"Her City" premieres tonight, led by Gao Lu Zhang Jing and Zhang Hanyun, can urban women's dramas still be popular?
"You are a good housewife, isn't it very good, it is better to take advantage of your current body and regenerate one."
The mother-in-law (played by Yang Qing) looked cold.
"One of my classmates died." Full-time wife Ai Ying said leisurely, "My married life is unhappy, I have depression, and I cut my husband more than 20 times!" ”
After the story of the desperate housewife was told, the mother-in-law looked down to eat with a shocked face, not mentioning the stubble of giving birth.
I was drawn to a trailer. There is a cold humor in the realistic lines, and a table of "swords and shadows" gives people an inexplicable sense of "coolness".
Finally, another 30-episode urban women's drama has arrived - August 17, that is, tonight, iQiyi, "Her City".
This year's summer Chinese drama war is nearing its end, and in terms of ancient puppet dramas, Yang Zi's "Sauvignon Blanc" has a Douban score of 7.6, and its popularity has exploded. Cheng Yi's "Lotus Building" has a Douban score of 8.0, and its popularity is not weak.
Although "Da Song Youth Chronicle 2" is not as popular as these two, the Douban score occupies the first place in the summer costume drama with 8.2 points.
The summer season is still very lively, but there is no urban drama that has really emerged. CCTV's "All the Way to the Sun" started well, and it still needs to be worked on.
"Her City" seems to have this potential too. Directed by Wen Deguang, led by Gao Lu, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Hanyun, and Wang Longzheng, Wang Yaoqing, Guan Hong, Wang Lin, etc., the lineup is good.
In fact, in recent years, urban women's dramas have not been a new theme, and even fallen into some kind of creative bottleneck, except for taking routines, it seems that they have not found what they want to express.
"Her theme", can you turn over against the wind and play new tricks?
To find out, come with me "into town" and see what happens.
1. Story: "Expelled" husband, perfect divorce, and love in the year, this story is sassy enough
"Her City" is still the most popular three-line parallel structure, telling the story of corporate executive Li Yingnan (played by Gao Lu), full-time wife Ai Ying (played by Zhang Jingchu), and legal beauty Ying Xiaomei (played by Zhang Hanyun), three urban women with different personalities and different identities, who continue to grow up and find direction in life after facing the test of career and marriage.
The story looks similar, is it really interesting?
The real attraction is to break the plot routine of the past urban women's dramas.
The common routine of such dramas in recent years is: using binary opposition to create conflicts.
The black and white binary is the Mary Sue heroine and the scheming daughter-in-law, or the bitter daughter-in-law and the evil mother-in-law.
Or, under the banner of a female theme, it turned out to be that she was "vexatious", she did.
In a word, under the guise of a female emotional drama, selling dog blood Mary Sue.
The stories of these three 35+ urban women in "Her City" are really sassy:
Li Yingnan, a woman in the workplace, was demoted from an executive to an assistant to a former assistant by the company while facing her husband Xu Xin (played by Wang Longzheng) losing his family savings, simply because his subordinates had a relationship with the top management, and she was middle-aged.
So she "fired" her husband, divorced perfectly, and started a business.
Ai Ying, a full-time housewife, regards marriage as a job, looks like her husband has a successful career, and is Mrs. Xie in the eyes of the outside world, but she has long lost her name.
In the face of sudden breast cancer and the betrayal of her husband Xie Changjiang (played by Wang Yaoqing), accept it calmly and deal with it calmly.
Legally beautiful Ying Xiaomei enjoys a solitary life, falling in love with the handsome singer Li Aolin (played by Guan Hong), facing the dismantling of her mother-in-law (played by Wang Lin), she is not in a hurry, calmly says, "This is our private matter", and goes back.
It can be seen that the story is to tell the "life dilemma of the middle woman", but it is not selling anxiety and dog blood, but facing reality and shooting a sassy female story.
2. Highlights: The style is humorous, the lines are refined, the story is interesting, and the urban women's drama is finally sassy
In this way, it seems that the story is no different from the previous "Thirty Only", as well as "Ode to Joy 4" and other female group dramas.
Indeed, just looking at the plot, it is difficult to directly see the highlights, and I also read the trailer to figure out the taste. There is no evidence, let's warm up the scene with a few lines and plots first!
In the face of the stepdaughter's complaint, what to do -
"I really admire you, at this age, and exercise."
A roll of his eyes: What age am I!
Not torn, not dumb, beautiful.
In the future, the evil mother-in-law will come to forcibly break up the sibling love, what to do——
"I hope you can break up with Aolin."
A hard sentence went back: "This seems to be a private matter between me and Aolin." ”
Not bitter, positive, wonderful.
What should I do if my husband is used as an ATM, and the whole family + the whole company lets you raise it?
"Wife, you transfer me another two thousand." "I decided, divorce beautifully."
Not verbose, directly "fired", sassy.
Let's not mention the feature film, just for the refreshing energy of this trailer, it is worth looking forward to.
In recent years, urban dramas have generally carried the guise of an urban heroine, but they are still a chicken-feathered family in their bones. The ending is either fake or too dreamy.
"Her City" uses a light comedy drama technique, integrating sassy highlights and life laughter into the realistic lives of the three "Yingzi", saying that middle-aged women can not be bound by age.
In the play, there is no shortage of such golden sentences - "Some people say that marriage is the grave of love, I am particularly moved" "Why?" "Because—
Domestic urban women's dramas can also not be bound by routines, which is really sassy.
3. Lineup: Three powerful heroines, Wang Yaoqing, Wang Longzheng, Wang Lin to help, there is no shortage of appearance and acting skills
The director of "Her City" Wen Deguang is not famous and his strength is not low.
The masterpieces "Yanxi Raiders" and "Brocade Like Jade", the popularity and reputation are good.
In terms of urban heroine dramas, there are also works such as "All About Doctor Tang", which has a Douban score of 7.5 points and has good ratings on Yangba.
Obviously, Wen Deguang's drama is not only well-produced and stable, but also has another characteristic: it is very good at creating female characters. There is him at the helm for the series, good actors, and some play.
"Her City" did not invite a first-line Chinese drama actress like Liu Tao, but the main actors are all well-known powerhouses.
Let's start with the three heroines.
The first one, Zhang Jingchu.
Zhang Jingchu is actually one of the most balanced actresses in China with her appearance and acting skills, acting all the way from "Peacock", "Disciple" and "Matchless",
has been nominated for the Academy Award, has also experienced rumors and online violence, and his career has risen and fallen, but he can still amaze the audience with the role of adult Shen Mo in "The Long Season" and the performance of one episode.
Zhang Jingchu's strength is obviously still there, but she lacks a role that allows her to give full play.
The role this time has been called Mrs. Xie for many years, and her husband seems to be chord with her, but in fact, he has a feeling of cooperation with her marriage, and has long been secretly betrayed.
As soon as Zhang Jingchu appeared, she took the dignified and elegant noble lady temperament of the upper class, and with only one look, she performed the desire to escape in marriage.
Especially a play in which the stepdaughter asks for intimate photos from a group of evil children, in the face of each other's flirtation, cold, crisp and fierce, without many exaggerated and overheated expressions, but performing the rich layers of the role, very cheerful for contemporary full-time housewives.
I think this will be another outstanding role for Zhang Jingchu in recent years.
The second place, Gao Lu.
Gao Lu is an actress who should be popular but not popular in domestic entertainment.
Although he always plays a supporting role, he can make an impression regardless of the pros and cons.
For example, Xue Zhili in "The N Power of Home", sister-in-law Wu Fei in "It's All Good", Ouyang in "All About Doctor Tang", and Lin Gaoshuang in "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Thin".
This play is Gao Lu's second cooperation with Wen Deguang, and it is also a rare performance she has performed in recent years, such as corporate executive Li Yingnan, an urban heroine role, she can be said to be able to catch it.
In the play, she went from being bullied by newcomers in the workplace and struggling in marriage, to getting out of the siege, the characters dared to act, and the character was very flattering.
Whether Gao Lu can hold the role of the heroine depends on this time.
The third place, Zhang Hanyun.
Zhang Hanyun, who has been famous for many years, actually had a good performance in "Xiao Shiyilang" in her early years, but what really makes everyone remember her as an actress is "Love is Delicious".
Although resources are rising, her "Jade Face Peach Blossom Always Meet" has been a year's work.
This time, the sunshine female lawyer Ying Xiaomei faces the pursuit of Li Aolin played by Gong Hong, and there is an "evil mother-in-law" like Wang Lin, although the scene is relatively small among the three heroines, but the watchability is definitely not low.
I can't wait to see her play tricks with Wang Lin's mother-in-law.
Next is the powerful supporting group.
The fourth place, Wang Yaoqing.
There are two ace president actors in Internal Entertainment, one is the older Zhang Chenguang, and the other is Wang Yaoqing, who is a middle-aged uncle.
In recent years, Wang Yaoqing has appeared in the circle with the funny male image in variety shows, but it does not affect his performance in Chinese dramas, in the past two years alone, he has performed "Perfect Companion", "Dressed Up", "Talk Well", "All About Doctor Tang", etc., but there are not many roles out of the circle.
This time, he played Xie Changjiang, still his standard rich man's role, but the role is not smiling, focusing on money, and his marriage with Ai Ying is more like a business cooperation.
Let his wife run the tea party for her but do not forget to remind her that "there is Mr. Xie first, then there is Mrs. Xie", the wife scolded her mother-in-law, and his white eyes rolled to the sky.
It is really not difficult for Wang Yaoqing to play this role well, just look at how brilliant.
The fifth place, Wang Longzheng.
Many people are still more familiar with his last name, Wang Takizheng.
After Zhou Patrol, the captain of the criminal investigation detachment played by "White Night Chase", came out of the circle, he basically plunged into the suspense spy war genre, "Antiques Bureau Middle Bureau", "Spy War Deep Sea Sting", "Secret and Great" His performance is eye-catching, and he is usually a powerful character with hands and eyes.
I didn't expect to finally act in an urban drama, and I actually acted in a role where my career was a mess, and I didn't want to come to debt, and I relied on my wife's blood transfusion.
Although there have been many unobtrusive male characters in urban women's dramas in the past, this character is characterized by being unreliable but not scum, and he has tried hard but failed.
Looking for Wang Long to play is a wonderful casting.
Sixth, Wang Lin.
Although after becoming popular with Aunt Xue in "Deep Rain", Wang Lin seems to be trapped by this role, and her acting skills are actually more than that.
But it also means that as soon as she appears, she plays steadily.
This time, her role is the best "evil mother-in-law", not only a controlling freak mother, but also to break up her son's sibling love.
53-year-old Wang Lin is still delicate and beautiful, playing this kind of role is very stable, it depends on the chemical reaction with young actors.
In addition to these, there are actors such as Yang Qing and Zhang Yiyan, there are at least 8 powerful people, and their acting skills are not worried.
4, break the game: domestic urban women's drama, it's time to get out of the siege
Recently, domestic ancient puppet dramas have been out of the limelight.
One "Sauvignon Blanc" and one "Lotus Building" basically contracted the topic of Chinese dramas in the summer file.
However, not all audiences like ancient puppet dramas, and there are still many audiences who like more mature genres such as spy war dramas and urban dramas.
Unfortunately, the high reputation of "Stalker" is controversial, CCTV's war drama "Ice and Snow Sharp Knife Company" has just begun to exert its strength, and there are not many dramas that mature audiences are really chasing.
At this time, the entry of "Her City" can be described as timely.
However, success or failure depends on its own strength.
In recent years, why have urban women's dramas repeatedly overturned? The biggest problem is actually that the audience always feels that the heroines of domestic urban women's dramas are not quite right.
It seems that the more Mary Sue, the more independent.
Similar dramas seem to only meet the imagination and cater to expectations.
The past "marry a tyrant, you will go to the peak of life" into "casually become independent, any problem can be solved".
But the audience is the smartest, they can best distinguish whether there is really a good story, or the drama party only sees the topic, and the traffic behind the topic.
Although the reputation of urban women's dramas has been sluggish in recent years, this genre still has great appeal.
Age crisis, career promotion, gender discrimination, reproductive choices, marriage maintenance, and a sense of belonging to the city have always touched the hearts of audiences, especially female audiences.
Filmed, there is still potential.
I hope that "Her City" can get out of the siege of domestic urban women's dramas - white lotus and bad women. The workplace is like a palace fight.
The mouth is all independent, and the inside is full of calculation.
Audiences will always want to watch conscience dramas that do not use independent women as a selling point.
Which is the really wonderful heroine role of the Chinese drama in recent years? On the contrary, I think that it is Li Shuihua in "Mountains and Seas", and her fate has been demarcated.
In the face of reality, she can't really do whatever she wants, but her resistance to fate is louder than the slogans of many women's dramas.
In the end, for urban female dramas, it is better to really create a few flesh-and-blood female characters than anything else.
Tonight, watch "Her City", can you "get out of the city".