"Carnival Row", starring the handsome "Elf Prince" Orlando Bloom and the beautiful supermodel Carla Delevei, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 30, 2019.
The scale of this drama has reached the restricted level, and the two handsome men and beautiful women have contributed a lot of "wonderful battles" in the play, and what is even more exciting is that the two are still different races - humans and elves.
How, doesn't that sound exciting?
The show is set in a fantasy world where there are many mythical creatures such as humans, elves, goblins, and werewolves.
These creatures, known as "nomads", were forced to flee their homes in search of new places to live because of war and persecution.
The story takes place in a city called "The Burgue", where humans and nomads live together, but there are constant tensions and conflicts between the races.
1. Three major plot twists and turns
The first three to four episodes mainly revolve around "an interracial love story (the protagonist's affectionate entanglement with the elven heroine)" and "the protagonist's professional life (as an honest detective in Borg City, overcoming many difficulties and tracking down a series of mysterious murders)".
This piece of content is a little monotonous and can be a little boring, but as long as you stick to it, you will find that the show is actually very good.
Since the fifth episode, the main character, Philo, has begun to gradually uncover the intricate connections behind the case.
He discovers that the elven singers who were brutally murdered and had their livers taken were actually his mother;
The director of the orphanage is the one who helps him hide his half-elf identity;
And the doctor who performed the autopsy was the one who cut off his wings - every murder was directly linked to him.
So, is the murderer the one who wants his life, or his father who wants to hide the story of the "forbidden love between man and elf"?
As the plot progresses, the story gradually becomes engaging, reaching a small climax of the plot.
However, the truth is not as simple as the actor thinks.
The real murderer is not his father, who acts to cover up his past, but someone who always targets him.
All of this is closely related to the witch's prophecy that the Prime Minister's wife keeps mentioning at the beginning of the series - the Prime Minister's wife chooses a "hillbilly" as her husband because the witch prophesies that the country boy will achieve greatness and his son will surpass him.
Today, her husband is the prime minister of Borg City, a supreme ruler, while her son is an uneducated man.
When she accidentally discovers that her prime minister's husband actually has an illegitimate child, she begins to wonder if the "greater son" mentioned in the witch's prophecy is the illegitimate son.
In order to eliminate this potential threat, she uses the dark magic she learned from a witch to create a series of murders in order to find and eliminate the bastard.
As the plot nears the end of the first season, the audience thought that this would be the biggest climax of the season, but unexpectedly discovered that the mastermind behind all this was not the Prime Minister's wife, but a "little girl" who was overlooked by everyone - Sophie, the daughter of the leader of the Borg Opposition (a group that opposes the acceptance of foreign refugees).
The trigger for the whole incident was a "blackmail letter" she sent to the Prime Minister's wife, in which it was revealed that the illegitimate child between the Prime Minister and the elves was exposed.
Therefore, if the first climax of the "Dark Ash Monster" murder case is defined as the male protagonist Philo realizing that everything is closely related to his own background, the second climax is the discovery that the prime minister's wife, who seems to be "crazy for the prophecy", is the creator of the case, then the biggest climax is the discovery that the one who caused all this is actually a little girl who has been ignored by everyone.
2. Chaos is the ladder, and books are the source of wisdom
Why did Sophie trigger this chain of events?
That's because she knows "Chaos is a ladder" – chaos is a ladder, a quote from Game of Thrones for Little Finger.
She understands that only in the chaos can people who are otherwise unknown get the opportunity to climb up and thus seize power.
Sophie knows the power of chaos, so she creates them in the hope of profiting from them. (Sophie's words in the play are "Chaos creates opportunities.") - Chaos creates opportunities. ）
I originally thought that the biggest villain was the Prime Minister's wife, but in fact, this girl showed a "dark temperament" from the beginning.
She aspires to be a figure who can rewrite history, and she aspires to build a dynasty of her own.
So, what gave this young girl such grandiose ambitions?
And what made this noble lady, who was placed under house arrest by her father, have such unfathomable schemes?
The answer is reading!
Sophie makes her debut in the show, arguing with her father (the leader of the opposition) because she hears that universities are starting to admit girls, so she longs to go to college and follow in her father's footsteps when he was younger, but her father refuses her request to stay at home and study more.
Sophie replied angrily, "I have read all the books at home, twice!" - it can be seen that reading is the true source of her wisdom.
Another interesting premise in the show is that the male protagonist Philo is also a keen reader, and the elven heroine Venette was the administrator of the largest elf library when she was in the Elven Country.
At this point, we found that the three smartest and most capable characters in the play are all people who love to read.
3. The future fate of the main characters
With the end of the first season, the show has left a lot of suspense and thought-provoking plot developments.
How will the fate of the three main pairs of characters in the show unfold in the next season?
First up are the young heirs to power – the new Prime Minister Jonah, a bohemian gentleman, and the new opposition leader Sophie, a girl full of dark charm.
How will they use their power to govern the embattled Borg?
What kind of rebellion will their massive hunt and quarantine of aliens at the end of the first season provoke?
This was followed by the sheep-headed wealthy merchant who fled from the Borg and the noble lady of the Borg.
Their romance is discovered by the brother of the noble lady at the end of the first season, causing them to have to knock the brother unconscious and flee by boat.
How will their fortunes play out in Season 2? Will they return to Borg?
What will be the outcome of their "forbidden love", and will the sheep-headed man be a key player in the eventual upheaval of the turbulent Borg?
Finally, there are the heroes and heroines who are isolated in Carnival Street - Philo and Venette, who are of mixed human and elf blood.
How will they fight for their fate? will they escape the Borg and start a new life, as originally planned, or will they secretly rally alien forces against the Borg's apartheid and repressive policies?
四、THE END
The play also contains interracial love stories, such as the love between humans and elves, humans and sheepheads;
the issue of the actor's identity as a mixed-race child;
The elven homeland is occupied by humans, resulting in a large number of elves becoming refugees (which is somewhat reflective of real-world problems);
and the terrorist activities of the underground religious organization of the sheep-headed people, etc.
Although "Carnival Murder" is a fantasy drama, it deeply explores acute social contradictions.
At the same time, there is no shortage of large-scale plots and handsome male protagonists in the play, which is definitely worth watching.