a pair of people

阿布拉赫
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Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston

In 1998, when I was studying in college, there was a video hall in front of the school, and every day from the afternoon, various movies were shown, 1.5-2 yuan per movie. VCD or DVD, sometimes the disc is old and will be stuck. Fortunately, the boss has more than one. Someone shouted "Boss, change the disc" in Sichuan dialect. The boss walked out of the cabin behind the TV and replaced it with a less worn one. Fast forward to the time of the disc. , and then play normally. In very rare cases, the boss did not know where to go and made a desertion, let you shout and break your throat, but he didn't show up. After a long time, he ran in from the door, apologized and dealt with it.

One afternoon, there was "Perfect World" directed by Dongmu and starring Kevin Costner. Costner was so handsome at that time, dressed in white, playing a very good villain, escaped from prison and kidnapped a child As a shield, I didn't expect to establish a deep relationship with the child on the way to escape, and later sacrificed his life for the child. That movie was so touching that I almost cried blind in the video room. It was midsummer at that time, I remember coming out of the video room, as if I suddenly entered the sauna room from the normal world, and the heat rushed to my face.

Back at school, I learned that just now, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in South Africa, and the school was organizing a parade on the streets. I was so pissed off, of course I didn't turn back, I didn't even have time to take a sip of water, and went to the street with the big army.

It was the first time in my life and the last time I participated in a demonstration. The anger at that time was real. In the parade, the leader raised his right fist and shouted, "Down with U.S. imperialism, long live the People's Republic of China!", while secretly making up his mind to never watch American movies again.

Every penny you give to Hollywood turns into a shrapnel shot at your fellow man!

My hatred for the US imperialists came and went quickly, as if it would end naturally with the end of the parade. Of course, my secret resolve in the parade was quickly forgotten. Later, I watched more American imperial movies. Damn, not only did I fail to accumulate hatred, but it gradually became corrupted, so that when the news of the 9/11 terrorist attack came a few years later, the Chinese people rushed to tell me, but I Face expressionless.

But Costner, has never impressed me since. He in "Bodyguard" and him in "Perfect World" are two faces of a perfect straight man in the traditional sense, one as a lover and the other as a father.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Whitney Houston's death. Every time I think of her, the first thing that comes to mind is her panicked expression at the concert in "The Bodyguard" and the song "I Will Alaways Love You".

Thinking of the two of them at the same time tonight, I sighed, what a pair of beautiful people!



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阿布拉赫来自中国,很喜欢记录,不光写字,用APP记帐都一记十年。中国很大,但对一些人来讲,它又小到容不下一张安静的书桌。于是,在动荡的2019年,我怀揣着对世界的好奇来到Matters,从此很多扇大门渐次敞开。我很珍惜这里,希望继续记录生活,也记录时代,有时候发发牢骚,讲一些刺耳的话。
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