Recently, lovers of ancient puppets have really suffered a series of blows.
First of all, Sohu mentioned in an interview in the industry:
This artist looks ordinary in all aspects and has no uniqueness, but Xianxia drama is the best place for him to show. ”
This article reveals a well-known truth: Xianxia puppets are currently the most popular form of drama, but if you rely on Xianxia puppets to attract fans, then the actor's image is likely to be fixed, and from then on, he can only go around in circles among ancient puppets, and the transformation becomes very difficult.
Immediately afterwards, producer Yang Xiaopei said in an interview with People magazine that "The Sea in My Dreams" and "Good Things Come in Pairs" are both popular works. However, the ancient puppet, which she was also responsible for producing, became her "most unknown moment" in the broadcast of "Eternal ISS Dust" and "Let's Try the World".
As soon as this interview was released, it was immediately ridiculed by netizens. After all, experienced netizens know that the appearance of the "darkest moment" is largely due to the revelation of her relationship with director Yin Tao who went to the office three times. But unfortunately, this timing happened to occur, so it was nicknamed "Ancient Puppet Deadly Four Strikes" by netizens.
The most influential is undoubtedly Tencent's boss Pony Malaysia. At Tencent's annual meeting, he praised the three dramas "The Long Season", "The Three-Body Problem" and "Flowers", and said that he would gather all resources as a reference standard. He pointed out that in the past, it was difficult for those small characters to support them, and at most they could only be used as utility poles for advertising.
In fact, he did not specifically mention the case of ancient puppets, nor did he explicitly state that those small poles refer to ancient puppets. But for lovers of ancient puppets, ignoring ancient puppets is a contempt. Last year, Tencent's exclusive ancient puppet "Sauvignon Blanc" was broadcast very well, without even mentioning word-of-mouth and data, and even better than some praised dramas, why was it ignored?
In addition, as we all know, the most concerned and hotly discussed theme of Tencent in recent years is undoubtedly S+ ancient puppets, so the telephone pole mentioned by Ma Boss is not exactly the ancient puppet he is referring to? In fact, among the many fans of Tencent**, there are also many people who have broken the defense. In fact, I don't fully understand the logic of taking the initiative to sit down, but I have to say that the reason why people who break the defense break the defense are often difficult for ordinary people to understand.
It is worth noting that in Yang Mi's interview with "People" on the same day, every word and sentence was amplified and interpreted. However, when she mentioned the spy war drama "Harbin 1944" with Zhang Li, she did not mention her other to-be-broadcast drama "Fox Demon Little Red Lady Moon Red Chapter". It needs to be understood that in the fox demon, she is a heroine, and in Harbin, although she is also a heroine, she is two female villain characters.
Despite this, she prefers to share stories about Harbin in interviews, because the cooperation with the director is not an ancient puppet drama, she has more topics to share, and her sharing will make people feel very face-saving, which also shows her firm determination to transform into a people's actress.
Therefore, some ancient puppet lovers have successfully achieved a "fatal quadruple", and it is puzzling that the ancient puppet has become the bottom of the chain of contempt?
Actually, I don't really know about it, and although I'm interested in all kinds of theater and have never really called myself a fan of old puppets, I don't think there is a difference between different types of theater.
In fact, everyone knows that the actor who plays the ancient puppet cannot perform the "main drama", but conversely, the actor who plays the "main drama" may not be able to interpret the ancient puppet.
What exactly does an ancient puppet refer to?
Ancient puppets are known as "costume idol dramas", it is a subcategory of idol dramas, and the true meaning of idol dramas is:
In order to meet people's inner needs, the storyline is designed to be both tight and romantic; It is a way of performing artistically with the handsome and beautiful male and female protagonists at the core.
You see, for actors, their standard is "both handsome and beautiful".
Therefore, most of the actors in the drama do not fully meet the standards of idol actors in appearance. Even if they have "plastic surgery" acting skills, if they really choose to perform, they may be ridiculed and called ugly men or ordinary women.
However, it is not enough to rely on appearance to interpret idol dramas and cookie-cutter plots, and it is difficult for such acting skills to be truly honed and improved. Even the characterization and styling are becoming more and more similar. Once, people ridiculed Ju Jingyi's makeup for being semi-permanent, but now, ancient puppets like Luo Yunxi, Cheng Yi, and Ren Jialun are all semi-permanent?
For the same character design, it may be eye-catching at first, but it may feel tedious again. Although it is a safe and comfortable option for actors, it seems that innovation is not easy for audiences.
Not to mention, if you don't consider the exquisite makeup and exquisite lighting, the hero and heroine of idol dramas who should be handsome and beautiful are actually not so handsome and beautiful. Yang Zi, Bai Lu, Zhao Lusi, Yu Shuxin, these actors who have been crawling in idol dramas for many years, have been rated as "Four Pu" by Douban netizens, and Cheng Yi has been selected as the "Four Ugly Douban" with high votes for many years.
Chen Quan's acting skills are not excellent, and it completely depends on his character setting. It is true that his appearance does not exceed the level of the actors in the main drama, so the difficulties encountered by these actors in the process of transformation have become normal.
However, with its unique image and character setting, even the most ordinary or unsightly person can have an aura. Therefore, in the current era of indulging in reforms and drafts, ancient puppets have become the most short-term "star manufacturing tools":
A newcomer who is not well-known can get his name with just an ancient puppet or costume skit, and may even become the focus. For example, last year he suppressed Zhang Linghe's Cheng Lei in "Cloud Feather", but because he was seen in the costume short drama "False Face" the year before, he became Guo Jingming's second actor.
For those actors who have failed in the transformation process, they are becoming more and more unsatisfactory in the continuous filming of the main drama, but this is not a problem. For example, Li Xian, although his performance in "Sword Dynasty" has made people realize that he is not suitable for ancient costumes, he still firmly chooses to return and make a second appearance for his old classmate Yang Zi, hoping that she can make him shine attention again in the ancient puppet "National Beauty", which she is good at.
Even though Zhao Liying is generally considered to have successfully completed the transformation, she does not dare to give up her ancient puppet image easily. She still decided to re-participate in the filming of "Walking with the Phoenix", which requires hard work and persistence on both sides, so as to ensure that her career is more stable.
When old idols are used as jokes, rather than as artistic creations that should be valued, they are doomed to decline.
But the real question is, no one really gives, what kind of mistakes did the tool puppets make?
The ancient puppet only met the actors who were not suitable for him, and also met the directors and screenwriters who were not suitable for him.
With the decline of martial arts culture and the rise of Xianxia culture, according to common sense, modern Xianxia ancient puppets should be the most distinctive form of drama in China. On the one hand, we have ancient costumes that are difficult for other countries to match, and on the other hand, this kind of drama can show the mind of a great country, which is undoubtedly the best export of culture.
But the reality is that the Xianxia Ancient Puppet has chosen a narrow path.
Many times, people just want to attract fans through the deep emotions and character settings in the ancient puppets of Xianxia, but in recent years, both the plot and the character modeling have made the audience feel tired. For example, the popularity of "Xiangmi" means that all the heroines of Xianxia have to bayonet for the male protagonist; And the popularity of "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" made everyone immersed in sadness; And the popularity of "Embers of the Long Moon" made everyone begin to show their colorful demeanor.
Everywhere is rife with blind followers who lack sincerity.
The aesthetic concept is an inconsistency between East and West, the plot is capricious, often a life-and-death triumph, the character setting is either crazy criticism or goes to the extreme of darkness, and the actor's acting ability is only seen by fans and needs additional explanation and explanation.
Not to mention the intent and emotion behind it.
In the past fairy tales, people often said that they sacrificed themselves to save sentient beings, but now the gods and heroes have disappeared, and only the story of love remains.
Ma Huateng actually wanted to praise "Sauvignon Blanc", but he wasn't praising anything, because in those four CPs, he actually grew a new drama?
The real fault is not in the puppet itself, but because it destroys the reputation of the puppet, crowds out the good coin, and unilaterally represents the inferior version of the puppet.
It's not that I don't like ancient dolls, it's just that I can't really develop love for those ancient puppets that are almost surrounded by low-quality ancient dolls.
Those actors who are truly ambitious and pursuing often do not become interested in this kind of ancient puppet. When given the opportunity, they are more inclined to explore different genres. And those actors who have no ability and pursuit, work like assembly line workers in the large workshop of Hengdian every day, which leads to a vicious circle, and the value of ancient puppets is ignored by fewer and fewer people.
As an evergreen drama form that is loved by the younger generation, ancient puppets have always been an ideal new star. This is a budding newcomer, and once they have accumulated a certain level of popularity and experience, they can further expand their acting field and try other forms of theater to become a qualified actor without restrictions. In today's era, ancient puppets have become one of the choices of many people, and many people like the ancient puppet industry. However, as time goes on, more and more celebrities have become obsessed with low-quality, threshold-free ancient puppet characters. They play the role of the protagonists of the ancient puppets when they are younger, but as they get older, they choose to play the role of the parents of the protagonists of the ancient puppets.
No wonder some netizens will comment that although our domestic films have not yet been industrialized, ancient puppet movies have taken the lead in realizing large-scale assembly line production, just like copy-and-paste scripts and shapes. The actors are always filmed in a certain order and combination, and as the number of shots increases, the quality changes significantly. If you shoot too much, there will always be a breaking point, and a single explosion will lead to a large amount of losses, and then quickly recover the cost and completely become a capital game.
In fact, the real mistake is not in a specific genre or genre, as long as we work hard, any genre can create a classic.
Today, each of the 85 flowers is a masterpiece of ancient puppets. For example, Hu Ge, the male protagonist in "Flowers", became famous because of the sword of fairy. And "Huanzhu Gege", a work that swept the two sides of the strait overnight, isn't it also a representative of ancient puppets?
However, no one really dared to question the quality of those ancient puppets and claim that they were not interested in that group of immortals?
However, the actors who play and shoot the puppets are constantly changing, and the performance of each generation is not as good as the previous one.
The purpose of those ancient puppets in the past was to make a drama, not to praise the audience excessively. When they are truly engaged in theatrical production, even if it is a drama, they do not need to praise the audience, but naturally receive a warm response.
But the current situation is that they praise others too much, ignore the importance of drama, and missee things, which leads to the loss of a subject matter.
Lovers of ancient puppets, instead of criticizing Ma Huateng or destroying defenses, should criticize more of the people who are currently engaged in the ancient puppet industry and the ancient puppet emperors. Let them reduce the number of lying flat and involuting, because they are the decisive factor in determining the quality of the ancient puppet and how the outside world evaluates the ancient puppet.