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497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)

2024/9/23
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Tom: 埃维塔的死不仅仅是个人事件,更是政治和国家事件。她的病情和庇隆政权面临的压力之间存在关联。埃维塔拒绝治疗,可能与她对疾病的恐惧、把自己视为国家母亲的观念以及庇隆政权面临的压力有关。埃维塔的公开病情和死亡过程被视为她个人叙事的必然结局,并被她的追随者所见证。民众对埃维塔的强烈情感,以及她对公众形象的执着,共同塑造了公众对埃维塔死亡的戏剧性认知。埃维塔去世前秘密筹备武器,并发表具有煽动性的言论,这在后来阿根廷的政治动荡中得到了体现。 Dominic: 埃维塔的诗歌作品荒诞不经,反映了当时埃维塔个人崇拜的盛行。埃维塔拒绝了医生建议的子宫切除手术,这可能是由于她对疾病的恐惧和个人崇拜的因素。庇隆对医生和医学的态度独特,这可能影响了埃维塔的治疗。埃维塔将自己的生活和政治生涯都戏剧化,她牺牲的意愿从一开始就存在于她的公众形象中。埃维塔可能有意将自己作为献祭品奉献给阿根廷。埃维塔的支持者呼吁她竞选副总统,这在当时的南美政治背景下是史无前例的,也体现了庇隆主义内部的权力斗争。军队反对埃维塔竞选副总统,因为他们担心她会掌握过多的权力。庇隆采取了“静观其变”策略,让下属之间发生权力斗争,然后支持最终的赢家。民众可以通过支持埃维塔来羞辱庇隆,即使他们不能推翻他。埃维塔的病情被视为阿根廷政治和社会状况的象征。埃维塔的身体被视为一个投射幻想和欲望的载体。埃维塔去世后,人们对她的瞻仰和悼念活动达到了狂热的地步,这被形容为“恋尸狂欢”。

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Evita's declining health, marked by a cancer diagnosis, coincided with growing political pressures and a push for her vice-presidential candidacy. Her deteriorating condition became intertwined with her public persona, fueling a national drama and raising questions about her political future.
  • Evita's cancer diagnosis and reluctance to seek treatment
  • Public calls for Evita's vice-presidential candidacy
  • The mass rally and Evita's emotional speech declining the nomination
  • Evita's declining health and increasingly dramatic public appearances

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The workaholic mother of a nation, Evita’s health deteriorates and she faints at a public event. A self-proclaimed martyr, she seems to be willing to die for Perón and Perónism, and her supporters see her passion. As she continues her public work, her supporters call for her to run as Vice President in the upcoming election - a position of power no woman on Earth has yet held. Evita’s supporters seem to outnumber Colonel Perón’s, with unions organising mass meetings that bring up to 2 million people to the city streets.

As the couple look out at the crowds from the balcony, they get the sense that they have created a monster of a movement that they may have lost control over…

Listen as Tom and Dominic discuss the growing public frenzy that snowballs in Argentina towards the end of Evita’s life.

 


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