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Social classes and how they form one's character
So the conclusion is that if someone is stupid enough to save you once, don't make him the scapegoat everytime you need to overcome a dangerous situation because when you leave them to get tortured, starved, and drugged in prison, they might be driven to madness and your abusive behaviour towards that person might backfire on you; just like how Mengzhen and Xiaoxei, made Choufei the scapegoat again and again and Choufei got drugged and lost his mind and got himself and a lot of other people killed. And of course don't try to break the scapegoat by giving them the news about their sworn brother dying out of revenge because once they break, they will break you back; just like what Lei Chun did to Choufei right after he had helped her gain the leadership of her family.
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What an absurd and superfluous story line!
Push and push and push until the damn breaks and then condemn and blame the damn.
The only morally and intellectually valuable theme in the story, was the criticism of social classes and how it dictates prejudice and discrimination against lower classes and those with a modest background.
Bai Choufei came from a low class.l family. He had no connections, and no financial support so he had always been striving and struggling but could never succeed. And everyone including Su Mengzheng thought of him as "inferior" as he described Choufei to his advisor once because Choufei was not financially as capable as himself. When ever they needed to sacrifices someone, Choufei was the first choice because sacrificing him had no backlash for their house. When one of the keepers were imprisoned by the treason of another keeper, Mengzhend sent Choufei and Xiao Xei to kill the trairor and free the imprisoned keepet on the same night. But when Choufei was imprisoned in the dungeon of the ministry of justice, he was left alone for a long time during which he was tortured and drugged and got half mad. And nobody asked him what had happened to him or how he was or why he had changed, not even Xiao Xei. Everybody took his previous sacrifices as granted and never thanked him for them.
But unfortunately this important issue was not dwelt upon as it should have been.
Acting, music, costume, make up, cinematography, swordplay scenes... were great but the script was a waste of everyone's time and talent.
If I hadn't liked the actors, I would have dropped it in the middle.
🙄
What an absurd and superfluous story line!
Push and push and push until the damn breaks and then condemn and blame the damn.
The only morally and intellectually valuable theme in the story, was the criticism of social classes and how it dictates prejudice and discrimination against lower classes and those with a modest background.
Bai Choufei came from a low class.l family. He had no connections, and no financial support so he had always been striving and struggling but could never succeed. And everyone including Su Mengzheng thought of him as "inferior" as he described Choufei to his advisor once because Choufei was not financially as capable as himself. When ever they needed to sacrifices someone, Choufei was the first choice because sacrificing him had no backlash for their house. When one of the keepers were imprisoned by the treason of another keeper, Mengzhend sent Choufei and Xiao Xei to kill the trairor and free the imprisoned keepet on the same night. But when Choufei was imprisoned in the dungeon of the ministry of justice, he was left alone for a long time during which he was tortured and drugged and got half mad. And nobody asked him what had happened to him or how he was or why he had changed, not even Xiao Xei. Everybody took his previous sacrifices as granted and never thanked him for them.
But unfortunately this important issue was not dwelt upon as it should have been.
Acting, music, costume, make up, cinematography, swordplay scenes... were great but the script was a waste of everyone's time and talent.
If I hadn't liked the actors, I would have dropped it in the middle.
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