On May 4, the TV series "A Dance in the City" released a trailer, and TVB Jade Channel exclusively began broadcasting on May 15. This TV series starred Yao Ziling, Chen Farong and many other well-known Hong Kong actors. Information on the data platform shows that the play was written and directed by Wang Jing. Because they are all the theme content of song and dance venues, the TV series "A Dance in the City" is also known as the Hong Kong version of "The First Lantern".
Earlier, the Chinese Taiwan drama "Hua Lantern Chu Shang" had achieved a good audience reputation and network broadcast numbers, and starring Lin Xinru and others were jokingly called "popular again" by netizens. The theme and content of this song and dance venue undoubtedly provide inspiration and ideas for the creation of Hong Kong opera. Director Wang Jing has always been talented in creation, and when he encounters his favorite theme content, he can quickly achieve "copy and paste". Therefore, this Wang Jing's version of "The First Lights" is undoubtedly worth looking forward to in terms of story.
Up to now, this "One Dance in the City" has only released a more general plot synopsis, you may wish to take a peek at it:
In Hong Kong before the handover, many young people liked to linger at Tsim Tsim Tsui East nightclubs. Several girls of different ages and different classes met in a nightclub and became good sisters, each with their own love story...
In order to take care of his elderly and infirm mother and provide for his younger siblings, KK had to give up going to university, and met Marco, a rich child, while working, she had a true affection for Marco. At the same time, KK re-meets his childhood sweetheart Junma, and getting along with Koma makes KK very relaxed, and the relationship between the two gradually accumulates, and KK can't tell who his favorite is.
Monica goes into debt in order to raise money for her boyfriend Dave, only to find out that he has been having an affair. Heartbroken, she meets Zhifei, who has always had a crush on her, and with the encouragement of her friend Michelle, Monica tries to accept Fei, but she is never fully engaged. Michelle and Fei's relationship is like a brother, but she unconsciously has a secret affection for Fei. She suppressed her emotions and taught Fei from time to time how to win Monica's heart, but she was not a taste in her heart.
When Money's boyfriend Benny was gone, Money waited for Airo to return, until once, Money met him again at the hotel. Sha Jingxia has long seen through the world, and from time to time she acts as a psychological counselor for everyone to answer their love problems. Although Kasumi has many ministers under her skirt, she has been waiting for her husband Qinglong, who has been wrongfully imprisoned, hoping to stay with him when he is released from prison.
Five girls have experienced ups and downs in love, still love and care for each other, and laugh that "boys are like clothes", only sisters have the greatest satisfaction!
Judging from this plot synopsis alone, the screenwriter Wang Jing undoubtedly made a lot of references to the Taiwanese drama "The First Lights". In the formal news material content, Wang Jing is not the screenwriter and director of "One Dance in the City", but the producer. Who created the play has not yet been announced. TVB has its own screenwriting and creative team, just like it has its own actor system.
For this TV drama work of the song and dance venue, can it reproduce the glorious moment of Hong Kong drama? My feelings are as follows. The first point is that this TV series is after "The First Lights" after all, so whether in terms of theme or content, it is easy for the audience to reduce their impression score of the play. Second, Hong Kong opera works are good at creating the theme and content of this kind of song and dance venue, especially at creating this kind of love confusion under the drunken gold fan.
In recent years, Hong Kong dramas with explosive audience reputation are basically such "flashy dream-like" works. Among the Hong Kong dramas and Hong Kong film works of the 80s and 90s of the last century, a large number of classic and wonderful works are also "flashy like dreams" trend, allowing the audience to see tall buildings and buildings collapse among drunken gold fans. Therefore, in the Hong Kong drama style familiar to the audience, Baoqi's "One Dance in the City" will have a very good quality effect.
However, Wang Jing is really a double-edged sword. Well, Wang Jing is the best in this theme. If you don't use it well, Wang Jing is the engine of bad movies and bad dramas. The theme and content of the song and dance venue, if the screenwriter and director have a serious narrative mentality, may be in the bright lights, the brilliance of human nature flashes. And if the screenwriter and director do not have this sense of artistic awe, it is likely to wander on the edge of the three worlds.
Director Wang Jing, are you in awe of TV series works? Before the broadcast of "A Dance in the City", no one said it was good. After all, Wang Jing has written and directed a lot of bad films, and in the era of online movies, it has never been absent. In recent years, Wang Jing has once again fallen into the quagmire of bad films and cannot extricate herself. Whether "A Dance in the City" can turn his quality over, we might as well wait and see. (Text/Ma Qingyun)