Everyone knows that Netflix is very ruthless when it cuts dramas now, but on the other hand, it is always making some things that make people can't help but ask, "Why the hell?" "Glamorous" is a typical example of this.
This drama tells the story of a newcomer in the workplace who works as an assistant to a cosmetics tycoon. This setting actually reminds people of many works with similar themes, such as the classic movie "The Devil Wears Prada" (The Devil Wears Prada), which is also a fashion theme, such as the American drama "Desperate Writer" (Hacks), which is also an assistant to the industry giants, such as the classic American drama "Ugly Betty" (Ugly Betty), which is also about the fashion industry's workplace, and so on. But it's a pity that if you want to "touch" any of the above when introducing this play, you may have to add a "ugly version" prefix.
So this article is definitely not a recommendation for this drama, on the contrary, this article is basically pure complaining.
First of all, let's briefly introduce the plot of "Charismatic".
Benny is a young man who is very good at makeup, and he works as a salesperson at the cosmetics counter of a department store every day, and his side business is an online account that is not very popular. Benny's mom keeps pushing him to find a serious job, but Benny is confused about the future.
One day, Benny won praise for applying makeup to a female customer on the makeup counter, and the customer was impressed by his understanding of makeup. To Benny's surprise, the customer was cosmetics tycoon Madolyn.
Madolyn recruits Benny into her company as an assistant, and he finally has a "serious job".
But Benny, who was new to the workplace, realized that even if she knew makeup and cosmetics very well, it was not easy to make a name for herself in this world.
Is it a little similar to "The Devil Wears Prada", "Desperate Writer", and "Ugly Betty"?
Like "The Devil Wears Prada", Benny, like Andy, is thrown next to the top boss in the industry, surrounded by a den of tigers and wolves, full of people with great ambitions and hopes to replace him. But unlike Andy, who didn't know anything about fashion and didn't like it at first, Benny loved makeup with all her heart. This is a huge problem, Andy has growth and transformation, but Benny's growth and transformation is difficult.
Like "Desperate Writer", this is also the story of Meng Xin's side as a little assistant. It's just that in "Desperate Writer", Meng Xin and Da Niu didn't understand each other at first, but slowly began to understand each other and became a teacher and friend. In this play, Benny was completely thrown to his idol, which also caused the relationship between the two to have little room for growth.
And like "Ugly Betty", it is also a newcomer with no relevant background who enters a place where he either has qualifications or has the support of his mother (father), and he has to rely on himself. But in this play, the screenwriter gave Benny a golden finger, which is not a problem.
To tell the truth, comparing the above three ** with this drama, it is really an insult to them.
In fact, from another point of view, this show is very similar to another Netflix drama, "Emily in Paris" (Emily in Paris). Why? Because this is purely a Mary Sue drama, it can't be more typical.
In the play, Madolyn, who was born as a model and became a cosmetics tycoon, gave Benny, who has no background and no qualifications, opportunities again and again because Benny understands makeup and understands that the brand is beginning to decline. But every time in the play is supposed to be Benny's highlight moment, the advice he gives is really naïve and pale to the extreme. Of course, we can add a little filter because this is a TV series, but Benny's "genius" in the play really doesn't show any performance at all, and I'm afraid the screenwriter of the show himself doesn't understand the industry.
In addition, in addition to the noble Madolyn, who was attracted to it for some reason, like Emily, Benny also met handsome guys everywhere, and he could make handsome guys like him everywhere, just...Okay.
Speaking of which, I've been referring to Benny as "he" is not so correct. The setting of benny in the play is non binary, non-binary, and we don't have the use of them in English in Chinese for the time being, of course, there is only "him". Then, the actor who plays Benny recently came out and said that he is actually trans, and I don't know if it will affect the role in the future. But I don't think it's a big problem, after all, with the quality of this show, there will definitely be no second season.
In fact, the supporting characters in this show use an almost ** image to get a comedic effect, which is quite similar to "Ugly Betty". Looking back, "Ugly Betty" more than ten years ago will not feel outdated now. And this show is a bit of a woke for the sake of woke, but it is a bit of a stereotype of gay for non binary. And to say something that may be politically incorrect, emily, that Mary Sue, the whole show is really full of handsome guys and beauties, but what about this show....The supporting role of the protagonist is at this level of appearance....(It doesn't matter if it's straight or trans, Yan Dang only cares about whether it looks good or not).
In other words, Kim Cattrall, who plays Madolyn, looks like he's bored the whole time, too, isn't it boring to play this kind of thing?