On the evening of December 5th, the TV series "Dim Sum Road" premiered on iQiyi, and the full 24 episodes were launched in one go. This TV series starring Wang Yanlin and Zhao Xiaotang tells the story of several protagonists who are inspired to become dim sum masters. The platform should be the first to estimate the quality of this TV series, so the full episode was released in one go, and the number was maximized as much as possible.
After the completion of many episodes of the show, my personal feeling is that the audience can avoid lightning and watch one less premiere drama. The characters and story content of this TV series are all routines. And the TV series under this routine operation mode will definitely not attract audiences. Even if Wang Yanlin and Zhao Xiaotang perform very hard, they can only be tired and thankless.
First of all, there is the serious routine of the main story line. The actor encounters Waterloo in the chef's career, so he has to team up with other members to participate in the dim sum competition, and if he wants to compete for hegemony, he has to apprentice, and then, there is a variety of training, and then, it is the ups and downs in the process of competing for hegemony, and in the end, it is a "happy reunion" ending.
This kind of story can be figured out by the audience with their eyes closed, so it is not enough to attract the audience. If you put this kind of story twenty years ago, when the audience didn't watch many TV series, "Dim Sum Road" may still have a market. At the moment, this work is a more typical look down on the audience.
Then, the character design of this TV series is also a typical routine. Especially the male host. This kind of TV series must let the male protagonist have a tragic past, career, or original family. And especially after the tragic ups and downs in his career, it is the rise of the actor. If the male protagonist is too routine, the audience will not empathize.
Including the male and female protagonists looking for **, they are also the former kitchen gods to today's down-and-out cement workers. The start of this down-and-out character is too similar. This design is not only similar to the various superficial characters in previous film and television dramas, but also similar to the male protagonist. In particular, the characters in the content of the play are similar, which will make the whole TV series unwatchable.
At the same time, the love "CP" line in this TV series also allows the audience to know the follow-up at a glance. The hero and heroine must be happy at the beginning of the enemy, as soon as they come up, they don't look down on each other, and after a few episodes of confrontation, they get tired of each other, and they can't wait to go home and get the household registration book immediately. On the side of the supporting actors, it is typical love at first sight, eating a snack, and they can look at each other. This is all a typical love for love for love's sake.
Therefore, this "Dim Sum Road" can't come up with anything new. What made the audience feel even more wrong was that the slogan was even shouted in the play. What slogans to shout?It is necessary to revitalize Chinese dim sum. The more unconfident the commercial drama, the more it will shout such superficial slogans. Chinese dim sum, there is really no need for such a TV series, or the characters in the drama to revitalize, they don't want to Huo Chinese dim sum, they will burn high incense.
Finally, it is the performances of Wang Yanlin and Zhao Xiaotang. Wang Yanlin's performance is worthy of this script that is not up to par. Laughing and acting is Wang Yanlin's strength. For this kind of commercial script, the actor laughs and performs, which adds to the highlights. Otherwise, this TV series can't be watched.
Zhao Xiaotang's performance was disappointing. Young stars who don't have much acting skills like to perform content with a straight face. It's not that their characters need to have a straight face, but they know that they have a straight face and don't give expressions, although this is wrong, but at least, it won't cause the whole bridge to stumble more because of giving the wrong expression. This kind of wooden performance method is common among a large number of young traffic stars.
To sum up, "Dim Sum Road" can be regarded as a work that hits the streets. For a TV series of this quality, there is no need to waste too much ink to comment.