Cross-talk is the art that is closest to the times. We say that cross-talk is a traditional art, because it embodies human nature, and human nature is constant. But human nature should be depicted through interpersonal communication, speech and action, and it should be placed in the typical cases of the general environment at that time. And this big environment is the society, that is, the times.
It was the autumn of 2006, when I was performing with Mr. Wang Wenlin, a cross-talk senior, he was a bald man, and under the illumination of the lights on the stage, his bald head shone brightly. At that time, just in time for Pluto to be reclassified as a dwarf planet, and since the list of planets was removed, I grabbed it on the stage and said, "Mr. Wang went to attend the International Astronomical Conference, and those astronomers looked at him, ho, it was too bright, add him, Pluto is not counted." "In the week when the news of Pluto's withdrawal from the nine planets of the solar system was first reported, the effect of this burden was a landslide and a lot of applause.
However, after a week or two, I will not talk about this baggage myself. Why? Saying it must not have worked. Because the audience must first recall the fact that Pluto withdrew from the nine planets of the solar system, and then return to the show, so that around, the baggage naturally cannot ring (no effect).
All the good baggage in crosstalk is laid out, and the reason why Pluto's burden is not laid is because society has already paved the way for you. Time has passed, and without the preparation of society, the burden will certainly not ring. If you want to make this baggage, you also have to reorganize the language, lay the groundwork, and it may not have the original effect, so it is better not to say.
This is the most superficial example of borrowing social hot events in the baggage, and there are similar examples in the old crosstalk. Mr. Luo Rongshou, a famous cross-talk artist in Beijing, is the best at performing "Yellow Crane Tower", which has such a baggage:
A: Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan (keep learning to play the sound of small gongs with your mouth)
B: Wait a minute, how do you fight endlessly?
A: I don't pay taxes if I fight more.
Before the founding of New China, this burden was a big burden; after the founding of New China, Luo Rongshou continued this kind of acting. At this time, Luo Rongshou's disciple, Zhang Shanzeng, who was also a highly learned scholar in the cross-talk circle at that time, proposed: "Brother Shi, you can't make this burden anymore, because it is a satire on the old social Kuomintang government's taxation, and now there are not so many taxes. ”
Old artists attach great importance to their own work (programs), because it is a means and a tool for making a living. Therefore, Luo Rongshou was very angry and said, "You are destroying my work, you give me a burden, you have to add one to me!" Zhang Shan was also young at the time, arguing a few words, so much so that Luo raised his hand to give Zhang a slap, and the brothers of the masters persuaded Han Fang to stop.
After that, the baggage became less and less loud, less and less loud, and in the end, Luo Rongshou still removed it. When he saw Zhang Shanzeng again many years later, he admitted: "Shanzeng, I hit you wrong, or you are right." ”
It should be said that the brand of the times carried by this baggage is still very obvious, and there are some baggage that are even more deeply imprinted, but it is difficult to see.
For example, the end of "Xue Ping Drama" is like this: A says that the play he sings can make people cry, and B does not believe it. The two bet A would make B cry. When A began to sing, B smiled, A sang to the end, and B cried loudly. A said, "Look at the crying." B said, "I lost my wallet!" ”
This burden is now difficult to make sound, even if the actor's performance ability and learning to sing skills are high, the audience is also a faint smile, so the later performances are mostly changed to this:
A: You see crying.
B: You stepped on my feet!
In this way, the effect is better again.
But why is the traditional old baggage not good?
According to my analysis, before the founding of New China, the social order was chaotic, theft was rampant, and the people's livelihood was poor, and often theft once meant that life was in trouble. Therefore, on the street, at the intersection, in the shopping mall, suddenly there will be foreigners or urban poor people on their knees crying: "I lost my wallet!" "This was something that people often saw at the time. When the cross-talk actor performed, he suddenly and unexpectedly cried out such a sentence, which immediately reminded people of the familiar situation, so the people laughed. Now even if there are people who have lost things, they will call the police on 110, where are the people on their knees crying? Without this social phenomenon, and talking about this baggage, it will naturally have no effect.