In Tencent** on January 29, "CEO" Pony Ma pointed out at a public event that ancient and current puppets are mostly used as advertisements on telephone poles, and although there are some high-quality TV dramas, their overall quality is still worrying. He emphasized that he was not talking about advertising, but encouraging people to create better works. In contrast, he especially praised "Flowers" starring Hu Ge and Tang Yan and Zhang Lu.
1. "Three-Body Problem" starring Yu Hewei and "The Long Season" starring Fan Wei and Qin Hao. Ma Huateng gave these three dramas a very high evaluation and excellent **, he believes that such works are truly high-quality dramas with tonality and high reputation, which are worth vigorously promoting. Ma Huateng did not mention "Sauvignon Blanc Season 1" starring Yang Zi, the most popular 90top flower on the "Tencent **" station, last year, although the performance of this drama far exceeded "Three-Body Problem" in terms of data.
Yang Xiaopei, a well-known in-house producer, said frankly in an interview that she experienced the "biggest dark period" in her career in 2021 because of her participation in the production of the ancient puppet drama "Let's Try the World" starring Yang Yang and Zhao Lusi, and in 2022 because of her participation in the production of the Xianxia drama "Eternal Juechen" starring Zhou Dongyu and Xu Kai. However, it was not until 2023 that after the period drama "The Sea in My Dreams" starring Xiao Zhan and Li Qin and the urban drama "Good Things Come in Pairs" starring Zhang Xiaofei and Huang Xiaoming were broadcast on CCTV and achieved great success, she finally got rid of the previous trough and re-entered the peak of her career.
When Yang Mi, known as the 85top flower, was interviewed by "People", she only mentioned the movie and spy war drama "Harbin 1944", and did not mention her upcoming ancient puppet drama "Fox Demon Little Red Lady Moon Red Chapter". Although the show is highly anticipated among the audience, it does not seem to have received general praise from a wide audience.
Experts in the industry also have different evaluations of ancient puppets. On the one hand, they believe that the quality of ancient puppets is generally low, lacking depth and connotation. On the other hand, there is a view in the industry that actors can't do anything, so they are sent to play ancient puppets. But now, whether it is 85 peanuts or 95 peanuts for internal entertainment, everyone is dissatisfied with ancient puppets, and often repeats the filming of TV series with the theme of ancient puppets, what kind of mentality is this? Everyone dislikes ancient puppets on the one hand, but frequently shoots ancient puppet dramas, which seems to be an ambivalent psychology.??
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