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Different from the madness of American dramas and the water injection of domestic dramas, British dramas have always been on the fine line. High-quality products mean short and exquisite. When domestic dramas keep sprinting from more than 30 episodes to 40 episodes, 50 episodes or even 60 episodes, British dramas have steadily maintained the number of episodes in single digits. However, although the sparrow is small and complete, the British drama has never been underestimated because of its smallness. On the contrary, from "Charlotte Detective" to "Downton Abbey" to "Black Mirror", they often shine instead.
"Doctor Foster", to be honest, when I first saw the name, I was looking forward to seeing medical professional stories like "House" and "Grey's Anatomy". But soon I found out that this show is not what I thought at all. If I have to compare, maybe the movie "Gone Lover" will be more relevant (about this movie, Lao Bi wrote an article " Dealing with Scumbags " before The teaching film of a scumbag ", everyone can take a look).
There is a saying that if you want to live a good life, you must have a little green on your head . This half-joking, half-sarcastic remark is probably the most simple voice of the majority of melon-eating people about cheating. Whether it is schadenfreude or sympathy, it is itself a kind of magic trick to generate dramatic conflict (or, rather, to watch).
Its bonus effect is dizzying and dizzying.
At the age of 37, Dr. Gemma Foster, a successful career and family-friendly doctor, lived a happy and well-respected life. Until one day she found a long blond hair on her husband's scarf. And she herself has short brown hair, and no one in the family is blond. As a doctor's sharp mind and sharp eyes, she believes that this must be unusual, so a story similar to a suspense case begins. She looked at all the blond women around her like a detective, trying to find out the truth through this fog, and at the same time, she began to re-examine whether the marriage she had chosen was right...
The most valuable part of "Doctor Foster" is the subtle discussion of human nature in its delicate structure. From Dr. Foster, we can see any modern woman who loves life and works hard to live. She is more like a typical social microcosm, allowing women to see themselves.
After 15 years of painstaking management, I have a lovely 8-year-old child, a group of neighbors who help each other, and more importantly, a husband who has always believed in mutual love and kept his promises. What if all this came to nothing in an instant? Gemma's seemingly perfect life seemed to be gradually pinched up through that thin strand of hair, and slowly began to collapse.
First of all, it was determined that her husband was stealing. At first, I thought it was just a three-month relationship that started with a temporary love. Later, I found out that Nima is still true love, and it lasted for two whole years! What's even more terrifying is that Jiama helped her find out that the little three was pregnant!
Immediately afterwards, I found that almost all the friends around knew about it, and they also helped the scumbag husband to hide it from Jiama! Digging deeper, the incompetent husband put all their fortune into a real estate project, she lost financial support... and what broke her heart the most was what her son Tom told her when he knew everything.
He said Mom, I hate that you're always on the go at work every day. You never have time, you always come home late, you don't help me prepare lunch and buy new clothes like other people's mothers do, and you don't have time to listen to me talk to you. I like my dad better because he always talks to me speculatively and he is very willing to accompany me. It's just because you're always so busy with work that you don't care about your family that Dad gets bored and goes to other women. You're out of control like a lunatic, and I don't like you now .
It's very scary just to write it out. It's hard to imagine how an ordinary woman (especially a woman who lived a very smooth first half of her life) would face this. Gemma was full of hope before each blow, and was willing to give her 15-year marriage and her bedside one another chance, and to fight for another chance for her children to have a happy family, but what was waiting for her was always one more time. More than once in despair.
She used to cry in a panic, she used to be at a loss, she used medical scissors and wanted to stab all the hypocritical friends and that scumbag to death, she staggered into the sea in the early morning trying to drown herself, and she was heartbroken by her son's words. land. But in the end, like every inspirational story, she did not fall, but chose to move forward.
"No one is the real winner in something like this, Gemma, everyone gets hurt, it's just a matter of who gets hurt less."
Gemma's divorce lawyer said so.
But in my opinion, to be able to climb out of that quagmire is a victory in itself.
What shocked me the most was the scene after she took the scumbag to Xiaosan's house for a banquet, and revealed the two of them in front of Xiaosan's parents. The 23-year-old mistress turned into anger. After scolding the old bitch, she jumped up and slapped her hard on the back of the head. But she smiled contemptuously, even taking a second glance at Xiao San thought it was a waste. She wiped her mouth with a napkin, straightened her hair, got up like a queen, and walked away with graceful, unhurried steps.
Leaving the rest, squabbling squabbles, crashing crashes.
"Men always like 22-year-old chicks, don't they? No matter the age of the man, the woman they have a crush on is a damn 22, forever 22."
It is said in the news that as the post-90s fully reach the marriageable age, the divorce rate is also getting higher and higher. Some people say that after watching this drama, they suddenly understand why the marriage rate of British people is so low. This TV series is specially made for people who are afraid of marriage, so that people can see the nakedness of marriage, and what they really pay and gain in the process.
I'm the only one in the world who didn't know that my husband was cheating, and they all knew and tmd helped him hide it from me.
Although it seems indifferent, this is the attitude of public opinion towards cheating.
And many people probably don't understand the meaning of marriage and just get married like this. I have fallen in love with him (her), and I will love him (her) for the rest of my life. That is true love, and true love will never happen again. When love came, they screamed with excitement. However, in the process of waning passion for more than ten years or decades, this same group of people will claim that they have found true love again. It's all true love, in what order?
I have seen such people.
He looks dignified, and has been a playboy since he was young. All kinds of relationships between men and women are messed up, just like the scumbag Simon in the play. Then, after getting married, he still vaguely opened a lot of secret lines to engage in underground affairs. His wife tried to pretend to be ignorant, but she tried to communicate in private like Jamma, and chose to forgive countless times. Until one day, a routine (or willingness to meet true love?) made an illegitimate child. So everything fell apart.
In the presence of a child, the collapse of this tall image takes only a few minutes. It's no wonder that when Jamma told her son Tom all this in front of the scumbag, the scumbag was so furious that he started directly, slamming his wife's head against the glass. Because he knew that from now on in front of the child, he would never be able to raise his head again.
Marriage is so fragile. It's almost vulnerable to a single blow when you think it's your everything.
I once asked myself, does love really always come to an end like this? I've asked myself many times, but never got a definite answer.
In this drama, I got answers from the writer and director. Marriage is like a wooden vessel wrapped in gold leaf, and no matter how shiny it looks on the outside, that doesn't really define its essence. Some people can do it, some people just can't.
Xiaosan's father warned Xiaosan like this: "Do you think there will be no such times in my life? I have also been tempted by other women, but I will think of your mother, and I will try my best to maintain my love for your mother. Promise, I still remember it."
Ironically, maybe true love doesn't need the constraints of marriage at all, and some people can easily do it consistently. For example, the old man Jack and his deceased lover David, who had a lot of opinions on Gemma at the beginning, have been close to each other for a lifetime, and David still remembers it after Jack's death. In another classic American movie "He Actually Doesn't Like You That Much", the most stubborn man who is afraid of marriage has become the best role model for his girlfriend's commitment and love. I have to say that the one who maintains a long-term relationship The true meaning may have nothing to do with legal effect at all.
When the whole world is brushing green emojis and barrages, I hope everyone sees more than just fun. Life is important. May the boys and girls be able to remain independent, decent, and responsible for their own lives, whether they fall to pieces or stand shining brightly.
What you need to hear is your own tough "I chose this, I will never regret it".
Be cool and always be cool.
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