After 11 years of quitting the Spring Festival Gala, why is he still missed? Not on the Spring Festival Gala, because it has long been in deep trouble

Time does not wait for anyone, the big guy closes his eyes, and this Year of the Tiger is over.

We must do three things Chinese the New Year: eat Chinese New Year's Eve meals, visit relatives to pay New Year greetings, and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

However, this Spring Festival Gala is becoming more and more boring, most of the audience is on the TV to play mobile phones, and from time to time they complain to relatives and friends that the show is too ugly.

For this year's Spring Festival Gala, to be honest, everyone is not looking forward to it, anyway, the performances are those traffic stars, and everyone can see them every day, which is not novel at all.

And just some time ago, some media broke the news that after eleven years, Zhao Benshan is returning to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala!

In the crowd, 65-year-old Zhao Benshan was particularly conspicuous, looking red and full of smiles.

Judging from the photo, Zhao Benshan seems to be taking a photo with the staff in the background, so many viewers believed the news and hurriedly posted a celebration.

But soon an informed person came out to refute the rumors, clearly stating that "Zhao Benshan will not participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala", and everyone was happy for nothing.

In the eleven years since Zhao Benshan withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala, the audience's longing for him has become stronger and stronger, but he just won't come back.

The reason for this may be revealed by the 2007 film.

01 The core of comedy

As the originator of comedy sketches, Chen Peisi once said: the core of comedy is tragedy.

When Chen Peisi retired, Zhao Benshan immediately rose, and many viewers thought that Zhao Benshan was a peasant without culture, and his works had no connotation.

But when everyone watches "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots" starring Zhao Benshan, they will understand that Zhao Benshan is one of the few people other than Chen Peisi who can understand the core of comedy.

Lao Zhao and Lao Liu left their hometown to work, and Lao Liu suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to drinking and died on the construction site.

A human life in exchange for 5,000 yuan (still fake money) from the owner of the construction site.

Before going out, Lao Zhao promised Lao Liu's family to take care of him, but now that there are no people, Lao Zhao can only do the last thing for Lao Liu - carry Lao Liu home and return to his roots.

With Lao Liu, Lao Zhao couldn't take the car, so he could only walk back to his hometown on a pair of feet, occasionally hitchhiking.

Old Zhao did not complete the task in the end, he fell on the road due to lack of physical strength and was sent to the hospital. Lao Liu was also cremated and packed in a small urn.

Old Zhao carried Lao Liu, the police took Lao Zhao, they drove to Lao Liu's hometown, but found that there was only a ruin at the scene, and Lao Liu's "roots" could never fall.

In the process of carrying Lao Liu home, Lao Zhao met the robber who gave a lecture gas, met the driver who stole money, met the old man who did white things for himself, met the black shop owner, and met the disfigured beekeeper...

The short 110-minute movie makes people watch all the world.

The film is based on real events, which feels very magical and ironic, and at the same time very real.

In the film, the audience basically can't see the traces of Zhao Benshan's performance, he is like the protagonist of the incident, calmly and patiently facing life.

"Falling Leaves" is a black comedy, perhaps many viewers have not seen it, but the audience who has seen it will definitely not forget it.

The role played by Zhao Benshan is the most "dirty" and "vulgar", he plays a farmer, a blind man, a liar, and his comedy comes from life and from the suffering of ordinary people.

The same is true of Chen Peisi and Zhao Lirong, two seniors, whose collaboration "Filial Piety and Virtuous Sun Serve", which is ostensibly a farce triggered by a fake funeral, but is actually a spicy critique of rural bad customs.

Good comedy should make people "laugh with tears", not to let the audience laugh when they see it, cry after laughing, but let the audience be happy, and at the same time be happy to see themselves through it.

02 The core of the skit

The core of comedy is tragedy, and the core of sketches is irony.

Looking at the previous Spring Festival Galas, you will find that the irony of the sketches is gradually decreasing, or even almost disappearing.

Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao are a pair of golden partners, the two have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala 11 times in a row, bringing the audience works such as "Eating Noodles", "Protagonist and Supporting Role", "Police and Thief", "Wang Ye and Postman" and so on.

Chen Peisi emphasizes the artistry of comedy and will delve into the structure, concept, performance and other aspects of comedy, so his works are difficult to replicate, and he does not recognize contemporary comedy trends.

Just like the work "Wang Ye and the Postman", Chen Peisi polished it for a full 7 years to put it on the Spring Festival Gala, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the mental pressure caused to people is also particularly great.

This is also the last time Chen and Zhu appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and then the two went to court with CCTV due to copyright issues, although the two sides reached a settlement in 2021, but Chen Peisi did not have the heart to create anymore.

Of course, what makes him most unbearable is actually the cold human favor in the backstage of CCTV, everyone does not speak, for fear that the program will be stolen by others, and they will not even eat together, as if they don't know each other, such an atmosphere makes him feel suffocated.

"The Spring Festival Gala is an aircraft carrier, luxurious and magnificent, but you have to obey the orders of everyone who is captain, first mate, and boatswain, and what I do now is like a flat boat, although small, but free and happy."

Zhao Benshan's ability to withstand pressure seems to be stronger than Chen Peisi, because he originally came out of the pile of farmers, less arrogant and more sleek.

It can be seen from Zhao Benshan's early works such as "Uncle Niu Tigan" and "Three Whips" that Zhao Benshan dares to satirize social undesirable phenomena and "iron rice bowls", and the intention of the work is very profound.

By the time of the trilogy of "Selling a Car", "Selling Abduction" and "Heart Disease", Zhao Benshan's attack power has weakened, and although he is still satirizing society, he has turned the spearhead and no longer targets people "above".

In the later stage, Zhao Benshan has set the biggest theme of the sketch as "happiness", the intention is no longer so profound, the words are no longer so sharp, fortunately, the degree of funny is not discounted.

Of course, reducing the connotation is not Zhao Benshan's original intention, insisting on the Spring Festival Gala for 21 years, he has taken on too much pressure.

For him, the most painful thing is not to hit a swollen face and fill up a fat person, but to express himself who has exploded, but he can't vent.

It was not Zhao Benshan who withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala, it was the Spring Festival Gala that gave up Zhao Benshan.

03 The Spring Festival Gala that lost its soul

When Chen Peisi, Zhao Lirong, Zhao Benshan and other comedy masters withdrew, the sketches of the Spring Festival Gala appeared extremely harmonious, the melody was positive, the connotation was painless, and the performance was deliberately pompous.

As soon as Sun Tao appeared, he would inevitably ask questions to the leader, and the leader quickly solved the problem for him, and finally said "I am proud".

As soon as Jia Bing appears, he must be a broken mouth man who speaks Northeastern dialect, no matter what he does, it will be "let's make dumplings together" in the end!

As soon as the big bowl entertainment appeared, it was the problem of parents and mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, it was funny and funny, but there was no connotation, and the audience laughed and forgot.

Happy Twist also launched works such as "Helpless", "Cast Your Favor", "Occupying a Seat" and "Walking Through the Scene" in the early days, quite some of Zhao Benshan's style, that is, the funny skill is not as good as the old Zhao.

However, it can be felt from Happy Twist's work "Not Yet" last year that they also embarked on Zhao Benshan's old road, no longer sarcastic, just for amusement.

04 Dilemma

If the story of "Fallen Leaves" takes place today, then the news about it may be "experts advise middle-aged and elderly people not to drink alcohol", "experts say that work injuries should be judged in this way", "experts say that Lao Zhao's behavior may be suspected of breaking the law"...

The director will no longer make this story into a movie, Zhao Benshan will no longer play the male protagonist, if the performance is forcibly performed, the ending will also become "family fun", and the audience will secretly rejoice: it's okay to change the ending, just release it!

Zhao Benshan did not attend the Spring Festival Gala because he was already in deep trouble.

Nowadays, when the "spring breeze of reform blows all over the ground and the Chinese people really compete for morale", the mainstream no longer needs Zhao Benshan.