It was an ordinary weekend night, and I had just recovered from a week's work and was sitting around the TV with my family deciding what to watch.
I turned on the TV, and CCTV 8 was broadcasting a period drama called "Thrush".
I looked around, and my parents and children were looking forward to it, and they all seemed to be curious about the new play. Personally, I am more inclined to suspenseful and reasoning film and television works.
After a hard week at work, I just wanted to find such a masterpiece and watch it comfortably at home for a night.
Seeing that I was still hesitating, my wife hurriedly added: "I heard that this drama is about a female policeman and a male expert teaming up to track down the ghosts in the undercover agent, and I guarantee that you will be addicted after watching the second episode!" When I heard the key words "suspense" and "undercover", my eyes lit up.
Such a wonderful storyline seems to meet my nervous needs after work.
So, in the heated discussion and anticipation of the family, I decided to give this new drama with a good reputation a chance. After all, as a member of the family, I also need to be considerate of their interests.
My family and I happily began to catch up on this well-received period drama "Thrush". The first few episodes really lived up to expectations, and the plot reversals were frequent, which was simply addictive.
Whenever the story reaches its climax, I can't help but stare intently at the screen for fear of missing a single detail.
"It's so exciting, this sense of rhythm!" When the hero and heroine finally caught the spy after some twists and turns, I slapped my thigh excitedly and praised my wife. The wife nodded her head in approval, but soon frowned again.
I took a closer look and found that the makeup and hairstyle of the actress Pang Hongmei were indeed very different from this era. With a slightly stiff face, the whole person looks like a second-hand robot.
Even the tone and intonation of the speech are strange, and if you listen closely, it turns out to be dubbing...... This discovery made me a little discouraged, it turned out that the details of this hit drama were handled so roughly, and I was really disappointed.
"That's not true!" Mother also chimed in. A strong sense of disobedience rose in my heart. How could such shoddy details be able to hold back those trick-like plot reversals? I felt as if I had fallen from a high altitude to the bottom, and I couldn't help but secretly regret the high praise just now.
The abnormality of the heroine's acting skills made me a little difficult to accept, so I turned my attention to the performance of the actor Liu Xueyi. I admired him before, and he has been honed in costume dramas for many years, and his acting skills are remarkable.
Unexpectedly, in this modern drama, his performance was so mediocre that it was outrageous.
Once, the male and female protagonists parted ways after a big quarrel because of a disagreement. I was in a worried mood and wanted to see how Liu Xueyi would express the pain and contradictions in the male protagonist's heart.
As a result, the moment he rushed out of the door, the mixed feelings of surprise, pain, disappointment, and despair all turned into a cliché frown. This limited expression of emotion made me cry and laugh, as if he had just left a boring company annual meeting.
"This expression management is too blunt, like selling insurance!" Once again, the wife mocked mercilessly. I can't help but cover my face, Liu Xueyi can't help but take this drama too seriously.
His attitude makes people wonder if he takes off the packaging of ancient costumes, and his strength is only that.
I was disappointed by this realization. I thought I could see the wonderful acting duel between the male and female protagonists, but the scenes of the male protagonists were simply unwatchable. Liu Xueyi's performance undoubtedly made this already rough drama even worse.
I couldn't help but regret it and wanted to find an opportunity to get out of this farce.
Just as I was about to turn off the TV and leave, another supporting actress, Kong Lin, appeared in the center of the screen. She played Director Zhang, who was originally a strong woman in the fifties and sixties, and is said to have played a pivotal role in the case of breaking the enemy's internal ghosts.
I had high expectations for this role, but I didn't expect her performance to disappoint me again.
"Why did your hair look like this, it doesn't have a sense of the times at all!" The mother complained dissatisfiedly. I looked closely, and it turned out that Kong Lin was still wearing her signature short hairstyle.
With heavy makeup, she is a modern version of a strong woman. This kind of styling is simply funny in the background of sixty or seventy years ago.
I still remember that Kong Lin used to have the same hairstyle in many dramas, but I didn't expect that she has no transformation ability now. doesn't match the style of this crew at all, as if he is deliberately cueing people.
Watching her stiff performance again, I only felt a certain helplessness and embarrassment.
Just as I was about to turn off the TV, Shi Yufei's He Xiwen didn't surprise me.
I was about to turn off the TV, when suddenly a figure caught my attention - this person was Bai Minghan, who was exposed as a spy in the play, played by Ding Yongdai. At first, I was still laughing at the screenwriter's nonsense, how could there be such an important spy character to appear.
But soon I was impressed by Ding Yongdai's realistic and vivid performance.
Through the rich facial expressions and body language, I saw an image of a villain who is extremely complex in his heart and deep in the city. Between Ding Yongdai's subtle expression changes, the hidden gloom and madness made me shudder.
With such a difficult villain, it is easy to slip into extremes and drama. But he grasped it just right, without reducing the momentum that the villain should have, and at the same time enriching the three-dimensional sense of the characters.
"The acting skills are so good, it has improved this bad drama a lot!" The wife praised from the bottom of her heart. I couldn't help but be attracted to my attention - I can make people forget that he is a spy who makes up nonsense to promote the plot, which is the proof of Ding Yongdai's acting skills.
I even looked forward to the showdown between Bai Minghan and the policewoman Hua Pang Hongmei.
Ding Yongdai managed to stand out in the marginal supporting roles and became the "savior" who rekindled my hope. I decided to keep chasing it just to see what kind of amazing performance he would bring to this lackluster show.
When I finally finished chasing this bad drama with a worrying reputation, my wife couldn't help but sigh: "It's really hard for those actors who performed well, obviously their part is the only commendable highlight in this play."
I nodded heavily when I heard this, and a sigh rose in my heart.
should be the core characters of this drama, but the performances of Pang Hongmei and Liu Xueyi are bland. I thought they would be a guarantee of a great show, but everyone was watching the rescue.
This makes me wonder if I rely too much on the external packaging of certain actors, and ignore the importance of acting.
Like Kong Lin and Shi Yufei, due to various reasons, it is difficult for the performance to arouse any surprises. They can probably only stay in the personality and external conditions to please the audience.
And once that layer of packaging fades, whether the acting skills inside are good or not will become the key to restricting their growth.
In contrast, Ding Yongdai's performance made my eyes shine. He just played a small supporting role set up to promote the plot, but with his solid acting skills, he mastered the most complex characters in the whole story.
This kind of strength is the magic weapon for actors to stand in the position of superstars. It is like a bright light that shines brightly even in the dark.
I finally realized the typical meaning of the sentence "There is a reason why some actors are not popular". Excellent performance is the capital of actors, and this will also be the only way for them to succeed in the film and television industry.