The more criticism, the higher the popularity. Is the bad reputation of Shangyang Fu due to its untimely birth？
The TV series "Shang Yang Fu" starring Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Yiwei has encountered more and more controversies since its launch. However, the more criticisms, the higher the popularity of the drama.
Shang Yang Fu is adapted from the online literature "Emperor Wang Ye", which tells the story of Wang Xian played by Zhang Ziyi and Xiao Fang played by Zhou Yiwei. Because of a power transaction, they love each other after marriage. At the beginning of the series, Zhang Ziyi’s performance as a 15-year-old female host received overwhelming negative comments, and the score of the series’ online comments was only 5.8. Doubt that Zhang Ziyi itself has no sense of girlhood, and it seems reluctant to play a girl, which makes people jump. Some netizens joked that Zhang Ziyi gave a gift to a 15-year-old girl, and performed the feeling of canonizing the queen alive.
Generally speaking, "Shang Yang Fu" has a strong lineup and excellent production. It is not difficult to see that the main creator and the producer are trying to create fine plays with their hearts. The controversy of "girlhood", which has been repeatedly grasped by public opinion, has no value to talk about after the characters grow up.
With the development of the plot, Wang Xian, the heroine of Shang Yang Fu, has gradually shown a "resolute and decisive" side, which is exactly the type that Zhang Ziyi is familiar with. In addition, under the background of grand scenes and excellent costume props, the hero and heroine are "sweet" to many drama fans with their excellent acting skills and interaction.
Although the popularity of "Shang Yang Fu" has rebounded with the CP sense of male and female starring, the whole work is still difficult to recover the low reputation. Since its broadcast, the online rating has only increased from 5.8 to 6.2. Zhang Ziyi, a movie café, suffered a "descent" failure when she took on a TV series for the first time. The reason was not "girlish feeling", but "Marisol".
"Shang Yang Fu" is essentially a conventional story of Mary Su. Like many ancient puppet works, the effect of the play is that the old-fashioned Mary Su is matched with low-energy Machiavellian drama. The temple struggle and tactics in the play are childish. The bridge routines such as escaping from marriage and eloping in the emotional line are old. If it weren’t for the powerful actors in the play, many plots could not be looked directly at.
The core of Marisu lies in grasping the subconscious of ordinary people’s desire to counterattack, projecting ordinary self into the hero and heroine of the work, and escalating all the way to the peak of life and enjoying this virtual pleasure. This kind of story itself is the background color of romantic idol drama, which can’t bear such serious propositions as the tragic sense of fate and the complex description of human nature. As a heroine, it is enough to be only responsible for being kind and innocent. This is also the reason why the myth of "international chapter" was disillusioned by a novel "Shang Yang Fu".
The poor reputation of Shangyang Fu lies in its untimely birth. In 2018, when "Shang Yang Fu" was filmed, the ancient doll Marisu was still a sought-after category in the market. However, with the introduction of the "ancient order" in early 2019, the market quickly ebbed. This led to the publication of Shang Yang Fu after three years in the snow. In the past three years, the audience’s pursuit of Marisu, the big woman who has dominated the screen for many years, has changed from being sought after to being tired.
A TV play is not recognized, in the final analysis, the plot can not convince the audience. It’s not so much that the audience hates Marisu, but rather the vulgar plot, God’s perspective, excessive protagonist’s aura and the author’s narcissistic mentality. The real "internal injury" of Mary Su, the heroine represented by Shang Yang Fu, lies in the fact that the thoughts and feelings presented in the works are too young and the characters are too flat. Whether they want to cater to the market and the audience or not, they will inevitably be abandoned by the increasingly sober audience.
Text/Beijing Evening News reporter Qiu Wei
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