"Pretty Woman" drives holiday cultural consumption in Shanghai
The Shanghai-language craze set off by the TV series "Flowers" is still continuing. On January 14, "The World of Entertainment"'s first dialect Chinese New Year drama "Pretty Girl" held a media meeting. This drama, which is mainly in Shanghai dialect, mixed with Ningbo dialect, Shaanxi dialect, Northern Jiangsu dialect and other dialects, has not yet been officially released. The debut has already attracted a lot of attention. "Dialect is the root of local culture, down-to-earth and with a sense of life." said the creators.
is directed by He Nian and written by Zhao Huanan. It stars He Saifei, Hao Ping, Mao Shanyu, Zhao Zhigang, and Mao Mengda. Huang Ling is a special guest star. He Yi, Ren Yi, and Guo Zhenyan star in "Pretty Girl from the Magic City". It is currently in Shanghai. In the midst of intense rehearsals, there will be 10 consecutive performances at the Shangyin Opera House from February 4th to 8th and February 13th to 17th. As an active attempt to promote the integration of culture and tourism and drive cultural consumption during Shanghai's holidays, "World of Performing Arts" has launched the dialect Lunar New Year drama for the first time, which is expected to become another Lunar New Year cultural brand in Shanghai.
The story of "Pretty Woman" takes place in Shanghai in the 1930s. Sugar Cane Auntie, played by He Saifei, and her niece Gan Lisa, played by Huang Ling, are eyeing the property of Wan Baocai, the owner of a medicine shop played by Mao Mengda. . Sugar Cane Auntie's various schemes failed, so she decided to let Kong Baifeng, a young man played by Hao Ping, pretend to be a wealthy family and go to Wan's family for a blind date, hoping to marry Wan Yingying, the daughter of Boss Wan, played by Mao Shanyu. But Wan Yingying is in love with Ou Yangming, a progressive young man played by Zhao Zhigang. The two sides battled wits and courage, and the comedy effect was full.
The creative team of "Pretty Woman" is gathered together. Photo by Dong Tianye
He Saifei, who won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for the movie "Chasing the Moon", is very enthusiastic about returning to the stage. She revealed in the interview that she and several All the leading actors are very familiar. She and Zhao Zhigang are both Yue opera actors and have worked together on CCTV.
Mao Shanyu and Zhao Zhigang debuted at the same time, became famous together, and retired together. The two are close friends. They have collaborated many times on the opera stage and appeared together in a drama for the first time. Zhao Zhigang joked: "Teacher Mao plays a 22-year-old female college student. I believe she will be able to play the role well. I can't be too mature."
and "Brother Ad" Mao Mengda play Huang Ling in "Old Man and Young Wife", When she was invited by her idol Mao Shanyu to join "Pretty Girl", she agreed without hesitation: "I want to play the role of Teacher Mao's little mother. This opportunity is so rare, I must participate." Mao Shanyu said with a smile: "Actually, in life, I can be Huang Ling's mother. With the design of the script, I am looking forward to the final effect."
The movie "The Myth of Love", the TV series "Flowers", and the drama "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" have all become hits, and have also prepared Shanghai-language literary and artistic works. It is highly sought after by audiences in Shanghai and even across the country. "Every day after dinner, whenever I have some free time, I turn on the TV and watch the Shanghainese version of "Flowers"." Mao Shanyu said, "Flowers" tells the story of Shanghai in the early 1990s. I was filled with emotion when I saw Kumen and the young people who came out of the alleys, who worked hard and pursued a better life. I am also a person from that era, and I saw many details that are close to the life of this city, such as buying The stock subscription certificate made me smile knowingly. When I saw the Moss Holy Garden, the prototype of Zhizhen Garden, I was very affectionate and went there all the time. I was very energetic at the time. For late-night snacks, I would eat from Huanghe Road to Zhapu Road. It was full of vitality and vitality. ." Zhao Zhigang said, "I like Shanghai-language works such as "Flowers" very much. Nowadays, many Shanghai children cannot speak Shanghainese, and film, television and stage works can play a very good guiding role."
Mao Mengda acted A lifetime of Shanghainese stage productions, "With the addition of more Shanghainese TV dramas, plays, and musicals, many young audiences have begun to enter our comedy scenes. This is a good phenomenon. We should take advantage of everyone's enthusiasm for Shanghainese." This style of communication has led to the launch of more literary and artistic works in Shanghainese."
Huang Ling played the charming dancer Jin Fenghuang in "Flowers". ""Flowers" has attracted many audiences from outside Shanghai. I am proud. Maybe only dialects can be more beautiful. Accurately express some interesting content so that everyone can understand this place and its people.
He Yi, an actor from the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center who played the role of "Yangpu Little Liuzi" in "Flowers", said with a smile, "Xiaoliuzi wants to save face, so he has an aggressive attitude. They will use 'What's going on' to test the opponent's bottom line, This is the charm of dialect drama. "In "Pretty Woman", He Yi will once again use dialect to deeply interpret the characteristics of the character.
Director He Nian is not a native of Shanghai, but he has a deep understanding of Shanghai culture. He and Xu Zheng adapted "The Myth of Love" into He made a musical, which contains a lot of Shanghainese dialect. He said that "Pretty Woman" was "made boldly and boldly" to convey a more authentic Shanghai flavor.
In "Pretty Woman", there is also Ningbo dialect spoken by He Saifei , the Shaanxi dialect spoken by Hao Ping connects the "National Dialect Map". Zhao Zhigang concluded, "Dialects are everyone's local accent and nostalgia. The familiar sounds that have accompanied them since childhood, and use them to interpret scenes in life, The most capable of conveying the most intimate emotions. "
"Pretty Girl from the Magic City" is jointly produced by Shanghai Huangpu Cultural Tourism Group, Shanghai Foreign Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Yijing Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Shanghai Xinmeihong Culture Co., Ltd.
The creative team of "The Pretty Girl from the Magic City" Photographed by Dong Tianye in Jijiyitang
