In the TV series My Altay, there is a moving scene in the women's bathhouse.

This scene made a lot of female audience excited. First is familiarity. Many people have the experience of bathing in public bathhouses with their mothers, grandparents when they were young; Secondly, I felt comfortable and respected. This scene was not ridiculous and pornographic, but gave a warm and safe feeling. Hot water steam, dim lights, naked friendship... This is a rare beautiful picture in TV dramas.

There are only eight episodes of My Altay, but after the eight episodes are broadcast, the rating has increased rather than decreased. One of the important reasons is that the public has been suffering from high-quality female dramas/female roles for a long time.

In recent years, most of the TV dramas under the banner of so-called women's group image have suffered from public praise. We can often see the images of heroines dressed up brightly, changing many sets of professional suits in one episode, saying lines that are not cannibalistic, and enjoying everything that makes ordinary female audience gape.

Ma Yili once talked about this problem. She also thinks that many of the current plays about women's group images are too levitated, and frankly, "how do you make most women live? In fact, even such women can be very tired, but we haven't seen it."

In 2021, a TV play called "The Ideal Life of Love" will be broadcast, starring Yin Tao, Song Yi, Zhao Jinmai and others.

At first glance, does this lineup think that this is a high-quality female group portrait drama? No, the score of this play is only 4.5. What is worth mentioning is that this play has bought the copyright of "Sexy Girl", that is, this play is a new version of the new story "Pink Girl".

But from the beginning of casting, "The Ideal Life of Love" surprised people.

Let's take a look at the picture below first. Please point out who is the "fan" and who is the "man woman" in the picture below.

Do you think that the left side is a "man woman" and the right side is a "fan"? On the contrary, Yin Tao, who was all black, was a "fan".

Yin Tao's version of the fan, appeared at the beginning of a high-level dating event, saw her hair combed with oil, wearing a deep V suit, said to the men, "Not all girls are going for money." The implication: I have money, I am eager for true love.

Then a group of men swarmed to ask the fans of ten thousand people to ask for WeChat... This scene made people feel confused. What do you think is the charm of these fans? How did they become the fans of ten thousand people in men's hearts?

The appearance of the man woman was a business conference. She was wearing a standard suit and looked into the distance on the sightseeing elevator. She said a series of inspirational female chicken soup lines and did not forget to introduce herself as a "positive hard workaholic".

Of course, this self introduction is right. After all, in the subsequent plot, the audience could not see the working ability of the man and woman, but everyone knows her ability to "be tough in the front". She either broke the plan or knocked on the table. How many goods in her belly was not clear, and her temper was grumpy.

Song Yi plays the marriage maniac. The marriage maniac dressed in "good marriage style" organizes his own proposal ceremony, but her boyfriend tells her that she can't come, and she says sadly, "The man who proposed is not here"

Zhao Jinmai plays Ha Mei, but to the naked eye, the other female characters are not like Zhao Jinmai's friends, but rather Zhao Jinmai's aunts. Zhao Jinmai has no natural romantic and lovely temperament, giving people a sense of both deliberately pretending to be rebellious.

When you watch The Ideal Life of Love, it is inevitable that you will skip to The Pink Girl more than 20 years ago. This horizontal contrast is often the most intuitive and tragic.

The selection of roles in Pink Girl is very accurate. Chen Hao's performance as a fan of thousands of people is convincing, with its own style but not affectation, sexy and romantic but not vulgar.

This version of Wanrenfan has many female golden sentences with advanced ideas. No matter 20 years ago or now, the audience will intuitively feel that Wanrenfan is a smart woman who can handle gender relations.

The beauty and eloquent mouth are not the only fans in Pink Girl. Her greatest advantage is the unity of knowledge and practice.

There is a story in the play that she met the so-called "diamond king", Li Yong. This relationship satisfied the vanity of millions of fans. But soon, the fans found that Li Yong not only had a wife but also had a child. The reason why Li Yong was unwilling to admit that he had a family was to maintain his staffing.

The turning point is the child's car accident. Due to the special blood type, the child needs blood transfusion from his own father. Thousands of fans went to persuade Li Yong. She said to Li Yong that in life, there are times to hide, and there are times to face bravely. It depends on how you choose. When the fans say these words, their eyes are no longer stars' eyes. You can intuitively feel that she has disenchanted Li Yong.

Later, Li Yong met his wife and children, and the fans left silently. After leaving the hospital, the fans comforted themselves: there are so many good men in the world, pick them up slowly~then twist her waist and walk into the crowd. At that moment, it can be said that The image of the whole person has been sublimated.

　　 He Runan, the man's wife, is also well portrayed. She is not irritable, not a workaholic who only knows how to speak beautiful words ”She is the real person who works.

He Runan and Wan Renfan once opened a women's club. Some women who are not feeling well want to find Wan Renfan to tell their hearts and get advice. To some extent, Wan Renfan is the earliest female emotion KOL, and He Runan is the operator behind it. It is not difficult to see that He Runan is a brainy workaholic. She knows how to turn a person's advantages into benefits.

He Runan's early wish was to build a Disneyland belonging to China, and her goal was specific, not as simple as many women's group dramas nowadays shouting slogans.

He Ru'nan has been working hard but has never got a good result. They came to Tokyo to visit Disneyland. He Ru'nan's biggest feeling is frustration. She thinks her idea is too naive and doesn't know the sky and the earth.

This seems to be the mental state that a serious person should have. There are clear goals and detailed plans, but at the same time, they will be repeatedly whipped by the reality. Now, looking at the plot line of He Runan, it seems that it is a realistic way that she is busy until she does nothing. 90% of people's efforts will not be directly reflected, and the success of a career woman is not so easy.

And Fang Xiaoping, a madman of marriage, really wants to get married, but she doesn't abandon her mind and just want to "get married".

Fang Xiaoping once said, "You never asked me whether I would agree to your proposal from beginning to end.". This line can fully prove that she yearns for marriage, but she does not blindly hate marriage. She has her own bottom line. This is why this play has been broadcast for so long, and everyone has never attacked the role of Fang Xiaoping.

But do you think "Pink Girl" is a particularly good TV series? To be fair, this is not the case. It also has a very suspended side.

Just like the role of Ha Mei, whose real identity is a princess who has entered the world by mistake, this plot setting is somewhat exaggerated, and even this plot line will be scolded now.

Compared with most female group dramas nowadays, Pink Girl is a play with a little core. The female characters in it are full rather than empty.

Like the Pink Girl, the female group portrait drama and Love Story have been continuously praised in recent years. In the past 20 years, the score of this drama has slowly climbed to 8.3.

In fact, this play was scolded miserably at that time, but now we can still find some comments. More than a decade ago, netizens complained that this play copied the US TV series Sex and the City, but they didn't copy it clearly. Instead, they exposed their petty style.

When Na Ying was interviewed that year, she also said that the play was really a bit like Sex and the City, but she didn't say die.

As for acting skills, to be honest, there is no such profound acting skills in this play. Na Ying said in "The Splendid Garden" that playing that role is playing her own role, without technical content.

Moreover, Naying would use tear cream if she couldn't cry out. Two drops of tear cream would cry out, which is a typical cross-border operation.

From these information, "Wanting to Be in Love" is not really a good play, so why does it regain popularity in recent years? In the final analysis, it is the same sentence: everything depends on comparison.

After the appearance of the women's group portrait drama, which is made up of large brand suits, everyone was surprised to find that the old drama more than 20 years ago was very fresh, and the female characters in it were all dressed briskly without being trapped by luxury goods.

Tan Ailin, a talented woman who can write something, her dress is very close to the high-tech urban beauty. The most classic set is a white shirt+umbrella skirt+cat heel shoes+underarm bag.

Na Ying plays Li Minglang, a TV editor and director. She often wears a loose shirt+jeans and carries a large tote bag.

For some occasions, Li Minglang will wear some bright colors, such as this silk top with neck hanging.

Mauna is enthusiastic and unrestrained. She is a professional in bra+suspender in the play. With her beautiful collarbone and healthy wheat skin, she is very foreign.

Once, Mauna wore a small neck strap+silk wide leg pants. This set of pants looks good now, which can highlight the beauty of women's body.

Tao Chun is the most conservative of the four, but the stylist didn't make her deliberately rigid. He gave Tao Chun many sweet, small and elegant shapes. With Luo Haiqiong's big eyes, everything looked good.

Compared with the current female dramas, Wanting to Be in Love is based on the personality characteristics of each character, so even if you watch it again many years later, it will still be touched. It's not luxury or high-end female drama. Such vivid makeup is also very moving.

In addition to making up, some of the ideas in the play at that time were also much stronger than the lines of many empty slogans now.

For example, Mauna has always been called an unmarried person, and there are all kinds of rumors about it. Maona's sister-in-law said that the reason why Maona didn't marry was essentially because she was too easy to get married. Some people who were not familiar with her said that Maona had sat on the stage and could not marry.

But Mauna is very clear. She told Tan Ailin that the most important step of not getting married is to learn to filter the voice. What are the seven aunts, eight aunts, and friends? Their words are always more vicious than you think. For yourself, not getting married is the goal, but also learn to protect yourself.

Mauna usually bluffs, but he always talks about the right way at the critical moment, which is very difficult for a female character, because the outgoing female character who seems to care nothing is particularly easy to be portrayed as a person without brains.

Li Minglang is the most "career woman" among the four people. However, if you take a closer look, you will find that Li Minglang will be out of work and afraid of loneliness.

She will be in a hurry to buy insurance for herself, and will also be lost because she does not know who should fill in the column of heir.

Once Li Minglang accidentally fell down when she changed the light bulb at home. In fact, it didn't hurt much, but she cried loudly. She is serious about her career. She seems to be determined, but she is also an ordinary person. When she is not in a good mental state, she cannot face loneliness calmly.

At this moment, Li Minglang became three-dimensional.

It is not difficult to find out from the two movies, Pink Girl and How I Want to Be in Love, why did I think that the ordinary drama would regain its good reputation in recent years. The key point is that we have a clear comparison.

These old dramas are not without defects, but nowadays many female group dramas make people feel tired, as delicate, as noble, and as empty. It seems that women's success is easy, as if excellent women can't have any problems and weaknesses.

It is time for us to jump out of this framework and create some imperfect characters, instead of making the audience sigh "not as good as the old drama" time and time again.

It's just a question mark about how long this road will take.