This year, "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2" returns to the summer season. The plot continues the content of the first season. It mainly tells the emotional entanglement between Ji Xiaoyao, the king of Haoling, and Tu Shanjing, Xiang Liu, Xuanxuan, and Chishui Fenglong. . According to the popularity value on the site, the popularity of "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2" on the first day was 28325, which is an improvement compared to the 27794 popularity of the first season premiere. However, the subsequent popularity performance was not as impressive as that of the first season. The second season fell below the 30,000 mark 4 days after its launch, while the popularity of the first season gradually increased, reaching a peak of 33,144 11 days after its launch. Sequels of film and television dramas have always been a "hard nut to crack". Could it be that " Sauvignon Blanc " has also fallen into the "sequel curse"?
Domestic Xianxia be aesthetic upgrade
The launch of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in 2005 set off the "Xianxia craze" in mainland film and television dramas. "Xuanyuan Sword: Clouds of Han", " Flowers of Thousand Bones ", " Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms ", " Fragrant Honey as Ashes as Frost ", " and the Phoenix ", "Sauvignon Blanc"... are all " The product of "Xianxia craze". Li Xiaoyao in "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was originally an orphan. He "upgraded and fought monsters" along the way and finally became the leader of Shushan. He eliminated the Moon Worship Cult and saved the common people, opening the door to the "male channel" of IP dramas. "Flower Thousand Bones" interprets the master-disciple sadomasochism between Hua Qiangu and her master Bai Zihua by exploring responsibility, growth and choice. Since then, "big female protagonist dramas" have gradually become mainstream. "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" relies on the background of "Three Lives Three Worlds" to tell the story of triple sadomasochism. "Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost" "first tortures men and then women", the be aesthetics of the costume drama The Fall of the Gods has reached its peak.
From "Xianjian" to "Xiangmi", and now to "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2", it is not difficult to find that the fairy tale drama has evolved from the original "centered on heroes" to "centered on immortals". The underlying narrative model of "upgrading to fight monsters" has gradually been replaced by "fairy love", and the blackening, jumping platform, magic stone, amnesia, and magic pill brought by "fairy love" have also become the specialty props of sadomasochism plots. At a time when be aesthetics has become a new way for young people to engage in CP, sadomasochism scenes in film and television dramas have also been upgraded.
In "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2", the story almost all revolves around Xiaoyao's emotional choices after becoming Wang Ji. Xiaoyao is always faced with the problem of choosing a husband. She keeps wandering between Tushanjing, Xiangliu and Xuanxuan. , Chishui Fenglong among the four people. Some viewers believe that the plot has fallen into a "fairy-based" routine, mixed with "torture for the sake of abuse", such as "Xuanxuan's marriage, cooking to persuade veterans to move the capital", "Tushan Jing's disappearance", and "Xiang Liu's death in battle". industrial saccharine; but some people hold different opinions, saying that the play's handling of emotional drama is unique, and it devotes most of its energy to the delicate portrayal of the characters' emotions, creating a new chapter in "immersive ancient puppets".
Reflecting the dilemma of "her theme"
In "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2", the audience saw Xiaoyao's frustration and loss in love, and also saw her lack of motivation after being coerced by her identity, which was "different from the first season" The open-minded image of "living on others" forms a contrast. Taken together, the main reason for the decline in reputation in the second season is that the screenwriter changed the original female protagonist drama into "a sad sadomasochistic female protagonist with one woman surrounding four men." However, this is not just a confusion of the drama. It also reflects the difficulty of adapting "her themes".
Since the popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", domestic dramas have set off a craze for online games and online IP adaptations of fairy tale dramas. There are countless popular works, among which many works with female characters as the protagonists have become the leading female protagonists. Template.
Times have changed, and the audience’s aesthetic requirements for “other themes” are different from those in the past. The biggest problem facing fantasy dramas with heroines in costumes is routine. The core of everything serving the heroine makes the audience feel aesthetic fatigue, and the audience also puts forward more stringent standards for character creation. Many viewers hope that in female themes, women cannot compete with each other, let alone "love men". Once they "love men", they will be labeled as "love brains". The heroine that the audience expects to see is the "big heroine" in their own minds, rather than the female image under the male gaze. In addition to love and career, they also expect female characters to "bloom more", which makes adaptation more difficult.
It is too early to say whether "Sauvignon Blanc Season 2" is better or worse than the first season. Xiaoyao's story is still continuing, and the adaptation of Xianxia dramas will not stop. In fact, be aesthetics is not a new species. "It is difficult to calm down" has been the mainstream of literary works throughout the ages. In reality, not many people are shrouded in the "heroine halo" throughout their lives. On the contrary, "beautiful, strong and miserable" cannot be directly equated with "big heroine". The real "big heroine" does not lie in how many characters she has. Perfect, followed by many people, but they have overcome the weaknesses and flaws of human nature and grown into their true selves. What everyone really wants to see is that they can have some thoughts and gain female power while doing CP. Now that the audience has chosen the correct way to open a drama with a female protagonist, it depends on how the creator responds.
Reporter: Ren Xiaofei Editor: Xu Min Proofreader: High-tech intern: Yan Qinyi
