Recently, directed by Wang Xinjun and starring Jiang Long, Shi Ce, Jiang Yi, Qin Hailu, etc., the anti-Japanese war comedy "Dog Leftover Run" is on the air. The play is adapted from the movie "I Am Not Wang Mao", which tells the bloody story of Gou Yu (played by Jiang Long) who replaced Wang Mao as a soldier in order to earn money in order to make money, and grew into an excellent soldier in the midst of the war.
This "Dog Leftover Run" is jokingly called a "Yixi" team building drama by netizens, because many of the main actors in the play have participated in the "Annual Comedy Competition", they are: Jiang Long, Shi Ce, Jiang Yi, Song Muzi, Jiang Shimeng, Liu Dasuo. It can be said that the comedian not only has no sense of disobedience when he plays the main drama, but also is quite amazing.
Audiences who are no strangers to war films must know that even if this drama is under the banner of comedy and uses comedians, it will inevitably be tragic. It is especially obvious that the apricot that Gou Yu and Yang Sanxin are thinking about will definitely end up dying tragically after being insulted by the Japanese soldiers. After all, that history full of the blood of the Chinese people and soldiers carries disasters and national shame!
In response to the widely circulated saying "The core of comedy is tragedy", although there are many funny characters and plots in "Dog Run", but in the end, when the bloody war and shame are exposed, who remembers that this is a funny film?
Having said that, since this show has a funny component, let's put aside the heavy history and talk about the characters who bring joy first.
In "Dog Leftovers Run", there are many fools, it doesn't matter if they know that they are stupid, anyway, the audience will definitely be able to see their stupidity. Let's call them the "Three Fools Men's Group" for the time being, and the members are: Dasha Wang Mao, two fools Yang San (played by Jiang Yi), and three fools Hou Qi (played by Song Muzi).
Wang Mao is the only real fool in the play, who is mentally disabled due to congenital reasons, and only has the IQ level of a child between the ages of eight and ten. So he's funny, because he only knows how to tell the truth, and this straightforward style often has extraordinary comedic effects.
For example, at the beginning of the TV series, when Gou Yu returned from Shaolin Temple, he was beaten by Wang Mao, because he felt that Gou Yu was peeing at his sister, so Gou Yu was almost beaten by his godfather again. Wang Mao's stupidity and open-mouthedness set the funny tone of this drama at the beginning.
However, although Wang Mao is really stupid, he is not the stupidest one in this "Three Silly Men's Group", because he still has the IQ of a young child, and he can also see through some truths - such as his father likes Xiaocui's mother, for example, his father is too stingy with Gouyu, such as Xiaocui is his daughter-in-law, etc.
Therefore, although Wang Mao is stupid, his heart is open. And the second stupid Yang San can only be described as stupid.
Yang San's stupidity is actually very superficial, and his standard configuration is that he can always mess things up. For example: mistakenly let Wang Mao be a soldier, courting relatives and being a matchmaker, being calculated by the dog to fall into the dung pit, can only let the dog go to be a soldier, and never quarrel to win Xiaocui and so on.
And the dialogue between Yang San and his follower (played by Ye Liu) can especially reflect his true heart, he is a funny villain who is stupid and transparent, but has no malicious intentions. He likes Apricot, but he never plays tricks because everyone can see his tricks.
If Dasha Wang Mao and the second stupid Yang San are both stupid on the surface, then the stupidity of the third stupid Hou Qi can only be described as stupid. He looks very smart, after all, he has a lot of status in the army, but he is really stupid.
In Hou Qi, it fully embodies what it means to be "foolish and wise", for example, when he was promoted by Miao Chunlai, he nagged with his follower, saying that his daughter-in-law had already told him that he had a happy event recently, and the expression of the follower on the side was interesting, but the smart one kept his mouth shut.
Clear-eyed people know that Miao Chunlai slept with Hou Qi's wife, but he was still fascinated by Miao Xiaoen's favor.
Speaking of Hou Qi's wife, it is also a strange thing, while secretly communicating with Miao Chun, but doing his best for Hou Qi's future. And he did not shy away from admitting that Hou Qi was his man in front of Gou Yu, and he also protected his reputation. can only say that they are indeed a rare "good match".
It's not so much that Hou Qi is bad, it's better to say that he only uses his brain when he is making money and stammering with his boss.
The "Three Foolish Men's Groups" in the play have their own levels and characteristics. In them, there are many shortcomings of human nature, such as Wang Mao is greedy for Xiaocui, but he just thinks she is good-looking; For example, Yang San, nodding at the Japanese, has no integrity, and is greedy for money; For example, Hou Qi is a bully, a power and a blessing, and insatiable.
But they are just products of a special period, and what we really need to pay attention to is that those who hold great power have no backbone when the national crisis is at hand, and use the blood and bones of the people to achieve their vain career!
Audiences who have watched Mr. Lao She's "Four Worlds in the Same Hall", or similar works, may have a deeper understanding of this drama. There is such a sentence in "Four Worlds in the Same Hall":Stealing life happens to be the cause of tragic death. When the country is in danger, the dog has no ambition to repay, and people will not be born patriotic, but after truly realizing the unity of the family and the country, people with blood will be brave.
The significance of the Anti-Japanese War drama is not to make us feel suffering, after all, this drama also has comedy elements, so it can be seen that it does not want to bring pain to the audience. But as a historical drama, we needfrom itRemember: Don't forget the national shame and revitalize China! After all, there is a country to have a home!