Take off the filter of Hong Kong drama, Wang Jing's work really can't work
Produced by the well-known director Wang Jing, the drama "A Dance in the City" produced by TVB scored 5.9 points.
What does a drama look like with less than 6 points?
Then find a few plays with about 5.5-6 points in the past 3 years, and everyone can feel which level this drama is in.
There are many good actors in these dramas, and the costumes are very good, but why do they still have such low scores? You don't need to draw a doll to draw the intestines, which is a matter of the plot.
Similarly, "A Dance in the City", a big production known as the Hong Kong version of "The First Lantern", was broadcast at 9 o'clock prime time,
Why is it so unpleasant?
Title: A Dance in the City
Starring: Chen Farong, Yao Ziling, Tang Wenlong, Cai Jie, Chen Xingyu, etc
Plot: The story of a nightclub dancer in the eighties
Rating: 5.9
This drama is aimed at the 2021 Taiwanese production of the suspense romantic drama "The First Lantern" produced by Lin Xinru.
First, let's review the basic content of "The First Lantern".
Starting from a murder case, it tells the love-hate relationship between two mothers, Sang Luo Yunong and Su Qingyi. In addition to the two heroines, there is the fate of the other women in the izakaya house. The whole drama contains elements such as suspense, love, and crime, and the core is to tell the changes in human nature in different times and circumstances.
"One Dance in the City" is set in Wan Guo City, Hong Kong's most TOP nightclub in the 80s, and the female group portraits are also happy women, and what kind of love-hate entanglement and open and secret battles have occurred in it.
01
Choice of actors
The actors Wang Jing chose have his personal style and meaning.
Former Hong Kong sister champion Chen Farong, who pays equal attention to beauty and acting skills, Yao Ziling, a TVB Hua Dan with a good reputation, Cai Jie, a young actor who has been highly praised in recent years, and Tang Wenlong, a middle student familiar to both Hong Kong and China. These are responsible for acting.
Actors with good figures are also one of director Wang Jing's hearts, Wen Kailing and Zhao Shuozhi, regarded as the older generation of Hong Kong-style top Internet celebrities, in the era of young models, these two are famous and surnamed in the circle because of their hot and bold figures.
Zhuang Simin Zhuang Siming sisters, Yang Ming (Zhuang Siming's boyfriend), Li Jia these actors have the courage to speak out in support of the Hong Kong police during the black riot period. Gao Junxian and Cai Qijun, now based in the mainland to develop, have a good audience connection.
This is also a side to show Director Wang's own patriotic feelings for Hong Kong, which is a plus.
In addition, Fu Carrie (played "Rushing to the Sky 2" and "The Cleaner of the Murderous House"), Kwong Jieyang ("Tsundere and the Book of Chapters") and Chen Xingyu chose Hong Kong sisters.
There are powerful, brushing feelings, and relying on beauty, there should be a one that can appeal to you.
02
Men and women in nightclubs
The plot at the beginning shows that Wan Guo City is the most popular nightclub in Hong Kong, and the dance lady in it is very profitable. The 38 groups with the strongest business ability are led by mother Sangsha Jingxia, and the young ladies under her are even more "talented". Money, who was once the most popular but has become popular, Monica, who is now popular, the fine grain that will please old men the most, and the rising star KK.
However, this group of dance ladies are all forced by life to work in nightclubs, and the most popular dance ladies are all "goldfish" (not introduced). It seems that the popular ladies here are all clean, and the big bosses who come to seek joy are all big brothers who are very talkative.
The 38 groups of dead opponents, the 29 groups led by the fish egg mother have too much black material. The fish egg mother and the second in command of the society, Ma Ying, are a dewy couple, both poisonous tongue and keen to do things. Her subordinate Paula wanted the rich second generation to buy her a house, and also used the means of secretly recording the two applauding their love.
The same dance lady, one group lectures on morality and rules and understands people's feelings, the other group is bad and greedy, White Lotus Virgin V Black Mountain old demon.
Zhifei, who watched the scene, is obviously a thug in the H society, but he is loyal and courageous, kind and pure, and the rich second generation Xu Gongzi fell in love with Miss Wu KK at first sight, not only throwing a lot of money, but also taking her to a private party. College student Wang Junju went to a nightclub alone to do research, fell in love with Miss Dance, and wanted to ask her to make a movie.
It's still quite popular to go back 20 years, and now, hehe.
03
The separation of the main line and the secondary line
Pornography, gambling and drugs are linked, and places such as nightclubs are the best soil for the birth of these elements, which means that the incidence of crime is high.
If there is a crime, there will naturally be a police, and the female policeman Shi Huiqiong, under the pseudonym Michelle, took the task to go undercover in the City of Nations. After receiving the task assigned by her superiors, this heroic policewoman began to work after being trained by professionals (two former mothers-san).
But in the plot of the first 10 episodes, she solved problems for her sisters, scratched her head and greeted customers, and even developed feelings for Zhifei, who was watching the scene.
Screenwriter: How many walks do you come out and walk?
Shek Wai Qiong's job is a police officer, a well-paid Hong Kong civil servant, and fighting crime is what this role should do. The plot she used to investigate the case in the nightclub is outrageous, on the contrary, she eats supper with her sisters, teaches Zhifei to chase girls, and has more ambiguous scenes with him.
In order to protect Zhifei and his relatives, in order to clear Zhifei's whitewash, argue with his superiors, and help Zhifei pursue Monica.
From episodes 10-14, the scenes about handling the case are not even as much as she chatted with Zhifei, and her task is to suppress drugs, anti-drugs, and anti-drugs.
The whole drama is only 22 episodes, and it is almost impossible to complete all the main and secondary lines in quality in the remaining plot.
04
Enigmatic values
This drama is broadcast at 9 p.m., and generally speaking, the dramas placed in prime time are suitable for families to watch.
But some episodes that need parental guidance have repeatedly appeared, and even Hong Kong audiences can't watch them.
In addition, some of the plots that are complaining about are estimated to be incomprehensible in the past, present, and future.
A group of people persuaded an 18-year-old little sister to become a dancer. If you put it in Sha Jingxia's point of view, it is understandable that she is developing new employees, but she can send a few people to persuade Liang to become a prostitute, and it can't be said.
KK is molested by guests when a beer girl, then going to a nightclub as a dance lady will be respected?
When I saw KK's mother persuading her daughter to go to the sea, it made people feel even more down.
I was originally a dance lady, and I met a rotten man like glutinous rice chicken at the night club, not only domestic violence, gambling addiction but also soft rice. Does she think that her daughter will open up in a nightclub and will not meet bad people?
Not only persuaded his daughter to go to the sea, but also persuaded her daughter to sell herself to an old man.
Such a mother image is no different from the old bustard of the old society.
Inspirational lines such as "women have to rely on themselves" are often output in the play, the question is, women have to rely on themselves to go to nightclubs to be a lady?
Monica was betrayed by her boyfriend, and after healing her injuries, she still chose to return to the city of nations to be a young lady. Since you know that being a young lady will be disliked, why do you insist on a second choice? Her 200,000 was obviously not deceived by scumbags, can't she start a new life?
Earlier, she was forced to be a young lady, but then it was voluntary. This responds to the very beginning, Miss Wan Guo Cheng can earn hundreds of thousands a month.
Salud's mother taught KK to plan for himself, specifically by taking as much as he can on a man while he is not tired of playing with you.
Well, on your own, be a miss, make a lot of money. (with dog head)
SO, there is really no need to talk about making quick money so freshly.
While spending the money that his girlfriend Monica earned by selling herself with alcohol, Dave despised her for being shameless; Single mother Mei Mei accidentally revealed her identity as working in a nightclub in front of her classmates' parents, and then her child was bullied. This is the social reality, where does it come from "laughing at poverty and not laughing at prostitution".
The biggest problem of "One Dance in the City" is actually the content, drunken gold fans, chivalrous rivers and lakes, and edge balls, these selling points no longer meet the aesthetic and spiritual needs of the audience. The characters are not three-dimensional, the story is very old, and the main and secondary are not clear. It does not tell the hardships of the lives of this group of dancers well, but makes people feel the deep sisterhood between them, and even the happiness of being a dance lady without worries about food and clothing, and messing with upper-class men.
In fact, many audiences have filters for Hong Kong dramas, as long as they are produced in Hong Kong, they basically have the most tolerant attitude. Zhang Ziyi played a girl who was scolded to death, but Chen Farong and Tang Wenlong's eye bags and wrinkles can be ignored.
Wei Guoping and Nie Xiaoyu had too many emotional scenes, and they were almost scolded by the audience. But Shi Mandam and Brother Zhifei's Qingqing, I have no one to say no.
Miss "Education" should be willing to do the plot of Miss Miss, and it is estimated that the complaint hotline of radio and television will be burst in the mainland.
People often ask, why have Hong Kong dramas become like this now?
Do their main creators really not know how to make a good drama?
Think about it from another angle, if you do anything, someone will applaud,
Just like some fan-exclusive dramas in domestic entertainment that are not watched,
That's really no more effort.
Anyway, just mark the element of "made in Hong Kong"
Even if it is rotten, someone will pay for it.