Netflix's two major female lead dramas in the past two years are really amazing. There is "My Gifted Girlfriend" in the "Naples Four Parts" before . Now, "The Queen's Chess Game" has dominated the list with high scores, and is scheduled to be the best mini-series of the year and the cool drama of the year's great heroine.
I finished 7 episodes in one go, like watching a long movie. The story is based on a novel by Walter Tevez and tells the story of how a little girl named Beth Harmon in the 1950s went from a poor, helpless orphan, to a sparkling chess genius girl, and finally killed. The story of special kill and promotion to world chess champion.
The plot is very cool, with a lot of sparks and old-fashioned tears, but I still shed moved crocodile tears. The heroine Beth is not a perfect girl. She is a genius on the left and a lunatic on the right. She has the B side of a talented girl: indifferent, alienated from the crowd, not good at words, and not good at socializing. Even a little stunned, he didn't care about anything except chess.
The color tone of the whole play is like Bass's character, gloomy and restrained.
But Beth's talent is so edgy that you can't help glancing at her in the crowd. Especially when a girl has a career, achievements, and the wealth she has earned, how to live more and more confidently and control her own destiny, you don't need to deliberately try to please anyone, because people will turn to you swarmed.
This is the most attractive charm of "The Queen's Chess Game". Not only did she make you look good, but she also fed you a bowl of chicken soup.
With a slow and unhurried rhythm, the director tells the growth of a talented girl in a loud voice, but does not deify her.
Today's article contains some spoilers, so read with caution. Of course, you are also welcome to discuss with me after reading it~
The story begins with the ugly duckling in the orphanage
Beth doesn't have a mother anymore.
Standing alone at the scene of the car accident, the last words her mother said to her emerged in her mind, not "live well", but "close your eyes". Did mother commit suicide?
She also doesn't have a father. In her memory, her mother hysterically drove the man who might be her father away, and she never saw him again since then.
On this day, there is an orphan named Beth Harmon in the world. She was only 9 years old, and no one would treat her wholeheartedly again. Beth was placed in an orphanage by the government. Her new friend told her: We were too old to be adopted, we had to grow up in an orphanage.
Beth pursed her lips slightly after hearing this. She has never been very good at expressing her feelings.
But Beth seems to have a very good mind. She is always the first to complete the answer sheet in exams. She may have inherited the genes of her mother, who is a doctor of mathematics from Cornell University, a prestigious university.
By a coincidence, she stumbled into the basement of the orphanage and bumped into an old administrator who was even more rude than her, who was actually playing chess alone.
An old man, an orphan, began a wonderful friendship with few words.
The basement is their secret base and chess classroom. The old man teaches her tactics and accompanies her to practice chess. Isn't she accompanying the old man?
Soon, the old man found out that this was a special little girl with a monster living in her body. She shouldn't be trapped in this little orphanage.
The old man called his friend in the chess club, a high school chess coach. The coach was also surprised by her amazing talent, so he asked her to go to high school to play chess with 1 on 19.
Bess was nervous at first, even a little scared, but after the game, she only said one sentence: I didn't expect them to be so good.
The coach gave her a brand new doll. No one in the orphanage hurts. In the eyes of ordinary people, the little girl loves dolls the most, but Bess turned around and threw her in the trash can. Piece: The book that the old man gave her, "The Opening of Modern Chess". The rest, she doesn't care.
Is there a lot of hardship to go through before the glory comes?
In a blink of an eye, Beth has lived in the orphanage for many years. There was a couple visiting that day, and the kind-hearted wife seemed to like Bass. Soon, Beth said goodbye to her friend Xiao Hei and left with her adoptive parents.
Before leaving, the old man was watching her silently in the corner. He was still the fat uncle who was not good at expressing himself, but he just sighed in a low voice-he became alone again.
Beth didn't even have time to say goodbye to him. The old man was the only bright spot in her dark and lonely childhood.
But she soon forgot her grief, because the new home is so big and beautiful. She finally had the first room of her own in her life.
But the relationship between the adoptive parents does not seem optimistic. American women of that era chose to be housewives after marriage. The adoptive mother loves to play the piano, and her dream was to be a pianist in the symphony orchestra.
But in today's life, there are only husbands who don't go home every day with the excuse of being "busy at work", adopted daughters who are not related by blood, and flesh and blood that have been lost. She is a little depressed.
The family's economic conditions also began to be stretched. The adoptive father didn't go home every day, and he refused to send money back. The adoptive mother had no ability to make money. Apart from calling her husband furiously, there was nothing she could do. A woman without independent financial ability is really sad.
Beth asked the adoptive mother, am I going to be sent back to the orphanage? Fortunately, my adoptive mother is a kind person. She said that I can learn to be a good mother.
The start of the counterattack is boiling with enthusiasm
Bess was always dressed down, and neither she nor her adoptive mother had the money to buy a fancy new dress. The classmates in the school looked down on her disgraced, and no one wanted to make friends with her.
It doesn't matter, Beth has no friends, she just wants to play chess.
But the school didn't have a Go club, so she had to go to regional competitions to inquire about the situation. In the chess world, whether it is an amateur player or a master star, almost all are men, and she is a girl, so she looks so abrupt.
But she doesn't care, as long as she can play chess, she is very happy. Who would have thought that a yellow-haired girl would make good news in this game, becoming a dark horse, winning the championship, and a prize of 500 US dollars, which was a huge sum of money in the 1950s.
Beth used the money to buy herself the first chessboard in her life. Before that, she could only rely on her imagination to play chess in her mind.
She also rewarded herself with the latest dress in the window, and finally she was able to take off the old clothes she brought from the orphanage and the discounted off-season styles that her adoptive mother bought her.
Oh yes, it's not because the adoptive mother treats her badly, but because the adoptive mother has no money. After hearing the news that Beth won the championship, the adoptive mother was overjoyed. She didn't expect to win the game. Since then, a mother-daughter partner who has gone around the world together was born.
The adoptive mother helped her lie to the school to ask for leave.
Accompany her to fly all over the world to participate in competitions, from the United States to Paris, and win prizes everywhere. Even became her agent.
Their relationship is getting closer and closer, they are mother and daughter, comrades-in-arms, best friends.
Gradually, the adoptive mother began to laugh, and she was no longer depressed.
You see, rich women have colorful lives.
Bess's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and it has been reported in journals and magazines one after another. The media calls her a "genius girl". In every interview, she will mention her first teacher in life: the old administrator of the orphanage.
But no one ever cared about it. The reporters always used thick ink to exaggerate her female identity, never mentioning her gratitude to her teacher, and they didn't care about her tactics.
Bass also has more and more opponents, from American champions to Soviet chess masters.
Geniuses are surrounded by geniuses, and talented people will attract talented and like-minded people. Bass's circle of friends gradually enriched.
But just when life turned wonderful, the adoptive mother died suddenly.
Beth was very broken, she lost her only relative, best friend, and comrade-in-arms. She never got along with the girls at school. They only knew about dating, chasing stars, participating in boring socialite clubs and cheerleading.
And she wants to be a world champion.
The death of her adoptive mother was an unfortunate beginning. Beth lost her only protective umbrella, and her adoptive father, who had disappeared for a long time, came to the door and tried to drive her out. The organization that had funded her wanted to use her fame for the organization's profit.
Fortunately, she has the confidence to fight back one by one, because she is independent, rich, and has the ability to continue to make money continuously. She is no longer the ugly duckling in the orphanage at the mercy of others. Today, she can control herself. Destiny, pay for your choice, and say to those who take advantage of the fire: Fuck you.
But Beth also has a weakness: She's an alcoholic and has been drug-dependent since her orphanage days. Her insecurities surround her all the time, making her trembling and struggling.
Fortunately, in the past few years, on her way to earnestly pursue her career, she has met many like-minded partners, who accompanied her through the hurdles of her life.
At the end of the story, she finally defeated the master of the Soviet Union and became a talented girl who has attracted worldwide attention.
When she returned to the orphanage, she wanted to meet the old administrator, give him a hug, or say a thank you that had never been said in person.
However, the old administrator had passed away, just like when the adoptive mother left her, it was too late to say goodbye.
Bess walked slowly to the basement, which was the only happy time in her childhood, the only spiritual sustenance, and after a moment of memory, she found the clipboard in the corner.
This clipboard contains all the media reports about her, as well as an old photo, the only photo of her and the old man.
It turned out that the old man had been following her and caring about her, but it was a pity that she never had a chance to say thank you again.
This is the story of "The Queen's Chess Game", the success of a queen, and the ups and downs of a talented girl.
Although I have spoiled some of the plot, I believe it will not affect your experience of the excellent production and fascinating story of this show.
That's right, even if you don't know chess, it doesn't affect you watching the show at all, and every game makes me so nervous~ I wish everyone a happy viewing~.
(This article is transferred from Princess: Miss Moore)
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