Last week, the TV series " Ode to Joy 3" produced by Noon Sunshine started airing, and it started the battle of popular summer dramas. As a sequel to a once popular hit, "Ode to Joy", which has now had all its members replaced, does not seem to be as popular as its predecessor.
The launch of "Ode to Joy 3" coincides with the transition of drama series. Facing the just-concluded " Pi 2" and the just-launched "War of the Roses", "Ode to Joy 3" has lived up to expectations and ranked in the Guduo Popularity Index It ranked second in the weekly rankings. But compared to the first two seasons, which frequently triggered hot searches, the third part seems to have had a less smooth start.
The play adopts a new "Ode to Joy and Five Beauties", the story line is completely restarted, and the character setting has nothing to do with the previous work.
's new "Five Beauties" are played by Jiang Shuying , Yang Caiyu , Zhang Huiwen , Zhang Jianing , Li Haofei . Except for the first three who are familiar, the latter two actors may not be familiar to many viewers. Considered familiar. The characters of the new "Five Beauties" are also very different from the previous two films. They are a rich second-generation scientist, a white-collar worker with a sinister vengeance, a new media literary editor, a hotel housekeeping manager and a part-time dance teacher. If we can barely correspond to the previous work, maybe the rich second generation Ye Zhenzhen can barely correspond to Andy , the literary editor He Minhong can correspond to Qiu Yingying , the hotel worker Zhu Zhe can correspond to Fan Shengmei who also has family problems, and Fang Zhiheng and Yu Chuhui has little to do with the previous work.
The new characters need to be adapted, but the plot of the story has not changed much. "Ode to Joy 3" still does not give up discussing gender issues, original family and many other social topics. At the beginning, there was a case of sexual harassment in public places, which also brought the "five beauties" to a united front for the first time and promoted the emergence of friendship. The subsequent plots have always revolved around several major themes, such as gender issues. In addition to the sexual harassment case in the first episode, Zhu Zhe, as the manager of the hotel room department, dealt with disputes in the hotel that were also related to sexual harassment. Another example is the dilemma of ’s native family . In the play, Yu Chuhui’s mother has suffered from domestic violence for a long time, and Zhu Zhe also has two younger siblings, Adou, who cannot afford to support him. It is foreseeable that family conflicts are about to break out.
The drama also adds Wumei’s internal conflicts. There is a direct contradiction between Yu Chuhui and Stanley Ho, who are relatively young and inexperienced, with different views and concepts. In the first eight episodes, in addition to dealing with external crises, Yu Chuhui and Stanley Ho's bickering basically never stopped, and Fang Zhiheng's identity issue of not using his real name but using a pseudonym also hinted that it might be related to workplace harassment. In the part that shows Fang Zhiheng's story line, the play also plays a suspenseful plot, which can be regarded as a certain degree of innovation under the shell of realistic themes.
first establishes the characters, and then brings social topic discussions through different events. From the plot structure, "Ode to Joy 3" continues the topic drama operation mode of the previous work. In the play, terms that are often on the hot search list frequently appear in scenes where sisters are chatting, such as "How to deal with a boss who seizes the fruits of subordinates' work", "How to deal with discrimination against women in the workplace regarding marriage and childbirth", etc. It is shown in a large space in the play.
's method of using social topic controversies to arouse public opinion and thereby bring popularity to the series can be said to be a regular routine for topical dramas in recent years. Although under the banner of realistic themes, most of them are scratching the surface, and there are not many works that can really sting the reality and arouse in-depth discussions. This may also be a problem that "Ode to Joy 3" needs to focus on solving. At a time when female-themed dramas are experiencing aesthetic fatigue, this sequel will undoubtedly have to face genre challenges.
(Original title: "Ode to Joy 3" has small innovations that cannot cover up the old routine )
Source: Beijing Daily reporter Li Xiazhi
Process editor: U022
