Talking about acting, everyone will think of the name Tony Leung.
When it comes to directors, it is always inseparable from the fifth generation of directors, such as Jiang Wen and Chen Kaige.
When it comes to Zhao Benshan, some people only regard him as a comedian.
In fact, Mr. Zhao Benshan's performance ability was completed under the gaze of more than 1 billion audiences across the country, and it was still in the form of drama.
Can you imagine that he can remain so relaxed under such extreme pressure? His Spring Festival Gala finale performance for nearly 10 consecutive years is really admirable!
In 2013, after Uncle Benshan announced his retirement from the stage, Uncle Benshan rarely appeared on the screen over the years, and the Benshan Media he established was basically his artists to help make money.
After teacher Zhao Benshan did not shoot Northeast rural dramas, it seems that Northeast rural dramas are basically extinct, even if the Northeast rural dramas with good evaluations like Gao Xiumin's "Shengshui Lakeside" back then are almost impossible to see now.
Unexpectedly, ten years later, Zhao Benshan came back with a costume sitcom.
Watching this drama has been seamlessly switching between smiling - pursing your lips and laughing - laughing - continuing to laugh.
Completely healed my recent bad mood -
"The Legend of Magpie Daomen" 2023
Douban: 8.1
Not to mention the garbage movies made by his apprentices before, as soon as this TV series, Mr. Benshan came out, not to mention the gods, at least he was rated as excellent.
Of course, without the personal guidance of Teacher Benshan, these apprentices would not be able to shoot like this!
At the beginning of this drama, the two brothers with huge contrasts are created, Ximen Changhai, who is in charge of a family and bears morality with iron shoulders, and Ximen Changhai, who does not know a little martial arts and can only cook.
One of the brothers is responsible for chivalry and the other is responsible for funny.
Originally, the brothers had not seen each other for several years, but in order to secretly carry out the task, Ximen Changhai had to find his brother Ximen Chang to temporarily replace him as the head of the Magpie Dao Gate, hiding his eyes.
The brothers with different personalities and status get together, and it is very funny to have a bull's head and answer the horse's mouth.
Ximen Changhai saw that the house was black and rumbling, so he lit the lamp and said in a heroic manner: "If a room is full of darkness, you need a flame to illuminate it."
Chief Simon didn't understand his brother's words at all, the two of them were not in the same context at all, he thought that what his brother said to illight the darkness was just to light a lamp, so he scolded him: Waste oil no? What are you ordering it for?
The daily life of ordinary people collides with the hero's home and country feelings and grand narratives to make a wonderful laugh.
Ximen Chang became the head of a cook, and he didn't think about anything else, but still focused on cooking.
Use Hao Meng's iron head skill to smash walnuts, use Ye Siniang's poisonous insects to stew soup, and think about stewing Xiaorou's pet goose...
Of course, he did not forget Zhang Luo's ultimate goal——
Find a wife.
Uncle Benshan's interpretation combined with his own body language is seamless.
Ximen Chang, who was full of thoughts about finding his wife, was anxious to discuss with the matchmaker, only to hear the matchmaker's voice: Ximen official!
It really burst into a burst of maniacal laughter from the inside.
In addition to the humor of details, "The Legend of the Magpie Daomen" pays more attention to making people laugh with drama, not only "ridiculous to say" and "ridiculous to perform", but also "the story itself is also ridiculous".
For example, Ximen Chang's relationship with several apprentices, including the game between Que Daomen and the martial arts cult Gao Damao (played by Song Xiaobao), and even the struggle between righteous people and the corrupt forces led by Cao Gonggong (played by Yang Shulin) are full of dramatic tension.
This kind of humor, given by the plot, is just as interesting without lines and performance.
There are no water lines in the middle of the baggage, which causes this TV series to dare not drive double the speed at all, and often has to rewind it, for fear of missing every laugh.
For example, Chief Simon is evaluating the mentor-apprentice relationship:
"From ancient times to the present, how many apprentices have pit masters, like Guo's apprentices in Guojiadian, they will pit him enough." (Doesn't this mean Guo Degang and Cao?) ）
For another example, Que Daomen participated in the Jianghu version of the draft competition, and the organizers said this:
"500 taels per person, guaranteed to enter the top three.
As long as the silver is in place, the judges are all our own, even if you don't return to martial arts, you can win the crown..."
Satirical internal entertainment? Satirizing the good voice of China?
The depth of the lines proves that comedy is relaxed and happy, but it can express ideas and opinions without preaching those truths.
The plot is a chapter-style plot, and each episode can be watched separately, and it will not be incoherent when connected to each other.
I've seen twenty episodes, and so far there have been no inexplicable plots and abrupt character changes.
For example, this very wonderful "touching porcelain" of Big Mouth Hou's series of heat is intertwined.
In the end, I decided to touch the porcelain of the "Five Poisons Sect Leader", who is now the most famous and influential in martial arts. The empty preacher is the illegitimate son of Ximen Changhai, who spreads rumors, spreads rumors, clarifies, sues, apologizes, and is stirring up anti-hype and undertaking and turning in one go. You can't think about it or not.
But I never expected that this famous Five Poisons Sect Leader, his status in the rivers and lakes was also purely based on hype. I never expected that he would pay a special visit, expressing his hope that he could jointly hype, and even his own mother would have a pit.
When watching this paragraph, to be honest, it is a bit of relief and stress release.
It turns out that even people in the entertainment industry who are "in this mountain" are aware of these strange phenomena and are willing to unveil the fig leaf to show the audience nakedly and ridicule, and suddenly there is a trace of comfort and hope in their hearts.
Found a lot of said that Xiaorou should be younger and more beautiful, good looks can not be smiling, you have to be silly, humble, you see a group of people in the Magpie Dao Gate dressed like rags, arrange a peerless beauty for you, isn't it against the peace? Even if Mr. Benshan's own daughter comes, it doesn't meet your requirements?
Moreover, there is an era background and the imperial court, or a small town! All the actresses are as beautiful as fairies, so don't they fall into the cliché again?
Finally, friendly reminder: the peak of the whole film's appearance is a Xiaomeng, a scammer who sells fake wine, and Xiaomeng is good looking because the tall Maozi is rich! Those who sell fake liquor also have money! This is all in line with the character setting!