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The play is directed by female director Michelle McLaren, who has participated in directing "Game of Thrones", "The Walking Dead", "Breaking Bad" , and David Simon , who created "The Wire" , and screenwriters. Chad Price is also involved...
In other words, this drama brings together the most popular and most amazing dramas in recent years.
"Legend of the Fallen Street" focuses on the development of the porn industry in New York in the 1970s and 1980s . At that time, Manhattan was a veritable "city of wind and moon". Judging from the first episode that has been released so far, it is particularly "yellow and dirty", such as Walking on the street and looking at the phone booth, you can see an indescribable transaction——
(Ghost knows how much effort I have spent to keep my head off the screenshots!)
The male protagonist Vincent is a hard-working wage earner . In less than half an episode, he described his bad life when he encountered a middle-aged crisis and was killed by Tai Sui :
I was working in a bar to save money after get off work, and I was accidentally targeted by the robbers. Even if the money was not lost, I had to kneel and beg for mercy and be beaten and bleed...
When you get home, only your mother-in-law is watching TV, and you are not allowed to call and ask for a leave-you just got robbed and your head is broken, and you are not dead.
In order to support his two children, Vincent worked seven days a week and worked several jobs at the same time . The bar owner looked like a blood-sucking capitalist, 80% of his salary did not increase, but he was familiar with working overtime.
Vincent's unfortunate things are far more than that. He has a twin brother named Franky who seems to owe all of New York money, and everyone is looking for him.
Of course, Vincent is often approached by debt collectors, no matter whether he admits it or not, since you are brothers, it is always right to ask you for money.
How can a family be happy with such an unfortunate life?
His wife is not a good person either. His hometown is full of relatives, and he spends all day hanging out with all kinds of men, and he doesn't stay at home at all .
Vincent finally found her at the bar and wanted to take her home, but was threatened by the man who played billiards together...
Do you think he will hit him?
No, he could only admit his cowardice and turn around and leave.
No culture, no money, no life, no hope , Vincent moved out of the house in a rage (it can be seen that he is a little bit into the family), and welcomes his new life - at the same time, he is prone to gambling with himself. Brother met.
That's right, the star of this play is James Franco , who is familiar to everyone . He played two roles and contributed a good acting skills in the play (the author is also a fan of Fu Lanlan), in addition, He was also one of the producers of the show and also tried to be a director .
At that time, the streets of New York at night were full of street girls and pimps , and "Legend of the Fallen Street" showed the living conditions of this group from all angles: pimps often went to the station early in the morning to look for girls who could go into the water, regardless of whether they gained anything or not. , will go to the restaurant for breakfast.
This is not only a place for them to have breakfast, but also a meeting place for reunions between small groups, summing up and deploying the flesh and blood business.
Of course, pimps are the ruling class, and prostitutes cling to them for all sorts of reasons and forms...
There have been at least four pimps with surnames, Rich, Rodney, Larry, CC, and their "girls" have also presented different trading scenes.
Like Larry's little black girl, she took over two completely different customers. The former one had a soft spot for "rape gameplay", while the latter only liked to watch TV with her...
Among all kinds of strange prostitutes and clients, the life in New York City is slowly depicted.
Among the many pimps in the first episode, CC is the one who gets the most attention. He is a ruthless character who can squeeze the girls under him. Whenever they show fatigue and want to rest, he will urge them to work.
You lazy bitches, you are just my money-making tool.
There is a special case among the many street girls, that is " Candy ", because she does not accept the exploitation and protection of any pimp, but works alone - Candy is played by the famous actor Maggie Gleinhaal .
Although she can get more money, without a pimp, Candy will also face more risks when trading, such as being hurt, reneging on bills, threats, etc., so she does not have an easy life.
Candy's "budding" scene for the birthday boy Stewart can reflect the level of the show (bad taste)...
How could a little virgin without personnel experience this kind of battle, and immediately "train into the station"!
Due to "disarming" too early, Stewart felt that the 40 dollars (30 list price + 10 room charges) that he spent was not worth it, and it was unfair, but Candy taught him the rules of society in a fairly transparent way: 10 seconds or 10 minutes Again, please respect my work.
This one-man street girl is not easy.
There is also a seemingly insignificant branch line in this play, which talks about the two or three things about Abby, the "Schoolmaster" of New York University.
I smoked, I was frivolous in class, and I slept with teachers my age to be dads, but I knew I was a good student and a good girl.
After the teacher was full of guilt, Abby refuted him in various professional terms and was speechless - it was not the teacher who took advantage of me, but I slept with him.
At 20, Abby has shown maturity and shrewdness beyond her age.
The classmates who were playing together instigated her to go to a drug dealer to "buy medicine", but she was caught by the police. The three classmates ran away immediately, but she didn't tell them. She only said that she bought the medicine to refresh herself for the exam tomorrow.
Abby dealt with Officer Flanagan calmly, and successfully got out of trouble following the other party's desire to take advantage of his own momentum.
It can be seen that "Legend of the Fallen Street" is a typical multi-line narrative, including the four lines of the protagonist brother, the pimp group (not subdivided), Candy, and Abby, which are independent and related to each other.
Of course, the advantage of the play is not only the interesting story, but also the restoration of the times.
When the two pimps were looking for new people at the station, they broke their mouths endlessly, mixed with many topics unique to the 1970s in the United States, such as pimping Nixon, the Vietnam War and so on.
At the same time, it also restores the New York at that time to the greatest extent, such as Times Square with neon flashing and cars coming and going.
There is also the streets of Manhattan where garbage is everywhere and people are divided by "color" - the scenes are shown with stories, and the stories are told with scenes. Inadvertently, we learned more information.
The pimp group, for example, was almost entirely black, and the black police officer, Allston, apparently knew them well.
It can be said that the show not only wants to tell the story of a New York porn industry legend, it also has the ambition to create an American "period drama".
Alright, I know how miserable the background, characters and protagonists are, so let's get dry!
The main line of "Legend of the Fallen Street" is actually quite a "routine", which is to tell the story of an older diaosi who suffered a mid-life crisis and started a counterattack.
Don't look at Vincent's bad luck. He was forced to panic, but he showed his unique vision and strategy. He made the bartender wear bodysuits and high-heeled shoes, and immediately made the business of the bleak small shop a market. $200 in tip is easy - a prostitute doesn't necessarily make it for a night's sale.
When Abby follows the officer to the bar, she brings up her time-ahead-of-the-time antipathy: the objectification of women .
"What are you talking about ? I'm an illiterate from Brooklyn. Don't be rude here. I don't know if they are happy or not. I just know that tonight they are making the most money in months ."
Making money is the kingly way~ The words are not rough.
Vincent showed his "personal" side, not only made a fortune with his eye-catching "ghost ideas", but also cleverly helped Abby get rid of the entanglement of Officer Flanagan... , they are both smart people in society.
When Abby went back to school and saw those classmates who were dodging herself, she felt more and more boring campus life——
Then, she strode out of the classroom with a smile, apparently at the rhythm of getting ready to do something...
On the other hand, Candy, who took off her wig and dressed appropriately, returned to her mother's house, paid her living expenses, and had a good time with her son.
... She is a single mother, and she has no ability to sell her body outside to maintain the family.
One night when it was raining heavily, Ashley, CC's "top card", got wet and came to him.
Well, then let's go to a place where no one is around and have a good "happy"...
They entered the inn and walked to the unmanned stairs - CC cut Ashley's arm with a knife and told her the consequences of not eating and drinking toast.
Stinky bitch! Be a little more polite to you, you still slap your nose on your face? !
Ashley let out a burst of screams, disturbing Vincent, who had just finished his business - forgot to mention, Vincent's wife is arrogant, and he himself is also fluttering with colorful flags outside.
Under the urging of colleagues and friends, Vincent saw CC's implementation of "family law" in the corridor.
He couldn't bear it, but there was nothing he could do, and he knew each other... Vincent could only pretend to say hello and fell into infinite silence.
"Legend of the Fallen Street" tells the "inspirational" story of twin brothers who became New York's porn industry tycoons. Today, there are heroic protagonists, ignorant and backward pimps, and hot street girls, and Gu Ling. There are weird female college students, and now there is even an epoch-making strategic vision for reforming the porn industry. Are you interested in this "entrepreneurship"?
[opllx plans to release a normal-style single-episode review after the show is officially broadcast next week, and will talk about more details at that time - don't think I'm long-winded, I'm really optimistic about this show, and the more important thing is that , it is a new HBO drama that sells very well. It will feel great to grow together~ Welcome everyone to pay attention to my public account "You Love Comment Area". 】
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