PWB's first two plays "Fleabag" and "Crashing" are relatively niche. Fleabag is a story about daily life and trickery in a deep well. Crashing tells the story of how a group of deep well ice harmed each other. After watching the first episode of Fleabag, I became a fan of PWB. She is definitely a super fun, super deep ice, super ingenious brain circuit writer, so I thought she would continue to release herself on the road of a niche. Unexpectedly, after just two years, she seemed to have been recognized by the BBC and began to pick the lead in charge of mainstream British (American?) dramas (because "Kill Eve" was produced by BBC America, whether it is a British drama or an American drama can be a problem of the century. NS).
Looking at the first three episodes, the comparison between "Kill Eve" and the first two works of PWB is really very mainstream. First of all, the drama has a complete mainline plot development (Fleabag and Crashing are basically a collage of fragments of daily life). Secondly, the characters are not so marginalized (although the female killer and the logistics staff who love the life of fantasy agents are actually quite marginalized, they are simply social pillars compared to the characters in the first two dramas).
I think this is probably the transformation of PWB to the mainstream. Perhaps the biggest challenge compared with the previous game is how to tell a suspenseful story compact and wonderful (this may be an area where PWB has no previous experience), and the second is how to write some characters that are not so deep. The first point is well done so far, and the plot has a degree of relaxation. But as far as the second point is concerned, all supporting characters have completely moved closer to mainstream American dramas, and even appear to be more facial (human boss, honest high-level who loves the truth, etc.). The two heroines also retain the PWB's signature deep well ice characteristics, which is also the play's interesting role. But if you think about it carefully, there is not much difference between eve and the mainstream enthusiastic, brave and upward silly eldest sister heroine in American dramas. This role is mainly supported by the strong personal style of the actor (I have to say that the actors are well selected and very capable. Cover up the problem). Villanelle’s character design is more interesting, but how to distinguish it from the ordinary cold-blooded killer of a pretty and murderous girl is also a problem (the actor's expressiveness seems to be lacking). Especially in the fourth episode, Eve seems to be embarking on a road of bitterness and enmity. I am really worried that the neurotic interest of this drama will further decline.
As a fan of the brain, I definitely want to wish PWB's successful transformation to the pinnacle of life quickly, but I still hope that she will retain some weird little fun, after all, that is the real her!
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After watching 5 episodes, I feel that the positioning of the show so far is a bit awkward. What kind of effect does PWB want to turn this drama into?
1. A serious spy drama
But this won't give full play to her neurotic advantage. And as a pure spy drama, the plot is a bit simpler, and drama conflicts, reversals, and the like don't seem to be enough.
2. A ridiculous black comedy
But for now it is neither ridiculous nor black comedy enough.
3. A lesbian drama that circulates erotically and wins with atmosphere
However, the two heroines seem to have insufficient hormones, and even with a good soundtrack, they seem to be far from the ambiguous erotic drama. I think Shanzhuo Wu is quite charming and cute, but she is really not the kind of sexy that can bend people (I don’t know if western audiences think she’s very sexy, for me, those big features that were washed by the tap in episode 5) The photo is more funny than sexy). Judy is seriously lacking in expressiveness. Originally, her appearance was sweet and plain, and her acting skills did not show the horrific contrast between sweetness and plainness and perverted coldness. Many times I see her playing ruthlessly, I think it's a drama, because she really only looks like a plump and healthy elder sister from a good family. Even if you don't care about all of the above, these two people really don't have a sense of CP.
The first 5 episodes seem to be a mixture of the above three, so each item is a little bit, but not in place.
The biggest suspense right now is Villanelle's prequel. However, whether it is filmed as "She has no special story, she is a psychopath" or "She has a story like this, she is just a tragic victim" will fall into the cliche, so I can only look forward to PWB in Surprisingly on this point.
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