The film tells the story of an immigrant family living in the United States: Dennis, a 5-year-old child born in China, has a stomachache and a fever. Because my grandfather couldn't read the English instructions on the medicine, he treated Dennis with scraping therapy, which was circulated among the people in China. This became the evidence that his father Xu Datong bullied his children after the accident, and then triggered a series of conflicts in court.
After watching this movie, I felt deeply, and generally felt what the movie wanted to express.
Love between father and son, mother and child, husband and wife, grandparents and grandchildren, and friends.
Through the description of many details, people feel the warmth and broadness of fatherly love. The love between Xu Datong and his father and the love between Xu Datong and Dennis. Xu Datong's monologue in court can best represent the voice of all fathers. ... now I don't think so. I just hope he can be safe, happy, healthy and happy. I am proud to be a father. Like all fathers, I love my son more than anything else. It is worth noting that Xu Datong's father wrote in a letter to Datong: I don't want anything now, but I hope all three of you will be safe ... all of them used the word peace. This is probably the best expression of love between father and son. Poverty inherits the wind!
Besides, Xu Datong's impatience at the hearing in the film is completely different from his personality as an engineer, which I think is caused by his anxiety and fear of losing custody of his children. In the film, Xu Datong braved the threat of breaking the law and secretly took the child away. Then the police found them. In order not to let the children know the truth, he took them to play police and catch thieves. The scene was relaxed and happy, and the child fell asleep happily. At the end of the film, Xu Datong climbed nine floors, pushing his love for children to the peak. Another father's love in the film is Xu Datong's father's love. For example, he found the prosecutor to explain the truth of the scratch, such as his father who was in tears at the airport and denounced Datong's father who had hit and run. This is the father's love for his children!
In Scraping, Xu Datong and his wife have different performances in the development of things, showing different performances of parents' love for their children, and also showing different love between husband and wife. Xu Datong's love for his wife is deep, while Jane's love for her husband is meticulous. People who have seen this film may never forget the scene of Xu Datong drinking with his wife. Before that, the first thing Jane did was to clean up Datong's room and not let Datong drink. When they were drunk, Jane said Datong was smelly shit, and Datong agreed, because he didn't calm down and lost his son's deepest remorse. But when Jane said she was cheap, Datong showed great excitement and stopped his wife from saying so. Showing men's love here is not good at wording, but deep as the sea. This also shows the weakness behind men's strength.
"Scraping 2" Review Last weekend, I watched the movie "Scraping" recommended by my teacher. I feel that this movie is very good, and I am deeply impressed by several brilliant places, so I want to share it with you. I think Scraping is an excellent film, which is suitable for audiences with different educational levels and has many successes.
Scraping tells the story of a Beijing immigrant family living in the United States: Dennis, a 5-year-old child born in China, has a stomachache. His grandfather had just arrived in the United States from Beijing, and he didn't understand the English instructions of the medicine, so he used the folk scrapping therapy that had been circulating for a long time in China to treat Dennis. Unexpectedly, this became evidence that Dennis's father, Xu Datong, bullied the children and took them to court. In court, a series of contradictions and conflicts followed, and a happy and beautiful family suddenly became fragmented.
For China people, this is just a trivial matter. Why is it a hassle to go to court as soon as you arrive in the United States? Scraping has been in China for hundreds or even thousands of years. Why did it become illegal to bully children in America? These problems naturally caused people to think about it.
In the eyes of many people, these problems are due to the cultural differences between China and the West, and the unexpected troubles of the Xu Datong family are ultimately due to the cultural differences between China and the West. However, in my opinion, the unexpected troubles of families in Xu Datong are not so much due to the cultural differences between China and the West, but rather due to the court's failure to correctly understand and verify illegal evidence. Because the cultural differences between China and the West are the objective factors in the court's decision, it is impossible to be the direct producer of Xu Datong's Unexpected Meeting with Family. Only by not acknowledging cultural differences or cultural blind spots can we cause injustice in the law and bring disaster to families in Xu Datong.
The main clue of this film. Scraping, as a medical culture in China, has been circulating in China for more than two thousand years. However, in American culture, there is no "scientific" explanation for scraping. So it is not surprising that scraping is not known to Americans. It is not surprising that the scratches left on Dennis's back are considered by Americans as evidence of bullying children. However, as a country ruled by law, people can't refuse to recognize and verify the scrapped evidence just because they don't understand and admit it, and they can't exclude it just because of the differences between China culture and American culture.
Because the law is about justice, the court decides that the case is about facts. However, in this film, this happened. Before we really understood Guasha, cultural differences or cultural blind spots, the court made a decision to deprive Xu Datong of the right to raise his son. This is undoubtedly an incorrect understanding and verification of illegal evidence, which led to the opposition between law and justice, and finally led to the tragedy of the Xu Datong family.
Imagine if the court can really understand Guasha, understand the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, and correctly understand and verify illegal evidence. Would you make such an absurd judgment? I think that's absolutely impossible. It can be seen that the misfortune of the Xu Datong family is not so much caused by the cultural differences between China and the West, but rather the failure to correctly understand and verify the illegal evidence hidden behind the cultural differences between China and the West.
On the other hand, it can be clearly seen that this is a means adopted by American lawyers to win this lawsuit. All this seems incredible to China people. However, in this film, these incredible practices become the evidence of Xu Datong's violent tendency. What is even more incredible is that this evidence has been recognized by the court. Is this the fault of cultural differences between China and the West? No, in my opinion, this is even more a mistake. I didn't correctly understand and verify the evidence accusing Xu Datong of violence. Can that American lawyer still use it as a means to win the case? I don't think it's possible either. In a word, it also shows that the misfortune of the Xu Datong family is due to the failure to correctly understand and verify the illegal evidence.
Father's love is another highlight of the film. In the film, Xu Datong's impatience at the hearing is completely different from his personality as an engineer, which I think is caused by his anxiety and fear of losing custody of his children. In the film, Xu Datong braved the threat of breaking the law and secretly took the child away. Then the police found them. In order not to let the children know the truth, he took them to play a game of police catching thieves. The scene was relaxed and happy, and the child fell asleep happily. At the end of the film, Xu Datong climbed nine floors, pushing his love for children to the peak. Another father's love in the film is Xu Datong's father's love. For example, he asked the prosecutor to explain the scratching facts, such as his father crying at the airport and denouncing his father who hit and run in Datong Township. This is the father's love for his children!
To sum up, in the movie Scraping, the misfortune of Xu Datong's family was ultimately due to the failure to correctly understand and verify illegal evidence, which led to the contradiction between law and justice. Specifically, the misfortune of the Xu Datong family lies in the fact that behind the cultural differences between China and the West, the objective illegal evidence has not been correctly identified and verified, which leads to the injustice of the judgment and the contradiction between law and justice.
The misfortune of Xu Datong's family in the film Guasha is the result of unfair judgment due to the lack of correct understanding and verification of illegal evidence. The easiest sentence to think of at this time is what Francis Bacon once said: "One unjust prison is equivalent to ten crimes." Some people may say that scraping is just a movie, just an art, which is not enough to explain anything. But what deserves our attention is that art comes from life besides life. In our life, there are many cases of unfair judgment due to the lack of correct understanding and verification of evidence of illegal crimes.
After watching the movie Guasha, it's really touching to think about the current reality of the rule of law in China. How long will it take for law to become synonymous with justice? I remember that I once made such a survey in my class, which was about the credibility of the law. However, the survey results are sad. Most people think that the law is not credible, not because the law itself is evil, but because of judicial injustice, which leads to the unreliability that the law cannot represent justice. But I hope that in the near future, the law will not run counter to justice because of judicial injustice, at least not because of the lack of correct understanding and verification of evidence of illegal crimes. At that time, the law can really become synonymous with justice. In another survey on the credibility of the law, people answered, "Yes, I believe in the law".
Guasha is an excellent film, suitable for audiences with different educational levels. It has many successes and rich cultural connotations. Of course, the matter was finally settled satisfactorily and the court withdrew the prosecution. This result is more due to mutual communication and understanding than normal conscience. I think the hero's name in Guasha is "Datong", and its purpose or symbol is here! If this film is a fable, its moral is also related to it.
Although the film Guasha is only 100 minutes, the spiritual connotation it reflects cannot be underestimated. Through scraping, we can better understand the cultural differences between China and the United States and better go to the world in today's globalization. But we still need more good works to broaden our horizons.
The film Guasha reflects the conflict between Chinese and American cultures (or eastern and western cultures) through a small incident. A sentence from Xu Datong's father in the movie can best illustrate this problem. He said that scrapping has been in China for thousands of years. Why can't you explain it clearly when you get to America? In fact, it is not only the Chinese medicine therapy of scrapping that is unclear. China's traditional ethics, such as Xu Datong admitting that he scraped the child instead of his father, and Xu Datong telling his boss that "I slapped the child to respect you", were once understood and recognized by his boss Sang Lan. China is an ancient country with traditional civilization and rich national culture and traditions. The Chinese nation nurtured by Confucian culture for two thousand years is deeply rooted in people's hearts. National thoughts and patriotic feelings are more emotional for every citizen.
The United States, a modern civilized country, has a history of only 300 years, but its short history just makes it easier for this country to accept new ideas without the burden of ideas. The modern country is mainly embodied in his laws. Law goes deep into all parts of society and acts according to law, making this country more institutionalized and standardized.
What will happen when two civilized countries collide?
China, with the development of two thousand years, people have their ancestors' experience in all aspects of society, and people's code of conduct comes more from the acquiescence of society, that is, a set of code of conduct recognized by their own people. The United States, with a short history, decided that it must have a set of social norms that its own people must recognize. And if this is to be realized in a short time, it must rely on explicit provisions, that is, laws.
Both civilizations are independent, and there is no difference between good and bad. China, you can't say that he can't, because his nation has not gone through the road of extinction for thousands of years. The United States, you can't say that he can't, because of his modern democracy, the United States is in the forefront of the world and far behind.
In the United States, law goes deep into every angle of society, and everything is related to law. When it comes to people, it is necessary to talk about human rights. Children, a sensitive topic, is taken for granted by parents in the eyes of China people and is deeply rooted in people's hearts. For Americans, children's legal rights should be protected and children should not be treated unreasonably. The huge differences on this issue need communication, so as to resolve differences, avoid unnecessary troubles and avoid some major mistakes.
Thinking about Scraping 4 Scraping is just a drop of water, but what is hidden in it is the passion formed by different races, regions, traditions and cultures-Wang Yang Sea. In the United States, especially Missouri, which is famous for its conservative and "stubborn residents", this rejection of foreign culture can be best reflected, so the film puts the location of the story here. Although the film reflects the conflict between different cultures from the perspective of "dragon core", we can still deepen our understanding and understanding of this conflict from other aspects of the story. For example, Xu Datong, the hero, slapped his son in front of the foreign boss for the sake of his so-called "face" with the foreign boss. Not only did he not win back the face of himself and his foreign boss, but he ended up with a reputation of serious violence, and even his good friend, the foreign boss, could not understand and forgive him. The reason is that Dennis, the son of Xu Datong, and the son of a foreign boss fought while playing ball. A foreigner boss's son came to complain, and Xu Datong asked Dennis to apologize. Dennis refused, and Xu Datong was so angry that he slapped his son.
Xu Datong this slap, the first is to find face for yourself.
Patriarchal dignity is a typical feature of the ancient Millennium Confucian culture in China. Monarch, minister and son are always in the sky, and can't cross the border. You teach me to die, and I have to die; Father teaches son to die, and son has to die. According to Xu Datong, he asked Dennis to apologize to the children, and Dennis must carry it out unconditionally. To refuse is to disobey, to lose face and to challenge dignity. So I slapped my son.
Xu Datong's slap, the second is to give his boss a face.
Xu Datong's small achievements in the United States are all due to the strong support and assistance of his boss, so they have also become good friends. The boss's son was beaten by his own son. The boss must feel very proud to let his son apologize to the other party in front of him. The boss's face recovered when his son was beaten for disobedience. Even Xu Datong's father exaggeratedly said that he had a good slap in the face and said, "Teach your son face to face and your wife behind his back", with a smug expression.
But Xu Shi and his son were both wrong.
From the expressions of surprise when the boss and wife of foreigners saw Xu Datong slap his son in the face, the audience understood that the collision and friction between Chinese and American cultures began.
Mr. Lin Yutang said in the article "Face and the Legal System" that China people's face can not only be washed, scraped, thrown, rewarded, contested and retained. Sometimes it seems that saving face is the first priority in life, and even losing everything is too much.
Ah Q written by Mr. Lu Xun has neither property nor status, but it has a lot of face. Once someone hurts his face, it is worse than the death of his parents. Face almost ruled the hearts of China people. "People want face, trees want skin" and "starvation is small, dishonor is big", which shows its great position in China traditional culture.
Americans are different. Americans don't lose face, but they don't put face in such an important position like China. On the matter of principle, they will never lose face. For example, during the court investigation, Xu Datong's boss admitted that Xu Datong had hit his son in front of him. Afterwards, when Xu Datong accused him of "not being a friend enough" and betrayed himself, he vaguely said, "Then I can't lie."
The reasons for the cultural differences between China and the United States are complicated, manifested in the face issue, which highlights the mutual incompatibility of such differences. China people attach great importance to the principle of collectivism. People pay attention to harmony, interdependence and mutual help, which is the survival law cultivated by thousands of years of farming civilization. The backward agricultural production mode is actually a very fragile survival bond, and those who maintain it cannot escape its bondage. The result of the conflict is bound to destroy the existing order, cause another adjustment of production relations, and make the suffering cycle endlessly. Therefore, China people are willing to be patient, respect others, value harmony, collectivity and face. They will never give up easily unless they have to, and they will not easily offend others. This is also an important reason why China's reunification has gone through chaos and the Chinese nation has always been unified.
Xu Datong wanted to give face to his boss, but he didn't expect to end up with a very humiliating ending. What he said about face
Almost all the theories and practices from China plunged him into despair. The son is under the custody of the Child Welfare Bureau; Wife separation; When my father suddenly returned to China, he could only laugh at himself as a pile of "smelly shit".
The conflict expressed in Guasha is only a microcosm of all conflicts between Chinese and western cultures, and this conflict will exist for a long time. What matters is not change, because it cannot be changed-the thinking and cognition formed by the two peoples over thousands of years can only be gradually integrated with the deepening of exchanges. What matters is habit and mutual adaptation-when the audience saw the end of the film, Xu Da and his family embraced passionately and accepted the blessings of so many Americans, including the prosecutor. Who can say that this is not a mutual adaptation and integration?
Scraping comments 5 scraping, a simple 6-year-old child who can't explain his thoughts, a married woman who has no hands to tie chickens, a so-called successful man who wants to talk but is "angry" because of cultural differences, and an old man who just wants to pay for his children. Such a family tells a story of "love" that China culture can't express in the American environment.
A slap in the face uncovered Xu Datong's story and beat his son aside. This "slap" in China is just a father educating his children or, as he said in the plot, giving his friends a respect; In the United States, it has become a manifestation of bullying and violence. The plot highlighted Xu Datong's love for his son, and there was a monologue that touched me very much. The one above Xu Datong's ear: "Dandan is a premature baby. When he was born, he was only four segments, as weak as a poor little monkey. He is my son, the continuation of my life. He will grow up, get married and have children, and continue the Xu family's blood. Whenever I think of Dennis and his long life, I feel awe of being a father. I'm glad to take this responsibility. When Dennis opened his innocent eyes and looked at the struggling world, I wanted him to see beautiful things and have the strength to face the struggle. I want to give him hope ... I am very happy that my son was born in America, and I have all kinds of dreams about his future. I hope he becomes a scientist, an artist, a millionaire and even the president. But now I don't think so. I just hope he can be safe and happy, healthy and happy. Your honor, I am proud to be a father. Like all fathers, I love my son more than anything else. " This monologue expresses a father's helplessness and great love for his son under cultural differences. Fight for my son with those statements and evidence. At the same time, it also uses a man's anger to protect China's traditional culture for thousands of years. Maybe the environment we live in now is different from our country's culture, but nothing is the reason for you to give up your original culture and become a so-called foreigner.
With the development of the plot and the differences between Chinese and western cultures, a helpless woman becomes so fragile. When the middle thing came to an end, when Mr. and Mrs. Xu Datong bowed their heads for their son like American law and ruled that Xu Datong could not appear around Dennis's activities, a woman said to her husband, "You are an asshole, smelly shit, a pile of smelly shit ..." Such a weak language and such a weak woman hit my heart like a stone. The so-called dignity of a China couple living in the United States is like a grass at the foot of a high mountain, so weak but immortal.
This is a film and television work that I think is very good. It highlights the cultural differences between China and the West with an ordinary family. Every country has its own culture, its own rules, China's cultural traditions and American democracy and freedom, and there is nothing wrong with them. However, I like the culture of China better than I grew up in China. The story of the old man in the play is more prominent. China's unspeakable love for his son. I remember when Xu Datong's father gave up the family happiness that an old man wanted most in order not to bring trouble to his son's family, he wrote to Xu Datong and said, "Son, I have arrived safely. Don't miss my son. I'm glad to see that your trip to America can achieve something in a foreign country. I bought a basic scraping book in Beijing and sent it to you first. I also heard that a TV station is making a scraping information film, so I asked someone to copy it and it will be sent soon, which may help solve the problem. Ah, I've had a rough life, and now I have no other wish, that is, I hope your family of three can be safe, safe ... "What a simple old man, what a fragile father.
The love of a family is so vulnerable in the face of the huge rules of foreign environment. It is such a cruel film that magnifies the differences between Chinese and western cultures so many times in our eyes and makes us understand the differences between Chinese and western cultures more deeply and painfully. This is a very good film, but I think our people will like it better if Christmas Eve can finally be changed to New Year's Eve.