On March 28, the family life drama " Little Days " starring Chen Xiao and Tong Yao will come to an end on Zhejiang Satellite TV. Zhu Jincao (played by Chen Xiao)'s father, Zhu Dali, died suddenly of cerebral congestion, and the chicken feathers all over the house pressed the pause button. The death of his father made everyone calm down and think about the meaning of "good days". Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli (played by Tong Yao) decided to remarry and welcome a better life in the future together.
After the broadcast of "Little Days", every seemingly dramatic topic, from "strategic divorce" and "useless husband" to "daughter-in-law protecting mother-in-law and challenging father-in-law" to "couples quarreling and father-in-law getting angry", has broken the audience's understanding of the topic. Conventional understanding of family life drama. Recently, An Jian, the director of the play, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Beijing News. In his opinion, "Little Days" comes from real life, and the so-called "use of all possible means" of everyone in the play is actually using their own methods to work hard and actively solve life problems. People choose to escape or give up. "What we want to express is that it is not easy to achieve family harmony and happiness. We need to make every effort to achieve a happy life."
"Little Days" tells the story The life story of Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli's two families.
"Use every possible means", but in trying to solve the problem
"Little Days" is adapted from Yibei's novel of the same name. It tells the story of Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli, a young couple in the new era. Although they live in a high-end community in a big city, A family of four or five people are crowded into a small house of several tens of square meters, and their life is full of bumps and bruises. Under the coercion of both parents, the two tried their best to solve the problems in life... Before
was broadcast, many viewers thought it would be a regular life drama, but in fact, in this 26-year-old drama, In the series of TV series, the creators quickly integrate a variety of social topics such as two generations living in seclusion, outsmarting third parties, growing couples, intergenerational conflicts, etc., and even incorporate social and ethical conflicts such as workplace survival problems and the emotional needs of the elderly. , concentrated in the internal conflicts of this small family.
In An Jian's view, the richness of "Little Days" largely stems from its integration of creators from different age groups and different life backgrounds with different understandings of what "good days" are. At the same time, An Jian, who has participated in the creation of many life dramas, is also trying to find different perspectives to express life. "Tolstoy once said: Happy families are all similar, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. But in fact, this is not necessarily true. Happy families are not all the same. At least, they achieve happiness. The methods are different."
For example, when faced with family conflicts, the protagonists of many life dramas often resolutely choose divorce, or resolve them passively so that the relationship eventually breaks down and they become strangers; or the two generations continue to "war" and cry one after another. Three people hanged themselves, and their lives were filled with bits and pieces. But An Jian believes that the two young people Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli in "Little Days" are very cute. Whether it is the so-called "strategic divorce" or the couple staying in a hotel, all their seemingly "emerging" lifestyles , all hope that everyone can live a good life, rather than from a completely selfish perspective. "The means are indeed 'useful', and they are forced to no avail. They have done everything they should and should not do. The audience can discuss whether they have to do this, but we cannot deny that they are all trying to solve the problem. problem."
Many families have a person who "muddy the waters"
Compared with previous life dramas that focused on the traditional narrative of "conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law", "Little Days" took a different approach to portray a "weird" father-in-law: Zhu Jincao's father Zhu Dali (played by Zhao Jun) is the head of the propaganda section of a machinery factory. He speaks and acts with leadership style and bluffing. He not only bosses his daughter-in-law around, but also sets rules for his daughter-in-law and teaches his son with "house rules". Vice feudal paternalism that is incompatible with the times. Many viewers jokingly called Zhu Dali the "Bitch".
An Jian also struggled with the rationality of Zhu Dali's role, "We cannot deliberately create an unlikable character just because we need an engine of dramatic contradictions."But in An Jian's understanding, Zhu Dali is not a "bad guy", nor is he irresponsible to the family. All his actions are to let his family live a good life, but this kind of people are often influenced by their cultural background and upbringing. Due to limitations such as experience and upbringing, they have an overly outdated understanding of "good life". In fact, in real life, many families also have such a person who "muddy the waters" and makes everyone happy in the name of "I am doing it for your own good". Live an uneasy life.
Zhu Dali and his son Zhu Jincao.
"The death of Zhu Dali actually completed the reconciliation of this family in a tragic way. I'm a little sad about this ending. " An Jian said frankly that he knew that Zhu Dali's character would cause controversy before it was broadcast. He even joked with Zhao Jun, "Be careful of being sent razors." However, An Jian believed that life is not perfect. "Today's society , every family has an invisible courtyard wall, and we all live in boxes with different cement structures. But when you open the door, you will find that most families do not become a family only after all problems have been solved. Regarding "good days", the husband has the understanding of the husband, the wife has the understanding of the wife, the mother-in-law has the understanding of the mother-in-law, the father-in-law has the understanding of the father-in-law, the mother-in-law has the understanding of the mother-in-law... They may be close, but most of them are different. "
Previously, " Xiao Huanxi ", "Xiao Min's Family" and " Xiao She De " made the "little" series synonymous with family dramas. However, in An Jian's understanding, the name "Little Days" has a different meaning. " I particularly like this name because life doesn't make so much sense. We did "Little Days" not to please the audience, but we hope that everyone in the family of Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli can feel that happiness is hard-won. Being able to live a good life means that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and it is worth the unremitting efforts of every ordinary person. "
Life dramas don't need to get rid of family feuds and conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Life dramas inherently have no threshold. Everyone lives in life every day and has a say in the present. Those with no threshold are often the most difficult. "From "Two Cities Life", " An Jia " to "Little Days" and "Good Luck Home", An Jian has continued to delve deeply into urban life dramas in recent years. In his understanding, the creators of life dramas must think about how to give people Does the public provide a different perspective? Can the expression of the script bring empathy or sting to some viewers?
Life-oriented is the first essence of life dramas. An Jian believes that "life-oriented" is more of a feeling. For example Workplace. In the play, Gu Moli is a gallery agent and Zhu Jincao works in a live broadcast company. During the creation stage, screenwriter An Jianhe conducted in-depth understanding and collection of the two professions, including their work rhythm and living conditions. , and then made a lot of realistic changes to the workplace lines in the script. In addition, the actors also fully experienced life before filming, "Although we are a family life drama, we try not to use layman's language in the workplace. " An Jian gave Zhu Jincao as an example. As an employee of a so-called "big factory", his work pace was very fast. Then he was transferred to work in another place, was squeezed out by his colleagues, and his home was full of chicken feathers. He experienced a transition from glamor to glory. To the transformation from abjection to abjection, "Chen Xiao has a good grasp of this character. Including him also mentioned that he hoped to grow a beard after he fell into trouble, instead of saying that I (as an actor) had to have a certain image. The consensus between us and the actors is to respect life and be truthful. ”
Zhu Jincao experienced from glamor to abjection, and began to grow a beard.
In recent years, the homogeneity of family life dramas has caused a lot of controversy among viewers. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, buying and selling houses, parents’ shortcomings, and parenting anxiety seem to have become such themes The contradictory routines of changing the soup but not the medicine. But in An Jian’s view, creators don’t need to deliberately get rid of these, “If we get rid of them, it wouldn’t be called a life drama. Life is often a mess, and these topics are also issues that linger in each of our real lives. It's just that as times change, the specific content of family conflicts and the triggering causes, including the way we solve problems, have all changed."
An Jian gave an example. Twenty years ago, several generations lived under the same roof, and most people lived crowdedly in one home. No one felt that it was difficult to live. But if we still live like this today, everyone would think, why? As long as you can work hard to buy a house, don't live with the elderly. "This does not mean that family affection will decrease, but if you are together every day, conflicts will definitely increase. Just like ten years ago, many families may not encounter conflicts like "Little Days"; I am afraid that in a few years, there will not be the conflicts in "Little Days". Life dramas write about current life. You see, now those born in 2000 have to reorganize their workplaces. Young people are here, and life dramas in the future are likely to show the different ways that post-00s handle the same situation. They may be more domineering and decisive to solve problems that are difficult for us to solve now. ”
Beijing News reporter Zhang He
editor Tong Na
proofreader Chen Diyan
