has watched " eliminates three evils every week " three times. His favorite character is Chen Guilin, and his second favorite is Cheng Xiaomei. I personally like the setting of the character Cheng Xiaomei very much, and think that the role of is very important to Chen Guilin.
I saw many people on the Internet complaining about "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", thinking that the director should not have added the female character Cheng Xiaomei, thinking that her existence is dispensable. Her role is just to satisfy the voyeuristic desire of the straight male director and some male viewers.
I personally disagree with this!
Regarding the character setting of Cheng Xiaomei, let me tell you why I like it.
Cheng Xiaomei appeared in Chen Guilin's world as a clue. Chen Guilin followed Cheng Xiaomei to find the hiding place of Aberdeen.
Then, he saw Cheng Xiaomei's unbearable scene.
At that moment, guess what kind of mood Chen Guilin was feeling? First of all, you have to understand Chen Guilin. He is a gangster who believes in Guan Erye. He is a gangster who kidnaps children and still cares about their teeth. He is a gangster who takes other people's phones and is polite to them. His world, in fact, Very simple.
can't be said to be kind, but he can hate evil as much as he hates it.
Therefore, when saw the weak Cheng Xiaomei's compromise under the threat of violence in Aberdeen, what grew in Chen Guilin's heart was to rescue Cheng Xiaomei from the devil's cave.
Killing Aberdeen is the first thing, and saving Cheng Xiaomei is the second thing.
No love.
So, when he and Aberdeen chased and fought desperately outside, and were seriously injured in the end, they had to return to the barber shop to rescue her.
Do you want to leave or stay?
Chen Guilin's question is very interesting. He did not ask "Do you want to come with me?" He just asked "Do you want to leave or stay?" What is the difference between
? I'll get to that in a minute.
Cheng Xiaomei answered Chen Guilin without hesitation, "leave"
Why did Cheng Xiaomei choose to leave? Some people say that it is Stockholm Syndrome, right?
So what is "Stockholm Syndrome"? I excerpt an excerpt:
There is a fragile bottom line to the amount of fear a human being can bear. When a person encounters a ferocious killer who is unreasonable and wants to take his life at any time, the hostage will gradually entrust his right to life to this murderer. As time passed, the hostage took a mouthful of food and drank a mouthful of water. Every time he took a breath, he felt that the terrorists were tolerant and compassionate towards him. For the thug who kidnapped him, his fear will first turn into gratitude for him, and then into a kind of worship. Finally, the hostage also subconsciously believes that the thug's safety is his own safety. This weakness of succumbing to violence is called "Stockholm Syndrome."
Cheng Xiaomei?
I don’t think so. From the conversation between Cheng Xiaomei and Chen Guilin at the beach, we can know that the reason why Cheng Xiaomei did not leave was because her mother was still in prison and needed care from Aberdeen. Fifteen years in prison and a fine of more than 10 million, Cheng Xiaomei could not leave.
If she doesn’t leave, she has no choice.
She is indeed afraid of Aberdeen. From the way she cleaned the knife with flesh and blood, it could be seen that she was afraid of Aberdeen's cruelty.
However, even though she has been with Aberdeen since she was a teenager, her spiritual world is still independent and does not belong to Aberdeen. After being spanked by Aberdeen, she would be very angry and leave;
saw Aberdeen beating up his younger brother, she would stop him at the critical moment;
saw Chen Guilin holding a gun in his hand, she did not remind Aberdeen, but instead Remind Chen Guilin not to come here again.
She never stood on Aberdeen's side from beginning to end.
I really like the way Cheng Xiaomei saw Chen Guilin rushing in, as if her heart blossomed, just like when she saw Aberdeen once rescued her mother in the hands of a man.
That is an expectation.
In her heart, she longed to escape.
She doesn't want to be a canary and longs for freedom.
So when Chen Guilin walked in and asked her whether to leave or stay, she said leave without hesitation.
Chen Guilin took Cheng Xiaomei to the beach. Yes, it’s the seaside, and it’s also a very sophisticated location.
The sea breeze blew over and hit Chen Guilin and Cheng Xiaomei. The sea and wind both symbolize freedom. At this point, they all look free.
But in the next shot, they appeared in the outline of two excavators, and then Cheng Xiaomei asked, "Where are we going now?" What she said was not where "I" were going, but "we". She was not free at this time. Her life and freedom were still in Chen Guilin's hands. These two excavators are like another prison for her.
However, Chen Guilin handed the car keys to Cheng Xiaomei, asked her to get in the car, and then said to her, "You are free from now on."
This sentence corresponds to the sentence that Chen Guilin asked before when he took Cheng Xiaomei away, "Do you want to leave or stay?" Chen Guilin just wanted to take her away. Where she goes in the future is her freedom.
Ethan Juan talked about the relationship between Chen Guilin and Cheng Xiaomei in an interview. He said "Xiaomei is one of the few romances in Chen Guilin's limited life, and it doesn't stop there. It is very light and thin, but it It's also very important at the same time!"
The two of them are not really in love with each other.
Aberdeen once saved Cheng Xiaomei's mother from a bad man, which was good, but he pushed her into another abyss, which was evil.
Chen Guilin rescued Cheng Xiaomei from Aberdeen and did not keep her by his side and lead her to live a life of knife-edge licking blood. This was a good thing. He chose to let her go free, which was also a good thing.
This is the difference between Chen Guilin and Aberdeen.
In Chen Guilin's body, there is the evil that eliminates all evil, and there is also the sincerity and true goodness.
Therefore, in the end, he can say "I'm sorry to everyone, I'm sorry to society, I'm sorry". This is true self-salvation.
So, do you still think Cheng Xiaomei is dispensable?
