This American drama tried to attract the audience with X-love shots that transcended the conventional scale, but failed to get the desired response. This may be because, in addition to the dramatic expression of eroticism, it narrates a depressing and boring real life that we dare not look at directly, just like the cold and clean white walls of a hospital, which can't help but breathe.
说你爱我 Tell Me You Love Me (2007)
The play presents four pairs of men and women facing their own relationship problems. They love each other, but without the involvement of a third party, intense conflict and thrilling adventure, the plot lacks elements that can rescue them from their tangled anxieties. It makes people have to face up to the reality and challenges in love.
Analysing the relationships of the four couples, it is not difficult to see that they are all experiencing disputes about fertility, sexuality, and love commitment. Questions about children, sexuality, and the fulfillment of love seem to be the most prominent sticking points at all stages of life.
Our love changes with age and experience. When you are young, you are too concerned about the gains and losses of your relationship, for fear of falling into the disadvantage of emotional inequality, and when you are no longer young, you begin to worry about whether your attraction to your partner is still there. Even in front of a psychiatrist, there may be a dilemma of not being able to directly express the loss of love.
In a seemingly balanced life, couples may show rifts in their marital life due to fertility problems and frequent relocation of living places. From busy and boring work, to subtle shifts in attitudes on both sides, they struggle to get to know and understand each other. But when the pressure of fertility manifests, these cracks are like obvious cracks in the white walls of a perfect apartment, and they can't be ignored.
We must realize that all of this belongs to love. Expand your horizons and look down, and then look down and reflect on whether we have similar problems in our daily lives, whether we ignore them, or ponder them, whether we find a corner to sit down and think deeply.
What really deserves attention about the series is not the flesh it reveals, but the emotions it reveals. The performances of the actors are amazing and realistic, and it seems that the relationship between the couples in the play is a true portrayal of their daily lives. The camera is like a bystander, watching coldly, focusing on capturing the expressions on their faces. This is a drama suitable for couples to watch together and feel the true meaning of life together.
Although it has been commented that the show attracts viewers through large-scale images, after watching it, you will find that the focus of the series is to show the subtle changes that sexuality represents in the relationship between men and women. Sex has different meanings for different couples, and even within the same marriage, it varies for husbands and wives. For the four couples, the state of life aroused a lot of interest in the audience. The actors interpret the roles vividly, and the whole series has a documentary style, with a leisurely rhythm that avoids too much dramatic conflict and hypocrisy.
The play was eventually cut for a reason similar to "Lucky Louie", which was too bold and challenged certain moral standards. However, the scale between too straightforward and realistic performance is indeed difficult to grasp.