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Hidden Corners



Psychological thriller

心理惊悚剧


Adaptation

改编


Hit/Trending (series)

热播(剧集)


Web series

网剧


Video streaming platform

视频流媒体平台


Plot, cinematography, casting, dialogue, pacing and soundtrack

剧情, 拍摄技巧, 演员,台词,节奏和配乐



To live up to the hype

不辜负/符合炒作/宣传的力度



  “Jekyll and Hyde”

源自著名小说《化身博士》,可以引申指代一面和蔼可亲,另一面邪恶恐怖的“双面人”




Why so popular?


Nail-biting suspense

令人紧张的悬疑

(原意是“紧张到咬指甲“)


Haunting opening scene

“阴魂不散”的开篇场景


To scar someone for life

留下终身阴影



A meme

网络上的梗

(特别是带图文的)


Gripping plot twists

抓人的情节起伏和反转


Open ending

开放式结局



Romantic melodramas

通俗青春偶像剧


Costume dramas

古装剧

* 在中国影视大环境之下通常理解为古装剧)


Gritty

粗砺

(往往和人生艰难和社会阴暗面有关)


Film noir

黑色电影


“Chinese noir“

中式黑色电影

(有点“暗黑系“的感觉)



Childhood trauma

童年创伤体验


Twisted

扭曲的



Ticking timebomb

定时炸弹


Raise the bar for (suspense drama)

提高了(整个悬疑类剧集)的整体标尺




第376期节目全记录文本


Hi, welcome back.

If I ask you what kind of TV shows you have been watching or what is the trending TV show in China right now? I'm sure without a doubt,many of you would say Hidden Corners.

相信即使你没有看过隐秘的角落,也应该看到过无数的文章去分析这部最近的高分国产神剧了.


There are already so many articles analyzing the ins and outs of this particular TV series.So in today's happy hour,we're not gonna go into details of the show. Instead we're gonna take a look at why is this show so popular.And along the way,we are going to pick up some very useful and very natural expressions to describe a show like this.


First things first,for those of you who haven't watched it,I’ll give you a little bit of background, Hidden Corners is a TV adaptation of the book named The Bad Kids. It is now a wildly popular psychological thriller.Psychological thriller.心理惊悚剧.When the show is popular like this, you can call it a hit show or a trending show,unlike your conventional TV series,this is a web series first released on the popular video streaming platform爱奇艺, and is getting praised for a plot, cinematography, casting, dialogue, pacing and soundtrack.So across the board is getting praises.不论是剧情拍摄手法,演员、台词、节奏还是背景音乐都得到了一致的好评.


Exactly how popular is this show. Well, to put it this way,in just 12 days since its debut or its release, it has gone viral.And the hash tag for its Chinese name 隐秘的角落has attracted close to four billion views.I must admit being a huge fan of the crime genre, of crime shows,I was skeptical before I watched it.I thought there is no way it's going to live up to the hype.作为一个资深的恐怖悬疑罪案剧名,我在看之前其实觉得他肯定不会live up to the hype.肯定不会有炒作的那么好.


But I was pleasantly surprised.The storyline seems very simple. A few kids during a hiking trip accidentally witnessed a cold blooded murder committed by a substitute math teacher.And they also accidentally filmed it.And from then on, the story unfolds and their lives into twine.


What really impressed me and I believe what really impressed a lot of people is this murderer,this math teacher.He was able to transition between a very timid,reserved,seemingly caring,nice guy and this cold blooded killer who doesn't blink an eye when ending the lives of people who are in his way.

It almost reminds me of Jekyll and Hyde.距离给大家带来了很多阴影的这位数学老师,不知道为什么就让我想起了英国经典小说化身博士这样的一个角色. Essentially he has two very different faces that makes him one of the creepiest characters.


Now let's take a look why is this show so popular? It has nail biting suspense,especially this haunting opening scene.When you describe something that after you watch it or listen to it,you can't get it out of your mind. We can use the word haunting.Haunting这个词在这里就有点像阴魂不散的感觉.Or the hunting opening sequence.When this math teacher took his parents in law on a hiking trip and push them off the mountain. It is so impressive that is now becoming a meme.


现在一起爬山吗?Wanna go for a hike都成了一个梗,一个meme.And it's not just the opening scene that's haunting.It's also the background music.And many viewers are saying that now this song,little white boat has scarred them for life.


On top of that,it has a lot of gripping plot twists,有很多的情节起伏和反转. There are even many easter eggs, like little hidden secrets that's open for interpretation.But apart from that,what makes this show truly successful is because it's different.It doesn't have any流量明星, doesn't have any of these traffic generating celebrities with a huge social media following.All it has is real actors real acting instead of actors and actresses just standing there and being pretty. And these real actors,they have made all these characters in the show really convincing.


You would truly believe they are the police, they are a single mom, they are these repressed kids, or a desperate husband.


Another thing to note is that while there's a lot of discussion about happy ending or bad ending,this show kept an open ending. It's open for interpretation. I'm sure you have read many different articles interpreting it in different ways.


But regardless of the interpretations you choose to follow,this show is considerably darker than many other Chinese TV shows. It's go very complex characters and motives.So you're not just seeing black and white,good guys and bad guys.


I think in recent years the Chinese TV drama market has been dominated by romantic melodramas or costume dramas.


可能是因为近些年来中国的电视剧不是这种 romantic melodramas,这种关注恋爱的青春偶像剧,就是costume dramas古装戏.People are tired of the repetition. This show Hidden Corners is much grittier,更加粗粝, and more realistic.


Interestingly,some critics are calling it Chinese noir. 在影史上40年代的法国创造出了一种新的类型剧,叫做Film noir, noir就是法语里的黑色,有的时候被翻译成黑色电影. Film noir usually focuses on the darker side of humanity of society.And it doesn't make a very clear judgment of black and white.And that's probably why this show has been called Chinese noir.


Personally being a TV and film fanatic for years.I truly think that a good production is definitely something that can really touch people and explore something deeper about human nature. Hidden Corners is not just about a crime story.It also touches upon some very heavy social issues.


For example,children's upbring and how that will affect their characteristics,especially childhood traumas,特别是童年的创伤经历.If you think about it,it really touched upon so many social issues,including absent father,父亲的缺席,bullying霸凌, this whole intense pressure to succeed to excel in school problems with single parent household,impact of divorce on kids and also disadvantaged kids such as kids in orphanage or kids of convicts. 还有一些弱势儿童,比如说孤儿或者是服刑人员子女的问题.


This show is definitely not a show that promotes the so called positive energy.At times it's actually quite twisted.The original book is called The Bad Kids.The story is actually going against the conventional belief that kids are innocent.


It tells us that because they are blank piece of paper,they are a reflection of the society of the world that's going around them. If they have been traumatized and haven't been cared for,then basically they'll become a ticking time bomb that's just waiting to explode.


So overall,I would say I'm quite impressed with this show and even on豆瓣 which is famous for very harsh comments,the discerning critics are giving it a very high score.即使是在一贯评分严苛吝啬的豆瓣上,这部剧也是保持了非常高的分数. People are saying that it has raised the bar for suspense drama on China's streaming services.


And many people hope that it could help spark a whole new wave of such shows.

So if you haven't watched this show yet,I would recommend it.It's perfectly sized at 12 episodes.So if you have a lazy Sunday,you can basically binge it.


And on that note,we end today's episode.If you listen carefully,today's episode provides you with so many useful expressions that you can use to describe a show like this.So next time when you want to talk to other people about it,you will not run out of things to say.


So, got anything to say about the show? Leave us comments so we can discuss.I will see you next time.

Bye.



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