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Text: The heart is like a summer that is not warm
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Preface
In the vast sea of film and television works, the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" is undoubtedly an "old antique" that has been precipitated over the years and can be called a backbone.
This "old antique" is like a well-maintained "classic car", although the production technology seems a little rudimentary today, but it can drive steadily in the ever-changing new media era, and every winter and summer vacation comes as scheduled, bringing joy and companionship to generations of children and teenagers, and its charm is still the same.
There is a consensus in the entertainment industry: the greatest success of an actor is to perform a certain role vividly and vividly, reaching the irreplaceable realm of the unity of human drama, and the biggest failure of an actor is to be bound by a certain role, so that it is solidified into a single image in the hearts of the audience, and it is difficult to get out of the shadow of the role.
For the sixth child, he has undoubtedly been the former for the past thirty years.
The image of the Monkey King he created in the 86 version of "Journey to the West" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is regarded as a classic by the audience.
In recent years, the public image of the six-year-old child has changed dramatically.
He has gradually become the target of frequent scandals and controversy, and his character has experienced a collapse from the clouds to the bottom.
Many people can't help but wonder: Has the six-year-old boy been misunderstood and misinterpreted by the outside world? Why did he change from the "Monkey King" that everyone loves to the contemptible appearance he is now, and even face the embarrassing situation of "not being able to protect the old season"?
1. The legend that came out of the monkey opera family
Liu Xiaolingtong, formerly known as Zhang Jinlai, was born in Shanghai in 1959, and his family is rooted in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
His father, Zhang Zongyi, is a well-known opera artist, especially famous for playing the role of Wusheng, the most popular of which is the Monkey King Sun Wukong, who enjoys the reputation of "Southern Monkey King", and his stage name is "Liulingtong".
The Zhang family has eleven children, the last of whom is the six-year-old, with five older sisters and five older brothers.
According to the original idea, the baton of the family's monkey opera art should be taken over by his second brother Xiao Liuling Tong Zhang Jin Xing, but sadly, the extremely talented Xiao Liuling Tong died of leukemia at the age of 17.
At this time, Zhang Jinlai, who was only 7 years old, was later a six-year-old child, and had to take over the banner of the family's monkey opera inheritance.
Fortunately, he grew up in a family environment full of monkey theater atmosphere, and the family also specially raised dozens of monkeys to observe and learn the behavior of monkeys.
As he grew older, he carried out meticulous research and imitation of various expressions and movements of monkeys, thus laying a solid foundation for shaping the insurmountable classic image of "Journey to the West" in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" - Monkey King.
In 1976, the six-year-old child who graduated from high school was admitted to the art school of Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe, officially inherited his father's mantle, learned the profession of martial arts, and performed many traditional drama roles on the stage, such as Ren Tanghui in "Three Forks", Zidu in "Cutting Zidu", etc.
Although he has performed brilliantly in many roles, what obsesses him the most and is the best at it is always all kinds of monkey performances, and it is this dedication and love that has achieved his artistic peak.
2. The defender of the image of Monkey King and the adaptation of "Journey to the West" are controversial
In the TV series "Wu Chengen and Journey to the West" broadcast in 2010, Liu Xiaolingtong played the roles of Wu Chengen and Sun Wukong, but the Douban score of the show was only 2.6, and the reviews in the book generally reflected that there were many fallacies and unreasonableness in the show's depiction of Wu Chengen's life and the creative process of "Journey to the West".
As a staunch supporter of "Journey to the West" and the image of the Monkey King, Liu Xiaolingtong resolutely resists any behavior that may damage or subvert the image of the Monkey King.
Liu Xiaolingtong has a deep disgust and disgust for all kinds of remakes of "Journey to the West" at home and abroad, and he will mercilessly criticize those works that do not conform to the image of Monkey King in his mind in public, insisting that "Journey to the West" should not be remade at will, even if the innovation in the relationship between the characters is considered unacceptable.
He even scoffed at the image of Monkey King in the Japanese anime Dragon Ball, denigrating him as a "mustache ghost".
Whenever there is a film and television work with Monkey King as the protagonist on the market, Liu Xiaolingtong will so-called "fight fake" on it, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among many people, who believe that anyone has the right to play the role of Monkey King, and Liu Xiaolingtong cannot criticize other versions at will because of his own excellent performance.
In particular, the classic work that has been highly regarded by a generation, "Journey to the West" starring Stephen Chow and Zhu Yin, has also been resisted by six young children.
He repeatedly expressed his opinions on the emotional clues between Sun Wukong and Zixia Fairy in the movie, emphasizing that "Journey to the West" is not a love novel and should not be made up.
Liu Xiaolingtong believes that the arbitrary adaptation of "Journey to the West" is disrespectful to traditional culture, a wanton tampering with the original work, and a misleading approach to the values of teenagers.
He didn't want to see children repeatedly ask him questions like "how many girlfriends does Monkey King have", so he insisted on mercilessly refuting those who read "Journey to the West" at will, vowing that "no one will forgive".
Not only that, during his tenure as the director of the Wu Chengen Memorial Hall, Liu Xiaolingtong actually hung his own photo at the entrance of the memorial hall, and most of the exhibits displayed in the museum are closely related to the image of the Monkey King played by himself, resulting in the Wu Chengen Memorial Hall becoming his personal exhibition hall to some extent, which has also attracted widespread attention and discussion.
3. The inconsistency of the words and deeds of the six-year-old child led to the whole network
In front of the public, Liu Xiaolingtong often emphasizes the respect and protection of the original work of "Journey to the West" and the image of Monkey King, and calls on the industry and the public to keep the bottom line of artistic creation.
The reality contrasts sharply with his rhetoric.
Just when the aftermath of his call to defend the classic image was not gone, he turned around and endorsed a mobile game that was very different from the original setting.
In this game, the character of Monkey King has emotional entanglements with many female characters, which is undoubtedly a blasphemy against the spirit of the original work.
Such an inconsistent performance of words and deeds has aroused strong public disgust and irony.
People have accused the six-year-old child of "eating ugly", while shouting to protect the purity of "Journey to the West" and Sun Wukong, and on the other hand, they spoiled it with their own hands and consumed it wantonly.
Not only that, but the standard for the use of the image of Monkey King by the six-year-old child seems to be quite "double standard".
He declared that he would never allow others to use or adapt the image of Sun Wukong for commercial promotion, but he arrogantly used the image of Monkey King to endorse leather shoes, water heaters and other goods, and made a lot of money.
This kind of practice of defending the classics, but actually using the image of Sun Wukong for his own benefit, made the majority of netizens extremely disappointed.
The inconsistent words and deeds of the six-year-old child made him quickly become the target of verbal criticism on the whole network.
His Weibo comment area was drowned out by netizens' doubts, sarcasm and even abuse, and became the target of public criticism for a while.
In the face of the surging tide of public opinion, Liu Xiaolingtong chose to retweet and question his Weibo, although he did not respond in writing, but his fan base took the initiative to defend the idol and besiege the critics.
Far from calming the anger of the public, this wave of operations has increased the public's disdain for the six-year-old child.
In the face of overwhelming accusations, Liu Xiaolingtong excitedly defended himself, asking why everyone was attacking him and what he had done wrong.
In the eyes of many, what the six-year-old child did was indeed reprehensible.
On the surface, he is not really fighting for art, but is over-consuming the classic IP of "Journey to the West" and Monkey King, and accumulating wealth in the name of maintenance, which should be spurned by the public.
The truth of the matter is not so simple.
When we have an in-depth understanding of Liu Xiaolingtong's life and deeds, especially his experience of registering "Liuxiao Lingtong Cultural Business Co., Ltd." in 1994 and using it as a platform to fight against all companies that abuse the image of "Monkey King" and "Monkey King" for commercial activities, we may have a new understanding of his behavior.
Although there are indeed inappropriate practices in some aspects, the original intention may not be pure commercial speculation, but out of deep love and persistent protection of "Journey to the West" and the image of Monkey King.
Knowing this, people may feel a little sad and sad about this controversial artist, lamenting his struggle and helplessness between reality and ideals, business and art.
4. Role marketing is pervasive, and the method of rubbing popularity is frequently controversial
On the list of six young children's black histories, there is a phenomenon about his excessive packaging and consumption of his binding to the Monkey King character.
Netizens found that he often touted his performance of the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" regardless of the occasion, and whenever and wherever he could, as long as he could find a connection, he would mention the role he played in the play.
For example, on the Christmas Day of Taishang Laojun and the Jade Emperor, he would lose no time in sharing his stills in the play, which made people sigh that in order to grasp every publicity node, the old artist even remembered the birthdays of the immortals.
Not only that, when Liu Xiaolingtong is more vaguely related to his actual acting experience, such as Doctor's Day, Police Day, Journalists' Day, etc., he will also insist on publishing content on Weibo, subtly leading the topic to the role he once played.
What's even more eye-popping is that he didn't let go even on Women's Day, on the grounds that he had the experience of reversing Miss Gao in a Peking Opera performance.
This kind of behavior of rubbing the heat by all means does give people a glimpse of the efforts he has put in to maintain attention.
5. The story and controversy behind Liu Xiaolingtong and "Journey to the West".
In the drama "Journey to the West", Liu Xiaolingtong, the actor of the Monkey King role, faced a large number of action scenes and aerial work, and due to the limitations of the technical conditions and shooting environment at that time, he actually used stand-ins to assist in completing the filming in multiple scenes.
For example, in the first episode of "Journey to the West", the scene of the Monkey King taking a boat was completed by a fisherman who is familiar with water as a stand-in.
During the filming of "The True and False Monkey King", Ding Jian, a professional martial arts stand-in, performed a large number of fight scenes with Liu Xiaolingtong, and Ding Jian was injured in many places during the process, showing the hardships of the stand-in's work.
In addition, when the six-year-old child injured his foot for some reason, the crew specially invited Xu Tinglei as a temporary stand-in to help complete part of the action scenes.
Although in the film and television industry, especially in productions with many action scenes, the use of stand-ins is a very normal and necessary practice, and the majority of audiences can understand and accept it.
In a period many years later, when Xu Tinglei participated in the activity as a stand-in for Sun Wukong, Liu Xiaolingtong strictly forbade him to mention the fact that he had been a stand-in, and warned him, if Xu Tinglei did not listen to the dissuasion and insisted on talking about the stand-in experience publicly, Liu Xiaolingtong even threatened to take legal measures to investigate the responsibility.
This practice has sparked different views and discussions among the public on the issue of the artist's treatment of stand-ins.
6, "Selling Films in the Mourning Hall" caused public anger
Director Yang Jie, an outstanding woman who left an eternal mark on the history of Chinese television, shook the entire literary and artistic circles with the news of her unfortunate death.
As the actor of the popular "Monkey King" by director Yang Jie, Liu Xiaolingtong mentioned Yang Jie as a "teacher" when he was interviewed by the media, and expressed his "deep grief".
Reading between the lines, people seem to be able to feel the extreme pain of Liu Xiaolingtong's death of Director Yang Jie, after all, it was Director Yang Jie's unique vision that shaped Liu Xiaolingtong into the classic image that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in front of the screen - Monkey King.
When people were immersed in the mourning of director Yang Jie and expected Liu Xiaolingtong to express his nostalgia and respect for his teacher with practical actions, he staged a jaw-dropping "Hall of Fame" at director Yang Jie's memorial service.
The originally solemn memorial service was turned into a "propaganda meeting" for the new film "Journey to the West" by a six-year-old child.
This kind of sales at a funeral is tantamount to blatantly consuming the deceased in front of the soul, which is ironic and chilling.
In fact, this is not the first time that the six-year-old child has made such an inappropriate move at a funeral.
At the memorial service of Yan Huaili, the actor of the sand monk in "Journey to the West", Liu Xiaolingtong also took the opportunity to promote his play "Wu Chengen and Journey to the West".
The same happened at the funeral of Mr. Ji Xianlin, who used the occasion to promote his new book "Journey to the West".
These behaviors not only violated people's due respect for funerals, but also exposed the selfish mentality of the six-year-old children who still did not forget to use every opportunity to seek benefits for themselves in the face of life and death events.
Regarding the various behaviors of the six young children at the funeral, the majority of netizens showed strong indignation and injustice.
They believe that the behavior of the six-year-old child is a great disrespect to the deceased and a desecration of the sacred nature of the memorial service.
What's more, the film he promoted was also boycotted by the public.
For a time, the image of the six-year-old child has undergone earth-shaking changes in people's hearts.
Once, he was an old artist with both virtue and art in people's minds, and an irreplaceable "Monkey King", but now, he is regarded as a person who only knows how to put gold on himself and eat Sun Wukong's old book, ruthlessly destroying countless people's good memories of "Journey to the West".
It is true that Liu Xiaolingtong has contributed a valuable cultural heritage to mainland TV art with his superb acting skills and profound interpretation of the role of Sun Wukong, and his artistic achievements cannot be ignored.
It is his complacent temperament, as well as his behavior of ignoring the public's feelings and blindly pursuing personal interests at critical moments, that led him to finally end up in the situation of "not guaranteeing his late season", which is regrettable and a profound warning.
7. From an art master to the focus of public opinion
As a senior performing artist with profound artistic attainments and excellent acting skills, Liu Xiaolingtong should have adhered to his original intention and made unremitting efforts to inherit the spiritual connotation contained in "Journey to the West" in a low-key manner, instead of blindly pursuing economic benefits and frequently participating in various commercial activities to make money.
What's even more controversial is that he personally edited a new version of "Journey to the West", which greatly deleted the content on the basis of retaining the original work, and added his own unique interpretation and commentary on "Journey to the West", which is considered by the majority of netizens to be excessive consumption and disrespect for Journey to the West culture.
As a result of these behaviors, the image of the six-year-old child gradually degenerated from an artist who was admired by the world to a negative example that was spurned by thousands of people.
Although the image of Monkey King he created in "Journey to the West" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is a classic character that cannot be easily surpassed, it is his over-indulgence in this role and some paranoia in words and deeds that caused his public image to gradually collapse, step by step to the forefront of public opinion criticism, and finally fell into an irreparable embarrassing situation.
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