If "Journey to the West" is a classic, then "Jigong" is definitely a classic work no less than "Journey to the West".
The Jigong in the play is played by You Benchang. The Ji Gong he played, three points of madness, seven points of dashing, will be this image to the fullest, but behind the success is all sad.
At the age of 52, You Benchang met the first protagonist of his life, but he initially could not grasp the feeling of Jigong.
One morning, after You Benchang finished resting and started work, he didn't have shoes and heels, so he ran on the Jiuqu Bridge, and when he walked, he was upside down. He was inspired to think that Jigong was such a move--tap-tap.
After that, I immediately found the feeling of the character. Once, in order to complete the filming of this drama, he compressed his daily sleep time to a maximum of only four hours. And a play often has to be performed more than a dozen times,
There was a scene where Ji Gong was tortured, and he filmed it 12 times at that time. By the time the shoot was over, he was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up.
There are a lot of meat-eating scenes in the play, and all the food is smelly meat.
But he always ate in large mouthfuls, until the end of the shooting, he spit out the meat, and then Jigong got a lot of audience welcome, and also brought fire, You Benchang teacher, he also received a lot of drama.
But You Benchang's vision is very high, he can't read a lot of scripts, and some leaders look for him to act, but he didn't take the role casually, so he offended people and was finally banned.
Until 1991, You Benchang decided to shoot the sequel to "Jigong" at his own expense, and named the sequel "Jigong Travels".
While he was methodically preparing to shoot, You Benchang's wife, Yang Huihua, was diagnosed with terminal cancer that year. This gave You Benchang a back gun, so he immediately stopped the work at hand and concentrated on accompanying and caring for his wife.
The wife's illness lasted for four years, and the daughter also appeared abnormal at this time, the daughter who was already seriously partial, coupled with the mother's condition and the approaching of the college entrance examination, directly caused a huge psychological burden to the original introvert.
The daughter proposed to her father to give up the college entrance examination, and after some talks, You Benchang also supported her daughter's decision to drop out of school. At home, he carefully taught her to write, and later learned to learn and become a well-known writer.
At the same time, he also concentrated on taking care of his wife, and finally helped him survive the difficulties and overcome the disease. With the stability of family life, You Benchang has gradually restored the long-dormant state of showbiz work,
In August 1995, the mechanic travelogue directed by "You Benchang" officially began filming in Hangzhou, but he also created an opportunity for his daughter who loves to create. And the tour's debut work "Jigong Running a School" was also selected for the New Year's Day cross-talk sketch party in 1998.
Seeing his daughter's current achievements, You Benchang was happy to blossom in his heart, and soon "Jigong Travels", directed and performed by You Benchang, was continuously broadcast on 187 television stations across the country. After the broadcast, the response was very warm, and You Benchang also found a breakthrough in vision during this period.
Soon after, he began preparing to shoot a 52-episode Yaju sketch. In order to perform the arts, You Benchang established a drama troupe at the age of 85 with all his wealth, You Benchang Repertory Theatre,
Although Ben Chang is now elderly, he keeps pace with the times, has his own social platform, and often interacts with young people. Committed to spreading positive energy,
What is more interesting is that the Internet rumors that You Benchang had no drama to film in his later years and his life was bleak, and Teacher You directly recorded a video to clarify it personally.
At first, he read the news about himself very miserably, but he kept drawing a change of style, and suddenly a sentence came, scaring the baby to death. Through a funny way to show everyone his recent status, not only that, he also started a Douyin account, often appearing in the image of Jigong, evoking people's memories.
Learn to dance, keep up with the trend of the times, for a lifelong role model, incomparably positive energy, and funny old artist, what reason do we not like it.
Finally, I also wish Mr. You Benchang good health and a happy family life, and I also hope that his Honkawa Repertory Theatre can get better and better, bringing us more wonderful works.