Noon Sunshine's main theme drama " County Party Committee Courtyard " has once again discovered many outstanding actors, such as Wu Yue who plays the heroine in the play this time. The female leader Ai Xianzhi's performance is vivid, and her vigorous and resolute style in dealing with problems is irrefutable. Although Wu Yue's previous roles were all negative, this time she has successfully reversed everyone's inherent impression of her.
Ren Chengwei, who plays the role of village director Liang Hongwei in the play, is an "old acquaintance" of everyone because he had previously appeared in Kong Sheng's "The Battle of Changsha". However, he played mostly supporting roles and has always been a drama star but not a celebrity. But this time, the village director he played was so natural and real that he seemed to be acting in his true colors, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the role from the very beginning of the play.
There is also Zhang Xincheng who plays Lin Zhiwei. He was originally a relatively junior young actor in "County Party Committee Courtyard", but his degree of completion of the role is also very high and his acting skills are remarkable. Especially in the early stage, the newcomers who have just joined the job are a little overwhelmed and want to seize the opportunity to express their own side. The performance is very easy for the audience to empathize with.
With so many capable actors supporting the cast, "County Party Committee Courtyard" can indeed be regarded as a powerful acting award, but not all actors can perform well. There are four actors in "County Party Committee Courtyard" who are considered failures. Their performances bring down the whole drama and make people uncomfortable to watch.
They also all play female leaders. Liu Tao plays Li Tang, the director of the Propaganda Department in the play. His airy manner really makes people accept his incompetence. The other actors, even marginalized supporting characters, played the role of cadres working within the system very well. For example, when they ate at the same table as the leader, they kept their posture very low.
But only Liu Tao played the role of Li Tang like the biggest female leader in the whole drama, and even seemed to overshadow Ai Xianzhi, especially when she was eating breakfast but put on airs, as if she wanted to speak at any time, which was completely inconsistent with the character's personality.
In addition, Liu Tao's acting skills are a bit too strong, and Li Tang is portrayed as a cadre who is very anxious and not so calm when things happen. Dealing with negative news is obviously a very basic job, but she keeps frowning and instructing her subordinates to do this and that. It seems that Li Tang is the only one in the entire propaganda department who can handle things.
This kind of frowning acting style is mostly seen in young actors with little acting experience. Liu Tao's acting level is really surprising. Not only that, Li Tang, played by Liu Tao, occasionally has a sense of immediacy as a domineering president. When watching the video, he would tilt his head and smile in confusion. I really can't understand what she is acting.
Another one whose acting skills are very similar to hers is Wan Qian . The only difference is that Liu Tao likes to frown no matter what state he is in, but Wan Qian looks like she can't wake up, especially when speaking her lines, she can't open her mouth.
The role of Qiu Mai originally had a lot of room for development. She is not only Mei Xiaoge’s wife, but also a cadre who aids Tibet. If she is played well, it will be easier for the audience to understand that female cadres have to deal with family problems and take into account the difficulties of work. But if she is not played well, like the role presented by Wan Qian, it will make people unable to empathize and dislike her.
When she and Mei Xiaoge were together, they didn't look like a couple, but more like Mei Xiaoge's leader. They always walked in front of Mei Xiaoge. Even the eyes she looked at Mei Xiaoge didn't show any friendship at all. They were more like a couple going through the motions. She couldn't feel that she liked Mei Xiaoge at all.
In front of Mei Xiaoge's mother, she didn't act like a daughter-in-law. She persuaded her mother-in-law to go to the provincial hospital as if she was under an order from the leader. When her mother-in-law refused to go, her eyes revealed an undisguised disgust. This made the relationship between the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law tense. It was not because Mei Xiaoge's mother wanted her daughter-in-law to take care of her son, but more like Qiu Mai's personal reasons.
Even the way she looked at her mother revealed a sense of disgust. In the play, when Mei Xiaoge and Qiu Mai went home for dinner, she acted like a person who had nothing to do with her, looking from one side to another, as if the people in front of her were not her relatives.
Even when playing the role of a female leader, Wan Qian does not have the aura of Wu Yue. She has no aura at all when walking with the workers. She even looks soft and weak, and her image and temperament are completely unable to control this role.
There is also an actress Xue Haojing , who plays the role of Jiang Xia in the play. This role itself does not play a big role in the play. However, due to the middle stage of the play, the emotional line between her and Lin Zhiwei was arranged, and the number of scenes increased instantly. However, Xue Haojing did not show her acting skills from beginning to end.
When the character appears, from Lin Zhiwei's perspective, Jiang Xia is the only colleague in the office who has some human touch. However, Xue Haojing's performance is too cold, and the look she looks at Lin Zhiwei always reveals a sense of disdain, which is contrary to the character's natural kindness.
After spending time with Lin Zhiwei for a long time and gradually developing feelings for each other, Xue Haojing's Jiang Xia was no longer as cold as at the beginning, but more greasy, always teasing Lin Zhiwei intentionally or unintentionally. Even though he knew that the other party had a girlfriend, he still confessed his love in all kinds of direct ways. His behavior alone made people look down on him.
Xue Haojing's acting skills did not make the audience feel how much she likes Lin Zhiwei. Instead, it was more like grabbing her casually to make friends. Even when the two were arranged on a blind date by their families without knowing it, Jiang Xia looked at Lin Zhiwei in amusement, revealing a hint of disgust.
and Xiao Zeng, the water deliveryman played by Bao Beier , is a superfluous role in the play. Bao Beier's over-exerting acting also makes this character look less life-like, and instead seems like he was deliberately given a lot of shots.
For example, when changing the water in the county magistrate's office in the play, Lin Zhiwei didn't know where the county magistrate's office was. He looked at the other person up and down, tilted his body, and there was a hint of ridicule in his smile, making it difficult to understand what kind of emotions and psychology he wanted to express.
When Qiao Shengli's wife gave him the keys, Qiao Shengli casually said that he would not give water but medicine to cover up his embarrassment. Xiao Zeng immediately dropped the bucket in his hand and handed the leader a bottle of water. Whether it was the exaggerated action of dropping the bucket or the expression of watching the fun when handing the water, it all seemed intentional, and his acting was not natural at all.
Comparing the performances of Wu Yue, Zhang Xincheng and other actors, the acting skills of these four actors are really unsatisfactory. In a high-quality drama like "County Party Committee Courtyard", they can only become a hindrance. The characters are not likeable enough and the actors' acting skills do not meet expectations. It is really disappointing. What do you think of the performance of these four actors?
