Thank you Netflix, so that there are still good dramas in the winter break for American TV series to continue cooking.
"Kominsky Theory" sounds very sloppy, and it seems to have a little relationship with "The Big Bang Theory", but in fact it only refers to an performing arts studio opened by the protagonist Sandy Kominsky, but it is true that these two The play comes from the same producer Chuck Lorre.
The 74-year-old Sandy Kominsky (played by Michael Douglas) had three failed marriages. The highlight moments of his acting career were too short and not enough to allow him to enjoy his old age in cruel Hollywood.
Now he only has an acting training studio with a not-so-prosperous business, his daughter Mindy who runs the studio, frequent urination caused by an enlarged prostate, and Norman, an agent and long-time friend.
Norman (Alan Arkin), who is older than Sandy, is the chairman of the brokerage giant, but after losing his beloved wife Eileen (episode 1), Norman (played by Alan Arkin) died secretly like a teenager after losing his beloved wife Eileen (episode 1). My mother's brand-name bags and shoes, and her 45-year-old daughter who even asked him for money to take a taxi when going out, didn't seem to have such a good life.
Even Sandy’s newly dated, so-called relatively age-appropriate Lisa (played by Nancy Travis) is a divorced lady in her 50s who has a mildly antisocial son.
So, even if it's not a lot of drama Mindy, this is a TV series over 200 years old.
If this is not enough to give you a general impression of this new senior drama, or the dating history of Sandy and Lisa can give you a more iconic understanding.
The first official date of the two ended up in the hospital bed of Norman's wife, and the second time was at a dinner after the funeral. The first time Lisa went to bed, she asked Sandy if she was using Viagra. At their age, the fourth word is the most common occurrence of birth, old age, sickness and death.
Therefore, the problem in front of "Kominsky Theory" is how to find the emotional resonance point between the elderly life and the young audience throughout the whole play. After all, no matter how good the quality of the play is, it is difficult to guarantee the ratings. lasting.
But The Kominsky Method is in good hands.
Chuck Lorre/Michael Douglas/Alan Arkin
Picking up any name alone is a guarantee of box office and quality.
Even on the big screen, two Oscar winners are on the same stage. Such opportunities are rare. In addition to Netflix's wealth and wealth, Chuck Lorre's golden paint sign is also the main reason for attracting two heavyweights to join.
The sitcom tycoon Chuck Lorre has become a living legend, not only the output is amazing, the hand-held "Nice Mom" and "Sybil" with excellent reputation, and the super popular longevity comedy "Life Big" that can no longer be described by a miracle. "Blast" (although the twelfth season of this year is about to end) and its derivative drama "Little Shelton", as well as the earlier "Two and a Half Heroes" (if there is no self-destructive personal life of Charlie Sheen, it is estimated that Can persist for a few years on the basis of twelve seasons).
The three powerhouses teamed up to deliver a solid and eye-catching transcript in the first quarter, but also retained a lot of space and elements for follow-up development. Many places are short-lived, and there is no excessive force, but it is endless.
Although the lines and scenes are full of jokes, "Kominsky Theory" cannot be regarded as a comedy in the traditional sense, with a strong tragic color behind it.
Many people also think of "The Best Wife" and "The Wife Club" (also produced by Netflix) for the first time. After all, the series that gather the elderly are not produced in large numbers due to audience problems. The rare works are naturally Will use it for comparison.
But even if it is also centered on the elderly protagonists, the core of the latter two is still traditional comedy. Although the protagonists are constantly bickering and contradicting, there are also problems of estrangement and generation gap between the younger generation and the elderly from time to time, but the overall tone is hahahaha, And "Kominsky Theory" is more an embarrassing and polite smile, a helpless smile.
The core of a great comedy is tragedy.
As for "Kominsky Theory" to take the line of popular comedy, it is still more ambitious to create a great work, even if the first season is now over, it is still noble to say.
I'm afraid that even the creator Chuck Lorre can't answer this question.
For Chuck Lorre, this field is also a new attempt.
All of his previous works follow the purely popular line of comedy. Although there are embarrassments and embarrassments in this way, the protagonist is energetic and has the hope of continuing to live; even if the protagonist does not, it is the time of the prime of life. The vitality of life is refreshing.
However, "Kominsky Theory" fundamentally lacks the vitality gene that is in its prime. Instead, the light of life is about to be extinguished, and it is a truly lonely invasion.
This is a kind of passive loneliness, a kind of physical loneliness. You are willing to communicate with the world, but not only do you find that the world no longer gives you positive feedback, but people who can alleviate loneliness in the past are also one after another. The earth is disappearing at the speed you can perceive.
You don’t have the lofty ambition of having a lot of friends as long as I want, but one day after the death of my wife, holding the evening gown that my wife hadn’t picked up at the dry cleaning convenience store, you suddenly wept bitterly.
When you are young, a single dog is a social state, a kind of entertainment for complaining, and it can only be a life choice.
But as you get older, the state of being single is more that death is giving you an ultimatum step by step. This kind of singleness is no longer your active choice. As your friends around you age and die one by one, you There is no way to communicate with the young people around you with hard work, or when you no longer have the desire to understand and communicate with the young people around you, after waking up from a nap one day, you suddenly find that this is naturally disintegrating you step by step. Familiar world.
And the person next to you who has been in the bed with you for more than 50 years has closed his eyes and left you forever. You think, it seems that this is the ultimatum, and you are the next one.
Norman, played by Alan Arkin, bears the tragic core of this drama. The eight episodes of the first season are almost all around the pain of his bereavement.
In front of him, the unreliable daughter who was alienated from her was not what caused Norman the most headache, but how she should deal with herself when she was close to Zhang Chao.
The body parts remind him more frequently than his brain to lose control of his life and his body. The feeling of loneliness is stronger than ever. Religion and public welfare, which can divert attention from him in the past, are also slowly lost. They should be effective.
My only concern may be that my friend Sandy Kominsky, who has been in the past but still unreliable for many years, is still very childish, suffers from frequent urination caused by an enlarged prostate, and is found to face prison for tax evasion by IRS. Disastrous dead movie star.
But he also became the only source of vitality in Norman's life, and in "Kominsky Theory", he became a slightly mischievous glow that contrasted with the silence of Norman's cemetery.
Michael Douglas, who has been handsome from young to old, played an obscure and a bit naughty star Sandy Kominsky convincingly, shortness of breath when tax evasion was discovered, and the embarrassment of being unable to resist peeing at the door of his date. The blinding eyes of the students when their acting skills were bad, and the guilt of their daughters, every aspect of it was well grasped, which made people feel uncomfortable.
In addition to the two core bones, Chuck Lorre also configured a lot of young characters for "Kominsky Theory".
However, the length of one season and eight episodes is really limited for young people. However, the story of the supporting actors is interesting enough, and the actors have stereoscopically shaped the characters, and silently brings different things to the audience under the light of the two big girls. The look and feel and the rich content also provide more possibilities for the future development of the series.
Mindy is acting vigorously and vigorously, Theresa is performing too hard, Jude is a beautiful but brainless blond boy who takes down Pantene shampoo ads by washing his head, Breana is hot-tempered (pictured below), and Lane (pictured above) is with his own acting skills. ), and Darshani, who wrote a comedy called "Incest" (but not funny). These characters who passed through in the eight episodes were held tightly by the young actors and contributed to an unremarkable performance. .
The problem is that there is already a "Tame Wife Club" jade in front, is there enough interest in this market to accommodate two similar works of the crowd?
Even if the reputation of the work is good enough and popular enough, Netflix is willing to continue to invest heavily in creating such a life series with no special effects and no big scenes, not to mention the current situation, "Kominsky Theory" is both in these two aspects. The performance was mediocre.
More importantly, the fees of Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas are definitely not cheap, and because of the cost, Netflix has not done anything to kill Jia in disregard of word-of-mouth and ratings. Netflix has not done it yet. "The Super Sense Eight" is just one of them. A bloody lesson.
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