Spring Festival Gala: The ups and downs from glory to decadence
More than 20 years ago, I met a man named Zhao Benshan at the Spring Festival Gala. This disdainful third-rate actor, with the dress of a villager and the brains of a genius, single-handedly provoked a sketch stage.
Even the host, who has always been rigorous, can't help but play soy sauce with his jokes. In those years, the Spring Festival Gala was simply surrounded and ruled by Zhao Benshan's pretense and anti-pretend. The other sketches are ashamed of themselves, although they are unwilling, they can only quietly take a back seat.
Together with the overture of a sketch, the audience knew that this must be another 20 minutes for Zhao Benshan to show his powers. The light illuminated the little man, and even the gloomy ice lamp was lit up by his smile.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and finally one day, Zhao Benshan got angry. Did he do something wrong? We don't know. All we know is that the king of sketches dropped his sleeves and left.
Time has changed hosts and stars, but no one can replace the blank left by Zhao Benshan. Sketches are no longer the most important program. The audience began to pick up the remote control, change the channel back and forth, and finally simply turned off the TV and picked up the mobile phone to watch a small video.
The golden age of the Spring Festival Gala is over. Now it is declining, like an old man, staggering behind the times. People began to discuss when it should abdicate and make way for Xian, and it knew it had lost its charm.
The Spring Festival Gala is still struggling to attract audiences, but except for the old faces, all the newcomers who appear are cold. This made them even more stuck in their throats and unable to sleep at night. Spring Festival Gala, Spring Festival Gala, can you still come back?
Yang Zi: It's cold on the outside and hot on the inside
Yang Zi, a post-90s little flower on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala. We thought that she would bring a touch of vitality to this old face, and her performance would have a different kind of youthful vitality.
But when the camera zoomed in and gave her a close-up, our hearts sank. It turned out that the expression on her baby's face was so stiff and incongruous.
A pair of apricot eyes showed nervousness, and there was no way to integrate into the character at all. The rivalry with your companions is like a parallel monologue, and it is difficult to produce chemistry.
We thought it was the normal nervousness of the newcomers, giving her a little time to get used to the big stage. But two years have passed, Yang Zi is still the same stiff shell, and she can't see any growth.
"No, she just has no acting skills, she is cold on the outside and cold on the inside. Some people deny it. Indeed, in this era where traffic is king, Yang Zi does not lack resources. She doesn't need to hang herself on the big tree of the Spring Festival Gala, she can give it a go and be a star with all her heart.
Maybe. We see her standing on the stage again and again, always playing a silly and sweet role. But those eyes just can't fit into the character.
The contrast is too great to ignore. This time she failed, I don't know how many complaints she has in her heart. We don't know if the Spring Festival Gala and Yang Zi will have another chance to meet.
Yue Yunpeng: The tragedy of laughter and tears
If I had to use one word to describe Yue Yunpeng, it would be "honest". Such an honest-looking man, but when he laughs, he is very genuine, which makes you laugh.
This is the charm of cross talk, its unpretentious humor relieves many unnecessary psychological burdens of modern people.
Therefore, when Yue Yunpeng stands on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala as a new generation of cross talk actors, we are all looking forward to him bringing some new ideas to this ancient traditional art. At first, everything was normal, and the audience watched with relish. However, the frequent mistakes that followed were unexpected.
I still remember that performance, Yue Yunpeng failed to accurately grasp the rhythm at the beginning, and the catchiness of the cross talk should be fast and powerful, but he pronounced it like a blind date. Nervous? Maybe.
I saw that his face was full of smiles, but it didn't infect the audience at all. I even wonder if he remembered the script wrong.
After the end, Yue Yunpeng hurried to round the scene, but the embarrassment of the audience could not be eliminated for a long time. We don't know, is he ready for himself? Does he want to save the art of cross talk? The failure of the Spring Festival Gala every year is accelerating this tradition to the end of history. I sincerely hope that Yue Yunpeng's next performance can bring us surprises and touches.
Pan Changjiang: From earnest teaching to the present, it is not what it used to be
"You have to take your acting career seriously, otherwise you will suffer a big loss. "I still remember that when Xie Mengwei overturned due to the fake wine incident, Pan Changjiang warned his juniors in the live broadcast room with a serious face. At that time, we also praised his earnest teachings, and even felt a little pleased with the vigilance and wisdom of this senior artist.
But then, we were dumbfounded - Pan Changjiang himself also embarked on the road of no return to selling wine. And the method is the same as Xie Mengwei, which is also selling inferior drinks for a few dollars a bottle in the live broadcast room.
It's unbelievable that this goes against the positive image he portrays on stage and on screen. "It turns out that artists are also human beings, and they will also fall for profit. Netizens sighed. Indeed, if it had been ten years ago, Pan Changjiang would never have done such a shameful thing. People do change, time passes, and we can only reluctantly accept this fact, and then turn away.
Cai Ming: Mr. Ageless's reversed life
"Mr. Ageless" Cai Ming, this name has been integrated with the best praise for him. As a national comedian, his iconic face has spent 30 years with us.
It has witnessed the changes in China and our growth, like a piece of paper, printing the most real joys, sorrows and sorrows of this land.
However, it was only recently that the word "ageless" began to fade. We were surprised to find that Cai Ming had embarked on the road of plastic surgery, and it became more and more frequent each time! His face was changing, and his original iconic facial features were no longer there. Instead, there is a deliberately pursued youth, which is the face of a young man.
"Is he rebelling against time?" Some people speculate. Indeed, no one wants to face old age and death. But rebellion against fate often results in futility and thorniness.
We saw Cai Ming wearing an incompatible face on the screen and playing a young role. Everyone is embarrassed, but they don't know how to persuade a master to let go of his knots and cherish the moment.
Jia Ling: The Spring Festival Gala is no longer her main battlefield
Speaking of Jia Ling, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of the vicious and mean old lady. Over the years, she has shown this image on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, playing her tongue with an unmistakable homonym, mocking the most subtle concepts of common sense.
While the audience laughed, they also felt sorry for Zhang Xiaofei, the "daughter-in-law" who always suffered in her mouth. However, Mrs. Jia has not appeared at the Spring Festival Gala for several years. Instead, it was the role of the kind and loving mother on the screen. That's right, Jia Ling began to devote more energy to the film industry, pursuing richer and more three-dimensional character building.
We applaud her progress and understand an actor's desire to push her limits. However, it is inevitable that there will be some loss in my heart. After all, Jia Ling has brought us too much joy, and she has almost become one of the symbols of the Spring Festival Gala. Without her participation, this Spring Festival Gala is like a missing dish, and I always feel that something is missing.
Of course, the actor has the plan of the actor, and we can only respect her choice and move on. I believe that the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala is also looking for new comedy talents. Maybe in the sketch of which year, there will be a new Jia Ling who makes us laugh. We'll see.
The voice of the audience: not only chasing stars, but also seeking roots
For the vast majority of Chinese, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year, and the Spring Festival Gala is the center of the night. The reunion of a family in front of the television is the most collectivized memory of this nation.
However, in recent years, the sacredness and cohesion of this memory have been worn away year by year. I remember when I was a kid, my family sat around and stared at the tiny screen of the television. Dad was holding melon seeds, Mom was busy pouring tea, and familiar faces kept flashing on the TV - first the earnest host, then the talkative stars, and then the elusive sketch actors...... My brother and I tilted our heads and opened our eyes and mouths wide for fear of missing any of the highlights.
But now that we have all grown up, the faces of the Spring Festival Gala of that era are leaving one by one, like old friends saying goodbye to us one by one. We can't name the newcomers who replaced them, and their performances didn't resonate with us in the slightest.
"It's progressive, it's about meeting the tastes of young people. That's what the director told the media. However, ratings are said to be declining, and young people are not sticking to the screen as they envisioned.
Perhaps the Spring Festival Gala is destined to be abandoned by the times, and it will eventually become part of the collective memory of the Chinese. But at least in its last moments, we can still get some of our former self back.
Find the little girl who is grateful for her faith, the young man with ideals, and the innocence and kindness hidden under the vicissitudes of time. Even if it's just for a moment