In 1984, 30-year-old Chen Peisi and colleague Zhu Shimao rehearsed a short play.
Unexpectedly, the first audition was extremely popular. Since then, every time the show has been performed, the venue has been full.
Once performing in the gymnasium cafeteria, the audience below fell out of their chairs laughing. What's even more exaggerated is that the kitchen staff laughed at the buttons of their clothes.
But this little short drama is going to the Spring Festival Gala, and many people have questioned it. Because it's too nonsensical, too unserious.
They think: "Wouldn't it be bad to make people laugh on a spring night?" ”
Under all kinds of concerns, the Spring Festival Gala did not decide whether to let Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao go up in the end.
Finally, Huang Yihe, the director of the Spring Festival Gala, gritted his teeth and clapped: "This show must be on, and I am responsible for the accident." ”
As a result, after "EatIng Noodles" was broadcast at the Spring Festival Gala in 1984, the people of the whole country laughed like crazy. The bowl that was obviously empty made Chen Peisi eat a unique delicacy.
Chen Peisi from dressing, to every look, every step, let the audience can't help but laugh.
The combination of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao also went out of the circle.
Since then, Spring Nights has had a fixed program format, skits. The appearance of the sketch also made the Spring Festival Gala more laughter.
At this time, Song Dandan was still only an actor in the Beijing People's Art Theater, and Zhao Benshan was still doing "the first blind man in the northeast" in "Breaking the Three Strings".
After Chen Peisi Zhu Shimao, in addition to Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan, a number of outstanding sketch actors such as Gao Xiumin, Zhao Lirong, Fan Wei, and Pan Changjiang have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.
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In 1954, Chen Peisi was born in an acting family, and his father was the famous TV actor Chen Qiang. Therefore, Chen Peisi is a veritable "star second generation".
Chen Peisi has grown a "non-protagonist face" since he was a child, and a pair of slender small eyes are particularly prominent.
When he was a child, in addition to being mischievous and fond of fighting, Chen Peisi also inherited his father's comedic talent.
Once, the teacher gave the students a problem in class and used "colorful" to create a sentence.
After the students finished making the sentence, Chen Peisi stood up and said, "I put a colorful bean blossom fart." ”
After Chen Peisi finished speaking, the students laughed and rolled forward and backward.
In that decent era, Chen Peisi's performance was called "out of line".
But Chen Peisi did not want to cater to that era, and ran his "non-mainstream" through to the end, from life to art.
Chen Peisi's first film was "Look at this Family" with his father.
In the movie, Chen Peisi held his head high and read the words in his mouth: "This bold through-the-motion shows the combat life of your bookstore like tea ..."
Inside and outside the play, the audience can't laugh at themselves.
This is the first comedy film in China in the 1970s and 1980s.
Chen Peisi's father, Chen Qiang, supported his son in comedy because Chen Qiang felt: "The Chinese people are too bitter and want to bring joy to the people." ”
What is rare is that Chen Peisi's appearance and temperament make him stand on the stage, and there is an inexplicable sense of joy, which makes the audience can't help but want to laugh.
I have to admit that Chen Peisi was born for comedy.
Moreover, he is not just a "vase" of comedy, he loves comedy and is willing to spend his mind on it. Whatever the form, he only wants to make the audience laugh from the heart.
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In 1983, Zhu Shimao was transferred to the Bayi Studio and became a colleague with Chen Peisi.
The young Zhu Shimao grew a "good man's face", thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a face of righteousness.
At this time, he has already passed the "Wrangler" red.
The two quickly became acquainted, and often went out to walk a hole in the middle of each other to earn extra money.
Chen Peisi's father Chen Qiang and the director of the Spring Festival Gala, Huang Yihe, are very familiar, and Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao already have a certain degree of popularity at this time, which has Huang Yihe's invitation to their Spring Festival Gala.
Unexpectedly, this made Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao become well-known sketch actors.
Especially Chen Peisi, those small eyes of thieves, the sloppy dress, coupled with exaggerated expressions and actions, people always can't help but think of it.
The uncle and aunt who walked the bend saw Chen Peisi and shouted at him: "That is the young man who eats noodles on spring nights, hahaha..."
The popularity of the two made their caves more profitable, and countless business performances smashed at them.
In the 1980s, when the average salary was tens of yuan per capita, their daily performance fees were as high as thousands of yuan.
However, after becoming popular, they did not have much business, because of the Spring Festival Gala, most of the time every year was spent preparing for the Spring Festival Gala.
Since 1984, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao have been on the Spring Festival Gala for more than ten consecutive years.
In the past ten years, they have dedicated one wonderful sketch after another for the audience.
In 1986's "Lamb Kebabs", Chen Peisi incarnated as an unlicensed small trader on the street, and under Zhu Shimao's questioning of "Is there a license", Chen Peisi's various laughing answers made the audience laugh.
Today people can still remember the sentence: "Guarantee that you eat one string and think about two strings, eat two strings and think about ten skewers, you have this head, at least eat twenty skewers, come, you say, how much to eat grilled how much?" ”
In the 1989 sketch "Pepper Noodles", Chen Peisi did not have a single line throughout the whole process, but let the audience "feel empathy": this is like we eat too much.
It can be said that "Pepper Noodles" is a classic of Chinese pantomime, and it is a pinnacle work.
"Protagonist and Supporting Role", Chen Peisi ridiculed Zhu Shimao: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, you Zhu Shimao's thick eyebrows and big eyes also rebelled against the revolution." ”
Chen Peisi stood in the position of "non-mainstream", mocking the stupidity and hypocrisy of "mainstream", allowing the audience to see what is high-level comedy.
To this day, as long as you hear "Captain, don't shoot, it's me", many viewers can think of the whole plot of this skit, which can be called a god work.
"The Policeman and the Thief", Chen Peisi explained very well what is called "wearing a dragon robe is not like a prince".
The true and false policemen of the two, one good and one evil, plus chen Peisi's small eyes that sneak around, as well as the foreign appearance in the confrontation with Zhu Shimao, can be said to be very wonderful.
Chen Peisi shouted, "I'm a thief?!!" How can I be a thief? There are panics, there are also confusions about their own identities, and they perform the contradictions of human nature under the shell of comedy.
At this time, the comedy of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao, whether it is performance, plot or structure, has become very mature and advanced.
From 1984 to 1998, when he was discouraged and left, in the past ten years, half of the audience's laughter on the Spring Festival Gala stage can be said to be contributed by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao.
In addition, Chen Peisi's achievements are not only on the Spring Festival Gala stage, his films "The Ordeal of the Young Master", "Father and Son Classic Car", "Extra-Editor Husband", etc., were almost full when they were released, and achieved a very high box office.
What Chen Peisi is rare is that although he mostly plays "villains", he makes the audience have a sense of identity that "he is his own person", so that everyone likes him.
Chen Peisi is China's well-deserved "king of comedy", a title that no one will question because he deserves it.
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Although Chen Peisi is a "negative character" on the stage, he also looks like a bad person. But on the contrary, his heart is very pure and real, and he is obsessed with comedy efforts.
"I can only live in clear water."
This is Chen Peisi's willfulness towards life and art.
After 4 years of knowing life, he still thinks about it often.
Because he regretted to find: "After leaving there, I won't see so many good people." ”
An environment, good or bad, is what he values most.
To this day, he may still be able to understand: Why do people have so many intrigues and deceit?
After a copyright lawsuit with CCTV, Chen Peisi completely left the Spring Festival Gala after 1998 and was unwilling to go again.
Speaking of the reason for leaving, Chen Peisi only said lightly, "It is particularly important to be good." ”
Chen Peisi is almost picky about the environment, he can't stand the people around him becoming more and more utilitarian, the relationship is getting colder, and people need to be vigilant everywhere, and even look at people's eyes.
To this end, he did not hesitate to lose everything, leaving the environment that had given him everything and choosing to start over.
Because in that environment, he lost the freedom to create, and he could no longer make good artistic creations.
In June this year, Chen Peisi published an article through the People's Daily entitled "Promoting the Art of Comedy with Good Works."
He said:
"Many actors have no one in their eyes, no opponents, and perform in their own scenes, and it is difficult for the audience to laugh naturally." "Comedy creators must have a good attitude, and if they don't put the comedy creators and the audience in the right position, it will only embarrass the audience and themselves." ......
After reading Chen Peisi's article, I don't know how many actors blush?
It is not only comedians, but the audience has been poisoned by the actors' clumsy performances in the entertainment industry's rice circle culture for a long time.
Song Qian's "neurotic" performance, what is this all about?
The performance was meant to show a sense of fear, but apparently she had a misunderstanding of fear.
Chen Weiting's inner monologue when he was about to die, the emotions made the audience unpredictable, crying did not feel sad, and the sudden emotional change made the audience look inexplicable.
This section originally wanted to perform the tragedy of unpaid ambition, but it was vividly evolved into "Hedong Lion Roar".
Wu Xin's staring performance, she herself acted very enjoyably, and the audience was embarrassed to watch.
Yang Ying couldn't cry out, and could only use props - eye drops.
Chen Peisi said:
"Really good acting skills need to be honed through live performances and frequent interaction with the audience."
But these actors often take tens of millions of salaries, in order to make more money shuttle through the major sets, where is the time to hone their acting skills?
The actors' poor acting skills are finally bitter to the audience, our minds are occupied by capital, and we have watched one film and television drama after another or embarrassing or boring.
Some of the actors were still on stage, but the audience wanted them to leave sooner.
Some of the actors have left the stage, but the audience has been nostalgic and waiting for the day when he will return.
Chen Peisi happens to be the latter.
It's not that he needs the audience, it's that the audience needs him to return.
This is the charm of a good actor, no matter how many years have passed, people always miss it, and the return is still "top stream".