[Source: Beijing Daily]
Hu Xiang
The family drama "Little Couple" has just become popular, and it has left a topic worth recalling in terms of the creation of domestic dramas.
"Little Couple" is adapted from the novel "Stay-at-Home Dad". Judging from the name of the original work, this work reveals a new idea. In the already very "involved" family urban drama track, it depicts the image of a stay-at-home dad for the first time. In the past, except for the cheating man Zhang Xin played by Yu Entai in "White Moonlight", there were very few such characters on the screen in domestic dramas. This drama as a whole does not make much breakthrough within the framework of the family drama genre, but it does present new ideas in some parts.
The biggest highlight of this drama in the first few episodes is the display of "dad taking care of the baby". For the first time, the work comprehensively shows how an engineer and a "straight man" can become an excellent full-time father. He is different from the various worries and constraints that women have when raising children. He lets the children try. For example, he will patiently explain to the children the principle of charging the plug of the hair dryer, and let the children plug it in to experience it. He took the children to play archery and motorcycles, allowing the boys to show the responsibility and courage that a young man should have. In particular, the work uses a method of having the father compete with the grandmother to win the little red flower, which further illustrates the unique advantages of fathers taking care of children compared to traditional women. Of course, this work also writes about the troubles and embarrassments of stay-at-home dads: on the one hand, they have to face society's colored glasses. For example, Zhou Quan's attempt to integrate into the circle of mothers seems very stiff, and he is ridiculed by fellow male parents; On the other hand, Zhouquan will also fall into doubt of self-worth. These two aspects are where the interest and novelty of this work lie.
However, the more I look back, the more I feel that the more important value of this work is not only the discussion of the new family structure of stay-at-home dads, but also the fact that this work for the first time created a family that conforms to modern family values and has The central female image of ideal color——Che Li. She is intellectually mature, loves life, and writes beautifully. From a stay-at-home mother for five years, she suddenly became a hot best-selling author. Her income is several times that of her husband, and their family roles have reversed. At the same time, she is still a daughter. Facing her enthusiastic and strong mother, she always has to choose between her mother and her husband. Some comments on the comments said that the family would have to break up without Che Li. The important reason is her extremely rational and scientific way of getting along with the family. She is no longer like the "chicken baby" mother in traditional family dramas, who is anxious for her children to succeed, but is relatively calm and casual, and can communicate with her family calmly. Because of the existence of this character, the show never showed a suffocating flavor from the beginning, and the actor Yin Tao's own sense of relaxation is also highly consistent with this character.
This drama is a rare example of real communication that is rare in family dramas. When Zhou Quan's work was unsatisfactory, Che Li would have a drink with him and listen patiently. Especially when Zhou Quan failed to take good care of his son Ai Wen due to negligence, causing him to fall off the stairs while riding his motorcycle and bleed his head. Che Li rushed back from the field and did not reprimand her husband immediately. Instead, she calmed down and took the initiative to meet Zhou Quan in the corridor. communicate. There was "competition" between Zhou Quan and his mother-in-law, but the bowl of "apology noodles" he and Aiwen made for her mother-in-law reconciled their relationship and promoted mutual understanding, which was quite touching.
It is undeniable that these plots and stories are more rational. If this were the case in real life, it would have turned the world upside down. But it points out a new possibility for the creation of family dramas: Can we really only deliberately create anxiety and contradictions, and move the quarrels in reality onto the screen intact, so that the audience's souls will be shocked and tortured again? The answer is that we can make trade-offs. We cannot give a realistic solution, but at least in the artistic refinement of life, we can raise our perspective a little bit, and it does not necessarily have to be "flying close to the ground". In the play, Zhou Quan chats with his son Yun Cai and tells a very touching story about smelly socks Yun Cai - smelly socks also have value. This is an example of the show's departure from reality.Occasionally withdrawing from the slightly mechanical and mediocre life and bringing in some idealistic colors often bring unexpected poetry to the work, allowing the audience to gain insights.
Of course, this work also has many advantages that are rare in domestic dramas. For example, it has more genre characteristics, is very compact in rhythm, and likes to use some casual humor to resolve the heaviness in life. For example, Zhou Quan's workplace scenes at the beginning have quite the black humor of "I Am Yu Huanshui" - a middle-aged employee, Lao Yu, was coldly dismissed. Zhou Quan hugged and comforted him on the roof of the building. At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew off Lao Yu's wig. ; For example, the venomous exchanges between the second male lead Yuan Yi and the second female lead Meng Fei in the play, with its fast pace, sense of humor, and youthful attitude, make people see the clean and refreshing energy of "Rock and Roll". Although the barrage evaluation of "family drama ceiling" is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed worth learning from other domestic dramas.
However, this drama also has problems. The biggest problem is that Che Li's success was presented too easily at the beginning, and Zhou Quan's agreement to become a housewife was too smooth. In fact, it diluted the conflict in the main line and failed to pave the way for the subsequent intensification of the conflict between the two.
[Source: Beijing Daily]
Hu Xiang
The family drama "Little Couple" has just become popular, and it has left a topic worth recalling in terms of the creation of domestic dramas.
"Little Couple" is adapted from the novel "Stay-at-Home Dad". Judging from the name of the original work, this work reveals a new idea. In the already very "involved" family urban drama track, it depicts the image of a stay-at-home dad for the first time. In the past, except for the cheating man Zhang Xin played by Yu Entai in "White Moonlight", there were very few such characters on the screen in domestic dramas. This drama as a whole does not make much breakthrough within the framework of the family drama genre, but it does present new ideas in some parts.
The biggest highlight of this drama in the first few episodes is the display of "dad taking care of the baby". For the first time, the work comprehensively shows how an engineer and a "straight man" can become an excellent full-time father. He is different from the various worries and constraints that women have when raising children. He lets the children try. For example, he will patiently explain to the children the principle of charging the plug of the hair dryer, and let the children plug it in to experience it. He took the children to play archery and motorcycles, allowing the boys to show the responsibility and courage that a young man should have. In particular, the work uses a method of having the father compete with the grandmother to win the little red flower, which further illustrates the unique advantages of fathers taking care of children compared to traditional women. Of course, this work also writes about the troubles and embarrassments of stay-at-home dads: on the one hand, they have to face society's colored glasses. For example, Zhou Quan's attempt to integrate into the circle of mothers seems very stiff, and he is ridiculed by fellow male parents; On the other hand, Zhouquan will also fall into doubt of self-worth. These two aspects are where the interest and novelty of this work lie.
However, the more I look back, the more I feel that the more important value of this work is not only the discussion of the new family structure of stay-at-home dads, but also the fact that this work for the first time created a family that conforms to modern family values and has The central female image of ideal color——Che Li. She is intellectually mature, loves life, and writes beautifully. From a stay-at-home mother for five years, she suddenly became a hot best-selling author. Her income is several times that of her husband, and their family roles have reversed. At the same time, she is still a daughter. Facing her enthusiastic and strong mother, she always has to choose between her mother and her husband. Some comments on the comments said that the family would have to break up without Che Li. The important reason is her extremely rational and scientific way of getting along with the family. She is no longer like the "chicken baby" mother in traditional family dramas, who is anxious for her children to succeed, but is relatively calm and casual, and can communicate with her family calmly. Because of the existence of this character, the show never showed a suffocating flavor from the beginning, and the actor Yin Tao's own sense of relaxation is also highly consistent with this character.
This drama is a rare example of real communication that is rare in family dramas. When Zhou Quan's work was unsatisfactory, Che Li would have a drink with him and listen patiently. Especially when Zhou Quan failed to take good care of his son Ai Wen due to negligence, causing him to fall off the stairs while riding his motorcycle and bleed his head. Che Li rushed back from the field and did not reprimand her husband immediately. Instead, she calmed down and took the initiative to meet Zhou Quan in the corridor. communicate. There was "competition" between Zhou Quan and his mother-in-law, but the bowl of "apology noodles" he and Aiwen made for her mother-in-law reconciled their relationship and promoted mutual understanding, which was quite touching.
It is undeniable that these plots and stories are more rational. If this were the case in real life, it would have turned the world upside down. But it points out a new possibility for the creation of family dramas: Can we really only deliberately create anxiety and contradictions, and move the quarrels in reality onto the screen intact, so that the audience's souls will be shocked and tortured again? The answer is that we can make trade-offs. We cannot give a realistic solution, but at least in the artistic refinement of life, we can raise our perspective a little bit, and it does not necessarily have to be "flying close to the ground". In the play, Zhou Quan chats with his son Yun Cai and tells a very touching story about smelly socks Yun Cai - smelly socks also have value. This is an example of the show's departure from reality.Occasionally withdrawing from the slightly mechanical and mediocre life and bringing in some idealistic colors often bring unexpected poetry to the work, allowing the audience to gain insights.
Of course, this work also has many advantages that are rare in domestic dramas. For example, it has more genre characteristics, is very compact in rhythm, and likes to use some casual humor to resolve the heaviness in life. For example, Zhou Quan's workplace scenes at the beginning have quite the black humor of "I Am Yu Huanshui" - a middle-aged employee, Lao Yu, was coldly dismissed. Zhou Quan hugged and comforted him on the roof of the building. At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew off Lao Yu's wig. ; For example, the venomous exchanges between the second male lead Yuan Yi and the second female lead Meng Fei in the play, with its fast pace, sense of humor, and youthful attitude, make people see the clean and refreshing energy of "Rock and Roll". Although the barrage evaluation of "family drama ceiling" is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed worth learning from other domestic dramas.
However, this drama also has problems. The biggest problem is that Che Li's success was presented too easily at the beginning, and Zhou Quan's agreement to become a housewife was too smooth. In fact, it diluted the conflict in the main line and failed to pave the way for the subsequent intensification of the conflict between the two.(The author is a film critic)
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