In contrast, "female + suspense" is a relatively new type of drama. The low-cost web drama "Dangerous She" at the beginning of the year, "Imperfect She" starring Zhou Xun, and "White Moonlight" and "Skyscraper" which competed in the same period recently all belong to this new species.
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is not to say that there were no domestic dramas with female suspense or female crimes in the past, but "female" has never been so clearly labeled and pointed, so it can be regarded as a trend and a phenomenon.
At the beginning of the year, the screenwriter of "Dangerous She" wrote an article on Douban, sharing how this 10-million-dollar low-cost online drama struggled in the cracks of a big production. "Kill Eve" gave me a lot of inspiration. Generally speaking, it is about the story of the police chasing down the killer. The novelty of this play is that they put the focus on a pair of policewoman and the female killer. Love each other and kill each other. Before the British drama "Sherlock," high IQ criminals and police detectives, there will be this kind of similar flirting and miming games. But the same elements are placed on women, which makes people see Yiliang.” It can be seen that in the current cultural atmosphere, “female” is still a creative idea for the play, because there are few, so it is special.
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Considering censorship issues and the aesthetics of the audience, it is difficult for women in domestic dramas to become Villanelle in "Kill Eve", nor can they be the heartfelt revenge of "Kind Gold", but this year's female theme drama begins I cautiously tried to make women have shortcomings, a little bit bad.
Althoughclassifies "Thirty Only" into the traditional TV series, it also has less traditional aspects. For example, the scene where Gu Jia took off his watch, took off his shoes, and carried the two mothers of his son's classmates into the bedroom and beat him up. For example, Wang Manni took a leave of absence, and ran to Liang Zhengxian Hotel with her bag on her back-she went to bed first and then confirmed the relationship. It is these small plots and details of life that make a seemingly traditional urban drama less traditional.
In this regard, the female suspense drama has taken even greater strides. "Imperfect She" starring Zhou Xun tells about a lonely woman living in the shadows who "kidnapped" a girl from another family. The title of the play is an early warning. Lin Xuzhi, played by Zhou Xun, is imperfect and even committing a crime. The play has a good texture, but it's a pity that the story is too poor and the real villain is too stupid. Even with the support of Zhou Xun, Zhao Yazhi, and Hui Yinghong, "Imperfect She" is still broken.
"White Moonlight" starring Song Jia is by the female director Liu Ziwei. Her feature film debut "My Heart Jumps" is also a female theme, youth film, there is a less well-behaved heroine, she is beautiful and occasionally skips class , I also like the art teacher. "White Moonlight" is the director's first web drama work. Although it is very different from "My Heart Jumping" in story and subject matter, there are still female directors thinking about the plight of women.
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If compared with the same period of "Skyscrapers", "White Moonlight" has a suspenseful and good texture, but the entry point for women's issues is too common. It's still a story of catching a junior. The wife who seems to be beautiful, earns money and has a happy family, is suddenly stabbed by her husband who seems to be honest, caring and obedient. The unfolding of the story is to write a story about catching a junior in the direction of a suspenseful reasoning drama.
But what makes the suspenseful drama of catching the mistress anxious and empathetic is the heroine's mentality, it is difficult to really reason with the protagonist. Because this ending is set, either to divorce or to play a card of forgiveness, and ultimately return to the family ethics drama.
"White Moonlight" reminds people of the British drama "Doctor Foster", which was very popular in the past few years. All acquaintances committed crimes and all independent women suffered marital betrayal. In the five episodes of the first season, Dr. Foster was catching the junior, pulling away the cocoon, and the suspense suffocated his appetite. In the end, there were several cool dramas that succeeded in revenge, so the reputation is good. But in the second season, at least it is difficult for me to watch it anymore, and my heart is full of "Can't you hide away? Why are you still getting mixed up?".
This kind of hatred for iron and steel is also suitable for "White Moonlight". Since Song Jia's Zhang Yi found out who the junior is, many audiences are afraid that they will start to abandon the drama., This is part of the reason why such female-themed dramas with family ethics as a small entry point always go high and low. "Thirty Only" is also stuck in such a dilemma-it is still an old problem. In domestic urban dramas, it is difficult for creators to make a very modern story ending with censorship and fearful words.
, co-directed by Chen Zhengdao, Xu Zhaoren, and Wu Zhongtian, "Skyscraper", which was broadcast at the same time, did not push itself into this dead end. The whole drama revolves around the death of Zhong Meibao played by Yang Ying. Obviously, it will not spare feminine issues. But behind the feminine issues, this drama also touches on many modernity issues of current urban life. It seems that the pattern and depth are both Take a step forward.
Chen Xue, the author of the original novel of the same name, talked about the background of the novel when he was interviewed. For a while, she lived in a forty-storey high-rise building with more than one thousand households and several thousand people living in it. Because of the mixture of large and small apartments, the residents in the building have diverse backgrounds: foreigners, 9 to 5 office workers, small shop owners, and Internet celebrity bloggers. People of different identities and classes live in the same building. , There is no intersection with each other, everyone may have secrets hidden in them.
novels and dramas are created in this environment. Brought in from the perspective of two policemen, "Skyscraper" uses 16 episodes to tell the stories of eight people living and working in skyscrapers, including Zhong Meibao.
Everyone has their own dilemmas, and many dilemmas involve women's issues. Interestingly, compared with the other three "female + suspense" dramas, apart from the symbolic role of Zhong Meibao, the case of "Skyscraper" is the hardest (after all, homicide), the surface is the least feminine, and It is the work of three male directors, but it is the most radical in the discussion of women's issues.
had this momentum right from the beginning. The policeman Zhong Jingguo, played by Guo Tao, is a veteran. At the scene, seeing Zhong Meibao's body was deemed to be a love killer because the girl was beautiful. Female apprentice Yang Ruisen directly attacked him, saying it was prejudice.
This mentor and apprentice exchange set the tone for the entire film. During the development of the story, various gender differences and gender prejudice issues were encountered. Yang Ruisen was the one who stood up and clarified the values, and on gender issues , The teacher Guo Tao represents the prejudice to a certain extent.
The first half of the "Skyscraper" plot is close to the original reasoning. The police investigate the case. The suspects lie each other, weaving a story, half self-telling, half confusing. In the second half, it is more inclined to the method of social mystery. Everyone gradually reveals their true appearance, and the social and gender issues involved in their respective dilemmas have also surfaced.
This drama uses different characters to touch on different gender issues. The rich girl Li Moli is born in architecture like her husband, and she is brilliant, but her father does not recognize her talents and thinks she should get married early and assist her husband, even though the other party is in architecture. The talent and ability of this line are not as good as her. Ding Xiaoling is a bohemian and free woman. It doesn't look serious, but the three views are quite right. Play to play, responsibility belongs to responsibility. Meibao’s mother suffers from domestic violence all the year round, and her final death is also a mystery. This line makes it easy to think of several recent social news stories about women experiencing violence or even murder in their marriages...Like many topical dramas, " "Skyscraper" circled the "topic" in the field of "women" with a clear attitude. Sometimes too sharp. For example, police officer Yang Ruisen has made several straightforward defenses and rebuttals to the "perfect victim", which is a bit stiff and a bit eager to export values.
is different from the drama that catches the mistress, which is always torn by girlfriends. "Skyscraper" tends to talk about women's friendship, sympathy, understanding and mutual salvation between women. Throughout the play, Zhong Meibao’s fate is unfortunate, but she is also a symbol of a perfect woman. In order to maintain her and the justice she represents, everyone will not hesitate to frame and destroy themselves. From this perspective, directors and screenwriters have shown a lot of human darkness, but their understanding and sympathy for people is still quite idealistic in nature.
As everyone praises Angelababy's acting skills have improved, that may have to thank the director and screenwriter. After all, in the whole show, she is the beautiful, kind, and a little unreal existence. This is what baby is good at. guideActing found a suitable way to shoot the baby so that she could perform in the most comfortable and natural state. Therefore, if the actors perform well or not, the director has a great responsibility. Either they should be trained well, or they should be placed in roles suitable for him. If they are right, the performance of the actors is more or less reasonable.
As for the tragic childhood and teenage scenes of Mei Bao that need to be played well, it can be handed over to the little actors.
