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Editor丨Entertainment reading half a life
"Feng shui takes turns and comes to my house next year".
In the past, film and television dramas were "crowds of fresh meat", and now film and television dramas are "full of bones".
The audience has long been tired of watching sweet "idol dramas", and from the appearance of "The World" in 2020, we seem to have seen the light of domestic TV series.
Since then, various main themes and realistic dramas have appeared on the stage and are deeply loved by the audience, and the starring actors have almost become the world of middle-aged actors.
In fact, this is of course a good thing for the audience, and with these "old drama bones" "town venue", there is no need to worry about the quality of the play.
But for some middle-aged actors, it is mixed.
No, only three months have passed in 2023, and there are a few middle-aged actors who are busy with spinning tops, and online film and television dramas continue to be launched.
But at the same time, their "true side" is completely "hidden".
Jin Dong
Jin Dong has been spinning in "elite dramas" before, and has made netizens complain for a long time.
One after another, they shouted "Uncle Dong, change the way of the drama, stop obsessing over the elite."
At the beginning of this year, the release of a spy war drama "Infernal", the combination of Jin Dong and Wang Zhiwen, has whetted everyone's appetite.
After all, Jin Dong made his fortune by relying on a spy war drama "The Pretender", and Wang Zhiwen is known for his good acting skills, with their blessings, this drama is not good?
However, the reality is always so "skinny", and Jin Dong's performance is really "unsatisfactory".
It is not bad from the previous image, the same suit and leather shoes, big back, and the same posture of the "superior person".
In the play, his expression hardly changes, as long as he looks at people, he frowns, squints, and examines.
In addition, it is almost impossible to feel the "subtle changes" in Jin Dong's heart, and this is very similar to the countless "elites" he has created before.
The cookie-cutter performance method does not show a little of the inner world of the characters, and also lacks the tension of emotional outbursts.
Especially the criticism of the "sitting in the electric chair" plot.
After being electrocuted twice, and injected with two large doses of medicine, Jin Dong was still so "dashing and handsome", just twitching a few times, huffing and panting, but not a drop of sweat came out.
Not only can I not see the pain, but it is like hitting "chicken blood", and suddenly burst into a counterattack.
In this way, people who don't watch the plot still think that he is sitting in a massage chair, and the "chicken blood needle" is not painful or itchy at all.
Whether it is the plot or Jin Dong's performance, where it is like a spy war drama, it is clearly a divine drama of "hanging a sheep's head and selling dog meat".
And this kind of similar plot, Zhang Yi has long done a "correct demonstration".
The green tendons burst out, cold sweat flowed, and the muscles on the face on the body were twitching uncontrollably, this sense of substitution, not to mention how strong.
In other words, Jin Dong's performance in the "Pretender" period was meticulous and full of emotions, which was not at all the appearance of this "performance machine" now.
It's hard not to wonder if the characters in recent years have been too homogeneous, so that the acting skills have regressed, so that Jin Dong has also begun to "swing badly"?
Wu Gang
From the beginning of the year to now, Wu Gang is a busy person.
I have to say that a good drama can really make many actors popular, and Wu Gang became popular because of the "anti-corruption drama".
And this year's same "anti-corruption drama" "Crazy" has made a group of actors large and small, and only Wu Gang has completely defeated his "good reputation".
In the play, his abrupt double eyelids and stiff and expressionless face, how to see how to play.
In the play, the shouting plot that was originally Zhang Yi was added to Wu Gang, so that this scene looks embarrassing.
Outside the play, about Wu Gang bringing his family into the group to film, but also made the audience complain for a long time, it can be said that the "dividend" of this drama, he did not eat at all.
Seeing that the topic of "Wu Gang's swollen face" was getting bigger and bigger, the crew quickly came forward to clarify, saying that it was because of hydronephrosis that it was swollen to stiffness.
Who hasn't been sick, and we audiences are not inconsiderate, but you always have to be considerate and considerate of our audience, don't you?
"Crazy" just ended, "Daming under the Microscope" immediately carried the "explosive baton", no one expected that this drama still has Wu Gang.
The same swollen and stiff face, the same hard work to make expressions, the same drama.
Of course, there is a disease that must be cured, but you can't always appear in front of the audience with such a stiff face, how can you make us the audience considerate?
The voice of the spit has not yet fallen, and here Wu Gang came with the modern drama "Spring Warm Sun".
Unlike "Crazy", this time Wu Gang is the protagonist of the Eight Classics, and there are many more scenes than before, and his stiff face is more eye-catching.
It is said that Wu Gang still has a "Back Wave" to be broadcast, not to mention the plot and actors, just Wu Gang's face in this Reuters picture, it is difficult for people to have the motivation to chase down, right?
Zhang Yi
Speaking of the drama "Crazy", it is really magical, and the most complained about in it is Wu Gang, and Zhang Yi is also "provoked".
First, netizens argued about who had better acting skills between him and Zhang Songwen, and then he was targeted because Zhang Yi did not promote the drama.
Subsequently, the absurd rumor of "Zhang Yi's bullying on the set" was pulled out, which made Zhang Yi's reputation oscillate between "good and bad".
However, the parties did not pay any attention to the "gossip" on the Internet and focused on new dramas and creations.
Soon, he took the new drama "Who Is He" to be broadcast strongly, and then shaped the golden signboard of "starring Zhang Yi".
However, after the show was broadcast, Zhang Yi's performance appeared "polarized" again.
Some netizens believe that Zhang Yi lives up to the title of "Emperor of Sight", and his acting skills are remarkable; There are also some netizens who believe that his performance has not achieved the expected effect.
"This is the first police officer played by Zhang Yi", "Zhang Yi's role is too similar to An Xin", "How does Zhang Yi always talk ~ non-stop" and so on, wave after wave of complaints on the Internet.
In fact, Zhang Yi's acting skills are indeed good, compared to the actors of his generation, it is simply a little better.
However, in recent years, many actors have fallen into the "strange circle" of "character homogenization", and Zhang Yi is no exception.
The image of the police officer he has created has been too many to count, and in this recent drama, the similarity of his roles is unprecedentedly high.
They are all good police officers who are not close to women, dedicated to their careers and ideals, so similar that even their growth paths are almost exactly the same.
This also makes the audience have "aesthetic fatigue", there will be a feeling of "I have seen through", and it is inevitable that there will be boredom.
And these roles of Zhang Yi, you have me, I have you, and the serious homogenization has caused the "collapse" of word of mouth.
Jiang Wenli
If you want to say which drama is the most "spicy" this year, it must be Jiang Wenli and Ming Dao's "Corner Love".
If Jiang Wenli's reputation used to allow her to live a good life, now she is like being nailed to the "pillar of shame".
Who would have thought that it was 2023, and there would be such an embarrassing and greasy TV series.
It is clear that one is the "three gold vision", and the other is the originator of idol dramas, if it was placed 20 years ago, such a combination may not have no market.
But now, one is 57 years old and the other is 43 years old, and the two are no longer the age to be able to appear in idol dramas, but they are not old.
To be honest, the plot of this drama is reasonable, if it is "Little Fresh Meat" starring, it will definitely gain a group of fans.
But Jiang Wenli and Ming Dao do not look like a couple at all, but rather intimate shots, with an indescribable "greasy".
And because the two look too much like the "Haier brothers", they were constantly complained by netizens.
In fact, Jiang Wenli's acting skills are still okay, and if she takes on a drama suitable for her age, she will not worry about no heat.
But a very old actor to act in such a drama, isn't it obvious that it will "smash word of mouth"?
It is said that this drama was filmed as early as 7 years ago and has not been released until now, but even if the two were not particularly old at that time, it was real that there was no sense of CP.
Needless to say, the director of this drama, not only casting boldly, but also daring to broadcast at this time, is really a "wonderful person".
Liu Mintao
Just after "Crazy", another "Anxin" was launched, but this Anxin is not Pian Xin.
This is the name in Liu Mintao's new drama this year.
It's just that she seems to have screwed up another drama.
And this drama also makes us the audience question: Is Liu Mintao's acting skills not as good as rumored?
Liu Mintao, who exploded in middle age from "The Pretender", seems to have been eating the previous dividends in recent years.
No matter what role she plays, she is almost a "performance routine", and she uses too much force from time to time.
Especially in the past two years, the two dramas of the "Lady" series, the roles are similar, both are resolute urban women, coincidentally, both times were "cheated by their husbands".
Regardless of the single role, since "Red High Heels", as long as Liu Mintao appears on the screen, his eyes are always slightly narrowed, as if he is contemptuous and seems to have not woken up.
In the play, her usual movements are almost the same as "High Heels": closing her eyes, squinting, and deflating her mouth.
At the same time, she also added a little "careful thinking" to her tone and voice, but she was full of weirdness with her own image.
It is no wonder that it will be complained by netizens: maybe "The Pretender" is all because of the character filter, which is Liu Mintao's real level.
epilogue
Today's audience can be said to have "read countless dramas", and the requirements for the quality of dramas and the acting skills of actors are getting higher and higher.
The above five actors seem to have powerful acting skills and are a powerful person, but in fact, their reputation is also "mixed".
No, it's only three months after 2023, and some people's "fox tails" can't be hidden.
Some of them are strong and dragged down by the drama, and some are too heavy filters in the past and do not live up to their names.
But no matter what it is, as a middle-aged actor, you still have to be responsible for your resume, and you must have requirements for your role and script.
Because whether it is taking the wrong script or "lying flat" in the comfort zone, it will do more harm than good to the future development of the actor.
Of course, the audience also hopes that their favorite actors can create different roles and go deep into the characters, rather than "acting like themselves".
Only by trying more is the continuation of an actor's life.