In the past two years, under the strong empowerment of "her" power, modern urban dramas relying on the growth of women have increasingly become "fragrant food" in domestic realistic theme works. Different from previous plays, this type of urban drama is no longer stuck in the short and deceitful between parents, and the content is more inclined to be diversified and vertical. It not only directly hits the audience's pain points by in-depth discussion of women's self-awakening and growth, but also aims at the current situation of young people's "living and meaningful" life and work, thus arousing strong resonance among a large number of audiences.
"My Pretty Friend", which began airing on May 14, is through the perspective of women, around the "beautiful look is not as good as living beautiful", telling a story about the blood struggle of post-adolescence, so it won its own place in the repertoire that began broadcasting at the same time.
The drama is adapted from Chen Guo's best-selling novel of the same name, co-produced by Penguin Film and Television, Yue kai Film and Television, and Bige Pictures, with Fang Fang and Jia Shikai as the chief producers, Teng Huatao as the producer, Wang Wei as the director, Zhang Tianai and Xu Kaicheng starring, Gao Zhiting starring, Li Muchen, Niu Zifan, Yang Tingdong, Sheng Langxi starring, telling the story of the country girl Liu Wenjing (Zhang Tianai) alone to Shanghai to work hard, with the help of friends such as Xin Tianming (Xu Kaicheng), Yan Liangkun (Gao Zhiting), etc. While harvesting friendship and love, it is an inspirational story that eventually breaks through the cocoon and moves towards success.
Focus on the reality of youth, and use empathy to trigger social thinking
First of all, I want to talk about some of the social topics involved in "My Beautiful Friend". Although it is a female growth drama that revolves around the "upgrading and fighting monsters" of the workplace white, "My Beautiful Friend" does not levitate. From the content level, the work is more focused on the present, with the sampling section of the processing form, projecting the real situation of women in the workplace. It can be said that among many highly resonant social topics, the play effectively avoids the homogenization of the same theme and truly triggers social thinking with empathy.
On the night of the opening broadcast, the topic #Whether there is a result in the love of family disparity # The discussion heat remained high. It turned out that the village girl Liu Wenjing fell in love with the ultimate "ma bao male" Yan Liangkun, and Yan Liangkun's mother did not look up to Liu Wenjing's origin, so she liked to find stubble everywhere. Liu Wenjing had to disguise herself as a perfect person to try to please her, and after being discovered, she still could not escape the tragedy of being broken up. In just a few minutes of fragments, the serious proposition hidden behind it - "whether love needs to be door-to-door" is about to come out.
If liu Wenjing's experience is the torture of the soul of her origin, then it is even more ironic that "Bai Fumei" Wei Wei protected her subordinates but was "anti-general and one army". In the ninth episode, Xiao Wang encountered sexual harassment in the workplace, Wei Wei wanted to help her get justice, in the end it was a good intention to do bad things, and finally was told that the annual leave was not to say, and even her own work was going to be taken over by Xiao Wang.
This is not the end, one of the three sisters' flowers, outrageous experience to describe in one sentence, that is, "people sit at home, the pot comes from heaven". The flowers that thought they had found true love had inexplicably become the "little three" in other people.2 In the face of the original partner's aggressiveness, the result can only use a strong attitude to hide her inner disappointment and panic.
"My Pretty Friend" presents social hot topics to ordinary audiences, including how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace, which is more important in appearance and effort, the impact of the original family on a person, etc., and the positive discussion of the protagonists' pain points such as marriage, workplace, and family, and each discussion and discovery are to the point. What these attractive women represent is actually another "me" in the world. Almost every woman who seeks in her work and struggles in life can find mirrors in Liu Wenjing, Hua Hua, and Wei Wei. It can be said that while this drama has aroused strong resonance, it has also provided a solution to the problem for thousands of women in reality in their work and life.
Under the power of "she", the polyamorous emotional relationship side reflects the growth of the character
Driven by the "she" economy, the survival and destiny of women have increasingly become the focus of real-time attention in today's society. Reflected in film and television works, it is the real-time hot female growth dramas related to women's self-awakening and growth, the interpretation of intimate relationships, and whether sister-brother love is feasible, which have sprung up like mushrooms.
As an urban drama that highlights the growth of contemporary women, "My Pretty Friend" is based on the atmosphere of the times and real life, which not only retains the uniqueness of different women from the inside out, but also vividly depicts the attitude of contemporary women who dare to face their own lives.
Liu Wenjing went to Shanghai alone to work hard, every day after coming here, she is working hard, either to sell alcohol in bars, or to disguise herself as a different identity to "rub lessons" in educational institutions; Wei Wei, as a real White Rich Beauty, only wants to do a good job, the front foot is forced to take annual leave, and the back foot helps the family talk about business; Hua Hua leaves the leadership when she leaves, knows how to stop losses in time, etc. In terms of character setting, "My Beautiful Friend" breaks the perfection, both realism and innovation.
More than just characterization, another highlight of "My Pretty Friend" is the "emphasis" of the narrative perspective. The whole drama is no longer stuck to the common black-and-white relationship or love-hate entanglement of urban themes, but deepens the grasp of multi-angle emotional relationships.
To expand, "My Beautiful Friend" takes the heroine Liu Wenjing as the axis, in love, she has the affectionate protection of the non-cannibal fireworks, the academic theory practitioner Xin Tianming, the "non-sheep do not marry", the good male material Yan Liangkun's care at home, the domineering pursuit of Ye Hui, who is rich and handsome without a word; in friendship, there is a heart of straight talk, a small cute flower in the city of righteousness, the aura is shaking, and the female strength is synonymous with Xu Wei' two girlfriends; in terms of family affection, parents have always favored sons over daughters. As a result, Liu Wenjing only finished junior high school, and was also arranged for marriage... In the play, these young people with different family backgrounds and growth environments, although in love, friendship and family affection, everyone has made different choices, they refuse to be defined, convinced that only from the inside out gorgeous transformation, can make them more confident.
In other words, from the life of "chicken feathers in one place" to the increasingly inward-looking workplace, everyone is tested every minute and every second, but they are still willing to pluck up the courage and compete with the world with great interest. Everyone has a complete character growth arc that is worth looking forward to.
Tearing off the "mask" and looking beautiful is not as good as living beautifully
The urban inspirational love drama "My Beautiful Friend" starts from the growth of women themselves and shows the self-reliance and self-improvement of struggling women from a unique perspective. While restoring the real life of young people, the drama advocates a new attitude of vigorous and positive energy life - it is better to look beautiful than to live beautifully, which gives the audience great spiritual encouragement, and is also a breakthrough in intention and pokes people's hearts.
"Cinderella" Liu Wenjing, as his name suggests, is born with a good skin bag but does not know it. From a remote rural area to a bustling metropolis to work hard, I wanted to seize every opportunity in my life with extraordinary efforts and gain a firm foothold in Shanghai. Who expected that because of their beauty, they were frequently framed and misunderstood, and on the other hand, they were often treated coldly. Either too good to be brought into the police station, or the speed of performance improvement was questioned by the boss about the unknown source, or before losing her job, she also experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, etc. The "beautiful" workplace troubles that happened to Liu Wenjing were rare in past film and television dramas.
Girls have to rely on their own strength and live to become a sparkling queen. Liu Wenjing's experience tells us that to break the prejudice of others against you, you must first make yourself better and firmly control your destiny in your own hands.
Looking at other people, Xin Tianming was questioned by his father all day long, hanging Er Lang Dang, but also mean to let others call him "professor", Ye Hui repeatedly stressed that no matter how hard he tried, people think that everything in his hand is inherited, Hua Hua was told by his mother that his face was earned by himself, not given by his parents... Everyone in "My Beautiful Friend", tearing off the "beautiful" mask, facing ambition and desire, vowing to live a wonderful life of their own.
You know, reality and ideals are not contradictory, but mirror each other. Each story in the play focuses on trivial life, without excessive trafficking in anxiety and gimmicks, aiming to convey a firm and powerful positive force.
epilogue
May you have love in your heart and light in your eyes, and live as you want. Please also look forward to the next update of "My Beautiful Friend", what kind of growth process the beautiful girl Liu Wenjing will experience, so that she can successfully cross the thorns and shine!