Adaptation Review: Kong Liu’s 惜花芷 Blossoms in Adversity: Most Men are bad; Women, angelic victims! скачать в хорошем качестве

Adaptation Review: Kong Liu’s 惜花芷 Blossoms in Adversity: Most Men are bad; Women, angelic victims!

Review originally posted on 22 April 2024, while the drama was airing. Disclaimer: I neither own any rights to the book, series, music or images, nor claim to. The screenshots are images from the aired series or from the official drama website. The images are published and accessible on various public social media forums. Under Sect. 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, fair use allowance is made for criticism, comment, news reporting, and for scholarship and research. Review and comments in the video are my own. 00:00 - 01:27 Story 01:28 - 03:04 Female Hero Hua Zhi’s character synopsis 03:05 - 03:40 Unrealistic portrayal of Female Lead as Ms. Know-It-All 03:41 - 04:30 Male Lead Gu Yunxi is a cardboard cutout to show a woman can have it all 04:31 - 04:49 Zero attention on character growth & opinions of the male lead Gu Yanxi 04:50 - 05:27 Male Lead Gu Yanxi is a soundbox to validate views of the female lead Hua Zhi 05:28 - 05:44 Refreshing aspect of the drama: The female and male leads actually talk and have conversations 05:45 - 06:37 Her dreams become his dreams; her goals become his goals. 06:38 - 08:02 Main Problem with the Drama: Most of the men are shown as bad people, idiotic, exploitative, murderous; most of the women shown as angelic victims trapped by society, even if they act / behave badly, they are simply acting out of desperation, not malice. 08:03 - 09:04 Criticism of Hua Grandfather and Grandmother: Hypocritical, self-serving narcissist packaged as do-gooders 09:05 - 09:58 Drama’s positive message for women despite frequent man-bashing: to not sit idle, to use their talents, to not to depend on others, to not put with abuse, to never give up. 09:59 - 10:16 Breakout Star & Scene Stealer is the male lead’s sister Shaoyao (played by actress Lu Yu Shao) 10:17 - 10:32 Wooden female and male lead endowed with pretty faces & flat dialogue delivery. They are models for adverts, not real 'actors' 10:33 - 10:48 Favorite Character: Aunt Xia 10:49 - 11:30 In a nutshell: Made-for-ZhangZiyi Production, good camera work, 2 memorable songs in this forgettable drama. #惜花芷 #空留 #blossomsinadversity #thestoryofhuazhi #youkuofficial #onlinenovel #chinesewebnovel #chinesedrama2024 #huyitian #luyuxiao #zhangjingyi #beginnings1 #@beginnings1