TV: "Revenge" diluted "Count of Monte Cristo"
This fall a new congregation drama, ABC's Revenge) was not initially noticeable. While starring Emily VanCamp drama circles considered old faces, but let her young alone play the leading role, regardless of pre-publicity or television audience response, it seems very dull. However, these few episodes aired Starts, "Revenge Seasons 1-2 DVD" surprisingly unexpected foothold.
Piece to its name, the play tells the story of revenge is one. Emily Thorn back to your childhood hero living in Hampton, schemed to destroy their own lives to have enemies eleven out, one by one eliminated, helping her revenge, as her father is a billionaire and benefactor computer genius Nolan, Revenge of the process, she had a son and enemy emotional entanglements.
"Revenge" producer Mike Kelley said bluntly drama inspired by the novel "Count of Monte Cristo," which is naturally in the history of the most classic revenge novel. Both in the story does have similarities, but as the U.S. drama, "Revenge" is diluted with various elements, if you really shining "Count of Monte Cristo" standard, hope this drama can also bring great accuracy, Hearty pleasure, will be disappointed.
"Revenge" has a distinctive American soap opera features: Wealthy daughter suddenly changes the face of the home, the growth of Tai Mei one; suddenly appeared one without paying, how to catch all expel billionaire came to assist vengeance; enemy's son home handsome, rich, has chosen to come to revenge the actress took a fancy to the public ...... love all the elements of the quilt in the "revenge" of housing: the rich life of luxury; has obstacles of love; everything planned hero forever ; enemies are eliminated one by one the thrill ...... So, while "Revenge" has such shortcomings as drama, it has succeeded.
Today's U.S. drama rarely seen a main theme of the entire season of the series, and works on a successful end of last year, I'm afraid, "Lost," In recent years, several major television series of single cues are all attempts ended in failure. "Revenge" will appear in this context, so it chose a shape now seems the most successful U.S. drama on the road: process-type story. Imagine if Emily? Thorne is only one enemy, only in exchange for her deliberate revenge episode a little bit close to the enemy in return, the audience did not know who the enemy is hiding in the dark, do not know how to do this enemy What, I'm afraid not wait until the enemy appeared impatient viewers impatient. In this comedy sway the audience no patience era, such drama countless dead, although they were born twelve classic also has potential, but this possibility has already been patience and time vanished.
"Revenge" is used in "process" type storytelling techniques and the most successful series of crime drama similar. Although the audience did not know the lady and actress confrontational Victoria is not the biggest enemy, but the actress enemy episode positioning a year, with different tricks to be clearly fixed, one way to solve a set, and CSI which class crime drama inherent logic is the same. Therefore, the "Revenge" episode endings are considered to have a small, intermediate between drama and drama series, which have no patience viewers still quite attractive.
Mike said, play the first half of the season will use this model, but the latter half of the season will change, perhaps the time has been cultured audience to see long-term conspiracy with Jing Xiaxin emotions.
"Sloppily" At any age is an attractive selling point, especially in the face of a beautiful young smart girls, one with evil, but good, quietly helping billionaire behind a group of enemies and pure and bad, which kind of set itself to meet the audience's fantasies. With revenge this shell, any entanglement of love plot, any exaggerated soap opera features can be masked out, conspiracy does not have to be like "Lost" as refined detail, perhaps the role of conspiracy conspiracy to unlock the thrill of the moment.