我写完了8000字的毕业论文,看着我自己的宝贝从无到有,顿时为我自己耗时7个月左右而感到快乐。它始于路边采摘的野果,却终于一份精致的甜品。记得最后,我以此 “Since individuals experience, perceive, and appraise their challenges differently, there can hardly be standardized metrics for determining the severity of one's adversity. Therefore, this research advocates individuals to cultivate the capacity to bounce back irrespective of the types and severity of their stressors.” 来为它画上句点。我认为一切足矣。一直以来,毕业论文的意义,还真是到最后一刻才领悟到的 。就好像我的supervisor说过的那样,我们在过程中学习成长,我在这段旅程中,学到了好多。
I’m not gonna post all 30 of their solo performances and I might miss some of the ones I was planning on sharing but here’s what stuck out to me
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donald glover jumpscare
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this was REALLY boyband it was so boyband I went back to check if we were still watching sisters make waves because I was so confused by how boyband it was. anyway she did a great job, apparently she’s an asian american who was a mentor for produce 100…? wait I guess it makes sense how boyband it was
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vietnamese idol apparently! LOVED the costume stuff it was really fun
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chinese opera!! really fun, bold choice—people tend to be really nitpicky when anyone incorporates stuff that’s based on that style
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a japanese idol! when mom saw the performance she said “中二” lmao. I loved it, it’s a really good performance
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air was really surprised by this one lmao. this actress nailed it though, I’m absolutely sure she has some background/training in singing
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while listening I was like… no… it can’t be… but in fact it is. I like her energy
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I said that I really liked her voice and air said I cursed her to be eliminated in like three episodes 😔
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I liked the costuming here! mom was like “I don’t know what’s going on with the dance” and I was like. “…she’s sadly breakdancing in the rain.”
FULL《乘风2023》EP 2-2: 美依礼芽龚琳娜《花海》绝美 Ride The Wind 2023 EP2-2丨MangoTV
Well done MARiA and Gong Lina!!!
If MARiA is going to be eliminated from the competition, I will ditch the show.
Season 4 is getting crappier, and these were how China producers were, too much unnecessary dramas...Worthy performances were not given their deserve scores, while lousy performances got No. 1 or the highest scores, what a load of bulls!!!
Okay after watching the first two episodes of 《乘风破浪2023》 (sorry, I refuse to call it 乘风) here's who I'm paying most attention to and some other initial thoughts:
(under a cut bc there's some spoilers)
龚琳娜 is as much of a delight as I expected, I am so fucking pumped to see her dance in future episodes. I actually followed her on 微博 already, and she'd been posting about taking dance classes, so a fee weeks ago (before I knew she was gonna be on 乘风破浪) I had been thinking it would be cool to see her on the show
蔡少芬 is someone I'm not too familiar with, but the fact that she was the empress is 《甄嬛传》 makes her instantly iconic, so I'm excited to see more of her. She seems really funny too
I've only ever seen 谢娜 in the role of host, so it's nice to see her breaking out and doing something a little different/unexpected
I became familiar with A-Lin/黄丽玲 through her time on 《我是歌手》 but I didn't really listen to any of her music after that. I already know she's a good vocalist, so I'm looking forward to seeing her again and getting more familiar with her (and maybe finally listening to her music too)
谢欣 had a really breathtaking initial performance, even though she didn't sing. While I'm curious to hear her sing, she's also such a good dancer that I'd be fine just watching her dance
美依礼芽 seems to be a talented singer and I lived her first performance. I totally didn't expect her and 龚琳娜 to pair up for the first round, but I am super excited to see them work together. Definitely the performance I'm anticipating the most for next week
芝芙/Chi Pu is someone I'm totally unfamiliar with, but she seems nice and I'm curious to see what she does.
As for my other thoughts:
It's a little too early to say much, but most of the changes they've made seem pretty minor. The only exception is the name of the show. I don't get why they felt the need to shorten it to 《乘风》 when 《乘风破浪》 was already a shortened version of the original title 《乘风破浪的姐姐》. I'm still gonna call it 《乘风破浪》
Also, who is this man? Why did they make one of the panelists an American man who doesn't speak any Mandarin ()? Why have I already find him deeply annoying after only seeing him maybe three times?
I feel like this season is trying really hard to appeal to international audiences, what with how many international contestants they have. I don't have very strong opinions on this, other than shock that Korean songs are allowed on Chinese TV again?? But I just don't see the point of this dude (Josh Cumbee) to be on the panel. Idk, maybe he has fans, but if someone came up to me and said, "Hey, you should watch this Chinese show, Josh Cumbee is on it", my only reaction would be "who the fuck is Josh Cumbee". Maybe I'm being too harsh on Josh, and it's possible my issue is that I just dislike him bc he looks annoying, but whatever
Aside from this, I don't have much to say about the panel other than I'm sad to see Ken's not on this season. This isn't a critique so much as a comment, and maybe a lament? He was such a big part of the first three seasons that it's jarring for him to be gone this year. I'm gonna miss him :(