"Youth Record" is a very realistic Korean drama , not exaggerated, not hypocritical, and has no choice to beautify or brighten youth.
What is youth like? In addition to sweetness, there is an indispensable struggle process.
, also as young people who have been or are struggling in first-tier cities, will surely be able to find the ups and downs we have experienced in this drama. The main creative team of
is equally eye-catching: the male protagonist Park Bogeum , Aze in "Please Answer 1988", the last time I saw him was the role of the little milk dog Kim Jin Hyuk in the "Boyfriend" cooperating with Song Hye Kyo . In "Youth Record", he gave up the "sweet" character setting and chose a more mournful role, which can highlight his acting skills.
and the heroine must be familiar to everyone-Pu Sudan, a post-90s acting school. Park Sodan once starred in the movie "Parasite", and for this role was nominated for the best supporting actress in the two major awards of Korean film "Blue Dragon" and "Baeksang".
In this "Youth Record", the performances of Park Bo Gum and Park So Dan are equally remarkable, the performances are plain, easy-going, and grounded. The beginning of the story of
reflects the current state of the show business: the male protagonist Shi Huijun is an 18-line small model, unknown, not recognized by his family, and at the same time squeezed by the boss of the brokerage company, and there are many obstacles to the pursuit of dreams.
The heroine An Zhenghe is also an ordinary girl working in a big city. In order to have a free beauty brand, An Zhenghe left from a large company to work as a makeup artist in a beauty, and also worked part-time as a beauty blogger at night. Life is equally difficult.
The common feature of these two people is that has a low background and did not get the "not to work hard" pass .
Shi Hye-joon’s family background is average. In order for his brother to be eligible to go to university, Shi Hye-joon stepped into the society to support his family early, and his brother who was admitted to Seoul National University also became the pride of the family. On the contrary, Shi Hye-joon was somewhat unwelcome and was always treated. The father mocked: unrealistic!
The female protagonist An Zhenghe also has this characteristic, leaving the employees of large companies not to do it, but to chase the dream of beauty and come to a beauty as a makeup artist.
The biggest feature of this show is that gives young people an unrealistic opportunity and allows dreams to transform from unrealistic to practical , and the answer to this question is not dependent on the surrealism used in Korean dramas. The plot may be a serious beautification filter, but through its own efforts, persistence and wisdom to resolve the crisis. In contrast, when life is getting worse, Shi Huijun and An Zhenghe's "weed" spirit in the face of difficulties.
The so-called "weed" spirit, that is, two people are unkillable Xiaoqiang, neither of them have favorable family conditions to support, so no matter what obstacles in the real world are encountered, there can be a kind of neither humble nor overbearing, nor discouraged , Continue to move forward.
For example, at the beginning of the series, the embarrassing situation that Shi Huijun faces is revealed: he debuted as a model for seven years, driving high and driving low, and the model who debuted at the same time has begun to become popular, and he is still just a company that cannot serve It’s no wonder that the boss will abandon him if he brings more benefits...
An Zhenghe, who has lofty ideals in the beauty salon, is just a newcomer at the beauty salon. He has to be cautious in everything he does, and he won the hospital with a hardworking attitude. The love of the long and the guests, but because of this, she was misunderstood by the cautious senior teacher as anxious and suppressed her everywhere..
When faced with this situation, the two protagonists did not choose to give up, but constantly cheered themselves up, showing that weak individuals often wandered in countless nights before they burst out with great power.
and the driving force for them to connect with each other is the existence of each other.
For An Zhenghe, although Shi Huijun is a little-known model, she is an idol that supports her progress.
Her various behaviors also represent the attitude of a large number of girls chasing stars. Compared with unreliable and time-consuming dating, it is better to find a perfect spiritual pillar for yourself.
For An Zhenghe, only one glance at Shi Huijun's photos when encountering something unpleasant can resolve his bad emotions.
This is the power of idols.
One of the luckiest things about An Zhenghe is that as a makeup artist, she has the opportunity to get in touch with idols at close range, and the two support and accompany each other on the way to pursue each other's dreams.
More importantly, this drama is consciously de-idolizing, and more realistically portrays idols into images that are more realistic and closer to ordinary people, rather than idols with burdens at all times. This is closer to the observation of an industry insider. Perspective, in the entertainment industry, idols and actors are just a screw of the entire industry.
Another major feature of "Youth Record" is that the lines in the play are very heartbreaking:
Are you self-reliant?
is not because there is nowhere to rely.
Isn't that the way to live?
relied on a little bit of good memory to persist through most of the time that had to be difficult.
People must live gratefully? Shit!
Life is inherently bad personality, and those who do not consider others are winners in life.
Some lines that point to the truth, no one dares to say, no one dares to do, "Youth Record" is very courageous, and it creates a vivid image of those who are not sunny, not positive, but still live well. For example, the boss of Shi Huijun in the play is only profitable. He is very harsh on his company’s artists, and he deducts the artist’s salary, especially for honest and kind people like Shi Huijun. He also famously said that he was training Shi Huijun and he was a man. An out-and-out hypocrite, but it is this kind of person who can still sit there properly, making people feel the injustice of the society while reflecting on whether he is too kind? Paradoxes like
often exist. For example, Yuan Xiaohai, a friend who grew up with Shi Huijun, has similar qualifications and embarked on the road of modeling at about the same time, but his career development was completely different.
Yuan Xiaohai's career development path is smooth, in large part because his family is a rich second-generation family, family has both connections and resources, and a mother who paved the way for her in the front. In the casting of the film interview, the standard of the film party's casting is the number of fans of ins. Yuan Xiaohai has many fans, so he finally won the role. However, we learned later that these data are all false, and Yuan Xiaohai’s fan base was actually paid for by the family.
step by step, step by step, the original accumulation of capital comes faster than acquired hard work and diligence, the powerful can simply and rudely solve all the problems that the "ants" cannot solve.
Fortunately, "Youth Records" does not avoid this point, but confronts all the contradictions and injustices in society, so that everyone can see clearly.After the fact, we still work hard to love life. This is the only answer we can give to that unrealistic and distant dream.
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