I just finished writing my doctoral dissertation, and I felt idle, so I watched the first season again. The genius of this play is that the jokes can be kept fresh. Although I have watched some of the more loving little clips over and over again, this time, I still laugh like a fool.
Actor Ian himself has said that Freddie and Stuart are a same-sex couple who have been together for nearly 50 years, which means that they met and fell in love in the 1970s. Ian thinks it is "heroic" because at that time Same-sex couples are still illegal. One of the things that makes me love is to read the gossip on Wikipedia. Ian himself once fell in love with Derek, but the latter walked with others. Fifty years have passed, and it is such a blessing to be able to perform on the same stage as a loving couple with the person I loved back then! I also sometimes fantasize about it. Fifty years later, I will meet the person I love now, and then read a book with him, which in itself is the greatest happiness. So in turn, Ian can have such an opportunity, and at the same time devote himself to such a serious and serious drama with sharp lines and funny lines, no wonder he likes this opportunity so much.
In fact, the story is very simple, a pair of same-sex old partners, Freddie and Stuart, who have been with each other for 49 years. Three old friends, Violet and Penelope and Mason; a new friend, Ash. Freddie is a domineering and venomous actor who is loved by his partner and friends. Penelope always regards Stuart as him, and Mason, who is mean and venomous, rarely speaks ill of him, and all his friends almost agree with him. There seems to be a lot of history in those days. Everyone loves him so much, even though he is always ruthless. Stuart was a waitress back then. After meeting Freddie, he lived with him all the time. He was gentle and orthodox at home. Violet, a single old "girl" who is lewd and funny but has a good temper, Penelope, a widow who always forgets things but speaks sharply when it matters, Mason who is sullen and stingy, and a young man who has been raped countless times by old men and women Ash, a pure and straight male guinea pig. There were six people in total (Stuart's mother appeared at the end and couldn't be considered a regular actor), basically the model of the stage play, but the audience laughed in and out of the play.
I've been so lazy lately that I almost always watch dramas without writing reviews, but why do you want to write something for this drama? Because something in the story touched me. No matter how vicious they talk to each other, they are obviously in a state of tacit understanding after 50 years of being together. Stuart unbuttons the coat, and Freddie helps to take off the coat; Freddie wants to buy a coat and can't afford it, so Stuart secretly goes to do errands to make money Don't want to let the other party know; Stuart was so angry that he said "I don't think we can get over this hurdle again", Freddie said "I'm sorry", and he immediately forgave him; and two people subconsciously stood up when they heard important news , tacitly raised Erlang's legs, at that moment, I can only say, too cute and too loving. The story seems to unfold so naturally, in my opinion, this is a miracle with the smallest probability in the world. In the legal heterosexuality that is widely publicized, love is still hard to find. In the case of illegal and dangerous people who were not blessed by their parents, two people can close the curtain and fall in love and kill each other for 50 years in their own little world. How much courage and how much love does it take?
Don't talk about love, take a step back and talk about friendship. You and I are both ordinary people, and we have at least three friends. We asked ourselves, how many friends have been with us for a long time, but they have always thought in sync with each other, and they can feel at ease with each other and speak out against each other. There are many such friendships in the youth, and as the age increases, the life trajectories fork each other, and the character and disposition are solidified and hardened, and it will only become less and less. There are many friends or lovers who used to be so good, but now they disappear into the dust unknowingly. You know where they are. Maybe everyone on QQ and Weibo often see them updating their status, but no more desire to connect. There are many friends or lovers who used to like it so much, but they separated at a time because of a little thing, a misunderstanding, or it would be no pity to cut off the relationship and never communicate with each other, or it would be a grudge and gradually weaken the relationship until it disappears. in each other's lives. Except for a few lucky people, they have been staying in their hometown or not far from their hometown, the one they love is the one they marry, and the one circle of people they associate with; but for most people, with different stages I go to school and work, the circle is constantly changing, friends and loved ones disappear in waves, although there are always descendants, but I always feel that gradually, alas, the new is not as good as the old.
For me, from childhood to adulthood, studying, going to college, and going abroad, friends have changed one after another, and men have dated one after another. What is really left after a long time of screening, that kind of makes me feel No matter what, there will be no problem, the kind that allows me to complain at will without being afraid of the other party's over-heartedness, the kind that can instantly make up without any grudges no matter how I quarrel with me, the kind that I feel firmly on the other side no matter how much I struggle Those who still like to favor themselves, there are only three people left. Many of the friends I met later, although very good, can gradually feel the separation, because in the first 20 years of knowing them, I did not participate in their lives, and I did not grow up with them, so I always have grudges. Even if I want to break up with friends or men that I know later, even if I want to break up and stop contacting, I will only have a little regret in my heart, but not sad. But if these three men and women I love the most, if I break up with them, I will be restless and heartbroken, so sometimes even if I think "Hum it's not my fault", I will apologize, Because of me, I can't bear it.
I'm 27 years old this year, and when I'm 67 years old, now I cherish the three people whom I depend on the most and who I can complain about the most, how many will I have left by my side? Maybe when I get to the age of Freddie and Stuart, if I can still keep that kind of man or woman around me, I can make fun of them and rely on them at will, so that I can rely on the deep emotional accumulation to act nonsense. , At that time I really felt that this life was worth the fuck.
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