Where are you? You’re far away.
Jun 4, 2023 1:37:55 GMT
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Post by dontevenknowher on Jun 4, 2023 1:37:55 GMT
I read something somewhere (apologies, I don’t remember what or where, just that it planted a little seed in my head) that got me thinking about the exchange right after the good Captain tells the aspiring N*zi to kick rocks.
The Captain seems to retreat inwards upset, angry, and perhaps a little disconcerted about the direction things are headed politically in his beloved homeland. He knows the n*zis are knocking at the door, and then finds one in his own backyard, quite obviously after his own daughter! The Baroness, having witnessed the whole thing, sees him withdraw and tries to gently cajole him out of his funk. Now where have we heard that before?
It struck me as almost an echo of his proclaiming that she pulled him out of his despair. But what really caught me this time, was that almost as soon as he begins to respond to her trying to bring him back out, what happens? The children and their governess. He’s just turned and finally responding to the Baroness, and suddenly he’s fully focused on his rambunctious children and their ringleader, ignoring the Baroness completely by striding away purposefully. I’m not sure if microcosm is the word for this, but it really resonated to me that isn’t this exactly what happens in the thick of this story? Yes, the Baroness is the one to first get him to start coming out, but Maria is the one who fully gets his attention; she and the children (but she’s the one standing for the children) are the ones who truly bring him out of his darkness, and back into himself.
It really just kind of struck me how telling that seemingly small moment is when you compare it to the whole of his redemption arc, if you will.
The Captain seems to retreat inwards upset, angry, and perhaps a little disconcerted about the direction things are headed politically in his beloved homeland. He knows the n*zis are knocking at the door, and then finds one in his own backyard, quite obviously after his own daughter! The Baroness, having witnessed the whole thing, sees him withdraw and tries to gently cajole him out of his funk. Now where have we heard that before?
It struck me as almost an echo of his proclaiming that she pulled him out of his despair. But what really caught me this time, was that almost as soon as he begins to respond to her trying to bring him back out, what happens? The children and their governess. He’s just turned and finally responding to the Baroness, and suddenly he’s fully focused on his rambunctious children and their ringleader, ignoring the Baroness completely by striding away purposefully. I’m not sure if microcosm is the word for this, but it really resonated to me that isn’t this exactly what happens in the thick of this story? Yes, the Baroness is the one to first get him to start coming out, but Maria is the one who fully gets his attention; she and the children (but she’s the one standing for the children) are the ones who truly bring him out of his darkness, and back into himself.
It really just kind of struck me how telling that seemingly small moment is when you compare it to the whole of his redemption arc, if you will.
