A few days ago, "Sauce Garden Lane" released new stills.
Zhan Zhou, played by Zhang Ziyi, showed his true face for the first time.
The image of the vengeful "evil girl" who kills her husband and divides the corpse is about to come out.
The movie that was criticized earlier has made many people look forward to it.
Coincidentally, in a CCTV hit national drama, "Xiao Zhang Ziyi" Tong Yao also broke the scale to appear in a husband-killing scene.
It is called "Sauce Garden Lane Meal Replacement" by netizens.
There are a lot of highlights of this drama.
"Touch porcelain" N masterpieces in one go.
"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"
"Childhood Shadow Version of "Don't Talk to Strangers"
"More brutal than Dark Glory"
"The Long Season 2.0"
The popularity is not low, and the ratings are the first at the start of the broadcast.
There is also no shortage of controversy.
What's going on with this show?
Today, Uncle Yu inspected the goods for everyone-
"Faint Fire"
At first glance at this drama, the scale is indeed not small.
Just the direction of the plot brings together all kinds of issues that will blow up at one point.
The heroine Nanya played by Tong Yao combines the plight of women.
She was assaulted by her stepbrother at the age of 17.
Instead of receiving the protection of his father, he was forced to drop out of school on the grounds of fame.
After that, he first fell into a suspected case of murder.
Suspected of killing an incompetent father and a perverted stepbrother.
Later, he fell into a bloody triangle.
A rich boyfriend who snatched his best friend.
After getting married, she was subjected to domestic violence by her husband.
During pregnancy, she was kicked in the stomach and gave birth to a child with congenital dysplasia.
But instead of receiving sympathy from the people, they were slandered for no reason.
Just because of the appearance and dress, I was humiliated by a slut and made a pornographic rumor.
She wanted a divorce, but was thwarted by her husband's unscrupulous means.
Custody cannot be obtained through normal channels.
What's more, her daughter's illness requires high treatment costs, and she alone cannot afford it.
Later, one day, a murder occurred in the local area.
Nanya's husband was killed at home, stabbed twice and killed instantly.
And Nanya took the initiative to turn herself in.
The suspicion is that this is a well-planned murder case?
Or, as she said, an accidental death caused by justifiable self-defense?
During the investigation, the police discovered another secret of her-
A forbidden love affair under the year.
Nanya actually had an affair with a high school student.
In one tape, the boy openly confides in his love.
Behind this, there is actually a story about fate and redemption.
Seeing this, I don't know if aquarists feel the same way.
I always feel like I've seen this plot somewhere.
The whole story is very in line with the stereotyped imagination, and the shadows of various works can be seen.
In the play, Nanya is a legendary woman in Qingshui Town.
Her beauty became the original sin, which was coveted by men and jealous by women.
In one of the scenes, from the perspective of a teenager, I watched how others looked sideways and whispered when Nanya walked through the streets.
It's hard not to think of The Beautiful Legend of Sicily.
A teenager who is ignorant of the world was also provoked by her desire for youth.
After swimming with friends, he lay on the bank of the river.
I think about Nanya's bare skin.
It reminds people of "Sunny Day".
The narrative direction of the suspense part of the play is like "White Night Walking".
The darkness of society and the indifference of human nature make it difficult for Nanya to extricate herself.
She can only go down the path of crime completely, instinctively seeking redemption.
After fantasizing about walking through the night, one day walking side by side in the sun with your loved ones.
There is also the suffocating original family, the terrible domestic violence man, and his girlfriends from being like glue to becoming enemies because of men......
I've seen it too many times.
Naturally, similarity is not a problem.
These topics are everywhere in life, and they deserve to be talked about repeatedly.
The biggest problem is that these characters and plots can't build a believable world for people to substitute for them.
For example, in the play, Nanya was hated by the whole town just because she was good-looking.
People saw that she was subjected to serious domestic violence, but most of them thought that she deserved it.
Nanya went out to buy vegetables, and everyone around her had to gather around to chew the root of her tongue, and she deliberately let her hear it.
It seems that only a few protagonists in the town will sympathize with her, understand her, and be willing to help her.
Combined with the background in the play, this is obviously not logical.
The story takes place in the year 2000.
Qingshui Town is not a completely closed town.
There are college students who flew to Shanghai, and there are entrepreneurs who do big business.
High school students can go to Internet cafes to chat with people all over the world, and the male protagonist also watched the movie "Dead Poets Society" at home.
As more plots unfold and after getting to know the people in Qingshui Town in depth, you can find that most of them are sensible, not so conservative and ignorant.
Nanya's clothing store is located in the town, and business is not deserted.
There are also neighbors who help take care of sick children.
This all makes the scene on the street a contrived performance of inconsistencies.
Also, in the play, Nanya and her best friend snatch her boyfriend.
In fact, it was Nanya who was unilaterally pursued by her best friend's boyfriend.
She has an excellent relationship with her best friend and has never thought of stepping into it.
Girlfriends are also empathetic, and they are by no means people who value sex and ignore friends.
The misunderstanding is obviously easy to solve, and Nanya can tell her best friend as soon as she is harassed.
But in the play, Nanya is not picky.
As a result, her best friend's boyfriend became even more entangled.
After being broken by their best friend, the two accidentally really got together, causing a series of subsequent tragedies.
Over the years, Nanya has not had a word of explanation, silently endured the accusation of "robbing men" from outsiders, and broke off relations with her best friend.
This kind of plot arrangement is contradictory again.
It can be seen from other episodes that Nanya is not a submissive character.
On weekdays, when a woman says cool things, she will retaliate back.
When a man sexually harasses her, she will clearly reject it, and even if she is apologized afterwards, she will not forgive.
But the rumors of being a third party, even to her most trusted friends, she didn't respond, and let people believe it.
Similarly, her early image has always been sober and rational.
When a minor is violated, the first reaction is to call the police.
Her family couldn't be trusted, so she left home to work and earn money to stand on her own.
Her husband is abusive, and she plans to seek help from the Women's Federation and divorce as soon as possible.
But then he chose to fight against the water, manipulated others, and became a suspect in two major murders one after another.
It is understandable that what the play wants to show is that the cruelty of society forced her to embark on the road of crime.
It's just that this desperate sense of despair was not filmed at all.
She was subjected to domestic violence and usually only filmed the scene of a fierce fight.
The camera is focused on her scars and tears, and how the ghost of the domestic abuser is lingering and difficult to get rid of but not being able to see.
This is true throughout the show.
It is not like an internal entertainment idol drama, which is completely detached from reality.
It is a kind of suspension that piles up too many issues but cannot be self-consistent.
There are obviously so many social symptoms in the play, but people can't touch a little real individual experience.
And the actor's performance is not strong enough to save the twist of the script.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that many people question this drama.
The comment area of this drama is full of various "visions" from the audience.
The original author Jiu Yuexi has also been questioned about melting stalks.
Previously, the movie "Young You" adapted from her work also caused a lot of controversy during its release.
Similarly, the original work of "Faint Fire" has also been mired in infringement disputes.
The theory of plagiarism and melting stalks has not yet been conclusive.
But so far the discussion about this drama is outside the story, at least it shows the problem of the play itself.
The bold scale and issues are more just used as marketing points to cater to social sentiments, and fail to arouse more resonance and thinking.
But thinking about it this way, not to mention this work, this is clearly a common problem of domestic suspense dramas.
In the past two years, many domestic suspense dramas have a strong sense of routine.
Youth nostalgia + elegy of the times + women's dilemma.
The murder case opens, the middle is constantly reversed, and finally more secrets emerge, sublimated to the redemption of human nature.
Whether it is the creation of a sense of suspense or the depiction of realistic predicaments, they are quite barren and solidified.
It's like an AI-generated drama after being fed a large number of works of the same type.
In fact, frankly speaking, there has been an increase in domestic suspense dramas in recent years, and the overall production level is improving with the naked eye.
This drama also has commendable parts.
The most intuitive feeling is the beauty and texture of the picture.
The props and scenery can also be seen to have put a lot of thought into it.
However, this is even more regrettable.
Because the story itself is lackluster, no matter how beautifully crafted it is, it is just a castle in the air.
At a time when AI has begun to impact the film and television industry.
What we need is not beautifully packaged clichés, seemingly thoughtful social concerns.
It's the presence that really records our breathing.
It's not a concept of a bunch of labels.
It's a living, real and tangible "person".