Recently, netizens quarreled over an immersive experience stage play "See Pingyao Again", which has been performed for 10 years.
Some people criticized: The ticket of 200 yuan was fed a mouthful of feudal dross. Immerse yourself in Chinese horror. Some people also retorted: Modern people think about ancient peopleThere is no comparison. The controversy is basically concentrated in the two scenes "choosing a wife" and "the dart master bathing", and the plot is suspected to be "full of men" and "consuming women". Is that really the case?After reading it, the crow finally understood that this work was accurately stepped on the thunder point of the majority of netizens. Today, let's talk about this in detail. 
See Pingyao Again", a Shanxi local characteristic drama aimed at promoting the "faithfulness" of Jin merchants. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yishuo, the owner of the ticket number of Pingyao City, was the son of several generations of the shopkeeper of the semicolon king, and he did not hesitate to scatter his family property and took 232 dart masters to Tsarist Russia....However, after several twists and turns, the children of the Wang family were rescued, but the Zhao Dong family and the rest were all sacrificed. The story sounds tragic, and the immersive experience has been well received. Crow's colleagues have seen the scene and can't help but sigh that its stage effect is too shocking. 
As for the issue of netizens criticizing "consuming women", it seems that there is also "consuming men". 
Raven has always believed that it is feasible to properly show the actor's body in a stage play. But what needs to be understood more is the role of its existence. It's like whether there is a need for the scene of a glamorous wife selection?In order not to let the owner Zhao Yishuo cut off the incense. The parents and villagers of Pingyao City admired his righteous deeds, and they recommended their daughters and sisters to Zhao Yishuo as his wife. Big families are looking for wives, guess what they value the most?On the stage, this group of women wore belly pockets, lined up, or waved their hands, or swung their waists...See if she's good to give birth to. 
What's even more ridiculous is that Zhao Dongjia's evaluation of the selected woman is "knowledgeable". Knowledgeable = good birth?uses a fragrant and provocative sound effect light and shadow, but inside it is unbearable feudal dross. Choosing a wife on the surface, but actually looking for fertility tools. I didn't know and thought I had strayed into the kiln. 
Of course, there will definitely be people who jump out and say that this is "presenting history and critiquing history". But in this selection, how many people feel the "criticality" in it?It's not that crows are prejudiced, but that there are really people on the Internet who define this "wife selection" in the name of "male ** profit". 
Then use the actor's "dart master bath" to compare and see. Dozens of male actors bared their chests and abdomen, making the audience scream. 
The next to enter the scene were the women who helped them rub their feet, and they were selected women from all over the city. The dart master picked up the woman by the waist...At this time, the voiceover sounded, "Let such a woman get wet, even if she dies on the road, she has the last comfort." The so-called comfort is self-evident. Even in this male color, women are used as foils, which is also reminiscent. 
Everyone praised the heroes and the Zhao family's bravery, but they calmly accepted the female sacrifice. Some netizens commented: "That's not Chinese-style horror, it's choosing the best woman to leave a back for the hero before going to the battlefield." These women are all voluntary. "It makes people wonder what is the educational value of it?I want to tell about the morality, sense of responsibility and sacrificial spirit of the Chinese, but the feelings of family and roots in the work are based on the outdated concept of inheritance. The "faithfulness" that wants to embody it is based on women's self-sacrifice. 
To a certain extent, "See Pingyao Again" is a work full of male perspectives. It sees childbearing as the full embodiment of femininity. It seems that the value of a woman is only the womb, or the womb that gives birth to a man. In that wife draft, a 16-year-old Xu became the bride to "keep the seed that night". In the face of her husband's gratitude, she thought that her husband was his wife, and she couldn't help it. "Young owner, you chose me, it is my blessing. I don't know if I'm a competitive woman, I'm going to give you a son. ”
What's even more cruel is that this "good woman" who was chosen by thousands of people died in childbirth in the end. Because of her meritorious reproduction, the Zhao family especially "granted" her spiritual position to enter the ancestral hall. She felt extremely honored: "I have been born all my life, and I will die when I die." For so many generations of the Zhao family, only me, a woman, was allowed to enter the ancestral hall. ”
It is interesting to note that in this ancestral hall, all the ancestors are sitting upright, but surrounded by enchanting women. Only the bride who was chosen to die to give birth to a child is still wearing a red wedding dress...
Such a strong praise for the woman who inherits the family for her husband is still the "Mother's Road" of the year. She gave birth to several daughters and still did not give up, even if she disemboweled, sacrificed her own life, she had to give birth to sons for men. even said contemptuously: "What is my cheap life, as long as I can give birth to a son for the second young master." ”
In the same way, this work has been used as a "reflection of history" as a memorial service. It is undeniable that there are some things that are unique to the old era of thinking and behavior, and we need to present them. But as a narrative artistic creation, it should be presented selectively. What angle to use to observe and reflect reality, and what kind of value to provide to the audience.
Guizhou University has a graduation project that is out of the circle, which is also labeled as "Chinese-style horror". Although the bride on the altar is wearing a phoenix crown and a silk veil, she is also tied with red ropes. Each one corresponds to a physiognomy, but it is annotated with the so-called patriarchal discourse. The black characters are "Kefu" and "Kefu", and the red is not "noble father", but "respecting father". The fate of an ancient woman is always fiddled with, ushering in a lifetime of captivity. At home from the father, married from the husband...A kind of embodied fear that shocked and depressed those who saw it. Restoration, what is restoration?The reason why "See Pingyao Again" makes people feel uncomfortable is precisely because its perspective itself is already unfair. The women who were "sacrificed" accepted their fate so naturally. They didn't struggle, they didn't get confused. And the motives for the actions of those dart masters and the young master of the owner are at least "the moral sense of Pingyao people". The little trick of sacrificing women to achieve men really doesn't work.
In fact, there are not many works like "See Pingyao Again" that have been re-tried. A while ago, a 2014 reality show "Star to My Home" was re-archaeological, condemned by the whole network, and was scolded out of the circle. Back then, Li Jinming, Cecilia Cheung, Huang Shengyi, Choo Ja Hyun and others would "marry" into the farm as "daughters-in-law" and eat and live with their "mothers-in-law". The program team claims that female stars marry in the countryside to experience life, and truly restore the Chinese-style relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. One thing to say, it is a very real restoration of some local wedding customs. For example, when Li Jinming "married" into this family, her in-laws asked her to pick up ** pliers, flat poles and brooms. The flowery words on the picture are unabashedly written: "Pick up ** tongs, cook professionally for 10,000 years;."Carry the flat burden, and from then on pick up the burden of the family;Pick up a broom and contract household chores without complaints. ”The labor behind these tools is wrapped in a touch of red, which seems to be a blessing, but in fact it is a curse.
For another example, Choo Ja Hyun "married" to a big family. Even if there is a big banquet, there are also undignified "wedding troubles". Relatives and friends would deliberately embarrass her on that day, plastering her mother-in-law's feet and then asking her to wash her feet, over and over again. Fortunately, the other party was a kind person, and immediately stopped the "jokes" of the people around him.
In addition, Choo Ja Hyun couldn't eat his in-laws' meals that day, and he had to clean up the leftovers and dishes of more than 100 people alone after the banquet. The beautiful name is called: grinding temperament.
The audience of that year sincerely recognized the original intention of the program team: This show makes me feel very happy, and I am really happy to have a home. After the broadcast, it gained keywords such as "tear-jerking" and "warmth", and the ratings caught up with "Run, Brother".
The starting point of the program team is to promote the "beautiful character" of women's self-dedication. Nowadays, most people will only feel uncomfortable when they rewatch this variety show: What kind of smart idea did this feudal dross show come up with.
From the changes in the attitudes of netizens, you can feel the change in concepts and thoughts. For thousands of years, under the patriarchal system, women's compromises and sacrifices were taken for granted. Yes, under such discipline, everyone is accustomed to it, whether it is "See Pingyao Again" or "Star to My House", it will not overturn.
From here, the creative team behind the two is unaware of the plight of women, which has the limitations of the times and the lag of their own concepts.
It is true that for them, the custom of choosing a wife or marrying is just a gimmick, a marketing tool. It's like living under a patriarchal system for a long time, a manifestation of the collective unconscious. Of course, it's not uncommon for cases like this to occur. Writer Jia Pingwa will have such an outrageous response to the matter of "women being abducted and trafficked": "If you don't buy a daughter-in-law, this village will die......."He even complained about the trafficked woman: "Don't you need to blame her?"Why are you so gullible to be deceived?A certain airline threw out a screenshot of the chat to prove that he was not sexually harassed, and said confidently: "I have different degrees of interaction with several parties. ”
But it was also the screenshot of his self-proof that he hammered himself with his own hands. The objects of his "flirtation" are invariably similar people: young women who are not deeply involved in the world, or who have no power or power. Those self-righteous "flirting" are just using his status as a superior in the relationship to make the other party dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Honestly, to this day, people like this and things like this still happen around us. But at the same time, in the past decade, many people have gradually realized that "being a woman is a situation, not just as a gender", and feminism has quickly entered the public discourse, arousing the attention and reflection of countless people. For now, many young viewers would rather see a woman rediscover herself and look outward for something new than watching women go around the kitchen and busy at home. It can be seen that the overturn of "See Pingyao Again" is a matter of time.
10 years ago, we may still be moved by the "faithfulness" between Jin merchants and don't feel that there is anything wrong;After 10 years, the doctrine of cannibalism can no longer be hidden. This is a woman's instrumentalization, and the old script story of "men saving men" will eventually be eliminated. The more accustomed things are, the more likely they are to be deceiving. Why not be sensitive?Those bad habits that hide in dark corners are likely to be abandoned;Only those unspeakable pains can be seen;Only those women who are sacrificed have the opportunity to change their lives against the sky.
A good creator should have a more acute awareness of the world, leading the audience to think and reflect. But now it seems that the audience is ahead of the director. If there is no proper expression, directors can actually choose to shut up.