Recently, the 27th Shanghai Magnolia Awards announced the shortlist, causing great controversy.
Zhang Tong successfully played Li Dazhao in "The Age of Awakening", but was not nominated for the best actor, and many people said bluntly: "The Magnolia Award is a big water." ”
However, after reading the shortlist, we can understand the clues.
"The Age of Awakening" is a rare main theme drama in recent years, telling the story of Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the six years from 1915 to 1921, who searched for the salvation of the country and finally established the Communist Party of China.
The whole drama is not only of excellent quality, the actors are also full of acting skills online, and the Douban score has soared from 8.4 points at the beginning of the painting to 9.3 points.
However, the full acting skills online have also caused a certain "inner volume".
For example, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, who is the male number one of this drama?
Chen Duxiu's role is heavier, but the subtitles at the end of the play put Li Dazhao in the first place, and many fans of the drama are also arguing endlessly, so the screenwriter Long Pingping also came out to explain that this drama is a double male drama, ranking in no particular order.
However, considering that Yu Hewei also had a wonderful performance in the "Circuit Prosecution Group", and finally Yu Hewei was shortlisted for the list of emperors, Zhang Tong regretted being out.
The same "inner volume" also occurs in supporting characters.
In "The Age of Awakening", Cai Yuanpei played by Ma Shaohua, Lu Xun played by Cao Lei, Hu Shi played by Zhu Gangriyao, and Chen Yannian played by Zhang Wanyi all left a deep impression on the audience, but there was only one nomination for best supporting actor.
In the end, Ma Shaohua was nominated for best supporting actor, and other actors could only regret running with regret.
A simple analysis can see that it is not that the Magnolia Award has been flooded, but that "The Age of Awakening" is too good, bringing happiness to the audience and the judges.
However, these good actors who have not been shortlisted do not have to be too depressed, because in the past two years, fine dramas have sprung up, and the spring of good actors has arrived.
At the end of "The Age of Awakening", some viewers in the bullet screen said that they hoped that such a good drama could continue to be filmed, preferably from 1921 to 2021, and the names of the sequels were called "Revolutionary Years" and "Revival Years".
This proposal won the praise of many people, but unexpectedly, the audience's wish was quickly fulfilled.
A few days ago, the TV series "Glory and Dreams" was launched, which can be seen as a sequel to "The Age of Awakening" to some extent, and Zhang Tong continued to play Li Dazhao in this drama.
Since the date of premiere, the ratings of this drama have broken 2 for 6 consecutive days, and during the period, the ratings have ranked first for 3 consecutive days.
This drama begins with the May Fourth Movement in 1919 and ends with the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1954, and tells the magnificent development process of our party.
"The Age of Awakening" is directed by Zhang Yongxin, whose previous masterpiece was "The League of Military Divisions";
"Glory and Dreams" is directed by Liu Jiang, and his previous representative works are "Before Dawn" and "Let's Get Married".
The styles of the two directors are different, but when creating these two plays, they seem to have reached a tacit understanding, so that there are three major inheritance relationships between the two plays.
The first is the inheritance of the story.
"The Age of Awakening" is based on the May Fourth Movement as the climax of the whole drama, with the construction of the Communist Party of China as the end of the story, swinging back to the intestines and touching the heart.
"Glory and Dreams" begins with a narration about the significance of the May Fourth Movement, and then completes the whole process of restoring the founding of the CPC with a large number of vivid details, and friends who have watched "The Age of Awakening" can seamlessly switch to this new drama.
The second is the inheritance of actors.
After "The Age of Awakening", Zhang Tong continued to play Li Dazhao in this drama, and Hou Jingjian continued to play the young Mao Zedong in this drama, with these familiar faces, the audience can quickly switch to the new drama.
Finally, there is the inheritance on the screen.
The color processing of the two dramas from framing to mirror operation to the picture presents a cinematic texture, and Zhang Yongxin and Liu Jiang have joined hands to raise the creative ceiling of the main theme TV series.
However, there are also obvious differences between the two dramas, one is "small and fine", and the other is "large and complete".
The "small and fine" of "The Age of Awakening" can be written into domestic drama textbooks.
"The Age of Awakening" tells 6 years of history in 43 episodes, the main role is dozens of people, mainly literary drama, telling the story of the new cultural movement to inspire the wisdom of the people.
This makes the way "The Age of Awakening" is filmed is "small and fine", and the whole drama is as delicate as if it were embroidered on sesame seeds.
The connection between different scenes is carried out in the form of prints;
For example, Mao Zedong appeared, Lu Xun wrote "Diary of a Madman", chen Duxiu and Hu Shi parted ways when they all used an artistic approach;
Another example is the use of a large number of animals as a metaphor throughout the play: the use of ants crawling to reflect the trend of left-leaning thought, the use of frogs to allude to conservatives as frogs at the bottom of the well, the use of cattle to imply that Mao Zedong is a bull's ear holder, the use of camels to represent the ancient Chinese burden forward, and so on.
But "Glory and Dreams" is a different way of telling.
For example, there are only three Mao Zedong actors in the play, and this "epic configuration" is unimaginable in previous plays.
"Glory and Dreams" tells the history of 35 years in 40 episodes, including major events such as the Long March of the Red Army, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Civil War of the Kuomintang and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there are a large number of war dramas, the real historical figures in the play reached more than 400 people, more than 200 actors participated, and more than 700 scenes were filmed, of which only 12 scenes were played at the Whampoa Military Academy, but the crew specially set up scenes to restore the scenes at that time.
This makes glory and dreams filmed in a "big and complete" way, which tells the story in a point-by-point manner.
For example, at the beginning of the focus on the details of the founding of the COMMUNIST Party of China, and then the next scene jumps to the Kuomintang congress 2 years later, followed by the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy 1 year later.
Between several events, there is a blank treatment, which is less sticky than the stickiness of "The Age of Awakening", but the pattern and vision are more grand.
In terms of actors, the two plays are old dramas, both of which guarantee the lower limit, but there are also huge differences.
"The Age of Awakening" because of the relatively small number of characters, in the selection of actors to take acting skills as the only criterion, which makes the whole drama full of bones, Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Hu Shi, Lu Xun and other historical figures are shaped by the old drama bones to be imaged and three-dimensional.
However, "Glory and Dreams" involves more than 200 actors, and it is unrealistic to choose all the actors to star, it is more diversified in the selection criteria of actors, and the actors' performance points are to surpass those of "The Age of Awakening", but there will be a certain deviation in the output tone of the acting skills.
For example, Zhang Tong and Hou Jingjian both starred in Li Dazhao and Mao Zedong in two plays, but in "The Age of Awakening", Zhang Tong is the main actor, Hou Jingjian is a supporting role, and in "Glory and Dreams", Zhang Tong has become a supporting role, Hou Jingjian has become the protagonist, and the performance methods of the two have naturally changed, and whether the audience can accept this contrast is a problem.
For example, Ma Shaohua played Cai Yuanpei in "The Age of Awakening" and Sun Yat-sen in "Glory and Dreams", and there is a clear difference between this old drama bone when playing two roles, and appreciating this difference is also a great enjoyment for the audience, but it is a big test for the actors.
In "Glory and Dreams", Hou Jingjian, Tong Ruixin and Tang Guoqiang played Mao Zedong's youth, middle age and old age respectively, and Huang Xiaoming and Liu Jin played Zhou Enlai's youth and middle age respectively.
In addition, in "The Age of Awakening", Yu Hewei successfully played Chen Duxiu, while in "Glory and Dreams", Wu Gang, secretary of Dakang, starred in Chen Duxiu, Wu Gang's style is closer to Chen Duxiu, and Yu Hewei's performance has a more personal style, and the air PK of the two drama bones is very interesting.
"Glory and Dreams" also has controversial points, such as Wang Jinsong playing Chiang Kai-shek for the first time, Li Chen playing Zhang Guotao, and Huang Xiaoming playing the young Zhou Enlai have all been questioned by the audience.
By the way, the director also invited Zhang Yishan, Xie Mengwei, Cao Jun, Guan Xiaotong, and Gao Yuanyuan to play historical figures, which is also a dangerous move.
The diversity of actor selection determines that it has more points of view, greater controversy, worse integrity, and greater difficulty in shooting.
But in any case, "The Age of Awakening" and "Glory and Dreams" are dramas supported by several old drama bones, and Yu Hewei, Zhang Tong, Ma Shaohua, Tang Guoqiang, Liu Jin and other old drama bones are the key to the success of the two dramas.
The creative concepts of the two dramas are different, the shooting methods are different, and the actors' performance styles are also different, but it just proves from two sides that the "old drama bone law" of the "Awakening Era" has become an iron law of TV series creation, and the spring of good actors has arrived.
Finally, Pi Ge gave everyone a suggestion: if you want to systematically and comprehensively understand China's modern history, you can first watch "Towards the Republic", then watch "The Age of Awakening", and finally watch "Glory and Dreams".
A good historical drama is not equal to real history, but it is a bridge that guides the audience to understand real history, and in this sense, "The Age of Awakening" has done it, and "Glory and Dreams" has also done it.
Finally, whether "Glory and Dreams" can be as popular as "The Age of Awakening", I will wait and see...
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