I was drawn to a few lines of dialogue in the trailer. "Why can't you write in your essay, your mother is gentle and beautiful, and your father is personable? "The teacher asked us to make sentences, but didn't let us spread rumors." 
What if you do well in the exam, what if you don't do well? "If you don't do well in the test, don't call us mom and dad"——
Uncle and aunt, please take a look". A few words of father-son dialogue, as soon as Zhang Jiayi's father Chen Haohu's mother came out, the audience suddenly felt that they were watching their daily life. The taste of family light comedy will not come out. Parents are short, and they are also popular. When it comes to family life dramas, many people will think of "Little Farewell", "Little Joy" and "Youth Pi", all of which have achieved a double harvest of word-of-mouth and ratings. 
The family and education topics in the play have aroused heated discussions on the whole network. At the beginning of 2024, another fierce general will be added to this genre - just tonight, "Happy Parents Group" will be broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV. 
Zhang Jiayi and Chen Hao starring. plus Wang Xiaochen, Zhao Da, Liu Ruilin, Ling Zi, Fang Qingzhuo and other powerful factions. Focus on parenting education, novice parents, and, of course, parent groups. 
This lineup, this theme, the expectation value is directly full. Pinch your fingers and calculate, the last education-themed family drama with a word-of-mouth reputation is Zhang Jiayi's own "Youth Pie", and the family life dramas of the past few years have always been indispensable to sell anxiety and increase the blood pressure of the audience. When will the audience be able to watch the show with a smile? "Happy Parents Group" seems to be the right medicine for domestic family education dramas. 
If life is a complex and difficult exam paper, educating children is the most difficult question on the exam paper. So, how do you get this question right? Don't wait for tonight, now "** see." 1. Story: Mythical beast infestment, family education, parent-child two-way growth, this "parent group" story is a bit joyful Just look at the title of the play, "Happy Parents Group" is a standard family light comedy. It tells the story of Liu Xiangxiang played by Zhang Jiayi and Chen Hao, the strict mother and father combination represented by Dai Jing, Wang Xiaochen, Tang Xiaowei played by Liu Ruilin, and the single-parent divorced combination represented by Ma Yingjie, as well as the novice mother and original child combination represented by Yang Mingbiao and Jing Tingting. Three groups of distinctive families, in the face of various emergencies, and the children of the ghost horse elves to welcome the new classroom of education and the story of a new starting point in life. Combined with the trailer, the series has at least three major highlights. The first is the "parent group". The biggest attraction of the drama is undoubtedly the first time that a national drama has seriously told the story of the "parent group". It is estimated that when many middle-aged viewers chase dramas, they will watch the drama while watching the parent group on their mobile phones. And the parents who have added this group know that this group has always been a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. 
There is competition. There is cooperation. There are vertical and horizontal. In short, all-encompassing. In particular, the controversy surrounding the "Parent Committee" can be said to have its own topic attributes, and looking at the trailer, the series is obviously aimed at these contents. 
From this point of view, it also makes domestic family education dramas keep pace with the times in terms of subject matter, and new topics of parent-child two-way growth education are arranged. The second is to raise babies in the new era. The story arranges three groups of families, but in fact, the first problem is the same problem - "parent-child relationship". Although it is a comedy, the parent audience chasing the drama should have the resonance of Zhang Jiayi and Chen Hao's characters in the play: a place to ask if there is a baby to sell
One said he had a bit of high blood pressure. 
With the implementation of the double reduction policy, the original plan and arrangement are bound to be adjusted, and the couple has differences in the cognition and understanding of the policy. In the parent group, Liu Xueguang, the old father who came to help, said that the amount of homework should not be reduced, and some parents questioned their academic performance and test results, while Dai Jing gave up his high-paying position in other places and returned to his family to accompany his children to grow up. The old problem of raising a baby has met a new era. Liu Xiangxiang and Dai Jing's two babies in the family, one has been the first in the class with years of hard work, and the other is invincible, which makes people sigh from the bottom of their hearts: What should our children do?
The drama is in simple terms in the form of comedy, and unfolds a warm "picture" of raising a baby. The third is middle-aged parents. In addition to raising babies, the series also focuses on the parents' workplace line, emotional line and teacher line. For example, the setting of the male protagonist played by Zhang Jiayi is a screenwriter. In the past few years, the film and television industry gave ordinary audiences the feeling that he was a star and earned millions a day. But as a screenwriter at the bottom of the biological chain of the domestic film and television industry, life is far from being as glamorous as a star, and it is not easy to raise a baby, Zhang Jiayi's sad face is the norm. Children's study, husband and wife conflicts, work pressure, three mountains are coming.
This drama shatters the beautiful filter and restores the most realistic middle-aged life situation with a relaxed atmosphere. The story threads the needle between several families, and the story of the middle-aged group portrait unfolds. Whether the core contradiction of raising a baby can be solved determines whether life can continue. This process contributes a strong dramatic tension, but it does not seem bloody. Because as the contradiction progresses, we see more than just three pairs of middle-aged parents. It is also the bond between contemporary parents and children. The strong breath of life makes the plot shine into the reality we are in. 2. Actors: Zhang Jiayi and Chen Hao starring, the powerful + cute baby is the soul of a family life drama, and only by shaping good characters can they be brilliant. Therefore, casting is the top priority for family dramas, and if you pick the right actors, it will have a 1+1>2 effect. So, what about the cast of Happy Parents? First, Zhang Jiayi wants to say who is the most popular among the actors in national dramas. Zhang Jiayi is definitely on the top. And Zhang Jiayi's vision of picking scripts has never been bad, and the quality of the dramas he starred in is generally not weak. In the early years, "Snail House" and "Cliff" were both trump cards in Chinese dramas.
In the past few years, he has continuously participated in the series of "Mountains and Seas", "Installation", "Youth Pi", etc., and the ratings are all win-win. Although he doesn't seem to have so many hits in the past two years, the national appeal of this national actor is absolutely unquestionable. And the family life drama is definitely Zhang Jiayi's forte. In urban dramas, Zhang Jiayi's relaxed performance often makes the audience feel that this uncle is himself in life.
Especially when performing comedy plots, Zhang Jiayi has a life-like performance rhythm, he doesn't play hard, and the audience is already laughing. In the past, Zhang Jiayi and Yan Ni were a pair of ** partners, and as soon as they made a move, they knew if there was one. But this time, the director changed Zhang Jiayi to a national goddess partner, she is the second place, Chen Hao, this is the second time that the two have worked together again after 26 years.
Chen Hao became popular in 2001 for the role of heartthrob in "Pink Girl", and now looking back, this role is not outdated at all, with all kinds of amorous, golden sentences and insightful hearts.
Who succumbs to the upper hand in love depends entirely on who loves whom more", which is particularly convincing when it comes out of her mouth. In those years, Chen Hao played a big beauty, and he was also one of the few actors who played Diao Chan without being complained about by the audience. But she retired at the peak and went to the film academy to teach, and occasionally a ** flowed out, which made the audience sigh that the years were undefeated beauties. It wasn't until the year before last that she came out again to film and partnered with Huang Xiaoming in the Huang Xuhua chapter of "Meritorious".
This is also the first time she has taken the lead since she re-emerged. In the play, her state is still so good, and her performance is still very natural, the only thing that makes people wonder is: How did Zhang Jiayi marry a goddess in the play? recalled Zhang Jiayi in "Snail House" and understood. The third place, Fang Qingzhuo's family light comedy, if there are not a few old actors, the taste is not right. Fang Qingzhuo is a veteran actor who has acted in dramas all his life, not to mention how deeply the characters in dramas such as "If You Have Something to Say" and "New Huanzhu Gege" directed by Zhang Yimou, her performance in the Spring Festival Gala sketches alone has made her comedy image a household name.
Watching her in the play with a ring ruler ordering two divine beasts to punish the station, it couldn't be more right.
Fourth, Wang Xiaochen said that "actors who are not popular in dramas", Wang Xiaochen must be on the list. acting skills**, there is nothing to say about appearance, and the acting career is tepid.
To say that her most popular role should be "My! Physical Education Teacher".
Although the husband and wife have become comrades-in-arms of the parent group this time, the audience is relieved to see Wang Xiaochen and Zhang Jiayi in the same frame. Fifth, some of Zhao Da's actors want to thank their co-actors, and some want to thank the director for his insight. For example, Kong Sheng is to Zhao Da. In "Exquisite Ancient City", Kong Sheng made the "Wang Fat Man" played by Zhao Da, who was not fat, not only had the wrong figure, but felt all right, and as soon as a mouthful of big white teeth was revealed, the humor and wit of the fat man were revealed. This drama is familiar to the audience, and when it comes to "Dajiang Dahe", he plays the righteous brother Xun Jianxiang, with daily flower shirts, bell bottoms, long hair, full of humor, and the role is out of the circle.
Zhao Da's acting skills can also be seen in this drama, after Xun Jianxiang was released from prison, his clothes were no longer fashionable or sunny, and his face was more sad and calm, this is the actor's ability to shape the role. How Zhao Da plays the father of a divorced and reorganized novice family this time is certainly worth looking forward to.
The trailer shows that everyone in the play is not perfect, but they have their own shining points. There is no need for dubbing for the lines, and the acting skills don't need to explode. It is such a real and in-depth character design that makes it easier for the audience to empathize. 3. "Happy Parents Group" wants to "explode", and there are still 3 problems that have to be faced 1. The competition in the Spring Festival stalls is fierce, can it break the circle? "Happy Parents Group" is 40 episodes long, and it has actually been booked early for the Spring Festival across this year.
Spring Festival comedy TV series usually have good results, and the audience is also the largest of the year. But the show also has to face the same type of competition from Zhao Benshan's "Country Love". Several big CCTV dramas, such as "South to North", "Tang Di Gong Case" and other dramas, the lineup and the quality of the dramas are likely to be not bad. Although there are Zhang Jiayi and Chen Hao, the ratings trump card, but if the drama wants to break the circle, it depends on the quality. 2. Family comedies are not easy to film, can the director do it? Whether a family light comedy is good or not, the director's ability is also crucial. It can be seen that several high-scoring family dramas listed at the beginning are all from Wang Jun, Zhang Xiaobo and other big directors. The screenwriter of "Happy Parents Group" is Mr. Ma Guangyuan, and his masterpiece "Adolescence Meets Menopause" can be regarded as a familiar hand in family light comedy. Director Li Yafei doesn't have many works, the most recent is "The Happy Affair of the Lan Boudoir".
It can be seen that this director is good at combining family, affection, friendship, love and comedy, reversal. Judging from the lens language and picture of the trailer of "Happy Parents Group", the overall feeling is right.
If the finished film is also at the level of a trailer, the hit drama is certain. 3. Happy parent group, is there any empathy? There is another key factor in the failure of the drama: empathy. Especially this winter vacation, many parents have been tossed by the parent group for a year, and it is likely that they will not be happy.
Every parent has something to say about educating their children and improving their grades, and they also have their own anxieties. In the past few years, the popular routine of domestic dramas has endlessly amplified this anxiety, watching dramas is more tiring than life, and the audience is chasing dramas while complaining. But it's not easy to use too many routines, and there are only a handful of successful family dramas in the past few years. Even CCTV's "Little Manjia" and so on have received a mediocre response. "Happy Parents Group" seems to be trying to break this routine with comedy, and this is already the beginning of success. But you have to make the audience laugh to the heart.
Respecting the truth of life is the premise for all family dramas to gain a high reputation. Chinese dramas are used too much, and the audience will be greasy after a long time. A really good family drama is like a hot pot in winter. The entrance is hot, suitable for all ages, and the whole body is warm after eating. Whether it is education or life, we do not seek to be vigorous, but only to seek a long stream.
I hope that Zhang Jiayi will join forces with Chen Hao this time, so that ordinary people can see the full fireworks. When the audience follows the drama, what they are looking for is a real understanding and resonance. In the final analysis, all family life dramas are just a reminder of the saying: art comes from life and is higher than life.