The TV series "The Drummer" makes up for some of the shortcomings of the original work in the plot adaptation, but in order to facilitate the development of the plot and make it easier for the audience to connect with the feelings of the male and female protagonists, the background story of the male protagonist Gadi Baker has been greatly reduced, and the entire The character is flattened as much as possible, turning his motives into pure love, and transferring some of the decisions that should be his to Kurz. This adaptation puts the protagonist in an involuntary predicament throughout the story, making it easier for the audience to resonate, but at the same time, it deviates from the background of the story and the motivations of the characters.
In the original work, Gadi Baker was a great hero who participated in three wars. He had so many exploits that he was too lazy to count. The boys in Kurz's team admired him very much. Even if he goes back to West Berlin to do business, the business is so bad that it will go bankrupt, Mossad will take care of him, and the embassy has equipped Gadi with a liaison officer to meet all his needs at any time. The reason why Kuz insisted on Gadi to be the liaison officer is because firstly, he and Salim are very similar in appearance, and secondly, because only Gadi has been operating independently for more than three years, one is all foreigners. The experience of forming an intelligence network, the third Gadi himself is very familiar with the various rhetoric of the enemy and the enemy, and has an unforgettable understanding of the war. He is essentially sympathetic to the Palestinians, but as a soldier, he has enough courage to make decisions, so he Is the most suitable candidate for Charlie's performance. The TV series explained that the reason why Gadi left Mossad was that a single failure of the operation led to the death of innocent people undercover. Gadi chose to leave Israel incognito, simply because he was completely tired of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and his role in it, otherwise the Mossad would not have let him go and held him by a rope.
As the liaison officer, Gadi is the second person in the entire operation, and many decisions must be made by him, but in order to promote the plot and show the protagonist's involuntariness in the TV series, these decisions are made by Kuz forcing Gadi to make . But in fact, it was Gadi himself who took advantage of Charlie's infatuation with him throughout the entire operation. The first point of disagreement between the original work and the TV series happened on the Mercedes-Benz. In the TV series, Kuz concealed this from Gadi, and only let Gadi persuade Charlie when he had to act. This is logically unreasonable. If Salim was just going to Greece to meet Charlie, there would be no need to fly to Turkey and then drive to Greece. Couldn't Gadi figure out what Salim was doing? Then Kurz's concealment and timing theory are not valid, Gadi is not a novice, he understands the urgency of time and the logic of the whole story, which is the basis of his fictional story for Charlie. The original work implied that the Mercedes-Benz incident had been planned before Charlie entered the game. From the moment Charlie nodded, the Mercedes-Benz operation began. When Gadi and Charlie had a showdown, they explained everything and called Charlie. Lily chooses. In the TV series, Gadi was forced to force Charlie to make a choice because of the lack of time, and at the same time, Gadi's real name was exposed in a very stupid way! You must know that revealing your real name in an undercover operation is very dangerous, and it will cause fatal danger to both undercover personnel and liaison officers. You cannot reveal your real name in any undercover operation! The development of the TV series has already been a mutual affection between the two, so they had their first true feelings when they separated. It seems that Gadi does not seem to be an experienced liaison officer, as if he has abandoned his principles in this action, and is focused on I just want to keep Charlie safe. This way of handling is conducive to the promotion of the inner emotional plot, but also paved the way for the conflict between Simon and Gadi, which led to the first confrontation between Gadi and Simon during the handover.
Probably because of budget problems, the TV series deleted the surveillance team of fifteen people in the original work to less than ten people in the entire team, so Gadi also had to personally follow up on the scene, when he fulfilled his promise to Charlie and followed her with her. When he left, the first confrontation between him and Simon broke out. In fact, this conflict was meaningless. Of course, the liaison officer had to follow his contacts closely, and there was no AWOL. It can be said that the screenwriter's adaptation in this way is to leave a foreshadowing for the conflict to break out again when the car accident is caused, and to strengthen the image of Gadi's involuntary self-control.
The second conflict between Simon and Gadi was on whether to kill Salim. Among Kuz, Simon and Gadi, Gadi held an objection. This setting showed Gadi's sympathy and kindness. , but it also violates Gadi's identity as a professional field service. Gadi knows better than anyone that Salim and Anna are not eliminated. The whole story they prepared is not true, and Charlie can't successfully break into the enemy's interior. It ends with Kurz telling Gadi that this is the pain of autonomy, and Gadi replies that he can't buy his conscience with money. In the original scene, Gadi was the first to advocate killing Salim immediately, without any hesitation, instead he scrutinized every detail to make sure nothing went wrong.
Gadi's empathy and kindness were clearly given to Charlie. It was he who noticed Charlie's discomfort when observing Salim's body and called to stop and took her away. It was also he who gave Charlie to make Charlie wake up from hysteria. She slapped her twice, and he also clearly told Charlie that what the Israelis did to the Palestinians was called the Holocaust, and he also admitted that he had killed many Arabs in self-defense. Gadi is not a small character who can't help himself. Instead, he is the one who presents the reality to Charlie and lets her make her own decisions! When Charlie was required to make a decision at every stage, Gardy was the most sober person. He knew very well that Charlie had an unrealistic fantasy about his situation. The old fox Kurz never planned to let him. This mission is just to find Hario, what he has to do is to build a bridge with boundaries for both sides, if either side crosses the boundary, he must correct, sober and calm, restraint to the point of Charlie's affairs It was the only way for him to be gentle.
When the story returned to the UK, the original work and the TV series basically parted ways. In the TV series, Gadi stayed with the whole team. In the original work, Gadi followed Charlie and stayed not far from Charlie. After Helga found Charlie, the TV series was that Gadi opened up his heart overnight to convince Charlie, and it was ridiculous to let Gadi open up by telling Charlie his real name and experience. Baker was not his real surname, but The original German surname was translated into Hebrew and then translated into German. The original work is that Kurz directly cooperated with the British Intelligence Service in order to be more authentic, and rounded up Charlie with great fanfare. Charlie took the initiative to contact Helga when she thought she had nowhere to go. Go to Charlie secretly and spend the hardest night with Charlie. When negotiating with Kurz the next day, Charlie realized that every time Gadi pushed her away, it wasn't because he didn't love her. On the contrary, he knew very well that Kurz planned to turn undercover into a long-term process, so he pressed step by step to let him. Kurz made a specific and detailed commitment to Charlie, and only when Charlie asked what the end was, he directly told Kurz that the end was a person, which almost made Kurz turn his face on the spot. Only at this time did Charlie really understand Gadi's feelings. It was Gadi who had been bearing the fears and hesitations that should have belonged to her. He pushed her away and refused to have a relationship, not to send her away, but to hope that she would stay. . In this case, Charlie is more determined to continue to act.
The entire team in the TV series knows the relationship between Gadi and Charlie. In the original, only Kurz understands Gadi's feelings. Kurz thinks that a happy marriage like his is very important to the outside world, but he thinks Gadi's destination is him. The ex-wife of Gadi has been trying to help Gadi's ex-wife get Gadi back. Even though Gadi returned to Israel after Charlie disappeared and left his post without permission, followed the escape route of Salim's family and went to the frontier farm closest to Charlie's training camp, Kurz did not give up letting Gadi and The idea of an ex-wife's reunion.
The final climax part is basically the same except that the place is moved from Germany to the UK. The only difference is that Gadi has been invisible and never showed up in the middle, which minimizes the risk that Charlie may be exposed. When Charlie was finally called back to Hareo, Charlie found that he didn't budge. He made her understand that love is a luxury that does not belong to him, nor to her, nor to Hario. So when the dust settles, Charlie can only yell at Gadi. In the end, after a long struggle, Gardy felt that he could not forget Charlie, so he asked Kurz about Charlie's whereabouts and went to her.
The original Rigadi maintained his chivalrous demeanor and professional decision from beginning to end, and was not pushed by Kurz involuntarily. Every decision was made by himself, and Kurz respected his professional judgment. Kuz, Gadi and Simon represent the different images of the three generations of Mossad fighters. Kuz is a first-generation immigrant who has participated in every war since the founding of Israel, and Gadi is a second-generation, except for the first founding war. Three wars, and lost his only younger brother in the war. Simon is the third generation who grew up under the guidance of the United States. The meaning of the war is completely different from Kurz and Gadi. Kurz and Gadi understand The four wars were for self-defense. At the same time, after the baptism of war, they also realized that there is no future in fighting, and reconciliation is impossible in a short period of time, so they chose to continue self-defense through counter-terrorism, while Simon was more inclined to take the initiative to fight. The difference in living space and concept is destined to be completely different in their way of action, which is also the fundamental reason for the differences between Simon and Gadi.
The adaptation of the TV series is obviously inclined to Israel, and all what Charlie has seen and heard in the refugee camp is deleted, and the tragic experience of Palestine refugees is blurred. You must know that the original author Le Carre complained that because of this book, he was scolded by both Israel and Palestine at the same time, and both accused him of glorifying his enemies in the book. The TV show is clearly too biased towards Israel.
The TV series not only flattened the image of Gadi, but also flattened almost all the characters. A lot of the original work is based on Charlie's perspective. You can feel between the lines that she has changed from unrequited love to love. In the TV series, Charlie is the one who was pushed away by love. Di is also involuntarily acting on orders, which may be more effective in promoting the plot to resonate with the audience, but it actually deviates from the original author's original intention.
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