Text丨Mr. Infamous
In the Taiwanese variety show "Jilidao Forest", which is still being serialized, Chen Bolin and the guest Guo Xuefu who has acted in " Hua Deng Chu Shan " finally met. This coincides with the timeline of the Taiwanese drama "The Algorithm of Justice" that aired last week. However, these two eldest children, who had a good rapport in the variety show, played a pair of enemies in the series.
At first glance, this is indeed an "idol drama". Following this standard, "The Algorithm of Justice" will inevitably feature the handsome and wealthy male protagonist Liu Lang. As a sophisticated egoist, this star lawyer enjoys the authority, fame and fortune brought by his status, and does not hide his worldliness. of movement. Chen Bolin is impeccable in playing such a perverse and handsome character.
On the contrary, the heroine Lin Xiaoyan played by Guo Xuefu is a rookie lawyer who is enthusiastic about public welfare and pursues justice. She is clumsy and panicked. Even her dress is as if she is positioned in the market, and her idealistic passion , how much righteousness comes out, how much innocence comes out.
These two kinds of people are born to be opposite each other. Just like the first out-of-court confrontation, Liu Lang, who saw through her fledgling life at a glance, started playing tricks on her just for fun. And Lin Xiaoyan naturally didn't like him, who looked glamorous but was actually despicable.
But we know that the plot will inevitably develop in the same way as an idol drama - the two people who dislike each other at first will, as their relationship deepens, see each other's good qualities while releasing their own good qualities, and finally end up in a good trend. Next, there will be a good ending, even the kind where the flowers are full and the moon is full. The routine of
is such a routine, but is it just an idol drama? Fortunately, it is not entirely true. After all, "The Algorithm of Justice" reserves a close understanding of justice, especially justice rooted in the people and people's livelihood, in its slightly exaggerated physical and emotional performances, as well as the emotional expression promoted through bickering. focus on.
To put it another way, what makes it more interesting and valuable is that it uses the form of an idol drama to attract the audience to watch it to talk about justice. Moreover, this justice becomes more and more clear-cut.
In the 10 episodes currently aired, there are all kinds of cases, big and small, and each one is a type that we have heard about and are concerned about.
The first one is related to food safety. A six-year-old child developed chronic renal failure after eating jelly. Lin Xiaoyan fought for the plaintiff's interests, while Liu Lang defended the owner of Zhongle Group, which produces jelly. Obviously, the truth is that on the side of the plaintiff who has solid evidence, how to win against a large factory is not only to obtain compensation for a family, but also to prevent the general public from suffering similar tragedies again.
In this case, although there is financial and intellectual competition, which provides a contrasting force for the positive side to counterattack, in the face of reality, this is somewhat a fantasy. Especially when there is a huge disparity in the strength of the lawyers on both sides, it is somewhat childish to arrange for the unintentional leakage of information that is detrimental to Zhongle at this time and urge the police to punish rape, but it also has an immediate effect and speeds up the public's breath of evil. It is more meaningful than the drama. processing.
This is placed at the beginning, which is not conducive to the quality of the series. "The Algorithm of Justice" still needs a construction site case to combine complex human emotions and kind humanity to make a comeback for itself.
From this intertwined case, the audience will think about the exploitation, intimidation and treatment of workers by unscrupulous companies, inadequate safety protection and careless overwork. The scope is not limited to the construction site, but also about the efforts of poor people to take care of them. Family and friends do not hesitate to test the boundaries of the law, and how should love be judged.
On the difficult road of rights protection, they are protecting justice and love, and they are the only ones struggling, and the ills of society are all in the camera.
There are also kindergarten cases. The hidden safety risks for children caused by overcharging, the corrosive education of children by backward teachers, the bribery of people's hearts after management failure, etc. are all related to government business, culture, and human greed.The doctor's case is a contemporary interpretation of Mr. Dong Guo's story. The doctor-patient conflict that is triggered and amplified by misinterpretation, the increased risk of rescue harming the social atmosphere, the misunderstanding of depression patients , etc., all support the divergent sharpness. think.
I didn’t expect that in a seemingly light-hearted legal story, they would pick so many cases that are closely related to current issues and can provide care and support for relevant vulnerable groups. The complexity of the world and human relationships is before us. The more difficult it is, the more it highlights the valuable nature of the drama.
In other words, individual cases have become the bricks thrown when attracting good news. It can be seen that Taiwanese works are getting closer to Korea, and they are willing to use a loose expression to accurately vent the resentment accumulated from witnessing years of darkness on the owners of undeserved wealth, power, fame and hypocrites. , and tried to pull this sinking situation out of the water. How to pull
? Everyone showed their special abilities.
As a unit drama, "The Algorithm of Justice" calculates the length of the case presented quite accurately. Every two episodes, there must be a key case, and some smaller cases are scattered in the middle to fill in the unfinished discussion of the main case in a supplementary manner.
For example, in a divorce lawsuit, there was a case of a love scammer defrauding many older women out of their money. The series raised an open question about the authenticity of the relationship.
The former fairy couple reached the stage of divorce, and the happy time in the past was found to be a scam. How will you look back at those good times? They were mutually supportive and did not get entangled, and they did not expose them at any cost. They are still tit-for-tat and ruthless. Every reasonable and unexpected choice they make is not only related to the private interests of the authorities, but also the thinking space of us bystanders to step out of the rut and go out of the city.
It can be said that in only 10 episodes, "Algorithm of Justice" has already constructed a world in which appearance and truth are decoupled through cases of different types, categories and directions. In other words, judgments based on the bright side are often defeated by the underlying substance.
's victory in the lawsuit cannot represent a complete victory in all aspects, because the damage has been done from the beginning, and because the process of over-exposure has been repeatedly influenced by the media full of biased beliefs, and because the public has always been more enthusiastic about gossip than about gossip. Indifferent pursuit of the truth.
However, precisely because the truth is not only related to a single party, it echoes the group's name rectification and social conscience, and can have higher penetration and radiation as attention increases. It's like a doctor who is dedicated to saving people is repeatedly splashed with dirty water, and the dirty water is obviously not just the doctor. The condensed simulation and dramatic turns of various lawsuits in the
drama series can be said to be that in this fast food era, the human world is wrapped in sugar and delivered to the audience with the highest efficiency.
The form of this idol drama slowly emerged with another function. Because of the calculating Liu Lang and the kind-hearted Lin Xiaoyan, this pair of enemies stuck in the routine became the key point for the drama to break through.
If divided roughly, they represent "algorithm" and "justice" respectively. In every case, their concepts and actions are completely different in terms of evidence collection, defense and aftermath procedures. For example, in the divorce case, Liu Lang ignored the antecedents and only wanted to fight for the best interests of his clients, while Lin Xiaoyan always felt that the relationship between the two was unresolved and hoped to help reach a reconciliation.
The former is towards money, while the latter is towards righteousness. One is too sophisticated and the other is too naive. It may seem like a judgment call, but the series is not that superficial. It always finds a balance between making money and maintaining love. This is not simply to respond to the positioning of a law firm focusing on public welfare cases, but to test the value formula of lawyers' professionalism and human emotion in reality.
Liu Lang and Lin Xiaoyan make judgments on people and things from completely opposite angles every time, and each has their own reasons and realms. Before the case even reaches the court, it has experienced secular confrontation.
The jelly case and the doctor case all involve a choice between the high compensation of the parties involved and the justice protection of the entire society. This involves not only the moral judgment of "don't persuade others to do good without others' suffering", but also involves It is a torture to the judiciary, the media, and human nature. The confrontations between Liu Lang and Lin Xiaoyan often diverged from straightforward descriptions of interests to thorough extraction of values.
It is necessary to have these ambiguities that escape absolute right and wrong in order to push the story beyond the case and into the extension point of reality.
This is also a creation that the main creator had to calculate. In other words, this drama also embodies an "algorithm of justice", how to express justice, select which cases the public is more concerned about, how to arrange the reversal logic of the case, how to adjust the proportion of comedy and drama, and how to identify the audience. The tears, how to build a passage between documentary and fiction in the tears, all have to be considered.
In increasingly mature commercial creations, algorithms correspond to typed successful experiences, and we should be wary of excessive clichés. The algorithm giant Netflix is the leader of the world's universal film and television language. Between the batch of commercial films that do not change the same medicine, there are occasional high-quality products, repeatedly rewriting the so-called film and television rules and operating guidelines.
"Algorithm of Justice" also relies on a large platform and knows how to create accurate portraits of users to create within the scope of regulations. This time they gathered popular keywords such as vindictive enemies, career elites and rookies, cute babies, law, justice, people's livelihood, comedy, etc. to create this upright work that is full of laughter and scolding.
It will not be blindly heavy, but in the form of light comedy, it will carry some discussions about the current situation of society, the support of the people, judicial justice, etc. More importantly, it maintains Taiwanese characteristics and takes into account the situation in the mainland, and it can still achieve this complex ratio.
If "The Algorithm of Justice", which is getting better and better, can still maintain a high level of reflection in the second half, instead of diving into the frivolity of romance, then this necessary fresh attempt will provide the creative experience inspiration that is urgently needed at the moment. Presumably, it also has this consciousness.
