Recently, there is a drama that is very popular abroad.
Discussion in Europe and the United States remains high.
Which word-of-mouth drama is it?
Is it the "East Side Nightmare" that seals the gods all the way?
Or "Rocky", which exploded at the beginning of the broadcast?
Or is it the brain-burning "The Best of Innocence"?
Neither.
It is a classical English drama called Anne Boleyn.
The reason is very strange -
It set a new low for IMDb TV series ratings: 1.1!
You know, the minimum score on IMDb is only 1.
A 1.1 means that almost everyone has the lowest score.
It was so low that it aroused Uncle Yu's curiosity, and he had to find out this drama to see.
Today, I will share with you.
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
British classical drama has always been known for its refinement and elegance.
"Wolf Hall", "Downton Abbey", "Famous Sisters" and so on, are all well-known masterpieces.
It is reasonable to say that "Anne Boleyn", which is also a British classical drama, is not too bad, if not a classic.
However, the situation after the broadcast was a big surprise.
The IMDb score is only 1.1.
Looking around, it was all bad reviews, and it was unbearable to see.
It's not just foreign bias.
In the domestic Douban, the drama has only received a very low score of 2.1 points (Douban must also play at least 1 star, that is, 2 points).
However, subsequent developments were even more unexpected.
Almost overnight, its rating went up to 6.9 again!
Did it suddenly improve its wind ratings and super counterattack?
Uncle Fish deliberately went to its IMDb page to "visit".
Discover that this is not the case.
Because out of the evaluation of nearly 18,000 people, more than 15,000 people scored 1 point.
Under this data, how can there be an average score of 6.9!?
Apparently, it was the PUBLIC RELATIONS department of the TV station that moved.
The famous IMDb will actually force a "lock score" for a drama!
All age groups basically scored 1 point, and the final average score was 6.9
Corresponding PR also appeared on Rotten Tomatoes.
The means are more ruthless, and the page directly disappears to the whole.
It's outrageous!
This also completely aroused the interest of Uncle Yu.
Let's first see what it's all about.
Anne Boleyn, aquarists who are familiar with British history or who have watched a lot of British dramas may know something.
She was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the most famous queen in English history.
This Henry VIII, who has served as a total of six queens, has countless mistresses.
Henry VIII
Anne was one of the famous mistresses.
She was originally the maid of the first queen, but secretly had an affair with the mercurial Henry VIII.
Later, he successfully ascended to the throne and became the queen of his dreams.
But the good times did not last long, and soon after the marriage, he was snubbed by Henry VIII.
Coupled with the delay in giving birth to a male heir, his position is in jeopardy.
Finally, just three years after their marriage, rumors spread that Anne had betrayed the king.
Henry VIII arrested her for adultery and beheaded her.
Since this is a controversial "royal history", the story of Queen Anne has also been filmed and televisionized many times.
Although the quality is uneven, good and bad, the public still likes to hear and see it.
Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall
But why is the audience's resistance so strong this time?
First, let's look at Queen Anne, who has appeared in previous film and television works.
For example, in the 1969 film "Anne's Thousand Days", Queen Anne was like this.
In the TV series Tudor Dynasty, Anne looks like this.
Played by Natalie Domer
In the movie The Other Boleyn Girl, Anne is played by the goddess Natalie Portman.
They are all unique in temperament, beautiful and moving, and you can't forget it at a glance.
In this "Anne Boleyn", Queen Anne is also "unforgettable".
Because she is like this.
You read that right.
A famous British queen found a black actor to play!
As early as the preparatory stage of filming, the casting of this drama has caused controversy and has been questioned by many people about its rationality.
In recent years, there have been many similar examples of political correctness about skin color in European and American film and television works.
Far away is the "Rolling Lady" in "The Legend of Merlin".
The Legend of Merlin
Recently, there is a casting storm in the web drama "Bridgeton" and the live-action version of "The Little Mermaid".
They all stereotyped the public as white characters, and chose black people to play them.
However, "The Legend of Merlin" is adapted from myths and legends, "Bridgetown" is overhead history, and "The Little Mermaid" is a fairy tale.
Stories are imaginary, characters are fictional.
They are understandable because they break stereotypes.
Queen Anne is historically real, and even the court portraits are still completely preserved.
Against such a real historical backdrop, watching black queens and white kings stand together.
For countless viewers, it is really too contradictory.
Therefore, after the official broadcast of this drama, the casting problem still triggered public anger, resulting in many netizens angrily scoring 1 point.
As the following user said.
"You really can't imagine a white actor playing Mandela or Martin Luther King Jr.
Of course, there are still a small number of people who have expressed their support and given the show a high score.
Their reasoning is simple:
Although film and television works can show history, they can not be equal to history.
Why can't the Queen of England be black?
Taking a step back ten thousand steps, under the thinking of film and television creation, there is indeed a precedent of "falsifying history".
In Quentin's World War II film Shameless Bastard, Hitler was set on fire in a movie theater.
Shameless Bastard
However, After watching the whole play, Uncle Fish wants to say:
Even if you don't consider the casting issue, this drama really can't be exaggerated.
Jokes are not nonsense, let alone blind shooting, random shooting.
Uncle Fish has reason to believe that the main reason why "Anne Boleyn" scored 1 point was because it was because —
All-round rotten.
The costume of this drama alone directly shocked me.
Also a court-style green silk dress, let's compare "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "Anne Boleyn".
The former looks very silky, high-end, and full of design.
Coupled with the delicate print embellishment of the brim and chest, it is very British classical.
What about the latter?
But there is a sense of plastic that is mysterious.
And there are no details, only the word "cheap" to describe.
Of course, this is not the only place, "Anne Boleyn" is full of strange costume designs and color schemes throughout the show.
It's really not pretty
Uncle Fish looked at the credits and saw that the costume designer was named Lynesy Moore.
I have been doing modern costume design before, and I have never touched ancient costumes, so it is no wonder that the performance is so bad.
For a costume drama, the costume is definitely one of the souls of the whole drama.
Just as the so-called people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, the costumes are not reliable, and every minute will make the audience play.
Those costume dramas that have become classics, although they do not say that the costumes are 100% restored to historical facts, they must also be exquisite.
Whether it is "Downton Abbey" abroad, or the domestic "Biography of Zhen Huan" and "Langya List", this is the case.
This alone reflects the casual attitude of the main creative team.
As for the actor performance.
First of all, Judy Turner-Smith, the black actor who plays Queen Anne, is remarkable.
She successfully portrayed the queen's embattled pain and struggle.
It doesn't get dark.
But here's the thing.
The other actors were so bad, especially Henry VIII's, who didn't play a bit of an emperor.
In front of Anne, he seemed to be a weak party, and it would not be surprising that Even if Annie suddenly cut off his head.
In terms of plot, it is even more unremarkable.
The play focuses on the last months of Queen Anne's life.
According to her legendary experience, the whole story should have a very sufficient space for acting.
Because in history, whether Queen Anne's adultery really happened or whether it was a sin was added to it is actually inconclusive.
But this originally dramatic story was filmed by the production team as Queen Anne's personal account.
After reading it, it is like reading the biographies of the characters on Baidu Encyclopedia, and there is no fluctuation in my heart.
Not to mention that there are also thunder scenes in the play -
Queen Anne suddenly kissed Jane Seymour.
Who is Jane Seymour?
She was Anne's maid and the third wife of Henry VIII.
Historically, the day after Anne was beheaded, Henry VIII was officially engaged to her, which meant that the two had secretly hooked up.
Two historical figures who are considered "love enemies" actually kiss on the screen.
Screenwriters also really dare to write!
In this regard, the actor of Jane Seymour explains:
"Anne is trying to see it from her husband's point of view. And that's very interesting to me, because it's a masculine perspective through a female perspective, and I think it's very beautiful..."
Well, it's really hard for this actor, this can actually give the circle back.
Combined with the casting, this also fully explains the "sinister intentions" of the whole drama:
It is to make good use of the east wind of hot topics such as skin color, gender, and sexual orientation, create topic degree and traffic, and attract the attention of a large number of melon-eating masses.
All in all, three words, just bad money.
Don't believe it, even if the word of mouth is bad, the producers of "Anne Boleyn" are clamoring for a sequel.
The sequel will tell the story of Henry VIII's fifth wife
Therefore, don't talk about bad movies and bad dramas, just say how the domestic film and television industry has no lower limit.
This problem is universal.
Although the direction of rot is varied, it can even be said to be strange.
For example, this "Anne Boleyn" is disrespectful to history.
For example, "Pure Heart: Dreaming of Showbiz" is the creator's lack of aesthetics.
For example, "Autobots" is a random plagiarism.
For example, "Fast and Furious 9" and "Chainsaw Horror 9" are dog-tailed sables.
There are also many rotten mediocre, rotten boring, such as most of the domestic sweet pet dramas, European and American romance dramas.
But in the final analysis, it all belongs to the impropriety of creative attitude.
It is worth mentioning that the IMDb score of "Pure Heart And Dream Showbiz" is 1.0
Although the rating is not everything.
But with a low rating, you should still reflect on your problems.
Creators should keep one thing in mind:
In the final analysis, film and television works still serve the audience, and without the audience, film and television will no longer exist.
And the creators who cut the record of low scores but are still justified, obviously do not pay attention to the audience.
Or they are pretentious and scolded , "This audience can't do it."
Or there is no bottom line, as long as you can seize the opportunity of black and red to get out, it does not matter whether it is quality or word of mouth.
They should be thankful that there are no rating sites that can score negative points at this time.
Otherwise, 1 point is by no means the end of bad.