Recently, Yang Mi used an alternative method to once again claim the title of "Queen of Domestic Entertainment Products".
played a female spy, but accidentally made a group of female spies popular.
Since Yang Mi played the female spy Guan Xue in the new drama "Harbin 1944", Wang Ou's Wang Manchun, Song Yi's Yu Manli, Tao Xinran's Feng Manna... have also become popular on Station B. (laughing to death, they are all still from the Man character generation)
Piao happened to write about this drama a few days ago, and many readers nominated it in the comment area.
How can this not be considered a "cross-drama game"?
It is not difficult to find that the most popular female agents today are more of a female agent than a male agent.
Because in the popular impression, female spies are different from other traditional female characters, with richer femininity, beauty and dominance, vulnerability and strength, they can be called a major derivative of the current "old lady" faction.
But female spies are not just for being cool and ruthless, and not everyone can afford to be called "husband and sister".
Today we will discuss the female spies of the Republic of China in movies and TV series.
Whether the appearance is suitable is the first threshold.
Female agents in the Republic of China can be roughly divided into two categories: one is the villain agent who surrenders to the enemy; the other is the undercover agent who lurks for justice.
Most of the former are political tools who have received brutal spy training and have a certain status, and they need to have a crazy aura.
Just like in "Kawashima Yoshiko", Anita Mui plays the role of Kawashima Yoshiko, the commander-in-chief of Manchukuo. Her ambition to restore the Qing Dynasty is all in the iron-hoof pace.
The strong aura is mostly due to the visual crushing of height, but if the height is not enough, the eyes can do it.
Tao Xinran, who is 163cm tall, is not tall among actors, but the spy Feng Manna played in "Rouge" has an extremely oppressive look in her eyes.
The latter requires a sense of mystery due to the professional characteristics of a spy.
For example, Chen Shu has sharp but neat facial lines and an "elite look" on his face. The undercover Chen Jiaying played by
in "Peace Hotel" is cool and beautiful, and it only takes one glance to tell that she is capable of playing a game of wits and courage.
Playing a female spy, being "ordinary" is not necessarily a disadvantage.
Chen Jin is not a stunning beauty in the industry, but her temperament of both righteousness and evil can add a lot of points to this type of role.
is like the Kuomintang female inspector Yu Xiuning in "Infiltration". She usually hides her identity as a housewife, but as the intellectual responsible for the whole drama, she is also very scheming.
Or Cuiping, played by Yao Chen in "Latent", pretending to be Sun Honglei's country daughter-in-law also brings a sense of joy.
On the contrary, a look that is too delicate may not be suitable.
This time, Yang Mi played the role of the spy leader Guan Xue in "Harbin 1944". Putting aside her coquettish voice and tight body, it stands to reason that Yang Mi's appearance should be quite interesting in the role of a beautiful female spy.
However, this drama is not adapted to the local environment, and it is like cosplaying a grumpy lion when he acts ruthlessly.
speaks softly but with threatening words, but it has no deterrent effect.
's appearance advantage, which should have been fully utilized, gave this spy drama a layer of idol drama style.
But if you are too naive, you will lack a sense of sharpness and mystery.
Like Zhao Liying in "Rouge" and Zhou Dongyu in "Sparrow", both are upright and have clear eyes.
One is too thin, like a docile white rabbit in a spy drama.
If you want to use animals to describe it, the female spy is most like a cat.
People are easily attracted and confused by its glass-like eyes, but you never know when it will scratch you unexpectedly.
It’s not that people with glamorous looks can’t play a spy role, but it’s more likely to shine.
In "The Pretender", Wang Manchun, played by Wang Ou, is a female spy, but she is very charming. Although
was born as a young lady, her eyes are calm and composed, her walking posture is straight and domineering, her movements are crisp and clear, and she has a strong sense of purpose, so she can always remain elegant most of the time.
Ahem, she is Wang Manchun's true self:
In the drama version of "The Wind", Li Ningyu, played by Man Yongshan, is a cold and glamorous black cat.
is a deciphering genius in her own right, and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party lurking in the enemy camp, she needs to disguise herself, which adds a bit of cold and fragile beauty to her originally charming appearance.
For those who are pretty and compact, you can look at Song Yi.
Yu Manli in "The Pretender" may seem weak at first glance, but her upright posture and stubborn temperament increase her sense of strength.
Even if you can't win with strength, you still look smart and agile, right?
But as for the most suitable, I recommend Zhou Xun in the movie version of "The Wind" and Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution". Although
also lacks a sense of sharpness in appearance, they have a common trait, or a very suitable acting talent:
looks fragile and innocent on the surface, but his sense of danger is revealed in secret moments.
This is also where the image of the female spy comes into play.
The sense of danger under the innocence and the sense of vulnerability under the coldness all constitute a crazy feeling of complete humanity being torn apart.
It is not difficult to understand why female spies have become a popular type nowadays.
came about because of the inherent aesthetics of this group, which is very suitable for female stars to use to show their sense of danger and complex temperament. In the
movie version of "The Wind", Gu Xiaomeng, played by Zhou Xun, looked like a spoiled rich lady in the early stage.
Facing Li Ningyu, she blinked her big eyes like an innocent little sister who met her close sister.
It wasn't until they saw her skillfully puffing away smoke alone at midnight that people discovered the clue:
Gu Xiaomeng is not simple!
plays a female spy. Smoking is actually a very effective medium for expressing emotions, and it is the externalization of the changes in the female spy's mood.
Anita Mui smoked almost the entire film in "Kawashima Yoshiko", but each time she smoked corresponded to her different moods in different periods.
The character Kawashima Yoshiko she plays was originally a Princess of the Qing Dynasty. In order to train her to be a candidate for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, her father sent her to her Japanese adoptive father to receive spy training when she was six years old.
was sexually assaulted by her adoptive father when she grew up, and was sent to marry a Mongolian prince. After three years of divorce, she returned. After realizing that her plan to revive Manchukuo through cooperation with Mongolia was hopeless, she lit a cigarette, which meant that her ambition to revive Manchukuo was on track. Burning brightly. After
climbed up to the Japanese general, she proudly hinted that she had planned to smuggle Queen Wanrong in order to complete their plan to found the country. At this time, she was smoking a cigarette that was sure of victory and calm.
With his back to the Japanese general's face, the audience can see a scheming and shrewd face. When
was interrogated after the victory in the Anti-Japanese War, he used smoking to fuel his arrogance.
Therefore, the role of smoking in female spies is not as simple as being cool.
In "Harbin 1944", Yang Mi also had several smoking scenes.
Either put it under your nose and smell it, or play with it in your hand, using it as a teaching stick to point at your subordinates.
In the final scene, the ashtray is full of cigarette butts, but there is no shot of her smoking (only the action of lighting a cigarette).
co-author Smoking only plays a role in appearance for actors?
Secondly, because of the emotional appeal and complexity of the female spy character, there is room for actresses who want to transition to prove their acting skills.
But for actors who have not trained enough in their abilities, this space can only be regarded as room for improvement.
Good acting skills can change an actor's temperament.
In the classic anti-special film "The Black Triangle", the old lady selling popsicles played by Ling Yuan is a female spy who goes by the pseudonym Huang. When
appeared, she was just an old country woman who looked kind-hearted and illiterate. When
received a coin with information written on it, her reaction was as calm as if she had received a counterfeit coin, and she deceived everyone in front of the screen with a helpless smile.
Until her daughter learned that she was not her biological parent, she planned to cooperate with the public security organs and continue to lurk at home.
Yes, another cigarette, suggesting that cracks are beginning to appear in her identity as a secret agent.
Mrs. Ling Yuan has never played a villain before, and she doesn't look like a spy at all, but her eye skills have left many viewers with childhood shadows.
Looking at the changes in the image of domestic female spies, one welcome change is that:
the characters of female spies are developing in the direction of becoming more and more plump.
Female spies in anti-special films after the founding of the People's Republic of China initially had a single function. They were either "disasters" responsible for seduction, or they were vicious and vilified political tools.
later became more complex and showed more humanity.
For example, in the 1958 "Heroes of the Hardcore", the beautiful spy Alan played by Wang Xiaotang was originally a chess piece sent by the bandit leader to test the new deputy commander.
At first, she was stubborn and indifferent towards her work, and she only wanted to go to the United States to live a life of feasting and feasting.
But she dared to express her desires, and was later moved by the hero's bravery and integrity, and became a little girl in love.
After finally discovering the true identity of the deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army, love turned into hatred, and he was reluctant to shoot him.
As a female spy, Alan has her own subjectivity, but she is also an object to be stared at and judged. She was harassed by the old gang leader and even called a "slut" by his wife.
The image of female agents that has been developed so far has also kept pace with the times. The presentation of the characters has more aspects in different scenes, gradually moving from supporting roles to protagonists.
However, as the characters become more and more full-bodied, the image of the female spy presented has only become a good-looking and sexy carrier, which makes people ignore the humanity behind this beautiful concept.
People's expectations for female agents have also begun to change, and the human part of them has been unconsciously erased.
is like the recent battle between Guan Xue and Wang Manchun.
Compare the actor's beauty and acting skills.
The fullness of the character design is second to none. Wang Manchun's evil nature of human nature and the struggle between reason and emotion are all classified as a love brain and a tool person.
Compared with the times, "a heroine who is sober enough" is the current mainstream definition of female agents.
But they have just forgotten that spies are products born under special circumstances. Their aesthetics are only incidental, and reality is worth writing about.
shows that their situation of walking on thin ice, their spiritual strength, and their complicated and tangled mental journeys are more important. The commonality of
"villain agents" is that behind their handsome appearance, they are all supported by a thread of obsession.
And each obsession is inspired by different degrees of cruel growth experiences.
Before Yoshiko Kawashima was executed, she was still calm after having been arrogant for half her life.
It wasn't until he heard the sound of a bullet being loaded that his true self that was capable of fear was finally revealed.
Objectively speaking, although they are villains, they never think of themselves as villains, and we cannot simply classify them as villains.
While appreciating the aesthetics of these film and television images, I can only feel sad.
Because we witnessed with our own eyes the process of a man becoming a demon.
The perseverance and perseverance of female agents who insist on justice when faced with torture are really heart-breaking, but their collapse and fragile moments make people feel more heartbroken.
Because the former is something that very people can bear, the latter is the only thing that ordinary people like us can sympathize with.
Under human nature, the power of female agents is both subtle and huge.
In spy films, female spies are often the ones to be stared at, because they are often very interesting, but they can also assume very important significance in film and television works.
Wang Jiazhi in "Lust, Caution" is a very typical sexy female agent who is stared at.
was abandoned by her family and friends, pushed forward by her cowardly lover and charged into battle. As Mrs. Mai, she lurked beside her target, Mr. Yi, but her flaws were discovered. At first, people only regarded her as an interesting toy.
But at the last moment of the movie, Wang Jiazhi, whose desire defeated reason, suddenly decided to let Mr. Yi go after a psychological struggle, disrupting the originally arranged ambush plan.
In the words of director Ang Lee, this is the original author Zhang Ailing using a woman’s sexual psychology to deconstruct the most glorious and sacred thing in a patriarchal society.
Women are just a little bit uncooperative.
You feel like the structure of China's patriarchal society that has existed for thousands of years.
Suddenly a rivet was pulled out, and it seemed that the whole thing collapsed.
Entering the game with one's own body,
"Spies" are just A mission for her, but her desire and rebellion as a "female" are enough to overturn the entire logic.
This force is very subtle, but it gathers thousands of forces.
That’s why we feel pity:
As more and more characters emerge, there is a corresponding need for accurate enough interpretation to fully present a woman’s courage and insight, struggle and fragility, as well as self-context and self-concept in special tasks. The power that breaks out in the contest between others.
Nowadays, the platform is larger, the space for performance is wider, and the audience is larger.
Everything is ready, all that's left is the acting skills.
