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Poor Jing Tian.

A few days ago, a certain asshole ex-boyfriend came out to cause trouble again, making her the center of attention again. Fortunately, Jing Tian was clear-headed and quick to act, and immediately cut ties with him completely.

On the contrary, I gained a lot of goodwill because of this.

But although he is so smart and domineering in real life, his new work "Four Seas Restored" performed mediocrely.

The popularity of the show has not increased after being aired for most of the time, and it seems to be declining.

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I thought maybe it was the wrong timing, maybe this drama is pretty good and it’s a pity to bury it?

However, my pre-viewing assumptions were shattered in an instant after watching three episodes.

A fantasy drama(Routine version)In fact, it is not worth spending too much space to complain about it. After all, it is not that bad.

What I mainly want to talk about is the issues hidden in this plot setting.

The original IP, a cool story for female audiences, has now been adapted into a story where everyone only loves the male protagonist. It doesn't have the flavor of a "female protagonist" but rather has a bit of a "female protagonist" flavor, which is really confusing.

Jing Tian had a lot of trouble to redress her previous reputation and became the new spokesperson for the heroine in the public's mind, but unexpectedly she ended up playing such a thing.

Let’s start with “Restoring the Light in the Four Seas”.

As usual, the opening chapter introduces the identities of the male and female protagonists.The male lead Ji Yang(Zhang Linghe Played)Tao was born in the sky.

Daoshengtian: a place name; Shaocang: an official title ≈ crown prince.

He was slandered as a demon who had slaughtered his fellow disciples, and was thrown into the Soul River Prison by his master. After escaping by chance, he went to the northern border and tried to find the "Seven Floating Karma Book" to prove that he was not possessed by the devil, and that it was impossible for him to kill his fellow disciples.

My toes are tired from thinking every day

There is no coincidence in the world.

Female protagonistNanyan(Played by Jing Tian)Right in the North.Ji YangSeverely injured, Nan Yan is a doctor who is good at using poison to treat illness.

Nan Yan is often criticized for her eccentric and weird temperament, but she always repays evil with kindness.

No matter who teases her in person or behind her back, she can always diagnose the other person.

While escaping from pursuit, Ji Yang was able to act as a hero and save Nan Yan who was almost harmed by the demons.

After carrying out the rescue operation, he happened to faint.

Because Ji Yang's illness was similar to Nan Yan's mother's symptoms, Nan Yan took him home for treatment.

Did you think the story was about to tell how the hero and heroine developed feelings for each other in their daily interactions, and then created an ancient idol love myth together?

No,Apart from this, the heroine is out of the plot for the rest of the time.

On the contrary, the storyline about the male protagonist is clear and colorful.

The second male lead comes online, the eldest son of the Dragon Palace, and he worships and admires the male lead.

It's simply deafening.

Although he had never seen Ji Yang in person before, when he mentioned him, he was full of praise.

A face can decide everything

The heroine's mother, whose martial arts ability is ranked in the top five in the three realms, is eager to put a telepathic seal between the hero and her own daughter, which cannot be dissolved unless they are bound together by life and death.

Hoping that the seal could help the hero, she left him with just one sentence: "Take good care of A-Yan" and left.

At this point, the male and female protagonists have only known each other for a few days and have not yet understood each other. Logically,It's a little confusing, but if you change your mindset, if this is to highlight the protagonist's character traits, such as reliability, then it makes sense.

The third male lead comes online, the prince of the fox clan, who is good at gossip and loves to tease the male lead. From time to time, he even tries some physical contact with him.

The demon elder has seen countless handsome men, but he is completely fascinated by the male protagonist. Even though his life is in danger, he still praises his good looks.

The rest of the passers-by, A, B, C, and D, also look up to the male protagonist.

In the first 7 episodes, no one knows where our heroine is wandering. When needed, let her come online and play some eye contact and heart-beating games with the hero.

When Nan Yan is in danger, the male protagonist comes online and is able to calmly fight back against the opponent and save Nan Yan from danger.

But Nan Yan's danger was brought to her by the protagonist's admirer.

The more I watch this drama, the more I realize that the description of the hero is very comprehensive: talented and handsome, famous, with supernatural powers, not greedy for love, and only wants to pursue his career.

The story line also revolves around the male protagonist's self-vindication. In order to redress the male protagonist, the female protagonist is willing to give up everything and follow the male protagonist.

The main characters gathered together to conceal and protect Ji Yang's true identity to prevent him from being hunted down.

Do you feel that this male channel has a familiar flavor?

Disguised as a female idol drama, he constantly exudes the male protagonist's omnipotence and brilliance, and the female protagonist is just one of his many followers.

Treating women as accessories is the most common method used by male viewers.

The film wants to show that the heroine is busy with her career, but there are not many scenes related to her career, and she can even abandon the hero immediately for him.

In fact, I don't really care about the "x-frequency" classification method. Good film and television scripts should be appreciated by everyone, and this kind of drama has too strong a commercial logic.

But since we are already standing in this logic, we have to analyze it truthfully——

You know, the original novel of this drama is "I Have Three Long Aotian Babies", which is basically a gender-reversed version of Fan Xian.

A girl has three fathers and three childhood sweethearts.

However, the plot of the film and television version has a stronger sense of male-oriented excitement.

Everyone's love and admiration for the male protagonist is like a surging river, and the male protagonist does not disappoint those who expect him, and his actions are indeed worthy of the title of "male protagonist".

This answers the question at the beginning: what is a “male protagonist in a female-centered film”?

"The Restoration of the Four Seas" is not the first case of a female-oriented work being secretly adapted into a male-oriented work, but its appearance today reflects many problems.

Starting from the adaptation of the root IP.

Male IPs are full of narratives from a male perspective and with a focus on the display of male spirit and ability. The plots are mostly about power struggles and fantasy, and inevitably contain some content that is not suitable for children.

The characteristics of female-oriented works are plot + emotion, with detailed descriptions of the characters' psychology, and the audience can easily empathize with the characters from a first-person perspective.

In addition, the audience of film and television dramas is mostly female.

Adapting female-oriented works is the best choice for capital's pursuit of profits in every aspect.

The reason why female-oriented films are flourishing is that female audiences can better feel the emotional flow in the works through real people.

But capital only cares about profits, and everyone wants to have a taste of this fat meat.

After fleecing them, capital began to extend its tentacles, and the momentum gradually shifted from popular IPs to niche works.Hoarding a large number of IPs.

However, in recent years, the drawbacks of female IP adaptation have gradually become apparent.

Modified text often has limitations, and readers often ignore theThere is a problem of values.

In addition, the themes of works derived from different eras and creative backgrounds are also very different.

Combine those withIt is not consistent with today’s mainstream values.When the work is put on the screen, every line and every action will be magnified and explored.

This has resulted in many female-oriented novels being put in a dilemma after being adapted.

However, many screenwriters do not have the solid foundation to achieve a subtle turnaround, and can only adapt their works based on the trending searches on Weibo, desperately using trending search terms to show their goodwill. However, this method will still be crushed by the audience if they are not careful.

So we have this simple method today, which is to directly hide the heroine's movements and focus on the hero. This is the reason mentioned in the previous article why female-oriented adaptations will be oriented towards male-oriented ones.

All these horizontal and vertical shots are taken just to consume the IPs accumulated in hands.

But this seems to be putting the cart before the horse. The audience is not a container for accepting bad dramas without reason.

Just like the original intention of creating female-oriented novels was to serve as a vehicle for female audiences to escape reality and get closer to their ideals, it is an island that is separated from the real world by a wall.

In fact, there was another hit film and television work released in 2015——

Nirvana in Fire。

What many people don’t know is that the original work of Nirvana in Fire was oriented towards females. Not only was it clearly oriented towards females when it was serialized, but it also maintained its “female-oriented” characteristics during the subsequent adaptation and film and television adaptation process.

But it has made a lot of male actors famous.

This kind of female-oriented script is hard to come by, so most of the capital at that time was focused on the basic romance category, hoping that the actors introduced could attract more traffic.

Film and television dramas are vehicles for creating stars. The reason why people fall in love with female protagonists or male protagonists is simply because in addition to their faces, they also have souls given by the authors.

Male stars’ ability to attract fans through female channels is far greater than that of female stars. In addition, they can also attract fans of the heroines and CPs, which is a complete benefit for them.

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In addition to general heterosexuality, danmei is also a powerful tool for attracting fans.

Many die-hard straight men risked their lives to become famous, but their behavior was so ugly that BL was banned, and to some extent, it squeezed out the original space for female fans.

The adaptation of female-oriented movies into male-oriented movies is also related to the success of male-oriented movies in recent years.

The male market is small, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

The popularity of Zhang Ruoyun’s two male-oriented dramas is the most direct proof.

The audience can notice the burning of the male frequency flame, and it is impossible for capital not to notice it.

Coupled with the Cheng Yi portrayed in "Lotus Tower", the complete "female-oriented male protagonist" can also be a great success.

The adaptation of female-oriented films into male-oriented films can be regarded as a fan-attracting template tailor-made for male actors.

"Restoring the Light of the Four Seas" is not the first example; it just smelled the possibility of such success.

The ranking cancer in the domestic entertainment industry is also an important reason for the adaptation of female-oriented works into male-oriented ones.

I have to mention "The Rise of Phoenixes", the original novel"Phoenix Power"It is a 100% heroine conspiracy drama, and the film and television adaptation was changed into "The Legend of Da Kun" with a male protagonist.

This kind of adaptation is not an isolated case, the same is true for "Who Rules the World".

The original novel sets up that the woman is strong and the man is weak, but after the film and television adaptation, there is no trace of the strong woman and weak man (I even began to suspect that in order to highlight Yang Yang, Zhao Lusi was cast as a sweet girl in the drama).

The essence of male stars who are obviously not in the same position taking on these female-oriented works is to pursue profits, for themselves and for the capital behind them.

After all the nonsense, the audience is left to pay the bill.

The only reason why she can continue to be the heroine in female-oriented dramas is that she has a high enough ranking as the heroine, like the recent "The Story of Rose" and "Longing".

Apart from that, the highlight scenes will be increased or decreased according to the protagonist's ranking.

It was still the 2015 drama "The Journey of Flower". According to the ranking at that time, Zhao Liying was obviously not as good as Huo Jianhua.

However, the adaptation still sticks to the original work, and there is no criticism that Wallace Huo is a "female protagonist".

The status of the protagonist in "Who Rules the World" actually reflects that behind the rise of the "female protagonist", there isSocial fear issues。

Strength and weakness in the creator's writing are like two sides of the same coin. In order to adapt to mainstream thinking and portray sufficiently strong female characters, the abilities of men will inevitably be weakened.

When the abilities of male characters are always lower than those of female characters, the most basic problem of fear of weakness will arise, so strongly shaping male characters in female-oriented works can be considered a kind of self-satisfaction.

IP hoarding is only a prerequisite, and the subsequent factors are the reasons that prompted the "big male protagonists" in the domestic entertainment industry to focus on female-oriented content.

But after sorting out all these reasons, I found that it always comes down to the word "reality".

But isn’t the fundamental reason why we admire and appreciate these works to escape from reality?

Fed up with the real world, they want to create idealized opposite sex and utopian emotions through the hands of female writers who can truly understand the situation of women.

This is actually the reason why female-oriented films were initially popular. They are not just simple romantic narratives.

But nowadays, with one adaptation after another, I am afraid that the original intentions of these works have been forgotten.

Each one is clearly priced and lies coldly on the trading table.

experienceAfter being exploited by multiple capital interests, all idealistic elements were finally removed and we returned to our reality.