Recently, some people asked, is there any "after watching the head" drama?
Yes! It must be the Korean drama "Penthouse"!
To say that this drama is "on the top" is completely literal.
This feeling of "going up" has someone made an analogy -
"Roaring Sect Leader" Ma Jingtao Everyone knows, right? A Ma Jingtao has made people's eardrums unbearable, and in "The Penthouse", both men and women, young and old, all the staff "horse-like roar", occasionally mixed with the sound of smashing windows, smashing tables, smashing everything that can be handled by hand.
This is still the most superficial level of "upper head". The suspense of this drama is inexplicable, the reversal is deliberate, the motivation is boring, the people who died in the first few episodes have reappeared after saying that they have come back to life, and the previous plot is still a narrow road to meet the wrongdoers, and in the blink of an eye, they are married - the plot is like sitting on a roller coaster, turning around, and connecting a circle.
In fact, at the beginning of the broadcast of this drama, it was placed on high hopes. A group of rich people living on the top floor of the mansion "Hera Palace", and a pair of low-level mothers and daughters, this typical Korean drama model, is it reminiscent of the 8.8-point Korean drama "Castle in the Sky", reminiscent of Cannes, Oscar twice enshrined "Parasite"?
Think too much.
This is probably the reason why the Douban score of the first season of "The Penthouse" was high and low, and finally froze to 6.5.
Miraculously, the second season of dog blood increased, but the score did not drop but rose, and finally fell to 7.7 points, and the third season is on the way to the fast horse and whip.
It is estimated that ordinary audiences can't stand to abandon the drama, and all that remains is true love fans.
After clicking on the list of creators of "Penthouse", I found many familiar faces, which is a treasure list!
In this list, what Korean film and television wealth codes are hidden?
"Dog Blood Yeast"
Let's start with the screenwriter of "The Penthouse.".
Why watch Korean dramas first?
Because the status of Korean screenwriters is very high.
The status of Korean screenwriters is so high that they can influence the choice of directors and actors. Because the Korean film and television industry firmly believes that the script is the basis of a play.
In contrast, domestic screenwriters are really low enough to not blossom in the dust. Some young screenwriters complained that the new traffic flowers dared to take people to change words on the spot.
Screenwriter of "Penthouse", Kim Soon-yu.
Speaking of this screenwriter, we have to mention a generation of phenomenon-level divine drama "The Temptation to Go Home" launched by Hunan Satellite TV, which has the highest tolerance, the most thorough marketization and the most capable thing in China, adapted from the Korean drama "The Temptation of the Wife". Even the theme song of this TV series, which was called "Battle Song" by netizens, "Unforgivable", was filled in from the original version of the Korean drama.
"The Temptation of the Wife" Is a Chinese version of "The Temptation to Go Home", starring Korean actor Qiu Jiong Hyun
"The Temptation of a Wife" is the work of Jin Shunyu.
Episode 68 of "The Temptation to Go Home" sounds scary. Jin Shunyu's original "The Temptation of the Wife", 129 episodes!
Although people sent the title "dog blood yeast", jin Shunyu's douban score is mostly around 7 points, and the quality is not bad.
Just like netizens commented on her, "You can never guess how The next step of Screenwriter Jin will be reversed, and the dog is bloody and addictive, and the desire to stop is to refuse to return the favor." ”
"Dog blood" is actually the background of the first generation of Korean dramas, and 20 years ago also meant "plot twists" and "wonderful and good-looking".
Many post-80s Korean dramas have their first experience, from 1997's "Sky Bridge Storm". At that time, many young men and women in China cried bitterly for the emotional entanglement of the three people in the play.
Looking back now, the basic structure of the plot of this drama is actually the classic "Revenge of the Prince". However, the structure of this classical tragedy is put into Korean dramas, and it shoots a kind of "house fight" mixed with "sadomasochism" dog blood momentum.
"Blue Life and Death Love", which was released in 2000, is definitely a milestone in the history of Korean dramas.
At the beginning, many families in China were renting VCD to watch it. Looking back at this Korean drama that is called "watching and crying all over Asia", it is actually a bit embarrassing. For example, one of the scenes: the young Eun Hee is physically developing, his brother Joon Hee is chasing at home to see her breasts, and his parents are actually laughing at the side...
"Blue Life and Death Love" made Song Huiqiao a hit, and many subsequent works have allowed her to maintain a high reputation in China
Wrong change of life, infatuation with male two, incurable disease - "Blue Life and Death Love" can be described as the "model room" of Korean dramas "car accidents, amnesia, and terminal illness". 2002's "Winter Love Song", 2003's "Stairway to Heaven", and many Korean dramas that can no longer remember their names have appeared under this signature routine, cutting through the thorns in the ratings, and gradually replacing the jianghu status laid for Japanese dramas in China in the 1990s by a series of high-quality dramas such as "Tokyo Love Story" and "Long Holiday".
Only now look at it, the "Blue Life and Death Love" with a Douban score of 8.2 is definitely inferior to the "Tokyo Love Story" with a score of 9.4 points - you can't deny that the dog blood routine can mobilize the audience's emotions, but just like the delicious braised meat, it should not be eaten more.
The pinnacle is the end of the song
By the end of the first decade of the new century, Korean idol dramas were gradually developing towards a relaxed and inspirational route, and the original "dog blood" system was combined with family dramas - Kim Soon-yu was a representative figure.
Jin Shunyu's works are generally not short, waiting for 50 episodes. In 2007, at the age of 36, Screenwriter Kim released "Like That Too", 138 episodes; 2010 "Smiling Mother", 50 episodes, and it was a weekend drama; in 2014, the same weekend drama "Here! Zhang Baoli" 52 episodes.
Jin Shunyu's works have good ratings, including "The Temptation of The Wife" and "Here Comes!" "Zhang Baoli" and "My Daughter, Qin April" received a very high rating of more than 30% in South Korea.
"The Penthouse" continues Jin Shunyu's brilliant record, with the first season of a single episode rating approaching 20%, and the second season reaching 24%, dominating the lists.
This kind of family dog blood drama, which is very popular in South Korea, is also popular in Taiwan, China's treasure island, which is also the "Four Asian Tigers", and it is more extreme. "Taiwan Thunderbolt Fire" 285 episodes, "Home and Wanshixing" 275 episodes, "Night Market Life" 410 episodes, from 2009 to 2011, the ratings are frighteningly high. Those Taiwanese idol dramas that mainland audiences are familiar with are not counted as a dime in terms of ratings.
In the "old terriers" summarized by the Taiwan media, falling from a building, a car accident, a fire, the mystery of life, a wedding, a madness, a fight for a property... The familiar recipe is exhausted in "The Penthouse".
"Dachangjin" allows Chinese audiences to see the other side of Korean dramas
With the post-millennium foundation through idol dramas, "Dachangjin" and other quality dramas to establish word of mouth, Korean dramas and Taiwanese dramas try to join forces to conquer the Chinese mainland market, "The Temptation to Go Home" is the representative - in addition to the original version of Kim Soon-yu, the core creator is Taiwanese director Lin Tianyi + Taiwanese screenwriter Jian Yuanxin.
The repertoire of these two people, listening to the name, you can smell the smell of the overnight meal - what "Million Brides" and what "Million Brides Love No Regrets", even if the historical theme, can also shoot a sense of isolation that has not gone out of their own courtyard. For example, the "New Roselle" cooperated by the two, the iron fans of the starring handsome young student Yang Yang wanted to praise the hot mouth, and the role sang without a word, and the Douban score was 3.7.
Fortunately, the eyes of the mainland audience are bright, and the peak of "The Temptation to Go Home" is the end of the song.
Don't complain that the mainland drama is too long, look at this, the mainland is afraid that only the "Country Love" series may be able to fight.
The reason why such dramas are popular in South Korea and Taiwan, some people think that it is related to the rise of the "Asian Tigers" - when their economy started from family workshops, so they had an obsession with "family hegemony".
In the same period, mainland TV dramas, early childhood shadows "Don't Talk to Strangers", a little later "Chinese-style Divorce", and later "New Marriage Era", "Double-sided Tape", "Snail House", although there are also phoenix male peacock women and mother-in-law war, the ending is not lacking in tragedy, but basically still "discuss things on the facts", there is no "my family has the throne to inherit" perception.
It is said that Taiwanese local dramas have also been weakly received today, in large part because Korean idol dramas and well-made costume dramas from the mainland occupy the eight-point slot.
Quality is the last word.
Panning for gold across the ocean
The protagonist in "The Penthouse", Qian Ruijin, many viewers feel that the actor "sticks to the role".
Who is Qian Ruizhen? Fierce and occasionally human, although the screenwriter always let her IQ drop at key moments.
The actress who plays this role has a clear silhouette, sharp eyes, and a fierce spirit in the dark.
One look at the cast, Kim So-yeon.
Many post-80s memories of Jin Suyan, and Song Huiqiao a bit of a face collision, early they also played sisters in "Shunfeng Obstetrics and Gynecology". But Kim So-yeon is more fierce than Song Huiqiao, and has the beauty of an "independent big woman".
Kim So-yeon was one of the first South Korean actresses to go to China to pan for gold.
In 2000, she and Cai Lin starred in "The Temptation of Eve", playing the second female with her royal sister temperament. This drama made her and the female one Cai Lin both popular, and the front and back feet entered the Chinese market——
In 2004, Cai Lin starred in the mainland TV series "Love Aegean Sea" and the costume drama "Yangmen Tiger General", and later simply married mainland actor Gao Ziqi, who just exposed her divorce last year.
In contrast, although Jin Suyan's works in the mainland are few, but the starting point is very high, including Xu Ke's "Seven Swords", partners are Zhen Zidan, Li Ming, Yang Caini and Zhang Jingchu, and later "Yan Wang" Sun Honglei - even now, such a card is also a top match.
To this day, the main creative lineup of "Seven Swords" can still be described as a "top match"
At that time, Chinese movies liked to join a Korean beauty. There is Kim So-yeon in "Seven Swords", and there is Kim Hee-sun in Jackie Chan's "Myth" in the same year.
But the development of these Korean actresses on the big screen is not as smooth as on the small screen. No matter how famous it is, it is basically a "piece of travel". "Seven Swords" Douban score is only 5.9, Kim So-yeon has never made a Chinese movie again; "Myth" even if it has the blessing of Wang Huiling, the screenwriter of "Eating Men and Women" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and the film emperor Liang Jiahui, it is only 6.7 points. Reappearing on the big screen in China, Jin Xishan has already matched Jing Tian in "Warring States", which has a Douban score of only 3.9.
Jing Tian (right) and Kim Hee Sun (left) at the start of Sengoku
The ranking of Korean actresses reported by The Internet is reported by The Korean actress, the top of the list is Quan Jixian, who last year's Netflix hit series "Kingdom", who was last year, with a single episode salary of 83,900 US dollars, which was discounted to about 540,000 yuan.
The domestic actress who was forced to go offline due to surrogacy before, and her ex-husband's financial lawsuit has just won the second trial. During this period, she was exposed by her ex-husband's lawyer as "a TV series with a salary of 160 million yuan".
According to Jeon Ji-hyun's salary, she had to act in 296 episodes and 14 "You from the Stars".
But this downline actress can't even have vague lines, can she compare with Quan Jixian?
Some producers have also complained that the current star fees are too high. A variety show, the production of the past episode can be as low as 5 figures. Because celebrities appear with publicity, there is generally a symbolic charge. Production costs have risen hundreds of times, and 60% of them have been taken by celebrities.
The question is, is the quality of the acting they contribute worth such a high price?
Even if there are fans who pay the bill, but the film and television drama variety show is a commodity, it should be a work, and there must always be something left, right?
Life is like a play, and a play is like life
Another impressive character in "The Penthouse" is the upstart Jiang Marie.
Unlike many people who remember Kim So-yeon's name but can't match her face, Jiang Mari is a familiar face for the audience but always can't remember the name.
One look at the cast list, and I was shocked again - Shin Eun-kyung!
In 2001, "My Savage Girlfriend" turned out to be popular in Asia.
Quan Jixian, who became popular with "My Savage Girlfriend", has not many works, but it is still a front line
That year, there was another character whose popularity could compete with the "savage girlfriend", and the image complemented each other, that is, the sassy and warm gangster big sister in "My Wife is a Big Guy".
That role was also played by Shin Eun-kyung. Jiang Marie in "The Penthouse" completely no longer has the cool momentum of the wife and the big guy. This upstart who has achieved a class leap by scrubbing and speculating in stocks, with a clumsy body, the flesh of his cheeks drooping, a messy yellow curly hair like a misplaced dry grass, even if he has money, he is always underwhelmed in front of those who are more powerful.
It's the same person
Despite the roar of the whole staff, it is obvious that Shen Eun-ching's acting skills are superior, shrewd with inferiority, shallow and cunning.
Vividly portrays Jiang Mari, probably because Shen Enqing's own life is more bloody than the character.
When she debuted as a teenager, she earned all the remuneration for her father who failed in business to pay off debts; just when she was in her 20s, she was sentenced to probation for drunk driving when she repeatedly won awards and her future was promising.
But the trough period lasted, a year later, in 1997, she won the 18th Green Dragon Award with the movie "Prostitute", and in 2001, she made the blockbuster "My Wife is a Big Guy" and became popular.
However, while filming the sequel action scene of the film, which was the highest salary at the time, her eyes were pierced by sawdust, and she was not treated in time, which eventually led to blindness in one eye.
Later, a series of negative news such as marriage and divorce, son's poor health, and huge debts continued to this day.
Even with the scandal, she still has drama. At the end of 2018, she received "The Character of the Queen", which was also written by Jin Shunyu, and then took over to star in "The Penthouse", and the audience bought it.
Every time she drags Shin Eun-kyung out of the mud, it is her profession - good acting.
For example, the movie "Prostitute" that made her "cross the robbery" for the first time. The director of this film is Lim Kwon Taek - born in 1936, "Korean national treasure" is not enough to describe, he is simply a living fossil of the Korean film and television industry.
Lim Kwon Taek (right) can be called the "living fossil" of The Korean film and television industry
In 2000, as the "Korean Wave" was blowing into Asia, Lim Kwon-taek came to Cannes with "The Legend of Chun heung"— the first time a Korean film had been shortlisted for Cannes.
You know, in 1993, our "Farewell to the King" has won the Palme d'Or, and has contributed a best director (Wong Kar-wai), two film emperors (Ge You, Liang Chaowei) and a film queen (Maggie Cheung).
All of this happened before 2005. Later, the most popular Chinese film in the international film industry was the beautiful blanket star.
Maggie Cheung is the only Chinese Cannes best actress to date
Nowadays, it seems that the well-rounded Development of South Korea's film and television entertainment industry has only taken off in the past 20 years. Starting from the "dog blood" Korean drama, Korean film and television have Kim Soon-yu's high-rating dramas, as well as high-reputation dramas such as "Signal" and "Secret Forest"; there are films such as "Melting Pot" and "Suyuan" that reflect on society and promote change, and there are also popular overseas hits such as "Busan Trip" and "Kingdom"; there are "award harvesters" such as "Parasite", and there are uncrowned kings such as "Memories of Killing".
Bong Joon-ho, the director of "Parasite", is in Cannes
What can we create?
Don't think that our market is broad enough, there are already "tens of billions of box office actors", it does not matter if you can't get out of the circle. To let the world know us, we can't rely only on Confucius, Kung Fu and Zuo Zongtang Chicken.
To conquer the Tower of Babel, we have to enter the context of others and tell our own stories.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Jian Gongbo Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency (File Photo)
Source: Author: Takema