Which type of drama has the most vitality so far?
I guess, it must be a suspense drama.
From "The Hidden Corner" to "Thirteen Years in the Dust", each drama has gained good popularity and word-of-mouth response.
And after "The Long Season" won the annual drama king with a score of 9.4, the suspense drama wind blew even more fiercely.
However, this year, there has not been a drama that has both popularity and word-of-mouth.
There are a lot of ruthless dramas in the list of films to be broadcast.
For example, "Perfect Evidence" starring Zhang Ruoyun, "Above the Clouds" starring Sun Li's partner Luo Jin, "Hidden Things" starring Chen Xiao, etc., each has a strong lineup, raising the audience's expectations.
However, the above dramas have not yet come, and another new work is about to meet you first.
The 12-episode absurd and suspenseful light comedy "The Disappearing Elephant" is scheduled to be launched on July 4, and it will be broadcast exclusively on the whole network of Taochang, with a strong lineup and good texture.
What's the highlight of this show? Without further ado, let's find out.
An absurd story of a marathon
"The Disappeared Elephant" tells the story of Zhang Kuang (played by Li Jiuxiao), a down-and-out young man in a small town, who has always had a dream of making a fortune, and when he learned that a marathon was going to be held in the town, he decided to take this "hitchhiker".
In order to get the right to host the marathon, Zhang Kuang began to communicate with people from all walks of life.
There are young people in small towns who engage in red and white ceremonies, gangsters who open mahjong parlors, acrobatic troupes with many doors, and so on.
Even in order to increase his credibility chips, he opportunistically "borrowed" the elephant of his girlfriend's acrobatic troupe.
However, life is always accompanied by accidents, Zhang Kuang accidentally lost the elephant, and he was also involved in the whirlpool of a counterfeit banknote case.
In fact, just from the synopsis of the story, it is enough to get a glimpse of the absurdity and fun of this new work.
And the trailer is full of suspense and funny atmosphere.
At the beginning of the story, Zhang Kuang threatened to do a big job in a dialect, pulling his good brothers to run all kinds of investments, pull sponsorships, and finally get a million funds, who knew that he went to the bank to deposit and found a large number of counterfeit money.
This scared the two of them silly, worried that they would be approached by the police, and the two directly decided to turn themselves in.
However, in the car, Zhang Kuang felt that it was not cost-effective for the two of them to surrender together, and wanted to take the responsibility down on the grounds that Liu Ming (Jiang Long) still had a grandfather to take care of at home.
As soon as Liu Ming heard this, he directly "became strong with filial piety", and the conversation changed sharply, wanting his grandfather to surrender.
Okay, it's really your grandfather's good grandson, this sentence really caught people off guard, both absurd and funny.
On the other hand, Uncle Zhi (played by Wang Zhiwen) invested a large amount of counterfeit money in holding a marathon in order to "launder" his money.
In the picture, he took the money and put it under his nose and sniffed it gently, and his heart was extremely steady.
But what he didn't know was that his men were not clean, and they had drunk soup for many years, and they wanted to eat meat, so they also took a large amount of counterfeit money, and did not know where to use it.
However, no matter how many whimsical ideas these two bigwigs have, they can't resist the little brother who is crazy and dragging.
The two of them were swaggering at the door of the Public Security Bureau, trying to settle everyone who knew about the counterfeit money, and they were clearly heard by the police standing at the door.
It can be said that the plot of "The Disappeared Elephant" is full of nonsense, and at the same time, it is very ironic, and at the same time, it sets just the right amount of suspense for the story.
From the perspective of small people, the criminal plan of the big people, seeing the big from the small, supplemented by a fresh and funny narrative technique, such a play is fresh and interesting, and it is definitely worth watching.
Wang Zhiwen is a match, a comedian
Absurd suspense light comedy doesn't need an overly serious and grand cast, but it is indeed not easy to balance acting skills and funny baggage.
"The Vanishing Elephant" is cleverly cast, and every actor is just right.
The first place, Wang Zhiwen.
The old drama bone Wang Zhiwen is a rare "god of lines" in Chinese dramas, and his acting skills are profound, from "The True Colors of the Criminal Police" and "Heavenly Dao" to "The Wind" and "Rebel", he has created too many classic roles.
In the new drama, Wang Zhiwen plays Uncle Zhi, in the trailer, he has a serious face, looking at the front with an expressionless face, looking sluggish, but in fact, he is planning some conspiracy in his heart.
With Wang Zhiwen's acting skills, the character is absolutely in hand, but I am used to seeing him play the main drama, and I am a little curious, in the absurd light comedy, what kind of surprise performance he will bring to the audience, I am looking forward to it.
second place, Yu Haolei.
Yu Haolei's acting skills once again shocked the audience in "Celebrating More Than Years 2".
When Deng Ziyue, played by him, said the words "lead the thunder with blood" with a resolute face, there were hot tears hidden in his eyes, and Yu Haolei played the arrogance and unyielding character to the fullest, who can not be moved when he sees it?
In the new drama "The Disappearing Elephant", Yu Haolei plays the role of a policeman, and in the stills, he stands under the deep pit, looking up in shock and puzzlement, as if he has found something terrible.
Yu Haolei's acting skills are in the eyes of the audience, with him, this role is stable.
third place, Ren Suxi.
Ren Suxi, who is a professional director, also has superb acting skills, and she has contributed excellent performances in film and television dramas such as "Donkey Gets Water", "The Long Season", "Hometown, Don't Come to Harm".
Ren Suxi has both literary and comedy atmosphere, her performance is natural, no matter what role can be easily immersed in it, bringing the audience a performance with a strong sense of substitution.
In the new drama, Ren Suxi will play Sister Hei.
In the trailer, she carried a bag of counterfeit money and handed it to her younger brother to deal with, looking at the other party's appearance that she had never seen the market, Sister Hei's expression was helpless and disgusted, and she leaned back, showing the aura of the big guy.
Ren Suxi's acting skills don't have to worry, the role is absolutely brilliant when it comes to her.
fourth place, Jiang Long.
Jiang Long, who was born in a professional class, is well-known to the audience with the variety show "Annual Comedy Competition", and it can be said that he has an extraordinary understanding of comedy.
In dramas such as "Dog Leftover Run" and "Time Agent", Jiang Long also showed his good acting skills.
In the new drama "The Disappearing Elephant", Jiang Long will play Liu Ming.
In the trailer, he held the camera, and said with a fierce expression that he wanted to use the camera to "shoot" the other party, gritting his teeth and looking serious, which was really funny.
With Jiang Long here, the fun of the new drama is indispensable.
fifth, Li Jiuxiao.
Do you still remember the knife that generously died in "Eight Hundred"? In the film, Li Jiuxiao's enthusiasm and pride are portrayed very well, and his acting skills are remarkable.
In the new drama, Li Jiuxiao incarnates Zhang Kuang, a down-and-out young man in a small town, in the trailer, he looks silly and stupid, and he is very easy to be deceived, it seems that there is a good show to watch.
In addition, Chen Siyu, Jiang Zhongwei, Renke and other powerful actors will all play important roles in the play, and the group portraits of the characters are too outstanding.
epilogue
The biggest advantage of "The Disappearing Elephant" is that it breaks the game, breaking the situation of domestic suspense dramas that are increasingly forming routines.
The story starts from the perspective of a young man in a small town, weaving a number of interrelated and independent story lines, putting down a hook and hooking the audience into a suspenseful story.
The absurd suspense comedy is just the shell of "The Disappearing Elephant", peeling back this shell, it is about human nature inside, and desire and greed are all black hands that pull people into the trap.
Coupled with the help of powerful actors such as Wang Zhiwen and Yu Haolei, the acting content of the whole work has been raised to a higher level, the story is good, the actors are good, and it is difficult to think that this drama is not good-looking.
Now that the show has been finalized, I believe that as long as it is broadcast smoothly, there is hope to reproduce the peak of domestic suspense dramas.