Recently, the most powerful suspense drama " misplaced " in the summer season has reached its finale. Many viewers have finished watching this drama without knowing it. At present, Tencent's "X Theater" and Youku's "White Night Theater" are catching up, and iQiyi's "Mist Theater", a pioneer in the suspenseful short drama track, is slightly in decline. The popularity of this drama is to some extent its " "Respect". What makes this drama "top"?
Exploring "Social Suspense"
Since its launch on July 11, "Dislocation" has not only triggered heated discussions on the Internet, but also gained a lot of gains due to its ingenuity in the suspense setting, the progressively better plot, the actors' acting skills, and their ability to analyze human nature. Many viewers have praised it, but some commentators believe that the high reliance on the original work has caused "Dislocation" to form a certain "dislocation" with the current era. Although the quality is acceptable, it is still not as good as the classic masterpiece due to problems such as the insufficient rhythm.
"Dislocation" brings together actors such as Ma Yili , Tong Dawei , Gao Zhiting , Lan Yingying . The play is adapted from the novel "Intersecting Scenes" by the famous Japanese writer Matsumoto Seicho, who pioneered " "Social Reasoning", and is one of the "three peaks of Japanese reasoning literature".
Is the writer a witness or a murderer? The story was murky from the beginning. The plot tells the story of detective Jiang Guangming (played by Ma Yili) and his rookie partner Shi Luo (played by Gao Zhiting). During the investigation of a complicated and confusing case, they accidentally discovered that the crime scenes described in the novels of writer Gu Weiming (played by Tong Dawei) were related to them. The scenes of the actual cases being handled are strikingly consistent.
A complicated and confusing murder case begins, and a second case is accidentally triggered. The two seemingly independent cases are inextricably intertwined. The relationships between the characters are intricate, and the motives behind them are complicated and difficult to discern. The puppy that disappeared during the murder, the waiter who disappeared from the hotel...seemingly ordinary details of life are like gears, driving the plot forward.
In 2020, since "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth" became popular, domestic suspense dramas have also begun to break the model of traditional mystery dramas, and the social genre has emerged, using more suspense as a shell to penetrate into the social texture and gain insights into human nature. Youwei, and has such popular works as " long season ". Nowadays, domestic suspense dramas are targeting Matsumoto Seicho's novels, and exploring "social suspense" will also bring new challenges.
Why is "Dislocation" so "superior"? The play abandons the presentation techniques of past suspense dramas that deliberately create a sense of mystery, and instead adopts a simple and direct narrative method. The story cleverly uses two parallel timelines of the past and the present to narrate the plot. It hits the core right from the beginning, with a story. The murder case serves as an introduction. In the staggered time frame, the characters are portrayed in a concentrated and distinct manner, and the connections between them are clearly presented in the two eras, making the narrative richer and more fascinating.
"Dislocation" is considered to be close to reality mainly because it not only focuses on the surface level of suspense and crime, but also deeply explores the complexity of human nature and social issues. Through the analysis of cases, the series reveals the multi-faceted nature of human nature, including good and evil, selfishness and sacrifice, desire and restraint, etc. It does not simply classify characters as pure good guys or bad guys, but shows the characters' choices and motivations in specific situations, reflecting the grayscale of human nature in real life.
Tong Dawei’s contrasting performance as a gentle and scum
In addition to the attractiveness of the story, the performance of the starring cast in "Dislocation" has also been praised by many viewers. Because this drama stars Ma Yili and Tong Dawei, this group is reminiscent of the urban drama " Struggle ", "It was so exciting that I actually saw the resurrection of Struggle CP." In fact, this is the third collaboration between the two after "Struggle" and " Marriage Defense ".
actor Tong Dawei has proven his versatility with his acting skills. Until now, Tong Dawei's acting skills have not impressed the audience deeply. It was not until " Rose Story " that the pyrotechnics and funny atmosphere brought by the role of Huang Yimei's brother refreshed the audience's stereotype of him.This time, he transformed into the writer Gu Jiming, interpreting the black character and showing a relatively rich personality. When the ambitious Gu Jiming unexpectedly becomes the savior of the publisher's daughter, a seemingly broad road to success opens in front of him.
The complexity of Gu Jiming's character is that he gradually showed a dark and even cold-blooded side from a seemingly gentle and gentle writer, and killed the pregnant "White Moonlight" Jiang Na. Tong Dawei depicts his inner distortion and division through the changes in his eyes, the subtle control of his expression, and the adjustment of his body language. Tong Dawei has a scene in "Dislocation": After Gu Jiming was humiliated after promoting his novel at a banquet, he came to the parking lot in frustration, only to find that his car was caught in the middle, and politely asked the driver of the car next to him to move his car Later, he was humiliated again, and he had to get into the car through the window. The embarrassment and grievance in the process, until he burst into silent crying after getting into the driver's seat, this performance was "godded" by many netizens.
Police officers in reality do not wear exquisite makeup all the time. In order to make the character closer to reality, Ma Yili almost appeared without makeup in "Dislocation" and did not beautify herself too much. Through subtle changes in her eyes, use of body language, and cadences of her voice, she accurately captured the inner world of female detective Jiang Guangming. Whether it is the focus and tension when facing the case, or the tenderness and vulnerability when dealing with personal emotions, Ma Yili has it just right.
In addition, the rivalry between Lan Yingying and Tong Dawei is also a hot topic among the audience. In her relationship with Gu Jiming, Su Zhenzhen showed a contradictory emotional state. Su Zhenzhen comes from a famous family, while Gu Jiming comes from poverty. On the surface, the two seem to be in love, but in fact they each get what they need. The relationship between the two is more like a transaction than love. Gu Jiming uses Su Zhenzhen to help him publish a book and make himself stand out; Su Zhenzhen loves Gu Jiming so much that she even treats him abnormally. possessiveness to gain a sense of security.
Gu Jiming's "blackening" was not created out of thin air. The pressure of life he faced was a portrayal of the cruel reality. Whether the "black-bellied" wife Su Zhenzhen is secretly planning the plot, and where the "White Moonlight" Jiang Na ends up, these clues are like the "hook" created by the creator, allowing the audience to feel immersed in the story at all times. It affects the direction and pays attention to the choices made by the characters in the play at critical moments. This may be a different approach for "Dislocation". The "dislocation" in the title of the play exactly describes the life state of the characters in the play.
Jiang Guangming, whose husband cheated but didn't know it, Gu Jiming and Su Zhenzhen, a couple who lived a life of lies and deception, the late writer Tang Xun also lived in the self-torture of killing the real murderer by mistake...these characters' " "Dislocation" are all true states displayed under the pressure of life. The three pregnant women have different destinies. How to return to the right path after the "dislocation" is also what the drama leaves the audience to think about.
Intern Feng Mingjun
Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Zhang Nan
Proofreader Sheng Yuanyuan
