I recently became obsessed with the Korean drama "The Mist", starring Kim Nam-joo.
The first time I watched Kim Nam-joo's drama was the Korean drama "Project Runway" more than 20 years ago, and I have liked her very much since then.
In Project Runway, Kim Nam-joo plays Song Qinglin, who is a model but has ambitions to become a top designer. In an era when silly romances and terminally ill car accident dramas dominated the Korean drama scene, this urban drama that revealed the lust and darkness behind the glamor of the fashion world left a deep impression on people.
Whether it is Song Qinglin's innocence and arrogance when she was young, or her deep desolation in middle age, Jin Nanzhu has nailed it all.
Until now, I feel that Song Qinglin is a classic image that cannot be surpassed in Korean dramas.
Kim Nam Joo’s temperament is particularly suitable for playing such a complex heroine. Or maybe she herself is a woman with such a charming personality.
Look at her, she is nearly fifty and a mother of two, but she still maintains a model-like perfect figure. Her face is almost the same as it was twenty years ago, except for her pair of eyes. The soul-catching beautiful eyes reveal the depth and determination of a middle-aged man.
No lines are needed to watch her play, every look in her eyes tells a story.
Kim Nam-joo also admitted in media interviews that the heroine Ko Hye-ran comes from a lower class and her personality of running all the way for success is very similar to her own.
Ko Hye-ran, the heroine in "The Mist", was born in a single-parent family at the bottom of society. She was bullied as a child, but she became a popular female anchor in South Korea with her extraordinary willpower.
Gao Huilan’s words of wisdom: Until now, I have encountered this kind of desperate situation several times, a situation where there is no way to retreat and there is no way to retreat. I have never run away or evaded, but I have made an absolute frontal breakthrough, or you die. , or I perish. And every time, I never lost.
There is one scene that is particularly exciting.
The leadership has always wanted the younger female anchor Han Ji-won to replace Ko Hye-ran's nine o'clock news. Of course Gao Huilan disagreed.
In the last five minutes of the live news broadcast, the leader asked to temporarily insert an interview with Han Ji-won on the haze in the program, hoping to force Ko Huilan to gradually give way to the newcomer.
Unexpectedly, Gao Huilan did her part and refused to broadcast the record. The reason for her refusal was also very professional: "My news is not allowed to broadcast this kind of news that only raises problems but has no solutions. What kind of reporting is this? ? The smog is too great, please wear a mask when you go out! Why waste time reporting on something that ordinary people can know by opening the window?"
She then directly confronted Han Ji-won: "So you want to do this? I'll give it to you then!" After saying that, he picked up his clothes and walked out of the recording room.
Of course Gao Huilan does not really want to give up her seat. As ruthless as she is, as smart as she is, she just uses the trick to her advantage. During the five minutes countdown to the start of the show, she uses a strike to force the leader to make a choice.
Sure enough, she won this battle again.
Going with the flow and taking things as they come has never been Gao Huilan's life.
She has the journalistic ideal of maintaining her original intention, but she also has unabashed desire and ambition. She will fight for what she wants with fists, and will use ruthless means to kill her competitors and face the one she loves. People have softness and affection that cannot be hidden.
Some people say that they can’t understand Gao Huilan’s character, it’s too awkward.
However, isn’t real human nature so complicated?
Some of Gao Huilan's styles may not be worthy of praise, but as a character in an artistic work, Gao Huilan's complexity is really attractive.
——She came from a humble background, burdened with the ardent expectations of a single mother and the great sorrow of the self-sacrifice of her first love. With her passion, ruthlessness and unparalleled professional ability, she rose from an unknown reporter to a journalist The popular female anchor of the nine o'clock news.
She loves this position not only because it can give her glory, status and reputation, but more importantly, because she comes from a lower class background and has experienced being trampled on, so she can use this position to get close to her The journalistic ideal of “realizing a fair and just society” in his mind.
Yes, when she struck out Han Ji-won, her words to teach the younger generation were not all high-sounding: "I refuse to give up my position to you because I think you are not qualified. I can It can be seen that your ambition for that position is just for showing off and enjoyment. This kind of ambition is very exaggerated in my opinion. You have not experienced low-level life and have not been completely wounded by life, so you cannot let the audience's emotions follow. Your mood fluctuates. And for me, that position means realizing the journalistic ideal of a fair society.”
As the director’s pertinent evaluation of Gao Huilan: “Gao Huilan is a stubborn and arrogant person. The polite guy always thinks he is awesome because he is too perfect, so he is very annoying. The most annoying thing is that this unappetizing guy is the best in Korea in terms of impartiality and belief in journalism. "< /p>
If a person does not have a perverted love for her profession, she cannot achieve the ultimate goal.
Ko Huilan has been able to win the award for the best media journalist for five consecutive years, not just because of her ruthlessness and scheming, but also because of her abnormal love for the industry and her professionalism for excellence.
Because of her love, she dared to write manuscripts that others did not dare to write, and she dared to expose the darkness that others did not dare to expose.
Because she is professional enough, she does not need to please anyone. With her character of daring to speak and act, she still maintains her position as a female anchor.
Because of her strong business ability, she can calmly use her professional knowledge to humiliate her opponents in front of the camera.
When you see a young junior being left speechless by her questions, you want to scold her for being cruel, but at the same time you have to sigh, such a woman is so handsome!
However, the fierce competition in the media industry has kept Ko Hye-ran under the watchful eye of her younger generations. In order to maintain her position, she dare not relax for a moment.
Gao Huilan fights every day.
——You have to compete with young and beautiful descendants, you have been married for many years but you dare not have children, you have to work hard to maintain an almost demanding figure in middle age, you have to maintain an indifferent and decent marriage, and you have to settle things down The aristocratic mother-in-law's difficulties...
With so much resistance, for an ordinary person, no matter which one is placed on him, it is enough to choose to compromise.
But Gao Huilan doesn’t!
She must use her 120,000 determination to face the difficulties and fight to the death with her destiny.
This kind of perseverance and determination that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road makes people's blood boil and is more inspiring than drinking a hundred bowls of hypocritical chicken soup.
Of course, what is attractive about this drama is not only Gao Huilan’s complex and real character, but also the suspenseful plot.
In the first episode, Ko Hye-ran’s interviewee, Kevin Lee, a popular sports star in the Republic of Korea and her ex-boyfriend who was cruelly abandoned by Ko Hye-ran, died unexpectedly, and Ko Hye-ran was a major suspect.
The plot unfolds step by step along with Gao Huilan's memories when she was interviewed by the police.
Who killed the ex-boyfriend who returned with evil intentions after becoming famous?
Why did the first boyfriend who loved Go Hye-ran in high school spend 19 years in prison?
What is the hidden secret of Ko Hye-ran?
The male protagonist who comes from a family of justices and Ko Hye-ran’s husband, how will he behave when faced with the overwhelming scandals between his wife and her ex-boyfriend?
This drama does not have silly girls, long legs, or beautiful youth idols. It tells the story of a group of middle-aged people who are obsessed with the sea and stumble in the maze of destiny, persevering and fighting.
After watching it, you will think deeply about the complex human nature, be unable to stop for the suspenseful plot full of tension, and be heartbroken and shed tears for the deep love narrative in the play.
I have only followed half of the 16-episode drama, and I am already deeply addicted to Ko Hye-ran’s personal charm and cannot extricate myself.
I really want to be a woman who walks with style like Ko Hye-ran: smart, courageous, and always knows what she wants; no matter what kind of desperate situation she faces, she has the courage and wisdom to fight back; no matter what kind of situation she is in He can handle every crisis calmly; even if he is handcuffed, he will never lose a trace of elegance and domineering in the rush.
(Qi Qi Man, a woman from a poor family who fought back with her own efforts. She has experienced ups and downs and vicissitudes of life. She has turned her pain into the most touching story. I would like to be a sincere friend you have never met.
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