On June 30, the TV series "Disappearing Elephant" was officially announced, and from July 4th, iQiyi will be exclusively launched. This TV series starred Li Jiuxiao, Jiang Long, and Ma Yinyin, and Wang Zhiwen and Ren Suxi also played important roles in the play. As an absurd comedy, the drama has some dark horse atmosphere, and it will become a hit drama this summer.
You might as well take a look at the synopsis of this TV series first:
Xiangcheng, a declining fifth-tier city, is about to usher in an international marathon.
Around this marathon, all kinds of people appeared: small town youths engaged in red and white ceremonies, gangsters who opened mahjong parlors, acrobatic troupes with many doors, and behind-the-scenes bosses who did counterfeit money business......
Zhang Kuang wanted to take a ride on the marathon, opportunistically "stealing" the elephant from his girlfriend's acrobatic troupe, but unexpectedly lost the elephant, and he was also involved in the whirlpool of counterfeit money......
Let's not watch the finalized trailer first, just watch the plot synopsis of this TV series, and you will find a lot of interesting and absurd places. A small fifth-tier city that has declined is going to hold an international marathon, and listening to it makes the audience feel absurd enough. Moreover, this absurdity is still based on reality, and we do have many fifth-tier cities that also hold international marathons. This is equivalent to saying that the main structure of this TV series is very real and satirical.
And all kinds of people have appeared one after another, which is even more bizarre and absurd, full of irony. The once-in-a-century international marathon, of course, will become a trend in this small city, and everyone is thinking about how to make money in this trend. This model of people participating in wanting to make money is also ironic. The ones who appeared on the stage are all the objects of ridicule in this TV series.
However, the reason why absurd comedy is funny is really because of its absurdity, the little people want to make money, but they are involved in the money laundering stories of the so-called big people, which is itself a small thing. Combined with the finalized trailer of this TV series, a lot of comedy baggage is also very interesting. For example, when the two male protagonists were discussing who was self-controlled, the conversation changed and talked about the grandfather at home, not to take care of the grandfather, but to suggest that the grandfather should be self-controlled, which is the unexpected charm of comedy.
If there are a lot of unexpected grandfather stalks in this TV series, then the show will definitely burst into laughter. Moreover, the main stalk of this TV series is aimed at the international marathon that everyone is familiar with, which can be described as very accurate. This kind of irony has a foundation, not rootless water. The more this is the case, the more it can make the audience empathize and laugh.
Of course, such an absurd comedy will also have some surprises. For example, after the development of the story of the play, it marched into all kinds of bizarre and left the premise of reality. Such a comedy, once released, will decline in quality. For example, Liu Zhenyun's "My Name is Liu Yuejin" is also an absurd and comedic novel, but it has always followed reality and not been overly bizarre, it is very authentic and of extremely high quality.
In terms of actors, "The Disappeared Elephant" is starring Li Jiuxiao and Jiang Long. Especially Jiang Long, he is simply a rookie in the field of comedy and TV drama performance. He has already had a number of film and television dramas with good broadcast results to meet the audience. This time, in "The Vanishing Elephant", he should not disappoint everyone. Wang Zhiwen and Ren Suxi are powerful actors worth looking forward to. In the play, Ren Suxi plays a sister-in-law, who can be described as full of temperament.
The play also has a minefield at present, that is, the crappy Sichuan-Chongqing Mandarin. I don't know why, this TV series uses Sichuan-Chongqing Mandarin. Are you trying to find something to laugh at Trump? To find a joke from the dialect, the actors need to be able to use the dialect lines proficiently. And in the trailer of the play, the use of dialects by these actors is almost meaningless. I hope that this Sichuan-Chongqing Mandarin will not become a burden to the play. (Text/Ma Qingyun)