Text/Editor: Erjiu
"The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who wear makeup heavier than prostitutes/women, are they ignored or have no common sense? I really don't know!"
This is 14 years ago, the old drama bone Chen Daoming asked a heart-wrenching question about the "Anti-Japanese Drama" in an interview.
Unexpectedly, this passage is still applicable today, 14 years later.
Tai Chi, Golden Bell Jar, tearing people with bare hands, and the Japanese soldiers were wiped out in the snap of a finger...... These scenes seem to appear only in martial arts novels, but they really happened in anti-Japanese war dramas.
Even, the plots of some dramas are even more outrageous than these, so that CCTV can't help but "stop"!
Among them, have you seen any of them?
*(The information in this article is from official media, and it is repeated at the end)
Part 1: "Thunder Warrior"
"Thunder Warrior", which will be broadcast in 2020, must be regarded as the "handle" in the "Anti-Japanese Drama", and it was "cut off" by CCTV after only half of the broadcast.
Tens of thousands of viewers collectively complained that this drama can be called "vicious" in shaping the image of the revolutionary ancestors.
There is a bridge in it that makes people can't help but "gause":
Our army and the Japanese army are engaged in a duel, the artillery fire outside the field is endless, and the wails and roars of the soldiers are endless, but the two male protagonists are happily bragging:
"You listen to the artillery fire on my side, isn't it as lively as 'New Year'!"
Is the word "Chinese New Year" reasonable even if it does not proceed from history, nor from the true appearance of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, but only from the perspective of conscience and human nature?
What kind of person would call all this suffering as a New Year's celebration when his comrades-in-arms were still fighting with the enemy?
"Thunder Warrior" did it, not only that, but the way the male protagonist appeared later gained another "nausea":
As the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, he can still sit in the trench and drink coffee when the enemy is coming?!
Not only did he drink, but he also asked the soldiers to serve him with water, and even disliked the sentence "too much sugar" at the end?
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army drank coffee, and the audience could barely endure it, but director, see for yourself how you filmed the soldiers on the battlefield!?
The three of them were in pairs, with high-end upright clothes, leather boots, and cannonballs flying behind them.
They are the same as the catwalk, they don't bend their waists, is this a catwalk or a war?
There are also two male protagonists who can't mess up the "hairspray big back" no matter how they are fried;
Women's Corps slim dress, stockings and high heels...... The audience didn't want to talk about it.
As a result, the director made inches and directly let the Eighth Route Army live in a large villa, sit on a European-style leather sofa, and watch foreign masterpieces......
It would be inconsistent for such a clean gray-blue military uniform to enter such a scene, not to mention that if it is a real Eighth Route military uniform, it is completely inconsistent with historical facts.
But "Thunder Warrior" is such a drama, which tramples history, war, and human nature under its feet, and only cares about pursuing the gorgeous and lively on the surface.
Such a drama not only disappointed the audience, but also saddened the ancestors who had given their lives for the country and the people.
The peace and dignity they had bought with their lives were ruthlessly trampled on and humiliated by such dramas.
And it can be broadcast on the screen, and even gain the love and popularity of some audiences, which has to be said to be an irony and a sadness.
Even the People's Daily couldn't stand it, so they directly stood up and spoke out, criticizing and boycotting the drama by name.
And CCTV also directly "stopped" after "Thunder Warrior" was complained.
Part 2: "Anti-Japanese Heroes"
Viewers who watch anti-Japanese war films should have heard of the famous "Anti-Japanese Heroes"? The main reason why this drama was criticized by CCTV involves the untruthfulness and outrageousness of its content.
For example, the four folk heroes portrayed in this play are not only proficient in various peerless martial arts, but also use these martial arts freely and actively participate in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
What is the hand tearing the Japanese soldiers, a hundred steps through the Yang, ten thousand needles together, clairvoyance and ears...... Only the audience can't think of it, and it can't be done without "Anti-Japanese Heroes".
This premise is obviously too exaggerated and does not conform to the real historical situation, although it is true that many heroic civilian armed forces participated in the War of Resistance against Japan.
But they don't have such magical martial arts skills, and rely more on wisdom and courage to fight the enemy.
And the growth of the four characters in this drama is too weak, each character is like a mold carved out, lacking personality, it is difficult for the audience to have an in-depth understanding of them, let alone understand.
At the same time, the plot progression is also too simple and crude, lacking enough logic and rationality, making the whole story seem unreal and believable.
The director has obviously exaggerated and adapted some historical events and characters, and even appeared some plots and details that are contrary to real history, which will undoubtedly mislead the audience.
What is the reason for the endless emergence of "anti-Japanese dramas"?
The "anti-Japanese drama" is no surprise to everyone, a soldier not only singles out a battalion of devils, but can also blow up pillboxes, overturn trains, and turn the Japanese around in three or two strokes.
The anti-Japanese theme has always been a popular theme created by the mainland film and television industry, and this theme has always been a favorite genre for the audience.
But today, works with anti-Japanese themes are slowly being abandoned by more and more audiences.
Anti-Japanese works are no longer simply anti-Japanese stories, and the starting point of their creation has become more and more detached from reality.
What it brings to the audience is no longer thinking about history and remembering the revolutionary martyrs, but the content that is becoming more and more vulgar and the structure that is becoming more and more out-of-this-world.
The emergence of anti-Japanese dramas is the sorrow of the market, which has brought fame and fortune to investors and directors in a short period of time, but has begun to become a long-term malaise that plagues the development of the market.
is bustling, all for profit, and the current anti-Japanese drama feels new, strange and strange.
The content in it has nothing to do with the real reality of the characters, they are gorgeously dressed, and they eat delicacies from the mountains and seas.
In history, countless of our revolutionary ancestors shed their blood and did not fight for national rejuvenation and independence, but in the TV series, it has become a false void that subverts history.
The endless anti-Japanese dramas are causing rounds of thinking about market changes, which has also caused some old artists to reflect.
Among the comments of these old artists, the most representative is Chen Daoming's opinion:
Chen Daoming did not shy away from saying in the interview that he would never shoot the current anti-Japanese works, and he was not used to some flashy costumes in the works.
As we all know, it is normal to not eat well and not dress warmly during the war years, but in these TV works, everyone is estimated to be well fed and warm, and they are still dressed gorgeously and eat well.
A good female soldier dressed like a traitorous female spy for glory, and the Japanese soldier spoke fluent Mandarin......
In addition, he also felt that the emergence of anti-Japanese dramas had begun to affect the correct value orientation of society and people's basic judgment of history.
Especially those works that are detached from the objective history of the anti-Japanese resistance and have the phenomenon of beautification, their appearance can be said to be the sadness of the entire market.
Speaking of which, everyone must be nostalgic for the era that belonged to the anti-Japanese classics.
If you want to talk about the classics of anti-Japanese works, you have to say "Bright Sword", this work can be said to have created a ratings myth back then, and the youngest people who have seen it must be the post-90s.
Although this film is old, it does not affect the surprise it brings to the audience at all, and "Bright Sword" can be called one of the anti-Japanese works with the highest degree of restoration.
In the TV series, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wore simple military uniforms, they ate the simplest coarse tea and light rice, and they did not have a little twisting.
"Bright Sword" can become a classic because he respects history, its creation is based on historical reality, and the screenwriter and director have joined in artistic creation, but it has not changed the main tone of the entire era.
In contrast, the overall value tone of the anti-Japanese drama "Thunder Warrior" is much inferior.
This TV series can be called a representative of the anti-Japanese drama, which not only unrealistically beautifies the hard anti-Japanese life.
The dilapidated cave of the base area has been transformed into a million-dollar mansion in the concession, and the mended military uniforms have been transformed into exquisite and gorgeous cheongsams for women's eight roads.
At first glance at these beautiful women wearing eight ways, who doesn't have a feeling of crossing over?
Who wouldn't think that this is a time in time to the extravagant era of the old Shanghai Tang during the Republic of China?
If the screenwriter can't write, don't scribble, contrary to the background of the anti-Japanese era, what is the point of such a creative existence?
Creation should be done with respect for reality, not to cater to curiosity, the times are advancing, but history must not be forgotten.
It is not advisable to disrespect history and beautify history, and the birth of the anti-Japanese drama is an example.
In the future, I hope that all the creators who are lost in the anti-Japanese drama can wake up as soon as possible.
Don't create for the sake of traffic, don't cater to the popularity, and make truly meaningful and valuable film and television works.
What do you think about this?
Resources:
[1] People's Daily Online, "CCTV News Reprimands Anti-Japanese Dramas for Being Shoddy, Comparing Who Looks Vulgar and Competing to See Who Two":
http://media.people.com.cn/n/2013/0412/c40606-21109115.html
[2] Interview with Chen Daoming on Phoenix.com:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1tx411s7JB/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click