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As a representative of Zhao Benshan's conscience drama, "Liu Laogen 4" has received high topic discussion and attention since its launch, and the addition of Lin Xinxin, Song Xiaobao, Qiu Qiu and others has also made the audience have higher expectations. Although some people are a little disappointed in the drama, in the face of the paid advanced on-demand model adopted by the broadcaster of "Liu Laogen 4", many people are still willing to pay for their feelings.
"Liu Laogen 4" has a total of 40 episodes, and members can currently watch 32 episodes, while the audience who is on demand can unlock the finale in advance. Overall, the content creation of "Liu Laogen 4" is more solid than that of "Liu Laogen 3", the contradictions and conflicts are more intense, and the overall concept is more rigorous. However, "Liu Laogen 4" is still far from the first two, and the simplicity and humor of the IP that can most move people have gradually disappeared, becoming more and more like the "Country Love" pieced together by the sketches.
Da Kui was overhead, Er Kui was the master, and the management of Longquan Mountain Villa was sloppy as a family. The simple nature of the villagers has changed, and the villagers represented by the scale pole, the big strong, the second sister-in-law, etc. are messing around, except for chewing their tongues behind their backs, they have not done something positive. The small troupe was even more smoky, and Wang Laosan's own strength broke the tranquility of Liu Laogen's big stage. Li Dacheng, a security guard at the villa, stumbled and copied the character of Song Xiaofeng in "Country Love", and on Tuesday, he deceived and became a hated role, and Xiao Yue even gave up his studies in order to be the anchor.
The overall look and feel of "Liu Laogen 4" is very screwed, Zhao Benshan is well-intentioned, single-mindedly wants to support the actors of Benshan Media, and newcomers continue to join in to get roles, but these newcomers are difficult to pick the beams, and 5 of them continue to fail, which seriously affects the overall quality of the play.
First role: Liu Erkui (played by Sun Xiaofei). As we all know, Liu Erkui portrayed by Guo Tiecheng is a classic role in the "Liu Laogen" series, the characters are three-dimensional and full, and Guo Tiecheng's acting skills are also a plus. The substitution of Liu Erkui's role in "Liu Laogen 3" caused a lot of controversy, and Zhao Benshan's apprentice Sun Xiaofei took over the role, but the personality characteristics of the characters were completely lost, and the shortcomings in acting skills were constantly highlighted. "Liu Laogen 4" takes the reform of Longquan Mountain Villa as the main line, Liu Dakui has no real power, and Liu Erkui becomes the helmsman of the villa through his partnership with Song Jiajia. Sun Xiaofei's role has increased, whether it is the reform of the mountain villa or the emotional line has increased, the importance of the role is far more than Liu Dakui, although the role setting Liu Erkui has become tough, but Sun Xiaofei has never been able to hold the fierceness of Erkui's body, and the humor of the role itself has disappeared.
The second role: Wang Laosan (played by Wang Long). In the "Liu Laogen" series, there are always characters that the audience does not like, the first two have Feng Xiangchang and Hu Ke, and the third part has pills and big fat, but I did not expect that these people lost to Wang Laosan in the fourth part. As the main axis of Liu Laogen's big stage, Wang Laosan disobeyed the management of the troupe and had his own small group, not only framing Song Laoyuan, but also squeezing out the new director Zhao San. When someone threatened his big axis status, Wang Laosan would sabotage it, and the whole big stage would be constantly disturbed by him. The addition of the role of Wang Laosan has increased the dramatic conflict, but the whole person is not pleasing, many contradictions are too deliberate, and the perception of people is also very uncomfortable.
The third character: Li Dacheng (played by Zhang Hongxi). Song Xiaofeng in the "Country Love" series has changed from a security guard to a villa boss, and has also changed from a small supporting role to a male number one. In "Liu Laogen 4", the screenwriter directly applied Song Xiaofeng's template, and Li Dacheng, the security guard of Longquan Mountain Villa, increased the role, stumbled as he watched people get off the dish, blindly confident to a certain extent, not only misunderstood that Xiaoqin sang the two people to confess to themselves, but even robbed Han Shixin's love breakfast. Li Dacheng's character design makes people see the shadow of Song Xiaofeng, Dae and others, and the whole character setting is unpleasant, and there is obviously a misunderstanding of the position of security guard.
Fourth role: Tuesday Mu (played by Jia Xiaoqi). Tuesday was originally an inspirational representative of Longquan Mountain Villa, and when a foreign tour group visited, he was highly valued by Liu Laogen because he could speak fluent English. Unexpectedly, "Liu Laogen 3" began, tuesday Mu not only changed actors, but also completely blackened the whole person and became a hated role. In the villa, he likes to lie on the wall roots, has nothing to do with everyone, and has been demoted from manager to cleaning department, but he does not know repentance. Tuesday Has also become the epitome of some contemporary people, who have no ability and can only compete for their own survival space by cheating on themselves.
Fifth character: Song Jiajia (played by Ma Xinyi). In recent years, the post-90s beauty Ma Xinyi has become the object of Zhao Benshan's praise, Ma Xinyi parachuted into the female number one Du Xiaoshuang in "Country Love 11", and she transformed into song Jiajia, the boss of the group, in "Liu Laogen 4", such treatment is not even many disciples of the Zhao family class. But Ma Xinyi's entire performance is not grounded, Song Jiajia, played by Liu Laogen 4, has also become a tool person, her appearance is mostly accompanied by advertising implants, the whole role is not fresh, and Ma Xinyi did not perform the aura that the boss of the villa should have.
From "Country Love" to "Liu Laogen", Zhao Benshan has continuously promoted newcomers in the two classic IPs, giving apprentices and their artists a lot of opportunities. Unfortunately, the addition of these apprentices not only did not bring freshness to the audience, but destroyed the original taste and temperament of the play.
Throughout the whole "Liu Laogen 4", new actors and new roles have been added in a rush, most of the roles are difficult to satisfy, and the audience is also constantly bad reviews. The only comforting thing is that Song Xiaobao became the last fig leaf of "Liu Laogen 4", and his addition activated a pool of stagnant water, doubling the audience's joy.
The old Song Tou played by Song Xiaobao in "Liu Laogen 4" appeared relatively late, and there were not many scenes, but in the limited performance space, Song Xiaobao was still in the same frame as Zhao Benshan and contributed the most wonderful bridge section of the whole play.
After Xiaoqin left, the "Jianghu people" old Song Tou began to serve Liu Laogen and take care of his daily life. Old Song Tou understands philosophy, can do things, can play with kitchen knives, sing two people to turn, cook, do needlework, play cards, play chess, etc., and get the likes of Liu Laogen and Big Pepper as soon as he appears. Song Xiaobao and Master Zhao Benshan played a rival play, Zhao Benshan was often laughed at, obviously laughing, enough to see that Song Xiaobao's performance has reached a state of natural outpouring, inadvertently bringing happiness to the audience. The addition of Song Xiaobao also made the original mediocre "Liu Laogen 4" have a bright color.
If there is no accident, the "Liu Laogen" series will continue to shoot, and Zhao Benshan will continue to win newcomers, but the audience's feelings are also limited, so endless consumption, will anyone pay?