On the night of April 28, the first episode of the seventh season of "Longing for Life" premiered on Hunan Satellite TV. The old editor originally had no expectations for this slow variety show of eating, drinking and playing, and only held two glances to see how they continued to enjoy. But who knows, the more I watch it, the more I feel that this issue is very exciting, the story is there, the emotional atmosphere is also out, and the highlights are frequently flashed, there is one to say, this issue should be regarded as the high quality of Chinese variety shows.
First of all, this issue deliberately pressed its starting point very low, which is very, very, very smart.
In the past, "Longing for Life", one of the biggest problems was to make the starting point of the guests very high. This kind of variety show of eating, drinking and fun is itself prone to the disgust of the audience. Especially some star artists, eating, drinking and having fun will make money that ordinary audiences can't earn for years and decades. This is particularly uncomfortable for the audience. Therefore, in "Longing for Life", the higher the starting point of the life of this group of stars, the more unhappy the audience is.
And this time, "Longing for Life" finally lowered its own starting point. He Jiong and Huang Lei, two people who are 100 years old together, turned out to be empty nesters in the mushroom house. The two empty nesters have to go to the house to lay tiles, repair the furniture and equipment in the room by themselves, and so on. Even, these two empty nesters had to drive backwards to see Zhang Yixing and Zhang Zifeng, and it was more than a thousand kilometers. In this way, the content of the program is close to everyone at once and is welcomed by everyone.
Secondly, it departed at five o'clock in the morning and drove thousands of miles, so that the show presented the most important highlights.
In the first episode of the seventh season of "Longing for Life", the two guests, He Jiong and Huang Lei, set off at five o'clock in the morning, and drove more than 1,000 kilometers by themselves, spending nearly 12 hours to visit Zhang Yixing and Zhang Zifeng. This kind of variety show arrangement is very clever. Generally, lazy crews will arrange for guests to take planes, or high-speed trains and the like. If "Longing for Life" is really arranging planes or high-speed trains, then sorry, this issue has been ruined again.
Still that sentence, any variety reality show, the audience's mentality is, watch the star guests suffer, not enjoy. Otherwise, the audience will give birth to the idea of "why". In fact, the audience's requirements are not difficult to achieve, but they are just asking this group of stars, like ordinary people, to live an ordinary life. And this kind of driving behavior is actually the life of ordinary people. If they hired two drivers, the show would be lost.
Third, when the mood arrives, the point of view will come out.
In the past shows of "Longing for Life", I like to be hard sensationalized at dinner. Especially Huang Lei, why do many viewers criticize his movies and TV series? It was because he was hard sensationalized on "Longing for Life", which made everyone feel false, and then caused a problem that Huang Lei himself was aware of, when he starred in movies and TV series, everyone said that he was like playing "longing for life". Sensationalism is okay, but false sensationalism is prone to problems.
This time, "Longing for Life" is much smarter, not hard sensationalism, but engaged in an emotion that everyone can accept and feel - the show is the last season, the three young guests have no schedule, and the two empty nesters can only drive to see the children. This is actually similar to the real empty nester-like emotion, staying behind plus the last season of the show, to be stopped, all of a sudden, the emotional authenticity of this issue will be. Therefore, after He Jiong and Huang Lei saw Zhang Yixing and Zhang Zifeng, those emotions were real, and the audience could perceive and recognize them.
In addition, What happened to "Longing for Life"?
Or, why is "Longing for Life" getting worse and worse? In the first two seasons of "Longing for Life", the guests really worked, using their labor to exchange food in the countryside. This is a highlight attribute, especially the scene of agricultural labor, which was very fresh in the variety show of that year. Later, this variety show developed into pure eating, drinking and fun, and after the star traveled to the countryside, the quality plummeted. In particular, it should be pointed out that Xingyue Yunpeng was a guest in "Longing for Life", and he didn't live long after he was full, and he slept groggy every day. This kind of content has become the content of the program, which is very embarrassing.
I personally think that this year's "Let's Farm" has a huge impact on the variety reality show of "Longing for Life". Why? Because "Farm", a reality show of agricultural labor, suddenly increased the difficulty of reality shows in the rural environment. The group of star guests in "Longing for Life" also farms, plants trees, plows the land and so on. However, compared with "Let's Farm", it seems to be thin. The audience should watch the real, sweaty labor, not the eating, drinking and fun, in the future, more and more will choose so.
Where is the future of "Longing for Life"?
He Jiong and Huang Lei, two teachers, announced in the first issue of the seventh season of "Longing for Life" that the variety show was going to be suspended. Many viewers expressed regret. In fact, "Longing for Life" can be done, and there is more room for improvement. As long as the show does not eat, drink and have fun, but returns to the real rural experience, it will definitely become a boutique variety show. For example, if the mushroom house is placed in North China, you can participate in the labor of harvesting wheat and planting corn, if you put it in Shanxi, you can go up the mountain to plant millet, and if you put it in Xinjiang, you can harvest jujube...
The fields of Chinese agriculture are vast, and there are a thousand and ten thousand kinds of agricultural labor waiting for them. This group of stars, over the years, in the minds of the audience, has been industrious. Once they are allowed to participate in real agricultural labor, they will definitely reap great success, and the ratings and audience reputation will explode. It's just that celebrities who are accustomed to eating, drinking and having fun are really willing to participate in agricultural work? (Text/Ma Qingyun)