The protagonist Patrick Melrose (played by Cun Fu) is a prominent British dunk.
Shadowed by his father's abuse in childhood, he was addicted to drugs in his youth and lived a bohemian life.
Unwilling to do so, he tried to get rid of the influence of his father.
Eventually, he quit drugs and got a new life as a father by marrying a wife and having children.
As soon as the first episode opened, Patrick received the sad news of his father's passing.
Just when I was full of sympathy at the opening of the volume, the dead father couldn't be more miserable, but he laughed like this bear.
The blood in the artery on the sleeve and the needle on the side heralded something unusual.
Yes, Pa is an addict, and he deeply hates his father.
After hanging up the phone, Pa went to his girlfriend and told her: I'm so happy, the old bastard is dead.
The female companion loves Xiaopa deeply, and she wants to take this opportunity to persuade Xiaopa to quit drugs...
While Papa made a declaration of detoxification on the bed of another female partner.
It's really not that simple.
Just after Xiaopa decided to quit drugs, he sat on the ground and bent the needle. In the next second, he found an excuse to give himself another injection.
Then put on a coat, say goodbye to friends at the airport, and head to the funeral home.
Before he even got to the hotel, Xiaopa became addicted to drugs, and his whole state was erratic.
The intense anxiety caused by not being able to inject drugs even made Xiaopa want to end his life... Then, the male protagonist committed suicide, and the whole play ended.
No, Xiaopa attempted suicide because he didn't open the window of the hotel.
In the end, Xiaopa bought drugs under the bewitchment of the voice in her head, calmed down and went to the funeral home to pay tribute to her father's remains and prepare for cremation.
The strange thing is that the funeral home actually made a mistake with the body. Xiaopa nervously opened the door and found the one lying among a group of carnival people who he didn't know.
When the male protagonist really faced his deceased father, he first laughed at the schadenfreude, and then he was full of sadness and despair, beating the coffin hard.
And then we can vaguely find:
The reason why the male protagonist has become what he is now is that he has an indelible connection with his father. In reality, he does not want to be cynical.
He hates: hates drug addiction, hates the violent, drug-addicting pseudo-gentleman father who destroyed his heart in childhood.
At this time, he is the most vulnerable, and he is most clear that he will never become the same person as his father.
However, Xiaopa's drug addiction broke out, and she couldn't control the shaking of her hands even with a cigarette in her hand. After hurriedly ending the meeting with her childhood aunt, Xiaopa went to buy drugs...
Unfortunately, because the place of purchase was too low-end, he couldn't even find a suitable needle for injection, and the seller even fainted.
The voice in his mind kept ringing "Just dial 555-1726 to find Pierre". At this time, Pierre's phone finally dialed, and the arriving Xiaopa fell into his own illusion after injecting a large amount of drugs:
Unbearable, bizarre, messy scenes that belong to the memory are constantly intertwined.
The play is a one-man show for the male lead.
All the atmosphere revolves around him, a large number of monologues, a large number of lines and expressions, and the characters' hearts are stripped and revealed little by little.
And the lines of British dramas, like Mona Lisa's smile, are always profound and meticulous.
You think you understand it, but you will always find a new meaning in the next second.
The male protagonist has many inner entanglements and struggles to show, including oral lines and narrations that reveal his true desires and emotions.
But all this was arranged in an orderly manner, without any disorder, which can be called a divine drama.
The plot is so delicately arranged, and the actor who has such a heavy role in the scene is particularly well-acted by Cuan Fu.
I am amazed at the control of the characters by Cuan Fu, it can be said that he is a natural actor.
In the scene of seeing his father's body, Cuan Fu began to brew his emotions from the moment he faced the last door alone, took a deep breath, and secretly meditated to get rid of the past...
Then he opened the door in one breath, and the dim light in the room illuminated the sweat oozing from his forehead, his pale face and red eyes.
Even death could not erase the hurt and panic that his father brought him.
He was afraid, no doubt afraid, and this emotion was reflected on the paper by his expression.
He straightened his chest, walked towards the coffin, like a child struggling to face a big event, lifted the tissue paper over his father, and exclaimed: This is exactly the person I'm looking for!
There was a kind of ecstasy in his voice, he stared at his father for a few seconds, poked his hand in the face in disbelief, and even expected that the man he hated so much would wake up suddenly.
What followed was a burst of uncontrollable ridicule, as if he was a winner, but in the next second he burst into tears, hitting the coffin in front of him with his head, and big drops of tears fell to the ground.
He felt as pathetic as his father, and this bastard, after destroying himself, was able to escape the pain of drug addiction by dying...
Straightening up, he made the last wave of ridicule in a cynical voice: Dad, you are so miserable, and now you still want me to be miserable like you, woo woo woo, you are unlucky!
With such a wealth of details, if the perfect control of emotions cannot be achieved, this scene cannot be carried out at all.
Excessive force will appear deliberate, and the expression of emotion in a light and airy way is not rich enough.
And Cuan Fu's interpretation of this scene can be described as a perfect textbook presentation: his attention to detail is so accurate, and the aura he exudes throughout the performance is so compelling that people forget that he is acting.
The greatest success of an actor is not that he has created an excellent character that is unforgettable, but that every time he creates a different character, he can successfully bring the audience into the atmosphere belonging to that character and that scene, making people deeply convincing and making him feel good. On this basis, control the different states of the characters under various emotions.
It can be said that it is not accidental that Cuan Fu has achieved today's achievements. Cuan Fu may not have the experience of drug addiction, but he can put an addict into a drug addiction. That neurotic state is vividly presented, all tears, sweat, facial expressions. , trembling hands, blurred demeanor, everything is portrayed in a penetrating manner.
The amazing thing is that the drama + movie style in the play makes an originally heavy story light and concise. This treatment not only makes the whole play more special and full of tension, but also makes the shooting angle more interesting. Not dull.
A show like this is not to be missed.
Text / Love Xiaonuan
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