Chinanews client, Beijing, March 14th (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) As a hot spot in the film and television industry in recent years, female themes have produced many popular dramas.
But there is one that is always the "white moonlight" in the hearts of domestic drama audiences.
That is the "Pink Girl" adapted from Zhu Deyong's comic "Shiny Girl".
It makes the four girls of heartthrob, man-in-law, marry mad, and Hamei become the first cognition of urban women for many people.
Recently, "The Ideal Life of Love" adapted from "Sher Girl" was broadcast.
Over the past 20 years, what changes have taken place in the image of the girls?
The cover of "Girls"
"In modern cities, love always belongs to yesterday, and marriage always belongs to tomorrow"
"Sher Girl" was first published in 1992, and Zhu Deyong mentioned his creative motives in the preface.
He noticed that the single ethnic group in society is expanding rapidly and has developed a set of unique ideas and lifestyles on his own, which gave him the idea of creating comics.
In "Girls", he divides single women into four extreme types: one wants love without marriage, one wants work without love, one wants to marry any man, and the other can't figure out what a man is.
The four types correspond to heartthrobs, workaholics, marriage enthusiasts, and naive girls.
Zhu Deyong adopts the form of four-frame comics to start a narrative around the personal characteristics of the four single girls. The dialogue is mainly between them, and there is no storyline.
Due to the author's meticulous observation of the society and his pungent and unique brushstrokes, "Ster Girl" also has a humorous ironic effect.
such as:
Workaholic: Women don't need to use marriage to prove that they have something to do.
Workaholics: Similarly, a woman who doesn't get married doesn't prove that she doesn't want it.
Marriage fanatic: Wow, that's amazing, what a new woman.
Workaholic: Alas, a woman can only prove whether she is a new woman by marrying or not marrying.
The cover of "Girls"
Four single girls live in an apartment, and they look very fashionable today, so why are they called "girls"?
The bitterness here is "jerky", Zhu Deyong explained: "They have unique personalities on the outside, or are often labeled as typologies by others, but in their hearts they are a group of people who are not so sure about themselves; whether they are breaking through constraints or following traditions And to live, they don’t really know what they want. Their breath, mixed in this prosperous era, has a particularly jerky flavor."
There are personal choices behind this, and more of the changes of the times.
In 2003, "single woman economy" was still a new term, and the first generation of urban women faced unprecedented changes.
In the past, women mostly lived on traditional trajectories, revolving around their families throughout their lives, without a true self.
In modern society, whether it is career or marriage, they have more choices in life, but they also have more confusion.
The summary in one sentence is that their ideas have changed, but the reality has not changed.
In Zhu Deyong's words: "Nowadays, women still have to be as soft as silk, but also as hard as diamond."
Under the humorous shell of "Ster Girl", there is such helplessness and contradiction.
"Pink Girl" poster
Become a heartthrob or a man-in-law?
In the 2003 TV series "Pink Girls", the four single girls have more full-blown personalities, and the friendship between them has become an important part of the TV series.
In the comics, heartthrobs are keen to be the mistresses of different men, knowing how to use their appearance advantages to play with them.
In the fast-food love game of modern society, she comes and goes freely, which is admired by many people.
Her sober attitude towards love and marriage has also resonated with many modern women.
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When it comes to TV series, the heart-thinking fans are even more flesh-and-blood outside of the label.
Her father was a university professor, and the family hoped that she would have a stable job and marriage.
But she likes to experience life and doesn't accept the unchanging life, so she works hard from her hometown to Shanghai.
Heartthrobs have a thorough view of love and marriage, not talents, but summed up from experiences time and time again.
The workaholics in the comics are only interested in making money, and occasionally fall in love and treat them as employees.
In the play, the man-in-law works hard because of the desire in her heart, she wants to build a primary school for her hometown.
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In contrast, the marriage mad and the naive girl in the comics are not very popular.
Marriage fanaticism scared many people by their attitude towards marriage fanaticism, but in the TV series, she became the protagonist.
Although her appearance is ordinary, she is kind and persistent.
Her character is more like Cinderella, and finally the screenwriter also gave her a prince charming, let her and Wang Hao come together.
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Naive sisters are not much different. Hamei in the play likes to chase trends and is enthusiastic, but she is always a little confused.
The four single girls looked at the world around them with the eyes of women, showing the unique lifestyle of urban women.
However, they also have stereotypes about women from the outside world. For example, if they are obsessed with work or unintentionally falling in love, they are men, and their enchanting appearances are vixens. The value of women is reflected in whether men like them or not.
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Some people think that "Pink Girls" is new in appearance, and in terms of inner thoughts, they are still a generation of old women.
This has something to do with the degree of social development, and it is also related to the way in which TV dramas are created.
The perspective of the manga author is an observer who is outside, and it needs a dominant value to make a TV series.
The TV series pursues a warm and touching style, so it loses the original humorous and pungent effect.
In the end, the sharp point of view is buried in the story of the family reunion.
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Breaking the stereotype of single women
From the industrious and gentle Liu Huifang in "Longing", to the heroine in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Thousand Bone of Flowers", to the urban women of different backgrounds in "Ode to Joy" and "Thirty Only".
In recent years, the images of women in domestic dramas have undergone a weak but obvious change-from being attached to the family to pursuing self-independence.
Today’s most popular heroines are neither traditional women who endure hardships and selfless devotion, nor are they silly Baitian saved by the male protagonist. From Su Mingyu in "It's All Very Good" and Wang Manni in "Thirty Only" It can be seen.
They are all capable, strong and independent.
"The Ideal Life of Love" stills Yin Tao plays "Millionaire"
In "The Ideal Life of Love", the four heroines are also different from the comics.
The biggest change is the fading of labels and the disappearance of stereotypes. The heartthrob is no longer a charming big wave and a proud figure. The workaholic is no longer a man-in-law. There are no two buck teeth for marriage madness, only innocence. My sister is still catching up with the trend, now it's the second dimension.
Heartthrobs don't attract men by their appearance, but changing their boyfriends is more to please themselves.
Workaholics are not just to make money, but to seek self-worth at work.
Marriage madness is not about not being able to marry, but because of a good life since childhood, so want to live a standard life.
Although the innocent girl has little experience, she insists on her hobby.
"The Ideal Life of Love" Xia Ruoyan plays "workaholic"
In the play, female characters are not saved by men, and even male characters are weaker.
The four are either rich second-generation or strong women, and there is almost no material pressure.
As for whether they are married or single, they also have a clear personal position.
To some extent, this drama does provide an ideal life for contemporary urban women.
"The Ideal Life of Love" Song Yi plays "Marriage Madness"
However, this is also its weakness.
The people in the play are all glamorous, as if living in a model room, without the complex background of reality, the pain and choices of the women do not seem to be painful or itchy.
If "Pink Girl" is less sharp, then this drama has created a crystal ball. Although it looks beautiful, it is only a fairy tale after all.
"The Ideal Life of Love" stills Zhao Jinmai plays "Innocent Girl"
Some netizens believe that the astringent girl is an attitude that is not out of date at any time.
In fact, whether it is comics or TV series, they are the epitome of women in different eras.
Today there are also new heartthrobs, marriage enthusiasts, workaholics, and innocent girls. Perhaps every woman is a composite of these four people.
The connotation of the girl is changing, and the only thing that remains unchanged is that still confused heart and growing footsteps.
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