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On September 19, the domestic drama " Gentlemen of East Eight Districts " produced, written and starring Zhang Han finally came to its finale. Its Douban score fell to 2.1 points, becoming the lowest score in Douban history, and even lower than the "Pure Heart·Chasing Dreams in the Performing Arts Circle" by Bi Zhifei (2.2 points).
From the perspective of vote type, as of about 9:00 on September 20, 96.8% of the 160,000 people who scored "Gentlemen in East Eight" chose 1 star. The play tells the story of four college friends with different personalities and from all over the world, Tong Yu (played by Zhang Han), Guo Chong (played by Du Chun), Li Jiesen (played by Huang Youming), and Xiang Xiaofei (played by Jingchao), who are now at their thirty, but have the dilemma of men.
But what really made it famous was the domineering quotes and greasy behaviors in the play - snuggling the actress's underwear, grabbing the actress's breasts, "The thin one looks good, the fat one is good", "Woman, after being injured, the most terrible animal, and the one who can never die of bleeding for thousands of years" and other lines have caused controversy about "insulting women", and reached the top of the "bad drama of the year" in minutes.
Previously, Zhang Han, who is the producer, screenwriter and starring of the drama, said in an interview with "People": "You can find some very outstanding actors in our country to try the domineering president. This thing is not easy to act, really." In the variety show ", We , who are just entering the workplace", Zhang Han once led the interns to review "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District".
Since September 13, the official blog of "Gentlemen of East Eighth District" has never continued to update related materials.
may be the worse it gets more and more popular. According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, since August 31, the show has been aired for 21 days since it started broadcasting, and its popularity has once climbed to 9289 on September 14, and the popularity of the entire network has jumped to No. 1.
Data source: Maoyan Professional Edition
Netizen comments
Media comments
Regarding why "Gentlemen in East Eight" are not good, many media have given analysis: mainly because the story is very floating, the style is very exaggerated, the performance is very greasy, and what's more serious is that the values are not satisfactory, they are both narcissistic and offensive.
China Women's News : Objective and erotic, and pornographic edging
Previously, China Women's News also listed the four sins of this drama:
Objective and evaluating women as "trophy"; emphasized that as long as you have money and beauty, women will throw themselves into your arms and plaster the house card at the swimming pool party; successful women are called "female devils", and are suspected of being the one who sells sex; promotes women to worship money, greed for pleasure, and buy a bag with men; belittle women's professional abilities, believing that they can only talk about love and cannot get on the table; stigmatize the menstrual period, calling women women Sex is a "bloody creature"...
is so greasy: "This is what men should do." "As long as I am still alive, I will never lose." "I don't like others drinking black tea in front of me." "Can you eat spicy food? Your figure is so hot!"
pornographic edge: Staying in a hotel with a foreign woman is called "bringing glory to the country"; comments about fat and thin women are super vulgar; the male protagonist accidentally entered the heroine's room and spent a night together. When he woke up the next day, he could see the other person's height, weight, and measurements at first sight; the male protagonist hugged the heroine in the office, and actually stretched out his "savage hand" to touch the sensitive parts.
is suspended everywhere: Artificial Intelligence R&D elite children's language, the so-called professional master can only perform "scientific research" by throwing out a bunch of terms; Guo Chong, associate professor of history, a teacher who teaches and solves doubts, thought that the research would be a profound topic, but only focused on "ancient male-female relationship"; Li Jiesen, assistant chef of five-star hotel, was not good at frying, cooking and frying, and was "loved at first sight" by catching a thief; Luxury counter counter brother Xiang Xiaofei, sales rhetoric was so bad that he even spoke to customers, so he could sell goods, and was begged for a flash marriage by the billionaire sister?
People's Daily : Clever, out of reality, etc. can never become selling points
People's Daily also believes that "Gentlemen in the East Eighth District" is full of greasiness, suspension, and embarrassment.
The reason why a film and television drama can win the recognition of the audience is either because of its superb acting skills, exciting plots, or content orientation that conforms to mainstream values, but "censored" and "out of reality" can never become selling points. "Gentlemen of East Eight" also sounded a wake-up call for other creators: the hot searches for hundreds of millions of times are to warn producers that the market cannot tolerate the reappearance of works that perfunctorily treat the audience, and as audiences, we do not buy it.
The Paper: Don’t say anything to the “Gentlemen in East Eight Districts”
The Paper Comments, the audience’s eyes are sharp, and a truly sincere work will still be popular even if there are no “handsome men and beautiful women” and traffic stars. Not long ago, the movie " Hidden Dust and Smoke " that has a simple and natural style and restores real rural life has a box office of over 100 million yuan, fully proving that the audience is still calling for excellent literary and artistic works that are close to life and fresh and natural. In the cultural field, there should not be any phenomenon of bad money driving out good money or using vulgarity as interesting things. (Previous report→)
Literary and artistic creation should seek inspiration from life, accurately grasp the pulse of the times, and works that are separated from the masses and reality will not have vitality after all. No matter how the environment changes, this creative rule will never be outdated. Of course, Zhang Han can entertain himself in his "East Eight District" and show his handsomeness and success, but the audience also has the right to express their dissatisfaction and say no to the "Gentlemen of the East Eight District".
(This article is summarized from: Pengpai News, Pengpai Chief Commentator Li Qinyu, @People's Online Review, "China Women's Daily" WeChat official account, netizens' comments, etc.)
Source: Pengpai News
