Preamble:
Have you ever been "spicy" by an ugly male protagonist in a costume drama? Have you ever tried to give them a plastic surgery with AI technology? If you feel the same way, then read on.
This article will unfold a panorama of the "negative growth in appearance" of the costume circle in 2023, focusing on the tragedy of Liu Yuning, the "king of ugly men in ancient costumes".
Liu Yuning's "ugly crying heroes" dominates the hot search, who will save poor Liu Shishi?
In 2023, a costume drama called "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" was quietly released.
The male and female protagonists of the play are Liu Yuning and Liu Shishi respectively, both of whom are popular traffic students and goddess-level characters.
When everyone was excited to see the demeanor of this pair of "golden boys and girls", Liu Yuning, who started the first shot, made people gasp - his face was full of potholes, and his small eyes were crooked, which was simply scary.
That's not all, the entanglement of his lips and tongues with Liu Shishi directly made the audience's eyes "spicy" and bleeding.
The comment area suddenly exploded, and the words "ugly crying heroes" quickly topped the hot search list.
Everyone, you criticize Liu Yuning for being ugly one by one, and some people even spoof his photos and compare pictures with handsome guys from all walks of life.
The label of "kiss scene work-related injury" directly made Liu Shishi innocent and black.
"What did our goddess do wrong, it deserves to play against such an ugly monster!" Many Liu Shishi fans roared like this.
In fact, Liu Yuning's ugliness has long been foreshadowed.
As early as the audition stage, the director team was hesitant to choose him to play the actor Ning Yuanzhou.
How can a handsome and domineering chivalrous man tolerate Liu Yuning's distorted and ugly face? But Liu Yuning relied on his popularity on video websites to rise, and was praised by the majority of fans as a traffic niche.
In order to cater to this part of the audience, the director team reluctantly let him play.
Who knew that as soon as the broadcast started, the violent ugliness was there, and there was no way to fool people.
Liu Shishi, as the female number one, should have the handsome face of the domineering male protagonist as a foil.
As a result, such an ugly monster completely dragged his feet, and he simply owed it to our goddess.
Jiao Enjun was "too handsome" and became the biggest winner
In June, Liu Yuning had an important role in the play where he took off his mask.
This scene was originally a wonderful moment of climax, but it became a nightmare for this show.
Because Liu Yuning, who took off the mask, his ugliness continued to rise-his crooked facial features were even more distorted and deformed at this time.
The comment area boiled again, and some netizens even couldn't bear it anymore and began to use AI technology to replace Liu Yuning's face with that of a handsome guy.
For example, the "national handsome guy" Jiao Enjun, Huo Jianhua, who was popular on the Internet a few years ago, and Yan Kuan, the representative of the acting school, and so on.
In this way, these god-level beautiful men "cameo" the male protagonist of "Yi Nian Guan Mountain", successfully stealing the show and grabbing ratings, and deservedly became the biggest winner in this matter.
In fact, this also reflects the audience's aesthetic fatigue from the side - they have endured Liu Yuning's ugliness for too long and too long, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and chose plastic surgery to change their lives.
Among them, Jiao Enjun can be described as "overly handsome".
He himself seems to mistakenly think that the second male character in the play is the male lead, and he also posted a Weibo praising this "handsome guy with good acting skills".
This undoubtedly gave himself another wave of popularity, and further consolidated the title of "the most beautiful male god".
In fact, the reason why Jiao Enjun became the biggest winner is also related to the reputation he has accumulated in the entertainment industry over the years.
His appearance has always been recognized as NO.1, and no matter who he cooperates with, he is enough to convince the public.
This time, the accident of "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" pushed his handsome face to the front of the stage again, reminding many viewers of the classic idol dramas that were sensational when they were young.
In contrast, Liu Yuning's ugly face is more like a zombie crawling out of a garbage can, which is simply not worth any ornamentation.
"Acquaintance with Jun Chu" and "Jun Jiuling" male characters are collectively "violent and ugly"
In fact, Liu Yuning is not the only costume actor who "shows up ugly" this year.
Ren Jialun, known as the "beautiful man" in "Acquaintance with Jun Chu", is simply ugly to a new height this time, and was directly called "the ugliest male shark in silicone clothes" by fans.
In fact, Ren Jialun's appearance was mediocre, and he could only be regarded as the product of team operation.
He never expected that the costume scene, which was an extreme test of appearance, would mercilessly expose his shortcomings.
Fans have just dressed up a beautiful image of Ren Jialun with various beautiful pictures, and in a blink of an eye, he was overturned by his own hands.
This made many fans feel unprecedented chills, and even lost their fans.
Looking at those supporting actors, the situation is not much better.
Some of the second male have abrupt chins, which are simply pigs' heads; Some male partners are clearly gentle and considerate cat demons, but their appearance is not related to the word "gentle".
This is a narcissistic male character, and the confidence on his face is about to overflow the screen, which makes the audience ashamed.
"Won't they be ugly? and not ashamed?" asked many viewers.
What's more, these actors are ugly and weird, I don't know how much ecstasy soup was poured on the set, and they actually felt good about themselves without external forces.
Their cheekiness is directly proportional to their ugly appearance, as if the world owes them a lot of domineering.
This can't help but remind people of the fable of the frog who wants to be a cowherd.
is also slapped in the face, the actresses are full of stunning beauty goddesses.
This contrast is particularly uncomfortable.
The painting style that can be called the coexistence of "heaven and hell" directly caused the audience to abandon the drama, making the popularity of "Acquaintance with Jun Chu" plummet.
It was followed by "Jun Jiuling".
The actors in this drama, whether starring or supporting roles, are collectively "ugly", and the male protagonist has a black mole the size of an airport on his face, which is impossible to look at directly.
The audience can only find a little comfort in the actress's stunning face, but they will soon be hurt by this contrasting and distorted aesthetic.
Taiwanese idols lose their eye-catching points and transform into "black moonlight"
Among the men in costume who exposed the scandal this year, there are also idol stars from Taiwan.
These male god-level characters, who are usually very popular in the entertainment industry, immediately lose their eye-catching point once they change into ancient costumes.
Most of them rely on the company's small fresh meat, and their own strength is insufficient, and they are completely relying on the steel fan group to support them.
Now fans have to admit that these big stars are like a different person under the ancient costumes - not only are they handsome but beautiful men in ancient costumes, but some have even fallen to the point of harlequins.
Yang Youning, who was handsome and cheerful in modern dramas in the past, became an "alpaca face" as soon as he put on ancient costumes in "New Dragon Babu"; In "Shangyang Fu", it is even more miserable, with light makeup, bangs and big mouth, there is no warmth and fluttering of white moonlight at all, but like a "black moonlight".
The contrast is striking.
Later, his image in "New Step by Step" was even worse.
This makes the audience understand the reason why the heroine decisively chose Dou Xiao - Yang Youning's brain door and thick lips really lack the thinness and heroism of the male protagonist.
The popularity he had so hard built up came to naught overnight, and his loyal die-hard fans left him one after another.
"The Mountains Have Wood and the Wood Has a Heart" that pays but is not rewarded
If it's just that the actor himself is ugly, it can still be ridiculed.
But this year, there was a costume drama "The Mountain Has Wood, the Wood Has a Heart" that directly uses ugly men to attract attention.
The show's investors seem to be determined to play a gimmick.
They found a well-known harlequin actor in the industry and let him play two roles, accounting for almost half of the whole play.
Such a high exposure rate would have caused dissatisfaction among the audience, but the investors had already prepared for it - they waved their hands and invited several popular and glamorous actresses to match.
The premiere was an instant hit, and the click-through rate and discussion of this drama hit the sky.
This black-hearted manipulation immediately ignited the anger of the audience.
How can they endure the whole show being occupied by that ugly face? What's even more odious is that the beauties are obviously the real attraction, but they are robbed of the limelight by ugly men.
"It's obviously a deliberate gimmick! How dare they make such a joke about the audience's aesthetics?"
They can't believe that investors can be so nonsense just to earn eyeballs.
Those actresses are also really wronged - they don't watch the film to make cameos, but they are so stolen by ugly men.
While the audience was emotional, the investors were laughing wildly.
They successfully used ugly men to attract a wave of eyeballs, and at the same time, they invited actresses with pleasing pictures with a wave of their hands.
This method of operation is indeed extremely insidious, and it also makes people despair about the bottomless nature of capital.
It is completely on the bottom line of artistic creation and is not illegal, so investors can operate it at will.
What can we do? Perhaps they can only be allowed to make fun of the audience's aesthetics and continue to spoil this mecca of ancient costumes.
Epilogue:
It seems that we can draw a conclusion - either the collective aesthetics of costume dramas are worrying this year, or the audience's aesthetics are improving in an all-round way.
This led to a lot of actors who should have deserved the title of "beautiful man" exposing scandals under the costumes.
Liu Yuning is the most special representative.
Not only is he ugly, but he also keeps making troubles, causing a series of negative news.
What's even more terrifying is that he seems to be blinded by his fans who praise him, and unknowingly continues to act in costume dramas and jump non-stop.
In fact, the reason why Liu Yuning has no one in his eyes is inseparable from the group of fanatical fans behind him.
These boys and girls who call themselves "Yuning Baby" are almost in a state of madness, and they can't see any negative comments about Liu Yuning.
In order to defend the male god in their minds, these underage fans are no different from adults - they skillfully use various means to drain, control comments and even doxx others, just to establish Liu Yuning's status in the entertainment industry.
It is precisely with the support of these fans that Liu Yuning dares to look at no one and go his own way.
We seem to underestimate the power of fans.
They are crowded together, like a crazy whole.
If you dare to touch a single hair of Liu Yuning, you will be overwhelmed by them in the blink of an eye.
Liu Yuning knows this very well, so he will be stubborn and make all kinds of outrageous moves.
This also makes him, an already ugly-looking person, even more annoying - ugly and domineering, which every adult does not want to see.
Dear Liu Yuning, as an ugly person, you should actually follow the audience's advice - immediately stop acting in costume dramas and return to your live broadcast room to continue to be your Internet celebrity anchor.
It's the best of both worlds for everyone.
You and I both know that if it weren't for the crazy fan group behind you, you wouldn't be able to mix with your ugly face a long time ago.
So, let go of your ridiculous pride and get back to your business honestly.