It is far from enough to set a safe story. The longer plot length requires logical dramatic conflicts, real experiences from real life, and real insights into human nature. Obviously, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is not ready in this regard.

It is far from enough to set a safe story. The longer plot length requires logical drama conflict , real experience from real life, and real insight into human nature, and other key factors such as " Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" are not ready in this regard. "Gentlemen of East Eight" recently aired by

has become the most popular domestic drama this month because it was given an unprecedented low score (2.2 points) on Douban. On scoring websites and social media, most of the comments about the drama are from netizens’ complaints. The one-star reviews are all reviewed, accounting for as high as 96% of the total Douban ratings.

When it comes to low-scoring films and TV dramas, two works left a deep impression on netizens. One is " Tiny Times " in 2013 (4.9 points), and the other is " Pure Heart·Chasing Dreams and Performing Circle " in 2015 (2.2 points). Over the years, although domestic low-scoring films and TV series have emerged one after another, netizens have always thought of these two low-scoring dramas because of "Gentlemen in East Eight", which is precisely because "Gentlemen in East Eight" is a "mix" of these two works. The false, suspended, empty plot and character design, and embarrassing, boring and boring lines and performances have further lowered the lower limit of domestic film and TV series.

The story of "Gentlemen in East Eight" is set in Shanghai. It tells the story of four college friends who are constantly encountering a midlife crisis after their thirties. This involves many aspects such as career bottlenecks, life difficulties, interpersonal problems, emotional ups and downs. If handled properly, it should be a TV series that can resonate with it. But the characteristics of the TV series determine that a safe story setting is far from enough. The longer plot length requires logical dramatic conflicts, real experiences from real life, and real insights into human nature. Obviously, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is not ready in this regard.

is the most unprepared one. It is Zhang Han , who serves as screenwriter, producer and starring in the play. This kind of "all-round player" who is almost single-handed, once he intervenes in multiple levels of creation, it often brings "disaster" to a series. As a TV series that focuses on Zhang Han, Zhang Han, who is in three positions, is in a state of out-of-control. The reason why the role he plays is evaluated as outdated, rigid and greasy is that it is more responsible for not his performance style, but for the low-level at the production level and the chaos at the screenwriter level. The reason why some male group TV series can still be watched before is that the director used more skillful means to partially cover up the flaws of the script. The director of "Gentlemen in East Eight" seems to be in a "out of office", which caused the drama to collapse.

The ugly "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is coherent from the inside out, and its clumsiness is so unified. From a deep perspective, there are problems with the cognition and aesthetics of the main creative team. In terms of cognition, the hard-willed character of "domineering president" combines many uncomfortable words and deeds in this character in online literature. The play's understanding of masculinity and temperament seems to be only at the "middle-second" level; it lacks proper expression for the communication between the two genders that should be beautiful and delicate; the shallow words of female characters and the "savage hands" criticized by netizens are all related to the value cognition and emotional cognition of the main creator.

In terms of aesthetic level, "Gentlemen of East Eight" directly grafts the "male gaze" that exists on the Internet with the TV series, which forms a strong contrast with the elite identity of the characters in the play and the urban temperament it wants to highlight. The more urban dramas are, the more low-key and introverted cultural confidence is needed to pave the way to express the living and mental state of people under the background of urban civilization. However, "Gentlemen of East Eight Districts" gives people the feeling that they live in the 2020s in bright clothes, but their thinking and aesthetics remain in the past. The birth of this low-scoring drama

was created along a clear route with clear business goals.In recent years, dramas of similar standards have emerged one after another, and have invisibly encouraged some professional practitioners to enter the core of creation fearlessly. If this situation is not broken, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" will not be the end, and the audience will still be stingy with many similar films and TV series in the future.

Special commentator of Red Star News Han Haoyue

Editor Wang Yintao

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