For me, 219 is a year in which the aesthetic category has been further broadened.
As a person who hardly watched costume dramas before, I chased The Untamed in the summer vacation and made up "Sweet Honey is Heavy", and they all turned their feelings into words while the iron was hot:
The Untamed is very high? This is the sudden emergence of domestic bromance
I just managed to finish a 63-episode Mary Sue for a role
There was only one, which made me unable to write for a long time.
It is this novel which was broadcast at the end of 18th century and scored only 7.6 by Douban, and adapted the drama series "Do you know if it should be green, fat, red and thin?"
The reason why "only" was used was that the audience of costume drama based on Douban was mostly tolerant, but the score of "Do you know?" was lost to The Untamed (8.2), "Sweet Honey" (7.7) and Joy of Life (7.7).
but I think this score is obviously too low for this high-quality drama.
The reason for its low score is precisely that it surpasses most costume dramas on the market.
Many bad reviews focus on the criticism of slow pace.
It's true that "Know Not" is not like many TV series. As soon as it comes up, the protagonist can open his golden finger and immediately make some earth-shattering moves ("Story of Yanxi Palace"), or start a fascinating situation (Joy of Life).
The protagonist Sheng Minglan (played by Zhao Liying) is extremely weak, and the script even deleted the original dramatic crossing plot, making Ming Lan just a little girl born in a big house.
The screenwriter chose the most disadvantageous route in characterization.
Compared with many "big ladies" who are arrogant and make the audience feel better, Ming Lan is always a petty person. She is cautious and humble, even playing the fool, like an ordinary person struggling to survive in society.
and this kind of setting will probably shut out all the audience who just want to have fun.
Not only is it cruel for the female host, but it is also merciless for the male host.
As the official match of the hostess, the role of Gu Tingye (William Feng) turned out to be a lothario at first.
Not only is he much older than the hostess, but he has never been distracted in his career, and his relationship with his family is not good. Worst of all, as soon as Gu Tingye appeared, he had a foreign room and children.
It's also a big blow to the audience of romantic dramas who are accustomed to the noble character, first-class ability, handsome and compelling, and even the single mother and fetus.
But you should know that as a 78-episode grand drama, the growth of characters should be the focus of the screenwriter's consideration. Just like a good game, the focus is never on "winning the monster" itself, but on whether it is interesting in the process of "upgrading".
a story centered on "house fighting" is naturally not like a palace fighting drama, which is always a major event of life and death.
So in the first 2 episodes, the characters are really basically in the "mouth gun" mode.
most of the time, Ming Lan's struggle revolves around how to deal with some small things.
For example, after she became the "brand manager" in the family and had her own independent courtyard, her father's wife, concubine, eldest lady and Lin Xiaoniang both stuffed a lot of troublesome and untrustworthy handmaids around her in the name of "adding helpers".
naturally, it is not convenient for Ming Lan to directly refuse or dismiss these people, otherwise it will be easily caught as "I don't know the etiquette".
So she simply indulged in these things, letting them do whatever they want, provoking the son, or fighting to make trouble, until the eldest lady had to deal with it herself.
Because the eldest lady's position in the family is higher than Ming Lan's, but also higher than Lin Xiaoniang's, it is more justified for her to come forward, and Lin Xiaoniang has no room for comment, and the servant knows that there is a mistake, and he even dares not refute anything.
It's not very clever, but it's used properly.
Although the story happened in the Song Dynasty, Ming Lan's situation is the dilemma of a standard middle-level leader that is universally applicable.
people who have no real workplace experience may say, this is too uncomfortable. Why should I put up with this kind of thing? Why should I go around such a big bend?
However, people who have experienced it must understand that it is really not a problem that stakeholders and customers can solve by their passion and temperament if they want to give themselves this personal experience.
With the promotion of Ming Lan's family status, her interpersonal environment has also started to upgrade.
After entering the theater, many audiences are angry that the relationship between Ming Lan and Xiao Gongye (played by Zhu Yilong) can't be reconciled.
Although this kind of emotion is understandable, the way the story is handled is precisely the result of the profound understanding of the society by the original and the screenwriter.
We have seen that in many costume dramas, people who are higher than themselves and even have the power to kill themselves have no scruples about yelling, and they are also regarded as stupid characters who are "not afraid of power".
This kind of role comes from a novice author who has no knowledge of society.
Any author with a little experience knows that "stratum" is an unavoidable thing in social relations, and it can reflect the energy differences and value orientations between different strata.
A better writer knows how to grasp the limits of this difference, so that people of any class will eventually return to "people".
For a five-official family like Shengjia, the state-owned mansion where Qi Heng, my little grandfather, was born, is much higher.
After seeing Qi Heng's preference for Ming Lan, everyone said that Sheng Jia's concubines should climb high, and Xiao Gong's mother deliberately condescended to take three Sheng Jia's daughters for Qi Heng, which almost broke any thoughts of Sheng Jia.
Compared with the Sheng family, the government of the Lord protector has great energy.
The Lord protector is a follower, but there are Yong Wang and Yan Wang who are both powerful and powerful above him.
As soon as the other party puts pressure on him, the whole family of the Lord protector is also jittery.
So in this strict hierarchical society, the emperor must be the most fearless role.
But Xunzi has long said, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."
the real monarch is the one who can't sleep well. Song Renzong and Song Yingzong in Do You Know have a hard time.
One obviously just lost his son, and there is no one under his knees, but he is forced by hundreds of officials to adopt an heir. The princes are eager to grab the position. The other is a slow-witted man who likes rural life, but he was forced to become king. In the end, there are still a lot of people who question themselves and wait for stability.
It is said that "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility". In fact, it is no problem to say that "the greater the power, the greater the pressure".
the play "Know No" is well aware of the differences between different classes, but it also knows that all beings are suffering.
marriage is about being suitable, right? Know No not only admits but denies
many viewers with bad reviews, and they all reprimand the values of Know No are the same as those of Niangdao. This problem should be divided into two parts.
Let's talk about the concept of marriage and love in this drama.
Ming Lan's love experience is clearly divided into two sections.
The first paragraph is the first love with my little grandfather. Although both of them are very polite and have nothing to go beyond, the double arrow of love is undeniable.
this first love begins with looks, and ends with talent and character, and also has a very pure girlish heart. Ming Lan believed in Xiao Gongye wholeheartedly, but also had the courage to cross the class (smart as she is, she naturally doesn't think it's a good thing to cross the class, but she knows the changes in temperature very well), and of course, there is also a little indomitable vanity at work.
personally, this is a typical youth love.
but isn't it a particularly normal thing that the naivety of first love "against the whole world" was finally beaten round and crushed by the world?
The second official relationship shows Ming Lan's mature love view.
In the second love, even when Gu Tingye, who was in the limelight at that time, showed undisguised admiration for her, Ming Lan didn't immediately add up his trust value, but kept observing and asking, trying to get to know him better and confirm whether he really appreciated himself or because he was an excellent tool person.
At the same time, she is more stingy with her true feelings. Even if she accepts Gu Tingye's proposal, she can't be completely in love with him.
Falling in love with Gu Tingye is actually after marriage.
perhaps this is criticized, but once bitten by a snake, you are careless and repeat the love concept of being bitten by a snake. Is it more worthy of praise?
Ming Lan only learned to protect himself from his first love, but also learned to keep a clear head and not believe blindly, and learned to distinguish the true heart and judge what is the right person to accompany him for life.
Even modern people often say "make a living first, then seek love". In an era when women are even difficult to live independently, isn't it human nature to choose good wood to live in?
after talking about love, talk about marriage.
In the series "Know No", I have a very interesting attitude towards the matter of "being suitable for each other", which is not necessarily correct, but it is exactly the same as me personally.
first of all, it shows the fact that it is difficult to climb high.
Whether it is the experience of Moran's clinging to the sixth son of the Earl or the experience of Ming Lan and two of a kind, the little grandfather, who failed to achieve a positive result, it is said that it is difficult to practice an upward cross-class marriage regardless of sincerity.
Whether the other party has the autonomy of marriage, whether the other party's family will involuntarily "snobbery" or whether the other party's family will be hit by the dimensionality reduction from various levels after marriage is a problem that cannot be ignored.
Furthermore, it secretly raised a concern: low is also risky.
But it's not as cold as clinging. For a low-paid marriage, it's a little worried but concerned.
Rulan, a proté gé who fell in love with her father and married him, was considered low, but she suffered a lot from her "unreasonable" mother-in-law. Fortunately, her husband treated her sincerely, and her life was not bad after all.
To make matters worse, Ming Lan's distant sister Shulan. Her family took a fancy to each other's mother's filial piety and was a top scholar. She only married in the past. Unexpectedly, when she entered the door, she found that the other party was actually a rogue, not only asking for it often, but also being ungrateful, making public and abusing Shulan. Fortunately, it ended in peace and separation.
In fact, its final point of view is that being suitable is good for nature, but personality and two of a kind are the most important.
The concubine of Wupin official finally married the son of the Marquis, and because of her husband's glory, she was given an imperial mandate at a young age. In the final analysis, she is still high.
Aside from the golden finger written for Ming Lan, if Gu Tingye didn't have the later glory, then they can also be said to be suitable: one is a garrison general who was driven away by his family, lost his title, divorced and had a baby, and the other is the daughter of a five-pin official who was born in an ordinary woman and her father didn't hurt, and was "abandoned by my little grandfather".
Their real match actually lies in their personality, intelligence and spiritual world, and of course their appearance is also a match. And this is the real and best "door-to-door".
In the bad reviews, it is mentioned that this drama is "patriarchal", which means that the status of women in this drama is generally low and difficult, and the attitude of male characters towards women in this drama is also relatively light.
However, since this is a drama based on the social environment of the Song Dynasty, the performance of this situation can only be said to reflect the objective facts, and it is even more impossible to say that the screenwriter "prefers boys to girls" because the screenwriter is actually too "patriarchal".
Although William Feng played Gu Tingye, I love me, love my dog, and love him from disgust to joy.
But to be fair, Gu Tingye, the young master, even the grand master, is still quite a "tool man" compared with the actresses.
every time Gu Tingye fights with someone, it seems that he has opened a plug-in, but the little grandfather is as confused as a baby when he meets something. Master Sheng has reached a wonderful state in the matter of family inheritance, and he has not given too many reasonable explanations.
It can be seen that the screenwriter really doesn't care about the male characters in this play.
But the female characters in the play have a three-dimensional competition.
Mrs. Sheng is the most popular character. She knows right from wrong, knows the general idea, knows manners, never sells the old, but knows how to use her authority to do the right thing. Because she experienced the pain of being suppressed by a wicked woman, she knew better that it was not easy for a woman to survive, so she passed on all these survival wisdom to Ming Lan. Of course, she also has her limitations. She is a little cautious in Ming Lan's marriage, but it also shows that she really loves her granddaughter.
Wang Ruofu, the eldest lady, has a rough temper, and she doesn't know how to be soft and considerate. Because she was born in Wang's big family and had a good life, she never thought about planning for life. Marrying Sheng's family is low, so I have less respect for my husband. However, a good family also makes her pure-hearted. Although she is confused from time to time, she has no malicious intention to really hurt people, which also makes her children grow up more upright.
On the other hand, the little lady Lin Yishuang, whose family came down, became a handmaid beside the old lady Sheng. People with ups and downs in life generally grow up quickly. And although she is evil-minded, the art of being sycophantic is at least a way to survive. And her "success" also distorts her values.