Chapter 283: The Life of a Marginal Man
It turned out that this man's name was Arthur
It's just that Arthur looks like he is restless, and he doesn't look like a normal person.
And his laughter was very eerie.
As the film went on, the audience finally figured it out.
It turned out to be a disease
Suddenly, an ordinary beggar who lives at the bottom of Gotham and is not good-looking suddenly appears on the screen.
Outside, Arthur struggles to face life, even though life is not good for him, and the market hits him.
But he will still work hard for his dreams, worship and yearn for those awesome talk show actors, and try to record every word they say seriously.
In psychological counseling, I faced questions from social workers.
Arthur hesitated visibly, and finally handed her his shabby notebook.
This is his diary, which is as important to Arthur as his own life.
Because there are two very important sentences in the book, one is: "To bring laughter and joy to the world", and a few pages back, it reads "I just wish my death makes more sense than my life."
The first sentence was told to him by Arthur's mother since he was a child, and he also adopted it as his life creed, and the second sentence actually hinted at his own pain and his mental abnormality.
It is worth mentioning that his handwriting is crooked, and it can be seen that his education level is not high, and there are all kinds of pictures in the notebook, which are messy. The social worker paused when he saw the second sentence, and then he could see a series of expressions on Arthur's face, confused, helpless, and smirking. Later, the social worker gave him three more than the original seven medicines, "I just tried to make myself less sad." ”
Later, on the bus home, Arthur makes a little girl laugh, just like some other normal people, who like children and new hopes.
But he was soon stopped by the little girl's mother, at this time Arthur became ill and couldn't stop laughing, so he could only hand the mother a piece of paper prepared in advance: "I'm sorry, I have a problem with my brain, and I often laugh uncontrollably."
At this moment, Robert and his old friend, who were watching the movie in the theater, were also fascinated.
Old friends are no longer obsessed with whether this movie is a perverted crime film.
He watched the movie and even began to think about it, and began to think about the purpose of these details.
"Here the director seems to be trying to say that Arthur longs for a new hope and yearns for a new hope, but the watchers of the new hope do not welcome him and reject him, and he is destined to stay in the old world and life?"
An old friend analyzed.
As an old generation of dead houses, the associative ability and imagination are still very strong, otherwise I would not have conceived such an unrealistic game in my mind.
Robert also nodded in agreement: "I feel this way when I watch it." ”
"This man is too miserable." The old friend sighed: "If this is put on any normal person, sooner or later he will be driven crazy, Arthur can still have new hope, but I can read something in his eyes, and now New Hope rejects my metaphor, and it seems that some of the longing in his eyes has completely disappeared." ”
The film continues, and it is clear that not only old friends and Robert are analyzing and watching the movie carefully.
In the cinema, everyone was watching intently.
In the plot, Arthur walked into the building, opened a mailbox, empty, closed, and went upstairs, seemingly as usual, no one cared about him, and tried to contact him.
On the elevator upstairs, Arthur meets a black lady who has no concern about Arthur's actions, and even jokingly points to his temple and makes a suicide gesture with a headshot.
You know, this has never been done in Arthur's previous life!
No one will be kind to themselves!
Arthur clearly showed a good impression of the lady, and this hard-won recognition made Arthur very useful.
When he got home, his mother kept asking him if he had written from him, why there was no reply from Thomas Wayne, but she had worked for him for 24 years, and he would not leave them alone.
From here, a lot of important information is brought out.
Thomas Wayne, for example, and his mother used to work for this man for 24 years.
At the same time, Arthur poured out the medicines he was taking, mostly antidepressants and insomnia drugs. It was reported on television that Wayne was running for mayor.
"He's going to make Gotham City better," Mom said.
This look is so adoring, so gentle, and so convinced.
But Arthur said it impatiently over and over again.
Thomas Wayne is a giant in Gotham City, a big guy, he faces a lot of money every day, he is a busy man, and he will not have time to remember these small characters.
Maybe people have long forgotten that there was such an employee at home before.
After all, no elephant will remember one of the ants that have been with him for a long time.
What's more, Arthur's mother is just one of hundreds of people who work for the Wayne family.
So, how could Thomas Wayne possibly remember them?
Arthur wants to be a stand-up comedian and bring joy to people despite this, and is still trying to create new jokes. He also dreams of sharing the stage with his idol comedian, Franklin, and subconsciously thinks of him as his father.
Arthur was at home, and he was finally able to shed all his disguises, very casually, and took off his clothes, revealing his bony body.
Even so thin that the audience could see every rib on Arthur's body through the screen.
Arthur folded his hands, showing off his bony body, smoking and dancing.
At this moment, Arthur, who has a scar on the corner of his eye, looks so elegant.
When it came time to put on makeup the next day, one of Arthur's fat colleagues gave him a pistol and told him to use it for self-defense.
Arthur was very unnatural at first, and he was terrified.
But a colleague said, "You should protect yourself." ”
At this time, the movie gave a big close-up of the gun, as if to tell the audience that this plot is a very important node.
After that, the manager talked to him and asked him, why didn't you change the billboard yesterday, and the next time there is such a problem, you will get out.
"If you do it next time, don't do it, there's never a shortage of people to do the job of a funny clown! Especially weirdos like you! ”
The manager growled.
Arthur had been smiling, the kind of smile that didn't move.
He then vented his anger in the garbage heap until he collapsed unsteadily.