After watching "Killing Eve", I believe that many people have learned not only about the extraordinary acting skills of the actors, but also about Pheobe, one of the creators of the script. Phoebe's most famous "London Life" is also loved by audiences.
And I think Phoebe's creation of "London Life" can't help but have some similarities with "Killing Eve".
What I want to mention here is the use of "sex" and the influence of "sex" on characters.
In the first season of "Fleabag" (Fleabag), there are many depictions of sex. For example, she watched Obama's speeches, and she had sex with all kinds of people, and she searched the web for all kinds of things. Kind of bang bang bang. But the more so, the more we can feel the loneliness and emptiness of Fleabag in the plot. Her best friend Boo left her, and her parents and sister didn't understand her. She felt her life was a mess. Sex is the only way for her to feel connected to the world. As she said in the play, this body is the only thing she has.
And Phoebe also said in the theatrical version of "London Life": "I don't feel alive unless I'm being fucked, I don't feel in control unless I'am fucking, 'cause fucking makes the world tighten around me." I don't feel like I'm alive other than having sex, it makes me feel like I'm in control of my life, it makes me feel connected to the world.
Sex is a way we connect with others, a process of building trust with others, a moment of escapism, a moment of climax, a moment of feeling our own existence and happiness.
And these can also be withdrawn from Villanelle of "Killing Eve". I have seen the interpretation of many great gods on the Internet before, saying that Villanelle has three ways to face the pressure of life and work, small pressure: eating, medium pressure: fucking, big pear: killing. Especially in the first season (also appeared in the second season), in addition to working and killing, her life is also a part of the time to find joy and pleasure. For example, at the beginning of the first season, after she completed the first assassination operation, a 3P came directly.
Afterwards, I went out with the Spanish boy, saw the curly-haired aunt, and went directly back to the apartment to confront the Spanish boy. And while waiting for Eve to show up for the first time in Berlin, I caught a curly-haired aunt to do it.
Sex is not just Villanelle's way of getting rid of her desires, but more of what she needs in life. Villanelle does not have a complete family, especially in the first season, she rarely mentions her past, but instead shows her skillful killing methods and her turbulent life. But the more so, the more she longed to be loved. She had experienced emotional pain, and she had been hurt by Anna. At the same time, in life, she relies most on Constantine, who is the person she trusts the most and is also the closest thing to her family. She longs for home, attention, love and dependence. And these can be felt at the moment of making love, feeling their actual existence and short-term "being loved".
I think this feeling is exactly what Fleabag felt in "London Life". Fleabag is always trying to be happy, but behind her smile is the pressure of livelihood, the pressure of family, and the grief of the loss of her best friend. Every time she dials Boo's unanswered number, she doesn't know how helpless she is in her heart.
Phoebe is very powerful, that is, she skillfully combines sex with human nature to express a character's inner loneliness.
In the first season, Eve won because of her delicacy. Villanelle has always been a murder tool for 12. At most, she is a subordinate. Except for using her to kill people to perform tasks, no one has really entered Villanelle's heart. Eve happened to be That one, not only was attracted by her murderous value and talent, but also wanted to know this person deeply, curious about her past, and would not be deceived by her glib tricks. This may be from the delicateness of a woman.
These are all subtleties from Eve, like a long stream of water, quietly sneaking into Villanelle's heart.
Phoebe is really good at using these trivial things to express how much one person cares about another, and in the life of "London Life", Fleabag can always find her sister's little thoughts through many details. Back in real life, isn't it the same, when you really care about someone, you want to penetrate everything about her.
And the most classic answer this season is Villanelle's answer, which I think is also unique to Phoebe's answer:
This kind of open-ended answer can be said to be very Phoebe. But the effect of this line is so precise and concise, expressing "your place in my heart" without reservation.
And Jodie herself also said in the program of the finale of the first season that when she saw this, she felt that Villanelle was actually a very detailed and elusive person. "She is so subtle." Jodie described it.
I think "sex" is a very subtle presence in Killing Eve. The more Villanelle yearns for it, the more it shows the anxiety and emptiness in her heart, but at the same time because of its privacy, it can also show the delicacy of one's heart and how much she cares about another. So no matter what, I really appreciate Phoebe's bold description and use of sex, bringing things that we are usually ashamed to mention on the stage, and making it have a wonderful chemical effect with the reaction of the characters and the audience in the play. .
2020.5.28.
In USA
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