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Review the classic works born in the Spring Festival Gala over the years.
One of the most memorable is the sketches of Chen Peisi and Zhao Benshan.
So who is the real "king of sketches" among the two?
Chen Peisi is the pioneer of sketches in the true sense.
eleven times landed on the Spring Festival Gala, and ten of them appeared as the finale of zero o'clock.
It can be seen that his influence should not be underestimated.
In the year when Chen Peisi performed "The Leading Role and Supporting Role".
Zhao Benshan also stepped on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
Since then, he has been on the Spring Festival Gala 21 times, making him a new generation of sketch kings.
The two people who seem to be on the same track are actually taking two completely different paths.
Chen Peisi is a "pioneer" who is at the forefront of the road of comedy.
The form of his works is often unprecedented.
And his most iconic way of performing is "body language".
Compared to the form of hiding baggage in words.
He relies more on physical performances and facial expressions to make him laugh.
At that time, his innovation made the eyes of the audience who were accustomed to listening to cross talk performances shine.
Subsequently, Zhao Benshan officially came out of the mountain.
began to think about changing the two into sketches and bringing them to the Spring Festival Gala.
Feel the looming crisis behind you.
Chen Peisi immediately decided to take a big step forward.
It's just that he took too big a step.
It almost became a stumbling step.
In order to innovate, Chen Peisi has come up with many new tricks.
For example, the "Cosmic Gymnastics Trials", which combines sketches and gymnastics.
or "The Great Change", which is a mixture of sketches and magic.
Although his innovative spirit is good.
But the audience was confused by the nondescript performance on stage.
has not been applauded by the audience several times in a row, so that Chen Peisi deserves to be hit.
In desperation, he had no choice but to return to square one.
In the old style of the past, another "The King and the Postman" was arranged.
Although once again won back the applause and smiling faces of the audience.
But for Chen Peisi, it was a compromise of creative failure.
But then another thing happened.
He refused to budge no matter what.
This also caused him to have to withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala stage early.
At that time, China International Television Corporation, a subsidiary of CCTV, did not inform Chen Peisi.
Eight of his works were engraved on CD and released.
This kind of behavior is undoubtedly an offense to the creator.
So Chen Peisi turned around and took the company to court.
In the end, only 160,000 yuan was obtained as compensation for infringement.
But it doesn't end there.
Under the stirring up of the media to see the excitement, it is not a big deal.
The news that "Chen Peisi was banned" became more and more outrageous.
Originally, it was just the termination of the cooperation with the Spring Festival Gala.
But under the influence of public opinion, no performance organization dared to invite the two of them again.
Chen Peisi's company was also affected by this incident, and it was unable to make ends meet, and then went bankrupt.
But for him, the most chilling thing is not just being infringed.
In fact, his last show of the year, "The King and the Postman", was also innovative.
He originally wanted to use montage to complete the transformation of the characters.
However, it was rejected by the audit team during the review.
So much so that he had to interpret the show in a traditional style.
And the moment he got off the stage, Chen Peisi reprimanded: "The effect is too bad!"
For Chen Peisi, performance is the first priority.
Therefore, continuous innovation and experimentation are the driving force for him to continue to perform.
But for staff, a steady and error-free process is the easiest thing to do.
As a result, they always avoid innovations that require a change from the old model.
When the scope of a creator's creation is restricted.
It is tantamount to a bird with its wings and feathers plucked.
Since then, Chen Peisi has focused on the study of drama.
But every time he is interviewed, his words always have a clear direction.
seems to have been relieved, and he may still have regrets in his heart.
The classics of the past are unsurpassed to this day.
Maybe it's a blessing for him.
But what about Zhao Benshan?
The fledgling Zhao Benshan was thrown off the street by Chen Peisi in terms of fame and status.
But since he began to land on the Spring Festival Gala.
The momentum is quite ferocious.
Not to mention winning the first prize for three consecutive years.
As a newcomer, he even used his "Blind Date" to defeat Chen Peisi's "Protagonist and Supporting Role".
After Chen Peisi and Zhao Lirong withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala stage one after another.
Zhao Benshan has become an unshakable "sketch champion".
If Chen Peisi's works are created by racking his brains.
Zhao Benshan's inspiration is more like bursting out when chatting with people.
Compared with Chen Peisi's dedication to art, Zhao Benshan is obviously not so entangled.
21 Spring Festival Gala performances, he played the same role "without any growth" - a farmer.
But as the saying goes: if you don't recruit new, it just works.
The audience in the audience is not tired of watching Zhao Benshan, who can only wear a military coat and pretend to be stupid.
Although from an artistic point of view.
Zhao Benshan did not study as deeply as Chen Peisi.
But in terms of the playfulness of the work.
Zhao Benshan obviously won completely.
After all, the Spring Festival Gala sketch is not an academic study.
There's no need to come up with one, two, three.
As long as the audience laughs happily, it is already a success of the work.
Zhao Benshan, who is well versed in this, can be described as a trick that eats all over the world.
From "Blind Date" to "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" to "Selling Abduction".
It's hard to say what innovation Zhao Benshan has.
But there's no denying that these works make people laugh.
To sum up their performance style in the simplest words, it is "art and life".
Although Chen Peisi's works are of the palace level, their diversity is limited.
And Zhao Benshan, who pursues down-to-earthness, is not shackled by any art, just to make the audience smile.
However, it is embarrassing that it is on today's comedy stage.
Sensationalism became the only leitmotif.
Epilogue:
Maybe for a long time to come.
There will be no second "Chen Peisi" or a second "Zhao Benshan" in the comedy world.
But the author is still willing to believe that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves.
There will definitely be a new generation of comedy kings born to promote the development of comedy.
Who are you optimistic about this?