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Since "Signal", Li Dixun has not come up with any more works that exceed the artistic value of "Signal". This year, two new dramas have been released in succession, which can be described as menacing.
However, although "Model Taxi" is hot and burning, the old man who plays the second man in it does not know why, the year before, he ran to Hong Kong to do a wave of interference in the internal affairs of our country.
Although the Internet has no memory, people who mix with the Internet have memories.
For this reason, many friends asked me in private letters about my evaluation of this drama, and I expressed that I did not want to write it. Some translation subtitle groups have also expressed their position not to translate this drama. Kudos to Phoenix Angels.
If you see "Model Taxi" suddenly disappearing on the video website, don't worry, watch "I Am a Relic Finisher".
Generally speaking, Netflix's Korean self-made dramas are cool and handsome, such as "Kingdom", such as "Sideburns", such as "Secret Forest", generally adrenaline-burning models.
But this "I Am a Relic Sorter" is different, it not only comes with the traditional tear-jerking magic of Korean dramas, but also has a rhythm like the wind, completely getting rid of the slow rhythm of the early Korean dramas. I cried and chased, crying from the first episode to the tenth episode, not embarrassed at all, and I was strongly looking forward to a second season. Korean dramas that don't talk about love, no car accident cancer, and can cry so well this year is the first one this year.
The story is about a boy with Asperger's disease who runs a relics sorting company with his father, and after his father's death, he and his uncle are in the process of helping the deceased to sort out the relics.
Asperger's disease may not be known to many people, and there are often all kinds of strange diseases in Korean dramas. We can understand this disease as a similar condition to autism, with social skills defects, but there is an interest and talent for certain matters beyond the average person.
This role directly reminds me of Prosecutor Huang Shimu in "The Secret Forest".
See that? In Korean dramas, many of the people who do big things are abnormal human beings. In this way, they can shield the emotions of normal people who do not need to do big things, but they have the special talents required for the plot.
For example, Huang Shimu does not understand human feelings, so he can completely ignore the faces of his superiors and colleagues in the South Korean procuratorial organs and treat everyone equally.
In "I Am a Relic Sorter", because of the disease that Kelu suffers from, he does not have the sensitive emotions of ordinary people, and when he works as a relic sorter with his father, he will not be afraid.
At the scene of the crime, when his good friend Tree said he was scared, he said that the murderer was caught and taken to the police station, the deceased was moved to the funeral home, there was nothing here, what was there to be afraid of?
Isn't it? Such a person can see the essence of things to the point, and does not need to be affected by those emotions that make up their own brains.
Moreover, people with this disease are particularly principled and have excellent memories of things of interest, so he also provides the possibility for Ke Luneng to provoke the beam alone after the death of his father played by Ji Zhenxi.
Because of his exquisiteness of principles, because of his meticulous memory of the steps his father took when he worked, Kelu immediately went to work after his father's death without the slightest hesitation, helping people in need.
So now I can gradually understand why in Korean dramas, many protagonists are different from ordinary people, because many are impossible, not ordinary you and I can make, must be some people who are out of the emotional problems of ordinary people to complete.
The structure of "Relic Sorter" is more American, one or two episodes a story, sorting out the story of a deceased person, while slowly revealing the protagonist's own story.
Although the structure is very popular, from the first episode, it can create a crying world in terms of actors, scripts, music, lighting, and shooting angles, and it is impossible to imagine that this is the director's debut!
First of all, the TV series has a lot of overhead shots, allowing us to see everything before the passing of life from the perspective of God. Because the dead do not lie, look through the relics and recreate their last lives, at this time they have no audience, the only thing they will face is the impending death, so our feelings will be particularly real, the audience will not be defensive about it, and it is particularly easy to be moved.
And the relics sorter who did this job is also particularly touching. This work is not a cleaner as we traditionally understand it, not a person who packs up the deceased's things and loses them, and the hygiene is finished. Their work is done in several steps.
The first is to enter the door, tell the dead in the air, the date, their name, and then tell the deceased that this is the last time they have moved on earth before they go to heaven, and then start working.
When tidying up, instead of using a broom to sweep away, the deceased's things are sorted out as well, important objects that have nothing to do with privacy, wrapped in black plastic bags for garbage disposal, important personal belongings are placed in yellow boxes, and the names of the deceased are written on the outside, handed over to their loved ones, or completed their last wishes on behalf of the deceased.
Sorting out what needs to be discarded is a difficult task.
Because they may face people who die for many days, the environment may be very bad, but Kelu has followed his father many times, the steps are familiar with the heart, there is no arrogance to be afraid of the environment is dirty and messy, in his consciousness, this working environment must be dirty and messy, because the dead people's families are not willing to tidy up to find them, they are professional. This spirit is worth learning from the beaters.
The most difficult thing in this drama is to sort out the personal belongings of the deceased.
Kelu's father told him that the relics would say to them, and the relics would tell them what kind of person the deceased was before he died, what hobbies he had, what stories he had, what secrets he had.
However, all this requires care.
Take the story of the first episode as an example.
The deceased in the first episode is a factory intern who graduated from high school. He died because he was injured at home and did not go to the hospital.
In the small house that the deceased had rented in the examination hall, in a small space that only contained a bed and a table, Kelu and his father began to clean up.
From the various cup noodles on the table, it is inferred that in order to save money, he always buys cup noodles that are about to expire or have discounts;
From the deodorant in the backpack, it is inferred that the various odors of the working environment are related, and the fragrance prepared for the image of the cup noodles is not a cleanliness habit.
From looking through his books and the stickers on his desk, it is inferred that this young man is very motivated, and his biggest dream is to become a regular employee and enter the university;
From the photos on the table, it is inferred that he is very filial and loves his parents.
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It was really touching to watch Kelu and his father treat the dead so carefully.
This respect regardless of profession, regardless of nobility, regardless of status, is so rare in the real society!
We can not only see the delicate humanistic care of the screenwriter, but also the sympathy of the screenwriter for the ordinary young people at the bottom of South Korea, whose struggles are all moths to the fire, and the harder they work, the closer they are to extinction.
When Kelu and his father went to the deceased's spiritual hall, saw the deaf and dumb parents of the deceased, saw their poor background, had no money to give the child college, the mother needed surgery, the child worked hard, hoping to turn positive as soon as possible, so that the mother could cure the disease quickly and become the pride of the parents.
However, the management and colleagues from the factory were happy because the parents of the children were deaf and mute, and did not quarrel with them, and said that the children were not injured at work, because they died in the examination hall, and the factory had no responsibility at all.
This screenwriter really has the same humanistic care as the screenwriter of "Boo", the first story, the camera is focused on the injustice suffered by interns who have just entered the society, and they all write about the current situation of a low-level intern in South Korea: even if you give all your love and sincerity to the world, you may not end well.
And the reason why the TV series is tear-inducing, is in every detail of the exquisite, we look at "I am a relic sorter", in the heart of the unguarded situation, because I believe in the details found by Kelu and his father, into the world where every deceased has no one to care for, can't help but substitute their own feelings, can't help but think that everyone who lives sincerely in this world deserves to be treated well, but they pass away like this, silently.
In addition to the first episode of my example, where the high school intern was injured to death, the second episode was about the story of maternal love, and the third and fourth episodes were about glorifying possession and male violence against women into love...
In general, the screenwriter points to the survival dilemma faced by ordinary people at the bottom of society, but also the warmth of life ignored by ordinary people, this type of TV series, indeed has always been a very good part of Korean dramas, delicate and full of humanistic care, it is very rare that screenwriters and directors are still seeking innovation and change in the field they are good at, rather than hiding in the comfort zone to enjoy dividends.
So this is a specially recommended Korean drama, especially hope to give all people who feel physically and mentally exhausted in the city should watch a TV series, if there is time, I hope to write episode reviews for this drama, so that more people can comfort this drama. As long as you live with your heart, your efforts will be understood.
2021/5/17 in Hong Kong