[American TV Drama] "Working Sisters": We want to talk with our dreams

Jovanny 2021-12-17 08:01:17





For most ordinary people, after the 21st century, they always look a little down. The economy is deteriorating, disasters are increasing, and dreams are missing. People are slightly embarrassed in the deteriorating living environment, so they increasingly yearn for retro and nostalgia. Since the beginning of the last century, since 2005, a number of serious era dramas such as "Mad Men", "Seaside Empire" and "The Demon of the Sea" have appeared, which reflect people's real life. The need for escape and part of nostalgia has also created a state of gradual lack of excellent sitcoms.



Even if "Modern Family" brings a sense of joy in a pseudo-documentary style, even if "The Big Bang Theory" once stunned the world's otaku five years ago, even if "My Mom and Dad's Romance" lasted for 7 years. "Uncle Barney" became popular, but they were either weak in successor, or fighting alone, or just the product of a general from a dwarf. In short, the sentiments of sitcoms in this era look embarrassing and tasteless. The golden age of "Friends" 10 years of fighting "Will and Grace" is gone forever.



Until the fall of 2011, an unpredictable drama called "Working Sisters Flower" brought huge surprises without warning. It was like an excellent sitcom from the 90s: neither exquisite nor high-end. There is no gimmick or skill. In this era of American dramas that emphasize elite packaging, it is commendable to maintain the tradition and abide by the characteristics and rules of old-fashioned sitcoms: indoor and outdoor, three points and one line, three or two characters, and extremely simple structure. , The characters are extremely bright, and the dialogue is extremely spicy. This story of two girls in an embarrassing fast-food restaurant and an old apartment does not chase fashion or sell cleverness. The technical roughness and wanton seem so out of date, but " "Working Sisters" is like a bare-faced girl next door, showing unexpectedly cuteness and naturalness, possessing a striking temperament, not angry but sharp enough, unassuming but with personality, no ambition but dreams.



Yes, there are dreams. And the dreams in American sitcoms seem to always start with a beautiful blonde waiter. After Rachel rushed into the Central Park cafe in a wet wedding dress, she settled down on her independent dream from the waiter and the vicissitudes of "Friends". Long career. When Petunia in "The Big Bang Theory" landed across from the apartments of Shelton and Leonard, her fate of becoming an unqualified waitress with the dream of an actress could not be changed.







And when Kai Ruolin in "Working Sisters" dressed in glittering brand names and Hilton-style blonde hair, pretended to break into an embarrassed fast food restaurant, and encountered the impoverished big-breasted goddess Max, the pair " The American dream of "working sisters" also unfolded from this. The protagonist of this drama has a pair of girlfriends with completely different backgrounds and identities. They met in their worst situations. They went from being unsuitable and disagreeable to each other to working together for a common dream, and trying to build a seemingly different Possible friendship.



The waiter of the fast food restaurant Max is a beauty with a proud figure, dark curly hair and misty and beautiful eyes. She has a natural goddess aura like Scarlett Johansson and Megan Fox, no wonder the insignificance in the play The chef took pleasure in teasing her with words. But she also has a father who has never met, a mother who is addicted to drugs, a helpless childhood, an unlucky puberty, and an economic situation that is almost bankrupt, plus an ex-boyfriend who has been cheating all the year round and the admiration of stepping on two boats. Object, I really can’t blame her for hating the world, because she has to grit her teeth and put in a few jobs to repay the credit card and support her failing life, so Max’s sharp teeth are all used to ridicule and laugh at this bizarre world, and to wrap herself embarrassed. Fragility and self-esteem. But she is also sympathetic, very kind, hard-hearted, so she will "picked up" Kai Ruolin, who had only known each other for two days, from the street to her home, and taught her to take care of her and help her take care of her "pets". (A horse), and allowed the bankrupt rich lady to bring a blond sun into her life and heart.



Karolin is a wealthy daughter in the Upper East Side. At the beginning of the episode, she wore Chanel, carried a designer bag, and stepped on high heels and said: "My rich dad is in prison, so I have to work to support myself." In the white eyes, Kai Ruolin didn't think he was rushing to serve others, even if he was homeless, even if there was only one horse in his entire property, and even if he could only live in Max’s living room, Kai Ruolin was still digging new things vigorously. Hope, she persisted in encouraging Max to have her own little dream. She took Max out of the bad relationship, found her goal to open a cake shop, and never lost the opportunity to sell, operate, and look for opportunities to go. Realize their little dreams in bad times.



This is a series full of hot and beauties, support and friendship, unscrupulous Tucao and rascal jokes. It is never meticulous, never pretentious, and never elegant and self-sufficient. It is like every ordinary person of us. , A little self-esteem, little face, a little unpretentious, a little unthinking, a little hard-talked, and a little sharp and persistent that can't be cured.



And when in a certain episode, Karolin said to Max on a drunk night: "I have nothing now. I need that cake shop so much. I know you are afraid of success, but I believe in your dreams. Please, we Let’s work together, and we will succeed!” At that moment, it seemed like a joke was casually told, but suddenly the most touching, simplest and most direct declaration of this seemingly gag and hippy smiley series appeared. : Yes, maybe the world is terrible, maybe we have a terrible life, but the dream is always there. And we have to talk to dreams.

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