#147 混沌の先に・・・
前回に引き続き、これで最後にしたいと思いますが、今回は Stranger Things のすべての戦いを終えたあと、主人公たちの高校卒業式で、ダスティンが卒業生総代としてスピーチをした場面についてです。シーズン全体をぎゅっと凝縮したようなスピーチで、これを聞いたあと、また全話を見直したくなってしまう名場面です。コピペではなく、全部手打ちで、愛情をこめてかみしめながら打っております。
I just wanted a normal childhood.
But that childhood was stolen from me.
It was stolen from us.
And this past year, if you wanna know the truth, I've been pretty pissed off about it.
But then I thought back to the past six years, and I realized that, even though there was a lot of bad, there was so much good too.
There's this game I like to play.
It's called Dungeons & Dragons.
And in this game, there are two types of chaos classes, chaotic good and chaotic bad.
Now, bad chaos brings anarchy, destruction, war. But good chaos can bring innovation, change.
And this school, frankly, it needed to change.
Because we were so divided into the jocks, the nerds, freaks.
And in the chaos, all those walls broke down, and I made new friends.
I made friends who were never even supposed to be my friends.
This wasn't just me.
I saw this happen with so many others.
When you get to know people who are different from you, you begin to learn more about yourself.
You change.
You grow.
I'm a better person now.
I'm a better person because of them, because of my friends.
So, I'm not pissed off anymore.
But I am worried.
Worried, because now that the chaos is over, Principal Higgins and every square like him is gonna do their damnedest to put everything back in order. And I don't want order, which is why it's hypocritical that I'm wearing this thing.
I mean, we look ridiculous.
What is this? We look like Roman senators.
I mean, it's not who I am. I don't think it's who any of us are.
So, honestly, just screw it.
Screw the school.
Screw the system.
Screw conformity.
Screw everyone and everything trying to hold you back and tear us apart,
because this— this is our year!
最後にかけて、ガウンを脱ぎ捨て、“Screw it.” と言い続けるあの場面。思わずこちらも合いの手を入れたくなってしまいます。
もちろん、卒業生総代のスピーチということもあって、事件に直接関わっていない学生がオーディエンスのほとんどを占めています。それでも、このスピーチは、聞く人それぞれが自分の中の「混沌」を思い浮かべ、それぞれの経験と結びつけられるような力を持っているように思います。
ドラマのような世界をかけての戦いのような大層なことはないけれど、小さな混沌、されど確かに大きな混沌のなかでの日々を振り返りながら、このスピーチに励まされました。
そして何よりも、これから迫りくる2026年の未知なる混沌に立ち向かう勇気が少し出てきた気がします。