Text: Lele
Pioneer Valley
Can a person with a bitter face really act in a comedy?
Yes!
Cai Ming did it, and even had the title of "Sketch Queen".
Since 1991, Cai Ming has appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala 27 times, and is a well-known "nail household".
But while bringing happiness to the audience, Cai Ming's reputation also fell into a "dilemma":
Those who love it are like colorful flowers, and those who don't love them despise it like flowers falling in the mud.
What's more, he shouted the slogan "Get out of the Spring Festival Gala" many times to express his disgust with Cai Ming.
is also a sketch actor, why is Song Dandan called a "female comedian", but Cai Ming is called a "thorn in the eye"?
After 27 years of stage cultivation, which step did Cai Ming do wrong?
Is the increasingly popular "Cai Ming and no Spring Festival Gala" too extreme on the Internet?
01
He was born to do comedy and is a talented actor.
Facing Cai Ming, who had a bitter face, "Sketch King" Chen Peisi expressed his opinion.
But for Cai Ming, comedy is not true love, movies are.
Born in Beijing in 1961, his father is a university professor and his mother is a chief doctor.
With such a family background, Cai Ming is destined to have no chance to endure hardships, and he also has more opportunities to pursue his dreams.
She doesn't like to read or study medicine, but loves literature and art, and was once selected as an actor in the CCTV Youth Choir.
After having the experience of being on stage and receiving applause, Cai Ming's desire for the camera became stronger and stronger.
Opportunities are also waiting and preparing, and they are coming.
When director Xie Tieli was preparing for the filming of the movie "Haixia", he auditioned for the actor of "Little Haixia" across the country.
One in a million, Cai Ming, who is in the fourth grade of primary school, is the "one".
In 1975, the movie was released, and Cai Ming, who did not have many scenes, became popular overnight.
"Haixia" in the film is a typical tragic character.
As soon as they were born, they were thrown into the sea and picked up by fishermen to raise them. The crew's broken boat was seized by the fishing tyrant again, and he grew up with hatred.
Under Cai Ming's interpretation, the suffering of "Xiao Haixia" was concretized.
His brows were furrowed, and he couldn't see any joy in his face, and the eyes and corners of his mouth conveyed hatred and suffering.
If you shed another tear, the advantage of the bitter face could not be hidden at all.
As soon as she cried, I felt that my home had been forcibly occupied.
This should be the audience's biggest recognition of her.
Not only the audience, but also many bigwigs in the film and television industry are deeply impressed by this little girl:
In a few years, she will be a very good tragic actor.
If someone at this time said that Cai Ming would act in comedy in the future, he would definitely be considered a madman.
But who can see through the future?
02
After "Haixia", Cai Ming appeared in many movies. Although the style has not diminished, there is no longer the popularity of "Little Haixia".
Although she also thought about giving up in the middle, as soon as she remembered the "well-known tragic actor" mentioned by the director, she had the courage to persevere.
Until one day, a man named Chen Peisi found her.
After that, Cai Ming's life plan was completely "deviated".
In 1990, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao were ready to make a sketch "Platini's Long Hair", and the book and characters were all thought out, but there was still a key step that did not break through:
A heroine is missing.
So, Chen Peisi found Cai Ming and asked her to help.
Many people think that Chen Peisi is crazy, but Chen Peisi himself has always been firm in his choice.
Especially after a formal rehearsal with Cai Ming, he was even more sure.
Every time there is a burden, Chen Peisi doesn't need to say much at all, Cai Ming knows how to act.
What kind of eyes to use, what action effect to add, is in a class of its own.
Especially when discussing the improvement of the script, Cai Ming, who is completely inexperienced, is more like a "veteran".
"A very talented comedian, with ideas bubbling out like a spring. ”
This is Chen Peisi's evaluation of Cai Ming.
Facts have proved that Chen Peisi has a discerning eye.
Cai Ming, who has struggled in the film industry for many years without results, has become a leader among comedians after cooperating with Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in a sketch.
After that, if you find Cai Ming, there will only be comedy shows.
In the second year, Cai Ming appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and collaborated with Gong Hanlin in "Stranger".
Twisted braids with a red plaid top, carrying two burdens with a flat shoulder.
As soon as he got on the stage, Cai Ming ushered in thunderous applause.
This is the second time Cai Ming has tasted the feeling of becoming famous in one fell swoop.
For the first time, she decided to become an actress and was considered a rising star by the tragedian.
The second time, she became a comedian completely, changing her life.
Is it just a person who is "born with a bitter appearance" to be able to act in comedy well? No one dares to guarantee it.
03
"Stranger", which cooperated with Gong Hanlin, became a classic on the sketch stage.
Although regarded as the "golden partner" of the new generation, this screen debut is also the only collaboration between the two.
After that, Gong Hanlin met Zhao Lirong and created excellent works such as "Part-time Job Adventure", "So Packaged" and "Kung Fu Order".
After being absent from the comedy stage, Cai Ming finally found the other half of the stage, Guo Da.
In 1993, Cai Ming appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again and cooperated with Guo Da to perform "Loess Slope", which made a good start for the future "golden partner".
During the cooperation with Guo Da, it was Cai Ming's highlight moment on the comedy stage.
The two have successively staged works such as "Robot Funny Stories", "Romantic Things", "Gifts", "Dream Home", "Beijing Welcomes You" and so on.
There is the warmth of family, there are small episodes of life, there are small oolongs in society, and so on.
And the reason why Cai Ming "acts like anything" is that the biggest benefit is her "bitter face".
The current female comedian, the highest voice should be Jia Ling, she belongs to the actor with her own festivity.
Chubby face, with two cute dimples when he laughs, and a smile between his eyebrows.
She can succeed, half professionally, half by appearance.
But people like Song Dandan and Cai Ming are typical "bitter faces".
The forehead is square and large, the eye space is wide, and the lips are thin. Even if you laugh, it doesn't make people feel festive.
Therefore, the plasticity of the two is higher, and the life story of the performance is more real and relevant.
After Song Dandan, China has a female sketch actor who can make people laugh. This is the audience's evaluation of Cai Ming.
But after parting ways with Guo Da, Cai Ming's comedy talent seems to have "disappeared".
"Guo does not leave Cai, Cai does not leave Guo. ”
On the sketch stage, as long as the names of these two people are connected, it must be a good work.
Of course, many people mistakenly believe that the so-called golden partner is actually a "husband and wife".
Not only did the audience believe it, but Cai Ming's husband also believed it.
Seeing his wife getting closer and closer to another man, the misunderstanding in Ding Qiuxing's (Cai Ming's husband) was getting bigger and bigger.
Later, it was Guo Da who brought his wife to visit and explain the reason, and Cai Ming proved his "innocence".
But with innocence, the misunderstanding may not be completely eliminated, and she is destined to start keeping a distance between her and Guo Da.
In 2010, Guo Da announced his withdrawal from the Spring Festival Gala stage due to physical reasons and no longer acted in sketches.
partnered with "Escape from the World", and Cai Ming, who still enjoys the stage, where should he go?
At this time, there is also a man who is also in the distress of "no partner".
Pan Changjiang!
04
After separating from Guo Da, Cai Ming did not quit the Spring Festival Gala, but partnered with some newcomer actors to continue to output works.
"Skynet Restoration", which is partnered with Chang Yuan and Wang Ning, is a work at this time.
It wasn't until 2013 that Cai Ming and Pan Changjiang collaborated for the first time in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, bringing the work "Jump If You Want to Jump".
The partner has changed, and the style is completely different.
Cai Ming changed his previous style of life and took a new route of "old and pretty".
Wearing heavy makeup and tight clothes that flatter the figure, the whole person becomes tall and elegant. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was full of poisonous tongues.
"Disgusting open the door to disgusting, disgusting to home. ”
"Seven Snow White and a Dwarf, that's a horror movie......"
After a performance, the hall laughed and applauded Lei Ming, the combination of the foreign Cai Ming and the "rustic" Pan Changjiang was really successful.
But unsuccessfully, the two continued the style.
As long as he is on the stage, Cai Ming is always the one with a poisonous tongue, and his burden has become "aggressive".
ridiculed the height and attacked the looks, and over time, finally caused the anger of the audience:
When did the sketch become a scolding stage?
From the original "Jump If You Want to Jump", to "Station Adventure" with "Bang Bang Chest Fight", Cai Ming's spring-like comedy ideas seem to be no longer available.
Until 2020, it was also Cai Ming's most difficult year.
The sketches submitted to the Spring Festival Gala were constantly "rejected", revised many times, and rejected many times, she finally couldn't bear the pressure and fell ill.
When the photo of her being taken away by an ambulance came out, the audience found out:
Cai Ming is really old.
So far, Cai Ming has never appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again, and generation after generation has said goodbye.
But the difference is that the audience doesn't miss it much.
After people like Chen Peisi, Zhao Benshan, Zhao Lirong, Huang Hong, Guo Da and others withdrew, every Spring Festival, the audience began to miss the time they spent shining on the stage.
But this kind of nostalgia "disappeared" when it came to Cai Ming, and the audience was even a little happy:
Finally I don't have to see her anymore.
has been dedicated to the Spring Festival Gala stage for 27 years, although there are works that are not recognized, it cannot be ignored that Cai Ming's did leave a lot of classics for the audience.
But in addition to the stage, the audience's "disgust" with Cai Ming is also reflected in other aspects.
Such as exposure.
Cai Ming, who is over half a hundred years old, is still on "Men's Clothing", which is famous for his sexiness.
Wearing a dress that exposes the entire back, fiddling with some extremely seductive movements on the chair.
For example, plastic surgery.
Over the years, when the actors of the same era are getting old, Cai Ming is getting younger and younger.
To a large extent, this depends on aesthetic medicine.
So much so that a consensus was reached on the Internet: the end of plastic surgery is Cai Ming.
Although she looks younger, she still has some drawbacks, such as the fact that she can no longer control her expression well.
When you laugh, your face collapses, and if you don't laugh, you look fierce.
Can an actor who can't laugh himself still make the audience laugh?
Epilogue:
As the Spring Festival approaches, everyone once again pays attention to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
But the duo of Cai Ming and Pan Changjiang, one was ruined by the live broadcast, and the other style is no longer loved, do they still have a chance to appear on the Spring Festival Gala?
If so, how much more do you expect from the audience?
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