To say that the beginning of 2022 is a good drama, it is certainly indispensable to "The Beginning", look at this hot search, about to be dominated by the screen, you know how hot it is.
The wonderful plot is not much to say, the acting skills are even more rare to not pull down the whole staff, Liu Yijun played by Officer Zhang is fully integrated into the role, each micro-expression is delicate and vivid, and "Pot Aunt" Liu Dan, the paranoid and silent crazy performance of the fullest, many netizens shouted dare not look at her eyes.
Even the new generation of actors Bai Jingting and Zhao Jinmai have made great progress in their acting skills, natural investment, completely out of the play, the only exception is probably Only Liu Tao, who has been playing for more than 20 years. In addition to the hair jacket that makes people play at the beginning, the acting skills are also suspected of being too strong.
Liu Tao, a middle-aged actress who was "ridiculed by the group"
Liu Tao, who tried to transform, may be out of his comfort zone, a little overwhelmed, frowning and frowning, almost writing his face.
And her 8-year-old Liu Yijun's acting skills are not in a depth, this "tragic" contrast, but also let many netizens complain, Liu Tao's superficial deep seriousness, not as natural as Zhao Jinmai's acting skills born in 2002.
But insist that Liu Tao's acting skills are poor, but not necessarily, can only be said to be decent, in recent years, in addition to the workplace elite female Andy in the previous years "Ode to Joy", there is no impressive role, the road to acting seems to be welded to death by such elite women.
In fact, the roles created by Liu Tao in the early years are more diversified, like Princess Musha in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 3", the gentle and considerate Aju in "Tianlong Babu", and Bai Suzhen, the most "humane" in "The Legend of the White Snake"... Many left a deep impression on the audience.
Going down this road, even if it is not a talented player, you can sharpen your acting skills and break out of your own world, but Liu Tao at that time wanted to become a "good wife and good mother", and Wang Ke, who was then the "four young people in Beijing", and happily announced at the wedding that he would quit the entertainment circle and teach his husband and son at home.
The life of the giants that came to an abrupt end
However, Liu Tao's "wish" soon fell short, did not marry into the rich for a long time, the financial crisis in 2008 made Wang Ke's strong value into a bubble phantom, not only that, Wang Ke also owed hundreds of millions of debts, a time fell from the clouds into the mud. Affected by this change, Wang Ke was devastated, so everything outside the family fell on Liu Tao's head.
Liu Tao did not choose to leave Wang Ke, but strongly supported the family, she just gave birth to her second child, came back to crazy play, tired and paralyzed, directly slept on the ground. In just a few years, Liu Tao, the "desperate third lady", has paid off his debts.
The "national daughter-in-law" has become a double-edged sword
The image of a tenacious and inseparable wife has become synonymous with Liu Tao, and because of this, Liu Tao's personality is too radiant, and when everyone thinks of her, they think of the "national daughter-in-law", it can be said that this personality has brought her a lot of popularity and popularity.
But success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, behind the crazy drama, is the loss of acting life, in those years, she thought more about how to make more money, how to enter more crews, how to have more exposure, is in real life, how to live better.
Therefore, her thinking and polishing of the role has stopped, and after a few years, although she has not been separated from the acting environment, her acting skills have also matured routines, and the life of the role has also been "suffocated".
As we all know, the profession of an actor is linked to art, to play a role well, it takes a lot of time and energy to polish carefully, but Liu Tao in previous years did not have such conditions, and now she has left such a quiet creative environment for too long, relying on eating old books, the audience can of course see at a glance.
The second point is that actors are a profession that needs to maintain a sense of mystery, you want the audience to believe in the characters you create, your own image can not be too prominent, and everyone pays more attention to Liu Tao's life outside the play, which requires her to spend more effort to break this label.
Deng Chao of the powerful faction is such an example, after the image of the "comedian" in the variety show is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the audience will subconsciously distrust other serious images, and your character's life will therefore be untenable.
Looking at Deng Chao's works in recent years, it is very illustrative of this problem, except for "Burning Heart" in 2015 and "Shadow" in 2018, which is thin and out of phase, it is difficult to find good works.
People reach middle age, the embarrassing situation of career
After the role of Andy with "Ode to Joy" turned red again, Liu Tao, who tasted sweetness, began to take shortcuts, a large number of homogeneous role output, and everything was "Andy flavor". A few years have passed, and it is not surprising that the audience is tired of watching, the reputation has declined, and Liu Tao urgently needs to transform.
But this transformation is accompanied by pain, especially when people reach middle age, perception and acuity decline, it is more difficult to break the inherent comfort zone, not only that, she will also face a more demanding audience, after all, she is no longer a fledgling newcomer, but a "veteran" who has acted for more than 20 years.
So even in "The Beginning", her acting skills are not bad, but she is still "provoked" by the audience, and Liu Tao at this moment is facing the mid-life career crisis that most people have.
Go back to the original position, the audience has been tired of seeing; the transformation attempt, maybe the reputation will collapse, in addition to not doing the actor's business, if you want to maintain the reputation, there is only one way: sharpen your acting skills.
So the road that Liu Tao gave up more than ten years ago, and now people are in front of Liu Tao in middle age, at this time, although she has experienced wind and rain, the price of choice is greater than then, to abandon the comfort zone and human dividends, it also takes greater courage.
Look at the same age, and their own coffee position of an actress, which one did not hold back a few trophies? Zhang Ziyi, who is only one year younger than Liu Tao, although his career has been somewhat "weak" in recent years, he has won awards when he was young, which is enough to eat the old book.
Qin Hailu, Hao Lei, who is talented and diligent, will not say more, Yin Tao, Sun Li also won back several behind-the-scenes trophies, the previous years have not been exposed in front of the public, and Yuan Quan, who silently acted in dramas to hone his acting skills, also became popular again with a role.
The most important thing is that although these people have their career ups and downs, they are all down-to-earth acting schools, what is missing is not strength, but opportunities, as long as there is a suitable role, it will "shine", and Liu Tao's embarrassment and dilemma is that even if the role is handed to her mouth, she may not be able to hand over a satisfactory answer.
This is the dilemma of middle-aged Liu Tao, in order to get rid of this embarrassing situation, the trick and shortcut are no longer useful, since you have to take the path of an actor, only acting skills can convince the audience.