With the gradual flattening of the battle over the appearance of male stars of the "dog series" and "cat series" of domestic entertainment, the hottest animal appearance in the past two years has to be the breakthrough battle of the handsome guys of the "monkey series" of domestic entertainment.
In the summer of 2022 alone, the two explosive "Xinghan Splendid" and "Canglan Trick", the male protagonists Wu Lei and Wang Hedi are both representative figures of "monkey handsome guys". What is a monkey look, and why is it suddenly popular? Today we will take a plate of 4 monkey handsome guys in recent years to see where their appearance wins and losses.
First of all, popularize science what is the monkey look, as the name suggests, the monkey look refers to a person's face looks like a monkey.
Anyone who has watched Journey to the West should have a fresh memory of the Monkey King played by a six-year-old child, the reason why he can play vividly, on the one hand, is the blessing of acting style, on the other hand, the skeleton of his own face is similar to that of a monkey, which is mainly manifested in five characteristics from top to bottom: narrow and long face, prominent eyebrow bone, obvious contour in the middle of the person, convex mouth, thin upper lip.
The monkey handsome guys of domestic entertainment often occupy some or all of these characteristics, so it gives people a "monkey-like feeling" visually after watching for a long time. Because the textbook promotes that "the ancestors of humans are apes", many people will think that the "monkey line" is an atavistic look, which is easy to look rustic and not delicate.
In fact, this is a misunderstanding of the monkey looks, the monkey face itself is easy to produce a high-value look, especially for male stars, monkeys often mean that they are angular, sharp features, and the overall look is more tough and sunny.
Before falling out with Yu's mother, Song Weilong, who was once praised by Yu's mother, was a member of the monkey handsome guy. His facial features account for a large proportion, his hair is thick, his facial contours, especially the eyebrow bones, are extremely three-dimensional, and his thick eyebrows and big eyes look very visually impactful, which belongs to the typical "Chinese thick face".
These are the advantages that monkey characteristics bring him. There are good and bad, the biggest bug in his appearance is the imbalance of lips, the upper lip is too thin, the lower lip is too flat, and the lower half of the face appears a little dull.
This also leads to Song Weilong is more suitable for modern styling, he and Song Qian cooperated in "The Next Stop is Happiness" in the young little milk dog Yuan Song is very suitable for him, tall figure, deep eyebrows and juvenile sense, which sibling love is not sweet?
But in the costume drama, Song Weilong seems extremely unconvinced, the original face shape is narrow and long, and he was also installed with a "comb flat" hairline backward shape, and the sense of surprise of the thick face was suddenly diluted. And to be fair, the biggest problem with Song Weilong's tolerance is that his temperament does not match, and his tolerance is beautiful, but Song Weilong is more than tough and insufficient.
If Song Weilong is in line with some of the characteristics of the monkey line, Wu Lei is the integrator of the monkey lineage. Wu Lei, who debuted as a child star, can be said to be a male star who grew up and did not grow crooked all the way.
When Wu Lei was a child, when his bones did not fully grow, the overall outline was relatively rounder, his skull itself was round, plus round eyes and cheek flesh, cute and added some eccentricity.
However, with the complete growth of the bone, Wu Lei's face line is sharper and tougher, which is very in line with the traditional Chinese definition of "sword eyebrow star", and the toughness of the eyebrows and contours is that Wu Lei's mountain roots are relatively low, and the sense of childishness brought by the collapsed mountain roots neutralizes the sharpness and forcing in the overall temperament, bringing more possibilities to his play.
For example, Xiao Yan played by Wu Lei in "Breaking the Firmament", he is a distressed immature teenager in the early stage, and the mask is a crazy and bully male protagonist in the later stage. There is both a sense of closeness and oppression in his temperament, and he can be said to be the most suitable actor in the mainland for the starting point of young male themes.
However, Wu Lei's temperament exudes more righteousness, which leads to his role in "Brilliant Star", Ling Bu is undoubtedly gloomy and gloomy, and the yin light is insufficient. And monkeys like Wu Lei eat the collagen of the face very much, once too thin, it is easy to highlight the unsmoothness of the silhouette.
This can refer to Zhang Yishan and Luo Yunxi, who also have monkey characteristics. It is difficult for Zhang Yishan to not be reminiscent of "monkey spirit" after losing weight, and his temperament is even more greasy.
When Luo Yunxi still has meat on his face, the runyu he plays can be said to be the peak of immortal energy in the handsome guy of the thick face monkey system, on the one hand, because of the coordination of flesh and bones, on the other hand, there are also reasons why he has good manners in learning to dance. But after Luo Yunxi lost weight recently, he not only looks out of proportion to the head and shoulders, but also the unevenness of the contours of his face is undoubtedly exposed, which inevitably makes people feel "sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks".
Every year's ancient puppet dividend can hold up a new generation of traffic actors, and the one who has eaten the most dividends this year is Wang Hedi, who plays the oriental green. In fact, a big reason why "Canglan Method" itself is not optimistic, in addition to the lack of coffee seats for the male and female protagonists, a large part of it is Wang Hedi's disaster scene in "Yu Long".
With stiff acting skills and ugly white hair, the stylist of "Yu Long" may have a personal grudge with Wang Hedi, covering up all the advantages in Wang Hedi's appearance from the aspect of makeup, and the shortcomings are completely exposed.
This also led to the audience not having hope for Wang Hedi's appearance and acting skills, but the character and shape of the Oriental Qingcang are eye-catching. First of all, Wang Hedi's head-to-body ratio is very good, tall, small head and small face, just looking at the whole body is basically the upper level in the entertainment industry.
Secondly, Wang Hedi's bone fold is very high, although there is a typical "convex mouth" problem of the monkey system, but the makeup of Oriental Qingcang highlights the depth and surprise of the eyebrows very well. Especially in the eye makeup part, when interchanging with the body of the little orchid, it is as much as possible to highlight the roundness and delicate of the almond eyes.
When he transformed into a domineering Oriental Qingcang, he lengthened the tails of his eyes on a moderate basis, making him even more domineering. It can be seen how important a reliable makeup is to actors.
In fact, the popularity of "monkey face" can be seen in the change of domestic entertainment to the appearance of male stars, thick face and light face after years of competition, 2022 can be said to be the year of overwhelming victory of Chinese thick face, compared with Lu Han, Xiao Zhan and the like with a higher sense of affinity and sophistication before, Wu Lei and Wang Hedi's more aggressive and aggressive appearance is more preemptive.
However, the defects of the monkey appearance itself have always existed, compared to the traditional Zhou Zheng handsome guys, although they are stunning at a glance, they are always facing the risk of skin and flesh loss and makeup crotch pulling, once collagen is insufficient, or makeup highlights defects, it is easy to become a "disaster scene", and there are many obstacles on the road to becoming a mainstream handsome guy.
It is no wonder that after the overnight explosion, many fans of Wang Hedi called on Wang Hedi to dig the stylist of "Canglan Trick" home, after all, no one wants to see the lower limit of Wang Hedi's appearance in "Yu Long".
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