I just saw the interview of "Shiny Girl Sisi" with Fudan University teacher Shen Yifei (recommended for everyone to watch). Coincidentally, this teacher Shen also likes Kim Soo Hyun, and a passage she said in the interview was very inspiring to me.
This interview of Shen Yifei is about whether independent women want love or not. Two of these arguments are perfect for the show Psycho. One argument is that our love template has changed and the old template no longer applies in today's society. The second argument is that it is very difficult for us to get out of the trauma of the original family on our own, and the intimacy established through love can pull us.
Korean dramas have changed a set of templates according to the situation
Korean dramas have been synonymous with mindless romance dramas for a while. Many straight men mention that Korean dramas will roll their eyes, thinking that women are stupid to watch that stuff. And starting from the spiritual world of lust, most straight men watch AVs 10,000 times more brainless than Korean dramas. For women, Korean dramas are a romantic and sultry foreplay. Foreplay does not need perfect logic. Women need foreplay. The more delicate and rich it is, the more it can arouse women's desire. None of the male idols from Korean dramas just look at their faces to make women think about it. It is definitely the foreplay built by the drama that the touches given to women make these male idols extremely attractive.
In recent years, although I seldom watch dramas, I also know that Korean dramas have made great progress in the system, politics, workplace, and social issues. Romance dramas, as the main body of Korean dramas, have undergone obvious changes. This change can be observed changes in the relationship between the sexes.
Judging from the drama "Psychosis", the fantasy given to women in Korean dramas has changed a set of templates. In other words, the collective fantasy of women has changed, which has changed the template of Korean dramas. The template in the past is that the male protagonist who has everything desperately pursues the female protagonist, and there may be two rich and handsome for the female protagonist to choose from. Whether the heroine is poor, or outrageously kind, unreasonable, or bullied, the heroine here is a substitute for a wide range of women who do not occupy social resources. "She" needs a man's love to give resources, to give vitality. And the domineering president who is willing to give himself material and even raise himself can make "her" even more fantasy.
In the old version, adoration and dependence made women fantasize. Now, in Korean dramas, this set of templates has almost expired. Women are clearly evolving.
In "You Who Came From the Stars", although the heroine is a rich and beautiful female star, she is still weak compared to the male protagonist who has accumulated wealth and knowledge for thousands of years and has superpowers. The role of Professor Do is almost the pinnacle of Mary Sue. At that time, it was difficult for us to imagine how Korean screenwriters would break through this idol drama hero character.
But then, the male protagonist of the Korean drama did not continue to mutate and flew to outer space.
The next hit drama we saw was "Descendants of the Sun". In this story, the hero and heroine are already evenly matched, and the heroine has the ability, knowledge and courage. Men realize their ideals with weapons in their hands, and women have scalpels in their hands. You go to realize your value, I realize my value, when I need you, you can be by my side and help me. At this time, in addition to the masculinity of men, responsibility and respect have also become factors for women to fantasize about the opposite sex.
The template for this fantasy is, I'm fine, you're fine, and equal good makes us better together.
Today, when we watch the drama "Psycho", what will we see? I occasionally open the barrage and see someone complaining, "This is the weakest male lead in a Korean drama I've ever watched."
From a worldly point of view, is the male protagonist weak or not? weak. No money, no education, or even a stable job, and he also carries an oil bottle - his autistic brother. This is just like the heroine in the previous Korean drama template. (From the perspective of being unworldly and not patriarchal, the male protagonist is not weak. He began to take care of his brother at the age of 12, just like those mothers who are willing to take care of their children and give up on themselves, and do not give up because of their children's physical and mental health, How can you not be strong inside?)
In contrast, the heroine is famous, rich, and has social status. She looked at Wen Kangtai just because she was "beautiful and wanted". She was kind and unreserved, more than strong, and did not possess the basic human empathy ability. She was arrogant, rude and savage. There is no pressure to open a yellow accent, and she does not have any beautiful qualities of women that traditional values believe...
In this drama, the male protagonist lives in the female protagonist's castle, drives the female protagonist's car, cooks breakfast for the female protagonist, and is asked by the female protagonist not to dress too handsomely. Turn, but this also shows that in the female fantasy represented by Korean dramas, women's projection of themselves is more free, and the projection of men can be a gentle personality who "can sacrifice self and take care of others".
The template has become - I just love you.
I often tell my friends that under the trend of feminism, the sooner a man realizes that the paradigm of the relationship between the sexes has changed, the sooner he will have a pleasurable relationship. Feminism is of course good for men too, if you know what it is. Abandoning old-fashioned values, you can only be in harmony with the trends of the world.
Intimacy can give us a hand
Each episode of "Psychosis" uses the theme of fairy tales as metaphors to talk about the complexity of the adult world. The suffering, bondage and trauma of the original family, the love and control of parents, human desires, cowardice and evil... The plot unfolds in a mental hospital. Except for the bloody part of the design, the situation of everyone in the mental hospital is very close to reality.
The young son who was not loved by his parents and tried to get the attention of his parents with exaggerated and crazy behaviors, who lost his ability to be happy because of poverty, spoke harshly to his daughter, but could not accept the fact after the daughter died and became mentally ill. The father ignored the middle-aged woman who was sent to the witch's house and was mentally unsound. These people are not uncommon in life, there may be all around us or we are... and three main characters. The male protagonist thought that his mother didn't love him and gave birth to him just to take care of his brother. The elder brother has a nightmare in his heart, it is the younger brother who wants to die by himself. And the heroine's mother is not only a murderer, but also a pervert who raised her to be as anti-social as herself.
This is a story of redemption. On their own, it is difficult for everyone to get out of the swamp of their original family. Friends and lovers are lifebuoys that save us when we are close to drowning. And as Mr. Shen said, the easiest way to enter an intimate relationship is to fall in love. Sometimes the steel cage that cannot be broken free with all the strength can be slowly dissolved in the embrace on the shoulders of the lover. This is the magic of intimacy. Gao Wenying played by Xu Ruizhi has no way to control her emotions. She tends to solve problems with violence. In nightmares, Wen Kangtai hugged him, and in reality, Wen Kangtai held her. Without this intimate relationship, Gao Wenying is both strong and fragile, what is strong is the means, and what is fragile is the soul, she is an "empty can".
This can answer the question of whether independent women should fall in love, of course. Independence does not mean that the soul has no weak parts, that it does not need the nourishment of intimacy.
Likewise, without Gao Wenying, Wen Kangtai could hardly break free from the bondage and pain of his native family. Before he had Gao Wenying, he didn't want to have another life at all. When he was a child, his mother told him that his meaning was brother. After his mother died, he had to move constantly for the sake of his brother. He couldn't study, he didn't have a good job, and he was always apologizing for his brother's emotional problems. His life never belonged to him, and therefore he could not live the taste of life. Because of Gao Wenying, he began to live. Gao Wenying's temptation made him have his own desire for the first time, and this desire was fresh and made him want to be free. So he began to hesitate and tear in the life of being firmly bound by his brother, entangled on both sides, when he found out that Gao Wenying also needed him very much, and when he also needed Gao Wenying very much, the binding with his brother loosened , the "happy" expression appeared on his face for the first time.
The intimacy of saving each other is the best model of love. Korean dramas have analyzed love to such a degree that it is not just a fantasy, it is also inspiring women, what kind of love we need. It is no longer the pua of an overbearing president, not material and life security, or even just responsibility and respect...
Why it is always said that watching Korean dramas raises the standard of women's mate selection, I think it is because the screenwriter's excavation of women's love needs is at the forefront of the general concept of society.
Kim Soo Hyun has a face that hides a secret
Last but not least, let's talk about the actors. I don't watch many Korean dramas. I have watched Kim Soo Hyun's "The Moon Embracing the Sun", "You Who Came From the Stars" and this one, "Although It's Okay, It's Okay". I think Kim Soo Hyun's performance is not large, but it is visible. content.
The king who is obsessed with his first love, the alien professor who has lived for thousands of years, and Wen Kangtai, whose life is tied up by his autistic younger brother... Take a screenshot of Kim Soo Hyun's face. Straight men may say facial paralysis, but they are watching dramas In the eyes of women, Kim Soo Hyun has a face that hides a secret, and what can be more exciting than a handsome guy who hides a secret and is affectionate.
In an interview with the media, Kim Soo Hyun said about his choice of roles, saying that he hoped that only Kim Hyun Soo could play the role he played. The original text quoted in the news is in Korean, which I cannot understand. If it's true, then I must say, he's pretty good at picking. The characters he plays all have a hidden story, buried feelings of forbearance, which are very in line with his acting style. Kim Soo Hyun and these characters can be said to have achieved each other.
Xu Ruizhi, who plays the heroine, has a relatively large performance range. On the one hand, the role she plays has an exaggerated personality, so she can be self-consistent, but on the other hand, she is put together with Kim Soo Hyun, especially Oh Jung Se, who plays the autistic brother. , I can still feel that the acting skills are a little more tender, and the tough and domineering acting is much better than the fragile and flawed side. Because the former has low requirements for performance, the latter requires many layers.
Each episode of "Psycho" uses a dark fairy tale theme as a metaphor, and uses a way of showing childhood trauma, telling about the complexities of the adult world. As a romantic drama, it has limitations. It is a flat and fragmented way of displaying mental trauma. The biggest villain is also a facial image that is difficult to logically deduce. However, as an innovative female fantasy template, a romantic drama that explores the meaning of intimacy, it is a typical representative of the evolution of Korean drama.
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