[Drama Notes] Seeing the Multiple Appearances and Social Welfare Dilemmas of the Victim from the Experience of a Violent Woman - "The Floating Life of a Maid"

Title: "Maid" (Maid)
Language: English Episodes: 10 (one season)
Year of broadcast: 2021

In just a few weeks, it surpassed the 62 million-view threshold of the 2020 series "The Soldier" to become Netflix's most popular miniseries, based on the memoir "I Just Want My Daughter to Have a Home: The Survival of a Single-Maid Maid" "The Road"'s "Maid Floating Life" (Maid) may be the most neglected good work in Taiwan last year.

Starring the new-generation actress Margaret Cooley, "The Maid's Life" tells the story of a single mother, how to escape from the shadow of domestic violence, seek help, and then rely on cleaning the house for others to support herself, and The story of a daughter's rebirth. As the plot progresses, it not only highlights the predicament that single-parent abused women must face to reconnect with society; various subsidies that are "seen but not eaten", but also the welfare policies that modern countries are proud of, sometimes On the contrary, it is difficult to help the weak ironic reality.

In addition to the exciting plot, Margaret Cooley's superb acting skills have profoundly presented various emotional transitions, and her mother-daughter rivalry with her mother Andie McDowell in the play is even more of a "Maid Floating Life" "A major point of view.

To be honest, "The Maid's Life" is a film that may make the audience feel impatient, but such "impatient" does not mean that the film itself is not good, on the contrary, it should be said that it is too successful to present it realistically It's not the real life of "good candy".

In addition to the never ending predicament, people often feel tremblingly that the protagonist will fall in the next moment; when faced with various levels, he is always unwilling to compromise, but fights for his and his daughter's due rights, and there will inevitably be a protagonist " feeling of dissatisfaction". These all represent that "The Maid's Floating Life" really allows the audience to actually experience the situation of women who have been abused, and then they can realize that they have such a lack of understanding of vulnerability, and even realize their own stereotypes.

Compared with other works, the human nature in "The Maid's Floating Life" cannot be called sinister, and it can even be said to be "ordinary", but perhaps because of this, it can easily touch people's hearts and bring more reflection.

"The Maid's Life" short story: what happened to the real Alex? (There is thunder ⚡️Attention‼️)

Although there are many fictional characters in the play (the original author only mentions his ex-boyfriend and parents in the book), the protagonist Alex does have a real person, that is, "I just want my daughter to have a home" : Stephanie Rand, author of A Single-Maid's Survival. And after the series is broadcast, many viewers may also be curious: "How is Alex's life in reality now?"

In fact, Rand has continued to work as a "maid", taking care of his daughter while studying at university. After graduation, he became a freelance writer, specializing in writing for parenting magazines, and is currently preparing for his next new work. Through IG account @stepville she also often shares her life.

Although relying on the success of the first book, she successfully got rid of poverty, but Rand also admitted that the experience of poverty had a profound impact on her. For people who read her story and wanted to help others, she suggested to directly ask the needs of the person being helped. What: "I guess the answer might be diapers, tampons, and a little gas money, because when you're hungry and you can't make a living, your life becomes very small and short."