On the evening of February 2, the TV series "Country Love 16" was launched on the Youku platform for 7 episodes, marking the official start of its first broadcast. It is a film that tells the true story of ordinary people. According to the content analysis of the current episodes, this season mainly tells the story of Xie Guangkun's pranks, Song Xiaofeng's mother-in-law "pregnant" and other family trivialities. In this small town, as the Spring Festival approaches, the streets and alleys of Ivory Mountain are filled with a strong New Year's flavor. In this drama, the major companies on Ivory Mountain still show a thriving development momentum. As the story deepens, the flavor of the New Year in the countryside gradually grows. Especially at the beginning, I ate two more episodes just for the meal I ate during the Chinese New Year.
Senior editor, I chose the series of TV series "Country Love", mainly because I wanted to have an in-depth understanding of Mr. Zhao Benshan's performance. Although Mr. Zhao Benshan's appearances are few, they are amazing. It's a pity that the premiere plot of "Country Love 16" has launched 7 episodes in a row, but in these 7 episodes, Mr. Zhao Benshan only has two scenes. In the third scene, teacher Zhao Benshan made a joke in the village, attracting a group of naughty children. The first performance was a group play, and his family began to celebrate the New Year. Although Mr. Zhao Benshan's scenes are not many, every scene is impressive. In the second scene, he discusses his son's affairs with his daughter-in-law and does not have the desired effect. Although Mr. Zhao Benshan's role is not much, it is permeated with the vicissitudes of years of precipitation. There aren't too many jokes in these two scenes, but instead give people a deep sense of sadness.
Considering the current 7 episodes, if you want to ** Zhao Benshan's works, then "Country Love 16" may not be able to meet the expectations of the audience. The comedy elements run through it, not only the performance of Mr. Zhao Benshan, but also a highlight of the plot. Regarding the 7 episodes of this TV series, Mr. Zhao Benshan has only released two works, so why is this show still so popular? The reason why this TV series is popular is that in addition to the comedy elements, there is also the unique charm of Mr. Zhao Benshan. Of course, comedy is also one of the factors that contribute to this phenomenon. The reason why this TV series is so popular is not based on the word "comedy" alone. However, if we think that "comedy" is the only driving force behind its popularity, we are very wrong.
The series of dramas "Country Love" is actually to meet the needs of audiences with low education and limited cognitive ability for the expression of simple values. That's why I say this ** is a good choice of genre. Here, I would like to highlight the two points of view of "low education" and "limited cognitive ability", and I do not hold a negative view because many of my fellow villagers and friends have such a situation. What I'm talking about is that most of these people were born in the countryside or grew up in the cities, and they know little or nothing about the way of life and cultural customs in the countryside. This is a widespread and universal trait, and this particular group is easily overlooked in TV dramas.
In recent years, TV dramas have significantly modernized and urbanized in terms of narrative values, but unfortunately, the narrative content of values such as "Country Love" seems to be relatively lacking. The series of plays in "Country Love" should not be seen as a simple narrative about rural values. On the whole, it still belongs to a kind of local value orientation, but a large part of this value concept has deviated from the direction of what we call the core socialist values today. The current rural values do not exactly match what is described in "Country Love". Some of the works we see now have a common feature – a reflection on modernity and industrialization, but they do not place it in the context of society as a whole. The values conveyed by this TV series look more like "Ah Q-style", which are the values left over from the traditional agricultural era.
When we analyze the characters in this TV series with a higher level of intelligence, we realize that they are tragic. These characters all end in tragic fate, their fate is not optimistic, and their lives are tragic and short. In Mr. Lu Xun's description, these characters are undoubtedly driven by emotions of sadness and anger. In the "City Girl" series, these characters were also scolded to the point of blood. However, in the TV series "Country Love", instead of grieving the misfortune, the group of characters enthusiastically describes their increasingly prosperous life, even if this lifestyle has deviated from the true face of rural life.
At the same time, the series of TV series "Country Love" did not express dissatisfaction with its indisputable attitude. In this TV series, the arguments of the characters are actually a comedic expression that makes fun of the absurdity of human nature. In contrast, this TV series mainly attracts the audience's jokes through the superficial "arguments" of the characters, and derives so-called jokes and fun from them. These characters play on the stage of comedy, and their inferiority becomes the embellishment of the plot, triggering waves of laughter. In Mr. Lu Xun's works, these characters are portrayed in order to reveal their inherent shortcomings, thus embodying the true value of a Nietzschean tragedy. These comedic characters show vivid inferiority in grassroots life, making the whole plot full of comedy. In the series "Country Love", the characters cleverly exploit their weaknesses and create a lot of comedic elements and jokes. In such a work, there is no philosophical or sociological tragedy, but a simple and straightforward comedy that does not require much thought and entertainment.
In classic literary creation, those works that are expressed based on the weaknesses of the characters, after reading them, the reader will not only have deep sympathy, but also trigger deep thinking about human nature and a great drive to pursue goodness. In such works, the dark side of human nature is vividly revealed, as if in a black and white contrasting oil painting, each shadow tells a story that cannot be ignored. For example, when you read Les Miserables, it's definitely the kind of emotional experience I'm described. In the vast field of literature, there are different levels of reading. I am convinced that my readership does have the ability to read Les Misérables. In this vast ocean of literature, everyone has different perceptions of their works. However, loyal viewers of the series "Country Love" may not have such reading skills.
In the creation of this TV series, it does not portray the bad character as a tragedy, but chooses a simple amusing element. This comedy technique vividly shows the real face of rural life. It doesn't even want the core of the comedy to be a tragic setting. In this utopia, the villagers fight fiercely for a green onion, and laughter and joy mingle together. In the series of theatrical works "Country Love", through a way of recognizing and celebrating these bad qualities, an idealized utopia of the rural world is constructed for the audience. In one episode, the aunts in the village engaged in a fierce war of words over a bag of high-quality fertilizer, which was full of jokes. Give an example.
When "Country Love 16" aired, every family gathered to enjoy the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and then, the group of people began to make loud noises, one talking, the other talking. In the noise of everyone, someone suddenly stood up and began to tell the daily life of ordinary people. From a higher perspective, this is exactly what Liu Zhenyun described, those who are ignored in their daily lives, they usually talk to themselves silently. Their speech may seem useless to others, but in their hearts, it is the only vent. In moments like these, they are more inclined to seek a meaningless verbal expression. These speakers, although usually ignored, have now become the protagonists of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the countryside. However, "Country Love 16" does not mock this group and their speakers from a higher perspective. Because in this useless speech, the truth of life and the outpouring of emotions are hidden. In contrast, the script endorses these speeches and creates a specific atmosphere for the speeches before the meal.
This kind of creative method has brought deep resonance to those audiences who do not have a high level of knowledge and limited cognitive ability. After the broadcast of "In the Name of the People", many people expressed that they liked to watch it, and many people even expressed their willingness to do it again**. Everyone felt that their values had finally been affirmed by a TV series. This kind of recognition makes the audience feel that TV series is a way of life. In our daily lives, this group of viewers actually seems very dull, and they do not get the attention and expression they deserve. What they need is not a simple "look", but a "being seen".This is also the spiritual core and value pursuit that the TV series "Struggle" wants to convey to the audience. When they see the values they share in the TV series, they feel like they have found a treasure.
The Rural Love series identifies with a large number of outdated and backward values and expresses them in the form of comedy, thus constructing a worldview of rural utopia. This addiction is not empty, it is a response to the deep desires of the heart. Viewers who possess this type of value will definitely have a strong dependence on this type of TV series. Different from the joyful atmosphere of "Country Love", "The Awakening Age" shows the struggles and struggles in the changing times. This obsession with things has the same effect as the fascination of many viewers in "The Awakening Age". The audience was intoxicated by the world of "Country Love", as if they had found a pure land, and laughter echoed in the fields. Entertainment at the forefront