I counted it, and I have followed a lot of American dramas in the past few years. The most watched are crime dramas (including lawyer dramas). I think it is the TV series that best represents "American culture". The United States is not far from being a nation, and when it comes to the elusive "heavy cultural atmosphere" in the play, it is a judgment against the British drama (of course, there is history but not necessarily culture, as evidenced by mainland TV series). However, the highly developed commercial society has derived laws that are as dense as fat, and the resulting stories are extremely vivid, full, sharp and vivid.
There are various types of crime dramas in the United States, such as the so-called "Seven Deadly Sins" and other famous dramas, CSI focuses on technology, CM psychological profile, "The Closer" (The Closer) focuses on interrogation skills, "Bones" (Bones) Focusing on autopsy, "Number Chasing" and popularizing mathematical knowledge, "Tracking Detective Group" focuses on missing persons, "Navy Criminal Investigation Service" focuses on military-related crimes...and so on. In addition, there has been an interesting trend in recent years, that is, the first protagonist of crime dramas has begun to be played by women, and female detectives, female forensics, female scientists... are very popular.
Shouldn't crime dramas be dominated by men? Unlike the British who prefer wise and calm old men and old ladies (Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, etc.), American dramas have always been popular with muscular men, who have to draw guns, jump off buildings, race cars, and fight... until the appearance of old G in CSI, Made a subversive, a knowledgeable middle-aged man with glasses who calls himself a "scientist", who doesn't have a gun and doesn't fight. However, the three series of CSI series are all male-headed, although they all have wise and wise supporting actresses with heavy roles, they are still subordinate in the end. At first, the main characters of L&O's main drama were two males. When it came to the series SVU and CI, they were replaced by male and female partners. The heroine of CI was still outstanding, but the limelight was completely overwhelmed by the male lead. SVU is the other way around. Although the male protagonist is full of personality, the female protagonist's weight is gradually getting heavier and heavier. He warms those "special victims" with a mother-like heart. The actor has won many Emmy Awards for this. The group of female prosecutors in the middle is even more beautiful. When it comes to the heroine of "The End of Crime", the dazzling Brenda is the only core of the whole play, and the rest of the people are all for her, whether it is a boss or a subordinate, a friend or a husband. This model has gradually become mainstream in the latest crime dramas, and several interesting matching methods have been derived from it: female scientist + male detective (Bones), female detective + male writer ("Spirit") Book Wonderful Detective Castle), female detective + supernatural man (false supernatural, in fact, psychoanalysis. "Super Detective" The Mentalist), female forensic doctor + male forensic evidence ("Body of Proof"), Female detective + a group of male detectives ("Prime Suspect")... The best is "The Wonderful Detective" Rizzoli & Isles, the title of the film is the name of the protagonist, simply change the model to female detective + female forensic doctor, two People are not Les, but the interaction between them is "very loving", which makes fans enjoy watching.
If there is one thing these heroines of crime dramas have in common, it is their extremely strong personalities. As mentioned earlier, crime dramas are the most representative of "American culture", and unlike the gentlemanly and aristocratic atmosphere of the British, American dramas respect the "cowboy spirit", and they must continue to forge ahead in the most extreme situations. It's just that this kind of "masculinity" used to be only reflected in "manly men", but now it is especially interesting when it is transferred to women. In the face of difficult cases, women are more tenacious than men, whether it is head-on or stalking, they will never give up until their goals are achieved. The strong spirit that bursts out from the weak body is particularly exciting, especially in the crime drama that punishes evil and promotes good, women's perseverance in seeking justice and the instinct to protect the weak make the "heroic temperament" and "maternal temperament" perfect combined together.
To reinforce this scenario, the heroines are mostly burdened with a heavy past. Or work setbacks - Brenda was once a CIA agent who left her post for special reasons and became a sheriff; or a secret life experience - such as Olivia in SVU I'm used to calling it) is "the product of rape", she grew up to become a sex crime cop; Brennan in Bones, adopted since her parents disappeared when she was a child (it was later confirmed that her mother was killed and her father fled), making the already well-known skeleton As an expert, she is keen to participate in FBI solving cases; Beckett's mother in Castle was bizarrely murdered, and the mystery has not been solved so far in the development of the plot. In Rizzoli & Isles, the forensic doctor Isles' father is the leader of the underworld, and her mother is unknown, but she is adopted by a rich man who loves art; Body The sudden death of Delany's father in of Proof is the driving force for her to become a forensic doctor... It left a lingering shadow on them in the past, but it also gave them a stronger motivation to struggle, which is an important source of their "toughness". The mystery of their life experience often becomes a dark thread running through the series in the series.
"Sexy and don't care about being sexy" is also a major feature of them. They are often not too young, but they are still beautiful (especially Rizzoli, I would like to give her the crown of the top actress in the American TV series), a little wrinkle on the forehead and lips makes the eyes deeper, the smile is deeper, slightly The vicissitudes of the voice also sounded particularly attractive. Unlike the supporting actresses who act as vases and announce "Look at me, I'm sexy" at any time, they often act as "I don't care that I'm sexy", and their professionalism and dedication as scientists or detectives overwhelm the "little women". Charming, female detectives are mostly slim shirts and black suits, calm and capable, while female scientists are very rich (knowledge is power), wearing exquisite suits, luxurious but not too public.
Not caring is not unaware. They fully understand the charm that radiates from their gestures, but they disdain to tempt men to profit from it - because it is unnecessary. However, the screenwriter occasionally arranged for them to appear in a different image. The one who was usually "cowboy" covered up the "pure woman" charming side came out, which immediately amazed the audience and the audience. Rizzoli's somewhat jerky way of tucking herself into an evening dress has always been one of my favorite little details.
They are a "super smart + super clumsy mix". What is smart is professional skills, the calm judgment that combines intuition, logic and experience, and the energy and wisdom that burst out at critical moments. Being clumsy is because they are not good at and disdain for a life in the male society. Beauty should be their passport, but they are not only unwilling to show off their charm to win the protection and compromise of their male colleagues and superiors, but also confront the "established order" head-on. , will inevitably pay a small price. It took a lot of effort for Brenda to clean up a group of thorny subordinates, and she was always under the elbow of various conspiracies inside and outside the office. Jane in Prime Suspect was so tough that all the male colleagues around her were looking sideways at her and full of hostility. Degree. Moreover, like the traditional male "boss", they have a sense of responsibility for the team, and they really love their "little brothers", so they often have to clean up the mess for them, and it is even more inevitable that they will be punished everywhere. Their love lives are generally a mess, because their careers take up all their time and energy, and their pains and constant dealings with criminals also prevent them from being completely wary of the opposite sex. A lot of relationships are either over or tragic, and SVU fans laugh at Olivia as a super rotten attractor. Delany got divorced, and her husband hooked up with her boss... Their clumsiness also comes from isolating themselves from the outside world with "professionalism" or "nature" and refusing to learn the art of interpersonal communication, so they seem inhumane, Not understanding "human nature". Brennan is an extreme. She believes that science and evidence can explain all problems, including human emotions. "Tell the truth" is her consistent principle, and she is never afraid to praise herself and attack others. Her high IQ and low EQ often make her partners stunned. , making it impossible for the rest of the people to step down. But in her world, all this is taken for granted, and everyone else should follow her code in turn. So she occasionally "learned" the "strange rules of human society", and when she softened a bit, everyone was moved by her. Once Rizzoli unarmed "I'm a detective", he is as helpless as a little teenage girl. Isles stands in front of the dissection table with an air of ignorance. He is also an encyclopedia in his own shape, and is proficient in food, drink and entertainment, but in In front of Rizzoli turned into a little girl who had to be protected, and from time to time a strange remark that made everyone laugh, and then hurried away. Delany is a "good doctor", but a "stupid mother", and after becoming a single mother, her relationship with her daughter is her difficult new lesson...
Strong and charming, clumsy and intelligent, the screenwriters seem to be trying to create the ideal image of today's women who are powerful in the workplace without losing their "feminine qualities" in the heroines of these crime dramas. However, only women themselves know how much it costs to become such an "ideal woman".
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