Recently, there was a Korean actress who caught fire in the country.
Tsai Xiubin.
Speaking of names, it's still unfamiliar, but if you look at a screenshot of a variety show she participated in, you may know her.
A "Ah! So cool" gave goosebumps, and instantly remembered this girl who visualized "appearance is justice".
"It's so cool."
It's kind of moving
Cai Xiubin was born in July 1994 and debuted in 2014, but he is rarely famous in Chinese mainland. Of course, he is a rookie in South Korea. In 2017, she starred in the TV series "Rebel Thief: The Thief Who Steals the People" as the female number two, and in 2022, she starred in the TV series "Shining Country" as the female number one.
The variety show clip that is popular in China is adapted from the TV series "Rebel Thief".
However, we don't plan to introduce Cai Xiubin in detail, but want to say that this variety show -
Korean version of SNL (Saturday Night Live).
"SNL Korea" was the latest by South Korea's tvN TV station from the United States NBC licensed the original "Saturday Night Live" format production, the first episode of the American version of SNL premiered in 1975, is a funny variety show with a history of nearly 50 years, one of the longest living programs in the United States. Like the US version of SNL, in addition to the fixed host group, popular stars will be invited as guests to appear and broadcast live every week.
But there is one difference - when the Korean version was launched, it was an adult-only program.
Thanks to South Korea's rating system, the Korean version of SNL attracts audiences with 19 banned content, but it is by no means erotica, but a sharp satire on current events, and a "spoof" ability for celebrities - therefore, it is also known as "Korea's dirtiest variety show".
This clip is also widely circulated.
Other variety shows will also hate the stars, but it can be until the point or the guests themselves do not have star baggage, so it will not be too surprising. "SNL KOREA" is the most daring variety show in Korean history to play with stars, even Lee Byung-hyun who broke into Hollywood, acting goddess Ha Jiwon and others were destroyed super completely, what else do they dare not do?
Despite the spoof of the stars, all entertainers will accept it with a smile.
The first season premiered in December 2011 and ceased broadcasting in November 2017, with a total of 9 seasons aired on TvN (called the TV version). However, it was restarted in September 2021 and was not on TV, but only broadcast in streaming bottles. Currently broadcast to the third season of the restart, Cai Xiubin appeared as a guest in the third episode of the third season.
In terms of scale, in the first to fifth seasons of the TV version, people over the age of 19 were allowed to watch it, and then changed to over 15 years old. After the restart, the scale is a little smaller, mainly more funny.
The director and main MC (host) of the TV version of Seasons 1-3 is Zhang Zhen, and another variety show he hosts is also famous - the second and third seasons of "Crime Scene", which is the original version of Mango TV's "Star Detective". Zhang Zhen is also a screenwriter of the film, and his screenwriter "Welcome to Dongmo Village" is more famous. After the third season, Jang Zhen withdrew, and the host became Shin Dongye as the core.
Poster of that year
Most of the fixed MC team of "SNL Korea" are comic artists, and they have also invited people such as rapper Jay Park, BTOB's Seo Eun-kwang, AOA member Hye-jing and others to perform regularly.
In the show, many actors and members of idol groups participated in the show as special guests, completely getting rid of their usual image, performing in various classic small theaters in the show with cross-dressing or ugly makeup, and also bringing joy to the audience with extremely pompous acting skills, even the new generation of male gods "Nam Joo Hyuk" and the girl group "Kim Se-jung" have thrown aside their idol baggage to make funny appearances in the past.
And look at a few scenes from the TV version before 2017 -
Funny is funny, but if the joke is big, it is not funny! In 2017, SNL KOREA repeatedly caused controversy because it involved sensitive content in the boundary.
In the broadcast content in 2016, the program team Li Shiying was suspected of making indecent actions against the boy group B1A4, causing sexual harassment, and afterwards, the production team and Li Shiying publicly apologized to the audience and fans many times, but the fans' anger was not settled, and finally Li Shiying also decided to temporarily get off the show; Some fans even reported to the police agency, and both Lee Se-young and B1A4 were summoned to assist in the investigation.
Even though Li Shiying quit the show, the negative turmoil did not pass, and at the end of the same year, it broke out that Zheng Yilang imitated singer Yan Yinglan and deliberately laughed at himself:
"I don't have a chest to hold!"
Zheng Yilang imitated singer Yan Yinglan
But in fact, Yan Yinglan has been diagnosed with breast cancer stage II and had one side of the chest removed, this inappropriate joke caused viewers to flood the official website again to protest, and Zheng Yilang also apologized to the public on social media platforms.
After the two incidents severely damaged the image of the program, the popularity plummeted, and soon the TV station and the production team decided to stop the show.
After nearly 4 years of absence, SNL Korea finally launched a new version in 2021. Production company A Story combined with OTT streaming platform Coupang play to create new content, which became Coupang play's first original variety show. The "Reboot" program, which has a completely different form from the nine-season TV version that aired on tvN from 2011 to 2017, will not continue the previous quarterly system, but will start with a new "first season".
The rebooted version of the poster, the first issue is Li Bingxian as a guest
The reboot version is still led by veteran team member Shin Dong-yeop, and Ahn Young-mi, Kwon Hyuk-so, Jung Sang-hoon, Kim Min-kyo and others who were active in the previous "SNL", and two new faces joined, including Red Velvet member Wendy and actor Cha Qinghua, who was named "The Strongest Green Leaf".
The rebooted "SNL Korea" did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to invite popular stars such as Lee Byung-heon, Cho Jung-seok, Ha Ji Won, Shin Hye-sun, etc., in the past, "SNL" cost about 150 million won per episode, but the budget of the episode after the "reboot" series soared to 1.2 billion won, which is quite amazing.
The first issue of the "Reboot" series invited actor Li Bingxian, who rarely appeared in variety shows, and also changed the restricted adult content that was the main in the past, and brought the show back in a new and funny way.
Lee Bingxian rarely appears in variety shows
The most classic situation drama in the "reboot" series of "SNL Korea" is definitely the "AI robot" unit, the powerful actors Cao Zhengxi, Jiang Hena or singer Hua Sha and others, completely unafraid of whether the image is damaged, very hard and "real" to present the robot's unique stiff expression, body movements, can only say that even if the content of "SNL Korea" changes, but the nature remains the same, that is, there is a way to force the audience to laugh until they cry!
In the 58th Baeksang Art Awards in 2022, Zhu Hyun-young, one of the host members, beat the other finalists to win the "Best Variety Show Female Host", and the finalists also included Song Eun-yi, Hong Jin-kyung, Lee Eun-ji, and Lee Mi-joo, each of whom is almost her predecessor. When she came on stage to accept the award, she choked up while crying and expressing her unbelievable joy at winning the award.
This time, the show has brought Cai Xiubin to fire in China again, which also proves that the strategy of the reboot version is successful, and if it is still the main restricted level, it is likely that the spread of the Chinese mainland will be hindered.
In any case, it is a great thing to let us know this actress who "dares to be sure at a glance that it is not her fault".
Tsai Xiubin
Tsai Xiubin
Tsai Xiubin