After entering the showbiz at the age of 19, Liu Lin has not been able to become popular. This desire to be noticed and secure grew stronger, and her psyche gradually swelled. At this moment, a man 17 years older than her - Zhang Li appeared in her life.
This 40-year-old "veteran" has experienced three failed marriages, but with his experience and charm, he successfully attracted Liu Lin and made her fall into the fantasy of love.
Since love at first sight, Liu Lin has lived the life of a "full-time girlfriend". She prepares delicious sandwiches for Zhang Li every morning, buys the latest movie magazines for his pastime, and accompanies Zhang Li to various exhibitions whenever she has time.
However, Zhang Li never took Liu Lin out to meet any of his friends, and he asked her to stay unconditionally in the "cage of love" that he had carefully arranged for her.
For three years, Liu Lin has been asking Zhang Li to get married, wanting to get this relationship in return. However, Zhang Li always prevaricates her with the words "Isn't it good to fall in love, why bother getting married".
Gradually, Liu Lin found that her boyfriend Zhang Li not only frequently made female friends outside, but also had scandals with many female stars, and every scandal made Liu Lin feel very harsh. After this kind of life lasted for a while, Liu Lin finally mustered up the courage to break up with Zhang Li.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Li agreed to break up without saying a word, without any intention of redemption. Soon after the breakup, Liu Lin learned from the newspaper that Zhang Li was married to another actress, Lightning.
Overnight, 29-year-old Liu Lin's three years of youth and sincerity were ruthlessly trampled. She wept, saddened by her innocence and ridiculousness.
Perhaps it was because of this huge blow to love that Liu Lin became cautious and paid more attention to the connotation when choosing a spouse in the future.
The huge breakup blow did not make Liu Lin slump on the emotional road. On the contrary, she became more rational and clear, more clear about what kind of marriage she wanted.
Out of love for their daughter, Liu Lin's parents began to arrange blind dates for her. Although Liu Lin has met many times on blind dates, she has never found the person who makes her heart move.
When Liu Lin was 34 years old, she met Uncle Zhang by chance while climbing the mountain. Uncle Zhang is a photographer who is three years younger than her, and has been silently recording the bits and pieces of the mountains.
The two fell in love at first sight and found that each other was a restrained and warm person, with just the right amount of space in life and the need for companionship. After half a year together, they decided to be together.
Unlike Zhang Li, Uncle Zhang never interfered with Liu Lin's work, but gave her the greatest support when she encountered setbacks. In 2008, they officially got married. After marriage, Liu Lin had a miscarriage after two pregnancies, which almost broke her emotions.
Fortunately, Uncle Zhang and both parents were by her side wholeheartedly. In the care of her family, Liu Lin regained the hope of life.
Liu Lin received an invitation from her friend Mei Ting shortly after her marriage to participate in the TV series "Parents' Love" that made her popular all over the country. It can be said that without Uncle Zhang's affirmation and support for her career, and without the backing of this safe and stable marriage, Liu Lin would not have been able to become famous at the age of 40.
Uncle Zhang is her solid backing behind her.
After many invitations from friends, 40-year-old Liu Lin finally decided to make a comeback, and she participated in the TV series "Parents' Love". In the 20 years since her debut, she is no longer the little flower girl of the year. This mother role, adapted from Mo Yan's article, will become a rare opportunity for transformation in her career.
In order to be able to manage this role well, Liu Lin began to re-examine her life. She reviewed in detail the process of a woman from youth to middle age, which was full of youth, confusion, struggle, disappointment, and the wisdom of time.
She wants to take off her disguise in front of the camera and use the shining points honed by those past experiences to create a three-dimensional image of a middle-aged woman.
During the three-month filming, Liu Lin has been working hard to adjust and deepen the role of Jiang Dehua. She exudes the calmness of looking down on life, but at the same time, she also shows the love and thoughtfulness unique to a middle-aged mother.
This layered interpretation has deeply touched countless audiences, among them, the line "I'm old, it's useless when I'm old" resonates with countless middle-aged women, they can find their own shadow in it, and they can stick to their hearts.
In a popular costume drama "Know or Not" in 2017, Liu Lin successfully portrayed the role of Wang Ruofu, who is bold, optimistic, kind and considerate.
Her "aunty" humorous style has once again earned her numerous laughs and appreciation. It can be said that Liu Lin has successfully transformed and regained her life at the age of 40. With her actions, she proves to us that the possibilities of actresses are limitless.
After reading Liu Lin's history of struggle, I truly understand the hardships of actresses in the entertainment industry to survive and develop. Especially in China, the entertainment industry is too strict with the appearance and figure of actresses, which is almost unreasonable.
After Liu Lin lost her youth and her face was no longer good, she faced unprecedented professional pressure and social criticism.
In fact, this is only part of the problem faced by women in China. In many industries and social classes, women are not only under tremendous pressure to succeed, but also have to face all kinds of unreasonable expectations from their families and society.
After the years are not confused and their appearance declines, many women lose their "use value" and have to take a back seat, which is seriously affected both their career and life. This mechanism of selection based solely on physical appearance leaves many women's potential undiscovered and unleashed.
In contrast, if we have more** film and television works from Hollywood and other countries, we will find that the age and appearance of the heroines are really different. For example, Mona in the movie "Blink of an Eye Universe" has an admirable image of her tough character, and the investigative reporters in "Venom 2" are both wise and brave, and the characters they create are very tense, and can inspire and inspire, completely unconstrained by external conditions.
This affirmation of the image and power of women's diversity has led to greater gender equality outcomes in culturally open countries.
Therefore, I call on Chinese film and television dramas to shoot more positive and three-dimensional images of middle-aged women, and influence the public through these multi-layered female characters, and dispel their long-term accumulated gender stereotypes.
This is not only a voice for women's rights, but also makes the content of film and television works richer, more layered, and closer to real life, so as to have a greater positive impact.
Of course, while driving positive change externally, women first need to learn to define their own worth, rather than simply relying on the approval of others (especially the opposite sex).
Find your own light and strength, and maintain healthy self-esteem and self-confidence. Only women who are independent and complete in their hearts can win the true equality of themselves in the true sense of equality.
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