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"County Party Committee Courtyard" was launched on CCTV 1 on December 7, and has caused a lot of heated discussions since its launch. The play is a tribute to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It tells the story of Mei Xiaoge, secretary of the county party committee, who unites cadres and the masses to build Guangming County.
The first broadcast of the drama broke 2, and the real-time highest ratings reached 2.35% in the 34-city data. The peak exceeded 2.35% . It can be seen from the audience's comments that the play can be regarded as a work of conscience. As the same drama, many people compare this drama with " In the Name of the People ".
"In the Name of the People" was launched in 2017. It was the most popular TV series that year and even aroused national discussion. The play can be called a "classic", with an average viewership rating of 3.661% for and a peak of 5.544% for . Judging from the ratings alone, "County Party Committee Courtyard" is obviously weaker than it.
Judging from the audience's evaluation, it seems that "County Party Committee Courtyard" is not as good as "In the Name of the People". Both dramas are also serious dramas. Why has "In the Name of the People" become a hit, while "County Party Committee Courtyard" is less popular?
"In the Name of the People" is known as "the largest anti-corruption system in history" . The number of executives who have been dismissed throughout the show is shocking. Moreover, when "In the Name of the People" was released, it coincided with the critical period of the Party Central Committee's "tiger campaign". can be said to be in the hot period.
"County Party Committee Courtyard" tells the story of County Party Committee Secretary Mei Xiaoge leading the construction and development of the county, although it is also a hot topic of concern to everyone. However, compared with "In the Name of the People", the plot of the drama is too bland and cannot resonate with hot topics and create emotional collisions with the audience.
"In the Name of the People" exploded at the beginning. Hou Liangping led the comrades of the procuratorate to investigate the home of Zhao Dehan, the director of a certain department. You must know that the beginning of the play was played by Hou Yong's superb acting skills. The image of an honest peasant like a bad boy, eating a bowl of noodles and gnawing garlic. At this time, no one thought that this petty official turned out to be a huge corrupt man. When the amount of money embezzled by Hou Yong was revealed, when the bed was covered with banknotes, and when the shots of banknotes all over the walls and refrigerator appeared, the audience still exclaimed in disbelief.
"Small officials are hugely corrupt". Such an honest and honest image forms a strong contrast with the image of a huge corrupt official, which has a strong visual impact on the audience. It can be said that Hou Yong really made a good start for "In the Name of the People" .
"In the Name of the People" follows up on the escape of Ding Yizhen, the collision of the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Dafeng Factory incident, the loss of state-owned assets and other issues, which can be said to be one link after another. From the perspective of solving the case, the whole case is revealed to the audience bit by bit. The whole process of is full of suspense and thrilling .
In comparison, the script of "County Party Committee Courtyard" is really too bland. There was a little bit of excitement in the first few episodes, but as time went on, the plot became more and more bland. Although
is about a series of issues such as demolition, relocation of graves, and arbitrary fees, they are also related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and they also happen around the audience. However, the way the show is presented is too bland, the entire series can even be divided into short stories, waiting for the county party secretary to solve one problem after another. Watching the middle is like watching Mei Xiaoge play a game, solving each of the small "BOSS" .
Wait until the later stage and basically guess the result as soon as a problem occurs, and there is no suspense at all. Although the audience may not be able to guess the finale, the basic direction is already very clear.
The audience needs excitement, suspense, and depth. If any problem is like "County Party Committee Courtyard", just hold a meeting and solve all the problems, but it will feel that it is too far away from reality and there will be no resonance.
"In the Name of the People" is completely different. The whistle-blowing phenomenon appeared in the first episode, but it was not until the finale that the story was completely revealed. Who is a corrupt official and who is a good official? It was impossible to tell the difference until the last moment. It can be said that the screenwriter controlled the rhythm of the entire plot very well.
Looking back at "County Party Committee Courtyard", there is one point that the author has to complain about. Has anyone counted the story of "County Party Committee Courtyard"? How much time is spent in meetings? Basically, every episode has part of the plot in meetings, general meetings, county committee meetings, township meetings, village committee meetings, etc. I have to say that the characters in the play complained about having too many meetings, but the audience was a little tired after watching it, it was really too much!
has no conflict points. Naturally, there are no memory points and no highlights. In the end, there will be no hits!
On the contrary, the author has a deep memory of the theme of each meeting of the "County Party Committee Courtyard"!
In addition to the plot, the most important thing about a TV series is the acting skills of the actors.. From this point of view, both dramas should be given a thumbs up. Neither drama pursues the so-called "traffic stars", and no one's acting skills ruined the entire drama, so from this point of view, both dramas should be thumbs up.
However, there is still a clear gap between the two dramas in terms of character creation!
Netizens said: In "In the Name of the People", all except the male and female protagonists are showing off their acting skills; in "County Party Committee Courtyard", only the male and female protagonists are showing off their acting skills..
Of course, this is not to say that the supporting roles in "County Party Committee Courtyard" are not well acted. In fact, the supporting roles in the play are still very eye-catching, but there is a lack of explosive roles.
"In the Name of the People" has created too many classic images. The first one to become popular was Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Dakang. When he first appeared, many people thought Li Dakang was a villain. His serious expression scared the audience. Later, the audience discovered that Li Dakang also had a cute side. His boss was corrupt, the people below him ran away, and his wife was still corrupt. Therefore, the audience shouted " Secretary Dakang don't bow your head, GDP will fall" !
For example, there is Chen Qingquan who likes to learn English, who is also popular in the circle, and Sun Liancheng who "has a heart for the universe". Each of them does not have much screen time, but they still create very angular and individual characters . Every character is impressive.
Especially the final villain "Shengtian Banzi" 's Qi Tongwei , on the contrary, became a mess. His experience not only did not cause complaints from the audience, but also resonated with people. His experience moved countless viewers and admired him as a real man. His ending was even more unexpected. It was really unexpected until the last one. He actually committed suicide rather than accept the punishment of the law.
As for the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee Teacher Gao Yuliang, many viewers could not understand until the end of the performance. Where did Teacher Gao break the law? There seemed to be a problem, but they felt that they could not tell!
In comparison, the character creation of "County Party Committee Courtyard" caused too many complaints from the audience.
The protagonist Hu Ge played Secretary Mei Xiaoge, but many viewers said that the character was too bookish and lacked official . Not calm enough, not sophisticated enough.
Of course, the biggest problem with in "County Party Committee Courtyard" is the Facebook-like . The outstanding acting skills of the supporting actors still need to be praised. But the story of the whole drama is solved one by one, so the characters basically stand out one by one.
Qiao Shengli appeared in the demolition issue. I have to say that when I watched the previous scenes, I still liked the role of Qiao Shengli, and he handled it with ease. Whether it's communication and negotiation with nail households, or changes in expressions. Especially the tires of my car were punctured and the windows were smashed. When I saw this, I not only sighed that this is indeed a good secretary and a good party member.
But looking back, it seems that all the subsequent characters follow this routine. There are really too many people coming out later, and means that everyone has no own characteristics, and everyone's highlight cannot be seen. Everyone thought it was a good performance when they watched it, but then they forgot about it. The characters Li Laiyou and Li Baoping who appeared later all had this problem.
Because the plot of "County Party Committee Courtyard" is flat, there are too many characters appearing at the beginning, which is confusing and difficult to distinguish. At the end of the day, each of these characters' roles are almost the same, and there are no highlights at all. It's still the two words "bland" !
On the contrary, the village director 三宝 has become more and more brilliant from the first episode to the following, and his performance is very enjoyable, playing the role of a real village director. seems to be honest, but very shrewd. He often pretends to be stupid, but in fact he is like in his heart.
The author was also born in a rural area, and can very well understand the sentence in the play "Rural areas have their own rules of survival" ! Chinese farmers are simple and the simplest, but sometimes they are full of their own little calculations.
does not mean that it can be rampant in rural areas just because it makes sense. In fact, many times in rural areas, it is impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong over trivial matters. Everyone has lived here for generations. When it comes to grievances, it cannot be explained in a day or two. Therefore, I think the role of Sanbao is the most outstanding one among the supporting characters.
The biggest problem in the character creation of "County Party Committee Courtyard" is that it is too "Wei Guangzheng". This is the core problem that the audience cannot resonate with.
In "In the Name of the People" there are: Learn foreign languages well Chen Qingquan, Mind the universe Sun Liancheng, Shengtian Banzi Qi Tongwei, Not moving at all Zhao Dehan, The hero behind the scenes Zhao Lichun , Bingqing Yujie Gao Xiaoqin , Seemingly smiling but not smiling Gao Yuliang, Older leftover women Lu Yike, The scapegoat Li Dakang, The tiger fighting hero Zhao Donglai , Justice incarnate Hou Liangping, Pretending to be crazy and acting stupid Cai Chenggong , Samadhi True Fire Wang Wenge, I want to fast forward Zheng Shengli ...
Everyone has his own characteristics, everyone has his own desires, everyone has his own emotions . It is precisely because of this that we feel "real".
In comparison, there are not really a few bad guys in "County Party Committee Courtyard" from beginning to end. Everyone has the cause of the party at heart and works diligently for the people.
A demolition household, from the county party committee secretary, county magistrate to the town secretary, all came to the battle. The town secretary did not care about the demolition of his own family. One thing to mention here is that all the leaders took medicine throughout the whole drama, and few of them were healthy. The village secretary works from morning till night for individual people in the village. Everyone is working diligently and trying their best. is not saying that this situation is false, but that everyone is like this, which makes me feel a bit false! All the characters created by
are "Wei Guangzheng", which makes the audience begin to disbelieve and start to question!
From the perspective of exposing social phenomena, both dramas have this intention. But the effect is completely different.
"In the Name of the People" exposed corruption, corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, loss of state-owned assets and other problems. The entire drama profoundly exposed and unearthed the root causes of these ugly phenomena, and dealt with them seriously in accordance with party discipline and state laws. Let the audience applaud and applaud.
In contrast, "County Party Committee Courtyard" covers issues such as demolition, relocation of graves, retirement wages, arbitrary charges by traffic police, arbitrary charges by various departments, relations between cadres and masses, and poverty alleviation. It reflects more problems than "In the Name of the People" and is closer to the lives of ordinary people than "In the Name of the People". However, these problems are only exposed and no clear follow-up solutions are given .
Every problem in "County Party Committee Courtyard" has a fixed routine. The county party committee secretary discovers it, then holds a meeting to discuss it, and finally issues an order in the form of a meeting, and then solves the problem . This social phenomenon did not resonate with the audience, and even looked like a running account.
"In the Name of the People" takes place in the courtyard of the Provincial Party Committee. "County Party Committee Courtyard" takes place in the County Party Committee Courtyard. The story depth between the two is completely different. Although "County Party Committee Courtyard" is closer to the lives of the audience, it lacks social depth and is more about trivial matters one by one.
The audience does not know the story of the Provincial Party Committee Courtyard, but they have some contact with the things in the County Party Committee Courtyard. After watching the story of "County Party Committee Courtyard", I felt that there was a gap between it and my real life, because I had doubts about the series.
What we read about the story of the provincial party committee compound is novel, but we can find thorns in the story of the county party committee compound!
The scale of "In the Name of the People" is very large, touching the top level of Chinese politics, and the scale of "County Party Committee Courtyard" is also very large, touching every bit of the audience's life, but it is only touching, giving people the illusion of a dragonfly scratching the surface.
"County Party Committee Courtyard" is still popular, but judging from the current popularity, if you want to compare it with "In the Name of the People", it is destined to end up slightly inferior.
But on the other hand, every TV series has its own positioning, its own intention, and its own value . There is no need to compare one TV show to another.
Although "County Party Committee Courtyard" has many shortcomings, it is undeniable that it is a work of conscience and a TV series worth watching! Watching more works like
is definitely more valuable than those so-called idol dramas, traffic dramas, fairy dramas, etc.! Especially during this difficult period of the epidemic, we need positive things even more!
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