The comedy label "Keep You Safe" is not a lie, and the core is deep.

It has been 10 years since The Comedy of Little People was made into a movie, and Dapeng's mastery of this kind of works is obviously getting better and better. The most influential example is the official release of Keep You Safe, which was directed and starred by him on March 10.

Looking at the title, posters and even trailers, "Keep You Safe" seems to have nothing to look forward to, and even reveals a sense of "bad film".

But the feature film completely subverts the original cognition of netizens.

"Awkward but sincere, silly but touching", "Comedy label is not deceptive, with profound core, which directly hits human nature", "Bringing black humor to the extreme" and "getting more and more solid" ... such praise represents the audience's affirmation of Dapeng's satirical business comedy.

The story is simple, but the theme is concentrated and the narrative is smooth.

The core of the story "Keep You Safe" is "opening your mouth to rumor, breaking your leg to rumor".

As a cemetery salesman, Wei Ping 'an (Dapeng) reached middle age, but his career was a complete failure. Even his wife became his ex-wife. In the daughter's opinion, he is also unreliable.

But it's the kind of person who surprises people afterwards.

In order to clarify rumors for his late client Lu Han (Victoria Song), he went through twists and turns and even fell into cyber violence himself, but he never gave up and finally made the truth public.

As a director, Dapeng told the story smoothly and naturally, with tears in his smile.

Wei Pingan received a phone call while performing on her daughter's campus, and was told that Lu Han was facing "forced dismissal" because of rumors, and then "called" around the source of the rumors until the culprit was found.

In this process, people with different identities appeared one after another. Pet shop owner, haunted house worker, square dance aunt, veteran cadre, private entrepreneur, company leader, liar "Mr. Perfect 42 1", etc. , forming a complete "community" in the form of labels.

Although it seems that there are many people on the stage.

But the cleverness of Dapeng is that it always pays attention to Wei Pingan and Lu Han, one bright and one dark. Reached the state of "Big Bang".

Or moved or sad, or happy, because with the previous hunch, all emotions will become natural.

Enough jokes are not embarrassing, and Li Xueqin's performance is also amazing

The best comedies often have a sad core.

The presentation of "the core of sadness" in "Keep You Safe" is to the point and meaningful. And Dapeng's comedy performance of this story can also be called well-made.

After "bittersweet", the whole story is like a "hell joke written for reality", which is dark and absurd, especially the motivation of the rumor monger at the end, and the irony effect is brought to the extreme.

Just the comedy part, the best part of the whole film is about the haunted house.

Wei Ping traced the source of the rumor, only to find that one of them came from her sister Wei Ruyi (played by Li Xueqin), so she angrily went to the haunted house where she worked to find someone.

This scene combines elements of horror and comedy.

Because he is familiar with the staff and knows the venue like the back of his hand, Wei Pingan, who has always been calm and inexplicably "superior", has formed a bright and interesting contrast with several players who were scared away. Wits

Li Xueqin, who is well known by netizens for her talk show, also showed her expressive power with a very "natural" performance on the big screen. Her performance is relaxed, delicate and vivid, without the astringency and rigidity of a "newcomer".

If the haunted house drama takes the route of "exaggeration and fun", then the "confrontation" between Wei Pingan and Boss Jin is the style of "punching cards and being realistic".

Queue up with numbers, communicate with microphones, and unilaterally end the plot of the dialogue, which should be understandable to most people and easy to grasp the essence of Gener.

The props are carefully designed and the details are carefully designed.

Attention to detail is another highlight of Keep You Safe.

From the appearance of Wei Pingan to the setting of important props and role names, it is quite meaningful.

From appearance to the end, Wei Ping-an has always had green hair with a green hat in the middle. Plus his so-called ex-wife's current husband, the reason for their divorce is not as simple as he said in the film.

Besides, look at Guan Gong's portrait in his car. He went to prison for his brother's injury and was beaten red in the face by the pet shop owner. His green hair seems to be a metaphor for his character-chivalrous man, be brave.

Andrew's pet shop owner, the spray paint in his hand, the little white rabbit in the shop and the phrase "I'm sorry, little white rabbit" all show his identity.

Wei Ping bought a bunch of Hello Kitty flowers when she went to see her daughter's performance. After seeing off his daughter, he put the bouquet in front of Lu Han's tombstone. Later, while moving Lu Han's grave, the bouquet fell on the grass and HelloKitty was trampled underfoot.

This cartoon cat from Japan is called "a cat without a mouth" on the Internet-Lu Han has passed away, and she can no longer answer or clarify these smears and rumors.

There is also a white horse related to Lu Han, which appeared twice in the film.

In the ancient culture of China, the white horse symbolizes sacredness. It is self-evident to regard it as the embodiment of Lu Han.

There is also the rumor maker "Mr. Perfect 42 1".

The three numbers "42 1" are a celebrity gossip circulating on the Internet. When it becomes the name of the rumor maker in the movie, it can be considered as synonymous with rumors. The setting and application of these details and props have played a icing on the cake role for characterization and plot promotion.

A good movie should not only be entertaining, but also have a "stinging sense of reality".

Dapeng once admitted in an interview that the reason why he wanted to shoot "Keep You Safe" was because of the influence of the incident of "girls getting express delivery", and he thought that as cultural creators, he had the responsibility to pay attention to social issues.

In the Internet age, chaos is frequent.

The rumors of taking express delivery, dyeing hair and taking photos with family members will all be rumors. "Keyboard Man" hides behind the internet, making up a sentence casually, or venting when he is in a bad mood. When it spreads, it can ruin a person's life with evil.

And each of us may become a victim of "Keyboard Man".

Lu Han in the movie became innocent because of Wei Ping 'an's efforts. What about in reality?

I hope the world will be more kind.

Don't do "42 1" even if you can't do Wei Ping 'an.