Husheng
It's a nostalgic theater
Many years ago, whenever this line came from the TV set, I knew that "Clever Little Doesn't Understand" had started again. Zhang Weijian was bouncing on the TV screen, I was lying on the floor laughing silly, outside the window was the summer cicadas, the noise in the alley, the sweltering heat of no air conditioning in the room and the loneliness of a TV child. I have always thought that such times are eternal.
Poster of "Witty Little Don't Understand"
"Witty Little Don't Understand" accompanied me through many boring afternoons. But I don't want to say how classic this is a TV series. If you remove the time filter, its artistic level is not too high. From today's point of view, the most prominent drawback is the roughness of the production.
I don't understand that when the teacher and the student run together, there is a clearly visible street lamp behind them. In fact, if you look for it with your heart, in the TV series of that era, there are still many shots of "wearing gangs". It is often said that the special effects of many fantasy dramas are now five cents, in fact, the special effects in the childhood memory series TV series are probably not even a dime.
Stills from "Witty Little Don't Understand"
Nowadays, when I reopen some old dramas on the Internet, I always can't help but torture my soul: How did I watch such a "childish" TV series back then?
At that time, "Clever Little Don't Understand" always made me laugh, especially the intellectual questions and answers that the teacher did not understand, which simply surprised me. But look again, isn't this just a brain teaser? Why was it that at that time, I was so amazed that I was addicted, and even wanted to show off my "cleverness" in front of my friends, and it turned out to be the laughing stock of everyone?
Stills of "Clever Little Don't Understand", Zhang Weijian as I don't understand
At that time, there was no social media and no internet forums, and there was not much place to communicate after watching TV series. If you think it looks good, you will keep watching it repeatedly, and you will not care who the main actor is and who the supporting role is. I don't care which actor has more fans, which star should be in the C position, and that role has more or less drama. At that time, watching TV dramas to kill time can also be a very simple and pure thing.
Watching "Clever Little Don't Understand" is such an experience. The whole TV series can be divided into two parts, the first half is the campus life in the "Guan Zi" Academy, which can be regarded as a Chinese GTO; the second half is turned back to the court struggle drama in the traditional TV series, which everyone is familiar with.
Some people say that the second half is a bit into the cliché, compared with the fun and interesting first half, and the connection and twist of the two parts is also relatively blunt, it seems to be two unrelated TV series into one. I agree with and disagree with this statement.
Stills from "Clever Little Don't Understand", Li Bingbing as Ying Ziyan
The second half is indeed not as fun as the first half, but the style and characteristics of the two parts are actually unified. In the vernacular, it is that "Clever Little Don't Understand" wants to give the audience a reason and talk about life. I don't understand the "moral lesson" that the teacher gave to the students naturally does not need to say more, and the palace fight drama in the second half is actually about the choice of life path, the way of governing the country that water can carry a boat and overturn a boat.
In this way, this drama is really a bit of a preachy meaning. But the preaching of this play will not make the audience feel disgusted. Because the truths it tells are not only simple but also useful, even if they are put into the present day after many years, they are still not outdated.
For example, Xing Feng fights and makes trouble in the academy, not really hates the academy and hates his classmates, but he doesn't know how to get along with others and how to make friends. So the teacher broke the wall of Xing Feng's house and told him that he could not close himself off as a human being.
Stills from "Clever Little Don't Understand", Nie Yuan as Zhu Houzhao
For another example, Shaohu is a veritable rich second generation and official second generation. He felt that the examination was not interesting, and his future career would inevitably be smooth. If so, why not play life, and what is good to take seriously? In the moment of crisis, he did not understand that the teacher saved him, and also woke him up - it turned out that the young crane did not know how to cherish life, but did not know how to grasp his own life.
Some very "simple" truths can also tell a flower to a teacher who does not understand. You don't have to say, today's screenwriters really can't necessarily write it.
The most typical example is the poor and unlucky Cheng Daguan classmate. From being bullied to misunderstanding and resolution, from depression and decadence to uplifting spirits, everyone thinks that the senior officials and classmates will follow the routine, achieve a counterattack, and open a good hanging in life. Unexpectedly, the plot is not the usual way.
The night before the exam, the wind and rain suddenly increased, and the senior officials and classmates struggled to rescue and finally saved their most beloved pear tree. He finally realized that the way out of the original life is not only to get a meritorious name, but also to find the direction that suits himself. Therefore, the senior official and his classmates smiled goodbye and found another way out.
This plot stunned me when I was a teenager. It turns out that there is not only one way to go in life? In today's era when everything can be "rolled inside", it seems that no TV series can stand up and tell such a truth.
The scene changes from the academy to the imperial court, in fact, the center of the plot is still the simplest and most simple truth.
Stills from "Clever Little Don't Understand", Shen Xiaohai as Zhu Chenhao
The King of Ning played by Shen Xiaohai is really too crazy and cool, and the charm value even exceeds that of the prince played by Nie Yuan. But he was clever and calculated, but he did not get the throne he dreamed of. As for the reason, I don't understand what the teacher said very clearly:
"Do you know why you lost? Because what you do is to buy the hearts of the people, but you do not know how to respect their hearts. ”
The people who can explain the truth well and thoroughly are not only the eccentric teachers who do not understand. The endless master played by Luo Jiaying is as smart as the teacher who does not understand, but the intelligence of the two of them is different. If you don't understand that the teacher is good at adapting to changes and being flexible, then the master of endless life has more great wisdom in life and more insight into the world.
Daguan students can never argue for breath, so that the teacher who does not understand is very helpless, and even a little angry, angry, said that Daguan is "a sandworm that chickens do not eat". At this time, Master Endless pointed out the mistake of not understanding: the Buddha said that people have two kinds of pride, the first kind of pride is because he is great, so he bullies the weak; the second kind of pride is to feel that he is great, and force others to accept his ideas.
I really want to give Master Endless a standing ovation. Yes, how many strong people think they are helping the weak, but in fact revel in their own vanity satisfaction.
Shao Hu's classmates repeatedly ran into trouble, and they didn't understand that the teacher couldn't do anything with him. It was masterlessness that woke him up again: what is forward and what is backward? Just because you have a forward concept in your heart. Just like when I go grocery shopping, I keep going towards the market, you say I'm moving forward; when I come back, I'm also facing the market, and I keep walking back. Then why do you say I'm backing down?
What is Forward? What is backwards? I don't understand that the teacher really understands and listens to it. Therefore, when he helped the prince defeat King Ning and was about to usher in the peak of his life, he was still not blinded by fame and fortune, and chose to return to Yamada, which had the happy ending of the play.
Clever little do not understand, in fact, understand everything. He not only understands, but is willing to share what he understands with everyone. When I was a child, I didn't think it was anything strange at all. Now I have found that few TV series care about "reasoning".
This is an era when "grand narratives" have been crushed into countless "small narratives", and even domestic TV dramas have gone in the direction of postmodernity. Whether it is Xiu Xian, Xuan Fantasy or Martial Arts, today's episodes no longer have a reason to talk about, and even no "theme ideas".
Viewers and fans are concerned about the CP composed of any character, the performance of their idols in the series, and the various topics on the hot search list... As for what the series is trying to express, does it really matter? Even if anyone still wants to talk about those truths, will anyone still be willing to listen to them? Many years ago, I kept my eyes on the TV for fear of missing a minute of the plot, and today I just drag the progress bar with the mouse or choose to play at double speed.
Some netizens said that not understanding the scene of the teacher returning to the academy after 20 years may just be a beautiful fantasy. Because according to history, shortly after King Ning's death, Zhu Houzhao also died. Then the next emperor should be the Jiajing Emperor, do not understand this emperor with excellent folk reputation, will he be jealous of the new emperor? If this statement is true, the ending of "Clever Little Don't Understand" is somewhat cruel.
But I still think that this may just be some netizens over-interpreted. Because the TV series at that time were really simple and pure, there were not so many twists and turns, just like the love that did not understand and the seed. I don't understand that the teacher knows that the seed is strong and competitive, and refuses to accept defeat, so he deliberately "releases water" in the kite competition. Love, is to know how to show weakness in front of the people you love, it's as simple as that, there are not so many domineering presidents and dog blood sadomasochism, right?
If "Clever Little Don't Understand" was born in the present, I am afraid that Li Fengjie, played by Xue Jianing, will also be questioned by many people because of "three views are not successful"; I am afraid that Teacher Lewen, who has failed to live up to the seed blessing, will be scolded by netizens as a "scumbag", right?
Speaking of this, I can't help but laugh dumbly, look at myself, how can I think so many of them are not? Perhaps, it is no longer simple and simple not only TV dramas, but also the TV children who have grown up and can no longer find pure happiness.
Senior Editor of this issue Xing Tan