farm and inherit it in his own way. farm.
When the long-lost family sat down at the same table to eat together again, they were as tough as John and couldn't help but wet their eyes. At this time, the theme of the drama "Yellowstone" has been sublimated in stages, and the audience has reached emotional resonance. The crisis facing the farm narrowed the distance between Old John and his children, bringing the originally disharmonious family back together. It is this kind of unity that gave John the courage and courage to fight against the survival crisis.
The American drama "Yellowstone" has been broadcast to the second season, and the story surrounding the Yellowstone Farm is also getting better. For the Dutton family, the immediate crisis reflects the true inner world of everyone in the family. The sadness of losing a lover and the tenacity and loneliness of independently supporting the family; Beth's guilt for his father and the miss of his mother; Jamie's inner contradictions and confusion when facing conflicts between family interests and personal career; Kind Case The alienation and distrust of his father, the hatred of the farming style; Rip's absolute loyalty to John, and the desperate love of Beth. Different life experiences and living environments have created their different personality traits and ways of doing things. The only thing that remains unchanged is that they are all members of the Dutton family. When facing foreign enemies, only unity can overcome the difficulties.
Reminiscent of the current outbreak of the coronavirus, the attitudes and behaviors of each of us in the face of the crisis are also closely related to our personal background and living environment. Some have fled the epidemic area, others have moved forward, and some places have simply and rudely closed roads. Prevent all foreigners from entering, and some places can treat every foreigner fairly and rationally, but whether you are from Wuhan, Hubei, or any other province or city in China, it will not change the fact that we are all Chinese. In the face of crisis, it is even more necessary to work together in the same boat, and unite as one to finally overcome the epidemic. In
, Walker, who is not used to the farming style in the play, finally chose to leave. According to the rules of the farm, those who left will be sent to the "train station" (to be extinguished).His person was Case, and Case asked Walker to promise not to tell what he saw on the farm, and he also promised Walker that in the future he would run a completely different farm from the present. What will be the final fate of Yellowstone Farm, let us wait and see.
