"Skin" is called the British version of "Gossip Girl" by fans of the show, but those who have watched the show know that although it is both a youth drama, "Skin" is definitely more worth watching and better-looking. Its English play title "skins" refers to the paper used to roll marijuana, which is very vivid and profoundly poking at the central theme of the play. It is about the confused youth life of a group of high school students who have their own concerns. Profound or taboo topics such as drugs, sex, family, friendship, love, religion, etc. This show does not have an absolute protagonist, and each episode is not simply a random life story, and it will be scattered in a hurry. This is definitely not what the director and screenwriter like. They choose the subject matter carefully, and each episode focuses on one of the characters, throwing questions to the audience from a series of events happening around him, and exploring together. For example, the first episode of the first season mainly revolves around Tony. He is a handsome, beautiful, high-achieving "rich and handsome" with a school girl girlfriend and a large group of friends following him - an absolute leader. He wants to hold a party for his friend Sid and solve his friend's virginity problem in one night - in the first episode, "Skin" threw such a bomb to us, revealing to us the rotten youth life of these high school students Let's examine how these young people who are addicted to sex, use drugs to anesthetize themselves, obediently attend classes during the day and revel in the night, how to clean up their lives. From this series of stories, we saw the scars that were always hidden in their confused youth, and experienced the wasted years when they faced the scars together to solve and grow together. Of course, in this drama, we inevitably see some teenagers' pretentiousness and bitterness and resentment, which may become the common denominator in all youth dramas. However, when I think about it, what kind of person does not have a twisted youth, does not pretend to be deep, and does not think that he is the worst? Youth without pretentious posture is unreal, and the director obviously understands this very well, and understands this well. While showing the necessary awkwardness, he handles various character relationships and developments neatly and without delay. , neutralized the squeamishness, and used the lively and panicked life of a group of young people to directly hit our hearts. Their lives are unique - not everyone is as crazy as they are, but their lives are also ordinary, because everyone has had troubles, panic and confusion, and entanglements in their youth. . And these are the points of convergence between us and the group of people in the play. We have all burned and burned, and in the end, we will all face life calmly, earnestly continue the endgame left by our youth, and draw brilliant sparks. This is the depth of the theme of "Skin", and it is also its unique Sex, which does a good job of passing through everything superficial, allows the viewer to see the essence of adolescence. In addition to the profoundness of the plot, we can also see that the play exudes a strong literary and artistic temperament. Britain has a proud cultural accumulation. They have a large number of internationally renowned novelists, as well as famous playwrights. They have a strong British temperament and avant-garde thinking and art. Therefore, we can see that in Tony's room, the quilt covers a pattern of a man and a woman making love poses, and on the wall are Antonioni's "Zoom", Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris", Fellini's "Eighth" The movie poster of "Part and Half", the calendar is painted with Escher's paintings, the book read in the bathroom is Sartre's "Disgusting", when he apologized to his girlfriend Michelle, he read Shakespeare's poems, etc. Everywhere shows the profound cultural heritage of the British and the avant-garde thinking of the times. Therefore, while watching this drama, I am not only surprised by the boldness of the subject matter, but also by the satirical art and unique humor of the British, but also by this innate literary and artistic temperament. It can be said that it has greatly improved This shows the youthful temperament of this drama. At the same time, fueling and surprising the show's temperament is the show's soundtrack. The soundtrack is one of the highlights of this show, and it's a big factor that sets it apart from other youth dramas. The UK has some of the best music in the world, and likewise, they don't shy away from putting it right in every episode. Classical, pop, jazz, blues, rock and pop, etc. I'm not a music geek or a big fan of music, but I can still hear the subtleties of the music in this show, they're very good It sets off the overall confusing temperament of the play, embellishes the mood of each character, and highlights the tone of the event itself. , determines that other dramas are inferior to this unique youth drama. Finally, I would like to talk about the shooting of "Skin". The director is obviously not satisfied with the usual simple storytelling. In different stories, according to different temperament and atmosphere, the director chooses different shooting methods. For example, in the second season, because Tony had a car accident in the previous season, this season focuses on his journey of finding himself, learning to be himself, boyfriend, brother, and friend. There is an episode about him going to a certain university for an interview. In this episode, a combination of reality and reality is used to shoot, telling about the teacher, classmates and the mysterious woman he met in the university, as well as the two who tattooed him. A man waits for everything, and finally retrieves his "adventures" after a while of "sleepwalking". The entire episode was lingering in fog, leaving the audience intoxicated Deeply following the development of the story, watching how Tony went down, how he made decisions, how to break free, at the end, when the tattoo that was originally tattooed on the mysterious woman appeared on his back, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded - what the hell is this? What's the matter? Is this true or false? There is a sense of illusion, confusion, and deep puzzlement in "Inception". This reflects the director's skill. He used an entire episode of Sleepwalking-style methods to describe how Tony traveled in the world of his own consciousness, how to overcome his psychological obstacles, how to wake up his sleeping self, and how to find his way back. Road, this is Tony's sleepwalking, and it is also a dream that young people like to dream. I have to sigh that the director's form of storytelling is not only novel and clever, but also resonates with the audience. Outside the skin, we spend freely; under the skin, there are feelings that everyone wants to take care of. This is a very innovative and sincere TV series, which shows the audience the restless life of British teenagers with excess energy and hormones, and also shows everyone's rich, fantasy, emotional The youthful mentality of people evokes people's confused youthful memories: yes, my youth was like this too. Yes, my youth has also been confused! And what is respectable is that the whole show keeps telling the audience: "It's okay, we have been growing!"
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