Middle-aged actresses have to play mothers?

Yao Chen and have all started acting as mothers.

recently starred by Yao Chen, Chang Yuan , Zhuang Dafei the modern female emotional drama " Rock and Roll Crazy Flowers " was broadcast on iQIYI. , and his daughter went through many trials and finally joined hands and caused a heated discussion among the audience. Many netizens said: "Why does Yao Chen also start acting as a mother?"

It's not surprising that netizens are strange, there was a time when middle-aged actresses were dissatisfied with playing their mother.

The 46-year-old big S once expressed his dissatisfaction with being invited to play the role of Wang Dalu 's mother in a variety show, and the 44-year-old Ni Hongjie also expressed her many roles as mothers in " Actors Please Be In Place " Helpless, the 48-year-old Qiong Yao girl Chen Derong once claimed that acting as a mother is a shame...

Why do middle-aged actresses reject acting as a mother so much?

On the one hand, under the influence of the young aesthetics of Asian film and television dramas for a long time, women naturally have a certain age anxiety, and naturally they are repelled from acting as mothers. On the other hand, middle-aged actresses reject acting as mothers, mainly because of the single and flat female roles in domestic film and television dramas.

The mother of elementary school students is in chicken baby , the mother of high school students is preparing for exams, the mother of graduates is urging marriage, the mother of working people has become an evil mother-in-law again... There are thousands of stories in film and television dramas, but the mother Their image is always the same, and many middle-aged women play a functional role in film and television dramas, especially urban dramas. The roles are not three-dimensional and rich enough, and there is no flash point. This is an important reason why many middle-aged actresses are reluctant to play their mothers.

So the question is, what can a middle-aged actress play if she doesn't play a mother? Obviously, the common love idol dramas on the market are not suitable for middle-aged actresses with increased experience and age, otherwise the label of a "middle-aged girl" will be ridiculed by the audience; The role is often inseparable from the overbearing female president of the routine; in addition to this, the popular suspense and theme themes in the past two years are often dominated by men. In the final analysis, there are too few film and television dramas dominated by women.

In the past two years, middle-aged actresses have been trying as much as possible. The Bad Rabbit Film and Television Company established by Yao Chen has successively produced two works, " finds you " and "Send you to the Qingyun". The film starts from a female perspective. It shows the spiritual world of women outside of motherhood. At the FIRST Film Festival, Haiqing , who called for more opportunities for actresses, broke the previous image of tiger mothers with the movie " Hidden in the Dust " this year.

Tianxian Zhou Xun partner Huang Lei starred in " Xiaomin's house ", although playing the role of a mother, but compared to the mother's identity, the drama shows the life and emotional world of middle-aged women more. According to Kuyun EYE data, this drama ranks first in the Hunan Satellite TV 2022 drama list with 1.5659% of the live broadcast attention.

"Rock and Roll" is another breakthrough attempt on female theme. Peng Lai, played by Yao Chen, wears smoky makeup, flaming red lips, and has short colored hair. He dares to love and hate and is maverick. Compared with mothers who are devoted to their children, Penglai pays more attention to the realization of dreams and self-worth. This role escapes the shackles of mother roles in previous film and television works. In Peng Lai, the audience can not only see the charm of independent women, but also feel the brilliance of motherhood. It is a rich and three-dimensional image.

At present, "Rock and Roll" has ended with the TOP3 of Kuyun's full-end popularity, but the multi-dimensional exploration of female themes has not stopped.

In fact, "Rock and Roll Flowers" is the first episode of the "Wild Flowers Series" launched by iQiyi . In addition to "Rock and Roll", iQIYI has four more female-themed dramas of different ages to be broadcast. After

"Rock and Roll", the upcoming broadcast is "Ripple Heart". This drama is directed by Liu Ziwei , Qin Lan, Lan Yingying , Zheng Hehuizi , Wang Ziyi starring, telling the story of three protagonists of different ages and personalities growing up in their respective lives. Female directors and female actors may bring about a more unique female expression.

Qin Lan and Deng Jiajia 's another drama "Brilliant Turn" also belongs to the "Crazy Flower Series" drama series. A story of hardships in life.

" Long Live Women " starring Yin Tao, Wang Yuanke , Shi Shi, tells the story of three women with different personalities helping each other out of the predicament. girl help girl female power is full of expectations. In addition to

, ​​"Grandma's New World" starring Yan Ni , Deng Enxi , Zhang Yao put the perspective on older women and produced a female road drama. The whole drama is from producer , screenwriter to director, and all the actors are women, and there are many talents such as Yao Chen, Wang Luodan , Mei Ting , Li Qian , Guo Keyu , Wang Yanzhi , Zou Yuanqing and so on The actress joined, and it was already full of expectations before it was broadcast.

Although there are not many opportunities for female themes in the film and television drama market, middle-aged actresses have never stopped trying, and as an audience, we also expect more diversified expressions of female dramas, rather than staying in mother-in-law. , daughter-in-law, mother.