Recently, a high-profile TV series "Xiaoman Life" has sparked a lot of controversy. Many female viewers criticized the show for scandalizing women and focusing on some trivial things, which is far from TVB's "News Queen".
However, after getting to know the cast, I changed my mind. The play gathers acting actors such as Qin Hao, Jiang Xin, Wang Ou and Ke Lan, which is exciting.
Jiang Xin's acting skills should not be underestimated, from "The Legend of Zhen Huan" to "Ode to Joy", and then to other hit dramas, her performance in each work is praiseworthy. And Qin Hao is even more of an acting school, from "The Hidden Corner" to "Undocumented Crime", he has shined in the suspense drama market in recent years, and his popularity even exceeds that of his wife Yi Nengjing.
This is the dividend after the suspense drama market has become popular in recent years, and it is also the embodiment of Qin Hao's excellent acting skills.
Prior to this, one of the reasons why suspense dramas failed to become popular was that the actors were incompetent, but Qin Hao could easily cope with it, which is enough to prove that his "actor-level" strength is not groundless.
Therefore, after seeing the cast, I became even more curious about the show: what is it that makes this series, which gathers many big names, criticized as "trivial and superficial, demeaning to women".
After watching the show, I felt extremely peaceful in my heart: the show was not rated high, mainly because some female characters were too egotistical and boxing went too far. Why does "Xiaoman's Life" always revolve around trivial matters?
The reason is very simple, this drama is a life drama, which mainly tells about some trivial details in life. Such a drama naturally cannot be compared with "The Queen of News" in terms of depicting elite women, after all, the themes of these two dramas are completely different.
"Xiaoman Life" and "News Queen" are two very different TV series that tell the story of family trivialities and workplace struggles, respectively. For the audience who compares these two dramas, we can only express helplessness, because such a comparison is meaningless.
In fact, "Xiaoman Life" is a TV series that is very close to life, with a rich and interesting plot, and it is very worth watching.
"Xiaoman Life" contains three story lines, namely the middle-class salaryman story of Ye Yifan and He Jiaru played by Qin Hao and Jiang Xin, the rich story of Tian Tian and Tian Dong played by Wang Ou and Li Jie, and the story of Hou Yuanyuan and Chen Li, well-off salarymen played by Zhang Lingxin and Ren Zhong.
The three families, each belonging to three different social classes, are facing their own dilemmas and challenges as they enter middle age. These episodes caused discontent among some viewers, who felt that they devalued the image of women.
However, leaving aside the standard of "Queen of News", from a real-life perspective, each storyline is real and touching, touching our hearts deeply.
Take Ye Yifan and He Jiaru starring Jiang Xin and Qin Hao as examples, the two work in the system and behind the scenes of the TV station respectively, and their income is not high, but it is enough to live. This kind of family is what many people yearn for, but the couple living in Beijing are also facing their own troubles: they are middle-aged, pregnant with a second child, the eldest son is of school age, and there are elderly people at home who need to be taken care of.
Family life is full of challenges, especially when you have to take care of your schooling children. The biggest problem they faced was finding a school district house that would meet the needs of the whole family.
The house should not only be spacious and comfortable, but also close to hospitals and schools. These factors add up to make them feel stressed. On the surface, their lives may seem glamorous, but in reality, they need to be careful in all aspects and deal with the occasional ** from their bosses.
Wealthy couples also have their own problems, although they are ostensibly wealthy, they need to be careful in running their business, and if they are not careful, they will fall into bankruptcy and face the challenges of living from luxury to frugality.
And this rich couple also suffered the same problem in the play. Compared to families who are struggling to maintain a well-off life, the couple faces greater difficulties. After all, Ye Yifan and He Jiaru and his wife may be able to change a suitable house in Beijing by gritting their teeth and doing their best.
In order to prevent their children from becoming "left-behind children", the couple, who barely maintain a well-off life, can only let their children go back to their hometown to go to school, and the wife also chooses to accompany the children.
However, the husband's excellence makes the wife have to become a housewife, and at the same time have to endure the trouble of separation, which undoubtedly brings "cheating pressure" to their marriage.
Although their marriage mix surpasses 95% of real-life couples, they still face all kinds of anxieties and distress.
Ren Zhong and Zhang Lingxin play a well-off couple, Zhang Lingxin's character creates a female image full of doubts, while Ren Zhong's character shows a typical "good man".
Although the problems encountered by the couples in the play seem to be far away from us, they actually reflect the most real dilemmas of their age and class. This drama, which is both down-to-earth and real, should not be a victim of "boxing", highly recommended!