Why is no one noticing a crucial theme of the film?
This theme is kind of obvious in a way, but while she was blind, she had no idea of who this lovely man (Chaplin) was. She probably imagined him as dreamy and handsome, and she thought that he was considerably wealthy, which really kept her impressed. However, once she's cured of her blindness and finally sees the man who's been helping her out this last year or so, she has a look of surprise as if he was the last person she expected- a man of obvious imperfection, no offense. This kind of brings up the over-reliance on good looks and social status in this day and age as extremely unfair as it is. And I loved the ending scene because it never ended quite conclusively where you saw them kiss intimately or see the girl widely smile, but it just ambiguously ended at them staring at each other at last.
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