âWish Dragonâ was hilarious from beginning to end, but the ending left me with a bad aftertaste.
1. Self sacrifice because of loyalty/brotherhood vs freedom and self-agency (I know, I know, very wuxia, but still. This goes BEYOND laying down your life for your bro.)
2. Upward mobility is okay, but only up to a certain level. (Otherwise youâll get smacked back down.)
3. The young coupleâs reconciliation at the end to me read as:
3a. Youâre my fatherâs ćĺ˝ćŠäşş (life-saving benefactor). Iâm grateful to you and will pay back this life-saving grace by dedicating myself to you.
3b. Our families now have the same socio-economic status again, so we can now be friends (or maybe more) once again.*
4. When an older generation âsteps downâ and extends an olive branch, youâre supposed to go along with it and reconcile the relationship, even though they almost accidentally killed you just a few days ago.
Am I overthinking things? Maybe.
P.S. I watched the movie in Chinese (Putonghua) with English subtitles. Some of the language is more loaded in Chinese than English, true.
* Minute 54:20. In Chinese (Putonghua - spoken in Mainland China), she specifically said their families are ç¸ĺ˝ (xiÄng dÄng, equivalent). In Chinese (Guoyu - spoken in Taiwan), itâs even more loaded: she said é¨ĺ˝ćˇĺŻš (éçśćśĺ°, mĂŠn dÄng hĂš duĂŹ), which is an idiom that means âthe families are well-matched in terms of social status.â And also (of a prospective marriage partner) âan appropriate match.â
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