HBO shows are known for being bold and edgy.
No subjects it dared not touch ("House of Cards", "Vice"), no scenes it dared not shoot ("Legend of the Fallen", "Westworld", "Watchmen", "Roma"), no it Topics that dare not challenge ("Chernobyl", "Our Boys").
You can say that its "inseparable from the drama" behavior is grandstanding, or it can be said that its theme under the yellow coat is profound and extraordinary, but it must be admitted that HBO is indeed creating myths again and again.
Of course, HBO has also created many excellent niche dramas, such as "Difficult to Serve" related to soft drugs, "True Color" related to gender cognition, and "Chernobyl", which is not as popular as the drama title, etc. , but also much touted and controversial.
The same is true of HBO's drug-addicted drama "Excited."
Last year, HBO produced the first season of "Excited."
The official description is that it is a combination of the movies "Half-Cooked Boys" and "Trainspotting", and after one episode, it can be found that it is mixed with some British drama "Skins".
The whole process feels like a drug addict.
The pictures are exquisite and mesmerizing, the lighting transitions are like flowing rich colors, and the camera editing is a variety of gorgeous technical shows, allowing the audience to go back and forth between reality and illusion.
As for the music, it is even more suitable, and the pictures together stimulate every nerve and every capillary.
"Excited" editor Julio Perez IV also won the 70th American Editors Guild Award for Best Non-Commercial Drama Television Editing (nominated) for this season.
Of course, not all viewers can get the editor's good intentions.
Some viewers enjoyed an audio-visual feast, while others were dizzy.
This is also doomed to the future of "Excitement". It won't get the attention of the public, but it can become the true love of the small audience.
As for the plot, Hyper is about teenage sex, violence, drugs, gender identity, sexual orientation, and more.
Some viewers have compared Netflix's other teen "Sex Study Room" to "High," both of which deal with teens & sex, but otherwise, the show style is completely different.
Under the large-scale coat, "Sex Study Room" expresses a warm and small freshness, while "Excitement" is a poetic and endless decadence.
The first season begins with the protagonist Ru's extensive monologue:
"I used to be happy and content. Wandering in the amniotic fluid that only belongs to me, but one day, due to irresistible factors, my mother Leslie's womb exerted cruel pressure on me again and again, and I tenaciously I resisted, but in the end I couldn’t compete with nature. This was the first defeat in my life, and after that, I lost more and more.”
The cold narration and bright red pictures are full of visual stimulation and appeal.
Before Rue was born, he had already started to fight against the world.
It was destined to be rebellious in the bones, the arrogance flowing in the blood, and after the contractions and screams, a war with the world and the self was started.
Then, the dark life of the protagonist Ru began. When she was two or three years old, she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, ADHD, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, insomnia, dyspnea and so on.
Later, she grew up with a bottle of medicine every day. In the chaotic and dirty adult world, she found the door to open a new world - taking drugs.
In Rue's description of the moment of exposure to the drug, "the world suddenly went quiet, and I gained a sense of security in my little world, the kind of feeling I've been looking for my whole life."
Drugs became an addiction that she could not quit.
However, it is not only her who has a bad life, but also Jules, who was sent to a mental hospital by her biological mother at a young age. In her man's body lives a girl's soul. Later, she started transgender and casual sex to enhance her female identity.
Kat, who has been fat and inferior since she was a child, does not get the attention of men in reality, but she is the queen of fan fiction on the Internet. From secret videos to confidently showing her body, Kat is still fat, but also full of domineering.
The beautiful Cassie has had many boyfriends. Her pornographic films are flying all over the campus. There is no man who does not tease her as a slut behind her back, and no man can see her inner tenderness and desire for true love.
Also, the scumbag Nate, like the villain in the play, is violent and has a bad temper. However, at a young age, he discovered his father's secret but kept silent.
These bad lives, coupled with the sensitive heart and sincere blood of teenagers, have this infinitely depressing front tone.
Therefore, the first season of "Excited" was full of controversy among the audience, and whether you agree with "Excited" depends on whether you get empathy in their lives.
After being frustrated again and again in her heart, Ru took the road of drug addiction again and again.
When she suffered from depression, the pain from the heart to the body, the powerlessness of wanting to save, and the despair of life were all expressed. As an audience every day, I felt pain across the screen.
And this HBO launch of the "Excited" special, even more deeply dig Ru's heart.
It has been more than a year since the end of the first season of "Excitement". Due to the epidemic, the second season has not yet started filming. In order to prevent the audience from waiting too long, HBO has launched a new crown special chapter of "Excitement" to connect the two seasons.
The "Excitement" special has a total of two episodes, and the first episode has been broadcast.
The title of the first episode is Trouble Don't Last Always, trouble will not always be there.
Different from the rich audio-visual effects of the first season of "Excitement" and the extraordinary audio-visual effects presented in the first season of "Excitement", the first episode of the special is very simple, nearly an hour long, which is all talk time.
After Ru and Jules separated at the train station, they started taking drugs again.
On Christmas Eve, young Ru and Uncle Ali were sitting in the dining room, talking about everything in life.
And Ru finally admitted that she never really wanted to quit drug addiction.
And the dark thoughts in her heart are slowly exposed.
"The only thing that stopped me from committing suicide was drug use."
"There's never been a harder time in the world than a drug addiction." "The world is so fucking ugly, I didn't want to live that long."
The unremarkable pictures, combined with the stimulation of these dark thoughts, are even more amazing.
This is also the first time that "Excitement" touched the real heart of the protagonist Ru. Her anger at Jules' betrayal, her deep dependence on drugs, and her guilt towards her family were thoroughly clarified in these conversations.
After Ru sees her heart clearly, the first step of detoxification will really begin.
If you only love the glamour of Excitement, then the first episode of this special will successfully dissuade you.
As for the second episode, what is the story, and whether other characters will appear, let us have expectations.
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