Why is the “Shen Ma CP” so never boring?
2024-07-21
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July 21, 2024 | Total Issue 3669
"CP is still the original one!" This is not only an exclamation from actor Qiao Shan at the movie "Catching Dolls", but also the voice of millions of "Shenma" loyal audiences.After 3 days of preview and 5 days of official release, the movie "Catching Dolls" directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo and starring Shen Teng and Ma Li has accumulated a box office of over 1.3 billion.On the day the movie was officially released, Maoyan Movie data showed that Ma Li became the first actress in Chinese film history to have a box office revenue of over 20 billion yuan.In March this year, the Lighthouse Professional Edition was released during the hot screening of the film "Speeding Life 2". The box office of the film starring Shen Teng exceeded 33.5 billion, and Shen Teng also became the actor with the highest box office in the history of Chinese film. At that time, the film "Article 20" starring Ma Li was competing in the same period.After "Catching Dolls", the two finally joined hands to "meet at the top". Many CP fans on the Internet said: "I'm crazy about it."Judging from the movie box office results, it is not an exaggeration to say that Shen Teng and Ma Li are the "most popular male and female actors" today. Their comedy performance skills, "comedy faces" that are popular with the audience, and tacit understanding as partners can only be compared with Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan back then.From "Charlotte's Troubles" in 2015 to "Catching Dolls" this year, Shen Teng and Ma Li have collaborated in various forms in the film industry for as many as seven times, and have co-starred in Spring Festival Gala sketches for eight times. But the audience's enthusiasm for the two's combination is still surging.In fact, Shen and Ma's screen romances have been bumpy. In "Charlotte's Troubles", Ma Dongmei is deeply in love with Charlotte, but Charlotte can't let go of the goddess "Qiu Ya" in his heart. After waking up from his dream, he realized that he should "cherish the one in front of him"; in "Alone on the Moon", Shen Teng plays the maintenance worker "Dugu Yue", who has a crush on his boss "Ma Lanxing" played by Ma Li, but is left alone on the moon due to an accident and can only miss her every day.This time in "Catching Dolls", the two finally started a happy life with husband and wife following each other's lead and husband and wife loving each other.However, it is particularly ridiculous and ironic that all of this is based on an elaborate scam.In the movie, the super-rich Ma Chenggang, played by Shen Teng, decides to raise his youngest son in poverty. He and his wife Chunlan, played by Ma Li, move into a dilapidated old house to live in, so that his son Ma Jiye can develop the good character of "remaining strong despite thousands of hardships" from an early age. Under the close monitoring and arrangement of his parents and a group of teachers, he eliminates all kinds of online temptations and "bad habits" and works hard to get into Peking University and Tsinghua University.In terms of comedic effect, the theme of "having to endure hardship" is accompanied by a series of crazy "chicken-raising" operations, which contain strong dramatic tension and comedy elements; the exaggerated plot with truth in the false and false in the true, and the unbridled imagination, which tests the actors' ability to switch between drama and comedy.The tacit understanding between Shen Teng and Ma Li is that they can understand each other with just one gesture or one look, and receive feedback quickly. When Ma Chenggang began to recall his struggle, Chunlan immediately began to sing "Young people have great ambitions and do not worry about anything"; when Chunlan was angry because she felt sorry for her son, Ma Chenggang handed her an orange lychee-grained Kelly bag, which immediately calmed her anger.Each move and every back and forth is a pleasure for both the performers and the audience.Returning to the film itself, Ma Chenggang's education method can be understood as a microcosm of the "Chinese-style hope that children will become successful", and also an extreme example of the "rich dad"'s strong desire for control. The film satirizes the "distorted love" of parents for their children from beginning to end. Whether it has caused psychological trauma to the children, and thus some "Chinese-style horror", is a matter of opinion.At present, "Catching Dolls" has achieved a "good start" at the box office and is heading towards the direction of "saving the market". What the final number will be depends on the magic of "Shen Ma CP".Dear friends, please give an asterisk to the film and television monologue↑↑↑
