Juvenile delinquent: In Ireland, secondary two diseases also have dignity.

The two protagonists in Juvenile Delinquency-Connor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Wally), were born at the age of 15, but under 18. The "Celtic Tiger" experienced a drastic change from prosperity to decline.

The troublemakers who often mispronounce two words may not know Ireland's bloody past, but they inherited the shameful title of "Knacker" from their ancestors. 1845 The "potato famine" forced more than10 million Irish people to wander in Europe. This group of Irish diaspora has become a vulnerable group in Europe like Gypsies and Jews, and the image of mafia who speaks English with Irish accent is still popular on the screen.

Later, the meaning of "Knacker" was expanded to a general term for the lower classes, which was similar to "white garbage" in the United States. Connor and Jock, wandering the streets of Cork with this title, are really connected with their ancestors from this level.

Juvenile Delinquency is a six-episode mini-comedy jointly produced by BBC 3 and RTE. Its predecessor was 20 16 Irish film with the same name, and its screenwriter/director and starring were classmates. That year, the film was a great success, not only the word-of-mouth burst, but also the box office exceeded 6,543,800 euros.

In the stupidity of the protagonist, juvenile delinquency is comparable to Between Users. After all, there are stupid teenagers all over the world. The lower the social class of juvenile delinquents, the rougher the language, the closer to the "pastime" of crime, the poorer, the more alienated from the magnificent world of the middle class, the more lawless and hopeless.

Peter Foott, the screenwriter and director, is not kindly British at all because he is in tune with the BBC. The whale swam into Cork. When the citizens flocked to the river to take photos and watch, problem of juvenile on the bridge was accumulating spittle, ready to spit under the bridge. After the news bus arrived, they crowded excitedly next to the host to express their feelings, but because there were too many swearing words that needed "beep", Jock danced and chatted for a while, and almost every word was "beep".

In the play, he and Connor crowded into the news camera more than once, hoping to be heard and seen, but they never got what they wanted, but they didn't care. Many times, Connor and Jock need to escape authority. At the beginning of the play, the two men fled in the city on bicycles like fugitives, and finally got into the British market where Connor's mother worked, and staged a classic cat-and-mouse drama. The school uniform was stained with crazy yellow paint, and the two men swaggered into the crowd demonstrating in the community in their underwear.

"There are many crazy eggs in our community, so basically no matter what you do, you will not be judged."

On another occasion, they were chased by police officer Healy (Dominic mchale), and two rabbits crossed the courtyard wall like running water with stolen bicycles. When they were about to be caught up, an old lady in a bathrobe stopped them and smashed the glass door on Officer Healy's nose. Not hard enough. The old lady took off her bathrobe to reveal her loose body. Healy couldn't bear to watch it and lost.

Another feature of this community is that women get pregnant very early. Connor's mother conceived him at the age of 16. "It's still too late for us." Even though Connor and Jock have condoms sold automatically in their schools, this did not stop Jock and his girlfriend from becoming parents when 15 years old.

This is the Irish version of the African-American community, where residents are also poor, alcoholic, street smart, United and tenacious.

From the middle class point of view, Connor and Jock are two annoying poor children. One of them is dead, and so is the other. Boredom rather than poverty stimulated their desire to commit crimes. When they are not stealing chickens and dogs, they can only sit on the steps or bench and daydream. But how can 15 years old do nothing all day? They had to make a scene.

In the whole play, the most common crime that Connor and Jock commit is stealing bicycles. But they steal bicycles not for money, but for riding them. Cork is their playground, and they can ride different bicycles freely. This persistent behavior without purpose and meaning is full of primitive animality and human imagination.

Teenagers like them are almost everywhere. The highest and stupidest crime committed by two teenagers is stealing blue flag tuna. After stealing fish so hard, they need to be wary of two forces on the street: animals and gangsters like them.

This is their only purposeful crime in the play, but it is also not out of selfishness, but they want to share the living expenses for their mother Mairead (Hillary Ross) and "buy her another beautiful shirt".

But they never feel pain, and neither does the audience. They just laughed miserably. Part of the reason why they don't feel pain and hate society is that they are still young and haven't seen much outside the community. But it is more of a pragmatic attitude, which is manifested in Connor and Jock helping their mother in the fish market and understanding that "helping others prepare dinner is also a blessing".

This truth seems quite confusing, as if teaching the poor to settle down and make a living, and never thinking of getting ahead and achieving class leap. But it also has a pragmatic and enlightened side.

"Juvenile Delinquency" did not let adventurous teenagers accomplish miracles that are difficult to achieve in reality, but let them settle down in the tree of responsibility and compassion after their aimlessness and unrestrained adolescence.

At first, Connor and Jock's self-awareness was far from the actual situation. They think they are Robin Hood and criminal genius in the community, and they have many admirers. In fact, he is a fool who jumps off a building and even steals fish.

At first, they didn't understand love. There are many girlfriends, and there is one person who is afraid to get close to him.

For those who symbolize authority-principals and policemen, they are always far away or confronted at first, and never want to get to know them again as friends.

These jokes inherited the tradition of Irish comedy, used laughter to resolve sadness, and later fermented into the growth of teenagers.

Except for the harsh "beep" sound in TV news, the vulgar side of modern civilization has not invaded Ireland to a great extent. 20 18, the main characters in the play use non-smart phones. The protagonist's family went to the farm to buy a second-hand refrigerator for 20 euros, and saved a gray duck by the way.

This means that even if you 15 become a parent and a grandmother in your early thirties, you will not be treated differently, and you will not see social workers coming to your home. Government intervention and help are the hard life of wild leaders.

Ireland, paved with blood, has always been England's respected old rival and old neighbor. Their remarkable characteristics are impulsiveness and courage. A brute force cut off the fuss in the civilized age, but this does not mean that the poor Irish class in the play lives badly.

On the contrary, they are noble, noble sense of responsibility and compassion.

After Jock 15-year-old girlfriend became pregnant, he quickly accepted the fact and said to her, "This is a good thing."

They are born noble and have equal sympathy for the ducks on the farm and Billy Murphy (Shane Casey), a lowly bully. And it's not out of admiration for each other, because they don't feel pain and their future is bleak. This sympathy comes directly from instinct without thinking through the brain.

The climax of this series is a hijacked bus trip. The protagonist is not Connor, Jock and their lovely girlfriend, but Billy Murphy. He wronged Connor at least 20 times and threw a knife at his friend, but he never hurt anyone with a knife. He is a fool who can't even tie his shoelaces. In the happy atmosphere like a bus outing, he slipped uncontrollably to the funny fate of being regarded as a kidnapper.

Like having a baby at the age of fifteen, a madman is another ulcer that modern society wants to hide. But the portrayal of Billy Murphy in the play is as brave as Irish history. He is both intense and sad. He led everyone to sing, ate pizza with a knife on the bus and had a "very happy day". When he got off the bus and turned himself in to the police, he said to a bus full of passengers, "See you in fifteen to twenty years."

This should be the most natural image of a madman/low wise man on the screen. Although different from others, he is not a bad person and has his own personality and emotions. The most incredible thing is that such people are not swallowed up by mental hospitals and prisons, but still play freely with friends outside Cork and continue to "divide" their children. The city that can accommodate him is really lovely.

This time, Connor has grown up, and his sympathy for Billy Murphy is no longer just instinct. The screenwriter asked him to do a mature thinking beyond his age: "I think even a loser like Billy Murphy has difficulties." I'm not saying that all the bad things and absurd things he did were right, but you must think about it. If he could get a little care when he was a child, would he become a different person? "

From unconscious sympathy to thinking sympathy, the growth of teenagers is completed. The strong sense of stage in the play continues the glorious tradition of Irish drama. When the passengers got off the bus one by one wearing Billy Murphy's mask, it seemed that they had returned to the Abbey Theatre, Ireland's first national theatre. When it was completed, the elites regarded drama as an excellent tool to build national consciousness and self-confidence. Comedy is particularly effective, and its themes are often taken from the era of foreign rule, sectarian violence and great famine. There is a saying that "Irish comedies are all black".

Today's Ireland faces new problems after entering peace. However, old wine in new bottles, economic recession and class solidification can also be vented through comedy. Irish courage and compassion have a unique charm. With the vigorous vitality of silly teenagers, it is appropriate that the mini-drama Juvenile Offender and its movie version get the same praise.