On New Year's Day 2006, "The Legend of Wulin" was officially launched.
Sunflower point hole hand, overwhelming the sea, the son once knew, take care of my seventh uncle and grandfather...
The classic lines that linger around the beam seem to linger in my mind.
Suddenly, 16 years have passed.
Domestic sitcoms, which were once very popular, are now gradually disappearing.
Low production and poor quality have become the dilemma of sitcoms in the market now.
What have been the domestic sitcoms that have been born in 1993 and have been ups and downs for nearly 30 years?
Today, let's have a good chat.
When it comes to domestic sitcoms, we must first benefit from the "modern chamber drama" TV series form.
In the 1980s, with the wave of reform and opening up, the film and television industry also set off a "renaissance".
In 1990, the 50-episode family ethics drama "Longing" was broadcast, which attracted widespread attention.
It not only pioneered the form of modern chamber drama, but also turned the focus of television dramas to the non-heroic civilian image.
Longing (1990)
The success of "Longing" inspired director Zheng Xiaolong's enthusiasm to continue to create.
He decided to use the studio of "Longing" to continue shooting a new chamber drama.
In 1992, the prototype of China's sitcom, "The Story of the Editorial Board", came out, two years before "Friends".
The story of the editorial board revolves around the editorial board of the magazine "Human Guide".
The existence of "Guide to the World" is like a combination of "Reader", "Zhiyin" and "Story Club".
The play abandons the short trivial daily life of the parents of the small citizens, and focuses on the communication and collision between six editors with different personalities but are all understanding and helpful, as well as their various life stories.
Almost all of the stories told in this play are based on social hot topics in the 1980s.
For example, the Qiong Yao drama at that time, the little nanny into the city fever, the Taiwan veterans returning to their hometowns, the golden age of poetry, disco, etc. have all been reflected in the play.
Through the 6 people in the newsroom, the sentient beings of the whole society are connected, showing the various states of the world.
Although it is already a work from 30 years ago, it still has a cautionary significance when viewed to the present.
For example, one of Zhang Guoguo's cameos in one of the episodes, "What's Good to Marry".
Zhao Yonggang, played by Zhang Guoguo, is an "older leftover man".
Obviously, he was dragged by his family to the editorial office for a blind date, but he always secretly sent Qiu Bo to Li Dongbao.
Li Dongbao, played by Uncle Ge, frequently made golden sentences in the play.
The discussion of ethics and morality has also aroused frequent thinking in the present.
As a representative of office feminism, Ge Ling's speech of office needles and shortcomings will never become outdated.
But in a strict sense, "sitcoms" focus on the word "situation", requiring the scene to be relatively fixed and concentrated indoors.
"The Story of the Newsroom" has a lot of locations, which is not a sitcom.
Nevertheless, the story structure, character design, and scene fixation of "The Story of the Newsroom" have also laid a solid foundation for the emergence of real sitcoms in the future.
In 1993, the TV series "I Love My Home", directed by Yingda and named by Wang Shuo, came out.
Exaggerated and vivid performances, lifelike situations, and humorous lines earned it an ultra-high rating of 85%.
But at the same time, it also has a deeper meaning -
The first truly true sitcom in China's history was born.
Yingda is recognized as the "father of domestic sitcoms".
While studying for a master's degree in the United States, he visited the filming of the American sitcom "Cosby Show".
I was very interested in this, and after studying all aspects of their work process, I decided to introduce this drama into the country.
Early American sitcoms
Yingda once said bluntly that China's sitcoms are on the road of imitating American sitcoms, step by step.
When introducing sitcoms, Indah did not take it bluntly, but did localization.
The result was this family drama that covered all the crowds.
The story of "I Love My Home" takes place in a Beijing family in the 90s.
By showing the daily life of family members, neighbors, relatives and friends, the wheel of history connects the trivialities of life, incorporating many popular elements of the time, such as the World Cup, stocks, karaoke and so on.
To this day, the audience's discussion of this drama has gradually achieved "home learning".
This drama also eventually became "Dream of the Red Chamber" in China's transition era.
Until now, many of the terriers inside and outside the play are still the laughing stock of the audience.
The most out-of-the-circle is the classic shape "Ge You Paralysis" contributed by Ge You in the play.
In the film, Ji Chunsheng, played by him, is an out-and-out "moth".
When the screenwriter Ren Yingzhuang later mentioned that this character image is a parasite of society, he was given the surname "Ji" when he was named.
According to the harmonic tone, Ji Shengchun was born again, and after writing it, he felt a little awkward, so he reversed the last two words.
Beijing dialect can also add a child's pronunciation, which sounds local.
It felt right.
Such a deep and humorous story theme, coupled with a unique shooting method, is the peak of the opening.
"I Love My Home" has also laid a solid foundation for the development of Chinese sitcoms.
After the success of "I Love My Home", due to its low production cost and good market response, a number of sitcoms have appeared in China.
Rooted in the northern culture of "Waiting Hall", "Idle Centaur Big Sister", "Northeast Family";
Reflecting the life of the south, "Old Lady Uncle", "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" and so on.
At that time, Ying's sitcoms also began to fall into a creative bottleneck.
Although these works have been recognized by the audience as a whole, their influence is still far weaker than "I Love My Home".
With the advent of the new century, an unprecedented and new climax of sitcoms in which a hundred schools of thought are competing is coming.
With the advent of the new century, a crucial step in sitcoms, "Family with Children" was born.
The emergence of "Family with Children" is inseparable from the social environment at that time.
Under the implementation of the family planning policy, most Chinese families at that time were only children.
The series of ridiculous stories triggered by the three children in "Family with Children" is to a certain extent a return to the traditional Chinese family atmosphere.
The setting of the reorganized family in the play also reflects the changes in the family form in China during the period of social transformation.
In "Family with Children", the most talked about role is the "Treasure Boy" Liu Xing.
Since the broadcast of "Family with Children" in 2005, he has been a typical representative of "bear children".
Whether it is Liu Mei in the TV series, or her parents outside the TV set, they must have said the same sentence -
You are not allowed to learn Liu Xing!
Liu Xing can be described as the popular fashion vane of that year.
Dressing up to the present, may be the level of millions of bloggers in the fashion industry.
Nike, Adi, Fei Le wear it, liu xing, who is ahead of the trend for more than ten years, even the quilt, is "ant flower quilt".
In addition to the fashion analysis of Liu Xing, in recent years, the Internet has often been hotly discussed, "how rich is Liu Xing's family" in the end.
Four-bedroom, two-hall and two-bathroom house, nearly 200 square meters, the decoration is also avant-garde fashion.
Home appliances and facilities are also not lacking, everything is available!
In 2004, there were three computers.
The never-ending high lego in the refrigerator, one taste a day, makes many children hungry.
The table is always four dishes and a soup, big fish and big meat.
But in addition to the family conditions of Liu Xing's family, what everyone envies more is actually their family's education method.
Some viewers said that they wanted an enlightened father like Xia Donghai.
Xia Donghai is not only a father, but also a friend of the three children, and is a "good brother who is as close as father and son".
In addition to knowing how to respect children, Xia Donghai also has the courage to admit mistakes.
Psychologically, really put the child in an equal position.
Once, because he was in an irritable mood, he was angry with Liu Xing and Xiao Yu.
But Xia Donghai, who had calmed down, felt remorse for his irritability and personally went to "plead guilt" to the child.
In the early 21st century, traditional controlled education is still the mainstream of family education.
The concepts of equality, respect, enlightenment and dredging advocated by "Family with Children" can't help but make people shine.
When Liu Mei and Xia Donghai were educating their children, one sang red face and the other sang white face,
While telling the truth, the problem can be solved in a relaxed atmosphere, which is entertaining and educational.
Finally, back to the "Tale of Wulin" mentioned at the beginning.
How classic and popular is it?
At that time, when the finale was broadcast, it happened to collide with the Spring Festival Gala of that year.
However, "The Tale of Wulin" is still broadcast correctly.
It is enough to see how popular it is by the audience.
Although the background of the story in the play is overhead, the character shaping is very grounded.
Tong seems to have been pampered since childhood, loved money and cut doors, and was a timid chicken thief.
Sometimes I also like to compare, nag, and glass heart.
But she is also a woman who is ahead of her time and brave enough to face life.
Thieves have always adhered to the code of conduct of "thieves also have a way",
After seeing all the great rivers and rivers, those who hid in the town as a running hall in anonymity were terrified when they saw the officers and soldiers.
Like the fun of many behind-the-scenes creatives, when filming, the screenwriter Ning Caishen also brought "private goods" to himself.
In the play, a cameo was played as a diner, facing the laughing Tong treasurer, there were only four words in the appearance -
"Unpalatable!" "Settle the account!"
"The Tale of Wulin" is full of the freshness of new century artistic creation, and the deconstruction and collage of postmodern styles have a large number of conflict-filled expressions here.
East and West, ancient and modern, spicy and warm are all wonderfully mixed.
The shooting method is also unique, incorporating the elements of crossing and traveling to the "Pinggu Feilong Film and Television Base".
Break the fourth wall, create a distancing effect, and talk directly to the audience.
Nowadays, Tongfu Inn has long become the spiritual hometown of a generation.
The first eighty times are finished, but you can never wait for the last eighty times.
Inside and outside the play, it is all life.
Now that TV dramas are getting longer and longer, we are catching up with dramas faster and faster.
A TV series of dozens of episodes, double-speed playback plus continuous fast-forward, sometimes even a day, you can watch it.
The glory days of sitcoms are long gone.
Then came the day when the whole family sat around the TV and watched the TV series.
People miss the golden age of domestic sitcoms, and more nostalgic is the exquisitely carved "chewing head" of the art work, as well as the spiritual pursuit of artistic creation of the creators in the past.
As the ending song of "I Love My Home" sings—
"When tomorrow becomes yesterday, yesterday becomes a fragment of memory."
They will eventually become our memories, unrepeatable, buried in the heart, and laughter forever.
*Body author: Shallow