How do you evaluate the plot of "Do you know whether it should be green, fat, red and thin"? What are the disadvantages?

The theme and purpose of the drama "Do you know whether you should be green, fat, red and thin" should be to see the big from the small, to show the reality of the society at that time through personal encounters, ups and downs, and to achieve such goals as " "Dream of Red Mansions", "The Golden Family", and "Smoke in the Capital". Unfortunately, neither the original work nor the TV directors and screenwriters achieved this goal. This drama is still mostly in the style of ancient puppets, but it is precisely the semi-classical puppets that are scarier than pure ancient puppets. That's what this drama is.

What is a semi-ancient puppet? From the perspective of the moralization and etiquette lines in the play, this play seems to have the style of a serious drama, but upon closer inspection, it does not stand up to scrutiny. The lines look very old-fashioned, but in fact they are quite half-literate and contain many flaws. First of all, there are obvious mistakes in the simplest honorifics and modesty. For example, how can you say "not well treated" and how can the other party say "your little girl" to others? Secondly, there are many modern Internet terms in the lines. In the previous episodes, Among them, "You can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep", and "It's not strange to treat many people with courtesy" appeared in the Qing Dynasty, but it couldn't be said in the Song Dynasty, right? ; Finally, the characters’ language is not personalized, and everyone sounds the same.

Of course the lines are a partial problem, but the overall plot is also a big problem. First of all, the plot is too slow in terms of pace. I adjusted the speed to 1.5x to watch the show, and there was no problem at all. I even needed to fast forward. Secondly, the rhythm is not well controlled, the key scenes are not written enough, and the cutscenes are too many, resulting in the film not seeming to have a sense of ups and downs, but rather a sense of a straight-forward narrative. Although it is to emphasize the step-by-step growth, the TV series is not a novel and it is impossible to really tell it. There must be some high points in the plot.

In terms of character design, this drama has new settings in terms of character design and story. For example, in past dramas, the tough one is usually the main wife, but here it is the concubine. However, in order to set up enough suffering for the heroine, the villain is written as a bitch, the wife's breasts explode without any ink, and the father is extremely partial. This kind of plot is really not good to watch. It feels like the plot is all driven by the villain and the weak-minded, and the audience does not feel the excitement of the drama, nor the pain points of the drama.

The setting of the male protagonist in the drama is also relatively new. He actually had an extramarital affair and children before. This is simply a taboo for male protagonists in idol dramas. Also, the father of the male protagonist looks like the father of the female protagonist. They all have an orthodox ancient style. It seems that except for the second male lead, none of the men in the play are good people in the eyes of modern audiences. In summary, all the men in the play are blind and mentally retarded, and they all have no ability to detect bitches, which does not look good. Although based on the protagonist's aura and his demeanor when he appeared as a child, we all know that he must be cleared up later, but the problem is that the front part is not well written. Moreover, the scene of the house fight between the male protagonist and the heroine after leaving the outer room obviously seems to be the same as the previous scene at the heroine's home. Therefore, although this drama is said to be a fresh house fight plot, it is actually a derivative of the palace fight. Nothing new.

Let’s talk about some small details. The relationships between the many characters who appeared in the early stage were relatively confusing, but there was no introduction to the characters. What is surprising is that after eight episodes of barrage, they actually started to appear in the ninth episode. Character introduction...I don’t know if this was not done in the first eight episodes or because the producers listened to the audience’s opinions and improved it? Unfortunately, it was too late.

Of course, the whole play also has many advantages. Some scenes are quite interesting and the details are well done. For example, the details of the scene where Father Sheng first enters the court are well done and very detailed. It clearly reflects his character. Therefore, on the whole, this drama is an above-average ancient puppet drama with a decent plot, but it does have quite a few flaws.