"Beauty, can you eat spicy food? No wonder your figure is so hot"... Recently, the TV series "High Gentlemen in the East Eighth District " was broadcast. The greasy and edged lines and exaggerated character designs and performances aroused the audience's collective disgust. The drama has been broadcast for more than halfway through, and Douban's score has dropped to a near-limit of 2.2 points. Some viewers complained that watching the show was like "falling into the oil pan, and the sizzling oil sound made me ignore the plot."
As a group portrait drama about four urban men who are over the age of the year breaking through difficulties and becoming mature, the main creator seems to be interested in benchmarking the TV series " Only 30 ", but in the eyes of the audience, it is more like the male version of "Tiny Times" and is more greasy and obscene. In recent years, female group portraits such as "Thirty Only" and " Twenty Not Confused " have achieved good results. Why are domestic dramas not good at shooting male group portraits?
's intention cannot keep up with the times
In idol dramas, the heroine always slips and falls accidentally, and the male protagonist who happened to be standing up and stretches out his hand to hold it up, stages an "unexpected affectionate hug" - a routine that has been included in the industrialization assembly line of domestic idol dramas, "Gentlemen in East Eighth District" can even be ruined. When many of the roles played by Wang Xiaochen in were shaking, Tong Yu, played by Zhang Han, , actually helped him by pulling the other party's underwear belt, and then let him go after the other party stabilized the center of gravity. This operation made the audience call it "greasy", "wrinkled" and "eye-stimulating". Even if you are an idol drama lover, you can't swallow this kind of industrial saccharin like a production accident.
"Gentlemen in East Eight Districts" is written and produced by Zhang Han, and starring Zhang Han, Wang Xiaochen, Du Chun, , Jingchao , Huang Youming . It tells the story of four college roommates Tong Yu, Guo Chong, Li Jiesen and Xiang Xiaofei, who each achieved a double harvest of career and love after graduation. However, the so-called "double harvest of career and love" has been interpreted as a kind of self-touching and self-intoxication.
TV commentator, Hanping, School of Journalism, Renmin University of China Doctor He Tianping believes that "Gentlemen in East Eight" is hard to describe in terms of play, production and performance, but compared to shoddy production, the bigger problem is that its intention is contrary to the mainstream social culture of this era.
For example, there are many vulgar and greasy behaviors in the play, some jokes and jokes are relatively old and vulgar, and the characters are immersed in the so-called self-intoxication of successful men. "Once the idea cannot stand, everything will be criticized."
On September 13, "Gentlemen from the East Eighth District" became a hot search on Weibo. In addition to being broadcast on the online platform, the drama was also broadcast on Hubei Satellite TV , which also aroused dissatisfaction among many netizens: Recently, many good dramas with 7 or 8 points have not had the chance to be on the star, so why can bad dramas with 2 points be on the star?
"Star dramas are better than online dramas, which is actually a prejudice." He Tianping introduced that the Internet and Taiwan are only different broadcast channels for film and television dramas. In the current censorship mechanism and regulatory logic, the Internet and Taiwan have unified standards, and there is no phenomenon that online dramas are more relaxed than those on-site dramas. Lu Peng, a researcher at the Institute of News of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Center for Film and Television Culture and Audiovisual Communication, believes that "star" is actually the result of a multi-faceted game. In addition to correct guidance and values, it also involves considerations in various aspects such as business.
Why are male group portraits always "mocked"
When Zhang Han, Du Chun, Jing Chao and Huang Youming, four older male actors, run in the rain with youth, friendship, pain and ideals, it seems to be paying tribute to the movie "Tiny Times", and the belly is looming under the close-fitting white T-shirt. The four of them live in an automated community designed by Tongyu, as if they are paying tribute to the TV series " Ode to Joy ", and the robots who cook and make coffee have a sense of suspension. Obviously, the drama is intended to be a benchmark for the increasingly popular female group drama, but the male version of the reprint was not successful.
In recent years, female group dramas such as "Ode to Joy", "Twenty Not Confused", "Thirty Only", " I'm Very Good in a Foreign Land" have flourished and gained high popularity and reputation. However, male group dramas such as " Lin Shenjian Lu ", " Chasing Love Family ", " If Time Can Turn Back ", have almost one of them has been ridiculed by the group. What is the reason why domestic dramas are not good at filming male group portraits?
In Lu Peng's view, domestic dramas actually have some better group dramas with men as the main body, such as " Dajiang Dahe ". But people usually attribute it to a serious drama and are less likely to interpret it from a gender perspective. In recent years, most female group dramas have fallen into the category of family ethics urban dramas. Most of these dramas are mainly female audiences. When the main expression object is aimed at men, there is no advantage in natural acceptance. If you take the male perspective again, it is difficult to get rid of the fate of being "mocked". Lu Peng believes that "female group dramas" are a type of dramas for family ethics urban idol dramas facing new urban women, and their creations will naturally tend to be female interest.
"Male group portraits have existed in our film and television creation for a long time." He Tianping also believes that historical dramas and dramas are basically male group portrait dramas, such as " The Name of the People ", " The Qin Empire ", " Ming Dynasty 1566", " Langya Bang ", etc., but we do not view them in the concept of male group portrait dramas. "It is hard to say how to calculate a female group drama or a male group drama. If measured by the same standard, a good work should have a big vision and creative pattern. At least, there is no prejudice. In the creation and production links, we must also take steady steps."
column editor: Shi Chenlu Text editor: Shi Chenlu
Source: Author: Zhong Han
