Marc Cherry's script is particularly literary, with Oscar Wilde-esque classics and satire in character dialogue and setting.
Devious Maids begins with a murder at a banquet that outlines the life of the four women and the wealthy in Beverly Hills, and ends at a murder at a banquet in the same location, ending the first season. The first and last echoes are perfect.
In terms of character setting, not only the four maids represent different types of people, but their employer family is also the extraction and condensation of typical examples in life. Rosie can see from her name that she is docile and lovely like a rose. She is a typical House Angel, Carmen is as passionate and sexy as Carmen in the opera, Zoila is the representative of wisdom and kindness, and her daughter Valentina is a chocolate-like American Sweet girl, although Marisol doesn't know what it means, she sounds like a shrewd person who does things quickly. After reading it, you know that she is just another Bree. Gieveven is a little woman who lives in romance, so she has a French name that suits her very well, and Evelyn in a silk shirt and flared pants is puritanical and restrained, so her name is also from Wuthering Heights. ” or the one that came out in “Desolate House.” Among these rich people living in Beverly Hills, there are perverted old couples who have no sex life, singers who dare not come out and fake marriage with maids, Hollywood movie star couples with strong women and weak men, in fact, go to the gossip column to see you If you can find the corresponding group of people, you may understand that Marc Cherry must be mocking someone.
The subject Marc Cherry cares about can be summed up in two sentences "Everyone has a skeleton in his closet." "Everyone has a little dirty laundry." What a boring life without gossip, but Marc Cherry's gossip is by no means superficial and noisy. What he emphasizes more is the dilemma and choice of each person's life. You will find that there are many characters in his play, and there will never be one or two absolute protagonists to dominate the whole TV series, but even an inconspicuous neighbor aunt may be the most exciting character in the whole play. . And none of the characters are completely good or completely bad. Behind everyone's lies and hurts, there are only life dilemmas and choices that have to be faced. And when someone faces a bigger disaster, everyone will choose love and forgiveness regardless of previous suspicions. In every season of Housewives there is a disaster feature, tornadoes, parades, supermarket shootings... and after each disaster everyone learns to love again. There is the same scene in DM. When Taylor was shot and hospitalized, everyone put down their troubles, love and hate to cherish life again and cherish the people in front of them. This is an allegory of rebirth and a three-dimensional worldview.
The lines have always been Marc Cherry's most attractive point. It is the Oscar Wilde of the American drama line industry. From the classic monologues that people copied down and recited from notebooks at the beginning and end of each episode in Desperate Housewives, to the funny and ironic "My" in Devious Maids. life sucks, but my vacuum doesn't!" "If love doesn't connect us why not try hatred. " His humor is by no means a simple and crude joke or a crap hahaha, but a living example of dramatic irony and situational irony in Shakespeare's plays. Marc Cherry really inherited the essence of Western classic culture, and what he wrote can make people deeply understand what drama is. It is simply Shakespeare in Housewives films and Oscar Wilde in soap operas. High-level irony and roundabout humor, even if there are countless bugs to fill in the hole, but who cares!
As long as it's Marc Cherry's gossip, I'll be ready to move a small bench to watch at any time!
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