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The film symbolizes a shift in the perspective of Taiwan's "gay film" – more directly facing the real problem. Because the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan is entering a new turning point.
In fact, high school student Song Chengxi already knew that his father was gay and left all the money to his boyfriend after his death.
But Liu Sanlian cried again.
This heterosexual woman who was cheated into marriage, her own mother, from the day she knew the truth, seemed to be burned by a fire to burn the past, and instantly transformed into a nagging and ridiculous clown.
Liu Sanlian couldn't figure out the source of her misfortune, so she kept venting, hysterical, and from the moment she was determined to snatch back her husband's death insurance money from the hands of the "male little three", the sad and grumpy "Liu Sanlian 2.0 version" was born.
The movie "Who Fell in Love with Him First" starts here.
No longer a vain telling of the "true love" between the same sex, but also basically abandoning the clichéd portrayal of the tragic life situation of "comrades", "Who Fell in Love with Him First" focuses the film lens on another group of "victims" behind the struggle of homosexuals, the wife of a gay man - the same wife.
17 years ago, Liu Sanlian, an employee of the courier company, had good luck and married Song Zhengyuan, a handsome university professor. 17 years later, Song Zhengyuan suffered from cancer, but he had to leave his family, spend his last life to accompany homosexuals, and left him the only huge insurance payment.
The movie begins with Liu Sanlian taking her son to the home of the "male xiaosan" to ask for insurance money, the son defects and sympathizes with the "xiaosan", Liu Sanlian turns to the mother of the "male xiaosan", and the film goes to a dramatic climax.
The storyline with a strong sense of impact, multi-faceted characters, complex dramatic space and realistic significance, let this film receive 5 nominations for the Golden Horse Award, and the actress Xie Yingxuan also became the Golden Horse Film Queen.
In terms of this achievement, "Who Fell in Love with Him First" has become a new benchmark for Taiwanese films.
But outside of the film, critics' interpretations of gay rights claims are more interesting.
Or to put it another way, the film symbolizes a shift in the perspective of Taiwan's "gay films" – more directly facing the real problem. Because the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan is entering a new turning point.
Just a week ago, on February 20, Taiwan's "Judicial Yuan" Interpretation Enforcement Law Of Article 748 was passed. The provisions stipulate that this law shall come into force on May 24, 2019. After implementation, same-sex couples will be allowed to marry under the Marriage Chapter of the Civil Code, and may also inherit property and adopt from their parents, and the rights and obligations of husband and wife and spouse in other laws may also be used.
Taiwan announced in 2017 that same-sex marriage would be legalized in 2019. Taiwan was the first region in Asia to allow the legalization of same-sex marriage. Whether it is the rainbow parade of 10,000 people or various artistic expressions represented by movies, Taiwanese people have never given up the fight for same-sex equality.
However, Taiwan's "anti-gay" groups, mainly represented by the "Family Protection League," have not stopped lashing out at homosexual behavior for a single moment. In a tug-of-war atmosphere, "Who Fell in Love with Him First" took the opportunity proposed by this draft with a seemingly non-existent intention of resistance. This makes affirmative action after the 2018 Golden Horse Awards, once again a spring breeze blowing again.
Of course, it is not only "gay" and strongly anti-gay people who will pay attention to the legalization process of same-sex marriage, more and more "majorities" are beginning to care about the problem of this "minority", and they also welcome more discussion.
On the one hand, the gender issue has become apparent year by year, and on the other hand, many people have found that the differential treatment of homosexuality will affect not only the happiness of a small number of people in a single circle, but also the life of heterosexuals. For example, form marriage, fraudulent marriage.
"Don't face the little three!" Liu Sanlian scolded Ajie.
Ajay was furious, but he was angry, "I'm also a man, if I want to call you Xiao Wang!" After a second, he tasted the "special meaning" in the pictograms of the words "three" and "king", and smiled at his own cigarette.
Qiu Ze plays the gay man Ajay, wearing a lace robe. He not only has a pair of shiny eyes, but also a rare sense of quick wit. He didn't want to hurt Liu Sanlian, but the words just now were really funny.
The lightness of Taiwan's "gay films" comes to the fore.
In Ajay's heart, their love is sincere, taken for granted, and unabashed. He fell in love with Song Zhengyuan earlier than Liu Sanlian.
However, once it involves "cheating marriage" and hurting the innocent, even pure love has no way to defend itself.
It was their deception that cast "Liu Sanlian 2.0".
Liu Sanlian cried again. Crying made Song Chengxi annoyed.
Song Chengxi knew that Liu Sanlian was pitiful, but he did not treat her better because of it. There are many unfortunate women in this world, and their suffering is not something that outsiders can crack. Not the person concerned, unable to empathize, even if it is the biological son.
If Song Zhengyuan had cheated on a woman, would her situation have been better?
It's not always going to be a question like, "... Without a little love? Not a little bit of love? ”
Everything that has passed, a fire is lit.
Song Zhengyuan is already dead, and asking again is also an abyss.
Homosexuals are the "victims" of the solidified concept of marriage, and at the same time they have hurt their half-wives "Liu Sanlian". The story of the "victim" becoming the "perpetrator" is often more thrilling. Liu Sanlian rushed to Ajie's mother to inform: "Your son will never have a girlfriend in this life... He's a gay man who robs his husband! ”
Anyone can transform into "2.0", and the "chain of harm" will be contagious.
Who was the original perpetrator? Is it just Song Zhengyuan who cheated on marriage? And that's not all.
After Liu Sanlian learned that her husband was gay, she said, "Let's go to the doctor and turn you into a normal person." ”
"Homosexuality is a disease" "Homosexuality is dirty" – the original perpetrators, they are. Similarly, the original perpetrators also included Liu Sanlian herself.
Liu Sanlian rushed to Ajie's mother to inform, which is the most unbearable but also the most realistic clip in the whole play.
Ajay's mother came to Ajay's theater to send flowers, which is the most vulgar, but also the most invincible and beautiful picture in the whole play.
Film director Xu Yuting said in an interview: "We spent 100 minutes telling a story, which is actually about forgiveness: forgive those who have hurt you, you don't know why you want to forgive, but from that day on, you became happier than before." ”
"Harm is contagious, and only love heals everything."
This is what movies say from front to back, but a good same-sex movie is by no means just about love.
Some people are unhappy with the movie "Who Fell in Love with Him First". Because I think this is still a film that "crosses the bridge" with the help of comradehood, in essence, it is still a film that promotes "true love is invincible". Ajie only loved Song Zhengyuan for 17 years, and was basically equal to "Baodao Wang Baojun", and he had been guarding the cold kiln for more than ten years.
The question is, "true love" is so beautiful, who doesn't want to maintain it? Will the world let go of those who have a different "gender orientation" from themselves because of the "true love" of some people?
What homosexuals really need is not the slogan of pure love, but the right to face sex and love.
Why is it that all heterosexual instincts are taken for granted, but homosexuals can only cross the bridge with the help of "true love"?
"Why would I love you and make her (Ajay's mother)sad?"
Ajay asked Song Zhengyuan.
That's the question that the movie leaves us with.
Author | South Wind Window reporter Chen Zhou
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