Recently, Xianxia dramas such as "Starfall Congealed into Sugar" and "Chongzi" were broadcast at the same time. From the plot to the setting of the characters to the setting of love, they still couldn't escape the old routines of Xianxia dramas, and even "Chongzi" became "A Thousand Flowers". Bone's parody.

The ancient puppet fairy with old-fashioned plot and rigid characters will inevitably go downhill. How to seek innovative transformation of content is worthy of attention.

　　reporter Shi Wenjing

　　Falling into a routine without innovation

　　The ancient costume mythological love drama "Starfall Congeals into Sugar" uses the contradictions and conflicts between the gods, humans, beasts, and Shen Yuans to build a story frame, and staged a fairy tale version of "marrying the right man on the wrong sedan chair" .

In order to maintain the stability of the Four Realms, the two princesses Qingkui and Yetan of the human race were going to marry the princes of the god clan and the Shenyuan clan respectively. Unexpectedly, on the wedding day, the third prince, the villain of the Shenyuan clan, used magic to change the bride.

The pungent princess Yetan who was going to marry into the Shenyuan clan to become a "demon" was taken away by the god prince Xuanshang Shenjun, and a story of fairy love that turned from laughter to sadomasochism began.

　　This drama still continues the framework of the popular Xianxia drama, but has made slight improvements in the character design and specific plot.

Xuanshang Shenjun is still an immortal who wants to save the common people in the world. His mission is the same as that of other "Shangshen" in other fairy tale dramas.

It's just that after Xuanshang's soul was scattered due to repairing the ruins, instead of going to the world to be reborn, he turned into three pieces of "spiritual consciousness", that is, three people. Only in this way can Xuanshang regain his soul and become a god, continue to maintain the stability of the four worlds after his resurrection, and reveal the mystery of the life experience of the Yetan sisters.

This plot is actually a deformation of the sadomasochism of "Three Lives Three Worlds", with some changes, but the plot setting of love for many generations has not changed.

In terms of plot characters, Ye Tanyi's appearance is still similar to the eccentric "little fairy" in other dramas. He grew up through sadomasochistic love with the gods and gods. Stylized characters.

The heroine is responsible for the comedy elements, and the male protagonist is responsible for promoting the beginning and turning points of the plot. The combination of these two roles pursues the comedy effect of "marrying the right man in the wrong sedan chair".

However, the rhythm of the play is not good. The hero and heroine "do not know each other" in the fairy palace. The avatar scene is like a revolving door, seeing one falling in love with the other, and dumping the other after talking, the plot is not very attractive.

That is to say, the plot of the play has an innovative idea, but when it comes to this part of the plot, it is difficult to write a wonderful one, and there is not enough space to write a wonderful one.

"Starfall Congealed into Sugar" is still a large-scale orthodox fairy tale drama. The service, casting, and performance are all remarkable, but the balance between comedy elements and plot innovation is not well grasped.

　　"Chong Zi" starring Yang Chaoyue and Xu Zhengxi, the plot and characters are very similar to the low-profile version of "A Thousand Bone Flowers".

The plot of the play is very naive and ignorant. The "silly, white and sweet" heroine takes all kinds of unreasonable troubles and lack of heart as interesting, and many plot advancements are illogical.

This drama has comedy elements, but it is neither funny nor sadomasochistic. In the words of netizens, it is the boring daily life of a "fine" female apprentice and a cold and greasy master.

In "Chong Zi", the setting of the sadomasochistic love story between the daughter of the demon king against the wheel and the celestial venerable who takes saving the common people in the world is his mission. In fact, it has been performed wonderfully by "A Thousand Bone of Flowers" with a similar plot. There are no new tricks, and the quality of the script is not good, the casting is downgraded, the performance is downgraded, I don't know what the meaning of the filming is.

　　Fast-moving products are becoming more and more

　　After nearly 20 years of development, Xianxia drama has gone through many small climaxes, and now it has become a very mature genre drama in the drama market, with a stable audience.

Xianxia dramas are still favored by the market because they have unique oriental cultural connotations and the traditional Chinese mythological imagination of "immortals, demons and ghosts"; Full of traditional aesthetic pursuits; the emotional lines intertwined with sweetness and abuse are integrated into the moral pursuit of saving the common people in the world, highlighting the spiritual core of "Xia".

Another point is that Xianxia dramas, like youth romance dramas, are idol dramas that can best hold young top stars.

　　The first batch of web novels adapted from Xianxia dramas won the favor of the market. Super hits such as "Gu Jian Qi Tan", "A Thousand Bone Flowers" and "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" are like star-making machines, making Zhao Liying, Chen Weiting, Yang Mi , Di Lieba and other actors have become "top class".

Since then, dramas such as "Sweet Honey, Ashes Like Frost", "Chenxi Yuan" and "Liu Li" have maintained a high level of popularity, but at this time, the fairy tale drama is no longer who plays who is popular, but the fairy tale drama begins to look for good actors. Actors began to look for breakthroughs by relying on strong genre dramas and high-quality actors.

In the past two or three years, no matter how big-name actors and traffic stars are used in dramas such as "Eternal Jue Chen", "Moon Song Xing" and "Acquaintance with the King", they can't get word-of-mouth and super popularity, and even become the object of complaints .

Judging from dramas like "Chong Zi", the once-glamorous fairy tale drama has increasingly become a fast-selling commodity, or a consumer product in the fan circle.

　　The early Xianxia dramas really portrayed sadomasochism and revenge, but the current Xianxia dramas use the grand world view setting to play a love story of pediatrics and happy enemies.

In fact, no matter who plays the current Xianxia drama, the root cause of the audience's boredom is how to innovate and transform the "three-stage taboo sadomasochism" plot, or how to get rid of this creative routine.

Mass-produced Xianxia dramas can only continue to produce old-fashioned plots and routine characters, and they are becoming less and less soulless.

　　("Qilu Evening News", March 7, 2023)