The Korean drama "The Oranges of Brutality Come Meets You" was recently completed with a high rating, which has aroused heated discussions among audiences around the world. The picture shows a still from "The Oranges Come to Meet You".

  "We sincerely invite you to visit Zhangjiajie in person to go on a 'Gansu trip' and witness the 'Falling Leaves' together." Zhangjiajie Cultural Tourism's invitation to the director, screenwriter and starring of the popular Korean drama "The Orange Comes to Meet You" has become a hot search and has been forwarded by many central media, pushing this work to the eyes of more non-traditional Korean drama audiences. The Netflix original series officially premiered in March, and released the entire content of 16 episodes in four weeks. The fermentation of reputation is as efficient as the playback speed, and the viewing boom in the works has pushed Netflix to set the highest user record in the past two years.

  On domestic rating websites, "The Brutal Orange Comes to Meet You" also opened high and ended high. After the first four episodes were aired, the audience scored a high score of 9.1, and then climbed all the way, reaching 9.6 points, and won the "World Global Reputation List Championship", becoming the first Korean drama to exceed 9.5 points in ten years after 2015 "Please Answer 1988" (9.7 points). Whether it is the message "crying in tears" and "booking the best of 2025" or the eyes that cry red in the photo, netizens expressed their empathy for Guangli, Ai Chun and Jin Ming in a warm way. Regardless of national boundaries and language, the most gentle and secret emotions in reality are reflected in the three generations. The fictional heroines do not need to please the audience and give up their own personality and softness. The meticulous carving of the characters over the long years is enough to make people deeply empathetic because "they are us".

  Women who break free from bondage let the audience see themselves

  The dark and rough skin caused by the sunlight, the swollen hands soaked in the sea water for a long time, and the body that faded prematurely due to excessive work... The story of "The Orange of the Orange Comes to Meet You" begins with the sea girl Jeon Kwang-ri on Jeju Island. This woman who only lasted for one episode built the spiritual fulcrum of the whole drama. The career she pursued perfectly interprets her principle of dealing with things - "No matter how big the wind and waves are, you must face it bravely." In the 1950s, in Jeju Island, where "it is better to be a cow and horse", Jeon Kwang-ri worked harder than anyone else, defended her labor fruits tougher than anyone else, and loved her daughter Aichun more than anyone else.

  "Mom with back pain and mother with cough, she can rest for 100 won every day." The short poem "Stupid Abalone" written by third-grade Wu Aichun is one of the memorable tears in the whole play. This touching and tender work prompted Guangli, who had remarried because of widowhood, to rush back to his brother-in-law's house with two strings of yellow croakers, smashed the yellow croakers at the home of his uncle who was rich in financial conditions but selfish and partial, and took his daughter back to keep him by his side to raise him. She desperately used the most physically consuming labor to "change" her daughter's life and prevented her from becoming her second self. "Remember, you should never settle for the second best, live the most fulfilling life." It was her mother's advice that made Aichun give herself the confidence to pursue her dreams throughout her life, and asked her to "go to the island, go to college, and be a poet." It is precisely because of such a role model that Aichun has grown into a brave girl and fearless mother. She never forgot her dream of being a poet. She insisted on reading "Creation and Criticism" while selling vegetables with ridicule. After getting married, she also defended her daughter's right to "ride freely with tricycles" and "refuse to become a sea girl."

  The women in "The Oranges of the Brutals Come Meet You" have a rich attitude. They jump out of their mothers, daughters, and daughters-in-law under social dogmas, stick to their values ​​in a limited space, while striving to pursue the justice and happiness of their beliefs. Laughing and crying, praise and resentment, obedience and resistance make every character real and tangible, which is why many viewers write their hearts - "I seem to see my mother" or "I seem to see myself".

  Women's growth portrays the age of

  "Grandma swims in the sea and mother runs on the ground, so I can fly in the sky." This confession by Jin Ming, the third-generation daughter in the play, before studying abroad, was particularly touching. Girls from ordinary families rarely have good luck from heaven. They are the support between generations to give Jin Ming the opportunity to catch up with their dreams, which is something her grandmother and mother never have. From Guangli's "Go out and don't be a sea girl", to Ai Chun's "I want her to become a person who can overturn the dining table", to Kim Myung's "I want to be a section chief, minister, or even president, there is nothing to be ashamed of", women in different periods have different expectations and desires.

  In "The Oranges of the Brutals Come Meet You", the era is not the background board of the story or the sign of improvement of material conditions, but it connects the life choices and destiny of the characters. The era has given the tortuous changes in the fate of women between different generations, and the growth of female individuals also carries the mark of time. The editing techniques of the work also follow this goal, and the play uses a large number of nonlinear narratives and cross-editing. At Jin Ming's wedding, Jin Ming, wearing a white wedding dress, walked slowly over, but in his father's eyes, he saw the bright smiling face of his children and girls' daughter.

  Just yesterday, the 61st Baeksang Art Awards of South Korea announced the nomination list. Lee Ji-eun (stage name IU) and Park Bo-gun were respectively shortlisted for the Best Acting Award for Women and Men in the TV Department. The two young actors contributed textbook-level acting skills in the play. The scene of the accidental death of his younger brother Tongming became the highlight of the performance of the two. The young parents looked at their son who had no breath, and their facial and physical performances were filled with shock, sadness, despair, guilt, and self-blame. A sudden accident completely defeated this small family who had just seen hope, and his outstanding and delicate acting skills brought the pain of losing his son to the hearts of the audience.

  "Next year, we will go to Zhangjiajie to see the fallen leaves in autumn." Supporting the seriously ill Kuanzhi, Aichun promised him like this. It was a spring, and the two looked up and admired the last shared cherry blossom rain. "No matter how bitter orange life gives us, we can make it into sweet orange syrup and make a cup of warm orange tea." IU once interpreted the title of the drama in this way. At the end of the play, no one would say that Kuanzhi's death made the work a tragedy. "The Orange of the Suffering Orange Comes to Meet You" contains respect, protection, patience, and struggle between people. Whether it is sunny or rainy days, we can face it calmly, because life is not an ending, but an overly rich journey. Reporter Wang Xiaoli

[Editor in charge: Susan]