After watching Oscar's Oolong and sending Uncle Wolf away, the movie entered a boring gap. So today I'm recommending an American drama. Only the first episode came out this week, and I've already recognized it. "Enemies, Betty and Joan" ~ The first thing that made me decide to watch this movie was the cast. The actors who play the nemesis of Betty and Joan are also two heavyweight queens: Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. The two have a combined 10 Oscar nominations. And they will play two actresses who have been nominated for a total of 13 Oscars.
Now it's time to talk about who those big darlings are. Two superstars with the same label of the era have been entangled in struggles all their lives. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, two names that belonged to a distant golden age. Betty is of a scholarly family, her appearance is mediocre, and her systematic education makes her arrogant and acerbic. Joan was born poor, with a cool appearance, a frivolous style, and a good scheming. The two of them looked down on each other for the rest of their lives. Their 30-year feud was the biggest and longest-running scandal in American entertainment of the 20th century. The big stars of the golden age were very different from today's stars. They didn't mind being mean, cruel, and greedy, and they didn't even care about public criticism. So this life-consuming war between women is better than any movie. I couldn't wait to download the first episode non-stop, and the first thing I noticed was the FX logo. As soon as the FX logo appears, it will think of the slumped American horror series, as well as the first season of last year's highly restored but slightly lengthy crime story: The Simpson Wife Murder. FX has been cleverly combining various real events into stories. This time, the focus is on the entanglement of the two actresses. In the past, watching enemies and enemies was usually combined in a big story. This time, it's good, and it tells us bluntly: It's about two people who fight for a lifetime. It's really attractive to me. In the first episode, a talk show, several celebrities talk about Betty and Joan, and the whole story unfolds. The story is based on Betty and Joan's only co-movie film, "The Surprise of the Orchid", with short memories interspersed in the middle. The regret is that I feel that the first episode has already shown all kinds of contradictions. Will the focus of the subsequent contradictions focus on the open and secret fight between the two in the theater? That would be stingy. Or will I use the form of memories to focus on the contest between the two when they were young in the past. Looking forward to surprises from the writers in the future. In addition, the acting skills of all the actors are all online. In just one episode, Joan's inferiority complex, frivolous and flamboyant, small belly, and Betty's talent for interpretation are sinister and mean, and she will never show her arrogant head. Today, I also specially found the original version of "The Surprise Change of Guilan", and found that several scenes in it were indeed restored in American dramas.
A contest between the two at a press conference was the most sparkling and suffocating. Joan preemptively said, "Usually the bad woman (bitch) is played by me, and this time, I can enjoy Betty's acting skills." Next, the two began to grab the chair on the left, because that was the most prominent place on the front page of the newspaper the next day. The positions of the two were originally Joan on the left and Betty on the right. But when they were seated, Betty, who was obviously far away from the chair on the left, took the top spot with a stride and said, "You're so kind, thank you, Lucille" (Lucille is Joan's original name, and she has an unbearable past). A "Thank you" not only shows the triumph of the winner, but also the mockery of "Thank you for serving me". Do you think Joan will swallow this breath and accept failure silently? In the photo session, she took the initiative to get close to Betty. She seemed to be warm and intimate, but in fact, she had moved to the left again. The old lady is no longer sitting, and even if she is standing, she will occupy the front page of tomorrow. The reporters who took the pictures were stunned, and this was another big news. To support this exciting duel, most of it is due to the strong acting skills of the two veteran actors. Full of anger, the whole scene is intense and eye-catching. But facing the camera, forbearance to keep smiling, this is the queen.
Tears when you are young may be young and vigorous, and they are not pleasing to the eye. And by this time, there may be more unwillingness. Unwilling to be beaten down by time like this, unwilling to make headlines in the media is not theirs, unwilling to hide the wrinkles on their faces. Such emptiness and loneliness is especially obvious for them who used to be infinitely beautiful. At the beginning of the series, it is said through the mouth of Catherine Zeta-Jones - feuds have nothing to do with hatred, feuds stem from pain
Can only hope for this drama. It is the joy of unpacking the express. Even if I already know the final result, I still want to watch it layer by layer, episode by episode~ Finally, at the end of the first episode, I borrowed this passage from the visitor: The first day, Los Angeles. The stars in the night sky tend to stay in a fixed orbit and never interfere with each other, sometimes in Los Angeles. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, two equal stars who dominated the storied thirties movie world, never knew each other. But during this period when their careers were booming and declining, they had to start getting to know each other.
Attached are Betty and Joan, as well as the Oscar records of the actresses in the American TV series. Bette Davis Best Actress at the 6th Academy Awards in 1934 Supplementary Nominations for the Favorites Nominated for Best Actress at the 11th Academy Awards, Qing He Boming, nominated for Best Actress at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940, Nominated for Best Actress at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941, Nominated for Little Fox at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942, Nominated for Best Actress at the 14th Academy Awards, Yangfan 1944 16th Academy Award for Best Actress Nomination Skeffington 1950 22nd Academy Award for Best Actress Nomination Comet Beauty 1952 24th Academy Award for Best Actress Nomination Yesterday Stardust 1962 34th Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated SisterhoodJoan Crawford1946The 18th Academy Award for Best ActressThe Sea of Love 1948The 20th Academy Award for Best ActressIn a Cocoon1953The 25th Academy Award for Best ActressNominated Fear Sudden American Drama actor:
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