Kominsky stills
Before recommending, let's take a look at the screenwriter of this film, the famous genius screenwriter - Chuck Lowry, who has concocted many classic American dramas such as "The Big Bang Theory", "Two and a Half Good Men", "Need for a Mother" and so on.
Let's look at the two main actors:
Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1976 as a producer of Flying Over the Madhouse, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1987 for Wall Street.
There are too many works, even if you are not familiar with the early American dramas, the once popular "Instinct" has always seen or heard of it, right? The handsome detective "Nick" in it is played by Michael Douglas.
Stills from the movie Instinct
Let's look at another starring actor, Alan Akin.
Famous American directors, famous actors, too many works, too many awards, just say one award that everyone knows:
The 79th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, participated in the movie "Little Miss Sunshine".
79th Best Supporting Actor Alan Akin, Source: Baidu Encyclopedia
The show's two directors, Andy Tennate and Beth McCarthy-Miller, are men and women, and they're not tired, but I don't know much about them, so I won't go into detail.
"The Kominsky Theory" has received good reviews since its launch in 2018, and the series, actors Michael Douglas and Alan Akin have all been nominated for Golden Globes, Emmy Awards, and won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Album.
The show premiered in the United States on November 16, 2018, when Michael Douglas was 75 years old, Alan Arkin was 85 years old, and Nancy Travis, who still had the charm of the show, was 58 years old.
Stills from "The Kominsky Theory"
If there is one word to describe the show, I think the word "real" is the most appropriate.
The reason why it is real is because of the joint performance of the two old film emperors and old drama bones, and more importantly, the setting of the character identity.
In the play, Two elderly "old men" Sandy and Norman, played by Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, have been friends for decades, the former was a popular Hollywood movie star when he was young and now teaches students to perform in his own "Kominsky" studio; the latter, who was a hot gold broker when he was young, has now taken a back seat and is a behind-the-scenes boss for a brokerage company.
The two old people are acting out themselves, the story is also their own side of the trivial, chores, for a lifetime of others, good at presenting to the world in a variety of different ways of the old drama bones, this kind of story does not need a fixed script, does not need fixed lines, as long as the camera records their real life every day.
There is no ups and downs, no fierce contradictions and conflicts, and some are just the lives that every old man needs to experience:
Spouses die of illness, illness is rife, children are old, and they keep attending friends' funerals...
Lonely, lonely, talking to yourself, staring at the setting sun...
There is even an emotional crisis of old age, an economic crisis ...
Art comes from life and is higher than life, if you refine it and then return to the basics, return to life, then it can really penetrate the hearts of the people, let people laugh and unconsciously burst into tears.
authentic!
This is my first feeling after watching this play.
Life is like a play, drama is like life!
How to spend your life in old age? This is a question that everyone needs to answer.
"Kominsky's Theory" tells you the answer: live a "comedy"!
The crisis in the life of old age should be faced with wisdom and smiles, and the poisonous tongue of the "bastard" old friend is to bear the laughter and tears in life.
The eight-episode, thirty-minute shorts don't seem to leave too much of a lasting story, but the two small supporting characters in it are memorable to me.
The first character to impress was Norman's wife, Irene.
At the beginning of the series, the old man who endured a long illness died, and there are few positive shots in the whole play.
See how she treated her own funeral:
Write a funeral arrangement guide in advance, explain the material of the coffin, have a black female singer sing "Jam Girl", have a comedy performer as the host, have a cross-dresser sing, and even detailed to the funeral someone she likes and can talk, but preferably no more than 4-5 minutes...
In just a few minutes of confession, people feel her open-mindedness and freedom, her love for life, life and family.
Perhaps, this is the correct attitude of a wise old man to death.
Another impressive supporting character was an elderly waiter who staggered and delivered water from the end plate.
The appearance rate of "Old Dragon Suit" is extremely high, and his slow and clumsy actions bear many of the laughs in the play, but looking at the old guy who will fall to the ground at any time, can you really laugh?
Are the old people who should have been nurturing still running for their livelihood? What about children? What about pensions?
There is no hint in the play, but after watching it, he silently gives his answer in his heart:
I love the "great" profession of waiter and I love the atmosphere.
Here, I can see my old friends every day and never feel lonely!
This is my life, don't you admit I'm cool?
Cautious and sensitive, this is the heart that the elderly have been carefully hiding.
Sandy and Norman, two "old friends" and "old bastards" who take pleasure in mutual loss, their lives are a mess, but they have lived their own wonderful lives in a bad life.
In "Kominsky's Theory", love, family affection, and friendship are everywhere, clearly labeled as "comedy", but often make people cry.
The two "old naughty boys" in the play live as they please, making people not worry about them at all, because they understand the true meaning of life: calm and calm.
And --
Let go!
Tv dramas with the theme of the elderly are rare, and it is still a comedy, a rare and successful comedy!
The story has no beginning and no end, and there is no ups and downs of the plot, so it is not afraid of spoilers.
If you haven't seen it, it's highly recommended that you check it out.
If you have any feelings, you may wish to write down for everyone to encourage.