"Mid-life crisis" is often mentioned. Today we will talk about "old age crisis": the once brilliant stars are helpless in the face of aging.
A few days ago, 57-year-old Andy Lau was unable to continue singing due to throat inflammation, and had to terminate his concert. Time is ruthless, and if he was a few years younger, Andy would not end up in such a miserable situation.
[57-year-old Andy Lau's sore throat cancels the concert]
Hollywood is the top of the pyramid of the world's entertainment industry. Hollywood stars live a glorious life, but they will also be embarrassed by aging. The American drama "The Kominsky Theory" tells the embarrassing life of two Hollywood stars in their later years.
There are no ups and downs in this drama, it just talks about the various trivial matters of Hollywood stars in their later years. Sounds boring? Not at all. The two old stars are not only humorous and humorous, but also have the witty and philosophical side of the elderly.
It's no wonder that the show's rating is as high as 9.1. At the end of the year, at the end of the year, this witty and humorous TV series is especially suitable for the whole family to watch together.
The series consists of eight episodes, and the protagonists are two old men, Sandy Kominsky and Norman.
Sandy used to be a Hollywood superstar. When he was young, he was romantic by nature. He often talked with actresses about the bed, because he was too scumbag and too romantic. After three divorces, he is still an old bachelor.
Sandy has a daughter, but she doesn't give him much. As he got older, Sandy couldn't receive dramas either, so he had to use his fame to become a teacher and make a living by teaching his students how to act.
[Sandy Kominsky]
Norman is Sandy's agent, and his personality is just the opposite: traditional, stereotyped, has never been in contact with other women but his wife, and has a successful career with his own star agency. However, his wife left him first due to illness, which made him very lonely and miserable.
In addition, he has a worry-free daughter. She likes to take drugs and has been sent to the drug rehab center seven times. This is also a heart disease of his life.
【Norman】
The biggest blow to a person is to let him fall from the peak to the bottom. It turned out that the famous Hollywood celebrities who had infinite glory were lonely and lonely when they were old, and it was miserable enough. Life still did not let them go, and they encountered a series of changes.
Incident 1: The former Hollywood boss can't find a suitable job today . Sandy loves acting, but he can't find a role for an actor his age, not even a sitcom that Sandy doesn't like. He can only continue to teach the students to act and live together, but there is a serious generation gap between the students' thinking and him, and the performance of the students' heart and kidneys makes him very helpless.
[In Sandy's class, students only take their kidneys and not their hearts]
Change two, the departure of relatives. Norman's wife was sick in bed, and her health deteriorated day by day. In the end, she failed to overcome the disease and unfortunately passed away. Therefore, Norman fell into the darkest moment of his life and often fell into hallucinations.
[Norman's wife dies]
Norman wanted to relieve the pain of losing his wife through work, but found that he had been derailed from the times and could not adapt to the way of electronic office.
[Norman is very distressed because he does not adapt to the way of electronic office]
The third accident is that there is a problem with the body . Sandy, who was once romantic, began to have trouble urinating. He feels that he has prostate cancer and suspects that there is something wrong with him, but he is embarrassed to go to the doctor generously, and his daughter also mixes in to join in the fun... This is quite funny.
[Sandy is checking]
The fourth accident, the daughter of incompetence. Norman is financially decent, but he has a forty-something drug-addicted daughter. This daughter was always messing around outside, and even made an appearance at her mother's funeral, which made Norman unlovable. In the end, he cruelly sent her daughter to a drug rehab center again.
【Norman's Incompetent Daughter】
In the face of changes, two old men bravely fought against fate. Sandy fell in love with a female student who was much younger than himself and dated her. In the end, the two successfully applauded their love, and Sandy also started the second spring in her life.
[Sandy and the female students applaud for love, there is a little embarrassment in the middle and it's funny]
Norman did not go well. After his wife died, a widow who had been widowed for twelve years wanted to approach him, but he did not want to be with other women so soon that he rudely refused at the banquet. other side.
In the episode of the finale, poor Norman lost his mind because he missed his wife too much, and wandered the streets in his pajamas. Fortunately, Sandy found him and sent him home.
[Norman, suffering from madness, walks the street in his pajamas]
A series of incidents left Sandy and Norman helpless and confused: the money, honor, and love in the first half of their lives became less important in the face of the departure of relatives, physical deterioration and long loneliness. What is the meaning of life?
As the show said, life is meaningless. We are all afraid of the unknown, suffering, and parting. Fortunately, we are not alone. We are accompanied by old friends. This is the final theory that Sandy Kominsky came up with. , so the name of the play is called "The Kominsky Theory".
The charm of this drama is that the core of the story is very sad, but the presentation is humorous and relaxed, the so-called "sad and happy". Just like the lines in the play: " Life is pain, and it is unbearable. No matter how you explore life, you will not let these pains disappear. Because you are born as a human being, pain is destined to follow ."
The story is told humorously through the way of two elderly people fighting each other, showing the wisdom and life crisis of the elderly, let us re-examine the meaning of life and pay attention to the physical and mental conditions of the elderly group. The series is plain, humorous but tearful. A rare black comedy.
The success of this show mainly depends on the screenwriter. The screenwriter is the screenwriter of "The Big Bang Theory" Chuck Lorry. Those witty words and humorous lines are enough to make you laugh out your abdominal muscles. For example, his crazy rant about "The Big Bang Theory" in this show made fans of American TV series smile.
["The Big Bang Theory" screenwriter Chuck Lorry complained about "The Big Bang Theory"]
In addition to the well-known screenwriter, the two leading actors are not simple. It is Michael Douglas who plays Sandy. He played the ruthless capital predator in the movie "Wall Street" and won the Oscar for Best Actor.
[Michael Douglas "Wall Street" stills]
His life is surprisingly similar to Sandy's experience in the TV series. He was unreliable when he was young. He was divorced, drunk, and had constant lace news. He also had cancer (however, it was throat cancer). , no longer tossing.
Playing Norman is Alan Arkin, a former Broadway man who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine as a tongue-in-cheek grandpa.
The two old men together are more than 160 years old. The so-called Jiang is still old and spicy. This 160+ group is quite successful. The humorous and funny black comedy makes the audience laugh with tears and ponder.
[Michael Douglas (left) and Alan Arkin (right)]
I sincerely recommend this drama, and friends who like it can watch it with their families during the short holiday!
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