Why do I rate King of the Circus so low? Its plot and core embodiment are too mediocre.
Let’s start with the female characters (yes, that’s how I like to start).
The heroine can be said to be the most free and easy in the whole play, the most thorough, the most aware of what she wants, the coolest character, caring about her family, a beautiful and gentle full-time wife, willing to abandon a wealthy family for love, there is nothing wrong with it, I like it very much .
The second female Swedish soprano, talented, kind, ambitious, and professional, fell in love with the married male protagonist, but stopped the tour because her feelings could not be responded to. This makes me very angry. Why does a beautiful and powerful woman have to have an affair with the male protagonist? What role did her ambiguous relationship play in the whole play? Create a turning point, let the male protagonist's booming career collapse, let the female protagonist misunderstand, and let the male protagonist fall into a trough. At the same time, the character's little three-dimensional image that was built up by "never enough" also collapsed. Let's compare the musical adaptation of a real historical figure who is also a female second to the male lead. Angelica from Ham sings Satisfied, ambition, admiration, love for her sister, forbearance, strong thoughts, one song is enough to convey . Our soprano, one kiss also ruined her otherwise three-dimensional character. Of course, it is too harsh to compare the ceiling of musicals in recent years, but anyway.
It may also be the second female trapeze sister. Her existence has no meaning other than to satisfy the secondary couple of the musical model. We will talk about the relationship between her and the male second.
The rest of the female characters, as well as the songwriters, are the bearded female singers. This is me sings the voices of the marginalized people, it's very good, and then it's gone after singing. Have marginalized people been accepted by the upper classes? no. Because they broke into the venue, did the male lead suffer a loss? we do not know. Even if they end up being treated equally by more people, we don't know. This song is very nice. It is very inspirational when taken out alone, but it is very abrupt in the movie, with a beginning and no end, and it is forced to join in order to broaden the theme and achieve political correctness.
Let's talk about the key kernel theme.
What does the hero's life story show? 1. The importance of family, we must recognize that the most important thing in life is the love from family; 2. The best performance is a performance that makes people happy. The second one is pure fart, and a performance that makes people happy is the most basic and low-level performance. Second, if the movie hadn't ended up quoting this quote from the hero in history, I wouldn't have felt the theme at all. You can also add a 3: Don't let the class of origin affect your dreams and pursuits. If the movie were all focused on 1 and 3, it might have worked well, but if it had to be a little politically correct on the left and a little bit of a declaration of human rights on the right, it would be very nondescript and mediocre.
Next is the second male. The role of the second male is the most disappointing to me. The male protagonist asked him to join the circus in order to make him improve the circus, but what did he do after he joined the circus? He was hugged by the male protagonist and the princess, and took 10% of the dividends and deposited it into the bank card to support the male protagonist in the future. Say good upgrade? Agreed to contribute to the circus? The meaning of his existence is to sidekick and take over the story of the male protagonist, and to force a pair of difficult secondary couples into the story. Now that we have talked about this couple, let's also talk about what effect their relationship has on the whole movie: one more good song, one more contradiction (cross-class love), and make the ending look better . As for whether the resolution of this contradiction has the effect of sublimating the theme of the film? It doesn't exist, it's just another forced theme. And has the conflict fundamentally been resolved? Did the male protagonist's parents accept Miss Flying Man? we do not know.
None of the contradictions between parents and children set up in this movie have been resolved! Did the female lead's parents really accept the male lead? We don't know either! This contradiction is completely forgotten!
This movie buried a lot of contradictions for you and you forgot to explain too many places. The final effect is that most topics that could have depth came to an abrupt end, and only half of the promotion of some beautiful things was said. Including anti-discrimination, including crossing classes, including parent-child conflict.
The pictures are beautiful, the actors are very hardworking, the shots are amazing, the songs are great, and the dancing is wonderful. The skin is perfect, but the story itself is totally inadequate. Like a candy statue, the plot serves the form of expression, and it has high artistic value as an ornament, but it cannot stand tasting.
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