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Before the release of the movie "Catching Dolls", the film industry had high hopes for it, and many people expected it to be a "savior". The brilliant record of the box office exceeding 100 million in three days of preview, breaking 600 million on the first day of official release, and now breaking 2 billion, has indeed proved the strong appeal of "Shen Ma".

In the movie "Catching Dolls", Shen Teng and Ma Li once again play a couple. The movie tells the story of Ma Chenggang played by Shen Teng and Chunlan played by Ma Li, a "rich couple" who disguised themselves as poor households for decades for the sake of their child's education. They also secretly hired a team of education experts to subtly guide their child Ma Jiye, hoping that he could study hard, be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and successfully inherit the family business.

At first glance, the setting of the movie is very similar to "The Truman Show", which also creates a virtual world artificially. However, "The Truman Show" is told from Truman's perspective, focusing on the process of discovery and the belief in resistance, while "Catch the Dolls" reveals the truth at the beginning, focusing on the process of constructing a virtual world and how to prevent children from discovering it. This contrast provides room for comedy gags.

For example, at the beginning of the movie, Jia Bing, an entrepreneur, wanted to help the Ma family, but found that Ma Li treated him with expensive coffee beans and cigars. As soon as they came out of the old and dilapidated house of the Ma family, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan turned around and got into a luxury car and drove straight to the mansion, which made themselves happy but made the children suffer.

For example, we asked the education expert Teacher Li to pretend to be a grandmother with poor mobility and teach by example; we asked the chef to secretly chop up the sea cucumber and cook it so that the son thought he was eating mushrooms; we asked a foreign teacher to "accidentally" meet the son on the road and complete an English listening test and oral training...

There are too many absurd plots like this. The comedy of "having to endure hardship" reaches its climax at the "grandma's funeral" at the end. On one hand, the children are crying loudly after experiencing the separation of life and death, and on the other hand, the parents try their best to smooth things over and prevent the secret of grandma's "resurrection". The scene is a mess, but the audience laughs more and more, and they can taste the wrongness of the "hell joke".

Hidden behind the layers of comedy is the creepy Chinese horror. From the perspective of the son Ma Jiye, he has lived in a false world since he was a child, being monitored and controlled. His parents deceived in the name of love, but even white lies could not change their authoritarian, controlling, selfish, repressive and suffocating nature.

At the end of the movie, when Ma Jiye discovers the truth, the audience no longer finds the humorous plot funny, and all they see is heartache. At this point, the irony of the movie reaches its climax.

Whether or not you can accept the Chinese horror hidden under the mask of comedy in "Catch the Dolls", you have to admit that it is really popular.

How to prove that a movie is popular? In addition to the objective data support of the box office, the most important thing is to have lines or jokes that are popular. Otherwise, how come "The Legend of Zhen Huan" still has a sense of existence after so many years? It's because its jokes are too comprehensive.

In the "Xihong City" universe where "Catch the Doll" is located, there are quite a few famous memes. "Charlotte's Troubles" has "Qiu Ya is getting married, and you are singing and dancing here", "Ma Shimei", "My father is the district chief"; "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has "Stop pretending, show your cards", "I, Wang Duoyu, invested in this project"; "Shameful Iron Fist" has "Come here"... Basically every movie is the material for netizens to play memes.

In "Catch the Doll", the most popular line is "Hermès Kelly Orange Lychee Pattern". As one of the most humorous props in the movie, this bag serves as a way for Ma Chenggang, played by Shen Teng, to coax his wife - it doesn't matter if his wife is angry, there is nothing that a "Hermès Kelly Orange Lychee Pattern" can't solve!

Chunlan, played by Ma Li, wants her wealthy husband Ma Chenggang to buy this bag for her, but in the end, the bag Ma Chenggang bought was not the lychee-patterned Togo leather, but the palm-patterned Epsom leather which is more expensive than the lychee-pattern one. I guess Ma's mentality at the time was: it's always right to choose the more expensive one.

Just because of this hot topic, the orange lychee pattern of Hermès Kelly has become popular again, and the number of recommendations on Xiaohongshu has increased dramatically, and even Ma Chenggang’s palm pattern that he bought the wrong product has attracted everyone’s attention.

In the movie, Ma Li also bought an Hermès Brikin in elephant grey. This bag is more versatile and popular. It is now one of the "Four King Kong Colors" of Hermès. The price of over 150,000 yuan also confirms the identity of Ma Chenggang and Chunlan as a wealthy couple.

There is also a prop in the film that seems ridiculous but is useful - Chunlan's headband. People who don't know the reason may think: this family is really thrifty, using the key chain as a headband. Little do they know that this hair accessory is from Balenciaga, priced at 4,000 on the official website, and it is just for a styling purpose.

Because they want to pretend to be poor, but don't want to really "suffer hardship" with their son in life, some low-key, contrasting but family-friendly luxury goods have become the best protective color for the wealthy couple's daily ootd.

At the beginning of the film, the couple walked out of the old house with a very "stealthy" feeling. The pajamas that seemed to have very mismatched colors were from the Antarctic brand "known to everyone on earth". But the boots on Mary's feet were not so cheap. They were from the Italian high-end handmade shoe brand Gianvito Rossi. All the details of her wealthy identity were hidden under her feet.

Of course, don't forget the watch under the plain sleeve - this antique watch is from CHANEL. Ma Chenggang said to hide the watch well and not let the children see it, but Chunlan wore it despite the risk of being discovered, which shows how much she loves this emerald watch.

The most premium Cohiba cigars among Cuban cigars were used to entertain Jia Bing. The price of this cigar changes at any time according to market demand. Judging from the market price in recent years, the average price is about 600 yuan per cigar.

After leaving the children's sight, Ma Chenggang and Chunlan finally showed their true colors and stopped pretending. The car they drove was a Hongqi L5, a double-barreled salute car with a reference price of more than 6 million yuan. No wonder Jia Bing was envious.

In this outfit that gives off a "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" vibe, Shen Teng is wearing a jacket from the classic old money brand Brunello Cucinelli, Ma Li's coat is from the limited edition velvet model of CURIEL, and Liu Tao wore something similar before at the fashion week. The sunglasses are from Gentle Monster, and she looks super cool when she walks.

In the flashback, the reference price of the Vacheron Constantin mechanical watch in Shen Teng's hand is about 1.5 million, and this is just one of his many watches. Now I suddenly want to know who is richer between Ma Chenggang and Wang Duoyu.

The Brikin in Chunlan's hand has just been introduced. The suit she is wearing is also quite stylish. It is from Giambattista Valli, and the sweater inside is from DIOR. Both of these big brands are very consistent with the temperament of a noble lady.

Chunlan wears a Cartier cheetah series quartz watch, which is worth about 250,000 yuan. The waist chain of her shirt is from CHANEL, which inadvertently shows off her family's financial strength.

When she can't bear it any longer, Chunlan will quietly do a manicure, make herself feel good, and then take it off reluctantly. The scarf she wears during the manicure is a Burberry, very classic one. The CHANEL emerald antique watch on her hand is also a strong presence.

When Chunlan was almost discovered by her son, she came out before she even had time to take off her Louis Vuitton cardigan, still wearing a CHANEL necklace. The classic LV monogram is so conspicuous that it would be hard for her son not to be suspicious!

This seemingly low-key white V-neck tassel top and loose wide-leg pants are from Linghe LINGHE. It costs almost 7,000 yuan, and it is not a simple home wear.

In fact, there are many details hidden in the costumes in the film. It turns out that from the very beginning, Ma Jiye and Chunlan did not pretend to be poor completely. Fortunately, Jiye was young and innocent, so he was not discovered. I punish you to reflect on what it means to be a qualified parent!

Some people saw the comedy in "Catch the Doll" and laughed heartily in the cinema, while others saw the tragedy and realized the horror behind the comedy. Whether you like this method of using comedy to dispel all suffering or not, everyone has a consensus - the "Shen Ma" combination is the best in the play!

Edited and written by: Plane Mirror

Design: Meng Yi

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