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Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

There is an "ancient saying" in the entertainment industry - if virtue is not worthy of the position, it will be eaten back.

When Dapeng participated in the program "Odd Life", he said something that confused him:

After the release of the movie "Pancake Man" that year, the box office was very successful (1.16 billion in 2015) ... But when more and more people pay attention, word of mouth plummets.

Suddenly everyone began to scold him:

"Isn't this a liar!"

"What is the basis for this thing?"

Dapeng later reflected that the problem may lie in the quality of the film, which is not worthy of its high box office.

He began to seek a change: how to make himself worthy of this fame.

So when I went to acting, I picked some "not so easy" roles and died as myself.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

The movie "The Beneficiary"

Shooting movies again, it also becomes heartfelt.

First there is the "Sewing Machine Band" that plays the sentiment card.

Later, there were literary films such as "Auspicious Ruyi".

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

After some trial and toss.

What kind of answer sheet did Dapeng hand over?

In March 2023, a movie "Keep You Safe" was released.

Screenwriter Dapeng, starring Dapeng, director Dapeng.

But this time Dapeng's reputation exploded.

Douban opened with a score of 7.8, and then rose to 7.9 points, not only setting a new career high, but also the second only film "The Wandering Earth 2" among the Chinese films released this year.

On the first day of release, the box office and popularity won 5 championships in one go.

Some netizens have seen it and given such an evaluation: good story, good kernel, good looking!

Even on the day of the premiere, Shen Teng watched the movie, and immediately issued an invitation on the spot, wanting to cooperate with Dapeng in the future for a film.

What is the charm of "Keep You Safe", which can make Dapeng get up from the ground of word of mouth and throw out a hand of king fried?

After watching the movie, I want to say that it is a lot like an onion, and the closer you peel to the core, the more you want to cry.

Because Dapeng poured us three mouthfuls of "Lost Soul Soup" this time, which made people very good.

First bite of soup: comedy

The protagonist Wei Pingan is a bottom of society, with green hair, and does things well.

But it is such a "bastard" who wants to resist the powerful and seek justice for a dead man.

"To say that people are not good, do you have to have evidence?"

The story itself is very dramatic and has an excellent comedic foundation.

The premiere made many audiences laugh.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

Dapeng admitted in an interview that since the media era, various short clips have actually had a great impact on comedy movies.

To this end, he put two big moves:

First, shake people.

"Keep You Safe" has almost won half of the Chinese comedy industry: Ma Li, Jia Bing, Wang Xun, Pan Longbin, Qiao Shan, Liu Jinshan, Yang Di.

Plus those who are not comedians, but are more like comedians: Ni Hongjie ("The Legend of Wulin" Zhu Wushuang) and Yin Zheng.

The laughter output point is almost full of dead ends.

Second, self-consistency.

Real comedy is not a joke, but a service story.

The story of "Keep You Safe" comes from the harm of an infinitely amplified rumor, and the process of debunking the rumor.

Wei Pingan, played by Dapeng, is a cemetery salesman.

One day, he was told by the leader that he had a buried client who had to move his grave.

The reason was that some people rumored that this customer was a young lady before his death.

And it just so happens that next door is buried the younger brother of the richest local boss.

The boss heard about it and felt that his feng shui was dirty.

Since the client is an orphan and has no family.

So the small character Wei Pingan embarked on a long road to refute rumors.

In search of the truth, he contacted people from all walks of life and all walks of life:

For example, the owner of the pet grooming shop played by Yin Zheng has an English name of "Tony".

Alluded to nine of today's ten barbers named "Tony", even the pet "Barber".

In particular, Yin Zhengxi's corrective pronunciation: Teo - "steal"..."steal mud".

A serious one hit the audience's laughter.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

And Jia Bing, who just came out of the fire of "Crazy", the "loss" boss he played also staged a "kiss scene" with Dapeng.

Become the focus of the audience's laughter.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

The most surprising thing is Li Xueqin.

It's different from ordinary stand-up comedians acting in movies and playing soy sauce.

This time, Comrade Xueqin is a proper "female No. 1", with excellent acting skills and frequent golden sentences:

Dapeng: I just met her in Pingshui.

Li Xueqin: Can Pingshui meet with such great motivation? What a bottle of water!

It can be said that every joke in "Keep You Safe" serves character shaping and story direction, which is very self-consistent.

However, it is not as simple as a simple comedy movie.

Because behind the story, there is something heavier hidden.

Second bite of soup: reality

Dapeng said that the impulse to shoot "Keep You Safe" came from a true story:

In July 2020, Xiaogu, a woman in Hangzhou, was secretly filmed by a convenience store owner when picking up a courier.

Then the boss sent the video to the WeChat group and made up a chat content of "young woman cheating express brother".

Soon, this rumor spread like a virus on the Internet.

A month later, it reached the company where the party Xiaogu worked, she not only encountered overwhelming abuse from netizens, but even lost her job, and finally became a depressed person.

That's right, we're familiar with it – rumors, online violence.

Similarly, the beautiful woman named Han Lu (played by Song Qian) in the movie is just because of the lie "she is a miss" casually made up by the youth in the Internet café.

Finally, after word of mouth, the rumor became the "truth" that everyone firmly believed.

Even after she dies, she will be "whipped" because of this rumor.

People usually only believe what they want to believe.

Wei Ruyi, played by Li Xueqin, has a line that is very pointed:

"When you open your mouth and say a woman is 'Miss'"

"Whether she is or not, she already is"

Han Lu's encounter in the film is also a microcosm of reality:

In the behind-the-scenes footage of "Keep You Safe", each creator has talked about his "rumor harm".

Ni Hongjie said that she was rumored to be a transgender person back then.

There are also netizens who came forward and said that they personally operated on Ni Hongjie.

Goebbels, Hitler's head of propaganda, once said a "famous saying": a lie repeated a hundred times, and it becomes the truth.

And in the age of the Internet, lies have spread a hundred times.

Once rushed to the hot search, hundreds of millions, the consequences are incalculable.

In September 2020, Luo Champion, a young man who was falsely accused of sexual assault by his girlfriend, announced his social death.

And put this picture on the top of his personal social platform:

From the Danish film "The Hunt", which tells the story of a man who is ruined by a lie.

There was also the 2003 false accusation that Michael Jackson had sexually abused children.

2 years later, it turned out that this was also a rumor frame-up.

But it caused Jackson a psychological trauma that could not heal himself.

"Keep You Safe" pokes at a harsh reality:

The cost to those who spread rumors is too low, and the cost to those who are rumor-mongers is high.

And what can we do in the face of these overwhelming lies?

The third bite of soup: true love

Whether you admit it or not, we are the silent majority in the face of rumors.

Few people are willing to step up and break through it.

But Wei Pingan in "Keep You Safe" is one of those few who came forward.

He drives a shabby tiger's head and runs for the truth in a society that lacks truth and sincerity.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

Much like Cervantes' Don Quixote.

Don Quixote still believes in the chivalry of the old times in a world where knights have died, and wants to save the world on a white horse.

The white horse that appears several times in the film is a metaphor for this: Wei Pingan is Don Qui Hade.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

And how is Dapeng himself not Don Qui?

He comes from a grassroots family and has a very "sincere" stubborn temperament.

One is that he is the same as Wei Pingan - nostalgia.

We may all think that the name "Dapeng" is just a smooth stage name like many stars.

As everyone knows, his real name is Dong Dapeng.

At that time, because his family Tujili failed the college entrance examination, he changed to Dong Chengpeng.

After becoming famous, he changed his name back to its original state.

Even the "Ji'an City", which appears repeatedly in different movies of Dapeng, is his hometown in reality.

The second is - Nianqing.

Wei Pingan had some bonds because of his relationship with Han Lu, so he embarked on the road of defending the rights of the dead.

That line: "Bully someone and no one in the family".

Some people say that this does not map to the tragic experience of Dapeng's good friend Liu Yan being rumored because he has no background.

And in reality, Dapeng has said more than once: he can't see rumors destroying people the most.

In addition to Liu Yan, "Keep You Safe" also has a solid hammer friendship egg.

In it, Wei Pingan repeatedly mentioned that the three-dollar bottle of Coke was "seen" by Dapeng to his deceased friend Zhao Yingjun.

Because this movie was made by Zhao Yingjun when he "instigated" Dapeng, and cola was Zhao Yingjun's favorite drink before his death.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

In the impetuous and utilitarian entertainment industry, Dapeng is also the one who rides a white horse.

Wei Pingan's mantra often hangs on his lips: there is true love in the world.

Perhaps it is also the most simple obsession in Dapeng's heart.

After watching "Keep You Safe", many people in the industry mentioned one word: completion.

The film has excellent rhythm and no urine spots throughout the process, which is undoubtedly a benchmark work as a commercial film.

Winning 5 championships on the first day of release, Dapeng got up from the ground and stabbed the ceiling of the annual comedy

But today's Dapeng is no longer the same Dapeng who filmed "Pancake Man".

The "completion" of "Keep You Safe" is no longer limited to the commercial level.

For example, a joke in the film is the reason why Wei Pingan was imprisoned that year.

Some people say that he slept with his friend's wife, and then beat his friend.

Some people say: It was a friend who slept with his wife, and then he beat up his friend.

One of the most exaggerated: he slept with his wife and beat up his friend.

You see, rumors are created to the end, and even logic is not needed.

Is it funny, it's funny.

But after laughing, you find that behind these rumors is actually the tragedy of a person's life.

Third-rate comedy relies solely on boisterousness.

First-rate comedy is the core tragedy.

At the end of the movie, it is terrifying to think about it.

The background music sounded a song "Peace to You", and the fireworks in the distance were the "space-time capsule" gift left by Han Lu to Wei Ping'an before his death.

That is: the gift is given very early, only cashed on this day, and the result is irreversible.

But the reverse is this: Wei Pingan's choice.

If a year ago he did not choose to stand up and find the truth, but to compromise with reality and the powerful.

The state of mind when I received this gift now may be a lifetime of insecurity and self-blame.

As a comedy, "Keep You Safe" goes far beyond the scope of a comedy.

Text/Vansiri

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