The premiere of the new season of iQiyi's "Mist Theater" "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" ushered in the finale last night!
I have to say that the two episodes of 11 and 12 are very enjoyable! Xing Minshan and Wu Yue simply exploded in acting, and the husband and wife played by them, Ding Julie and Zhou Yamei, turned out to be the real murderers behind the deepest hiding in the play.
In particular, Ding Julie's women's dress, weird and terrifying, the picture of self-appreciation in the air raid shelter is not only the nightmare of his wife Zhou Yamei, but also makes many viewers shout and feel a chill behind their backs.
Ding Julie, the leader of the Kunqu Opera Troupe, is obsessed with Kunqu opera, is friendly to everyone, gentle and considerate to his wife, why is such a man a murderer?
All this also starts from Ding Julie's growth experience and original family.
Ding Julie had three older sisters, and he was the only son in the family, so he was initially extremely favored by his parents. However, as he grew up, he became obsessed with women's clothing, and even wore his sister's flower skirt in circles in front of his family, the sisters felt humiliated, and his father did not say anything to be a violent beating, Ding Julie lived in such a family full of violence and disgust. Ding Julie, who grew up in such an environment, was doomed not to have a normal life, and also pre-buried the tragedy for his subsequent life.
And Xuan Zhen and Zhu Shenghui, who ding julie personally killed, have one thing in common to some extent - they are deeply influenced by their original families and are spoiled children.
Kunju provides Ding Julie with a spiritual habitat in which he indulges.
At the beginning of the episode, Ding Julie teaches the female students to sing. In the final plot, he finally realized his dream, put on women's clothes again, sang a song "Peony Pavilion", and Zhou Yamei, who was full of tears in the audience, although she did not want to face her real husband, she understood her husband's heart.
Yes, if you want to understand Ding Julie's obsession with Xuanzhen, you must first understand "Peony Pavilion".
"Peony Pavilion" tells the story of Du Liniang's encounter with a scholar in a dream, and she went to Wushan in the Peony Pavilion, but when she woke up, she found that it was just a dream. However, because her love for Shusheng was too deep, Du Liniang ended up depressed. The judge discovered that Du Liniang and the scholar Liu Mengmei had a marriage relationship, so he allowed Du Liniang to return to the human world. Later, Liu Mengmei went to Beijing to pass by the Peony Pavilion and met Du Liniang's wandering soul, and the two saw each other as before. Liu Mengmei dug up Du Liniang's grave and let her be reborn. Later, Liu Mengmei went to Du Li's mother's house to propose to her, but was almost killed by Du Lao's wife as a goblin, and the two were taken by the emperor to determine the real body in front of the mirror of the demon, and finally joined hands. Therefore, "Peony Pavilion" is also known as "Returning the Soul".
Ding Julie said to Xuan Zhen: "The first time you walked into the Kun Opera Troupe, I saw you as myself" and "In fact, there are two souls living in my body."
The appearance of Xuanzhen has allowed Ding Julie's hidden female soul to be reborn, which corresponds to another name of "Peony Pavilion", "Returning the Soul".
Ding Julie enjoys her true self in transvestite, while his wife Zhou Yamei has since fallen into the abyss, she cried bitterly but did not want to give up her husband, she helped her husband to throw Xuanzhen's body into the river, full of hope that Ding Julie could return to the family. In order to protect Ding Julie, who "be himself", Zhou Yamei completely lost himself.
Here I have to say that Xing Minshan really interpreted Ding Julie's complex and strange interpretation of the three points into the wood, which made people feel afraid. The femininity of women, the obsession with Xuanzhen, and the satisfaction of returning to themselves are all reflected in Xing Minshan's smile, and the picture of him singing Kunqu opera and swaying his body to deliver food to Xuanzhen is really too suffocating.
Wu Yue's acting skills need not be said, she hides everything deep in her heart, the love and hatred for her husband are constantly intertwined and collided, her struggles and tormented pains are hidden in the surface of the light breeze, the more quiet it is, the more you can feel her collapse and helplessness.
Until watching the last episode, I understood the intention of "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" for the label of family suspense drama, everyone's present, there are traces of the past to follow, and the formation of every tragedy is closely related to the past experience.
Whether it is Xuanzhu, who is suffering from his original family, or Ding Julie, who is trapped in extreme behavior and cannot extricate himself, he needs correct guidance and self-guidance, Xuanzhu chooses to let go of the past and embrace his relatives, but Ding Julie's tragic life can no longer be repaired.
On the surface, "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" looks different from the previous series of works of the Mist Theater, but the core adheres to the theme of the Mist Theater - wrapping the sense of suspense in human nature, depicting different people from multiple angles, bringing emotional impact to the audience, borrowing, and then getting thinking. And the complex human nature, this time unfolds in a family that you and I are familiar with, presented in the interweaving of love and hate.
With suspense as the guide, the inside is the "Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog" that is a complex discussion of human nature, which can be watched in iQiyi, such a good drama, don't miss it!