Research On Status And Dilemma Of Imperial Harem TV Plays

In recent years, the imperial harem TV play is undoubtedly the most eye-catchingprogram on China’s television screen, it has been widely broadcast and become a hotissue as well. The War and Beauty was regarded as the earliest imperial harem TV playwhich originated in2004, whereas, it did not set off a chain reaction in TV markets. Afteryears of near-silence, imperial harem TV plays were brought back on to the public viewby Beyond The Realm of Conscience and Curse of The Royal Harem’s hot broadcast.Affected by this, the booming development of china’s imperial harem TV playsoriginated from the Scheming Beauty. Since then, a series of imperial harem TV playsemerged. Benefit from the hot broadcast of The Legend of Zhen Huan, the imperialharem TV play has achieved a brand new mountain peak. The Legend of Zhen Huanbrought unprecedented attention to the imperial harem TV play.In consequence of the booming development of china’s imperial harem TV plays,the creation of imperial harem TV plays have formed a stable pattern on the form, thebackground and the character arrangement, the pattern of imperial harem TV plays havedriven to maturity. Meanwhile, in the produce of imperial harem TV plays, there weremany imitating and copying phenomena, its’ creation gradually fell into the trap. Facingthe trouble of lacking creativity, critics remarked that there was no cultural connotationand humanistic concern in imperial harem TV plays. Suffered from the prohibition ofSARFT, the prosperity of the imperial harem TV plays has gone. Even after prohibition,there are still a few imperial harem TV plays active on the screen, both the attention andratings are unable to recreate the glamour.Imperial harem TV plays were questioned by its’ exhibition of machiavellian culture.Unlike the historical play, female become major group in power struggle, the humanity isdistorted and dissimilated, the evil side of human nature is exaggerated. Imperial haremTV plays’ hot broadcast caused a sensation in society, the internal logic of power strugglein imperial harem TV plays have attracted many office ladies’ attentions, and it is eventreated as their political textbook in office. Some experts and scholars consideredimperial harem TV plays as trash culture, In addition, imperial harem dramas werecriticized by its’ historic mistakes and lack of the historical sense of awe.The paper analyzes the developmental trajectories and creation patterns of the Imperial harem TV plays as a whole, meanwhile, attempt to seek a new breakthroughthrow its’ dilemma.