Ju Jingyi, the myth of the heroine of the ancient puppet "watching again and again"
Who hasn't seen a beautiful woman cry?
#Ju Jingyi's tears are like pearls with broken threads#On the hot search, interpreting the blood of witnessing her father's murder on the wedding night.
That's right, the costume fantasy drama "Hua Rong" starring her and Guo Junchen has gained popularity in a number of new dramas, and the momentum cannot be underestimated.
And as the episode aired, the clichéd questions surrounding her were once again raised. 95 Flowers are fighting fiercely, where should she go when she sticks to the ancient puppet track?
Ancient puppets "continuous looking"
Ju Jingyi has a magic power as an actor, that is, she can always hallucinate a role from the next role. No, click on "Hua Rong", thinking that I am watching "Beautiful Scholar" and "Jianan Biography" again.
The same semi-permanent heavy makeup makeup, similar to the point that you can directly do it even together.
The same semi-permanent headdress, even if it is a wide range of audiences involved in costume idol dramas, it is difficult not to sigh that the headdress that has been seen the most is probably the costume idol drama starring Ju Jingyi. To what extent does she prefer headdresses? In the early stage of this drama, there was no way to wear it because of the "maid" character, but after the real identity was exposed in the later stage, he immediately arranged for different styles of headdresses to "make up".
When it comes to the "maid" character, if only from the appearance, who can believe that this character with the most exquisite makeup, the lowest status in this group, is a "maid" that anyone can bully.
From the perspective of the character itself, although the setting of "Wei Zhi" in "Hua Rong" is no longer the county lord of the stars holding the moon, the underlying logic of the character is still different from the chosen son of ordinary people, for her real "phoenix" identity, some people brainwash themselves to impersonate her, some people try in every possible way to find her, and some people's mission is to protect her.
And "Wei Zhi"'s own character is also like the countless ancient puppet heroines that the audience has seen, talented and unaware, sincerely working hard to have great love, from this role, you can see the various roles she has played before. For example, Jiang Baoning, who has a noble identity but pursues true love in "The Legend of Jianan" and adheres to kindness and justice in the power struggle, or Fu Rong, who predicts dreams and is determined to change his life against the sky, are all lucky people chosen by fate.
Or Han Yunxi of "The Legend of Yunxi" and Xue Wenxi of "Beautiful Scholar" who are still optimistic after suffering hardships, although fate is not good, there are always people who repeatedly lend a helping hand when she faces difficulties, even if it is a character that is not valued at first, it can still combine everyone's love and hate.
For Ju Jingyi, ancient puppet dramas are like her "dress-up game", she can wear exquisite costumes and dazzling headdresses in different episodes, and experience the roles of being held by the stars in the same way.
So this is the biggest problem with her current work, which is too similar, and mostly plays herself. Even if the background setting is different and the status of the characters is different, from makeup to character personality, from stills to videos, when you see her role, the first thing you see is herself, the actor's personal image is too distinct, everything is the same, and it is even difficult to distinguish the boundaries between the characters.
Idol's "Consciousness"
The "actor" identity has been following her for several years, and the highly similar works are well received. But she debuted as an "idol", but she was even more talked about.
Because her resume as an idol is persuasive. She spent four years standing out in the entertainment idol factory Siba Culture, becoming SNH48's first general election company, and promoted to SNH48 Star Hall to set up a personal studio. Both her personal professional ability and fan krypton gold ability prove her irreplaceability among idols.
Secondly, there are works out of the circle, a song "Love is Urgent" has made all idols and Internet celebrities begin to cover and dance to imitate the stage makeup of the song, and the song "Flower" is a cover song but still interpreted by her own style, coupled with the topic marketing of this song on Douyin and the promotion of matching women to the theme video, the song usage exceeded 350,000.
The two songs out of the circle, one of which has a high comprehensive difficulty, made many professionals who turned over and covered songs sigh at its difficulty, showing her strong business ability as an idol; The other song conveys the female power that blooms in the midst of brokenness and tenacity through the concept, which is exactly in line with the idol charm that idols should present in different aspects at different times, and the songs complement each other.
Most importantly, she also has "idol consciousness", and there are no substantial black spots as an idol. Although he was once "judged" for pursuing "exquisite" performance on variety shows, this is a dream profession, and since he is an idol, it is understandable to want to show a delicate image in public.
And nowadays, when idols continue to collapse with various topics, she has almost no scandals or negative news, and she can continue to output musical works, which can make fans feel that she is not using her idol status as a ladder to enter the film and television industry, but really likes this profession, which is rare.
How to "break the game"?
With the "consciousness" of an idol, it does lack the surprise of being an actor.
The "comfort zone" that cannot be jumped out of is what many people say about her. But on the other hand, Ju Jingyi has also walked her own way in the same type of dramas, that is, these episodes have no viewing threshold, second, the external state presented is pleasing to the eye, third, the content is sweet and sadistic and the male actors who partner also have some CP sense, and fourth, the growth story of the big heroine meets the requirements of some audiences for cool dramas.
Therefore, whether it is "The Legend of Yunxi" or "Ruyi Fangfei", whether it is "Beautiful Scholar" or "The Legend of Jianan", the drama has attracted a certain degree of attention, and the audience has gradually become accustomed to her interpretation of the role in the exposure of different episodes. For a period of time, the dividends of these episodes and characters made her stay in her "comfort zone" in 95 flowers.
From her series of choices, Ju Jingyi is self-consistent, for the two identities of "actor" and "idol", she completes the "exquisite ancient puppet heroine" she needs when she is an actor, and she is an infallible idol, both tracks she has achieved the ultimate personalization, it seems that this route is going relatively smoothly, and no one can complete the replication of her experience.
But the personalized route opportunities and challenges coexist, on the one hand, she insists on ancient puppet dramas and has a part of a fixed audience, on the other hand, the limitations are obvious, the ancient puppet track fights for age and beauty, and the waves follow, and the audience is bound to be aesthetic fatigue. Seeking innovation and change is the trend of the times, and no change is equivalent to regression.
And most of the dramas she starred in were self-made content of the original company, and it was not until last year that she starred in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy IV" that she was a real non-self-made big IP. Compared with other projects in which 95 flowers participated, she has the appeal of fans, and her film and television resources and popularity are not particularly matched.
In addition to the well-known ancient puppet dramas, Ju Jingyi has not acted in modern dramas, "Please Fall in Love Under the Full Moon" is a project of iQiyi Love Theater, the content has fantasy and traversal elements, and her role as Lei Chuxia was brought to the male protagonist because of the "super moon" and cannot leave within a certain range. Two people are bound to each other because of objective conditions and find the truth together.
For the role of Lei Chuxia, many viewers said that in the modern dramas she does not often starred in, it brought a lot of freshness. Putting aside the big love and small love in the play, aside from the semi-permanent styling on makeup, the character of Lei Chuxia is closer to the characters in life, which is more natural and has no "performance traces" than those costume dramas.
So are modern urban dramas and campus dramas with idol style a breaking point for Ju Jingyi? For herself, she can continue to present exquisite shapes and characters, and can also give the audience a different experience. For the current even environment, more youthful and beautiful faces are also needed to save the decline.
From the perspective of the works to be broadcast, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy IV" is an important opportunity for Ju Jingyi at present, whether it can enhance personal popularity and complete resource upgrades with the attention brought by big IPs, in one fell swoop. Every track in internal entertainment is very involuted, and the success of Topway requires opportunity and luck. At present, perhaps the current occasion is the easiest direction for her to expand, at least when the next new drama is broadcast, the audience's discussion point should no longer focus on "costume semi-permanent".