Among the sketches that Guo Da Cai Ming has cooperated with, of course, there are many works that can be called excellent, but realistically speaking, there are not many sketches that can be called top-level.
Top sketches need to achieve a perfect combination of themes, ideas, performances, entertainment and other aspects, and ultimately achieve the ultimate effect of staying close to life, reflecting the times, and entertaining and educating.
The author believes that in Guo Da Cai Ming's sketches, there is a work that is not only top-notch, but can even be described as a "divine work", which is the sketch "Star Chaser" performed by the two of them and Teacher Zhao Lirong at the 35th anniversary celebration party of CCTV in 1993.
First, the background of the creation
In the early 1990s, with the gradual fading of Tam Wing Lin and Cheung Kwok Wing, the Hong Kong entertainment industry was in dire need of new music idols, first Li Ming and Andy Lau were packaged as "Gemini stars" in an attempt to replicate the grand situation of Tan Zhang's struggle for hegemony. Then Jacky Cheung joined in to form the "Three Musketeers" competition, and then the return of Aaron Kwok, in 1992, the "Four Kings" with great influence in the history of Hong Kong's entertainment industry were born.
With the economic development and the popularization of popular culture, the carefully packaged four heavenly kings also set off a star-chasing fever in the mainland, and the first generation of "star-chasing families" was born.
In the process of star chasing crazy star chasing, there are also many undesirable phenomena, such as abandoned studies, blind worship, and even some extreme behavior, Zhou Xingchi in the 1994 movie "King of Destruction" through a sentence "I love dawn" to show the crazy behavior of the star chaser.
In this context, the famous comedy sketch author Jiao Naiji created "Star Chaser".
2. Performance background
The stage of the sketch "Star Chaser" was the 35th anniversary of CCTV's Taiwan Celebration Party, which was one of the most famous Taiwan celebrations in the history of CCTV, and invited popular singers such as Zhou Huajian, Su Youpeng and Yi Nengjing to attend.
At that time, we often saw a version of Zhou Huajian wearing a vest and singing the masterpiece "Flower Heart" on TV from this Taiwan celebration party.
Interestingly, Su Youpeng, a member of the Little Tigers who just flew alone, not only sang a song "Wait until that day" solo, but also sang a song "Minecraft Only You Know Best" with Yi Nengjing, and he even made a cameo appearance in "Star Chaser".
After Su Youpeng and Yi Nengjing sang, he was immediately surrounded by a group of fans on the stage (arranged in advance) to sign an autograph, and in this group of "fans" mixed with Cai Ming, who was dressed in a student costume, she squeezed to Su Youpeng to get the autograph and excitedly showed it to others, and then "fainted" in ecstasy.
Amid the screams of the ambulance, the sketch "Star Chaser" appeared.
Third, classic fragments
The plot design of "Star Chaser" is very clever, a grandmother, a father and a child, the child is obsessed with the singer caused by a serious decline in academic performance, the father is angry, but because of the grandmother's doting can not teach the child. The doting grandmother cannot communicate with the child.
Three generations, three generations, three contradictions concentrated in a ten-minute sketch erupted, the subtlety of the plot is breathtaking, which is more real and more interesting than simply preaching.
The stage background design of "Star Chaser" is also very distinctive, the virtual space should be the child's bedroom, the large background wall is plastered with photos of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, in addition to the four kings, there is also a small whirlwind Lin Zhiying that was also very popular that year, the head of Dawn is the largest and most obvious of all the stars, I don't know if this is because the stage artists are also "I love Dawn" or because Dawn is a Beijinger.
Interestingly, next to the avatar of each Hong Kong and Taiwan singer, a photo of Cai Ming herself was pasted, allowing her to "snuggle" next to each singer, which looked very comedic.
This skit has a lot of classic bridges worth mentioning:
"Ice water, I want to drink ice water", "Give me a good talk", "Drink cold white open"
"I saw the singer smile at me, and when I was holding the flowers and shouting to stop his car, I heard the wheel click", "Stop? "It drove past, but the car splashed me with mud, what a happy mud idea that was."
"You look at your historical answer and ask, who is Zheng Chenggong?" Answer, Zheng Zhihua's younger brother. Oops, is he Zheng Zhihua's younger brother! "That beating is his brother?"
"Do you know what constellations they are?" Do you know what colors they all like? Do you know what they see that they are allergic to, and what kind of pimples they have on their bodies after they are allergic? Also, who of them is most afraid of air conditioning, who is most afraid of electric fans, who loves to eat sweet, who loves to eat sour, and when they go to the toilet, who loves to read the newspaper the most, who loves to smoke the most, do you know all this? "You said a guy went to the bathroom, and I followed to see what!" ”
"In the first month, I have to ~~~The first month is full", "Mom, it's "The stars are lit up", "I haven't finished singing it, the lights will come out in a moment, the fifteenth day of the first month will make a flower lamp, there is no lamp, this flower lamp, that hangs, that big door ~~~", "Don't listen, don't listen, don't listen"
"Dear audience friends, today's program is all played, thank you for watching, we will meet again tomorrow", "It's over, people are off work"
PS: CCTV famous host Sun Xiaomei can also be regarded as a cameo in "Star Chaser".
4. Classic actors
"Star Chaser" is a very successful sketch, in addition to the author and director, of course, it is inseparable from the wonderful interpretation of the three actors.
The star chaser played by Cai Ming is also a high school girl according to the person, and Cai Ming, who was 32 years old at the time, actually had no pressure, and his body dressed up every move had the strength of a little girl, especially a few words of "hate" is full of vigor and admiration.
Teacher Zhao Lirong is the finishing touch of the sketch, if Cai Ming is funny, Zhao Lirong is an excellent praise, on the one hand, it perfectly interprets the state of intergeneration affinity and doting, on the other hand, it also shows the different generation gap between her and her son and granddaughter to the fullest.
Relatively speaking, Guo Da, who is a bit like a greasy sewing character, looks a bit ordinary around Zhao Lirong and Cai Ming, mainly because of his role limitations, there is not much baggage and highlights in his place.
There is an old treasure in the family, but unfortunately, Guo Da Cai Ming did not cooperate further with Teacher Zhao later, and as a result, this treasure was dug up by Gong Hanlin.
Fifth, it is not outdated
1993's "Star Chaser", after 28 years of watching it today, you will find that its content is still outdated.
Although the term "star chaser" has become history, the phenomenon of star chasing is not less, but it is more popular and more lively, and at the same time more chaotic.
In the 1990s, the most common problems were abandoned studies and blind worship, and other problems caused by society were not very obvious. Today, more than 20 years later, the "fan circle" evolved from the star-chaser family has become a widespread cultural, economic and social phenomenon, which also hides many drawbacks.
For example, the problem of fundraising and online violence caused by the fan circle has become common, and the fan circle has not only made fans waste their studies, but even make fans pay a lot of money to be cut leeks, and there are cases of family bankruptcy. What is more serious is that the ensuing ideological orientation problems cannot be ignored.
Ironically, while the star-chasing clan evolved into a fan circle, the quality of idols has seriously declined, and the four kings of that year are all powerful stars, and the film and television songs are all developing in an all-round way, and everyone's strength and achievements are enough to become a role model in the entertainment industry.
Looking at the current love bean group, many people don't say that the film and television song three habitats have developed, and it is already amazing to be able to do one of them well, and some love beans are popular by relying on two things, a good-looking face and a publicity of the persona.
In extreme cases, those who engage in singing and dancing can become popular by relying on the "why can't do it" and "nothing" people, and those who say cross-talk can become popular by relying on "stupid", "stupid" and "late for work".
If you use a network language to describe the current love beans and fan circles, it may be a "divine horse thing".
Guo Da has a line in "Star Chaser" that says it well: In the eyes of you children, it seems that there are only a few singers and a few popular songs in the world, and our big country with a history of five thousand years of civilization wants to develop, can we rely on those few singers and a few popular songs?
Objectively speaking, entertainment industrialization is part of social development and should not be killed with a stick, but the chaos of love beans and fan circles that exist in it must also be rectified.