With the imminent release of Rose Matefeo’s brand new romcom Starstruck on BBC Three at the end of April, this coming year marks a watershed moment in broadcasting history with most BBC Three comedy either starring, written by or created by women. BBC Three will be the first UK channel to achieve this landmark in female representation with 58% of long-form scripted comedy written by women.
Upcoming titles include Lazy Susan, Starstruck and Ellie and Natasia plus the second series of both In My Skin and Back to Life.
In addition to this, the BBC today announces four new BBC Comedy Slices for BBC Three, all of which are written by and/or star female talent: Ladybaby, Amicable, Dinosaur and Britney, which results in the majority of comedy programmes on BBC Three now being female led.
Kate Daughton, outgoing Head of Comedy at the BBC, says: “Building on the huge success of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Daisy May Cooper, this marks a monumental achievement and is testament to the fact the most pioneering and exciting new voices in comedy are increasingly female.”
Kate leaves the Comedy Commissioning team today having made a tremendous impact overseeing a raft of female first titles. Since Kate’s arrival in 2017 she has commissioned and nurtured Fleabag, Mum, Ghosts, Gavin & Stacey: Christmas Special (2019), This Time With Alan Partridge, Back to Life, The Goes Wrong Show, Out of Her Mind, Two Doors Down, In My Skin and Man Like Mobeen. Alongside the forthcoming Witchfinder, Alma’s Not Normal and Stephen Merchant series The Offenders (w/t).
Shane Allen, Director of BBC Comedy, says: “Five years ago there were still articles asking where all the funny women were. That hoary old nonsense can finally be dispensed with once and for all. It’s a level playing field with the most vibrant and dynamic work coming through from females writers and writer performers who are elevating the art form of comedy and expanding its horizons. As for Kate Daughton, no longer will she curse at me for loud sneezing in the office. Partly because she’s leaving and mostly because we’ve not been in the office. Truly bereft; in denial that she’s off and we’re lucky to have had her for so long.”
Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, says: “Kate’s impeccable taste, whip smart comedy brain and beguiling ways with talent have had a transformative impact on the comedy output in her time here. The fact that BBC Three can claim to be the first UK channel with a majority of female led and written scripted comedy is in large part down to her vision and passion for backing genre defining female creatives. She’ll be sorely missed but thankfully leaves behind a terrific legacy of shows ahead.”
这是个酸楚却温暖且振作的故事。个人最喜欢最感佩的还不是母女情深的主题，而是这一对母女在陷入逆境后的坦然、踏实和坚毅，跌落就跌落！有什么可怕的！不要再问我“你还好吗”，我们换个位置（社会地位、母女角色转换）继续努力过日子！良性社会前提下，我非常认同~
结尾那段蒙太奇有点强撑的感觉，全片也收地莫名其妙
平静表面下，激水横流。虽然不如阳光普照故事性那么强那么精妙，但消防员抓住那条蛇的时候，我就知道这部电影也抓到我了
落差。结尾也还是未能免俗，反向瀑布了一把，略抓马。无病呻吟也好不痛不痒也罢，台湾电影总还是能叫人心变得柔软的。
瀑布是绝妙的隐喻。喻时局，疫情突袭，人自无力抵抗，家道中落，举步维艰；喻母女，叛逆与捆绑，不安的潜流，互相折磨又彼此需要的亲密关系：喻疾病，表面的平静，心魔的跌宕；喻命运，巨大神秘力量，苍天在上，苍生在下，肉体生命如浮尘，随时会在平静中遭遇洪水的突袭。
配乐铺的太满了，前半段贾静雯的精神病视角居然是恐怖片配乐，每段配乐一出都感觉下一秒要变鬼片了。前半段贾静雯和每个人都剧烈冲突，女儿、前夫、公司都成了她的困境，加上悬疑惊悚的营造让上半段充满张力。下半段风格和配乐都巨变，以王静的视角展开叙事，女儿在家庭瀑布般坠落的时候主动承受压力，帮助母亲和家庭走出困境。在拯救的时候会发现每个人都变得温情了，佣人、中介、公司、消防、主任，每个人都在比赛谁是最好的好人似的，戏剧性突降。瀑布总体上体现钟孟宏的水平，下一部很值得期待。
生活像一幅褪色的画 倾斜了再也摆不回原来的样子
瀑布轰鸣，不期而至，大到影响全球的时代洪流，小到思觉失调的个人脑海，唯有将接受与理解视为新的信念。明显“仁慈”太多的钟孟宏，为防疫时代的无望生活注入了太多圆满，即便以悬疑恐怖质感时刻渲染的蓝色绝望，令一切都像是思觉失调者臆想的空欢喜。
被隔离，被压抑，人与人之间强烈的距离感。“你可不可以答应我一件事？不要再问我‘你还好吗’，我会想办法好起来，好好地跟你一起过下去。”
三星半，贾静雯真的绝，为了最后一场戏多给半星也不是不也可以，同样都是98年的，刘浩存真的可以被王净按在地上摩擦，还有刘冠廷，尽管这里只有惊魂一瞥，但看过他其他几个作品，演的也真好，前段时间我看台湾的无声，都是年轻人或者中年演员，我总是奇怪，为什么人家的演技就那么好呢，内地的演员都在琢磨什么呢，
台湾电影这两年似乎偏爱关注人的心理问题，试图通过个体的精神问题去映射时代的症候。《阳光普照》是这样，《瀑布》也是如此。结尾处女儿在瀑布中历险活下来，即映照着母亲最终从思觉失调中痊愈。他人必须亲身经历之后才知道瀑布的声音是什么，才知道濒死的感觉是什么，否则很难与患者感同身受，哪怕那是与自己血脉相连又日日相处的人。大陆的电影中也不乏有精神病患者的形象，但还多停留在符号的层面，只有一层象征意义，用这个符号来衬托现实的荒诞。少了一点勇气，也没有深入探究的耐心。钟孟宏是真的塌下身子去拍这部戏的，加半星。
整体的电影色调是那种很舒服的明亮感，画面很通透，人物打光很足，故事是传统讲述和细腻表达，不过整个框架太平缓，没有太多的冲突，总觉得少了些强烈的主题，延续富有特色的清幽配乐，贾静雯和王静演技可以的（里面口罩大小不合适，总是不贴合面部；台湾的房产中介这么良心的吗，让人直呼666。）
两位女性演员的表演都内敛而有层次，看得出导演调教的功力。但，后三分之二的剧情，因为母慈女孝而过于顺利和完美了，少了许多应该使之成为一个好故事的张力。
可能与近期自身的情绪问题有相似性，对片中那种迟缓、近乎淤滞的时间触觉感同身受，共鸣在耳。急骤激流并不可怕，生活滩涂中深一脚浅一脚地朝前走，才最考验电量。捕蛇者说，今虽死乎此，比吾乡邻之死则已后矣，又安敢毒耶。钢筋水泥丛薄中，亦为捕蛇更易。
3.5 “每个人都有难堪的过去，只是大小不同而己。而且，末来会怎样，也没有人知道。”
很想要賈靜雯家裡掛的長幅《電車狂》海報，雖然這家人的屋裡出現這張海報完全不make sense，間接也顯示了鍾孟宏中產和文藝趣味過濫的問題（包括魏如萱的段落）。前半段沈悶和用力過猛有點難忍，後半段陳以文出現後還蠻喜歡的：家裡的蛇，結尾在電視中見到女兒那件「don’t sweat it」的t恤的處理都蠻好
好喜欢背景音乐，魏如萱贡献了安静又迷人的一场戏。但故事的文本实在太弱了，基本都是依靠情绪在推进故事，然后在情绪最高点时呼应「瀑布」的主题，整体像是一个短篇小说。 瀑布的意思是「理不清的愁绪，时常轰隆隆地在心头炸裂开来，急流而下，却不知道落水要流向何处，堆积成了解不开的心结」。 不要再问我「你还好吗」？ 我会想办法好起来，好好地和你一起过下去。
这个结尾就算是隐喻，也是过于明显又莫名其妙。
7.6/故事朴素，配乐清新，演技在线，情感动人。DON’T SWEAT IT!
陈主任：每个人都有难堪的过去，只是大小不同而已；而且，未来会怎样，谁也不知道。
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