Chapter 170: His Time Has Come
For various reasons, Xie Kun has always looked at the play "A Doll's House" with the most critical eyes.
As a great playwright, Xie Kun is familiar with all kinds of elements of drama, especially the commercial elements, and he is a master of it.
In the first few scenes of "A Doll's House", Xie Kun felt that it was just an ordinary dramatic plot, and there was nothing particularly outstanding. Even Gao Bing, the heroine, can only be said to be skillful in her interpretation, similar to her usual image, a good wife and mother, and there is no breakthrough.
Ordinary audiences are different from Xie Kun in that they pay more attention to the plot advancement of the drama.
The heroine Nala is in trouble because of the forged signature loan, and everyone has sympathy for the good wives and mothers, and they do not hate the villain who is ready to blackmail her in the play, but also worry about her fate.
In the final scene, Nala's husband finally receives the letter exposing Nala's fraud, and the audience expects him to be a responsible husband and man, as he showed before. However, Haimao has completely changed as a person.
On stage, Haimao's actor walked around, looking frightened and worried, and he angrily scolded the panicked Nala: "Hey! It's like waking up from a nightmare! I didn't expect to be a hypocrite, a liar to be worse than thatβa criminal. It's hateful! Hum! Hmph, I should have known that a long time ago. I should have expected this. Your father's bad character - talk less! You have all the bad virtues of your father -- no faith, no morality, no sense of responsibility. I covered him up at the beginning, and now I have suffered such retribution! I helped your father for you, but I didn't expect you to repay me so much now! β
Gao Bing, the actor of Nala, said: "Yes, I repay you like this." β
Haimao pointed at Nala: "You have buried all my life's happiness." Your future has been ruined. Oh. It's scary to think about! Now I'm holding a badass in the palm of my hand. I have to do whatever he wants me to do, and I have to do whatever he wants me to do. He can manipulate me as he pleases, and I can't help but follow him. This catastrophe for me was caused by a slutty woman! β
Nala said, "You'll be all right when I'm dead." β
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Seeing this paragraph, the audience almost rioted, they had seen hateful people, but they had never seen such hateful people as this man. Nala forged the signatures to cure his illness, and finally wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water to prove his innocence, but he didn't expect him to use such vicious words to say that she was a!
"This damn bastard, you should kill him, kill him!"
"This guy is not a man, he is really not a man! He shouldn't have lived! β
"Nalado is a good person, before he said she was a canary, a little baby. Now, she is said to be so despicable! You know, Nara was faking it to treat him! This Haimao is simply not a person, not a person! β
"Ah......h
The audience shouted and cursed despite the fact that the live performance was still going on.
They were filled with righteous indignation, and the woman scolded the most fiercely, scolding Nala for being blind to marry such a man; The men also scolded, but they were a little ashamed, feeling that Haimao was a shame among their men!
"There's something interesting about this paragraph." Xie Kun sat up slightly straight. Muttering.
As a great playwright, I know that mobilizing the emotions of the audience is the foundation of a play. Now it seems. The previous foreshadowing is preparing for this moment.
Haimao's image suddenly reverses and becomes the object of the audience's crusade - the sense of substitution is the element of whether a play can be successful, which makes the audience happy, sad, and angry. Then this play is not far from success.
Xie Kun didn't know why, and suddenly felt a little apprehensive in his heart: "Haimao's image is reversed, then, what about Nala?" She used to be a canary, but now she ......."
Xie Kun couldn't help but be apprehensive. Look at it calmly.
The drama was still going on on stage, and after the audience scolded a few times, they also quieted down, wanting to see how the next plot progressed.
Most fans have already guessed that the final ending is coming, how will Nala respond to her husband's accusations?
They can't wait to see the end.
If they are satisfied, they don't mind applauding; If the damned author writes an unpleasant plot, then their scolding will follow at any time!
At this point, the plot of the play takes a turn for the worse, and the person who threatens Nala changes his mind and decides not to denounce her, and writes her a letter explaining the incident.
The actor Haimao was holding the letter in his hand at this time, and he scolded Nala while reading the content of the letter.
After that, his face changed, and he was ecstatic, and he said, "Nala! Oh, don't be busy! Let me watch it again! Not bad, not bad! I'm fine! Nala, I'm fine! β
Nala asked, "What about me?" β
Haimao smiled and said, "Naturally, you're fine, we're both fine." You see, he gave you back the IOU. In his letter he said that he was very sorry for the incident and that he would like your pardon, and he said that he had now handed it over -- oh, whatever he wrote. Nola, we're alright! Now no one can hurt you. Oh, Nala, Nala, let's get rid of this harmful thing first. Let me see again. Oh, I don't want to look at it anymore, I just think it's a dream. Good! Burned! Oh, Nala, you've had a hard time these three days. β
Nala said, "I've had a hard time these three days. β
Hai Mao said: "You are so sad that you can't think of a good way, so you can only - Oh, don't think about that terrible thing now." We should only say it a few times with joy. It's okay now, it's okay now! Hear me, Nala! You don't seem to understand. I'm telling you, it's okay now. Why don't you talk with a stiff face? Oh, my darling Nala, I see, you think I haven't forgiven you yet. Nala, I swear, I have forgiven you, I know you did it because you loved me. β
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Seeing this burst of dialogue, all the audience couldn't calm down again, and the urge to kill rose.
I've seen cheap people, but I've never seen a man as cheap as Haimao! He just disliked Nala, and he almost had the mentality of killing Nala, but now he turned his head and said that he didn't say anything, and said that it was a dream, so that Nala didn't have to worry, and finally said that Nala did this because he loved him.
And now it's love again? Where did you just go!
"It's so hypocritical!"
The audience's hearts were very blocked. I feel that I can't accept someone like Haimao.
They sympathized with Nala and wished that Nala would give the man a slap in the face.
However, Nala's previous image has always been that of a housewife who relies on men, without any assertiveness, without any opinions, and lives for the family. Live for your husband and live for your children.
What will she do?
Forgive your husband for his hypocrisy, and continue to live quietly as if nothing happened?
"No!" The audience does not accept such an ending, nor does it accept such an arrangement.
At this moment, they all had emotions that cheered up Nala. Some people couldn't even stand such an oppressive atmosphere and shouted all kinds of slogans on the spot.
"Nala! Give him a little color and voila! β
"Nala! Cut him! β
"Nala ......"
Everyone is looking forward to it, what will Nala do?
On stage, Nala began to transform. She packed up her belongings and said that she was leaving this house and that she could no longer live with this man.
In order to leave, she can do without a family, without a husband, and without children!
Her husband, Haimao, was angry, persuasive and threatening, however. Nala utters the most quintessential sentence of the show!
She said to her husband, "I don't believe any of these words now." Now I only believe, first of all I am a human being. Someone like you - at least I'm going to learn to be one; I know most people agree with you, and the books say the same. But from now on, I can't just believe what most people say, and I can't just believe what books say. I have to think about everything with my own mind and figure it out. β
As soon as these words came out, the audience suddenly burst into applause.
The applause was loud, warm and sensational.
With applause. The audience stood up and applauded Nala's words.
"Now I just believe, first of all, I am a human being, a human being like you - at least I want to learn to be a human being!"
I am a woman, but I am also a human being. People like you, I want to learn to be a person!
This is Nala's manifesto!
The audience is enthusiastic, and standing up one after another is the biggest praise for this play.
Xie Kun, who was the calmest, was also shaken, and he muttered Nala's words: "Now I only believe, first of all, I am a person, a person like you - at least I want to learn to be a person." β
He suddenly remembered the propaganda slogan of this play, such as "out of "A Doll's House" and into a new life for women", or "This is a symbol of women's liberation and independence, a drama that women have to watch in their lives".
For these big and empty slogans, Xie Kun has always scoffed at them before, thinking that they are too false and too gimmicky. Now it seems that ...... "A Doll's House" really deserves such a title.
As soon as Nala ran away, the woman walked out of the "doll's house", and from then on she was no longer a doll, but a person, a woman!
"This ...... It's incredible! β
Xie Kun didn't want to believe that Su Wen could write such a profound drama.
It is not difficult to write profound words, and it is not difficult to express the profundity of thoughts, but it is difficult to promote this transformation in the form of drama, with plot and dialogue, and complete the portrayal of characters, which is a great literary talent.
Xie Kun looked down on Su Wen's "Romeo and Juliet", and felt that it was weak in thought, and it was popular because of the pleasing subject matter. What he feared was that Su Wen's works would become literary, which would really threaten his status.
A Doll's House has the potential to challenge him as a great playwright!
As a great playwright, even if Xie Kun wants to deceive himself, his literary accomplishment tells him that "A Doll's House" is an excellent dramatic work.
Here, Suvin completes the metamorphosis, and "Romeo and Juliet" can become a classic, but it is not great. "A Doll's House" can be said to be classic and great!
What are the odds of a great work appearing?
Xie Kun asked himself that he had written a drama for decades, and it might be all the rage, but if you want to say that the classic is "Huaxia Daughter" a few years ago, it can also be a little bit related to greatness.
His play, because of the background of the great era, can have a place in the history of literature.
What about A Doll's House?
It will surely shine in the history of literature!
Xie Kun remembered that Tan Yao said that the text version of "A Doll's House" was more classic, and the profound things were more reflected in the text, he touched the book sent by Tan Yao, and began to fidget.
At this moment, a sense of helplessness rose in his heart, and he began to panic in his heart, and there was only one voice in his mind: "Su Wen!" Suven! Or Suwen! β
The drama on stage has come to an end.
Nala was really leaving, and her husband asked if he could write a letter, and she said not to write a letter; When asked if she wanted to send her anything, she said no, she didn't have to send anything, and she didn't accept help from strangers.
Her husband Haimao is already a stranger to her!
"Nala, am I going to be a stranger forever?" Haimao asked.
Nala said, "Then wait for a miracle of miracles to happen." β
Haimao asked, "What is a miracle within a miracle?" β
"That means we're all going to have to change to -- oh, I don't believe in miracles in the world now!" β
That pulled away.
Haimao was the only one left muttering: "Nala! Nala! Oh, the house is empty! She's gone...... A miracle of miracles! β
The end of the play.
The actors on the stage lined up and bowed to the audience in thanks.
At the scene, the audience was still standing and gave the warmest applause. The applause was loud and prolonged, and it took two or three minutes before stopping.
However, the audience has not yet left, some people are in tears, some are full of excitement, some are full of hope, there is only one voice brewing in their hearts, and they feel that it is not happy not to shout out!
Gradually, someone shouted: "Nala! Nala! Nala! β
It was really a response, and the audience all shouted along with it-
"Nala!"
"Nala!"
"Nala!"
"That ......"
Amid the shouts of the audience, Xie Kun left with mixed emotions and left the theater early alone. While bowing his head and walking, listening to the audience's admiration in his ears, he couldn't help but think of what Tan Yao said-
"She will be great!"
"Perhaps...... His time has really come......" Xie Kun looked back at Su Wen's position in the front row, said in a low voice, and walked out of the theater with a lonely expression.
In the theater and on the stage, the actors were also full of excitement, and tears were streaming down their faces.
They know that their performance is successful, and the applause of the audience is the best proof and the best praise.
Gao Bing's eyes were full of tears, which were tears of joy and joy, flowing down her makeup-covered face, and she didn't care about wiping her makeup.
She has acted in stage plays for so many years and has received countless applause, but she can tell whether it is sincere emotion or polite perfunctory.
Today's applause is the most real and lasting thing she feels. She deeply knows that the audience will only give such sensational applause if they like it from the bottom of their hearts.
She succeeded!
She brought Nala to life and performed the essence of Nala, and from then on, when everyone mentioned her, they would think of Nala; When it comes to Gao Bing, he will also talk about Nala.
Coexisting with the character, this is the ultimate of an actor, the best performance an actor can do.
Since then, she Gao Bing has also had a classic image.
Thank you Nala, thank you to "A Doll's House", thank you Suwen......
In Gao Bing's satisfaction, today's performance came to an end.
For A Doll's House, it's just getting off the ground. The journey that belongs to it has just begun.
Next, it's time for "A Doll's House" to shock the world! (To be continued......)