Killing Mary Sue [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

[In the middle of the night, the swaying dead trees cast ghostly shadows on the bed, but the bedroom was empty and dead, like the tranquility before the storm.

Brenda curled up on the luxurious big bed, closed her eyes tightly, not daring to move.

She is afraid.

This is a secret she has never revealed to anyone since she was admitted to the palace.

She was afraid of thunder, and even more afraid of the dark.

But as one of the heirs to the throne, how could Brenda August be afraid of these illusory things?It would make her and her words less convincing, even though as an illegitimate daughter, her situation was hard enough.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

From the first moment she stepped into this golden cage, she was ready to hold her head up forever and be invulnerable.

Even though, she is still a child under 16 years old now.

Subconsciously, Brenda clutched the satin coverlet, trying to bury herself deeper in the warm blanket, as if it was her safe house.There was a sharp howling of cold wind outside the window, just like the sound she made when she witnessed her half-brother flogging the maid to death behind the wall that night, and she fell into a dream every night from then on.

Brenda spends every night like this.

The night is a deep torment without end, and the dawn is a small reward for suffering.

The magnificent palace is surrounded by the city, and people's hearts are unfathomable. Even the people next to the pillow have different dreams.But still, Brenda yearns for loyal companionship, to accompany herself through the long night together.

Who can be my reliance?

Brenda curled up deeper into a little ball.However, just when she was about to hypnotize herself as usual, she suddenly heard a slight sound, vigilantly opened a small gap in the quilt, and looked out soundlessly——

Her door was opened, and a familiar figure walked towards her against the thin moonlight.

When Brenda saw the other person's face clearly, she couldn't help but let out a low cry, lifted the quilt and sat up, her eyes widened, "Mary? You, how could you—"

The beautiful girl in white pajamas raised her fingers and gave a "hush" sound, her bare feet stepped on the cold floor, as delicate and seductive as snow.She tiptoed to Brenda's room, and jumped onto her bed like a naughty elf. Facing her friend's surprised eyes, Mary Carter blinked, and stretched her cold feet into her warm bed Li, sighed comfortably, then took Brenda's hand, leaned her head on her shoulder intimately, and murmured coquettishly, "My bed there is too soft, like lying on cotton, I can't sleep at all ...It seems that yours is the same here. It's too bad, are all the beds in the palace like this, then I will probably have insomnia for the rest of my life..."

Bran froze for a moment, she looked at the blond girl hugging her arms, and smiled gratefully.Of course she knew that this was just an excuse for a good friend. Mary had always been intelligent, and although she was the daughter of a duke, she came from a noble family, but she was the one who could read other people's thoughts the most among all her childhood playmates, and she was very popular wherever she went.Brenda envied Mary very much since she was a child, because she couldn't do what she did anyway.Compared with Mary, she is like a wild child, stubborn and inarticulate. Among all the king's children, only Brenda is the least favored one.

The young girls huddled under the quilt and whispered to each other just like they did when they were young. They couldn't see their faces clearly in the dark night, only their warm and soft breath hugged each other.Brenda could even smell the spicy and rich aroma of vanilla and fennel on Mary's body, which always gave her an inexplicable sense of stability.

"Mary," Brenda stared at the girl's faint side face in the dark, and her soft voice was like the evening wind blowing past her ears, "I know you don't like staying in the palace...why did you come with me?" What about this nasty place?"

The Duke is famous for loving his wife and daughters, unlike other men who only treat women as playthings, and never disdain the fashion of keeping mistresses, for which he was ridiculed a lot.But Brenda envied Mary's family very much. She came from a wealthy family but had good manners. She might sometimes make people feel a little squeamish and vain, but she was much smarter and precocious than all of them, and she was able to deal with men like a fish in water. The fief is the dream lover of all the boys.She can live very happily there, and even if she is married, her husband will treat her like a treasure.So Brenda didn't understand why Mary knew that the palace was dirty and dangerous, so she came here with her desperately. Didn't she love a free life the most?

Hearing Brenda's words, Mary burst out laughing. She held Brenda's face intimately, and could almost imagine her cute and proud look when she rolled her eyes. Her tone was full of disgust and helplessness, and she sighed, "I I really hate this place, but so what? If it weren’t for me, you would definitely die of a ‘sudden death’ within a few days after entering the palace... You are mine, how can I allow this to happen?”

Mary is the daughter of the duke, but Brenda is the queen's daughter. Even if she is an illegitimate daughter, it would be an offense if she said such a thing, but Mary not only said it, but also took it for granted.She is such a person, she never hides her friends, treats them as family members, gives her heart and soul without asking for anything in return.Brenda was honored to have Mary's friendship, and she swore in her heart that no matter how many changes happened in the future, she would never forget the promise they made to each other, and she would remember this friendship.

"I don't know what kind of person is worthy of my Mary," Brenda smiled. "I think he must be the happiest man in this kingdom."

Mary raised her eyebrows, raised her chin without humility, and said proudly, "Of course!——In my life, I will only marry for love, and no one can force me to be Mary Carter."

Brenda watched her silhouette silently, and suddenly felt that the princess's daughter was so dazzling that it was hard to look directly at her—she was born to be so radiant and domineering.If their identities were exchanged, she believed that Mary would be able to do better than her, more like a convincing queen. 】

……

"cut!"

The director stared in amazement at the blond woman who was arranging her collar elegantly, Anne, who played the role of the Duke's daughter "Mary Carter".Sitting next to her is Amanda, the heroine of "The Queen". She is also a very exotic black-haired beauty, but almost everyone's attention is focused on Anne, as if this woman has an irresistible The gravitational force, the beauty is arrogant, the momentum is even stronger than the "queen", and it easily wins everyone's attention.

"Great job, Annie!" the director praised highly, "You captured the essence of the character very well, keep working hard, I believe this is not your peak state yet!"

Amanda, who was just about to ask the director, couldn't help raising her eyebrows when she heard this, and looked at Anne beside her, who smiled modestly, facing everyone's admiring gaze, and replied neither humble nor humble, "I've praised the director, In fact, Amanda is much more comfortable than me, and I have to learn more from her."

Amanda had an unbearable smile on her face, but she had a very strange feeling in her heart: she vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while—it seemed...she was the protagonist Bar?But why did the female number three get more and more roles as the filming progressed?Is this her illusion?

"There's nothing wrong with this scene. After it's over, everyone can rest first." The director announced, and then waved to Annie, "Come on, I have something to discuss with you."

Annie nodded, and walked gracefully towards the director.Amanda looked at her back, and could vaguely hear the director seem to be mentioning the details of the next scene to the other party. She was not surprised to hear words like "adding drama" and "increasing conflict".Obviously not for her as the number one female.

If the current trend continues, I'm afraid she will be the number one female soon, right?

Amanda frowned, but there was nothing she could do about it.Everyone knows the charm of Anne Oakley in the crew, like a natural glamorous luminous body, which can completely cover the light of others, and everyone revolves around her, adding more and more roles to her, and However, the plot of her heroine has been repeatedly cut... She even felt very puzzled by this: Annie's acting skills are indeed not bad, and she is pretty enough, but she is not so fascinated, right?Why is it like losing your soul when you see her one by one, wishing that all the cameras were aimed at her, who is the number one female and who is the queen?

Facing the assistant's comfort, Amanda shook her head, filled with some unspeakable worries: Although she did have some grudges about this, she valued the quality of her work more.If... If this continues, even she herself will begin to doubt the correctness of accepting this play. She wants to see a grand and epic court drama, but now she finds that since "Mary Carter The role of "The Queen" gradually increased, and "The Queen" seemed to be slowly sliding towards the direction of a bloody romance drama-all high-ranking male characters love her, all women are jealous of her, but have to admire her-this kind of The standard configuration made Amanda feel increasingly ominous.

Soon, her worries became true.

Annie's excellent performance in this role made the director value her more, and even couldn't help but add scenes to "Mary Carter". The episode of "Queen" lasted about 10 minutes, and there were 15 scenes belonging to "Brenda". Minutes, while the playing time of "Mary Carter" increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes, and finally even exceeded 10 minutes!Many times Amanda felt that she was completely reduced to Anne's foil, and the silence, forbearance, honesty and kindness of "Brenda" made the character "Mary" more intelligent, witty, ruthless and decisive.Even the recent hot topics are all around "Mary", which is enough to show how popular this character is and how popular it is with the audience.

Amanda once tactfully mentioned this issue to the director, but she did not express her concerns about her position as the female number one, but involved a major change in the entire original plot—the continuous addition of the female number three, inevitably began Affecting the follow-up development, the director kept adding, deleting, deleting and modifying other people's scenes, making the whole shooting process go further and further in the opposite direction from the original plan.

However, in the face of Amanda's question, the director felt that it should be taken for granted: this circle has always been like this, and whoever can increase the ratings of this drama will be able to get a higher appearance rate. Recently, the popularity of "Mary" on the Internet is comparable to "Brenda" is more than a few dozen percentage points higher, and for various reasons, he should increase the role of this character.

Amanda was helplessly silent about it.

Today, Anne Oakley has been blown to the sky on the Internet, and some tabloid media even claim that "this will be a talented actress who is born only once in a century", "Vivien Leigh in the 21st century", "every frown and smile exudes an incomparable beauty." Spirituality and Radiance” and so on.And it is predicted that she will become the fastest-promoted newcomer in this circle this year: she has both talent and appearance, can be transformed freely, and is extremely malleable. Who doesn't love such an actor?

For a while, Anne Oakley's name exploded on all major social platforms, and everyone rushed to praise her as a goddess. The topic of "#她听世界女神秘女主演" emerged endlessly, even though Anne herself came out many times to declare that "it's just the third female actress." , but I still want to thank everyone for your appreciation”, but it still hasn’t changed the fact that an episode of 10 minutes, the Queen’s role is compressed within 10 minutes, and the appearance time of “Mary” has increased to 10 minutes. The female number one thing is just as it should be.

While the starring role and plot of "The Queen" were buzzing, the crew next door was still quietly filming.Everyone only knows that actress Elizabeth Margot has turned down all advertising endorsements and commercial activities since she recovered from her injury, and only took on a new play, which is a TV series with an unknown author.The official has only released one poster recently. "Morgan" is a picture of a young woman walking out of a forest full of mist with her back turned.

Although Elizabeth's fans are looking forward to the idol's new drama very much, and have opened a topic specifically for it, but compared with the popularity of "Queen", "Morgan" is much more deserted.And unlike weekly dramas like "Queen", "Morgan" is released after filming all the plots at one time. There will be no changes or interactions during the period, and no adjustments will be made according to the opinions of the audience. The advantage is that everyone does not have to suffer. Bitter torment, you can see the ending heartily at once.What's more, according to the official information, "Morgan" has only one season and only ten episodes in one season, and one episode is 150 minutes long.Obviously, this time, I spent a lot of money to build word-of-mouth, but I just don't know how the quality of the content is. Is it worth putting down all the schedules for the actress to compete with "The Queen"?

When the crew of "Morgan" was shooting low-key and high-profile, the boss was working hard to make money as an assistant on the set, and Jane, who was leisurely swiping her phone by herself, saw the topic "#乱求玛玉女孩参演的女朋友" popped up After the latest reply, the movement of drinking water stopped immediately.

This is the most popular news today, and it is completely different from the "Mary is the best" on all topics. It is sent by an ordinary account that is neither a big blogger nor a famous person. The content is only a very short sentence question——

"Is this about The Queen, or The Legend of Mary Carter?"

It was this piece of news that was placed in the most prominent position.Although at the beginning, they were almost full of righteous indignation and mocked the other party, "I think you are jealous of our Mary", "We just love to watch, you can do it if you don't accept it?" But gradually another voice appeared later, and many People began to express their opinions below by coincidence, those doubts that have been accumulated in their hearts for a long time, but they dare not defy the mainstream of the public to express——

"I paid to see the growth history of the queen, not the romantic history of the duke's daughter."

"It's not like I said, it was so good at the beginning, how did it develop into a youth drama after more than 30 episodes? Our queen hasn't even touched the little hand of the throne, and Mary has already changed five men? Seriously?"

"Isn't this a court drama??! Politics? Conspiracy? Intrigue? Can you get off topic, director?"

"This palace may not be the one I thought of. It may have another name in that time and space: Mary Carter's harem."

"I think this drama is quite good. Who said that the first name is the female number one? Is it stipulated by the law? Is it signed? No?—Maybe you all guessed wrong that Mary is the queen Woolen cloth?"

"Upstairs is so beautiful, I'll give you 666"

"Isn't the queen in my mind like this? Brenda is so pitiful. She is the only one who is seriously fighting the palace in the whole show. The rest are either in love with Mary or are on the way to fall in love with Mary."

"Originally, Goddess Mary's character in front of her was pretty good, but now she looks more and more like a high-ranking white lotus green tea bitch. Although she was beautiful and affectionate at the beginning, she was dignified and self-sufficient, but now she can fall in love with anyone who sleeps with one another. I I suspect that if I keep reading, I will become an expert whore identification."

"I regret it, I shouldn't give my five-star praise after only watching the first episode. Is it too late to go back to play Samsung? ——PS: I feel sorry for me, Brenda, who is still fighting in the palace of dedication."

"The more I watch it, the more I feel inexplicable... The main plot line is completely gone, and I have been pouring water. Even a passing maid has more shots and scenes than the queen. The lines are completely unnutritious, and skipping and watching will not affect it at all."

"I'm a little disappointed... It could have been a milestone classic court drama, but now it's completely reduced to nothingness. It was a waste of Amanda's acting skills, and all the characters have jumped."

"I always feel that Leonardo looks at Mary in a weird way... Isn't it true that the knight doesn't love the queen and falls in love with the queen's friend? Director, you should leave one for me, Brenda, and the whole team died in a female third party." What's going on under the pomegranate skirt?"

"It's the first time I've seen such a blatant female supporting role."

……

With the subsequent development of "The Queen", the topic of "Mary stealing the show" has become more and more popular, and the voice of questioning has become louder and louder. It is useless for Director Ren to explain "this is the need of the plot".The audience is not a fool, so they can naturally see the changes.It would be fine if there were other reasons or an unexpected twist. As long as the standard is stable, it is not unacceptable for everyone to change the female number one. The disappointment and anger will be doubled only after the court drama under the banner of "political conspiracy" degenerates into a bloody romance of "everyone loves Mary".

And this kind of atmosphere was until the original author of "The Queen" and the account with the ID "MISS-[email protected]" sent out a message with the general content "The sword has been unsheathed, and the knight has forgotten the trap. The queen will go, and she will not return when she is lost." After the news, finally detonated public outcry——

Doesn't "Sword" just refer to "Blade", a metaphor for Brenda? The knight is undoubtedly the one played by Leonardo. He used to be loyal to the queen, but now he flirts with the daughter of the duke. Ambiguous.The original author denounced that his script was revised without any reason and completely disregarded the overall situation, which caused "Queen" to go high and go low, but the crew refused to admit their mistakes and continued to stumble on the lost path—look, the authors all admit it The following plot completely deviates from the track, and the mother refuses to admit it, so why are you arguing, the director? !The author who really bullies others is unknown, so he dares to act recklessly and disrespect others?

Also, as a rookie actor, although it is a good thing to be favored, you must pay attention to some basic rules anyway.Are you really afraid that it will be difficult to get along in this circle after offending your senior?Or is it that the backstage is too big so there is nothing to be afraid of, just want to be popular until it turns black?

The momentum of "#反丽丽#反玛丽Su" has grown louder and louder since then, and has even gradually risen to the level of the entire industry and TV drama circles. Although there are always many unspoken rules of "adding supporting roles to dramas" and "injecting water into hot dramas", Everyone is tacitly aware of it, but it doesn't mean that this phenomenon should be recognized, and it can be so blatantly bad for the atmosphere and discredit the entertainment industry.Treat everyone as fools, and everyone will naturally turn back unceremoniously. No matter how good-looking you are, no matter how good your acting skills are, it’s useless. Bad dramas are still bad dramas. The essence of making money will not change in the slightest because of "big cost and big production" !

And now everyone realizes this, "The Queen" has been broadcast to 32 episodes, and Brenda is still just an illegitimate daughter who is not valued, let alone sitting on the throne, she didn't even touch the edge of the pedal— — Unless there is another season, according to the director's piss, there is no way to change the unfinished rhythm of this drama.

Everyone was extremely disappointed by this. After this battle, they gradually lost their eagerness to follow dramas as before. After being angry, they began to divert their attention and began to dig out other latest high-quality American dramas.

And at this moment, the new play "Morgan" by actress Elizabeth Margot, which was extremely mysterious before and the entire crew refused to spoil it, finally came out.

"She jumped from a tall building, did she fall or fly?"

"Later I knew the answer."

"—that was a . . . journey through death."

The author has something to say: I was deeply hurt by this year's domestic drama... I couldn't help expressing my depression in the article.

I really don't know when we will be able to usher in a truly good drama with a good conscience, the kind that can be sincere from the script to the actors to the production, instead of blindly testing the bottom line of the audience and treating us as foolish withdrawals of rich people machine.