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(The author is Ding Hui, a special commentator of Lizhi News and a young commentator; this article is exclusively commissioned by Lizhi News Client and Lizhi.com. Please indicate the source when reprinting.)
During this period, two "Big Women" "Main" dramas are quite popular. One is " Mo Yuyunjian ", which is a novel about the heroine's revenge. It is essentially an ancient puppet drama; the other is an urban drama " The Story of Rose", but in essence it is extremely "anti-cool". Literary Narrative". The popularity of these two dramas reflects the two completely opposite social sentiments at the moment.
Although "The Story of a Rose" has presented four men who are emotionally bound to the heroine, the sweetness of CP is only the seasoning to present their complex human nature. It can be said that it is extremely difficult for viewers with a little social experience. Immersive CP-Kowtow briefly, and then look at the complexity of their humanity and break the filter on them. This reflects the audience's expectations for complex emotional texts in intimate relationships. After all, there are too many "unrealities" in Shuang dramas.
At a time when "Shuangzong Shuangwen" continues to be popular for a long time, "The Story of the Rose" is not obsessed with the "pleasure" in Shuangwen, and it is extremely rare to present the complex human nature of the "male protagonists" in traditional romance routines, helping the audience Take off the filter of "male protagonist" and even look at Huang Yimei's miserable life from her perspective.
At the beginning, the interlude between Huang Yimei and Zhou Shihui has actually established the perspective of the play - the difference between male and female interpretations of the same thing. After that, Huang Yimei's role as "the male protagonist in life" came into play. The screenwriter spent a lot of time presenting Huang Yimei's first love Zhuang Guodong and Huang Yimei's ex-husband Fang Xiewen, focusing on exploring their humanity. The audience watched the same thing from a God's perspective. narrative.
Zhuang Guodong, an elite returned from overseas, is handsome, capable of working, and motivated. He is like a "domineering president" in traditional romance routines. There is even a scene where he forcefully kisses the heroine Huang Yimei "if they don't agree with each other". Such a plot is placed in In romantic dramas, it is "the domineering president falls in love with me" that the audience loves to see, and it is a sweet spot for the audience to knock CP.
But in "The Story of a Rose", the screenwriter uses the experience of Huang Yimei, a beautiful girl who is loved by everyone, to show another side that is not shown in traditional boss plots - elite men who are usually ambitious and have clear goals. You can sacrifice your loved ones for your goals, and even use clever words to do so.
There is a passage in the play that shows Zhuang Guodong's complex human nature. After Zhuang Guodong got the position at the French headquarters, the first person he reported the good news to was his mother. He even hesitated to tell his then-love partner Huang Yimei. The decision-making involved in the future of the two people was originally a matter of principle, but Huang Yimei accidentally discovered that when she asked Zhuang Guodong for an explanation, Zhuang Guodong called Huang Yimei's behavior unreasonable, and the solution was only to briefly appease her, without proposing a solution. An effective solution, this also became an important reason why Huang Yimei looked at the Chinese side's agreement later.
An elite man with a clear goal will still have a clear goal after having a true love. This is the life strategy of the "overlord" and is imprinted in all his behavioral genes. Zhuang Guodong will not change his goal because of the existence of the heroine. Even if Zhuang Guodong regrets it later, it will be after he got permanent residence and continued to be promoted.
Fang Xiewen is the other extreme. It can be said that the pair of Fang Xiewen and Huang Yimei completely conform to the type of marriage popular among the public - from campus to wedding dress. But for this character, it would be too thin to use the label "Phoenix Man" to summarize Fang Xiewen's character.
Fang Xiewen was born in a small place and was raised by his mother alone. However, he is smart, humble, hard-working and motivated. He is very observant and has a sense of responsibility. He is definitely the ideal marriage partner expected by society, but at the same time, he has low self-esteem. Another deep imprint on him. After catching up with the "goddess" with all his heart, his inferiority complex profoundly affected his action logic in his close relationship with Huang Yimei, and even became distorted in the end.
Zhuang Guodong just triggered the switch of his inferiority complex. After he met Huang Yimei's ex-boyfriend Zhuang Guodong, "good food" and "edible" were his evaluations of Zhuang Guodong and himself. Huang Yimei's ex-boyfriend was a "good food", but when he was a poor boy, he was just an "edible" roadside stall.
In his future career development, Fang Xiewen always tried to make himself a "good food" for Huang Yimei - rich and status-y, but this was all his wishful thinking and imagination. Even buying a house with Huang Yimei was not enough. Forgetting to mention "Paris Pigeon Cage", at this time, his early consideration and understanding of Huang Yimei no longer existed, and their daily conversations were completely like chickens and ducks.
"Being looked up to by others" has a profound influence on his thinking mode. His view of his relationship with Huang Yimei and his relationship with Huang Yimei's parents are all driven by this kind of thinking. In the marriage, he was completely intolerant and arrogant, and the advantages he had as a student no longer existed. For the couple Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen, the marriage siege and Lan Yinxuguo are not the focus. The focus is Fang Xiewen's human weakness that the screenwriter showed to the audience.
As for the role of Huang Zhenhua, it is more like a control group besides the four of them. He comes from a healthy native family and has a very respectful attitude towards the opposite sex, but he still exposed some problems when facing his first love. The plot uses a lot of details to shape the character of Huang Zhenhua. The acquaintance and encounter between him and Su Gengsheng, the difficulties encountered along the way, and the two people's solutions when facing difficulties are all like a solution proposed by the screenwriter through the character of Huang Zhenhua.
This is also the most anti-romance routine of "The Story of a Rose". It removes the filter of "high-quality men" in the secular concept and poignantly points out the weaknesses of their human nature. The object set for this purpose is a woman with outstanding knowledge and outstanding appearance-Huang Yimei. Of course, there are also many "vacuum" expressions in the play, such as the description of workplace relationships and superior-subordinate relationships. However, in any case, the complex human nature presented in "The Story of a Rose" is scarce in current film and television dramas, and even more so. The reason why she is completely "anti-Mary Sue".
