Only a week has passed in May, the old dramas have come to an end, and the national drama has ushered in a new moment.
Looking back at the wave of new dramas at the end of April, which one made you most intoxicated?
Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai led the suspense crime drama "The Gate of Rebirth"? Chen Kun, Bai Yu, Nie Yuan starred in the costume spy war "Wind Rises Longxi"? Or the long-lost legendary drama "Canal Flow"?
But in May, these big dramas are either over or about to end, and many viewers have reached the gap period of chasing dramas.
Fortunately, CCTV immediately came up with a hard product: "Lady's Law". Tonight, C8 aired, Tencent Video network broadcast.
Hard, first hard in the lineup, Jiang Shuying, Liu Mintao, Peng Peng, double A heroine + year under the milk dog, as if, is there something?
Hard, also hard in type. The SPC public account pushes, why? Because this drama is a real-life theme rule of law drama.
I know that some viewers are concerned about: after the legend "Wind Rises Longxi" broke through the central eight ratings chassis, can this "Lady's Law" help the central eight ratings return to the normal level of 1%? But compared to these, I am more concerned about the three core points of the play.
What I also want to ask is: What is the law of national drama?
1, the story: double heroine, legal, legal aid, domestic violence, pregnant women, pua, this plot is too rigid
The theme of chinese drama law has never been lacking, and Jin Dong's "Elite Lawyer" is a legal drama broadcast in 2019, and it also won the first place in the ratings of Oriental Satellite TV that year.
However, legal dramas that focus on legal aid are rare. There are even fewer works that cut into the field of law from a female perspective.
The plot introduction of "Lady's Law" is very simple, and the official plot introduction has only one sentence, "Based on the background of the era of comprehensively ruling the country according to law, it tells the story of the rational and decisive female lawyer Xu Jie (Jiang Shuying) and the very empathetic female lawyer Chen Yan (Liu Mintao) from the conflict of ideas to emotional reconciliation, and finally the joint pursuit of fairness and justice." ”
But in fact, the plot of the play is much more complicated than this sentence. Combined with the materials and trailers, it can be basically inferred that the main plot of the play is just one word: just.
At the beginning of the story, female lawyer Xu Jie (played by Jiang Shuying) was invited by Li Gongming (played by Gao Shuguang), a partner of Mingtang Firm, to come to Mingtang and become a trainee lawyer of the firm because of her original urban emotional and career setbacks.
But she actually accepts a secret mission: to investigate the bribery case of another partner at the law firm, Chen Wenguang, for Li Gongming, but her colleague Chen Yan (Liu Mintao), who is assigned to the legal aid department, is the daughter of the client.
These two people are destined to pinpoint to Mai Mang, because their personalities are opposite.
A pursuit of justice but also the pursuit of utilitarianism, but also the pursuit of outcome justice, the trailer directly put words: I love money.
The other pursues procedural justice and behaves in a more principled manner.
Putting the two together, a women's war has begun.
But the landscape of the show is by no means limited to that.
The duel between two women is just a series of leads to one case after another. Just the cornerstone of the story.
The real story should focus on any of the two joining forces to help the female group in legal aid, and thus extend the series of dilemmas related to women.
For example, the "illegitimate meal" case points directly to the rice circle scandal.
"Wolf sex company expelled pregnant women", and then turned the lens on the protection of women's rights and interests represented by pregnant women.
"Domestic violence" and "emotional PUA in love" are closely related to women's rights.
It is not difficult to see that these cases are not only related to social hotspots, but also extremely tricky, such as "the flow of intimate photos of couples infringes on personal privacy" and "the custody of children who cheat in marriage", etc., which are difficult problems in the industry from a legal point of view, and they are all strongly dramatic.
It can also be seen from the trailer that the two lawyers not only joined the legal aid work, but also personally rushed to the scene of the jump to prevent the victim from jumping off the building. It can also be seen that this rule of law drama from a female perspective is different from previous works.
With the successful settlement of a series of entrustment cases, two lawyers who uphold different concepts will gradually go from acquaintance to acquaintance, and even trust each other as confidants.
But later in the story, Chen Yan will eventually discover the mission behind Xu Jielai's office, so the two should have a break. But in the end, the two will fight back together in the accidents that continue to erupt in the law firm.
Will the two eventually join forces to resolve the law firm's crisis?
What is the truth of the bribery case?
Will the two eventually be able to rebuild their friendship?
Can they each complete the redemption in their lives?
In terms of story structure, this is another typical "double heroine" setting, Liu Mintao is in the light, Jiang Shuying is in the dark, in addition to the bondage between the two, there is also the law between the two.
It can be said that the whole story is very rich, very layered, and full of dramatic tension.
The ingredients are all ready, and it's up to the chef to make the meal.
2, starring: double A heroine + year under the milk dog, Jiang Shuying Liu Mintao this time should break through?
As a double-female protagonist work, the key to success or failure is, of course, how Jiang Shuying and Liu Mintao interpret the beautiful women of law and government.
Looking at the stills, both of them have sharp eyes, full aura, and beauty, and from the perspective of appearance and state, they are more than competent for the role.
But in fact, both actresses have an acting hard battle to fight.
Speaking of Jiang Shuying, many people still have the impression of Ruan Guan, the school flower in "To Youth", and the arrogant Qianjin JiangLai in "Mr. Good". It can be said that Jiang Shuying's acting skills started quite high, and he found the most suitable play path for himself soon after his debut.
But after that, she quickly fell into the bottleneck of acting.
Even if she got a suitable role in "Thirty Only" as the female number one, she still failed to win the nomination for the Magnolia Award, but Wang Manni's role Jiang Shuying did not play badly.
As long as she plays her own good urban sassy heroine, she can often deliver a good performance, the real problem is how to complete the breakthrough.
This time played by Xu Jie is a good opportunity, the thick royal sister Fan, walking with a blower, beautiful and sharp, the aura is very strong, the most important thing is that this character is not perfect, and even the opening reveals a self-interested side.
Playing a character, in fact, is to play a weakness, a perfect heroine, there is no lack of anything, the performance is also flat, with weakness, with a weakness, will play.
It is expected that Jiang Shuying's play this time will be above the passing line, but whether she can go further depends on herself.
Speaking of Liu Mintao, this is probably the most suitable role for her in several urban dramas.
Previously, in "Rebel" and "Langya List", Liu Mintao had a very good acting performance,
But in the next few urban dramas, when she went to play those lively characters, honestly the performance was a bit excessive.
But the acting skills of any good actor are not endless, and everyone has their own range of performance. And this time, the role of a middle-aged female lawyer who is introverted and gentle and is experiencing a family crisis has finally returned to liu Mintao's range.
From the trailer, Liu Mintao obviously gave up the previous performance method and returned to the performance method of still water and deep currents that he was good at.
There is a scene where her husband played by Gao Xin cheated, she chased to the door of the hotel where her husband and a third party were dating, and there was no noise or noise, so she quietly waited until her husband opened the door, the two of them had a eye collision, everything was in silence, after watching this play, she knew that Liu Mintao, who could act, came back.
But one of the best things about the main cast of this drama is that it does not use the traditional two lives and two dan, but arranges a small milk dog - sandwiched between two people, this role is Peng Yuchang.
Peng Yuchang is to bear the love scene with Jiang Shuying's sister and brother, and now some netizens say that the two have no sense of CP, so it is too early to say so, some CP sense is visible at a glance, and some are slowly performed. You may wish to make a conclusion after the start of the broadcast.
But in addition, the role itself has its own growth line, Peng Yuchang has a line in the play: only good lawyers and bad lawyers, no barristers and small lawyers.
It is expected that Peng Yuchang's growth line will also be very moving.
Although many people focus on his emotional scene with Jiang Shuying, I am instead attracted by one of his explosive scenes in the trailer, watching him yell at his lover to be dissatisfied, and I can feel that this is still the potential Peng Yuchang.
As a highly anticipated new generation of actors, Peng Yuchang's performance in the past two years seems to have stopped, there is no more exciting role output, and the audience's deepest impression of him is "Longing for Life".
I hope that this time, he can really usher in the explosion of acting skills.
3, the strength of the faction: the five major acting schools to help, this return is stable
Realistic urban dramas are to be brilliant, supporting roles are also crucial, and this drama has also gathered a group of powerful factions. There are five of them that I pay the most attention to.
First, Gao Xin.
The amorous boy in "Love Deep rain" in that year, to the 2014 "Langya List" finally completed the transformation of acting skills, and Su Mingzhe in "All Is Good" once again confirmed his acting skills.
In recent years, Gao Xin has also been very active in national dramas, whether it is a decent person or a villain, he is at his fingertips and plays what it looks like.
In the last "Special Battle Glory", he had a very heavy role, this time he played the husband of Liu Mintao's role, and from the perspective of story development, it is very likely to become an ex-husband. Playing a scumbag is a technical job, watching Gao Xin cheat in the play is still a look of grievance, this role is stable.
Second place, High Dawn.
The Chinese drama zheng Xiaosheng of that year, in 1993, participated in the first TV series "Full of Stars", and in 1999, he starred in "Miss News" with Chen Baoguo and Zhou Haimei, which should make an impression on the old audience.
Gao Shuguang is a native of Shandong and came from a military family. But he spent a long time in Jiangnan, and his personality should be a combination of the characteristics of northern and southerners, which is reflected in the performance of rigidity and softness.
There is a good look and acting skills, there was no big hit that year, fortunately, in recent years he has been active again, the costume drama "Qing Yu Nian" in 2019, last year's "Wind Rises luoyang", he has a stable acting output.
This time, playing the role of the law firm boss who introduced the role of Jiang Shuying into the law firm should be handy for Gao Shuguang.
Third place, Tao Xinran.
So you may not know who you are talking about, so I will change my name: An Lingrong.
Although this actress with a unique temperament has not developed very satisfactorily after "The Biography of Zhen Huan", her appearance and acting skills have always remained online, and the showbiz circle is like this, some people are lively and lively, and some people are idyllic.
But the latter is not bad, when she meets a good role, she can still bloom.
At present, it is not certain that Tao Xinran's specific role in the play, but it is the blessing of the audience to see good actors come out to act.
Fourth place, Sha Baoliang.
Many people have the impression that Sha Baoliang is still the "love song prince" who became popular with "Dark Incense", but in the past few years, the song world has been in a slump, and Sha Baoliang and Sun Hao, veteran singers have appeared in many national dramas.
Watching the trailer this time Sha Baoliang should play a negative role in the case, which is really something to look forward to.
Fifth place, Kong Lin.
Young people don't know who she is, but this is actually a veteran film actress with deep qualifications.
In 1989, Kong Lin had already played the rural girl Hongxing in the film "Bloody Morning" directed by Li Shaohong, and her acting skills had already entered the wood. In 1990, she played the little girl goose in zhang Yimou's film "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High", playing the character's arrogance, stubbornness, persistence, and strong love and hate in an extremely three-dimensional way.
Throughout the 90s, she appeared in the works of many directors, including Wang Zhiwen's "Tracking Without Regrets" and Chen Daoming's "Black Hole".
The role of this character actress has not yet been announced, I blindly guess that it may be the mother who plays the role of Liu Mintao, in any case, such an old drama bone is more, and the acting guarantee is one more point.
Finally, one, although not an old drama bone, but an actor that I am looking forward to very much, Zhao Yihuan. The god of the house man and woman who was once a goddess is now approaching the age of a middle girl.
This time her role should be a young lawyer in the law firm, if you have seen Zhao Yihuan's works, you can find that her role shaping ability is actually not weak, but acting in bad movies is also a kind of consumption, fortunately, in the recent few dramas, you can see that Zhao Yihuan finally has a strong desire to transform, the limelight of that year has passed, the confusion of the trough period has also passed, in the national drama seriously playing a supporting role, you can still gain a large wave of audience favor.
4. The law of national drama: can the ratings of the central eight be stabilized?
Can the ratings come back? I see the line.
Some people are worried that the ratings of the last "Wind Rise Longxi" are too low, which will affect the premiere ratings of "Lady's Law", which is not necessary, because the basic ratings of CCTV are quite stable, as long as the episodes that meet the appetite of ordinary audiences are broadcast, the audience will soon return.
I believe that "Ladies' Rules" can not only make Central Eight return to 1% of the ratings, but even as the plot enters the climax, it exceeds 1.5%, and even close to 2% is not impossible.
After all, the recent national drama, in fact, the competition is not the most fierce time, it can even be said that there is no absolute hit.
Several satellite TV dramas are between Bo Zhong, and the ratings of Yang 1's "New Home Covenant" are also very stable, as long as "Lady's Law" has a strong reputation, there is a chance to quickly complete the counterattack.
But can the episode be made in the end? Honest harbor, unpredictable.
Because the quality of chinese drama has become more and more a mystery, some people choose dramas according to actors, but the reputation of "Mountains and Rivers MoonMing", which is full of old drama bones, has failed. Some people chased the drama according to the label, but the noonday sun's "Meet the Season" was also spat on by the audience. Some people choose dramas according to the genre, but it is also a spy drama, and "Wind Rises Longxi" may not be right for the appetite of all audiences.
So, what is the law of national drama?
The answer is: film and television drama production is a systematic work, and there are too many factors that can affect quality.
But in general, there are excellent creators, there are good actors, the odds will always be higher, even if the drama is not good, good actors can often rely on their ability to keep the acting part.
Back to "Ladies' Rules", the lineup, concept, and theme are all very good, but the key to success or failure is the play itself.
The women in the play have their own troubles, but life is not an idol drama, and if you want to make life better, you can only rely on yourself for a long time to save yourself.
The question is, is the director a flash in the pan, or is he digging deep into life and really touching the lives that are really hit by reinforced concrete? When filming a women's drama, is it only filming the love of women, or is it really filming the rules of women and filming the real life of women in the contemporary workplace?
If it's the latter, then win.
After all, the quality of the blockbuster is the real law of national drama.
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