Green Book is a real black travel guide in history. In 1962, the white supremacy movement once again set off a small climax in the United States. The black postman Victor Hugo Green wrote a pamphlet that pointed out which hotels and restaurants allowed black people to stay and eat. The name Green Book in the booklet is taken from Green, and it seems to adopt the meaning of green symbolizing unobstructedness. The two male protagonists of the movie drove this green paper to tour around the United States. A male protagonist is Tang, a famous black musician, and Tony, a white veteran who is in a nightclub, was called to be Tang’s driver. The contrast between skin color and cultural accomplishment naturally produces some wonderful chemical reactions during the journey. In addition, the film also shows many levels of entanglement: racial discrimination, inequality of the same race, master and servant, the social status of musicians, family relations, and so on.
Many plots that reflect racial discrimination are reflected in this movie. The greater part of this movie is that it unexpectedly avoided direct conflicts between races, and instead used some inverted ways to reflect the discrimination itself. White people who seem to be friendly have turned a hundred and eighty degrees when they encounter practical problems. For example, the two went south to a luxurious manor. The owner of the manor welcomed the musicians politely. After the performance, Tang wanted to use the bathroom. The owner of the manor refused to let him use the bathroom for the guests, and only allowed him to use a hut built by a simple shed in the yard. Because at that time in the South and before the liberation of serfs, blacks could not use the same toilet as whites. Even if Tang is a noble musician and has performed twice in the White House, it is no exception. Another example of the contrast comes from a high-end restaurant in Birmingham. The restaurant invited Tang to perform. When the restaurant manager saw Tang, his mouth was full of beautiful words, but the lounge arranged for Tang was a small storage room, and Tang was not allowed to dine in the restaurant, because the restaurant’s The rule is not to accept blacks.
