First of all, the title of the play is translated very well. Zabel said to Mare: "Good night, Mare." Getting her indifferent response, he mocked himself: "It sounds like 'nightmare'." Probably "Nightmare in the East" came from here.
There are many creations based on a small town, such as "Dog Town", "Small Town", "The Tailor" and so on. Put the story in a small town, so that the development of the story can be subject to certain constraints - the beginning of the story often begins with breaking the order, so the story about the small town always starts from the way of a murder and the arrival of a foreigner. . Similarly, the relationship between characters in the town is limited, so that the relationship between the characters can be relatively certain, and will not extend infinitely and uncertainly, and the relationship can be developed into a relatively complex relationship network within the existing framework, adding ethics to the story. color, and increase the thickness of the characters. In the stories I've seen so far, the more common style is to give the town a closed, gloomy, complicated atmosphere, where everyone is caught in some kind of inescapable curse, suspicious, hating each other, bullying the weak, etc. No one can Be alone.
Therefore, "Nightmare in the East City" is a template as a whole, with character relationships, murders, and plot reversals. Although a lot of eye-catching designs have been made, most of them are more unexpected. What surprised me the most was Zabel's death, which was very cruel and reasonable, avoiding the emotional development between him and Mare, which would lead to the tone of the whole drama becoming a soap opera style, but it was not so abrupt, but made the story a kind of cold reality. a feeling of. And the actor's rivalry is also very good. Mare has a complicated heart. On the one hand, she bears a lot of life's burdens. But Zabel was sincere and enthusiastic, they finally got a little closer, and Zabel took the initiative to kiss Mare - obviously it was a very old-fashioned middle-aged idol drama plot, I don't know why this kiss made my aunt smile. But the next act is the end of Zabel.
What impresses me more is the depiction of some details, which is very real and life-like, and echoes the chaotic, rough and sloppy style of the whole town. For example, when Mare ate unpalatable duck liver at a cocktail party, she would spit it on a paper towel and stuff it under the sofa. Another example would be Mare's mother, who would hide ice cream in a bag of ordinary frozen food, and then take advantage of the busy day. Enjoy it when no one is home. However, these details depend on the superb skills of the actors themselves.
Another point worth learning from is its rhythm as a suspense drama. Its reasoning is actually very weak, and it is more about combining the case with family ethics and social phenomena. How to arrange the interweaving of information reasonably, and how to gradually unfold the story at a steady rhythm, instead of explaining it all at once as an omniscient person, also requires good practice of writing skills.
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