"Tell me where you are dissatisfied with you?" This is the first sentence at the beginning of each episode of "Plastic Surgery Room." All kinds of people have different answers to this: facial features, body shape and even skin tone. Some people want to be younger and more beautiful, some want to be more acceptable, some want to repair their wounds, and so on. A real and peculiar world. In my opinion, there are two main lines in "Plastic Surgery Room", one is about beauty and age, and the other is about yourself.
Old = dead?
A question is constantly raised in "Surgery Room": Why does aging mean the end of everything? The fear of aging forces one person after another into the plastic surgery room. The person after forty years old is born into a tragedy, a downhill road to destruction. Every day when I look in the mirror, I see myself as a skin that is constantly losing vitality. , It's scary, isn't it? Can't people accept the laws of nature? Living in an age where new is good, old things can only be thrown into the trash can, so it’s not that strange that I hate old people.
Beauty = power?
Don’t talk about the beauty of the soul. It is a white lie. How many protagonists in the advertisements all over the street who only have the beauty of the soul? Supermodels earn enough money a year to feed thousands of African refugees. Beauty is undoubtedly a powerful weapon in a world full of desires. Those who have it desperately want to keep it, and those who don’t have it desperately want to get it, "Size really matters!" This sentence is cruel but extremely true.
The self in the mirror?
There are bloody surgical scenes in "Cosmetic Room", so the first time I see it, I'm sure my appetite is uncomfortable. There are scenes that transcend ordinary ethics in "Plastic Surgery Room". The first time I saw it, I was stunned. There is a naked analysis of the true self in "Surgery Room", and every time I watch it, I feel depressed.
Is the self seen in the mirror the real self or the self in the eyes of others?
The tearing apart of love and being loved in Christian's body, as well as the desire and escape of the complete self; the contradiction between repression and desire in Sean's body, and the impulse to save others; Julia's body of escape and self-destruction, and deep inferiority; Matt Self-seeking and exile in the body, as well as the anger arising from being deceived; the lives of all people are beautiful on the surface, but in fact they are full of fierce and painful struggles.
In the second season, we saw Kimber, who fell into the bottom of the valley, finally became a selfless savior, but Ava was originally to help others find themselves, but Ava found himself in the tragic ending. It can be said that "Plastic Surgery Room" is a TV series about injuries and being hurt. The men and women in it are licking their wounds and they are stained with blood along the way.
"Nip/Tuck" is a cool TV series. The music during the operation is cool, Christian’s innocent smile is cool, Sean’s expression is cool when he is injured, the women are full of charm and personality, and the bad guys are even more so. TMD is cool.
"Nip/Tuck" is a sharp No. 15 scalpel, which cuts open the camouflage on the surface a little bit to reveal the true self. What's more cruel is that this process is reflected in the mirror. The audience and the protagonist face this together. A slow and painful process.
No one is innocent. Everyone has defects in their character. Their appearance can be made perfect by plastic surgery, but their character is not. Apart from deceiving ourselves and others, we cannot cover up those defects and face the defects caused by them. Disillusionment is sometimes fatal, but it is also the most real part of life and the only prerequisite for repairing these defects.
Welcome to "Surgery Room", all those who don't like themselves.
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