In 2018, the Korean suspense drama "The Mist" turned out to be a success, and the female anchors who killed fiercely in the early stage and opened their aura attracted countless Chinese audiences, but the ending that was called a bad ending in the later stage also made most viewers resist korean suspense dramas.
In 2021, another Korean suspense drama appeared - "The Birth of Tragedy", as a suspense film adapted from the Japanese novel "The Tragedy of 1", in the case of already having a lot of fans of the original, the broadcast of "The Birth of Tragedy" has also received a lot of attention.
Like "The Mist", "The Birth of Tragedy" is also based on an anchor as the protagonist to unfold the story narrative, but the protagonists of the two dramas are gender-reversed, and the female anchor in "The Mist" becomes the male anchor in "The Birth of Tragedy", which is also the story of the anchor, the same suspense film theme, "The Birth of Tragedy" is also known as the sexual transformation of "The Mist".
And "The Mist" is different, "The Birth of Tragedy" just broadcast when the response is not as good as "The Mist", the plot is too brain-burning for many viewers is a problem, the first two episodes of the intricate plot makes many viewers confused, one by one "did not understand" crowded with bullet screens.
At the beginning of the play, the audience is shown the scene of Weng and his son-in-law hunting in the woods, directly announcing the antagonistic relationship between the two.
As a chaebol, his father-in-law wanted to support his son-in-law to ascend to the position of parliament, but the righteous son-in-law did not want to get involved in this pickled situation of political and business collusion, and hoped to use his profession to eliminate the corruption of this political and business collusion in the country.
It may seem like a struggle between justice and darkness, but it doesn't seem to be.
The plutocratic father-in-law interfered with the election of the parliamentarian was reported and exposed, and the son-in-law found the whistleblower to get more information, but the whistleblower did not do it from a righteous standpoint, but because he wanted to get money from the chaebol's father-in-law and son-in-law, in order to obtain a guarantee on both sides, the target was finally locked on the chaebol's grandson, that is, the son of the son-in-law.
The son-in-law ran for half an episode to prevent his son from being kidnapped, but in the end it was a reversal - the kidnapped person was not the son of the son-in-law, but the kidnapped child was still brutally killed.
At this point in the plot, it is normal for the audience not to understand it, which has already appeared a lot of doubts:
First of all, if the kidnapper found out that the kidnapped child was not the son of the son-in-law, why did he kill an innocent child?
Secondly, when the son-in-law received a call from the kidnapper, he once used the question to confirm with the kidnapper whether it was his son, and after confirming the information, he was ready to take money to ransom, obviously it has been confirmed, why does the child become someone else in the end?
Finally, it was the whistleblower who claimed to kidnap the son-in-law's son, but he had an alibi because he was being hunted down, who was the real kidnapper?
These problems are not solved in the first two episodes of the story, and the last one is also the core of the show, that is, who is the murderer of the child?
In fact, the previous episodes of the first and second episodes give some related characters, but because the character relationship line is more chaotic, which involves the interests of three families, it is more difficult to sort out.
At the beginning of the next three or four episodes, the character context will be clearer, and the identity of the suspect will also have some objects that can be suspected - the whistleblower, the sister or father of the dead child, or it may also be the father-in-law of the chaebol, and even the wife of the male protagonist.
From the current plot point of view, based on the novel "The Tragedy of 1", "The Birth of Tragedy" is still quite good in localization, and the story is narrated in the highest-class background of 1% of South Korea, involving the three circles of political and commercial media, and cleverly uses the relationship between media and politics and business to lead out the story line, which is very Korean.
In addition, the male protagonist's setting is really a surprise. When we chase dramas, we always like to distinguish between good people and bad people, but are there pure good people in the world? Or are there pure bad guys?
"The Birth of Tragedy" explains this truth to us very well.
The male protagonist, Bai Xiuxian, an anchor who firmly believes in himself, has been enthusiastically reporting negative news in society for many years, and he is more like a policeman than an anchor, lurking and catching.
In order to expose some of the ugly phenomena of society, he has been running on the road.
And home as his harbor, while loving his wife, he can also fight with his chaebol father-in-law for his own journalistic beliefs.
Is such a good person who loves his wife but does not love his brain, insists on his career, and has a very righteous belief? I believe that people who have watched "The Birth of Double Consciousness" can't say it firmly.
Because such a person with great positive energy also has his dark side.
Although Bai Xiuxian loved his wife in his heart, after his wife and children had a car accident, he hooked up with his wife lying on the hospital bed on his back and his juniors, comforted in front of his wife one second, and climbed into the bed of the junior female anchor in the next second.
In contrast, his insistence on his career beliefs seemed more like redemption for himself, as he said to himself: "I have long begun to fall." ”
Obviously, such a character may want to convey to the audience a thought: no one is perfect.
Compared with some Korean idol drama male protagonists who seem to have no shortcomings, "The Birth of Tragedy" is obviously closer to reality, and such a male protagonist image can also be more distinct.
Such a deep character, without a certain strength of the actor can not play. Therefore, the use of Chi Zhenxi in casting is also very appropriate.
On the one hand, after more than 20 years in the industry, Chi Zhenxi can be said to be the old drama bone in South Korea, starting from the "Great Changjin" that spread across Asia in 2003, Chi Zhenxi has gained popularity in the acting industry eighteen years later, and then in subsequent works, the performance is also praised, so it is effortless to control the character of Bai Xiuxian.
On the other hand, Chi Zhenxi is also the husband of the female anchor in "The Mist", and this time he will play the role of the anchor, which is easy for the audience to link up and give people a sense of surprise.
In addition to Chi Zhenxi, there are also actors with considerable acting skills such as An Neixiang and Qianhuzhen, and the whole drama looks like a feast of a group of drama bones.
Each character, each plot can make people pay attention, which is also an advantage of suspense dramas, although the plot is brain-burning, it is also easy to bring the audience into the plot, follow the rhythm, think together, so that the audience automatically integrates into it.
Of course, this drama is not without shortcomings, although the female second acting skills are good, but because the face medical beauty is too much, a face looks slightly unnatural, especially the forehead that is too prominent is more likely to attract the attention of the public, so that it is inevitable that it is easy to play.
But overall, it is still a suspense drama that is more worth watching, although there is "Mist" in front, but the suspense and division of the whole drama are set in place, and the multiple reversals of the premiere also make people interested in watching. Compared to the 8.0 rating of "The Mist", the score of "The Birth of Tragedy" 6.4 is indeed a bit low.
But it is undeniable that the reason for the low rating of most people may be that they do not understand, in order to increase the sense of suspense, the screenwriter has increased the number of suspects in the original novel, and the plot has become more complicated, plus the early shooting is indeed somewhat chaotic, and this rating is easy to be low.
However, I believe that with the advancement of the plot, the rating may be improved later.