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Moonlit Reunion: Unique Supernatural Costume Drama
September always marks two things in China: the start of a new school year and the moment when summer dramas are reviewed and weighed. This summer season, costume dramas once again dominated in both output and market share. Yet the creative "bottleneck" is still hard to ignore. The two main directions for period dramas—lavish historical productions aiming for grounded realism, and sweeping romances drawn from internet novels—have both hit a slowdown. The first route demands meticulous research into historical records while still finding ways to resonate with modern emotions. That kind of project is time-consuming, high-risk, and truly good works are rare. The second route, the all-consuming romance, is struggling in today's climate where "anti-romance-brain" (反"恋爱脑", a popular phrase criticizing…
Moonlit Reunion: Unique Supernatural Costume Drama
September always marks two things in China: the start of a new school year and the moment when summer dramas are reviewed and weighed. This summer season, costume dramas once again dominated in both output and market share. Yet the creative "bottleneck" is still hard to ignore. The two main directions for period dramas—lavish historical productions aiming for grounded realism, and sweeping romances drawn from internet novels—have both hit a slowdown. The first route demands meticulous research into historical records while still finding ways to resonate with modern emotions. That kind of project is time-consuming, high-risk, and truly good works are rare. The second route, the all-consuming romance, is struggling in today's climate where "anti-romance-brain" (反"恋爱脑", a popular phrase criticizing…
September always marks two things in China: the start of a new school year and the moment when summer dramas are reviewed and weighed. This summer season, costume dramas once again dominated in both output and market share. Yet the creative "bottleneck" is still hard to ignore. The two main directions for period dramas—lavish historical productions aiming for grounded realism, and sweeping romances drawn from internet novels—have both hit a slowdown. The first route demands meticulous research into historical records while still finding ways to resonate with modern emotions. That kind of project is time-consuming, high-risk, and truly good works are rare. The second route, the all-consuming romance, is struggling in today's climate where "anti-romance-brain" (反"恋爱脑", a popular phrase criticizing…
Moonlit Reunion: Unique Supernatural Costume Drama
September always marks two things in China: the start of a new school year and the moment when summer dramas are reviewed and weighed. This summer season, costume dramas once again dominated in both output and market share. Yet the creative "bottleneck" is still hard to ignore. The two main directions for period dramas—lavish historical productions aiming for grounded realism, and sweeping romances drawn from internet novels—have both hit a slowdown. The first route demands meticulous research into historical records while still finding ways to resonate with modern emotions. That kind of project is time-consuming, high-risk, and truly good works are rare. The second route, the all-consuming romance, is struggling in today's climate where "anti-romance-brain" (反"恋爱脑", a popular phrase criticizing…
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