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In 2023, domestic puppet dramas have not yet come out of a pair of "national CPs".
At the beginning of the year, the market had high hopes for this year's CP to be exploded. In the current puppet film list, there are the top IPs on the online text**, there are traffic actors who are in full swing, there are "emperors to be exploded" that have been long-awaited by netizens, and there are many "real couples" who are rumored on the Internet.
However, many current couples who are ready to explode through the CP sense have returned home in the scolding of the audience. Instead, there are Internet hot words such as "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil".
On the year-end awards on various platforms, "Di Xin Gravity" in "Canglan Decision", "Wu Lu Can Escape" in "Splendid Stars", Wang Hedi, Tian Xiwei and other ancient puppet CPs in "Da Feng Beat the Guard" frequently appeared on Weibo hot searches. In the midst of the excitement, only the domestic puppet CP in 2023 is missing.
So, why is there no pair of "national CPs" in the domestic puppet dramas in 2023?And "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil", why did they replace the sense of cp?
Why can't this cp "knock down"?
Knocking CP is essentially a kind of emotional compensation.
Chai Fangyuan, a doctor of psychology, told the entertainment studio that the audience knocks CP mainly out of four needs.
The first is to seek emotional resonance, that is, the audience can achieve resonance and satisfaction with deep emotions such as love and friendship through the interactive experience between charactersThe second is escapism. In the face of life's pressures and challenges, the audience may choose to immerse themselves in the idealized relationships of fictional characters for psychological comfortThe third is social belonging. Discussions and followers around CP provide viewers with a sense of belonging to a specific community;The fourth is idealized projection, that is, the audience projects the individual's expectations for the ideal relationship onto the characters in the play to achieve vicarious emotional satisfaction.
According to the "Survey Report on the Mentality of Girls in the Fan Circle" released by Funji, the single rate of CP fans surveyed is more than ninety percent, and the "maternal and fetal solo" even exceeds 4843% are higher than "currently single". When asked "what happiness does CP bring you", many respondents said that they are "happier than falling in love", which is "spiritual comfort" and "emotional sustenance", which can make them "physically and mentally happy" and "believe in love".
However, the emergence of "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil" means that the CP in film and television works not only makes it difficult for the audience to resonate and project, but even has a rebellious mentality.
Weibo blogger @ Language Command Center defines "sexual contraction" as: "the antonym of sexual tension, which gives people a feeling of no idea or even a little down." This term was originally popular in the movie "Burning Winter", which will be released in August 2023. In the movie, the famous scene of Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran, and Qu Chuxiao "relaying to eat ice cubes" seems to want to convey an ambiguous and fiery atmosphere, but it lacks beauty and sexual tension in the shot.
On December 1, the term "sexual evil" appeared on Weibo's hot search again. Some netizens once explained that "sexual evil" is even more terrifying than sexual contraction, so that it reaches the level of viciousness. This word is mostly used to describe domestic dramas, and the temperament of some actors is particularly weird and toxic. Under the topic, many netizens have nominated domestic drama clips with camera movement, lighting, makeup, and "vicious" appearance.
On the 12th and 19th, a platform announced the selection list of the "Leziren Film and Television Awards". Entertainment Studio found that most of the best CP lists nominated by netizens are from realistic themes such as "Hurricane" and "In the Octagon Cage" that do not rely on the sense of CP. In the list of the most difficult CPs, they are all ancient puppets and current puppets that rely on CP sense to bring fire, such as Song Yan Xu Qin in "Fireworks in My World", Ning Yuanzhou Ren Ruyi in "Yi Nian Guan Mountain", Shiyan Zheng Shuyi in "Love as the Camp" and so on.
As of 23 o'clock that night, in the selection of the most tense roles, the highest number of votes were Meng Yanchen in "Fireworks in My World" and Fu Weijun in "The Long Season". Among the most sexually restrictive roles, the top votes are still all idol drama male protagonists, such as Ning Yuanzhou in "Yinian Guan Mountain", Song Yan in "Fireworks in My World", and Yutai Ember in "Long Moon Embers".
Idol dramas, which are rich in CP feelings, have now become a hotbed of "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil".
Why did "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil" appear?
Why is it that in the domestic idol dramas that need the CP sense the most, they are full of "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil"?
Xie X psychology once analyzed that the core point of sexual tension lies in "relaxation", and a sense of relaxation will bring charm to the character. Many audiences recognize actors with a strong sense of CP, often because the interaction between the two is very natural and can allow the audience to substitute, such as Shen Teng and Ma Li's "Shen Ma" combination.
The sexual contraction force is reflected in the force, and it is riveted to "force", very deliberately "force". Therefore, "sexual contraction" often does not originate from the appearance itself, but the discomfort and incongruity caused by excessive "force".
In domestic idol dramas, this "sense of force" is first of all used in lines and action design.
In the original work "Wrong Flirtation" of "Camp with Love", the author's description of the heroine Zheng Shu's unexpected appearance mostly uses third-person perspective to praise, for example, in the bridge between Zheng Shuyi and Qin Lezhi, Zheng Shuyi's surprise is mainly described through the mouth of the clerk, such as "The red color is simply tailor-made for your skin tone" and "I think you look better in this than the models in our magazine".
* The purpose of painting so many brushstrokes to depict the appearance is to establish the reader's imagination space and establish a persona. But in the film and television adaptation, the actors and costumes can already intuitively show the appearance of the heroine, and the function of the lines is more to highlight the character and promote the main plot. However, "Camp with Love" still retains too much of the appearance "rainbow fart" in the original book, which seems to want to prove something, but it seems quite "forceful".
Secondly, it is the "force" of the actor in the performance. In terms of the presentation of the charm of the characters, many idol drama actors are still stuck in the specific actions and modes of 20 years ago. For example, the way some male actors show their handsomeness is still through ** clothes, concave shapes, bubble sounds and other actions, but details such as posture, temperament, demeanor, and clothing cannot keep up at all. This kind of deliberate superficial sensory stimulation is a kind of "force".
Zhang Songwen once demonstrated in a documentary what it means to act too hard. For example, when he hears that his girlfriend is unexpectedly pregnant, the actor who is straining will immediately frown, pout, and roll his eyes back and forth to show panic and panic. Zhang Songwen mentioned that when an actor keeps moving his mouth, he is basically thinking about how to perform next, but sometimes the performance is inaccurate if the performance is not accurate, and the performance is too accurate is inaccurate. If the actor wants to know what he wants to do, he will set an example, but when he doesn't know what to do, his muscles will go out of control, and what he plays is a physiological reaction. Any high-level heart is not as wonderful as the physiological reaction of the actor.
This sense of relaxation is even more important for the current couple. Entertainment Studio previously reported that the standard for the audience to judge ancient puppets is the sense of atmosphere, that is, whether the actor can perform the imaginary gods and demons, and the service of the Dao filter BGM can help. But the puppet audience judges the actor with common sense, and the first criterion for the actor's performance is to conform to realistic logic. For example, in real life, it is more common for the audience to be a gentle, elegant, and respectful president like Meng Yanchen, rather than the president who frowns, doesn't know the overall situation, and doesn't respect ordinary people in many idol dramas.
Actor Chang Huasen once responded to the label of "sexual contraction" in a dialogue with Sina Entertainment. He mentioned that when he knew that he was going to shoot a bath scene in "Yi Nian Guan Mountain", he thought that he needed to show a very strong body and abdominal muscles, so he lost fat like crazy, but at the same time, it would also cause his face to be a little sunken, and he was called "little chick" by the audience. In the future, he promised that he would gain weight.
From the deformed aesthetics of the ancient puppet to the pursuit of people's normal and healthy posture, this is also the pursuit of the "relaxation" of the performance.
Failed idol drama scripts.
The fundamental reason for the emergence of "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil" is the obsolescence of domestic idol dramas in intimate relationship scripts.
For example, after Qi Lian, the protagonist of "Off the Rails", learned that his first love Jiang Xiaoyuan might have someone else's soul living in his body, he changed his previous gentleness and staged a series of "domineering president" behaviors such as pinching his chin, wall knocking, and one-handed hugging, forcing Jiang Xiaoyuan to live and work according to his own will.
However, at a time when intimacy is no longer a necessity, the audience is more concerned about whether the status of both parties in an intimate relationship is equal and whether it can bring positive value to each other. Chai Fangyuan mentioned that modern women tend to seek equal partnerships and resist gender stereotypes. Be open to diverse forms of intimacy, such as non-traditional family structures and sexual orientations. Female audiences are more focused on personal growth, and their expectations of intimacy have also changed, and they appreciate real, complex depictions of relationships rather than overly idealistic romance.
Then, the once popular ancient "forced love" sadistic episode is disrespectful to women, emotionally unstable, and even prone to domestic violence in the eyes of today's audience. On December 17th, the entry "Derailment and Upside Down" also appeared on Weibo's hot search, and the audience fell in love with Chen Fangzhou, the barbershop owner who did not match his appearance and idol dramas, but understood and cared about Jiang Xiaoyuan.
It can be found that most idol dramas in 2023 are adapted from 5-10 years ago, and romance represented by Jinjiang *** However, the overall age, education level and romance ** readers of TV drama audiences are very different.
Jinjiang Literature City User Portrait Research shows that the age of users in Jinjiang is mainly concentrated in 18-29 years old, and the main user groups are students with lower incomes. However, Yunhe data shows that in 2022, the average age of Aimangtyou's new solo dramas will be 298-31.Between 3 years old. Many romances are popular among young age groups with shallow social experience and three views that have not yet been fully formed, and cannot meet the moral sense and value projection of mature audiences.
The article "Addiction to CP": The Creative Emotional Experience of Young Female Fans" mentions that today's CP fans are no longer satisfied with old-fashioned romantic narratives. As an exploration that jumps out of the norm, CP does not follow the logic of marriage and love in reality, nor does it copy the model of strong men and weak women in traditional romance, but will use its own emotional experience as a clue to perceive, understand and interpret the emotional relationship of CP.
Take the "Canglan couple", which will become popular on the whole network in 2022 and receive 221 Weibo hot searches, as an example. In "Canglan Jue", "Changheng Xianjun x Little Orchid" follows the traditional logic of marriage and love, that is, the male protagonist bears the righteousness of the Three Realms and sacrifices love for the righteousness;The heroine Little Orchid has a deep love for the male protagonist and is willing to sacrifice herself for the righteousness of the male protagonist.
However, the "Freesia couple" jumped out of this logic. Dongfang Qingcang, as a villain, has no moral constraints and heavy missions in the fairy world, he only lives for himself and his loved ones, so he can rescue the little orchid desperately and criticize the hypocrisy of the fairy world. The little orchid that is with Dongfang Qingcang does not have to follow the model of "strong men and weak women", but can find the meaning of their own existence and bravely pursue what they want.
In contrast, the relationship mode of "Canglan couple" is closer to contemporary people's imagination of intimacy, and it is easier to resonate with the audience.
The essence of CP sense lies in the chemical reaction of "1+1 2" between two people, and in the emotional value and identity that two equal individuals give to each other. But in many idol dramas today, the understanding of CP sense is only a mixture of popular characters and bridges in the past, resulting in characters and behavioral logic that cannot stand, and the emotional core is outdated. Coupled with too hard acting skills, the sense of "CP" will naturally become "sexual contraction" and "sexual evil".
Love is beautiful. But how to write the beauty of love is a lesson that can't be set up with formulas and can't be cheat sheets. It's a pity that most of the domestic idol dramas in 2023 have not "passed".