在幾十年的跨度中，Vivien的人生一直內蘊、緊張但始終沒有爆發。小時候因為手太穩、手藝太好而下崗，進而機緣湊巧地成為了Dr. Alfred 的實驗室助手。這是他命中注定的位置。黑人與白人不得同時入內，這是戲劇張力之一。工作助手與生死朋友有別，這是戲劇張力之二。職業理想與現實差距，這是戲劇張力之三。很多的不得已而為之，令人唏噓。所有的張力到了最後，Vivien 被授予榮譽博士時，才最終得到了釋放。我看這部片子時總想起《湯姆叔叔的小屋》，那種載道以遠的謙卑人生才可以給予觀者無窮大的震撼力。
Vivien 的表演者把握得很到位，雖然低眉順從，但那一點受到生活煎熬和不公正待遇的憤懣之情總會從眉宇之間流露出來。他在最後的老者扮相比實際的畫像也有神似之處。那篇發言稿更多的是感恩之情。上蒼待己不薄，那些受過的苦楚又何足道哉？這便是信仰的好處了。
Dr. Alfred 的扮演者是 Alan，嗯，看的時候總有點斯內普教授的影子哈，尤其是口音。典型的天才，傲慢而偏執。他不是對人傲慢，而是對學術傲慢，他覺得自己可以戰勝上帝製造的錯誤。不得不說，進步確實是偏執狂才能造就出來的。Alan 在這方面的表演很好。Dr. Alfred 比 Vivien 等而下之的地方在於，前者更多關心的學術上的樹碑立傳、發前人之所未發以及逆天行事，他對於醫術/生命的虔誠遠遠比不上後者對於生活的虔誠。也可以說，他的白人身份讓他缺少了 Vivien 那種悲劇感，因此他所取得成就的震撼力也就比不上後者年屆古稀方得道的震撼了。
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