Difficulties facing biographical drama.. The crying laughing raises controversy

The controversy has not stopped since the beginning of the series “The crying laughing” on television, which deals with the life of the late artist, Najib Al-Rihani, who enjoys a special and exceptional place among the theater and cinema audience in the Arab world.

The work written by Mohamed El-Gheity was presented, and director Mohamed Fadel returned with it after more than ten years of absence from the artwork, and embodies the role of Al-Rihani, the artist Amr Abdel Galil.

Arrows of criticism came for all components of the work, from writing through acting to directing, and the controversy escalated over a number of historical facts and the use of some vocabulary that was not used at the time of the work events.

Some of the works were preceded by the series “The crying laughing” in the same controversy, and perhaps one of the most important works that sparked widespread controversy was the series “Farouk”, which dealt with the life of King Farouk, the last king of the Muhammad Ali family in Egypt, written by Lamis Jaber, and directed by, Hatem Ali.

The series “Cinderella”, which presented the life of the late Souad Hosni in 2006, was written by Mamdouh El-Leithi, and the script and dialogue came to the writer, Atef Bishai, and Mona Zaki embodied the character of Cinderella, and she received a great deal of attack due to the audience’s dissatisfaction with her performance of one of the most Egyptian and homeland artists. Arabic is popular.

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The attack on the series “The crying laughing” did not stop at the decline in the technical level or the inaccuracy of historical events, but included all the details of the work, which made the art critic

Art critic Ahmed Saad El-Din believes that the biographical drama is as old as Arab television and presented a large number of personalities in various fields. Unknown.

Pointing out that he wishes to see the character of the great artist Najib Al-Rihani, with all its advantages and disadvantages.

Saad El-Din confirms in exclusive statements to “TnT Universal Tv” that the problems of the autobiographical drama are many, for example, the presence of the heirs of the character being addressed do not want to show his negatives on the screen, and thus appear in front of the viewer angels who do not make mistakes.

Saad El-Din confirms that the series “Umm Kulthum” is one of the best that has been presented, despite its flaws, such as insisting on showing Umm Kulthum as an overwhelming figure that no one can resist her strength and ignoring the work makers that she is human beings with weaknesses and human moments.

Regarding the works that survived those bumps, Saad El-Din said that the series “Qassem Amin” and “Ali Mosharafa” are among the best that Arab drama presented in that context.

On the other hand, the art critic, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, said that autobiographical series have a special attraction to the public, especially those works that deal with the lives of artists who enjoy wide popularity.

On the series “The Weeping Laughing”, Abdel Rahman said that the work is still in the process of being shown, but it seems that deceiving the age in the personality of Najib Al-Rihani’s mother, who is embodied by the artist Ferdous Abdel Hamid, has raised a degree of astonishment among the viewers.

He pointed out, in exclusive statements to “TnT Universal Tv”, that this type of business suffers from many problems, the most important of which is the writing crisis and the writer’s ability to present an appropriate and good scenario, at the same time accurate and close to the truth.

Abdel Rahman pointed out that one of the biggest obstacles is also the availability of the actor who is close to the character in form, pointing out that the makers of the series “Nightingale”, which dealt with the life of the late artist Abdel Halim Hafez, admitted that the hero of the series was only similar to Halim and was not a good enough actor.

Regarding the works that were able to overcome these crises, Abdel Rahman said that in addition to the series “Umm Kulthum”, the series “In front of the preachers” benefited from the popularity of Sheikh Al-Shaarawy, and the artist Hassan Youssef made a good effort in presenting the character.

For her part, the critic Magda Morris defended the work and told “TnT Universal Tv” that despite the distinguished directing effort in the series, especially in presenting a suggestive and appropriate image of the events, the choice of Ferdous Abdel Hamid has harmed the work and her as a great actress and confined her to a very limited performance space. .

Morris added that the choice of Amr Abdel Galil is very correct, as he is a very distinguished actor and has creative energies that have not been invested so far.

It is noteworthy that the series “The Laughing and Weeping”, which is currently being shown, prostrates the character of the late artist Najib Al-Rihani, who was born in 1889 and passed away in 1949 after a rich artistic bid.