We need more biopics about losers: Why do we always depict the winners?

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis

[I don't know who Colin R. Davis is, don't ask me. I just found this when I googled "success quotes" - a quick google search revealed he's a conductor]

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Just like what the quote says, failure and success are almost exactly the same. However, it does not seem like that in many of the biopics or biographical films you can view today. Biopics were written with the intent to dramatize the events related to a certain person or group of people. It's usually success stories that may be found in history or business.

The other day, I watched the Founder. It was the story of how McDonald's was started in the United States. Starting from the McDonald's brothers then being overtaken by Ray Kroc and Ray Kroc screwing them over. Taking away the McDonald's name, disabling them from using their own name in their restaurant, and allegedly creating a handshake deal with the brothers for 1% of the profits.

We watch biopics in order to know about the struggles a person has experienced on their way to fame, power, and success. More or less, all of them have achieved their goal in the end. There are biopics that have the protagonist dying at the end of the film. (Spoilers, btw.) But that is still overshadowed by the fact that their actions during their life while seeming to be meaningless become pivotal points in the future. Such as Imitation Game (Alan Turing) and A man for all seasons (Thomas Moore).

Let's admit it, not all of us are successful. Myself included. While it is inspiring to look up to these great people and see how much they struggled to get there. How about the film of the everyday person. A person who no matter what they did was a failure. Not as a sort of celebrating that our life is not as bad as this person but to serve as a cautionary tale to everyone. A reminder that not everyone is meant to become rich and famous. It's about the celebration of the things that may be normal but we do on our own. It may be a thankless job such as a janitor, security guard, or receptionist but create inspiration out of ordinary people.

We all wish for meaning in this life we live. Many don't live to see that meaning be fulfilled, many don't get to see their meaning in their lifetime, many aren't given the opportunity to become successful, and many are just not noteworthy. Forgotten or at best, they're insignificant footnotes in history.

I think many of us may have gotten the wrong idea with these kinds of films that with hard work you can get anything you want. We live in a society filled with bias, filled with wolves just waiting for your kind heart to screw you over, monsters, and other vicious people.

The everyday man needs inspiration, someone to look up to, a hero. Not because they're successful but because everybody else has found meaning in what this hero has done. They don't need to end up rich, successful, or anything of that sort. Not everybody lives their life the way they planned to but at least let's find some sort of meaning to someone's life. Did they die in vain? Was he just a memory? Did she just pass and leave no trace?

Because if that's how we see human life, how much more when it is our own? How meaningful is your life?

Peace, love, and more Netflix to go.