Zhao Wei's "Hear Her Say", how magical is the female monologue drama?

The female monologue drama "Hear Her Say" initiated and produced by Zhao Wei has become one of the most anticipated dramas at the end of the year. Although there are only 8 short episodes, the cast assembled is very strong, and they have no other purpose than to speak out for women. A lot of manpower and material resources were invested, and preparations took two years. Almost all the actors participating in the show were charity performances.

It must be said that Zhao Wei’s attempts at female-themed films are extremely resilient. As early as 2016, she directed her second film "No Other Love", which is a female crime movie. However, due to various reasons, the movie has not been released yet. Just looking at the officially announced starring lineup at that time: Yuan Quan, Chen Chong, Ning Jing, Yu Feihong, Qi Xi, and Mizuhara Kiko, it is worth looking forward to.

In this "Hear Her Say", Zhao Wei once again exerted her efforts and invited seven outstanding directors and eight outstanding representative actresses. Looking at this list, I feel like this show is very confident. Eight actresses: Bai Baihe, Hao Lei, Qi Xi, Wang Zhi, Xi Meijuan, Yang Zi, Yongmei, Yang Mi. Eight screenwriters: Zhang Xiaoxian, Ge Liang, Zhao Xiaopeng, Li Mengqiao, Gao Linyang, Sun Yue, Li Fei, Shen Qilan. Seven directors: Li Fei, Lu Le, Li Shaohong, Li Mengqiao, Yin Lichuan, Lin Jinhe, and Zhao Wei. Among them, Zhao Wei directed two short films.

As the first female monologue drama in China, the show focuses on the pain points of contemporary women’s survival, such as native families, son preference, appearance anxiety, older singles, full-time housewives, domestic violence, mid-life crisis, objectification of women, etc., and addresses the society Give women an authentic voice. Currently, the trailer has been launched on Tencent Video.

How long do you spend looking in the mirror every day? One second? One minute? Or one hour? You are so sensible, why do you still cry in the bathroom every night? If the body can always repair, does that mean the damage doesn’t exist? I almost forgot that I am a woman. Who are you trying to please? The words in the trailer can make people bring themselves into themselves and start thinking.

On Douban, there is a documentary that earned a super high score of 9.2 by relying solely on monologues. The film consists of eight episodes of 15-minute personal monologues, in which eight women talk about the various oppressions and unfair treatments they have suffered in their lives. In June 2018, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC assembled an all-female lineup to launch the documentary: "She Said: Moments in the Life of Women."

Workplace sexual assault, marital rape, judicial misjudgments, curfews targeting women, racial discrimination? Every story tells the same thing? Women belong to themselves, whether it is sex, freedom, or love, It should be your own choice. Some of the real-life dilemmas faced by women in "She Said: Moments in Women's Life" also exist among Chinese women.

At the end of 2019, the total female population in mainland China was 681.87 million. This is a large number. They shoulder very important responsibilities. They need to face up to their various problems and face various challenges. More encouragement. This is also Zhao Wei's original intention of filming "Hear Her Say", to use the form of a monologue to present expressions that can focus more purely on women's issues.

Looking at today, is this an increasingly open world? The answer seems to be yes. We discuss women's rights and equal rights, all in order to call for love in a broader sense, so that the weak can speak out boldly, and so that minorities can also receive support and courage. However, when we answer "yes", it seems not so justified. Because we know that there is still a long way to go before true equality. The female group needs the strength to speak out and the right to speak.

Michel Foucault once said: "Discourse is power". While people are still debating whether girls can tell jokes on stage, we might start by looking at the words that make up the jokes, and let those words with obvious gender bias disappear from our sight. For example, stop calling older unmarried women "leftover women" because marital status does not define a person's existence; don't call people who occupy the moral high ground "holy virgins"; there are a lot of male bullies; and don't look harmless. , but in fact the person who is very scheming is ?lcb?, because they seem to be friends, but in fact there are many men who are greedy for other people's bodies.

In fact, we can discuss the matter as it is, and there is no need to label others by their gender.

When it comes to women’s issues, it seems that marriage cannot be avoided because marriage potentially contains gender inequality and discrimination against women. During job interviews, female job seekers are always asked: When you reach a certain age, how will you balance family and work in the future?

There seems to be nothing wrong with the performance, but this is actually a sexist issue. The same question, why don't men ask how to balance family and work? ?As an actress, do you find it difficult to take care of your family and career at the same time? ?Even Cate Blanchett, the most influential woman in the world, cannot escape this hidden problem of misogyny. Because if she were an actor, she wouldn't be asked this question.

It seems like a simple question, but behind it lies the marital responsibilities imposed on women by society. For men, having their spouse take care of the family after marriage allows them to devote themselves to their careers more focused. For most women, getting married means taking on the dual pressures of family and career and sacrificing more freedom and development opportunities. The most ironic thing is that after some women devote themselves to a marriage regardless of gains or losses, what they get in return is not the cherishment and respect of the other party, but a look that is taken for granted.

A Korean movie "Kim Ji-young Born in 1982" became a hit and won widespread praise from moviegoers, if not because it revealed the plight of women. In fact, Kim Ji-young in the play is a woman who has won the lottery in the Korean patriarchal society. Women in reality are far from her situation, but she still seems to have been drained of life and lives decadently, just because Such is the general environment. I believe that Zhao Wei's "Hear Her Talk" will attract a lot of heated discussion after it is broadcast. But how long can its spiritual magic remain after the heated discussion? This is worthy of our deep thought and worthy of our efforts together!