How to Evaluate the Animation Manan Bojack

I like the animation Bojack Centaur very much.

Johnny Ma, named Bojack and Centaur, is not Fu Juan or Li Yong, but a real horse. In the animation, he was the star of the hot sitcom Ridiculous Pony in 1990s, and lived in the villa he bought when he was young with Todd, a human loser who "stayed at home after a party for some reason". He is a washed-up actor, smoking and drinking, without a film contract, sitting in the villa every day and watching the TV series starring himself over and over again, immersed in the glory of the past; He is a 50-year-old single man who occasionally plays Monday morning quarterback with his ex-girlfriend and agent, Princess Caroline, and even has an affair with a fallen adult child star who once played his daughter in the play ... Besides, he is a funeral.

It's bereavement to wake up every morning. At the beginning of the film, magic music started, and Johnny Ma stared at his big eyes full of fear, uncertainty, anxiety and sadness. A horse face of "Wait a minute" stood in front of the camera, allowing the background scene to change day and night-until a bright sunshine stung his eyes, so he put on sunglasses and lay in his swimming pool, closing his eyes to block out the world-as if he could avoid all the unhappiness.

Great loss rate. He is selfish, narcissistic, arrogant and conceited; Self-destruction, self-deception, self-blame, self-abandonment.

When I was painting, the words "scum", "rotten people" and "pathetic" floated in the barrage of almost every episode. Yes, we really hate bereavement. But people who like this animation say that they can always see their own shadow in Johnny Ma.

The ending song sings: "I am more human than a horse, or I am more human than a horse."

Screenwriters are really annoying. He put the dark side of human nature on a horse and then showed it to the audience: well, did you see that you and this bereaved person are like a horse?

We hate Johnny Ma just as Johnny Ma hates himself-the truest self. An unlovable or even ugly "self" left after peeling off all the shells.

But Johnny Ma himself didn't find it so quickly-at least before he met Diane. He has been living in the "past" of self-deception, and the most eager thing is that "everyone likes me and doesn't want to live as a joke." After meeting Diane, what he longed for most became "making Diane like me and recognize me".

So I really want to talk about Diane.

Diane is my favorite character. She is a gunman writer who immigrated from Vietnam to Johnny Ma. She has a surname "Ruan" that Johnny Ma can't pronounce correctly. Handsome, quiet, methodical, wearing glasses, and always frowning slightly-a state of tension and entanglement, as if always questioning and denying.

In the animation, people like Diane are labeled as Zoe. This label is so rude but so accurate, which is better than discussing constellations.

Who's Zoe? In animation, Zoe and Zelda are twins in sitcom. Zelda is sunny, funny and outgoing. Zoe, on the other hand, is smart, acerbic and introverted.

However, the difference between the two is not only the difference between introversion and extroversion. There is another essential difference-in my opinion, it lies in their subtle relationship with life/self. Zelda people seldom worry about this relationship, some are superficial, some are simple, and some are calm; Or, in their view, this is not a problem at all. Zoe, they are often very sensitive to this relationship, such as picking out small bones in the skin, being picky, free and harsh.

This "relationship" is reflected in many things, such as socializing.

Johnny Ma first met Diane because the editor of Penguin Publishing House invited him to write an autobiography (really a poor penguin). However, Johnny Ma is seriously procrastinating and can only brag about himself. How can he write a book? So Penguin Editor suggested that the girl write a book for Johnny Ma.

They first met at a party hosted by Johnny Ma. Diane is obviously a wallflower, holding a cup at a loss. Johnny Ma came to talk to her, and the first thing she said was, "I'm sorry, I always feel particularly uncomfortable at parties. Look at those people over there. Why can't I be as happy as them? I was never invited to any party when I was in high school ... "

Oh, my God, I saw my thigh pat here: Diane, I am also a party intolerance! Walking crowd, grandiose music, twisting body, dazzling communication and interaction, meaningless chat ... I can hardly feel happy in this field where form must be emphasized. Embarrassment often comes from the feeling of wasting your breath and energy when interacting with people. Maybe we are all people who are hard to be collectively emotional contagion.

Of course, Zoe and Zelda are not so incompatible and diametrically opposed. Two kinds of people can intersect, such as love.

Diane has a boyfriend, a golden retriever named Mr.Peanutbutter. Diane is a typical Zoe, and Mr. Peanut Butter is a typical Zelda: he is warm, simple and lovely, optimistic about everything and loyal to his friends. It's the kind of small space center that smiles and greets friends at a party. It's a good dog.

But is there a big difference between two people together? Anyway, some people think they are not suitable-for example, Diane's ex-boyfriend Wayne. Buzzfeed reporter is Diane's colleague in the animation.

Wayne said to Diane, I don't think you two are suitable. Do you know why? Because you're Zoe, but you always want to be Zelda.

Diane retorted, yes, you are smart, you are sophisticated, and you are cool. But you are so mean. Mr. peanut butter is very good. He is very kind to me! You don't know me at all.

Wayne said that you can live a happy Zelda life in this happy Zelda city and continue to pretend to be happy Zelda. But I know you. This is not you. People are hard to really change.

You see, Mr. Peanut Butter is a carefree and loving Zelda, but like me, we are cynical and pessimistic-we are all Zoe.

So don't bury your dark side deep in tacos, it will show up one day.

We're all Zoe. With such sincerity, Wayne really got to know Diane, a person who knows her in essence.

Yes, Diane really can't pretend to be Zelda. But in love, does she really need this understanding? Why does Zoe have to be with another Zoe?

As the saying goes, it is easy to meet love, but difficult to understand it. But what Diane really needs is love.

Why do you say that? The animation is straightforward and in-depth: look at the family she came from.

In the animation, Diane returned to her hometown after leaving home for five years, only because her father died. Her brother waited for her to come back to help collect the body like a basket case, and her mother was only cynical when she saw her. Diana spent a lot of time arranging the funeral, only to find that the two brothers chopped their father into a paste ... Diane exploded in an instant.

Diane and Johnny Ma have a heart-to-heart: I just hope they can be proud of me-even if it's just a little relief.

Johnny Ma said, well, I also come from a very bad family. A home is like a sewer valve. Please go away when you have a chance to stay away from them.

From many clips in the animation, Johnny Ma and Diane are very similar in this respect-the alienation and coldness in the family when they were young, and the pseudo-intimate relationship between their parents' quarrels, which can't make them build trust and security in the outside world. So they will be anxious and even hostile to themselves. In the intimate relationship of attachment, what they need more is the positive feedback and trust support of the other party, not just sympathy and understanding.

To put it bluntly, Diane needs a warm man.

For example. Mr. peanut butter suggested this: "We have many differences, but I think we complement each other." Just like you are chocolate and I am peanut butter. Perfect match! "

Diane agreed happily. When preparing for the wedding, Diane will feel a little uneasy about whether a cookie heater should be placed in the wedding registry. Mr. Peanut butter patiently comforted her like this:

"Hey honey, please close your eyes. Imagine, many years later, on a cold Sunday morning, I brought you newspapers and slippers, and you walked into the kitchen ... Do you smell cookies? "

Diane: "Yes."

"If getting married puts you under a lot of pressure, we don't need to get married." Add peanut butter.

Seeing this, I really like this golden retriever from the bottom of my heart. He is so simple and direct. Although he is a bit silly, the sense of security in his writing is as warm as the cookie heater he described.

The truth of "love and understanding" is, in turn, the story of Johnny Ma and Diane: Johnny Ma needed to understand and satisfied Diane's understanding of him, so he thought he was "in love" with her.

However, the groom with Diane is always a supplicant. He didn't, and can't, give Diane the love that Mr. Peanut Butter gave him. He just stressed in his confession, "It's really hard to meet someone who understands you. I know I'm not perfect, but I don't hate myself so much when I'm with you. "

So, when Johnny Ma was drunk and crazy because Diane was engaged to Mr. Peanut Butter, his ex-girlfriend's agent, Princess Caroline, said, "You didn't fall in love with Diane, you just thought so because you hired her to listen to your story."

So, after Johnny Ma tried again and again to stop Mr. Peanut Butter from getting engaged to Diane, he finally walked up to Diane and said:

"Am I destined to be such a person? I need you to tell me that I am a good person. "

50-year-old Johnny Ma's eyes are full of childlike sadness. He woke up from a dream and asked those who knew him: am I still saved?

Johnny Ma fell in love with her because he thought he met someone, but Diane didn't love him. Diana fell in love with someone who knew her very well, Wayne, but they were not happy together. Diane and Golden Retriever are very happy together, because Golden Retriever is Zelda, and Zoe and Zelda together can show their best side-I think when Zoe and Zelda are together, they don't hate themselves as much as when Johnny Ma met Diane.

What moved me most was Diane's heartfelt words when she married Mr. Peanut Butter:

"I never thought I would get married. It's really strange to give the rest of my life to another person. How do you know what will happen in the future? But I realized that it doesn't matter if there are uncertainties. Sometimes, people just need a little confidence. Mr. Peanut Butter, I want to have this confidence with you. "

Look, what a good word, confidence. When "jumping into the unknown", you and the other party can get this lucky promise together as a mortgage for the future to meet the possibility of loss-at this time, the self is also improved in a stable experience.

I hope all Zoe in the world can meet such Zelda. I also hope that all the bereaved people in the world will finally have a self-confidence.