Evolution in the Besson The drug under the boring name CPH4 becomes in Luc Besson the very rope of Nietzsche, which you can go from the state of the beast to the state of superman. The will of a chain of random and very unlikely events on this rope becomes the most stupid creature according to modern media - an ordinary blonde. It goes well until the very end.
Her name is Lucy. In honor of the same Lucy Australopithecus, whose remains date back three million years and serve for someone irrefutable proof of the validity of the theory of evolution. And Lucy Australopithecus was named after the song "Lucy in Heaven with Diamonds", which was composed by John Lennon with LSD. Besson gives his Lucy CPH4, thereby closing the drug cycle - this endless source of evolution.
The lecture on evolution, which Morgan Freeman’s character leads during the film, is an obvious philosophical subtext, soldered into an action script. The professor explains the theory, and Lucy puts it into practice. It turns out to be convincing, except for the false idea – those very 10% of the brain that no evolutionist will agree with now.
Using the scientific myth of 10% gives the director the opportunity to show how man will evolve in the future – that is, to develop, become better and smarter. In this case, the actions of super-Lucy can be divided into 2 categories – those that only she can do, and those that someone else can repeat. The first is to control the bodies of others, non-living matter, and even time. The second actions are killing the patient on the operating table (the tumor has penetrated everywhere), using drugs (for the purpose of self-improvement, of course), and contempt for emotions as the action of lower chemical factors in the human body. So the fantastic tinsel covers Besson’s ideas of trans and posthumanism – a kind of modern analogue of fascism, self-affirmation at the expense of contempt for others and rejection of one’s humanity.
The world according to Besson has deteriorated completely - civilization kills life, doctors treat anyone, 2+2 scientists will not lay in the environment of Lucy, and the police are powerless against the international drug mafia. Of course, it would be better to liberate this planet from the majority of people, driven mainly by the lust for power and profit. Super-Lucy looks with weary contempt at the next person she meets, but with genuine trepidation and love peers into the eyes of a primitive hominid covered with hair, feeling, apparently, a kinship connection. The circle closed, showing the true goal of “bessonian evolution” – dehumanization.
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