Netflix animation《Cinderella Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales》Plot introduction: Isn't it okay to use evil means to try to get happiness?

The recently broadcast - Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales Cinderella - left a deep impression on people both in terms of the various details of the characters in the play and the climax of the plot.The following is some content provided by the editor for the general audience about the Netflix animation - Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella - plot introduction: Is it okay to use evil means to achieve happiness?

This - Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella - is really dark, and has a sense of psychological distortion and subversion. I really admire the screenwriter for being able to capture the original story of Cinderella and Cinderella.The essence of the characters, but using these essences to design counter-intuitive stories!Now let’s discuss something about Grimm’s Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella~

First of all, I think that before reading - Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella -, you should first review the original story of “Cinderella”. What is it trying to express?Just like Cinderella, the character of Kiyoko is a child who has lost her mother. In this story, losing her mother is a childhood trauma for Kiyoko (but it can actually be interpreted that Kiyoko is a psychopathic child).Although the plot does not specifically depict Kiyoko's trauma of losing her mother, the sentence "Happiness is very fragile" mentioned in the ending of Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella is enough as Kiyoko approaches.On the contrary, the reason why Qingzi's personality is twisted and evil comes from the death of her mother (just like the original Cinderella, the death of her mother is the source of Cinderella's determined pursuit of happiness). For Qingzi, it is a kind ofHe is a twisted psychopathic person who realizes that “happiness” is easily lost. Therefore, when the new mother and sister come to this home, it is Qingzi's manipulation, and it is also a game character that Qingzi wants to build her own happiness.

Therefore, in the Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella - the very beginning of the dialogue between William, Jacob, and Charlotte has already revealed that Kiyoko is a character who wants to work hard to pursue happiness, but this versionThe pursuit of happiness is not achieved by Cinderella's original strong character, but by a very sinister way to manipulate happiness. To put it bluntly, Kiyoko does all this just to regain the happiness in her heart.That's it~ And - Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella - also interprets the sentence "Don't worry, girls who are serious and hardworking will eventually be happy" in a super sinister way. In other words,“Is it okay for me to use evil ways to try to achieve happiness?”

In our original impression, we would think that the step-sister is a bad person~ But in Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella--are Makiko and Sawako really bad sisters?They are just like the original Cinderella story. Indeed, they were very greedy when they first came home. They wanted the amethyst hair ornament on Qingzi's head, beautiful things, etc. (just to be the first in this family)One night, I was discussing the mentality of asking for these things from this family), especially in the very beginning of the story, Makiko misunderstood that the maid stole her hair style, and then mocked the maid's status and origin (but she forgot(I was also a member of the lower class of society in the past), in the Brothers Grimm Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella, the characters of the two sisters indeed reflect their true colors from beginning to end, reflecting “greed”~

They are indeed flawed people. Although the plot seems that the two sisters were bullied by Kiyoko's manipulation and look very pitiful, it may even make the audience think that these two sisters are becoming more and more sympathetic, but the audience can think carefully.I think, if Qingzi hadn't deliberately manipulated this game, would these two sisters have evolved into the original Cinderella stepsisters who bullied and tortured Qingzi every day?

So Qingzi basically grasped the greedy pain point of these two sisters. For several years, she used the most beautiful and noble things for these two sisters, so that the two sisters would rather endure humiliation than dare to leave this home.Otherwise, using a realistic filter, the two sisters could at most leave home and go out to be self-reliant, but they did not do so. They even stepped into Kiyoko and gave Makiko all the power to take charge of the family home. This has already insinuated that people have come to the pyramid.At the top, you will always be reluctant to let go.

Therefore, whether the two sisters are the poor people in the story, I don’t think so. This is just like a common problem in our current society that has a certain degree of attachment to material things. Just like the two sisters even escaped from Qingzi and this family.The method is to marry the viscount, which also symbolizes the concept of wanting to live in another rich family~ In the ending of Grimm's Fairy Tale Variations: Cinderella/Cinderella, MakikoAfter Sawako was kicked out of the house, Makiko suddenly realized the same thing. She said "Don't act anymore, we are free%", so these two sisters in this home said they were imprisoned by Kiyoko. I think, it's very bigTo a certain extent, they are freed from the material and desires in their hearts.

What I want to discuss next is - Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella/Cinderella - in the role of Qingzi, the writer and director spent a long time (almost half the length) describing what the character of Qingzi is planning.Motives and Qingzi's plan really kept the audience guessing for a long time, and through the new mother and two sisters, they said it many times in the lines: "What are you planning on?"“Why did you do this?” had many questions. The new mother and sister couldn't figure out what benefit Qingzi's conspiracy would have to her. Indeed, I had such questions in the first half of the episode when I watched it.

For example, the incident where the hair accessories designed by Kiyoko was stolen, causing the servant to be ridiculed and ridiculed by Makiko, the incident where Kiyoko fell down the stairs, the incident where she volunteered to be a servant to serve her mother and sister, etc. There are many things in Kiyoko's role. Whatever you say, I will do it.“'s line, which echoes what Dad once said at the dinner table: "What would you do if there were no servants?"What Qingzi does is terrible. Using this sentence to deconstruct the idea of ​​Qingzi being willing to become a servant, I think she is reversely manipulating these people to need her, and she can do anything for these people, so that they can stay by their side and cannot live without him.But he is also afraid of Qingzi and afraid of disobedience.

When I looked at the character of Kiyoko, I immediately thought of a sentence: People who look harmless are often the most terrifying. - Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella/Cinderella - Screenwriters sometimes use third-person perspective characters.It conveys the harmless image of Kiyoko, such as the other servants in the family who think Kiyoko is pure and kind than anyone else, the guests at the ball only think that Kiyoko is pitiful, and the viscount thinks that both sisters are bullying Kiyoko. These perspectives giveIt provides the strongest irony, the blind perspective of outsiders who only look at the surface, and the dark side of Qingzi's conspiracy. It also satirizes that a person's kindness can be easily manipulated.

《Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella/Cinderella》In Qingzi's story line, the same purpose as Cinderella is to find happiness. As we have discussed before, Qingzi was traumatized by the loss of her mother and felt very attached to happiness.Fragile, so Qingzi's whole plan is to allow herself to have happiness, so she treats the new mother and new sister as her dolls and manipulates the entire story (the doll is the medium symbol through which the owner tells the story), so that she can haveHappy ending.Therefore, the whole family is a doll for her to write happy stories. Her father's death makes Qingzi happy because he will hinder the smoothness of Qingzi's plan, so she is very happy that her father can die.”Everything is just an act so that I can marry into the Ichijo family. They have entertained us longer than anyone else“. Kiyoko's manipulation of this family is indeed to work hard for her own happiness, so that she can stand out from the prince and her family.The image of outsiders can be ”pure“”kind“, - Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella/Cinderella - the screenwriter and director use a super sinister way to make the princess happy!As for whether Qingzi and Viscount can live a happy life in the future, it seems that Qingzi feels more and more interesting about playing this game.

《Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales》The first episode alone is an amazing adaptation of the ”Cinderella/Cinderella% story!《Variations on Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella/Cinderella》 has a very good painting style and atmosphere, and has a great rhythm in the succession, transition, and presentation of the whole idea. This adaptation explores the evil human nature of people pursuing happiness. Who can sayYou can only pursue happiness through legitimate means. Perhaps there are many people like Qingzi who pursue happiness in this reality!This is the biggest realistic impact this episode has on the audience!

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