"Good Things Come in Twos", friends who want to watch something that reflects the times, exposes the reality, touches the soul, and has deep thoughts can be dismissed. This drama has no such idea at all. Friends who want to watch a middle-aged idol drama with sweet love, pleasant candy, or a middle-aged idol drama with deep sadomasochism, painful and addictive pulling, you can leave. This drama is completely incapable of that. Seeing Huang Xiaoming's defiant but disobedient face will only make your heart stop.
Huang Xiaoming as Gu Xu
However, for those of you who, like me, have finished watching "The Penthouse" and "The World of the Married" and are still talking about the phrase "Mo?! Michaso?!" from "Teacher Qian", I think this drama can give you Bring some familiar familiarity. When there are those scenes of clearing the table, slapping, framing, and issuing a challenge in "Good Things Come Two", in my opinion, they are as classic as arias in an opera. Every time they come out, the author will applaud and praise: bravo ! It’s so classic!
"Good things come in pairs" stills
The story is very cliche. A promising and highly educated white-collar woman retreats from home to become a full-time housewife for love, but is betrayed and cheated on by her husband. A bloody drama of revenge against her husband's counterattack in life begins. There have been a lot of stories like this in recent years, but "Good Things Come in Twos" still achieved a micro-innovation in the formula: the principal and the mistress teamed up to tear apart the scumbag, making the story even more bloody. An effective upgrade.
Yes, people who eat melons are no longer satisfied with the narrative of "women tear off sex while scumbag men are invisible" in the infidelity stories of the whole society. Doesn’t it advocate “girls help girls”? Isn’t it “against female competition”? The extreme expression of the slogan is "Women join forces to tear down scumbag men". It is also a battle between three people. The alliances and enemies of the battle have changed, which can naturally arouse the emotions of the spectators: "Fresh!"
Although "Good Things Come in Twos" is said to be promoting "women's mutual aid", in fact, this is obviously just a banner held high. The creative team does not hide the taste of a bloody drama at all. Every character appears and is full of stereotypes, fearing that the audience will not be able to understand the character's label within a minute. For example, the "cheating husband" was played by Li Zefeng. His "scumbag" image in "Only Thirty" was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that many viewers had the urge to spit when they saw his face. As soon as he appeared in a suit with gold-rimmed glasses, there was no need for lines or plot, and the audience was already ready to call him a scumbag. To be honest, I'm worried for Li Zefeng. Zhang Yue, the actor of "Lin Youyou", has slowly stepped out of his "mistress" image with dramas such as "Glory of Our Fathers", but what about Li? Still playing the role of "scumbag".
Li Zefeng as Wei Ming
Previously in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", Zhang Jiani was out of the industry because of her beauty, and then quickly cut off her husband after discovering that her husband had cheated on her. She established a good impression of "Sister Sa" and "independent woman" in the hearts of the majority of netizens. However, this time she appeared in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves". He plays the "mistress" in "Good Things Come in Twos", which shows that he is a young actor who is not afraid of "personality collapse". In particular, I want to praise the makeup style of "Good Things Come in Twos", "over-the-knee boots, miniskirt, airy bangs and small fragrant hair". Fourteen words can sum up Jiang Xi's classic style.
Of course, the author has absolutely no politically incorrect ideas such as "what you wear is what you wear", and I support the freedom to dress! I just want to say that in TV dramas, the precise stacking of external "symbols" can really stimulate the audience to quickly mobilize certain stereotypes to achieve twice the result with half the effort in character creation.
Zhang Jiani as Jiang Xi
For example, as soon as you see Jiang Xi in the play, you will definitely have many vague and clear shadows in your mind: they "love themselves" and sit in the medical beauty center waiting to adjust their faces and bodies to be more in line with men's aesthetics; "Have connotation", seize the time to attend the celebrity class and goddess class to "improve" themselves; they are "motivated enough", although ayawawa has become outdated, the "ququ big woman" continues to serve as a guiding light, shining on them moving forward.
Zhang Xiaofei is the most surprising actor in "Good Things Come in Twos". An actor who can perform comedy well can perform any subject well. For example, Ge You, Huang Bo, Shen Teng, and Ma Li are all examples. The same is true for Zhang Xiaofei, but her problem is: after "Hello, Li Huanying", Zhang Xiaofei must seize the opportunity to deliver a work that is at least as successful artistically or commercially as a female lead, otherwise it will be easy to get lost in the fierce competition. Flowers fell out of competition.
Zhang Xiaofei as Lin Shuang
Fortunately, Zhang Xiaofei did not disappoint. She has a performance rhythm that has been honed in the comedy world for a long time: relaxed, natural, and effortless. Therefore, she can even spill blood with ease and believability. She acts crazy and collapses. It's not like "Teacher Qian" who glared and gritted his teeth and screamed three times in a row, but sneered and tearfully asked rhetorical questions, restraining his rationality, which really makes people believe that the heroine was once a top student and the best in exams.
"Mistress" and "major wife", in movies, TV dramas and social news, are the beginning and end of female competition. Most of this kind of female competition is a lose-lose situation, because both lose their individual subjectivity and are regarded by society, family, and even themselves as a "accessory" of a certain male. In order to keep or obtain an accessory, status (wife status) and "go crazy". "Good Things Come in Twos" at least clearly does not allow men to be invisible in this war. Men who cheat are certainly not "victims" of being "seduced". They clearly take advantage of them. They are clearly the most proactive and selective. That side, this is what makes people most angry.
"Good things come in pairs" stills
Many times (not all cases, don’t blame the author), when two (or even multiple) women compete for the marriage and (wife) status given by a man, in addition to the emotional "defending love" and "defending dignity" Among other reasons, "defending the family" is essentially a rational reason. Because defending the family actually defends economic interests and social evaluation: the "breadwinner" value brought by men, and the implicit value in social evaluation brought by "family harmony" to women. Therefore, the root cause of why women “defend” and “go crazy” in the fight for men is the unequal status of the sexes in social and economic activities. When reviewing Zhang Ailing's novel, Xu Zidong lamented: "In a patriarchal society, women generally have weaker economic capabilities... If in a society, women on average are richer than men, I am afraid that in marriages and relationships, those who pay attention to 'long-term meal tickets' That’s the man.”
Bloody dramas have always been at the bottom of the contempt chain of "high or not" literary and artistic works. Open Xiaohongshu and search for "high-end", "old money style" and "intellectual style", all of which are "frivolous style", which makes people realize from the outfit to literary and artistic creation: to be high-end, you have to be cool and cool. Leave blank space implicitly.
And when the concentration of "dog blood" is high, how can it still be calm? Many times, "not being advanced" is the original sin of literary and artistic creation, but what is "not being advanced"? It's nothing more than a summary of superficial kitsch, sensationalism, logic bugs, and cliche plots.
However, the author has always believed that: different types of works have different drama tasks and different audience needs. There is no need to force every TV series to have "meaning". TV series and entertainment come first, and I angrily scolded "bloody dramas" "B*tch", I still suggest to find "meaning", don't waste time watching TV, read more books. And you don’t know whether some of the superficial truths and superficial efforts in the drama will inspire and comfort some people. On this level, "Good Things Come in Twos" is worth watching.
