Whether it is Anglo-American drama, a Japanese-Korean drama or a domestic drama, many of the "divine dramas" we are familiar with cannot avoid ending up with an excellent start and a bad ending in the end.
But today's Amway drama, not only the first season of the high score of the stunning debut, but also in the following seasons gradually into the good situation, more and more good-looking, on the Douban even more than the "Black Mirror" series.
What's even more rare is that the show scored another 9.3 in the special edition 15 years later. (There are so few people watching)
Yes, after 15 years, this show is not only not obsolete at all, but also still has a large number of fans who support Call.
Today I will talk to you about this must-see classic -
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen: Anniversary Specials
Even the trailer poster is a large-scale hot-eyed spoof ↓
This title is not as thunderous as the british drama "Black Mirror", "Downton Abbey", "Doctor Who", but if you mention its main creative team and three main actors, I think you must be very familiar with countless brush dramas.
Yes, the three gods who starred and wrote the writers were Mark Gatis, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shersmith, and they did the Gentleman's League with fellow screenwriters, fellow college classmate and good friend Jeremy Dessan.
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shersmith are also the main actors and screenwriters of the recently popular British drama "Secret Nine".
In the special edition of "League of Gentlemen", a small tribute to "Secret Story Nine" was also buried.
And Mark Gatis, I believe everyone is more familiar, he not only served as the screenwriter of "Sherlock", but also played the role of Charlotte's brother who worked in the government department, known as "McGonagall".
These talented and imaginative "strange people" were good friends who could talk about going together in college.
They formed a comedy group called "Gentlemen's League", which went all the way from radio to television, and in 1999, they made this brain-opening, three-view British drama of the same name "Gentleman's League".
The skit is also in the top ten of Britain's most popular sitcoms.
For the subsequent black absurd British dramas, it is a landmark existence.
At that time, we were still watching the subtle and shy "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" on the streets and alleys, but the TV series put on British television stations were already so "unsightly".
Weird, grotesque, and bad taste are the best endorsements of "League of Gentlemen", and the undisguised plot to the end has also made this drama one of the "most unsuitable for public viewing" TV series.
In contrast, even a high-energy drama like "Secret Affair No. 9" can be regarded as a small freshness.
In addition, comedic elements also occupy an important place in "League of Gentlemen".
Whether it is explicit ridicule or satire, it is not soft at all, and the vulgar baggage and high-level humor complement each other.
But don't take these absurd and exaggerated British humors lightly and concentrate on enjoyment, because all kinds of bloody and terrifying plots will always appear in places that people can't imagine.
For example, the last second was a gentle and dedicated pet doctor.
She smiled and told the little girl about the condition of this wild little hedgehog and the treatment process.
But the next second it's a turn...
"The picture will not be put, please make up your own brain"
In addition to the large scale and heavy taste, another major feature of "League of Gentlemen" is:
All the main characters are played by all three of them.
Although at first glance this may seem like a nonsense, it is actually a group of black comedies.
The story takes place in a remote and backward town, and all the important characters in the town are played by the three of them.
One person plays the N corner.
Feel free to put a few pictures of McGord's shape for you to feel.
Men, women, the elderly, and children all live.
It can be feminine and moving, but it can also be serious.
It can be lively and cute, or it can be crazy.
Feel the fatal temptation of women's clothing bosses.
Acting skills like this "fine division" have already thrown off a lot of actors who "act like a person" for several streets.
Seasons 1 to 3 of "League of Gentlemen" have only 6 episodes per season, and each episode is less than 30 minutes, which fully illustrates what is meant by "concentration is essence".
The plot revolves around the stories of several representative groups of characters in the town, interspersed with fragments.
Like an incomprehensible employment counselor ↓
A gangster butcher shop that seems to sell pork but actually sells human flesh.↓
Always in the awkward acting of the drama troupe ↓
In short, in this crazy town, everyone is either crazy or perverted, and those who are normal have become the most abnormal.
The special series (3 episodes in total) tells the story of what happened in this town 20 years later.
At this point, the government had decided to move the border line to merge the town into the big town, and the people of the town, of course, would not sit still, they decided to launch a counterattack.
In these seemingly yellow and violent plots, it is actually to reflect and satirize many problems in real life.
For example, people rely too much on technology to survive, and even breakfasts rely on 3D printing.
Or, like this taxi driver who is too politically correct, even the passengers say words such as "man" and "white" are considered to be a manifestation of sexism and racial discrimination.
The most ironic is the husband and wife (also brother and sister) who open a small grocery store.
Not only did they think feudally and hated all non-small-town immigrants, but they would also kill them after inhuman torture.
But these two stupid and cruel people have mistakenly become heroes who save the town.
Is it the weak compromise of the government, or the ignorance and blindness of the masses?
The screenwriter is clever to point but not to say broken, crisp and clean ending, leaving everything to the audience to think about.
In just 3 episodes, in the gag jokes, there is the obsession with the love affair of the past, the perseverance in pursuing dreams, the dissatisfaction with the patriarchy, and the spoof of contemporary life...
I have to admit that even after 15 years, this "Gentleman's League" that integrates large scale, no lower limit, god spit and cold humor is still the original taste.
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