British dramas always have the urge to write a movie review, it's amazing, you can't wait to write something before you even watch the last episode.
The show is called Normal People, but Marianne and Connell are by no means the first choice for the image of normal people in my mind. At the beginning, one was a withdrawn, straight-A student who didn't get a trace of love from his family, and could talk to anyone, and was on the way to find his own value inward; the other was outgoing, with a lot of friends, but from Athletic students who have no deep communication with anyone have been seeking approval from others. So, perhaps Aloof, Detached, Alienative... These seemingly less universal character traits are, in the final analysis, a kind of normal. We start from different places and move towards reconciliation with ourselves, the world, and love. milestones forward.
Normal background setting, amazing artistic effect
This is a drama film and television work that is dedicated to reflecting real life and emotions, has a long time span and a complete story line, and completely revolves around the protagonist . Except for the dead Rob, he has many scenes in school, but It is also an introduction to the fuse of the protagonist Connell's emotional outburst. The most glorious moment of Rob's role is probably the funeral. Because of the excitement of the funeral, Connell's inner unease, sense of lack, and loneliness of outsiders who have always been active below the surface , and mixed feelings for Marianne suddenly erupted, and a dormant volcano ushered in an active period. (All the supporting characters are tool people and want to capture a little bit of the personality of the important supporting characters? Sorry, there are no lines that do not exist to set off the protagonist, and the lines that do not exist to set off the protagonist are nonsense. There is no extra nonsense in this show [Tan Shou.jpg].)
The more common screenwriting method is to focus on the protagonist(s), weaving several supporting characters around the protagonist, and then weaving the entire story network. Although the supporting characters exist relying on the protagonist, the director and screenwriter are often committed to creating a flesh-and-blood supporting role. , make the whole story look more realistic, rich, and logically complete, and it is easier for the audience to map it to their own life one by one without being obtrusive, like a mirror ball that has been smoothed and corners, and it will be everywhere you go. Can see the complete sphere and see the reflection of one's own life. And this drama is more like a one-way driveway, you can occasionally pull over and stop for a while, but you can never change your direction, you have to keep walking down the growth path of the male and female protagonists, you can't turn your head, you can't turn a corner, forcing you to pass their eyes To observe the world, and continue to enter into a deeper empathy .
It is precisely because of this that when you follow the story line step by step behind the protagonist, the whole drama is no longer in an artistic dimension higher than life, but life itself . I think this may be due to the author and one of the chief directors. , from the bland but powerful perspective of women. As mentioned at the beginning, why do you think these two protagonists are not normal? It's because the background of the whole show is no different from our lives, and it's hard to drown in the crowd with people with such distinct personalities in their lives.
There is nothing out of the ordinary in the whole show, the protagonist is not drugged, pregnant, robbed or in a car accident, nor is he destitute or wealthy (only the male protagonist has a slightly poor life, but that is quickly diluted by scholarships) ), let alone the favor of the goddess of fate appearing out of thin air when she was in a desperate situation. So there is always such a feeling: the writers and directors want the audience to truly appreciate how all the experiences of the protagonist shape their character, desire, life pursuit, self-awareness, way of love... and not be unknowingly seen And the excitement of the plot is distracting. The protagonist does not have a "hero halo", and when faced with temptation, he may choose the option that he will regret later, and some difficulties may not be solved after hitting a wall several times... Is there a sense of familiarity? It's so similar to our life.
For example, every separation, there are stupid choices made because they can't recognize themselves, and there are misunderstandings because one of the two avoids a favor, but no separation is a repertoire of their quarrel, they never Grabbing an old account and rummaging around, because they all keep going. In contrast, all the conflicts between Helen and Connell ended up on Marianne, Helen tried to move forward, but unfortunately, she couldn't go into Connell's deeper spiritual world, she could only drag a pair of skins Peer, she tried so hard to make that soul move forward.
This is the truest form of growth. Everything, even human nature, is changing. There is no lingering inferiority complex, no stubborn attachment, no indelible condemnation, only time shift. The inner change brought by Shiyi is only growth itself . The so-called country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. It is nothing more than a stage of maturity from growth to achieve a balance between self and the world in cognition. Some people are not confused when they are in their 30s and 40s, and feel that they have seen through the vicissitudes of life. Some people still feel that human nature is precious and lovely in their old age, and they are still cultivating in this life. There is no difference between the two, whether they mature early or grow all the time, they are all in a good state of life, and they can be self-consistent.
If the mountain doesn't come, I will, I will go to the mountain
I have always felt that art has magnified all aspects of life too much, and I have been looking forward to a flat and straight-forward movie, TV series or novel, less drama, and closer to life.
But watching this drama, I suddenly felt that if the mountains don’t come, then it’s okay for me to pass by myself. The film and television drama just magnifies a certain aspect of life and makes it the focus of this drama, but in life Among them, such an aspect may only account for a small proportion, and it has a subtle balance with other things. The role of film and television dramas is that when a certain aspect occupies the C position at a certain moment or a certain period of time, through The writer's perception stimulates you to reflect yourself. You shouldn't expect to get a profound experience from a background as cluttered as real life in a few hours. Only by simplifying the background can you understand something in a short period of time.
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