After watching the first episode of the first season of "Gentleman Jack" with hot cheeks, although it was too early to comment, it was really emotionally hard to control, and I couldn't help it. The story is taken from the diary of real person Anne Liszt, and the timeline is set in the Victorian period. Perhaps it is precisely because the original work is a diary genre, the subjective and objective perspectives are intertwined, and occasionally interspersed narratives make the way of expression flicker. The protagonist deliberately looks at the camera at the point of high emotional pride and "hands over" the gaze of the audience. This subtle and mischievous empathy is also its brilliance.
The protagonist is the landlord of the manor, has a solid family, rich and powerful, and is an excellent feudal leader. Such an identity advantage seems to give her more freedom. In the setting of the plot, her partner seems to be a "second generation of Shang". The family thrives on the manufacturing industry and is slightly inferior to the landlord in terms of social status. Resolute, courageous, rational, non-trivial, distinct in love and hatred, and even "except violence and peace" is the image of Jack (Anne) that I understand. People's comments about her family, family members' comments about her, and Miss Walker's yearning for her have gradually been paved. Jack’s official debut is the image of riding a horse galloping on the street. Speed seems to be inseparable from the new woman. One cannot help but think of Radcliffe Hall’s arrangement of the fate of the protagonist Stephen in "Lonely Abyss" (the time when the car first appeared) One of the drivers in). It is conceivable that the gender revolution at that time was accompanied by the roaring and shouting of the mechanical sound of the Industrial Revolution, and the wheels of history rolled forward. It was an era in which Britain was so proud.
The opening shows a dynamic close-up of the gentleman's cuffs, hat brim, hard collar, and gloves. The same-sex subjects of the corrupt people understand people's appetite too much, and a strong sense of abstinence fills the screen, but it is a high-level expression of erotic desire. After Jack and his mistress Yun Yuhuan got together, they wiped their fingers with the horns while the other party was tidying up and calmed down, and then turned around and wrote a stroke in the diary. The details are so wonderful, let me play it back several times, as if I could see the director slyly and a certain The audience smiled knowingly!
As far as the plot is concerned, the screenwriter seems to have no intention of falling in love with too much stickiness. Just like the advantages of most British dramas, they are reserved and reserved until the end. Instead, they have laid a lot of suspicious foreshadowing and foreshadowing in the big historical view. The landlord strictly prevented the private meeting of the subordinates, and the maid concealed the fact that she was pregnant; the tenants played slippery in the rent, and the news of the class revolution was revealed after being exposed; the protagonist owns a large area of coal mines, which may be a hot deal on the eve of the rise of the steam engine The wealth of...like this, coupled with the exquisite details of costumes, props, scenery, and atmosphere creation, you can roughly see the ambition of the play.
The emotional line came slowly but was caught off guard. Jack, who had experienced betrayal by his lover, caught Miss Walker's affection with a keen love radar, and actually planned to make her his wife in one step. The other half of the balance is the young, beautiful and wealthy opposite, is it cold? indeed. Evil? But not necessarily. Who doesn't want the heartfelt love of a beautiful woman? Jack is a person with strong action and clear goals. A road to chasing his wife is blatantly spread out; Miss Walker seems to be introverted and calm, but occasionally bursts with fiery light in her heart. She is bound to possess exceptionally warm feelings and a brave attitude. No matter where this seemingly veteran love affair with the little white rabbit is heading, it has firmly captured the eyes and hearts of the audience.
Although there are still some doubts, it is not impossible to define it as a relaxed and humorous first-view drama, not to mention the protagonist's acting skills and the beautiful and humorous scenes. Can't help but look forward to tomorrow's update. (2019.04.29)
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