Domestic dramas have not had such an exaggerated rating as "The Long Season" for a long time, with 480,000 people scoring a high score of 9.4.
In fact, its initial Douban score was 9.0, and soon rose to 9.2, as a suspense drama that is almost becoming the standard, it not only did not have a bad end, but became more and more god-sealing the further it went, and the score rose to 9.5 after the finale.
Now it has fallen back to 9.4, in large part because of the controversy about "daddy taste", two days ago, "long season daddy taste" even once appeared on the hot search.
The protagonist in this drama has a daddy smell that is obvious.
Whether it is Wang Xiang played by Fan Wei or Gong Biao played by Qin Hao, in reality, it will never be the type that girls like, they are good people, but not good husbands and fathers.
Wang Xiang is the most typical and common machismo, whether externally or internally, to highlight and maintain the self-esteem of that (self-considered) "man with some status", no matter who he talks to, he is full of daddy.
You can't say that he doesn't love his wife and children, but as an authoritarian patriarch, he is indifferent to the real feelings of his wife and children, and even disdains to communicate, but confidently and proudly loves them in a way that he thinks is reasonable on the premise of saving his own face.
So I can feel the suffocation of my wife and children across the screen.
It's 2023, and this kind of man is unpopular (but still widespread), but a few decades ago, perhaps most people thought, isn't that how men should be?
Anyway, the male elders around me are basically like this, and those female elders have lived like this all their lives.
So I understand Wang Yang very well.
Although Wang Xiang has a strong father's taste, the actors act well and the lines are vivid and interesting, so as a fictional character, it is still popular, and I love to watch Wang Xiang and Gong Biao nagging there if they have something to do (in reality, I will definitely yell "Get out!" ”
But Wang Yang is different, he is not a father at all, but he is not popular at all, mainly, a little slimy and boring.
He didn't want to live his life like his parents in a small place that seemed to never change, but was actually vulnerable to the changes that were coming.
He yearned for poetry and distant places, but he had neither the ability to change reality nor the courage to make a radical break with everything he hated.
So what is finally presented is such a tangled and dazed state.
Isn't this who we are?
Therefore, he will be attracted by the determination revealed under the calm on Shen Mo's body, but he can neither accompany Shen Mo into the abyss, nor can he lead Shen Mo to the light.
A good boy, but that's about it.
It is such a person who is full of contradictions, who thinks about everything but cannot do anything, always the most unpleasant.
On the contrary, it is better to be like Gong Biao, who has to live silly and happy for a lifetime, Zhen Biao.
People just can't think too much, the more they think, the more unhappy, fools will always have a better time than smart people.
Therefore, although this drama is suspenseful, there are actually few elements of suspense, and the suspenseful atmosphere is even almost nothing, and the more important thing is to use an old case that spans many years to tell this long dull pain, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "the death of the times".
After chasing the drama, I happened to see the criticism of the daddy taste of "The Long Season" by netizens, and after watching it, I fell into deep thought.
The daddy taste of the character is not equal to the daddy taste of the work, and the three views of the character are not equal to the three views of the work, so I didn't feel uncomfortable when chasing the play, and even, I can clearly feel the author's criticism of this daddy taste, every character in the play is not perfect and has problems, some have been punished by death or other aspects, and some have been eventually corrected.
Personal daddy taste, but in the face of the times such a powerless big dad, they are also cannon fodder.
The portrayal of all the characters in the whole drama is more like a documentary, you can't allow the portrayal of the daddy character because the daddy taste is not good, if the men in the play are not macho at all and love women and protect women, it is not normal.
But it is also true that there are certain problems in the portrayal of women in the play.
Wang Xiangming obviously lost his son and wife at the same time, but his painful reflections and memories are only related to his son, and his wife seems to not exist.
Shen Mo's revenge on the main culprit uncle is only a passing stroke, but the revenge on the accomplice aunt who does not dare to resist must be carefully portrayed.
In everyday life, women are always secondary, standing behind men, but in the settlement of sins, women are always pushed first.
All this may be related to the fact that the main creator is male, so the female perspective is missing.
Women's suffering is often understated and forgotten, perhaps because I grew up in such an environment, so I didn't even notice the problems in this area in the play.
But even so, I don't think it's a problem, on the contrary, this lack of this kind of lack makes the whole show seem more real, which is really ridiculous.
It can be said that netizens and the main creator have created an excellent "anti-daddy textbook" together.
The reason why "The Long Season" did not make me feel uncomfortable is because I can clearly realize that the main creators do not subjectively want to offend women and educate women, but because they themselves grew up in that era and are accustomed to everything, so when recreating the era, they will criticize the irrationality that they have realized, and inadvertently ignore the irrationality that they have not yet realized.
It is even possible that in many moments, the main creator may not put gender first, but just treat everyone as the dust of the big time.
Why is the revenge against the uncle passed, but the revenge on the aunt is colorful, my understanding is that the evil of the uncle is visible to the naked eye and does not need to be repeated, but the silence of the uncle is also an evil, which many people do not realize, so Shen Mo needs to emphasize it with lines.
But even so, I don't feel that Auntie is hateful, I think she is also a pitiful person, because what the creator wants to express here is the kind of dissatisfaction with everyone who goes against the grain and does not say a word, rather than revenge against someone. Therefore, when presenting this specific character, it does not inject much malice itself, but injects more powerlessness that "poor people must have something to hate".
The three views of the character do not represent the author's three views, and how to present and treat the character can represent the author's three views.
Including Yin Hong, why she will take revenge on Shen Moen, the kind of humble survival person, sometimes grateful to the people around him and sometimes distorted jealousy, it is really not difficult to understand.
Of course, the plot setting is not without problems, for example, I think the biggest bug is that people like Shen Mo have come to that step, and it is impossible to seek death because Wang Yang is unwilling to accompany him to fly away.
But I did think about how else to go if the plot wasn't set that way?
If the two sides part ways on this, Wang Yang will not die, lose suspense, and the plot will be difficult to advance; If Shen Mo is allowed to kill Wang Yang and extinguish, then Shen Mo will also have a bit of collapse.
I really can't think of any other setting.
But it has nothing to do with gender issues.
I have always divided daddy taste or machismo into "malicious" and "unintentional", after all, the patriarchal society has developed for thousands of years, not to mention men, even women, under so many years of ear and eye, it is impossible to be born knowing, can not always identify all problems and traps ahead of time, everyone needs to learn and improve the process.
From our current point of view, the traditional female characters in "The Long Season" such as Qiaoyun and Meisu, compared to the male characters, their suffering does seem to have been brushed off, and they seem to be not independent and sober enough, but if they are really shaped according to today's values, it is even more wrong.
So this awkwardness can only be corrected through criticism outside the play.
Netizens' discussion of the daddy taste of "The Long Season" precisely constitutes a part of everyone's common learning and progress.
In fact, I think many works in recent years are like this, film and television dramas should never be a one-way output of the creator, and the audience has feedback and communication in order to achieve a complete work.
I still feel that "The Long Season" is the best of 2023 so far.