The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1318 Role Reversal

In the era of social networks, emoticons are all the rage around the world. There is a little boy who looks awkward no matter what expression he makes. He fully demonstrates the "awkward but polite" attitude of the new era and can be called a master of emoticons.

In front of me, Joel was smiling like this. His mouth corners were raised, but his shoulders were shrunk and his body was leaning back. His whole body was pressed tightly against the back of the chair and the window, like a mouse trapped in a corner. His expression was particularly funny.

This scene is inherently funny.

In Hollywood movies, there are countless romantic love genres. After nearly a century, genre movies must put more thought into it if they want to continue to impress the audience. After all, each generation of audiences is more difficult to fool than the last.

Right before my eyes, that was exactly what was happening.

Wait, they forgot, this is not a romantic movie!

The two discussed the issue of naming hair colors, but the girl with the weed hair soon became exhausted and curled up on the train seat to replenish her energy. Just when people thought she had run out of energy, she stood up without warning.

"By the way, my name is Clementine."

"I'm Joel."

The waterweed head held Joel's right hand, "Hey, Joel." He held Joel's right hand tightly with a meaningful look. Joel tried to get rid of it but failed, "Don't make fun of my name. Oh, you shouldn't do that. You are very polite."

Joel looked confused, "I don't think your name is funny."

"Huckleberry-Hound."

Joel: …”I don’t know what that means.”

Instead, the Waterweed Head was full of surprise, "'Hack the Hound', what's wrong with you, are you an idiot?"

Joel shrugged slightly, "Someone said so."

The Weed-Headed Girl—or rather, Clementine—ignored Joel's self-deprecation and began to sing the theme song from the cartoon "Hackney Hound."

"Oh darling, oh darling, Clementine, I'm so sorry that you're gone forever, Clementine."

"Haven't you heard of it?"

Joel looked at the girl in front of him who was happily singing nursery rhymes and exposing herself, and the smile on his lips rose uncontrollably. But then he realized that this was impolite, so he quickly retracted his mouth and controlled himself.

"I'm sorry," he said, "but it's a nice name. It means kindness, right? Kind and generous?"

Clementine put her chin on the back of the chair, keeping her eyes level with Joel, and said in a deliberately deep voice, "Unfortunately, the reputation is not worthy of it. I am a woman who will avenge my grudges."

Joel was stunned, "God, I don't think so."

Clementine was confused. "How could you tell?"

Joel: ... "I don't know, it's just..." Under Clementine's frank gaze, Joel looked away in panic and lowered his head, "I don't know, it's just... you look nice."

Clementine couldn't believe it, and without warning she exploded, "Oh, now I'm fine? God, don't you know any other adjectives?"

Because when they were talking about hair color just now, Joel had rejected Clementine's imagination, and the conversation became a little awkward. For this, Joel said stiffly, "I'm just trying to be nice"; with a turn, the conversation became awkward for the second time, and Joel used the same adjective again.

Clementine simply left her seat and sat next to Joel.

"I don't want to be nice. I don't want to be a good person, and I don't need others to be nice to me."

Clementine raised her voice, which made Joel at a loss. He tried to say something and looked around, afraid of disturbing other people in the car, but in the end he just nodded slightly and said, "I know." The voice was almost inaudible.

Gulu, gurgle, the only sound is the sound of the train wheels hitting the rails.

"Joel?" Finally, it was Clementine who broke the silence. "Joel, right?"

Joel: …“Yes.”

Clementine, "I'm sorry I yelled at you just now, I was a little upset today."

There was silence, and Clementine let out a heavy breath.

Joel curled up in the corner, his eyes on Clementine's shoulder, trying to comfort her. He wanted to say that he was in a bad mood today, too. But in the end, he turned his eyes away and looked out the window, his face bathed in the sunlight that finally showed off his cheeks in the early morning.

But unexpectedly, Clementine...attacked.

She moved directly toward Joel, the two of them sitting side by side, and she placed her left hand on the back of the chair, over Joel's back.

Joel got nervous and pressed his entire back against the window and the car, trying to retreat, but found that he had no way to escape.

Such a scene is extremely funny.

Clementine continued to speak to herself, "I have to admit something embarrassing, I like you very much. At this moment..." She was completely unaware that Joel was at a loss, not knowing how to put his eyes, hands, legs, and body. "I don't know what I will think next, but at this moment, I am very glad that you are a good person."

Joel: An awkward but polite smile.

Clementine got no answer, just an awkward but polite smile, and she laughed out loud herself.

Joel took a deep breath, "I, uh, I have some, uh, things, that I need to take care of."

Words, broken and fragmented -

The camera is focused on Joel's face, a close-up, and then you can see something on the left side of the camera coming into focus. On the side of Joel's obviously stiff facial lines, a strand of green hair enters the camera, and then Clementine stares at Joel's face getting closer and closer.

Can almost feel the breath.

LOL!

The whole audience at the Angelica Film Center burst into laughter, and Blair and Karen were both rolling on the floor.

The beginning of the movie is a bit gloomy and slow, but no one expected that it would unfold like this, a reversal of the traditional romantic love movie.

Effect, full marks.

Watching Kate Winslet aggressively flirting with Anson Wood, the scene was so beautiful that no one knows whether there will be a chance to see it again in the future.

Rather than the plot, it was the sense of humor conveyed by the two actors' body language and eye contact that made the audience unable to control their laughter.

That look, that expression, was like an alien approaching its victim.

Clementine finally realized what Joel meant, "Oh, oh! Sorry."

Clementine stepped back silently with an embarrassed look on her face, creating some distance between them and slid back to the other end of the chair. This action made Joel feel apologetic.

Joel was apologizing, and Clementine kept waving her hands to indicate that it was okay. She turned around and punched Joel hard on the shoulder, comparable to boxing champion Ali.

Joel: Eyes wide open, mouth open, silent cry of pain.

One expression made everyone at the Angelica Film Center go crazy and burst into laughter.

In 2001, an unconventional Korean movie "My Sassy Girl" came out of nowhere and became a phenomenal work. Although the movie was not fully released in overseas theaters, it was spread in different countries and regions through DVD distribution.

So, now Clementine and Joel are doing "My Sassy Girl"?

Looking at Joel's stunned and pitiful expression, the audience laughed so hard that they fell down. Wait, is this really Charlie Kaufman's creative intention?
But if you think about it carefully, Charlie Kaufman has a label for all his works: comedy.

Seen in this light, it doesn't seem so strange.

Clementine was very sensible and did not continue to "harass" Joel. When Joel arrived at his destination, he left the train alone, and the two of them never met again. According to the traditional romantic love comedy routine, another coincidence would be created to make them meet.

But Charlie Kaufman doesn't follow the beaten path.

Joel came out of the train station parking lot and saw the figure with the orange shirt and green hair on the side of the road, so he pulled over.

"Hi!"

(End of this chapter)