When it comes to crosstalk, what comes to mind? Is it the older generation of cross-talk artists such as Jiang Kun, Ma Sanli and Hou Baolin, or the now popular Guo Degang and his disciples of the "Deyun Society"?
After 2000, the "Deyun Society" led by Guo Degang suddenly sprung up, spread all over the country, and "saved" the cross-talk that had declined for more than ten years, but at the same time, it was also criticized as "three customs" by the "mainstream cross-talk circle" at that time for putting "street baggage" on the stage, and jointly resisted the vulgarity, vulgarity and kitsch in cross-talk works, and Guo Degang was not willing to show weakness, and counterattacked through the irony of his works.
In this way, Guo Degang has been fighting with the "mainstream cross-talk community" for more than ten years. Now that more than a decade has passed, the "Deyun Society" has not only almost monopolized the domestic cross-talk market, but also created a unique business model with the play of the rice circle, and what is the current situation of actors in the "mainstream cross-talk industry"? Next, let's take stock of them one by one.
The first thing to say is the death of a group of cross-talk artists of the older generation. In the 1980s, as one of the representatives of cross-talk at that time, Ma Ji left behind popular works such as "Cosmic Brand Cigarette" and "Five Senses Competition", and died of illness in 2006;
Hou Baolin's son, Guo Degang's master, and cross-talk master Hou Yaowen also died in Beijing in 2007;
Time to 2018, 2018 "mainstream cross-talk industry" can be described as a big change, many cross-talk people have passed away, to the cross-talk industry and even the entire literary and art circle have cast a shadow.
First Hou Baolin's disciple, Ding Guangquan, who trained "foreign disciples" from more than 70 countries and is known as the "head of the Beijing Foreign Sect", died in January, followed by Chang Baohua, who was a collection of cross-talk, sketches, and allegro, "China's first double reed", "the first person in China's Taiping lyrics" Liu Wenbu, "Tian Lihe's wife", China's rare female cross-talkist Zhang Wenxia, "Hou Baolin's closed disciple" Shi Shengjie died in September, and at the beginning of October, Taiwanese cross-talk artist Mr. Wu Zhaonan and "Bao" died in September. Xie Tianshun, a cross-talk actor of the generation, also passed away one after another.
Without the support of the older generation of cross-talk artists, the "mainstream cross-talk community" seems to be becoming decadent, and the gushing of some controversy has also exacerbated this trend.
As early as 2004, the famous cross-talk actor Li Jindou was secretly photographed while pressing his feet in a bathing center, and the suspect claimed to have Li Jindou's "video of prostitution" and extorted Li Jindou 800,000 yuan.
The biggest controversial figure in the "mainstream cross-talk industry" is Hou Yaohua. As we all know, Hou Yaohua is the eldest son of Hou Baolin and a cross-talk master admired by everyone, but in recent years it has been frequently controversial. The first is to send a fake bag to the female apprentice. The female apprentice was very happy after the master gave her own bag, so she posted it on Weibo and called it a "limited edition", but then it broke out that it was actually bought in a small shop, not a big-name limited edition package, and the shop involved in the incident was immediately closed;
The second is this year's Henan flood, it is rumored that Hou Yaowen donated 30 yuan, was complained by the whole network is "the old artist who lacks both virtue and art", although Hou Yaowen refuted the rumors, but the reputation has really declined badly.
In addition, he also threatened to "clean up the portal", he stipulated that all the current apprentices of Houmen must produce good works within one year, otherwise they will clean up the portal after a year.
But the question is, as the "leader" of Houmen Xiangsheng, he himself has no works to speak of, so why should he serve the public to demand the disciples? And use this to satirize Guo Degang, saying that when he entered the cross-talk gate, he should follow the door rules and the distinction between the elders, and if he had the ability, he should not worship Hou Yaowen in the first place. After making such a scene, it even made the public lose their good feelings for Hou Yaowen, and the "mainstream cross-talk circle" was also killed by the wind comment.
However, looking back at today's "mainstream cross-talk industry", there are not a few cross-talk actors in the "top pillar" style.
The first is the "two mountains" of Feng Gong and Jiang Kun, although one has entered politics and the other has changed his career to perform sketches, but I have to say that these two still have weight and status in the eyes of the audience. In the spring evening of 2017, when Jiang Kun returned with "New Tiger Mouth Reverie", it caused a warm response from the audience;
And Feng Gong also made an innovative attempt at cross-talk, and it was also in the spring evening of this year that he launched the cross-talk drama "Trust", and his sentence "I want to die you" is also regarded as a classic line. Among the Mesozoic cross-talk actors, there are also cross-talk actors like Miao Fu, who have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and now have a certain reputation in the cross-talk industry.
This "mainstream cross-talk community" that has been fighting with Guo Degang for so many years seems to have a mixed reputation today, but the efforts of the older generation of cross-talk artists who have worked hard and silently for China's cross-talk cause should not be disappointed, and they are still shining today!