When female themes hit comedy elements
"This is the first time in this life" has an interesting and anti-routine style of painting
"This is the first time in this life", which is currently on the air, shows a brand-new creative idea of female themes. The story of the play is based on realistic topics, focusing on the difficulties and challenges faced by women in childbirth. They are not angry with the expression of reality. In a comedy atmosphere, the reproductive experiences of three women of different ages are slowly told.
"This is the first time in this life" superimposes comedy with warmth and reality, diluting the opposition between the sexes, allowing the audience to see that the current female-themed dramas not only escape the "fairy-tale" creation that relies on men to dominate, but also subdivide the theme. ".
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Fertility stories are the main thread
"This is the first time in this life" unfolds from the perspective of women of three different ages. The story jumps three times and spaces, telling the story of three women giving birth in the same delivery room.
Dai Sijin in 1993, Chen Lanqing in 2008, and Lu Yuanfang in 2022, when the three mothers were about to give birth, they each faced the turmoil of giving birth for the first time in their lives, and each faced the "first time" of being a mother. ".
Lu Yuanfang, played by Wang Ziwen, only found out that she was pregnant after the divorce. She is a vigorous "strong woman". When she is about to give birth, she is lying in the ambulance and still making conference calls with her colleagues in the company.
Deciding to give birth to a child and become a mother, she faced many difficulties, but she survived the adversity tenaciously, not only completed her career, but also took care of the child's growth and education.
Chen Lanqing, played by Tang Yixin, is an imaginative Internet writer. During the confinement period, she did not forget to open her mind, and added a lot of absurd fun to the series with ridiculous imagination.
Chen Lanqing's childbirth process presents the scene of the whole family mobilizing in real life. The old-fashioned child-rearing of mother-in-law and mother collides with the concept of scientific child-rearing by young people. During the "freedom" during the confinement period, the story switches back and forth between the reality of "flying chickens and dogs jumping" and the contrast between beautiful fantasy.
Dai Sijin, played by Myolie Wu, is deeply influenced by traditional concepts and believes that her role in life is a "good wife and loving mother". However, this character's life is full of ups and downs. The disappearance caused her to bear huge debts. Dai Sijin became the boss while confinement, repaying the debts for her husband, and transformed from a "good wife and mother" into a chic "Boss Dai".
The birth process of the three women in "This Is the First Time" is representative, and the male characters are also full of age.
Zhang Chujiang, played by the actor Zhang Lu, wore a retro POLO shirt when he appeared on the stage, and matched it with the pockets that were necessary for vendors in the 1990s.
Lu Minglei was wearing toad glasses, a flowered shirt, jeans, and a BB camera pinned to his waist.
The comedian Alan played the role of Cheng Leading in the play with a more joyful look. In the play, he accompanied his wife "confinement" all the way, and even wore confinement clothes. The shape of the pregnant belly is even more comical.
Subdivided topics resonate
Urban drama series about female group portraits are no longer a very amazing combination. For example, "Ode to Joy 3" aired last year replaced all the leading actors with new faces. The story is still a daily chat gathering of several girls. Discussions on sexual harassment and women's job-hunting dilemma, but the story did not go out of the routine of the first two films. This kind of "changing the soup without changing the medicine" female drama creation made the audience feel a little disappointed with the IP of Ode to Joy.
"This is the first time in this life" is not big, and it opened up a new way of thinking for the creation of urban female-themed dramas in just 14 episodes.
Compared with urban female group dramas such as "Ode to Joy" and "Thirty Only", "This is the first time in this life" subdivides and deeply cultivates the creation of female themes, making related topics more in-depth. happiness.
In the first few episodes of "This is the first time in this life", multiple subdivided topics on childbirth, such as caesarean section, painless childbirth, and breastfeeding, are shown. Starting from multiple dimensions such as family balance and women's growth, it aroused the emotional resonance of a large number of netizens, "After reading their stories, I feel that I can understand my mother better."
This subdivided creation has gradually become a new trend in "reality + female themes" popular heroine drama series, such as "Dear Child" and "Our Marriage", which focus on marriage, love and family themes, and the response after the broadcast That's good.
The creation of female themes with clear themes and subdivided themes can also make the audience more empathetic to the plight of women. For example, during the viewing process of "This is the first time in this life", the audience can follow the three mothers to experience different stages of childbirth .
The series carefully takes care of women's childbirth experience in reality. Compared with the childbirth scenes that pass by in other drama series, this subdivided creation of female themes accurately projects the real life of new mothers, which has attracted many female audiences. There was a deep emotional resonance.
Qilu Evening News