's TV series "Cheng Huan Ji ", which is currently being broadcast on Tencent and CCTV, is the modern drama that has quickly exceeded 25,000 views on Tencent this year. Yang Zi , Xu Kai are starring, and there are also drama stars such as He Saifei and Wu Yanshu. Blessed, the cast configuration and plot conflicts are definitely worth watching, but with the controversy over the magic modification caused by the drama, the topic of adaptation of Yi Shu's works has once again entered the discussion field.
was complained about the "magically modified" original character design
"The Story of Cheng Huan" was born out of the novel of the same name by the well-known writer Yi Shu. The life of a hostess who was born in the common class of Hong Kong in the last century was moved to Shanghai today. Mai Chenghuan (played by Yang Zi), a girl from an ordinary family in Shanghai, is an ordinary girl just like you and me. She is hard-working and extremely resilient. Under her seemingly ordinary appearance, she hides a heart that loves her family and never admits defeat. Heart. She worked hard to explore between "Chenghuan's parents" and "Chenghuan herself", and through the running-in and mutual healing with her family, she finally found her own path of growth. The story has become a family ethics drama, telling the story of today's young people's journey of seeking a balance between self and family as they grow up. By focusing on the reshaping and integration of contemporary new parent-child relationships, the story demonstrates the differences in intergenerational concepts. , and also convey the warmth of family.
Judging from the current drama series, Mai Chenghuan, played by Yang Zi, bid farewell to her relationship with the rich second generation Xin Jialiang, and then performed the "overbearing president fell in love with me" scene with Yao Zhiming, played by Xu Kai, which won a lot of For CP fans, idol dramas are an eternal formula to cater to the market. However, fans of the original work believe that the story and characters have changed a lot compared to the original work, and it falls into a clichéd dream idol drama, which is very different from the free and free emotional view in the original work. For example, in the original work, the mother gradually became unbalanced because her daughter climbed a high tree; the grandmother was not as kind as in the play, and Mak Chenghuan always stood aside when encountering difficulties; Xin Jialiang was also more capable and generous than in the play, and Not doing nothing. Under the halo of the original IP, the TV series opens a brand new story.
What dissatisfied fans of the drama is the character deformation that has occurred to cater to the market. Mai Chenghuan's lack of sobriety in love behavior in the play is far from the original character, and it is difficult for the audience to recognize this as a mature love attitude. In "Cheng Huan Ji", they are obviously a beautiful young couple, but what the heroine does for her boyfriend Xin Jialiang is comparable to her own mother: she is afraid that he will lose his appetite and learn to cook, she is afraid that he will have no shoes to wear and save money to buy them, and she is afraid that he will not have a job and do it herself. , was ridiculed by the audience as "someone actually used " Mother Road " to change Yishu." Such a heroine makes the comments "angry": "Mai Chenghuan went round and round from one love to another idol drama-like love. Girl Yi Shu's wisdom was not allocated to Mai Chenghuan, but Mai Chenghuan's best friend. "Hush", "A Rose Story", "The Story of Cheng Huan", " She's Lonelier than Fireworks" and " My First Half of Life" have been adapted frequently. Works such as "" and " Golden Years " have been officially announced as film and television adaptations. It is said that the independent female spirit of Yi Shu girl corresponds to the pursuit of contemporary women, but the adaptation does not seem to satisfy Yi Shu fans. The Douban scores of "My First Half of Life" and "Golden Years" are both 6.4 points.
won the Magnolia Award for Best Actress (Ma Yili), the Magnolia Award for Best Screenplay (Qin Wen), and the Magnolia Award for Best Director for "The First Half of My Life", but the role of Zijun was judged by the audience. . It was pointed out that Zijun was the antonym of the novel, flaunting self-reliance and strong-willed Zijun, "In the first half of my life, I relied on one man, and in the second half of my life, I relied on a more powerful man. This does not seem to have anything to do with independence." The movie "xibao" also It was considered to be out of touch with the essence of Yi Shu's novel, and its Douban score was as low as 3.3. In "The First Half of My Life", independent women did not see the drama of two best friends falling in love with the same man. Tang Jing, who helped the best friend who cheated on her get divorced and then helped her regain her life, faced the pressure from both her boyfriend and her best friend. "betray". Let the audience come to a unanimous conclusion: fire prevention, theft prevention and bestie prevention. The heroine of "Golden Years" has a confused emotional line, and it is better to choose a man to fight for her career.
Yi Shu loves to write about beautiful women, so much so that when Maggie Cheung played the role in the movie version of " Rose Story", readers of the original book complained that it was "not beautiful enough". What will happen to Liu Yifei's version of "Rose Story"? In Yi Shu's original novel, Rose has no career, and everyone in the protagonist group except the heroine's brother puts love first. It is said that after being adapted into a drama, the heroine Rose has added a career line, including love, career, and marriage. It can be said that the story of Rose is an epic of a woman's growth. Some commentators believe that "Rose has become a self-reliant working woman, and she also tends to be steadfast and pure emotionally. Such an adaptation has deviated from the original intention of the original work. It is no longer the Yellow Rose of Hong Kong in the last century. She probably just made a living in an office building in Shanghai." Workplace elites such as Andy or Tang Jing "
But why are they always so unhappy?
"Don't try any more modern adaptations of Qing - please write it into the Basic Law of TV Dramas." One netizen wrote angrily. Why can't Yishu IP achieve satisfactory adaptation effects? There is some controversy about the value of Yi Shu's adaptation of his works. The "exquisite self-interest" she depicts is obviously not acceptable to all audiences. In order to avoid falling into "three incorrect views", the main creator had to make a modern adaptation. For example, in the original work of "The Story of Rose", Huang Meigui was with Zhou Shihui, a married man, and his wife was pregnant. Huang Meigui's brother begged her not to get involved with such a man, but she said that the man came to her on his own initiative, and what happened to his wife was his own family's business. Some people also believe that the dilemma of adapting Yishu IP is the creative dilemma of female-themed dramas. Behind the independent introspection of Yishu girls is to love themselves without scruples, but no screenwriter dares to write heroines with shortcomings. Even if there are, those who have fans and have Even popular female celebrities dare not act.
But Yi Shu’s work is difficult to change because it doesn’t provide many details. If you need to fill in a lot of details and add inappropriate plots, you may fall into the curse of deviating from the spirit of the original work. In "Cheng Huan Ji", the suspended workplace scenes added by the screenwriter are also quite controversial. A colleague at work took the cake that Mai Chenghuan made for her boyfriend without permission and used it for work meetings - although Mai Chenghuan clearly said that it had the words "just eat it" written on it and it was not suitable for use. As a result, he was criticized by his boss Yao Zhiming, so he pushed Mai Chenghuan to take the blame, causing Mai Chenghuan to be fired... Who can not scratch their head with such a suspended plot?
In a specific historical context, "Yishu Girl" provides a different view of marriage and love, bringing important "enlightenment" to many women. Whether it is the legendary life of daring to love or hate, or the unique narrative of women, Yi Shu has undoubtedly profoundly influenced the concepts of marriage and love, lifestyle and even fashion concepts of a generation of female readers. In the continuous reincarnation, labels such as Yishu Girl have become fashionable selling points, and movies and television have begun to provide new interpretations of the novel. The beauties in Yi Shu's works who rely on their beauty and talent to cheat do not have to be the standard answer in life. But the movie and television dramas, which are easy to consume, have become a source of dissatisfaction among fans.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Zhang Nan
Proofreading Faye Wong
