A man in deep mid-life crisis encounters a female classmate who had an unrequited crush on him at a fraternity party. He discovers that the female classmate is wealthy but has been single ever since. The man needs to borrow money but cannot find the opportunity to ask for it - th

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A man in deep mid-life crisis meets a female classmate who had an unrequited love for him at a fraternity party. He discovers that the female classmate is wealthy but single to this day. The man needs to borrow money but cannot find an opening to ask for it. opportunity - think about it, how should we deal with such a common thing in the world without falling into a cliche?

This is the main plot of the first unit of the Korean drama " Our Blues ". Cha Seung-won plays the tired bank manager Han Xiu, who returns to his hometown in Jeju after many years of absence. In the first episode, the camera showed Han Xiu's bloody toes many times, which was a metaphor for his life situation: only he knew about the injuries on his feet.

The Best Actress of the Blue Dragon Award and the Baeksang Award Li Yanyin plays Eun Hee, a female classmate who had an unrequited love for Han Xiu: a loud-voiced, strong and shrewd fishmonger who has accumulated a net worth of over 100 million with half a lifetime of hard work.

But even the hot-tempered Eun Hee has her moments of love, and Han Soo is her weak spot that cannot be covered by her armor. Han Xiu talks about feelings, but what he thinks about is money; Enxi talks about money, but what he thinks about is feelings. The ambiguity of adults' duplicity is getting closer to fake acting and real singing, which actually gives the audience the illusion of true love and cuteness.

However, don’t think that “Our Blues” is a work that depicts reality. Even if the story is set in a remote area of ​​Jeju, and the protagonists are replaced by ordinary men and women of ordinary appearance, it cannot conceal the beauty of “Our Blues”. Screenwriting skills: As Enxi and Hanxiu were having a close relationship, Yin Quan, Haoxi and other buddies discovered the truth about Hanxiu's high debts, and hurriedly reminded Enxi not to be fooled. What could have been exposed with just one phone call dragged on for most of the episode. This arrangement is obviously to maintain the tension before the climax. It follows the logic of drama rather than the logic of reality.

At its core, "Our Blues" is a genre film "formulated" according to a standardized formula. Its basic mode is to set up a controversial moral paradox , so that the audience can freely take on the pros and cons, and then allow both parties to eliminate the gap through communication and understanding, and finally make the audience feel relaxed and moved.

Should Han Xiu ask Eun Xi to borrow money? How should the boundary between two adults be controlled? In fact, there is a big gray area. In the end, the conflict was resolved because Han Xiu's daughter voluntarily gave up studying in the United States. , Han Xiu's precondition for borrowing money disappeared, he just needed to change his mentality and accept the reality.

A similar pattern also occurred between Yingzhu and Axian, Meiyu and Eunxi, Yinquan and Haoxi, Dongxi and Xuanya, Dongxi and Yudong... If the emotional game between Han Xiu and Eun Hee still has room for audiences from different standpoints to take in, the following story of Ying Zhu and Ah Xian will make most viewers restless.

Yingzhu is the number one in the school. Her image as a top student often makes people around her ignore the rebellious side of her character. She and Ah Xian accidentally got pregnant by stealing forbidden fruit, and then started a series of conflicts surrounding "to have a baby or not to have a baby."

Yingzhu's father Haoxi and Axian's father Yinquan both advocate abortion, but Axian strongly advocates that his girlfriend give birth to the child. Because of his insistence, Yingzhu, who was originally wavering, also turned to abortion. In the eyes of others, the persistence of the young lovers was almost unreasonable, but the two relied on their stubbornness to force the fathers to make concessions.

This is a bold treatment. Everyone knows how difficult it is for a high school dropout to support his wife and children, so it is difficult to say that this is a happy ending. However, the theme to be conveyed in this unit is not whether to support abortion or to protect the fetus, but as Haoxi said: "Everything cannot be as you wish. This is life." Although this is his preaching to his daughter, in the end It was him who let go of his fatherly obsession of "for your own good" and accepted his daughter's choice.

"Chicken soup" and "strange love" always go hand in hand, because only in strange love can it be easy to weave the contradiction of "both parties have extenuating feelings, but they just get into trouble". Although "Chicken Soup" is vulgar, it is not without merit. The key lies in how much resonance the situation created by the screenwriter can arouse among the audience.

Just like the terminally ill Yudong made miso soup for his son Dongxi, and then quietly fell to the ground and died. Although it is not difficult for us to guess such a development, we can also realize that this is the careful work of the screenwriter. The design is tearful, but I am still willing to be moved by it.

Most people's memories of their mother are always intertwined with guilt and conflict. Dong Xi refused to call Yudong "Mom" for more than 20 years, and he couldn't help but feel anxious and angry when he saw her. This was just a result of this ambivalence. Focus on zoom. His final reconciliation with Yudong echoes the audience's inner expectations. The weak cry of "Mom" in the video seems to have paid off our emotional debt on our behalf. Most viewers will not refuse such "chicken soup".

The authentic and credible performances of many stars such as Lee Byung-hun and Shin Min-ah also add some convincing to this bowl of "chicken soup". What is particularly worth mentioning is that Kim Hye-ja, who plays Okdong, is a national treasure-level actor in South Korea. She has been awarded the Baeksang Awards seven times since the drama category was established. It can be said that she is soft on winning awards. In the play, she brought to life Yudong's forbearance, helplessness and vulnerability, and when she suddenly exploded when facing her eldest son while paying homage to her deceased husband, people had to be impressed by the skill of this 80-year-old actor.

However, Eun Hee is the soul of this drama, and the units related to her are the most fascinating parts of the drama. Whether facing her first love, Han Soo, or the "princess" Mi Ran, who was admired by many stars among her classmates, Eun Hee will subconsciously reveal her inferiority complex. The huge contrast between inferiority complex and her strong appearance can make The audience can easily sympathize with the character . Who doesn’t have one or two unfulfilled regrets in his heart?

"Blues" is a form of music created by black people in the southern United States. Therefore, blues always has an indelible undertone of melancholy. But blues is not just melancholy. Its rhythm is free and psychedelic, showing powerful creativity under adversity. "Blues" can be used to sum up the commonality of the protagonists in this series: although the cruel life constantly gives them various tests, they also adjust themselves and try their best to adapt to the changing life.

Korean movies and TV dramas often portray some uncompromising characters. This is because South Korea itself is a society with serious cracks, and a lot of damage has not been healed or healed. After Enxi and Han Xiu had a falling out in the hotel, another argument broke out between Enxi, Yin Quan, and Haoxi:

Enxi: "You and Yin Quan obviously borrow money from me at every turn, why can't I borrow money?" To Han Xiu? Why?"

Haoxi: "What kind of friend is that kind of deceitful guy?"

Enxi: "There must be a reason for him to lie. 'Friends'? You are his friends. ? It’s so funny. You claim to be his friend, but that guy Hyung-sik used his wife and stocks as an excuse to not lend him money even though he had money, and even told others about it; that guy Jae-min lent him money. , but he charges 20% interest like a loan shark. You are gloating about his misfortune, telling the world about his lack of money, and investigating others behind his back, while I have made him lose face... How can we belong to him? Friends? "

From this we can also feel that Eun Hee is very clear about grudges deep in his heart. But this kind of transparency does not lead to fussing, but to tolerance based on understanding. On a remote stage like Jeju that is not polluted by modern civilization, it may be possible to retain some of the simple imagination of human society, just like the Chinese people's imagination of Mohe Dance Hall.For the over-sensitive and sharp modern mind, "chicken soup" is also a necessary healing.