At the 2009 Golden Bell Awards, there was such a scene.
Zhou Yumin, who is also the male protagonist of "Ruffian Hero", competed with Zhao Youting for the award, and the result was unexpected, and the Emperor of Vision was awarded to the newcomer Zhao Youting, so that the originally popular Zhou Yumin laughed embarrassedly.
Afterwards, Zhou Yumin even wrote an article revealing that the results had already been leaked, pointing to the unfairness of the results.
People back then didn't understand.
Obviously, Zhou Yumin broke through the idol image of the once sad noble son, and the transformation was successful, why didn't he give him affirmation?
Is it really a lack of strength?
Or are people prejudiced against idol drama stars?
Unexpectedly. After more than ten years of such controversy, when we look back at the male protagonists of idol dramas in Taiwan, we will find that everything is different.
Ruan Jingtian of "Fate I Love You".
is being screened in the theater of "Pursuit", he plays the role of a sloppy black industry intermediary, and in "Removing the Three Evils Around the Week" at tomorrow night's awards ceremony, he plays Chen Guilin, who is even more frightening.
I want to see you".
The front foot "spins and jumps with my eyes closed" in "Ghost Family", and the back foot goes to "Hiding from the Sky and Crossing the Sea", showing a fierce look at Zhang Junning.
No one questions their "origins" anymore.
So what's going on?
Not only do people no longer look at these stars with the label of "traffic", but they also have expectations for their "acting skills".
And these idols.
Whether it is famous in the early years or just becoming popular, it seems that it does not even stay at the identity of "traffic" for a moment, but "transforms" at any time
Ultimately. It's not that they suddenly burst out of ambition.
But in the environment of Taiwanese dramas, they can't help but work hard.
Where is the male protagonist of the puppet now?
Do you remember the male protagonist of the puppet in those years?
Compared to the heroine.
The male protagonists in these idol dramas have a much higher probability of becoming popular.
For example:"Meteor Garden".
The pioneer of the prosperous era of Taiwanese puppets not only set an average of 6The super high ratings of 43 made many people remember the line "If the apology is useful, what do you want the police to do", and a large number of people became popular because of this.
Especially F4.
Yan Chengxu, Zhou Yumin, Zhu Xiaotian, Wu Jianhao, several newcomers who have just debuted with a drama immediately became popular all over the country.
To what extent?
In 2003 alone, F4 held 19 world tours, each with an audience of more than 30,000 people, and became the only Chinese group to be included in the power list of Forbes magazine.
Its brilliance is so great that there is no one else who has come since.
Why?One of the reasons is that the puppets of the year would start from a female perspective, so the male protagonists they created often met women's all-round imagination of men from appearance to values.
Take "boss" as an example.
That's right, in the past two years, "Mr. Ba" has become popular again, and many similar dramas have appeared.
For example, in "Camp with Love", the president who is cool and handsome in suits and leather shoes from various death angles.
Or in "Fireworks in My World" and "Homecoming", the male protagonist who always shows handsome movements from time to time when performing tasks.
It seems that the word "boss" means that this person has an arrogant temperament and is always commanding others.
But is that really the case?
The originator of the hegemony","The Prince Becomes a Frog".
At that time, Ming Dao played the roles of the cold and domineering president Shan Junhao and the amnesiac prince in distress, which was almost textbook-level, and what we saw was that the "boss" was not arrogant, but empathy.
That's right, he's also very "domineering", and we still remember his trademark cuff maneuver clearly.
But if you look closely.
You will find that when you give instructions to your subordinates, you will consider that it is too late, and you will be polite when you say that you are embarrassed to wake you up, or when you treat strangers.
Not "greasy" at all.
Such an affectionate male protagonist who only appears when the female protagonist needs it is undoubtedly easier to win the favor of female audiences.
Including William Li in "Green Light Forest".
Will keep his promise.,As soon as you come back, you confess to the girl you liked since you were a child (although you got the wrong person at first.)。
Naoki E, a cold school bully in "Mischievous Kiss".
No matter how indifferent you are to the heroine, it is to let the heroine grow up in the workplace as soon as possible.
Next stop, Ren Guangxi, who turned from a gangster to a justice lawyer in "Happiness".
In court, fight for the rights and interests of the sexually harassed heroine.
In "Fate I Love You", Ji Cunxi, who made dreams for the heroine.
After seeing the heroine being split, she changed her style to fight back against the scumbag.
Zhong Tianqi in "The Star of the Sheep".
is willing to give up the identity of the rich second generation for the heroine.
The stinky fart singer He Qun in "Smile Pepsi".
fell into a creative low ebb, was moved by the heroine's "turtle" spirit, and regained his desire to create.
So in those years, F4, Ming Dao, Feilun Hai, Ruan Jingtian, He Junxiang, Xu Shaoyang, Zheng Yuanchang, Guo Pinchao, Li William ......Generations continue the glory of the puppet.
But. Suddenly, everything changed.
In 2011, after Chen Bolin became popular with "I May Not Love You", we suddenly found that it was rare to see any male actors become popular because of their dolls.
See these names again.
They also seem to have changed their appearances.
met Zhou Yumin in "Reverse Game".
He plays a lawyer with a high IQ, but he is in prison for being framed**.
showcased his acting prowess.
met Zheng Yuanchang in "In My Life".
He plays the adopted second brother, whether as a son, husband or father, he is the ideal image in everyone's minds.
You can feel the sense of relaxation in him that he has let go of the burden of idols.
When the light of those idols is gone, they finally return to become actors.
So. Why is this happening?
Taiwanese dramas have changed dramatically
I have to mention the "The Legend of Zhen Huan" incident.
In 2012, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast on Taiwan's mainstream TV station China Television, and immediately refreshed the ratings record of the eight-o'clock file, which not only made Taiwanese people shout that they couldn't shoot such dramas, but also made the ratings of non-Taiwan provincial dramas soar from the previous highest 27% all the way to 35%.
And after that. On the one hand, because people such as Chai Zhiping and Chen Qiaoen all went to the mainland to make films, resulting in the outflow of Taiwanese talents, on the other hand, mainland dramas continued to be exported, such as in 2015, "The Legend of Wu Meiniang", which cost 300 million yuan to produce, once became Taiwan's annual ratings champion.
Taiwan's TV drama industry has since fallen into a trough.
What to do?Continue to shoot those idol dramas with little love?In fact, no one has watched such dramas, which is also the reason why we have not heard the movement of Taiwanese dramas for a long time.
No way. So in 2014, they started the "self-help plan":
For example, Q Place.
According to Phoenix Entertainment, the performance training platform "Q Place" is led by Taiwanese director Wang Xiaodi, and gathers 8 directors and different actors, including Cai Mingliang, Chen Yuxun, and Xu Jiehui.
Q Place offers not only courses to train new actors to perform, but also "on-the-job training" that is "customized".
Two years later. Wang Xiaodi and well-known screenwriters invited Admiralty actresses Rainie Yang and Wu Kangren to join in the way of "bringing the old with the new", and created innovative dramas with powerful new actors from Q Palce.
Among the 24 powerful actors, the most out-of-the-circle is Xu Guanghan, who became a popular actor through Li Ziwei in "I Want to See You" in 2020.
Besides. There are also Xie Yingxuan in "Who Fell in Love with Him First", "The Cultivation of a Vulgar Girl", Chen Yu in "The Distance Between Us and Evil", Liu Guanting in "The Sun is Blowing", Sun Kefang in "Lonely Taste", etc., are all new actors who have grown up in this training mode.
solved the internal troubles, and Taiwanese dramas also began to cooperate with the outside world.
In 2016, Taiwan Public Television and HBO Asia cooperated for the first time "Psychic Girl", which was HBO's first all-Chinese TV series, and broke the ratings record of "Ruffian Hero" for seven years as soon as it was broadcast.
In 2018, Taiwan Public Television cooperated with Netflix on "Your Child Is Not Your Child".
In 2019, Taiwan Public Television cooperated with HBO Asia on "The Distance Between Us and Evil".
The foreign ** platform not only brought financial support, but also brought the industrialization process of American drama production.
For example, the first episode 15-2 times the production cost of subsequent episodes, tipping points that have to appear in 15 minutes per episode, suspense at the end of each episode, etc., use this as a standard to create a hit drama.
And the bigger change is.
These TV series no longer use love as the main element, but are more concerned about the situation of modern people.
For example, "The Distance Between Us and Evil" is shown on the back of social news, the conflict between the mentally ill, the victim's family, and news production, and the good and evil of human nature.
For example, "Your Child Is Not Your Child" shows the tragedy of different parents' education in the form of a fantasy unit drama.
or "She and Her Her" uses the fragmented memory of the heroine being hurt when she was a child, leading the audience back to that time, facing the pain and revealing the truth.
Even if it is a Taiwanese drama dressed in love, it will be like "I Want to See You" to show the inner world of the protagonist with time and space clues, and expose school bullying and sexism;"Tu Li" gives the heroine the possibility of choosing different paths for her family and career, making the structure of the series more novel.
These Taiwanese dramas, which focus on the growth of ordinary people, social issues, and even ordinary family trivialities, have resonated with the public and have become high-reputation masterpieces of contemporary young people.
And in such a situation.
If an actor only knows how to play the affectionate boss, how can he survive?
They had to change.
Thereupon. Sir saw the first generation idol Zhou Yumin, who is more and more "like Tony Leung", and also saw the new top Xu Guanghan who can switch identities between idols and actors at any time.
They constantly break through their own safe zone.
Recently, Sir took a look at the list of Taiwanese dramas to be broadcast next year, and there are many highlights related to these Taiwanese puppet male protagonists.
For example, "We Are Not Kind Enough" with "Little Three" as the protagonist.
This is a new drama directed by Xu Yuting, the screenwriter of "Who Fell in Love with Him First" and "I May Not Love You", Ariel Lin plays the role of a junior in the play, and her rival Xu Weining seems to be friends and enemies.
He Junxiang and their many scenes wandered between **.
For example, "Middle-aged Human Sex Life" "Symbious Scattering".
Just looking at the sentence on the poster makes people think deeply, "There is no such thing as love, only the illusion of love." ”
Originally called "Marriage Scene", Ariel Lin and Yan Chengxu played a high-intellectual couple who have been married for 10 years, but with the passage of time, their form of getting along and their sex life remain unchanged.
and "The Distance Between Us and Evil 2", which everyone is looking forward to.
The cast has changed blood, Zhou Yumin, Xue Shiling, Yang Guimei, etc., but the core production staff such as director Lin Junyang and screenwriter Lu Yingyuan have not changed.
The screenwriter spent 4 years writing the script, covering public health, law, politics, psychiatry and other fields.
So the year ahead.
We will see a large number of Taiwanese dramas on people's livelihood topics, sex life topics, and women's topics, and the choice of themes is becoming more and more bold.
And the former puppet male protagonists.
It is foreseeable that their acting paths will be more diverse.
Why success?
Back to the beginning scene, the storm of the actor of "Ruffian Hero", in fact, if you think about it, you will feel that the audience's doubts back then were normal.
After all, in "Meteor Garden", what we see is not the acting skills of these actors, but the temperament of the actors themselves.
It is inherently difficult for popular actors to get rid of the label.
So here's the problem.
Why was Zhou Yumin able to transform successfully?Why was Ruan Jingtian able to transform successfully?Why was Chen Bolin able to transform successfully?Why?
Perhaps, before answering the "why", we need to look at another story.
The story of Mingdao.
In 2019, Mingdao participated in a program called "Actors, Please Be in Place".
After the first performance, he took the microphone and said a word to everyone:
This is my first play this year.
The audience was shocked.
used to be the first brother of the puppet, but now he has been reduced to the point where there is no drama to play?
Sir knows that many people want to say that it is clear that he still has the aura of idol dramas, and he can't play other roles.
Can. In the last performance of that show, we clearly saw that he completed the role of a barber well under the lens of Chen Kaige, saying that he had no acting skills, Sir would not admit it.
So why is this happening?
Looking at the records of Ming Dao's works, we will find that in the past ten years, he has been "making money" in the mainland.
From some costume productions, such as Yu Zheng's "The King's Woman", to some current puppets who follow the trend, such as "The Best Encounter" with Ying'er, over the years, he has continued to act in these 4-point and 5-point dramas.
Even this year, he has a "Love Around the Corner" broadcast, partnering Jiang Wenli, Douban 29。
Just ask. In such an environment, how can you prove your ability?
Yes, Sir feels that a large part of the male protagonists of Taiwanese puppets are actually capable of handling complex roles, in those idol dramas, they are not only vase images, they also need to substitute emotions through complex character interpretation, understand the situation of the heroine, and infect the audience.
And the ability to deal with complex roles in this way.
In the mainland idol dramas of those years, there is no need at all.
Coincidentally. This experience of Ming Dao, Ruan Jingtian, who was created according to the image of Ming Dao, has actually experienced it.
Although he relied on the popularity of "Fated I Love You" and won the actor with "Monga", the time when he returned to the mainland to film was also a mess.
"Fuyao" cooperated with Yang Mi scored 4 million people on Douban7；and Jackie Chan's "Detective Pu Songling" 38；and Song Zuer's "Heartbeat on the Tip of the Tongue" 45。
As for those works that flutter silently, there are countless of them.
Until recently. He moved to Taiwan and challenged his image, and finally filmed "Removing the Three Evils Around the World", which not only had a good reputation, but was once again named by Jinma.
So shouldn't you come to the mainland?
Not quite, to be exactIn fact, it shouldn't be utilitarian filming
People are easily affected by the environment.
When this environment is impetuous, you will also become impetuous, when this environment is pragmatic, you will also become pragmatic, and when you do utilitarian things in an impetuous environment, there is only one result:
Gradual self-consumption.
It's like the line in "Monga":
"Wherever the wind blows, the grass will fall, I used to think that it was the wind, but in the end, I was covered in bruises, and I realized that we were all just grass. ”
Ruan Jingtian also failed for many years before he understood this truth.
I found that in our industry, it is not beneficial to calculate everything. Who I worked with on this project and what kind of success I would have achieved in my past career have not been a lot of things in my career, but it is not necessarily about success, whether the result is good or bad, and the most important thing is whether it is worth it. I once acted in a movie that was only 100,000 Hong Kong dollars at the box office when it was released in Hong Kong, but I loved the filming process and the role, so after a few years, I still feel that time was meaningful.And the current Taiwanese drama does have a relatively positive creative environment.*: Twenty-two Island Lords, Dialogue |Ruan Jingtian and "Pursuit": Those shining pains and glory.
Under subjective and objective conditions, they now focus on only one point: social value.
So he was no longer impetuous.
Instead, it landed literally on the ground.
Meantime. When there are more TV dramas with social value, the audience is bound to be able to accept imperfect, more complex, and more socially discussed characters.
For example, the wanted criminal played by Ruan Jingtian in "Eliminating the Three Evils in the Week", the lesbian played by Ruby Lin in "At This Moment", and the junior played by Ariel Lin in "We Are Not Kind Enough".
No one questions their "three views" anymore and accuses them of their "original intention".
This is a positive cycle that is visible to the naked eye.
At last. Sir wants to end with a sentence that Wu Kangren ("Next Stop, Happiness"), who is also a puppet, said when he won the Golden Bell Award:
Creative Inspiration Center "You don't have to compare yourself to others, but don't let yourself go. "It's like being an actor.
This is even more true for making a drama.
Even if you work hard, you can't change anything in the end.
But at least. We can also see the glimmer of hope.
This article** is from the Internet.
Editorial Assistant: The second child of the Sakamoto family.