"Chemistry Lesson" is said to be a big heroine, but in fact, it's not that big heroine, some of the points expressed in the play are quite reasonable, but the plot will always give me a slap in the face after I feel like I can look forward to it, and I've been hovering between the ideas of "good-looking" and "not good-looking", and the next two episodes are simply tasteless.
This drama gives me the same feeling as the very popular "Abandoned Soldiers on the Rear Wing" a few years ago, I was deceived by the "big heroine theme", but it turned out that it was not the case at all.
Set in the 1950s, when women were generally considered to belong in the family rather than the professional realm, the heroine Elizabeth Zott aspired to become a chemist, but due to the low status of women at the time, even if she was good, she could only be an assistant to the professor to make coffee and do chores.
The turning point of the matter begins when she meets the male protagonist Calvin, two withdrawn, lonely, and equally intelligent souls know and love each other, and work together on a project, but unfortunately the good times don't last long, Calvin dies unexpectedly, and Elizabeth can only face the predicament alone, thus starting a life trajectory that she never imagined.
I think there are two plots in the whole show, first:It's Elizabeth's memories of almost being stabbed with a pen by the professor ** in order to protect herself when she was a graduate student, and instead of punishing the professor, the school asked her to apologize, and she said, "I regret only having a pen!."”
Second:Elizabeth was pregnant out of wedlock, and when the institute was going to fire her, she had a long one of them, "Do you want to fire male employees because of the sperm that men contributed to the pregnancy?"”
In addition, the other plots are flat, and the bewildered ones are confused.
First of all, the heroine is very unreasonable in the matter of pregnancy, and she made it clear before that she would not get married and have children, so why didn't they use contraception?
Since she was unexpectedly pregnant, she could choose not to have this child, Elizabeth did consciously want to let the child have an accidental miscarriage, because women in society at that time did not allow abortion, she could only use running, rowing and other active behaviors to try to get rid of the child, but in the end she didn't get rid of it, she gave birth to the child when she was still very confused, I can say that she didn't actually make any preparations for the birth of this child, which is an irresponsible behavior for me.
After the child was born, she faced difficulties in raising a child, and there were only a few strokes, such as feeding the child milk, the child crying non-stop, not enough sleep, etc., but we actually all know that raising a child is not so simple, it is not just willpower that can survive, but the plot basically only takes one episode, and the child will go to elementary school in a blink of an eye
If this is an ordinary sitcom, I won't ask too much, but this is the "female theme" they advertise, since this is the case, you have to film the difficulties that women may face, can you shoot the plot like this, can the audience feel the hardships of an unmarried woman raising a child alone?
Not to mention, the heroine may also suffer from postpartum depression, obstacles to returning to the workplace, discrimination and blows from others, etc., these are all difficulties that real women may face, and as a result, this drama is unwilling to play well, so I will give you a brush.
I already had a bad premonition at the time.,Sure enough,The male owner often appears in the female owner's hallucinations after death.,A few times when the female owner is very tired.,The male owner appeared to persuade her.,Comfort her.,I laughed.,What about the big heroine?If you want to say that this is to show the love of two souls, it's okay, but what's going on in the seventh episode later?Why does a female theme focus so much on the past and expectations of the patriarchal side?
The daughter's curiosity about her biological father is not impossible, but there is really no need to pave so much, she has to arrange for her daughter to find a pastor to help ask, and after going around a long circle, she also found that the pastor and her biological father had a pen pal in the past, and it was enough for these plots to be practical for 15 minutes, but the screenwriter used a whole episode, and some of the plots were still repeated.
I don't like the seventh episode very much, because the image of the male protagonist is full enough in the first two episodes, and since he is dead, there is no need to run out all the time, not to mention what does his past have to do with the female protagonist?As I watched episode 7, I kept asking, who is the main character?
And depicts the friendship between the priest and the chemist at great length, about the confrontation between theology and science, but the two are not in-depth, it is not painful, the author in the original book often mocks theology and the church, since the screenwriter is afraid of offending people, then simply don't want this line, don't please both sides, and squeeze the space for female themes.
If the seventh episode is to show the relationship between Ramson** and the male protagonist, this leads to another question, what if the female protagonist does not rely on the male protagonist in the end?
We don't know, because what is certain is that the research of the heroine cannot be completed on her own, and the money she uses to make TV shows is also used for her daughter to go to private schools and buy some ordinary equipment.
So what kind of heroine is this?In the end, it all depends on men?Isn't that what it means?
I watched the seventh episode with a frown, and I wanted to skip it several times, there were very few themes for the big heroine, but the screenwriter also gave you the whole heroine's husband's past, the heroine's husband's pen pal, the heroine's brother, the heroine's father, so, what about the heroine's own past?
Have you noticed that this drama has a total of eight episodes, and there is no development of the heroine's past at all, such as where did her love for chemistry come from, such as what she did when she was a child that caused her to break with her original family?Nothing, outrageous.
There is that time to portray a man, why not portray her psychological change from the test bench to the stove?
Her second career developed from her previous hobby, and her cooking (molecular cooking) in the show is also a kind of popular science, and popular science and scientific research are equally great, why didn't the plot portray her second spring career well?
The screenwriter can arrange more of her workplace relationships and career conflicts at the TV station, how to resolve them, how to compromise, how to get the best of both worlds, and so on.
can arrange a TV interview, let the audience who opposes her answer her, let the heroine play her skillful speech, and be scared, just like she was angry at those who fired her, instead of exploiting her appearance, all her opportunities were given to her by others, and she easily got the support of tampon advertisers, and suddenly turned her head to contact the top management of the TV station and fired the manager who targeted her, this process is not portrayed, that's it?You told me that this is the best female-themed drama this year, don't make me angry, okay?
This kind of consumer-themed female-themed drama that sells dog meat with a sheep's head, gives you two sweet dates in the front, and slaps you all the time in the back, I don't understand why it is sought after, Douban is actually more than 8 o'clock, it's incredible.
This show wastes Brie Larson's acting skills, or I would put it that this show would be worse overall without her acting skills.
If you want me to recommend the theme of the big heroine, I can recommend "The Great Mrs. Maisel", which is also a story of how an unmarried woman blooms her talent in a male-dominated talk show circle, she has been proud and lost, but she does not rely on men, and the more she fights, the more courageous she becomes, until she climbs to a stage dedicated to applauding her.