On the evening of December 11, Hunan Satellite TV broadcast the first and second episodes of the TV series "Xiao Minjia". The TV series stars Zhou Xun, Huang Lei, Qin Hailu and other actors. Several of them are powerful factions, and the performance also makes the audience comfortable. In addition, this TV series is a typical life drama, so it is very dazzling when presented to the ratings data. According to Kuyun's ratings data, as soon as the TV series began broadcasting, the ratings climbed to 1%, and in the second episode, it remained on the 1.3% score.
Obviously, the ratings of the TV series "Xiao Min's Family" broke through 2%, which is a matter of one or two days. Based on the current degree of viewability of the show, I think that "Xiao Minjia" on the General Administration's China Audiovisual Big Data (the most professional list of dehydration data) finally broke through 2%, basically without any problems. Obviously, this "Little MinJia" can be classified as a blockbuster TV series in the ratings. As for why the show can become a hit, the reason is also relatively simple.
First of all, several of the main actors in this TV series do have good acting skills, especially in the face of "image-taking" life dramas, they perform, really make the audience comfortable, can believe, and it is easy to catch up with the drama. Acting in life dramas and finding powerful factions is still safe. If this "Little Minjia" is replaced by other traffic stars, it really can't work. Because in the script stage, some of the bridge lines are actually not very interesting, but after Qin Hailu and Huang Lei performed them, they had a sense of comedy about the taste.
Secondly, the petty bourgeois life of this TV series is attractive to the living room audience. The word "petty bourgeoisie" is very important. Many TV dramas are all living in large villas, all of which are hundreds of billions of dollars in business. This kind of "old-fashioned" TV series has made the audience disgusted. But like "Xiao Min's Family" such a petty bourgeois TV series, the male protagonist has a house in Beijing, but it is not a big villa, it is an ordinary house, there is also a car, nor is it a luxury car, but life is worry-free, and it can also engage in a little romance. This is the most addictive to the living room audience. Because many living room viewers feel that the story of this play is their own.
"Little Min's House" obviously understands very well what the living room audience wants. What everyone actually wants is a model of petty bourgeois life, following the TV series to learn how to achieve the life mood of petty bourgeoisie. Therefore, this TV series, in terms of mood, pays special attention to creating. For example, in Episode 1, the characters of Huang Lei and Zhou Xun are busy sneaking around, and the two sit on the trunk of the car and come to a romance of a middle-aged man and woman. This kind of outdoor small romance is effective for the living room audience. This is actually teaching the living room audience how to achieve the life of a petty bourgeoisie.
And, most importantly, the TV series "Little Minjia" provides a petty bourgeois way of thinking. What makes the living room audience more addicted than the lifestyle of the petty bourgeoisie is this petty bourgeois way of thinking. Several TV series that Huang Lei has shot consecutively are very popular, in fact, the biggest "caffeine" that makes the audience addicted in it is this petty bourgeois way of thinking. Huang Lei, a person, is good at boiling chicken soup for petty bourgeoisie, and does not make the audience disgusted, and can be boiled to just the right degree. For example, in the face of her daughter's reluctance to apply for a visa, Huang Lei's role will be "prepared with both hands" to enlighten. For another example, the interaction of Huang Lei's character when taking pictures of his daughter is also a typical petty bourgeois thinking processing mode.
At the same time, I have to say that this TV series invited Zhou Xun to star, which is definitely the most in line with the tone of the play. In "Xiao Min's Family", Zhou Xun plays a middle-aged woman who was forced to divorce because of communication with her teacher, a middle-aged woman who was forced to come to Beijing from Jiujiang, and eventually lived like a petty bourgeoisie, who not only has a boyfriend, has a stable physiological life, but also can maintain her petty bourgeoisie and immortality. In terms of roles, it is very fairy in itself. And Zhou Xun's role is really the icing on the cake, making the audience believe that the role and the actor are one.
But, I'm going to say but now. The biggest problem with this kind of petty bourgeois drama is that it can only pile up the plot with love and love, and cannot carry the pain points at the effective sociological level. The general formula of petty bourgeois dramas is to talk about love. In the past, petty bourgeois dramas were often young people falling in love. This time, in "Xiao Min's House", it is a middle-aged man who is in love. To fall in love, it is necessary to create resistance in order to form a plot. Therefore, in the play, the children have become an important part of the resistance, and the predecessors are also a typical part of the resistance.
This kind of petty bourgeois drama provides the lifestyle of middle-aged petty bourgeoisie and the way of thinking about life, which are addictive to the living room audience and the guarantee of ratings. But at the same time, this kind of petty bourgeois drama does not touch the essence of life's suffering, and can only exist as something that is easy to entertain after tea and dinner. Therefore, a TV series such as "Xiao Min Jia" cannot be called excellent, but can only be called knowledgeable, that is, it is just made for the middle-aged audiences who are enjoying the family in the living room. On the other hand, the TV series that can make the living room audience happy is also worth watching. (Text/Ma Qingyun)