The whole play is particularly successful in shaping the male protagonist. Jimmy is a grass-roots lawyer, his career has not improved due to his low starting point and strong competitors. He is cunning and cunning. At the same time, Jimmy is persistent and dedicated, and has been defeated and fought repeatedly. He also upholds the bottom line and conscience, and reveals warmth and kindness in his heart.
From street liar "slippy Jimmy" to lawyer Jimmy, the male protagonists who work hard for survival and career show the helplessness, bitterness and tenacity of the bottom people. Like most of us ordinary people, Jimmy is an ordinary person with good and bad, good and bad, but it is this multi-facetedness that gets rid of black and white that makes Jimmy's character full and charming.
In order to receive a case and compete with a formidable competitor, Jimmy exhausted his solutions, some of which are low-end and clumsy, and are often self-defeating and hilarious. For example, he bribed the street gangsters to stage a puppet show for him, just to take over the case of the Kettlemans family; he risked his life to climb a tens of meters high platform to save people, but he was actually a show and hyped popularity; in order to compete with his opponents, he did not hesitate to use exactly the same as his opponents. "Zhuangshan" billboard.
On the other hand, Jimmy is an inspirational person and a struggler who is persistent in his ideals, works diligently, changes his difficult situation with tenacious will, and dares to fight against authority. At the same time, the kindness in his heart shows that he is just an ordinary person who can be selfish and make mistakes but has a bottom line.
With his own efforts to pass the judicial examination, he transformed from a street gangster "slippy Jimmy" to a lawyer Jimmy; when the scam was revealed, Jimmy tried his best to argue with the gangsters to save the gangster's life, fully showing his adaptability and eloquence. The surviving conscience also makes the audience's role positioning more clear; in order to prevent the Kettlemans family from being harmed by gangsters, Jimmy does not hesitate to call them anonymous warning calls, but who knows he gets himself into trouble; facing the hard-won Kettlemans The huge amount of stolen money from a family's embezzlement, Jimmy, who was already struggling with his life, had the opportunity to pocket it, but he turned it over as much and chose to "do the right thing".
With the development of the plot, I was gradually moved by Jimmy's kindness, enthusiasm for career, and tenacity to survive. His clumsy tricks and scheming cleverness no longer seemed to be annoying, and even accepted and understood. Jimmy broke people's stereotype of a lawyer with a decent appearance and a cold and cunning heart, and the image of a bottom-level struggler with flaws, flesh, and emotion became more and more vivid. I think this is also the original intention of the screenwriter to make the characters that are not perfect or even slightly negative. When I saw Jimmy's brows furrowed for the oncoming predicament again, he couldn't help but secretly shouted: go fight, Jimmy!
What makes "The Coquettish Lawyer" even more beautiful is that in addition to the hero Jimmy, there are also amazing supporting roles in the play.
Mike, the parking lot collector who has appeared since the first episode, seems to be just a serious and silent old man, but he is actually a ruthless character. It was not until the sixth episode of his story was unfolded that the rather tragic hero image was presented to the audience.
Jimmy's older brother, lawyer Chuck, is also one of the big highlights. Chuck goes home to recuperate after losing an important case and suffers from electrical allergies ever since. When the sick Chuck is close to the electric current, his whole body will be in severe pain, and no electrical appliances can be placed around him, even small objects such as lights, mobile phones, and watches. To prevent damage from high-voltage wires outside the door, Chuck even wears a current-proof tinfoil cloak when he goes out. However, an accident revealed the fact that electrical hypersensitivity was just Chuck's imagination. It turned out that letting Chuck hide at home was not an electric current, the real reason why he was wrapped in tinfoil was the decline of his career and the fading beauty. At this time, the image of a neurotic old man who has made outstanding achievements and outstanding achievements in his life, but was defeated by serious setbacks in his career in his later years, has gradually lost his self-confidence and escaped from reality. It is really admirable for the screenwriter to use such a clever way of imagining illness to realize the inner embarrassment of the characters.
Not to mention the warm moment when Jimmy and his friend Marco met briefly. After learning that his brother Chuck had cheated for many years, Jimmy was shocked. He returned to his hometown in disappointment. He didn't expect to meet Marco. Jimmy tried to anesthetize himself in this way, but in the end he chose to face the reality, even if Marco kept trying, Jimmy still decided to return to Aquerque to continue his legal career. However, Marco died of a heart attack during the last time the two had agreed to cheat. Although Marco is just a street liar, his friendship with Jimmy is real compared to the hypocritical Chuck. Before his death, Marco said the last sentence to Jimmy contentedly: "Jimmy, you know what? That was the greatest week of my life." moving.
As a TV series, "Coquettish Lawyer" has really made people's eyes shine. It makes people realize that TV dramas can also be shot in this way. It is interesting when it is new, and it is convincing when it is real. Looking forward to returning for the second season.
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