Recently there was a very interesting news about Hong Kong dramas.
Bao Weicong, a gold medal editor who has left TVB, broke the news in the network program that the situation comedy "Male and Female Love", which set a 50-point rating record, was actually created by him to vent his dissatisfaction with the "feminist supremacy" system within the TV station.
The heroine, miss Mo, played by Zheng Yuling, alludes to the female executives of the TV station, who are "several evils and several closed". As for Yu Lotte, played by Huang Zihua, he is instigated and despicable, which is the epitome of all male colleagues in the production department.
Bao Weicong's remarks shocked many viewers who had watched the play.
Because this drama was not only very popular that year (one of the top ten most watched dramas in TVB history), the heroine Miss Mo was also extremely popular. Zheng Yuling also won the queen with this role.
22 years ago, when we did not have the concept of a big heroine, Miss Mo was already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as her strong woman in the workplace.
△ "Male and Female Love" is a sitcom broadcast in 2000, telling the story of what happened in a law firm. Miss Mo, played by Zheng Yuling, is the top lawyer of the law firm, she has a successful career, but her feelings are blank, and finally she has feelings with Yu Lotte, who is a subordinate.
Who would have thought that such a classic elite female character in a Hong Kong drama was actually created by the editor to satirize "women"?
The editors didn't like her, but the audience loved her so much. Why does Miss Mo have so much charm and exist beyond the creator's intentions?
How was the super heroine of Douban 9.3 points born? Let's take a steak today.
Workplace dress godmother
She "carried" a house on her body
First of all, the role of Miss Mo (Mao Xiaohui) will be successful, and a large part of the credit is due to her actor Zheng Yuling.
Zheng Yuling, DoDo sister, was the most suitable candidate for TVB to play Miss Mo at that time. Because Zheng Yuling herself is a typical career woman. She entered the industry at the age of 18, and after taking the film at the age of 31, she has excellent language talent, not only can act, but also the wireless gold medal emcee.
Because she has experienced the fall of the family road, Zheng Yuling attaches great importance to money. Struggling to make money, she has a house of more than 1,000 feet (more than 100 square meters) in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong at the age of 27. It was only 1985.
△ Interview with TVB "K-100" in 1985. Zheng Yuling's home is not only large but also quite tasteful, with a very large cloakroom filled with her designer clothes and bags.
Zheng Yuling, such a thoughtful and economically independent modern woman, can certainly perform Miss Mo's strong woman style.
Miss Mo is a lawyer who earns 100,000 a month in Central, and his clothing taste is certainly not bad. It is said that Zheng Yuling is "bringing funds into the group". Miss Mo's clothes and bags are many of her private goods.
Looking back now, 22 years later, Miss Mo's outfit is still a benchmark in the workplace.
Work is dominated by slim suits of different colors, which are smart and decent.
When wearing a dress, it will be matched with a shawl, feminine but not explicit.
After work, Miss Mo usually wears a knitwear, which is more casual than when she goes to work, but not too relaxed.
Of course, Miss Mo also has times of indulgence. On one date, Miss Mo wore a pink suspender dress to show her "delicate" side ~ beautiful mirror ~
Wear different clothes for different occasions.
In addition to dressing appropriately, as a woman of the elite class, designer bags are naturally indispensable.
To qualify as Miss Mo's lawyer, her bag needs to be both elegant and practical.
The highest appearance is the hermès Birkin 40 in two different shades: a pure brown and a canvas leather panel.
Hermès bags, Burberry shawls, various designer suits, Miss Mo,at least six figures.
This amount, in Guangzhou 22 years ago, can almost buy a small apartment.
No wonder some media said that Zheng Yuling "carried" a house into the group filming.
A name brand, is to serve the role.
These famous brands, on the one hand, show the economic strength of Miss Mo, on the other hand, they also highlight her professional identity. A female lawyer who is often in contact with celebrities and rich wives must maintain decency at all times in the working environment.
In the first episode of "Male and Female Love", there is a detail that is particularly well filmed.
At the beginning of the story, Miss Mo returns to Hong Kong after his vacation. She got off the plane and took a taxi back to work.
In the car, Miss Mo wrapped herself in a Burberry shawl, and then, in a neat movement, quickly changed her knitted jeans into a professional suit under the cover of the shawl.
Put on a pair of diamond earrings and Miss Mo's whole body is instantly radiant and confident.
Less than five minutes into the opening scene, Miss Mo's capable professional image is shaped by this dress-up detail. Compared to the heroines who dressed like they were going to a fashion show, Miss Mo's outfit was a lot more professional.
She has a poisonous tongue and a spicy tongue
But she is still a professional and dedicated lawyer
With the blessing of Zheng Yuling's "noble spirit", Miss Mo is completely in line with our imagination of elite ladies in terms of appearance.
Then, there's personality. As choreographer Bao Weicong said in an interview, Miss Mo is not a gentle woman, she is bitter and mean, poisonous tongue, just like the female executives of TVB.
She is the only person in the play who can cure the "workplace slut" Yu Lotte, and she is also one of the few women who are not inferior to Huang Zihua at all.
Such a fierce woman, in the eyes of most men, may be really difficult to top.
However, Miss Mo's ferocious personality is very suitable for the role of lawyer in the play.
In the public impression, lawyers are people with sharp teeth and "death and rebirth". If not fierce, how can you talk to other lawyers in court?
Although "Boy and Daughter Love" is a comedy and the portrayal of litigation cases is relatively simple (and the case process is also very simple), Miss Mo can still give people a strong professional atmosphere.
She speaks quickly, crisply, logically, and often hangs "I'm a professional."
When swearing, instead of swearing, use sharp sentences such as I don't care about single-celled creatures like you and You are the big in the alien.
This aggressive state is the momentum that a lawyer should have in the public perception. (Of course, this is a dramatic treatment, but the general public's understanding of lawyers is very superficial, and lawyers should be eloquent is our preconceived impression)
Moreover, Miss Mo is spicy, but she is by no means a shrew.
Everyone in the staff of CK's law firm is afraid of Miss Mo, but they can't do without her because Miss Mo's professional ability is too strong.
She's basically holding the whole company on her own. With her, everyone will go to work and work seriously, because they don't want to do wrong things and be scolded by her.
In one episode, Yu Lotte, because he was wronged by Miss Mo for "voyeurism" and wanted revenge, he joined forces with other angry colleagues in the law firm to accuse Miss Mo of "defamation".
Miss Mo was sidelined and shut down.
In the face of Yu Lotte's accusations, Miss Mo's counterattack method is not to scold, but to retrieve cases and defend himself.
In court, she pointedly pointed out that Yu Lotte's defense lawyer, her colleague James, was not doing his homework and the evidence was not prepared.
She even taught the other party how to fight a lawsuit in court.
In the end, of course, Miss Mo won a big victory and proved himself to be the pillar of CK Law Firm.
Although it is an exaggerated theatrical technique, Miss Mo is definitely not fooling around, but using his professional ability to technically knock down the opponent.
"I just like to see you look at me but can't kill me", this sentence is perfectly interpreted by Miss Mo.
She is very arrogant and arrogant, but this is also a strong vitality for women in the workplace.
△ Miss Mo's swearing clip is very cool to watch. There is no way to show her momentum in the screenshot, be sure to look at the GIF.
She hates to marry
But she also didn't succumb to life
Miss Mo is not a perfect woman, another point is that she "hates to marry".
This is also the limitation of the era of this role, although she makes so much money and has such a strong ability to work, she still has age and marital anxiety.
However, this is not surprising, after all, at that time, everyone still had a lot of prejudices against single women, and the term "older leftover women" was often mentioned before.
In addition, the editor is male, and naturally uses this point to "ridicule" Miss Mo.
Miss Mo cried in the "psychological healing course" in the play, saying that she is a strong woman on the surface, but she is eager to be loved inside.
Her classmates are all married and have children, only she is single, and she must say that it is because of her own career, and the truth is that there is no one to chase her in private.
"So you say, is my suffering worse than yours?"
Miss Mo hates marriage and has always been obsessed with her single identity, which is indeed not free and transparent enough.
But on this point alone, can we say that she is not independent?
To be honest, Miss Mo has a lot of such ideas in modern society. No matter how successful their careers are, urban people still long for someone to resonate with and understand themselves.
But there is a difference between "hating to marry" and "taking marriage as an adult life goal." Miss Mo is single, and the biggest reason is that she refuses to give in and compromise.
She envied that people had boyfriends, but on the other hand, she held on hard, refusing to concede defeat to fate, and had to wait until the "true destiny" appeared.
She later joined Yu Lotte and was not a compromise either.
Rather, Yu Lotte is someone who really understands her and can see the fragility under her strong appearance.
This is a very real and realistic woman.
She looks strong, but in fact she is not invincible, she also has her own weaknesses, she also has a "little woman" side.
However, she is proud and will not easily reveal this side. She has to arm herself with "sharp thorns", only then can she gain a foothold in the workplace.
In addition, Miss Mo is "feminine".
Even if she can't get out of the traditional thinking that "women are to marry", she still realizes the importance of work and career to women.
She always encourages female subordinates to add value to themselves, work well, and don't always think about dragging and getting married, men are unreliable.
In one episode, Miss Mo's subordinate Apple was "tricked" into shooting plastic surgery ads because of her good figure, resulting in many people pointing out her figure and even being "harassed" by some malicious men.
Apple is sad and ashamed.
Miss Mo believes that Apple should not be ashamed to do the wrong thing, and it is the company that uses advertising errors to guide readers. Miss Mo encouraged Apple to sue the company — "Every woman should stand up and be a person" and "should not live under the obscene eyes of others."
22 years ago, Miss Mo was already a woman who dared to fight sexism and confront injustice. It is precisely because of such boldness that she can become a popular heroine.
In fact, in this drama, in addition to Miss Mo, the gender image of other characters is also very interesting.
The fairy girl played by Yuan Qiongdan, dressed traditionally and conservatively, is still single in her 40s, and is laughed at by everyone as an "old aunt".
This role is more or less with an element of discrimination. However, xian gu is not annoying. She is kind, attentive, helpful, and although her work ability is not as strong as Miss Mo's, she has saved herself a lot of money over the years of singlehood, which can ensure that she has a decent old age.
It is also a manifestation of independence and tenacity.
As for Yu Lotte and James, they are not traditional idol drama male figures.
Yu Lotte was mean, but he had his own sincerity. He will be sincere and sincere to the people he likes, he can take all his wealth for his ex-girlfriend to study, and he can also be a little man in front of Miss Mo.
James, because he loves beauty, is even more laughed at by everyone. But in the end, he also reconciled with such a "not like a traditional male" self and continued to be himself.
The above may be a subversion of the editors for the sake of comedic effect, and they have no intention of doing too much discussion of gender issues. But at the time, the show did make some innovations that led the way.
Crooked.
Sometimes things are so wonderful.
Although the editor himself may not have much sense of identification with the role of Miss Mo. But the characters have their own vitality.
The character of Miss Mo became a classic because she was real enough. The editor put all the images of the female elite he encountered in real life on Miss Mo, and even the things that were not good enough, he also wrote her out.
As a result, the character lives. Miss Mo represents a female figure different from "silly white sweet", with teeth and claws but sonorous and powerful, which brought a huge impact to our young and ignorant audience at that time.
Looking back at the current big heroine, many of them make people feel bored.
They spoke empty golden sentences, did the absolute right thing, and they lived soberly, but they did not have the rampage of Miss Mo.
It can only be said that the current big heroine is too utilitarian.
I just want to please a woman, but I forget to make her a real person.
Therefore, the success of Miss Mo is both accidental and inevitable.
By chance, she came from a male editor who didn't appreciate her.
It must be that there were many high-level women in TVB at that time, which will be reflected in the creation.
The one who understands women the best is always women. Bao Weicong felt that a woman like Miss Mo was not likable. But as everyone knows, Miss Mo has become one of the most popular Hong Kong drama heroines in the past 22 years, and her tough and tough side is loved by women. Her sense of professionalism has been recognized by everyone.
Most importantly, she often reminds us that we are professional, modern women, have a career or afraid that no one will love? Twenty-two years after Miss Mo's appearance, we can also stand up and be human.