In the eighth episode of "Actors Please Seat 2", Zhao Wei launched the most stylized work on the stage so far, "Theater".
After only reading it once, without Zhao Wei's explanation, I thought of Woody Allen's great work "Bullets Fly Over Broadway". The main characters and dramatic context in it are copied from "Bullets", but Zhao Wei has lowered the tone of the script two notches, and her purpose is to show that everyone is equal in front of art, rather than discussing more and deeper things like the original.
Zhao Wei
In fact, it is difficult to revise Woody Allen's work, because his plays have a very strong stage element. Achieving a director's goals with little special effects or editing means that actors need to step up and prop up the script. Taking the original drama "Bullet" as an example, several actors in the play are senior Hollywood actors and have stage performance experience.
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The male protagonist of the original drama is Played by John Cusack, the actor is the first person in Hollywood to play a middle-aged di si, he has starred in many deeply rooted roles, such as "2012", "Prison in the Air", as well as "Spy Sea Storm" with Gong Li, and "The Heavenly General" with Jackie Chan.
To be honest, Sun Yang is still very different in image and acting skills, and it is too wooden, and the original little wit of this character is gone, and it is similar to the original character and the god is not similar.
John Cusack
The heroine is played by Jennifer Tilly, who performed in the original play with a sharp voice throughout the play, vividly performing the appearance of a vulgar actress.
Wang Zhi's performance is very close to the prototype of the movie, but Wang Zhi has a problem, Wang Zhi's speech speed is too slow, a nasty actress, do you have the impression of speaking slowly or talking? I think the conversation should be closer. And Wang Zhi does not have the style of Jennifer Tilly, you must know that she has starred in the heroine of "Crazy Flowers"! No wonder Er Dongsheng said that his casting should not choose Wang Zhi.
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As for the last bodyguard, the actor is Chaz Palmintry. He has starred in so many movies, the main roles and supporting roles, the most memorable for me is the role of the father in "The Saint's Guide", in which I just feel flat. In the original play, the bodyguard he played was very cold-blooded and killed people very casually. I just remember five words when he killed the eldest mistress: You acted badly!
Then four gunshots rang out.
Cold-blooded bodyguards
Before watching Zhao Wei's "Theater", my understanding of the role of the bodyguard was still stuck in thinking that he killed people mainly because of his cruelty. But Zhao Wei deliberately downplayed the cruelty of this role, and after reading it, I also somewhat believed that the bodyguard played by He Kailang was the one who killed in order to defend his art.
He Kailang in the play
It should be said that Zhao Wei tried a personality expression. And this expression of personality is more valuable than the so-called correct expression. Because what is right is because staying in the original world and not going out of the circle. Although the expression of personality has to face the results of failure and the doubts of the public, many years later, when we pick up those works of that year, we can still feel more humanistic exchanges, that is the happiness and contemplation brought to us by light and shadow.
The controversy of the year is now a classic
I can't say that Zhao Wei's adaptation was successful, but I appreciate Zhao Wei's courage and understanding of art, and being able to come up with such a work itself shows Zhao Wei's concept of the supremacy of art, and there is little consideration for the competitive elements of variety shows.
Looking forward to her next work!
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