Since the birth of a daughter, life has become increasingly boring and busy. Although I still watch dramas with my husband every night, although I have watched a lot of dramas, my thoughts are exhausted and I can't write anything. We recently watched seven episodes of The Nightmare in the East in three days, and I found myself rewatching the show over and over again, thinking about one character, Detective Collin Zabel.
First of all I declare that I want to write about him because I like him very much. Not only because of his young and handsome appearance, not only because of his warm and sincere personality, but also because I do not agree with many people on the Internet about his "little milk dog", and I want to write for him seriously and make a different voice.
Yes, in my mind, Detectvie Collin Zabel is not a little milk dog, although Evan Peters' handsomeness brings a lot of brilliance to this character, but he is not a little milk dog with no experience, a young man with hot blood , a little boy who has never been in love, so he was fascinated by Sister Yu. What kind of person is he?
Detectvie Collin Zabel is a tired middle-aged man who is going through a mid-life crisis, a mediocre person who suffers from imposter syndrome every day, a kind and gentle but not very smart person, a person who is disappointed in himself mediocre people who want to change.
Although he looks much younger (compared to the heroine), the deep forehead lines on his forehead, the daily shadows, unconscious sighs and frowns, and often dazed eyes have betrayed his age. He has reached middle age, and is very disappointed with his mediocre self. The only highlight of his career is stealing the results of a dying private detective. He has to repeat his own story over and over again to the heroine or anyone who questions how he solved the case. lie. Carrying a heavy sense of guilt and disappointment and doubts about himself, he wandered forward in his ordinary life.
From the play, we can see that he works in the county police station, his job is police detective, he graduated from the local police academy, he has many local classmates and friends, and many colleagues can help at all times, and his interpersonal relationship is like a duck to water. He wanted to get all six gun dogs, just a phone call. Telling the policeman in charge of the police dog that you have overtime pay, has a bit of the majesty of a superior. If you want to investigate the information on the blue business van, it is also a matter of phone calls. The heroine is very dependent on his information network, and it seems that he is doing well in the police station. But is he really successful in his career?
Let's take a look at the top eight positions in the US police department from weak to strong, 1) Police technician. 2) Police officer/patrol officer/police detective. 3) Police corporal. 4) Police sergeant. 5) Police lieutenant. 6) Police captain. 7) Deputy police chief. 8) Chief of police. That is to say, after 15 years of struggle after graduating from high school, Zabel's position is still police detective, second to last, just a little higher than police technician. Recalling that when he graduated from the police academy, he played pranks on the teacher's car in high spirits. Now that he is middle-aged, his career has not progressed, and the only highlight is that he steals other people's achievements. It is impossible for him not to feel sad about his mediocrity.
Look at what Zabel said himself. He told the heroine that at this age, he had to re-examine his life. This is (high) the height he thought he could reach, but in fact he is here (very high). Low). He told the heroine that he just wanted to do a great thing, only once in his life. He told his mother that he had been cautious all his life, and that nothing had been accomplished. Obviously, he was very distressed by his mediocrity, and wanted to burn once and live once, and then he met the heroine Mare, a strong, smart, beautiful, slovenly, and occasionally dressed up and glamorous senior royal sister, he was addicted, he burnt.
He has reached middle age, and he not only feels that his career is not successful, but also feels that he is an emotional loser. In the United States, people who still live with their parents when they are adults are regarded as losers, while others live with their mothers when they are middle-aged, and their emotional life is blank. His girlfriend left him for no reason, which hurt him a lot, but he didn't say anything bad. After he was drunk, he described the painful experience to Mare, but said that he was not angry at the time, but said helplessly, "OK, at least let me put down my bagels." A mild and helpless middle-aged man, That's how it was drawn.
His mother loves him very much and is very authoritarian, forcing him to go on blind dates, forcing him to pray with her during meals, and also very sensitive and intelligent. The mother could see through Zabel's favorable impression of Mare at a glance, and was deeply worried about it, until her anxiety unfortunately became a reality. We don't know why his ex-girlfriend left him, but from the fact that he lives with his mother, he is a very docile and obedient man who always says "my mother said...", it seems A mother boy. But he resisted his mother's doubts and dissatisfaction with Mare and insisted on handling the case with Mare. Even though Mare has been suspended from duty and surrendered his guns and lost his power to investigate the case, he still respects and adore her, regards her as his superior and sweetheart, faithfully serves as her assistant, and saddles her up for her until he loses his own life.
When I rewatched this drama, I discovered that Zobel liked Mare from a very early age, not long after they met, although she was very rough and indifferent to him at the time. Let's take a look at his various performances.
They went to the restaurant to arrest Brianna together, and the female owner of the restaurant asked with a gossip smile, "Are the two of you dining together?" Behind the female owner, Zabel smiled unconsciously. Then, after being categorically said no by the hostess, he silently sighed and frowned, and his face collapsed.
When he and the heroine made the inference in unison, he teased and said "jinx! You owe me a Coke!" Then he was defeated by the heroine's powerful white eyes, and awkwardly changed the subject.
He and the hostess checked bullet holes in the park in the middle of the night. The hostess said you should wear a thick coat since it's cold. The next day he immediately wore a down jacket with fur to see her, shouting her name in the crowd, like A young boy in love.
When he met the hostess in the bar after being drunk, he first showed his sincerity, then stared at her with a naughty smile and said, (than going back to drink with his buddies), I actually want to be with you more. was ruthlessly rejected.
When the heroine was still investigating the case with him after being suspended, he scratched his head and scratched his cheeks for a long time. Do you have any plans for this Saturday? When asked by the hostess if he wanted to date me with a straight ball, he said embarrassedly, only if you agree can it be considered as a date with you. The hostess didn't answer, he puffed out his cheeks and sighed like a hamster.
The heroine Shi Fendai (in fact, she hasn't put on the most beautiful clothes yet) went on a date with him, he was amazed, and turned his head to look at her intently while driving, and she was annoyed by her repeated proposals during the date, and said angrily Are you helping me or helping you? Say my mom said you were dating me just to get close to the case. The heroine ran away with anger, and then he sat there, angry, disappointed, and guilty expressions flashing in his eyes.
He finally opened his heart to the heroine, told her that he had not solved the case, and then couldn't help kissing her. This was the most warm and sincere kiss I've ever seen in a movie or TV drama recently, and it directly knocked on the closed heart of the heroine. That faint smile is proof. Too late.
This feeling can be reminisced, but it was already lost at the time.
Let's talk about how American netizens and the actors themselves understand this character. There are many netizens who like this character very much and have written a lot of analysis texts for him, but there are still many people who also label him beta male puppy of a man. But actor Evan Peters's own analysis of the character is obviously more profound. I watched some text and video comments about him about the character. Evan himself proposed that Zabel has imposter syndrome. He thinks that he is a good person with insecurities who is not very smart. He is not an elite like his appearance, but a person who bears a lot of psychological burdens. He felt that Zabel was hiding a lot and carrying a lot.
I like this drama very much, I like the character of Zabel, but also because of the superb acting skills of the actors and the combination of people and drama. Evan Peters has a lot of respect for Kate Winslet, and there are rumors that he took the role because of Kate. Evan himself later revealed that when he first started rehearsing, he was very nervous. He had a feeling of being overwhelmed by the heroine and didn't know what he was doing. This feeling happened to coincide with Zabel's nervousness beside Mare. It looks very real and wonderful. In the drunk scene in the third episode, because of these lines, the actor himself began to examine his acting career in middle age. Evan said that he felt very bad, so he became very emotional, and he almost couldn't act, clamoring for Hang out with the director and never act again. Fortunately, he persevered and gave us a wonderful drunk scene. The drama is fake and real, so it makes people move.
I really like Zabel so much, the screenwriter is really cruel, let this budding relationship come to an abrupt end, let this man who has just awakened from his midlife crisis lose his life, HBO, worthy of you. This regret is the most embarrassing. This abrupt end of the sincere feelings, is even more moving. Salute to Detective Collin Zabel, in this depressing town full of bastards, only you and Mare are qualified to say proudly that you have been here, lived and loved.
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