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introduction
"Court jade liquor, one hundred and eighteen glasses. How about this wine, listen to me blow with you!
That's just 180 pieces? So as soon as the word 'palace' is touched, the price will increase?
There are also crowds, I think it is a turnip meeting! ”
The sketches and crosstalk stories of that era had simple plots, but they were extremely close to social reality, especially the sketches of Zhao Lirong and Chen Peisi not only talked about the hearts of the people, but also caused Internet memes by everyone.
Even after a few decades, now it is turned out again and replayed, and people can't help but stop and watch. And Guo Degang's words not only refer to crosstalk, but also point out the phenomenon of the fall of many language programs!
"We have more than a thousand traditional crosstalks, and after years of hard work, there are finally more than a hundred left..."
Not to mention anything else, just to say that those Spring Festival Gala sketches in the early years are not a star and a half worse than the current sketches.
Everyone misses Zhao Lirong and Chen Peisi; I miss Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan, but in fact, what everyone really misses is the courage and warmth of that era that was true and faced with irony.
Topic selection and depth--- dare to write and dare to say
At that time, the language programs of the Spring Festival Gala, whether they were sketches or crosstalk, were caused by the great efforts of the actors.
And the topics of these programs are extremely meaningful, and every line in the program is full of connotation, as if it is specifically aimed at the pain points of society.
"Lazy Blind Date" is Song Dandan's first Spring Festival Gala sketch, which tells the story of the eldest girl Song Dandan going on a blind date with the "lazy man" played by Regson.
This "lazy man", as his name suggests, is good at eating and lazy, and does not seek advancement, which is the existence that most girls are afraid to avoid. However, he disguised himself as "a talent" in order to marry his daughter-in-law.
Even the township chief followed the help of the lazy man, to disguise and fake proofs, disguised the lazy man as a diligent and enterprising good young man, and deceived Song Dandan into a "trap".
Now it seems that what these people are doing is really a little unethical, and can even be said to be immoral! But he is also a real phenomenon that occurs.
Lazy people represent those social youth who are lazy and have no skills, and cannot find a daughter-in-law.
Isn't the old townsman representing the group of matchmakers who like to introduce people to people, as long as they receive benefits, blind people can also be said to be golden eyes! It is the degree of "having been in prison and killing people" can also be said to the extent that "I don't kill now"!
At present, this kind of sketch is absolutely impossible to shoot, because it stung the heart of "too many people"! Even if it is filmed, it will be changed to a "beautiful and reunion" finale.
But the character setting of the entire sketch of "Lazy Blind Date" is very realistic, and the character setting is not positive, but the main thing is one: real!
It shows those immoral events in real life in a comedic way, and there is no reversal and sensationalism at the ending, only endless irony!
I also want to give a reminder to those "Song Dandan" among the masses, but now, it is estimated that the show was "killed" before it was put on stage!
In addition, a line by Niu Qun and Li Lishan in "Qiao Li Mingmu" is also a classic!
"Leader, colon!"
This crosstalk tells the story of government officials embezzling public funds and using public funds to eat their mouths full of oil, and is known as the founder of "anti-corruption crosstalk"!
In order to win over the officers, the cadres were ready to invite the big guys to eat roast duck, but they were reluctant to spend money, so they put on the idea of public funds, so they began to report to the higher-level leaders, using all kinds of rhetoric to turn the spending of public funds into a justifiable thing.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the current "money in the refrigerator", it also highlights the bad phenomenon of official corruption at that time.
"The four of you eat ten roast ducks, can you eat it?"
Can't eat -----, go for a ride! ”
"Can't eat, go around" was originally a "disc action" by the people to pack up leftover meals in order not to waste food, which is a good thing that people encourage and admire, but in the context of the story of "Qiao Li Name", it is full of irony.
And four people and ten roast ducks also show the phenomenon of officials using public funds lavishly and extravagantly.
I heard that this crosstalk also "died halfway" for a while, because the director was a little afraid to let this show on, for fear of "bad influence", worried that this "fire" would burn to the head of the superior "section chief".
But after a leader in Jiangsu Province was sentenced for corruption, the ironic crosstalk was generously brought to the table.
At that time, the actor Niu Qun was not famous, but he left a deep impression on the audience with this crosstalk of "Qiao Li Mu", and even the children on the street were imitating the classic line of the herd.
Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei's "Uncle Niu Tigan" is also a satire on official corruption, and every line in the sketch is full of deep meaning.
"Four important guests, three kings and eight eggs, I can't tell the difference."
It is also an incident in which officials ate and drank with public funds, but Zhao Benshan's sketch was almost killed because it was "too large".
The inspiration for "Uncle Niu Tigan" was the "Hope Project" incident of out-of-school children that year, coupled with the sudden exposure of a news that a cadre died of alcohol.
So screenwriter Cui Kai combined the two and changed it into a story of the township government using public funds to help build glass for poor school students, and privately took it to eat and drink.
Of course, such a sensitive word was vetoed by the higher-level leaders, and how could such an unsavory thing be moved to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with the public funds used to build schools for poor students?
In the end, there was no way, but to change the "Ma township chief" in the script to "Ma manager", because the township chief cannot be wrong, and the reason for not giving the child glass has nothing to do with the township chief, it is a personal business problem.
In addition, the phenomenon of extravagance and waste of cadres in the sketch has many connotations, especially the "" at the end, which is the finishing touch!
"The glass is not done, leave it here to learn!"
And in 1990, the crosstalk "Thief Company" between Niu Qun and Feng Gong pointed the contradiction directly at the officialdom as soon as it came up!
A company, hundreds of employees, just managers and vice presidents with positions add up to nearly half a hundred, isn't this a trouble?
And in this small "thief company", there was even a section chief for the security room! The rest of the duties are also messy, and there are also company executives who use their positions to seek benefits for themselves and do things that travel with public funds.
The whole skit looks speechless and funny.
But this kind of outrageous thing is really what everyone will encounter in real life, the company's position is useless, and the leader "touches the fish" employees "behind the pot", absurd and real.
Later, it was also reported that this crosstalk was adapted from real events, and I have to say that art really comes from life!
Exposing social realities
In addition to exposing the darkness of officialdom and satirizing bureaucracy, the classic sketches of that year also had many works that satirized social reality.
Teacher Zhao Lirong's works "So Packaged" and "Working Adventure" are fully expressed, ironic about bad social customs, full of educational meaning.
In "Working Adventures", Zhao Lirong plays the story of an old working lady who meets black-hearted profiteers and finally sues them to the Price Bureau.
In several sketches, whether she encounters false propaganda, spoils mainland culture, or deceives the audience, Zhao Lirong is a learner mentality, and finally reverses into the most sensible educator.
Zhao Lirong's state changed from being really confused at the beginning, and then to pretending to be confused! Each of her soul torture poked the audience's laughter.
Show a simple, upright, pleasing and sensible old lady to the fullest!
And the sketch "Playing Poker" performed by Huang Hong and Hou Yaowen was also a refreshing existence in that era.
The sketch was inspired by a novel in The Reader, "New Poker Game", from which Huang Hong thought of using business cards to play poker while metaphorsing the social conflicts of the past year as a cumbersome event of interpersonal communication.
Then chatted with Hou Yaowen about these events one by one in the form of playing cards, although it was "small talk", but the words were beautiful, and those joke lines sounded addictive.
This sketch is extremely large-scale, from entertainment, sports, culture, and economic chats to corruption, fraud, and bribery, every word and sentence is fiercely poked at the audience's refreshment!
"10 business cards, 9 managers, and one assistant manager left", "Nowadays TV stars are movie stars, no matter how bad the performance is, first mix and get acquainted"
Every sentence does not mention social reality, every sentence is a social reality, incomparably real and naked!
Among them, this line caused Huang Hong a lot of trouble.
"The female secretary is in charge of the chairman, and the female secretary can be the chairman's home"
Once Huang Hong met with a female secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the female secretary said indifferently and sarcastically: "It turns out that in your Huang Hong's heart, the role of our female secretary is so great?" ”
In this regard, Huang Hong could only quickly laugh, saying that only a small number of people were like this, mainly to satirize this bad atmosphere.
Both creative and innovative
Speaking of creativity, then we have to mention the performances of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao, as the "ancestor" of the sketch, the storyline of "Eating Noodles" is simple, and the character setting is not complicated.
The props are as simple as a chair, a pair of chopsticks, a red bucket, and a bowl. But it is such a prop that can be seen at a glance, but it was interpreted by Chen Peisi with an endless sense of surprise!
This non-physical performance can be called a classic, and the essence of eating noodles was fiercely grasped by Chen Peisi.
In addition, there are classic sketches such as "Pepper Noodles", "Lamb Kebab", "Protagonist and Supporting Role" and so on, and the acting skills of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao are also unique.
And the two-person's sketch "Rushing to the Scene" has created a precedent for outdoor sketches!
Besides, the Spring Festival Gala program at that time was completely different from the current Spring Festival Gala, and at that time it was still very New Year's "party" atmosphere.
There is even a team game mode, the main thing is a real one! Happy! It's really the atmosphere of the New Year!
Like now, not only the host and the guest performers are sitting in front of each other, for fear that there will be a slight error in the live broadcast, but even the audience in the audience is bored to the point of falling asleep.
Even many netizens will speculate about the theme of the Spring Festival Gala sketch in advance.
Either the protagonist of the sketch has a misunderstanding, and then beats to death without explaining, then the contradiction breaks out, and finally the sensational reunion, everyone "makes dumplings" together!
Boring and boring, no wonder we always miss the old sketch shows.
epilogue
The current Spring Festival Gala program gradually avoids contact with social reality, and contact is only "scratching the boot", not saying the main point, not pointing the sore spot, always meaning and meaning passed.
When comedy is less ironic and more full of Internet memes, then comedy loses its true connotation.
What do you think about this?