The meaning of "unique flavor" in Taiwanese originally meant to describe that restaurants only sell one kind of food and strive to be the best. The metaphor in people is to concentrate on one thing and insist on doing it well, even if it is lonely. This attitude towards life is the philosophy of life of many traditional older generations in Taiwan Province Province.
In the drama "The Taste of Loneliness", that is, Lin Xiuying's attitude towards life and such a persistent principle, what kind of family gap will there be between the two generations? How will she adjust her "alone" mood? The following content analyzes the life, story and ending of Xiuying's grandmother in The Taste of Loneliness. There will be some spoilers when sharing experiences. If you haven't seen the movie, please read it yourself.
The Taste of Loneliness Xiuying's grandmother introduced her sister's amazing life on her seventieth birthday, and the doctor's younger brother (played by Hong Shengde) introduced her wonderfully. From selling shrimp rolls on the roadside to opening a restaurant, she raised three daughters by herself, actually four. The third daughter (played by a guest) can't afford to support them, and the only thing that makes Xiuying's grandmother embarrassed in life is that her husband Chen (played by) has been having an affair in other places. On my seventieth birthday, I insisted on devoting my life to my family wholeheartedly, but on this day, my husband passed away, causing great waves.
"I have worked hard all my life to raise you one by one, but I lost to a father who has not contacted for twenty years." I've been a cow and horse all my life, and I've never heard you say thank you to me. These are all grievances of Grandma Xiuying. She doesn't understand that she is single-minded to her husband, so she loves her children and pays for this family, but she can't understand the return.
Did Grandma Xiuying do something wrong? In fact, she is working hard to support this family, but her whole-hearted love has put pressure on her daughter and husband. Why? From the beginning of the film, she runs a restaurant for her youngest daughter (played by Sun). On the surface, Jia Jia seems to have taken care of it, but in essence, she is still involved in managing many things, from taking care of the ingredients in the fish market to arranging dishes. She always follows her own ideas.
She is very concerned about the situation that her little daughter takes over the business now, but gives her little daughter restrictions and can't stretch. The second daughter, Ayu (played by Biday Shirley), was obedient and studied hard since she was a child, but when she grew up, she became a plastic surgeon in Taipei and seemed to want to escape from her mother's control in life. The eldest daughter (played by Xie) has been at odds with her mother for a long time and leads a dissolute life.
"Do you know that you put a lot of pressure on others?" A Qing talked back to her mother, which embarrassed Xiuying. And family problems, the fuse of all faults comes from Xiuying's love? At first, she felt that her husband's police income was too small to support his family. As a result, his business failed and he was heavily in debt, which caused resentment from her family. Then the husband had an affair, and in his later years, he met the housewife Cai Meilin (played by Ding Ning), and none of his three daughters stood by her. This result is beyond Xiuying's imagination and even beyond the life she wants. Xiuying wants to be a competent mother, but she has difficulties. Anyway, what is she afraid of? She is too busy.
"Aunt CAI is sincere to ABBA and is also a woman's mood. Don't you understand? " Yeah, why do women bother women? What did Xiuying think when her youngest daughter Jia Jia was angry with her mother? Although Xiuying is a traditional woman, she is not stubborn. She began to pursue herself, recalled the details of her husband, and tried to untie the knot of family feelings. She had to put down her preset position first.
In fact, Merrill Lynch is as single-minded as Xiuying emotionally, even more unrequited than Xiuying. When Xiuying learned from Merrill Lynch that Teacher Wang was not a heartless person and felt guilty about her, Xiuying decided to let go and put down her figure. She signed the divorce agreement left by her husband at the shrimp roll stand more than 30 years ago, and let Merrill Lynch take her place at the farewell ceremony. For the sake of a woman's reputation, this is not an easy decision, but Xiuying clearly faces it.
At the end of "The Taste of Loneliness", Xiuying chose to sit alone in a taxi and sing "The Taste of Loneliness" without attending her ex-husband's farewell ceremony. She put down her expectations and chose to let go of love.