Recently, CCTV's flagship program "Moving China" announced the "Top Ten Moving People" in 2023. It is difficult to reach a consensus between the ordinary audience and the characters selected by the program. This time, the selection of "Moving China" has become a hot topic, which also shows that people have different definitions of "moving".
Is the "Moving China" program distorted?
The "Moving China" program has been launched for many years, and it has given people hope and comfort many times. But as time passed, it seemed to contradict the original purpose of warming people's hearts with the touching stories of ordinary people. In the past, many of the "moving figures" were unknown ordinary people in all corners of life, paying their own small strength to influence and move the people around them.
This year's inductees also include sports stars and veteran film and television artists. There is no doubt about their achievements and hard work in sports and performing arts, but if "moving" is used as the selection criterion, it seems that there is a gap between them and the ordinary people in previous years. There was even an American lady who was selected, which made it difficult for many netizens to accept the words "moving China".
The selection of the judges was controversial
Amid the doubts, the judges defended the U.S. inductees on the grounds that "touching knows no borders and embodies the friendship between China and the United States". But this explanation alone is still not convincing. To talk about moving, the most direct criterion should be the public's recognition and resonance. But the characters selected now, it is difficult for most viewers to tell the "touching" in them.
Everyone has their own responsibilities, and athletes and actors are working hard in their own fields, but this does not mean that others can find resonance in them. The characters who moved China back then used the simplest way to convey the purest love in human nature. Others admire the warmth of their hearts, not their external achievements.
This is also the spirit that "Moving China" originally wanted to convey -- to move people's hearts with ordinary people. Nowadays, the production of programs aims to chase topicality and commercial benefits, which deviates from the origin and will inevitably lose the audience's sense of identity. If the judges' criteria are not understood and resonant, their impact will be greatly reduced. Compared with inviting celebrities with a lot of money, it is better to return to the truth and simplicity, which will be the original taste of moving.
For the judges, it may pay more attention to the influence and achievement of the characters, but for the audience, they are actually more eager to feel the warm stories in life and associate with their own lives. Both views have their own insistence, and it is difficult to say which side is wrong. The point is that we need to negotiate and find a more consensual definition.
For example, you can start from the details of life, bring out the universal points, and convey the warmth that the community is looking for. Focus on the process rather than the result, and pay more attention to the expression of truth rather than flaunting achievements. Only by returning to the origin and the original point in the hearts of the audience can the moving really move people's hearts.
Perhaps in the future, we should take a step forward and face up to different voices and improve standards together. Only in this way can the program continue to touch people's hearts and convey our heart's most sincere desire for "moving".