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Shen Teng is undoubtedly the best of the current comedians.
As long as you see his face, you can't help but laugh out loud.
It seems to be the case, as long as there is a place for Shen Teng, the burden is always indispensable, and the jokes never stop.
Most of everyone's impression of him is a "comedian", not an "actor".
Over the years, there have been more and more questions about Shen Teng.
To be sure, some of the doubts are not unfounded.
Shen Teng, who is at the crossroads of his life, is also seeking a breakthrough, and the "comedian" Shen Teng is actually not happy.
Hundred Flowers Award 0 votes
On the evening of July 30, 2022, the 36th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award was awarded.
An entry quickly fermented and rushed to the top of the hot search:
"Shen Teng 0 votes"
This 0 votes is undoubtedly explosive.
Uncle Shen has a fan base that many actors can't match.
In these years, who hasn't looked at Uncle Shen's face and laughed.
Shen Teng has never won the actor.
And this year's Hundred Flowers Award was not shortlisted.
We have heard of "Ten Billion Actor Huang Bo" and "Ten Billion Actor Wu Jing", and Shen Teng can only be called "Ten Billion Shen Teng".
I have never lost at the box office, and I have hardly won much than honor.
But for Shen Teng, "Ace vs. Ace" is introduced like this:
"Tens of billions of box office male gods".
To say that Shen Teng doesn't care about the title of "actor", it is impossible.
Shen Teng has been lacking an important award to town.
Labels that can't be removed
Shen Teng, a native of Qiqihar, is one of the "Three Major School Grasses of Military Art".
Before he became known to the general public, he was mainly active in stage plays.
In 2012, Shen Teng appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time.
He played Hao Jian, who is "full of heart", "loves to play smart", and "is also kind" in the sketch "Today's Happiness".
In this way, Shen Teng entered the public's eyes with the image of Hao Jian.
In 2014, Shen Teng participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the third time, which was the third season of the "Good Guy Hao Jian" universe, and this time, he became famous.
The sketch "Help or Not" won praise from the audience for its satirical meaning and excellent comedy effect.
As an artistic worker who is full of dedication and ambition, he stepped up from the stage play to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and after completing this goal, he set his sights on the film market that was so hot at that time.
In the 2015 National Day file, "Charlotte's Troubles" was born.
This movie, even from the current point of view, is still a very classic comedy movie.
An important criterion for many people to evaluate comedy is "whether it can break the meme".
In this regard, Charlotte's Troubles is undoubtedly excellent.
"Ma Dong, what plum?"
"My mayor's father."
"Dasha Chun, what are you doing!"
.......
These memes from "Charlotte's Troubles" are still out of date today.
At the end of 2015, another movie starring Shen Teng Ma Li "A Thought of Heaven" was released.
In fact, it can be seen from this movie that Shen Teng is not satisfied with just making the audience laugh.
It's just that this movie didn't make much splash at the time.
In 2017, Shen Teng participated in Happy Twist's third work "Iron Fist of Shame".
Shen Teng is not the starring actor in this movie, but he also contributed to the famous stalk "You come here" with his outstanding performance.
In the summer of 2018, the Happy Twist team's "Wang Fried Work" "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was released.
Like "Charlotte's Troubles", "The Richest Man in Xihong City" also contributed a lot of famous memes.
For example, "I look at people accurately", "I don't pretend, I have a showdown", "I still like your unruly appearance" and so on.
Even, before the release of this movie, "Wolong and Phoenix Chicks" was still a compliment on the Internet.
It can be seen that the influence of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is extensive.
This movie has also become a watershed for Shen Teng, and since then, the audience has begun to use "content" to measure the funniness of the movies in which Shen Teng participated.
The audience also gradually accepted Shen Teng's image of a "greasy", "nothing", and "lazy" middle-aged uncle in the movie.
Moreover, Shen Teng began to mix in various variety shows, especially the cooperation with Jia Ling in "Ace vs. Ace" left a deep impression on the audience.
Everyone's impression of Shen Teng "wanting to laugh when you see him" roughly originates from this.
However, due to his activity in variety shows, Shen Teng was gradually criticized for "not wanting to forge ahead" and "variety shows".
Single? actor, or variety show
Originally, Shen Teng, who stood out among the comedians, was burdened with a lot of expectations.
Many people hope that he can become the next comedy master, the next Stephen Chow.
Jia Ling transformed into a director with two movies, and jumped out of the stereotypes left in variety shows.
However, Shen Teng was torn between an actor and a variety show, and chose to be a "bastard".
Gradually, some people began to question Shen Teng's acting skills, thinking that his performance was too "simplistic".
At the same time, the Happy Twist team is also consuming Shen Teng's "golden signboard".
"The Sun Never Sets Hotel", "Li Cha's Aunt", "Super Family", "Warm Embrace" and so on.
Some of them, Shen Teng, did not star, or even participated, but just made a cameo appearance with a "humanoid stand".
But it was promoted by the film marketing department as a starring role.
The quality of the movie itself is not up to par, which is undoubtedly a hammer for Shen Teng's popularity and reputation again and again.
may be because Shen Teng has participated in variety shows too much, although his exposure has greatly increased, but at the same time, it has also limited his acting path.
In the variety show: Shen Teng was drenched in water, and everyone laughed; Shen Teng was ridiculed by the group, and everyone laughed; Shen Teng was exposed, and everyone laughed.
This is almost the same as the way the character played by Shen Teng in the movie makes everyone laugh.
So, "I want to laugh when I see him" is like a label, which makes Shen Teng breathless.
"I'm here to have fun watching your movies."
It is also like a shackle, firmly locking Shen Teng in the comedy track.
Shen Teng: I'm just an actor
Wu Mengda has made movies all his life and played supporting roles all his life.
But only the filming of "The Wandering Earth" can make him feel that "it is worth leaving a page in the history of Chinese film." ”
Shen Teng has acted in comedy for half his life, which can make the public realize that he is not just a comedian's movie, it is "Flying Life 2".
This movie saved Shen Teng.
Before the release of this movie, it was extremely unfavorable on the Internet.
Many people will worry that the second season will become a dog-tailed mink, and the film was shot in less than three months.
What can be shot in three months?
The slap in the face is that after the movie was released, it achieved quite a good response.
In "Flying Life 2", Shen Teng has two scenes of emotional collapse, and these two scenes make everyone finally remember something:
It turns out that Shen Teng is an actor, and he is an excellent actor with direct acting skills.
Shen Teng has actually always had good acting skills, but everyone seems to have forgotten this while laughing.
Not only that, before becoming famous, Shen Teng was also an excellent drama director.
In "Lonely on the Moon" released in the summer of 2022, "Duguyue" played by Shen Teng has a very highlight performance in the second half of the film.
He exchanged the sacrifice of one person for the regeneration of the entire human race.
In "Flying Life 2", because of a career setback, the male protagonist who was trapped in the car with his head and cried;
found the lead seal, the male protagonist who was wronged and couldn't cry.
Can you tell the difference, is this Zhang Chi or Shen Teng?
Shen Teng: I'm not happy!
Comedians fall into two broad categories.
One is "sprinkling dog blood", which doesn't pay much attention to logic, whether it's a treasure or a funny, it just wants to make you laugh.
Not only to make you laugh, but also to make you laugh, preferably to the end.
The other group is the "academic school", who pays more attention to the logic of comedy, and believes that comedy should not only make people laugh, but also make people think.
We don't evaluate the merits of these two categories, but Shen Teng undoubtedly belongs to the latter.
In 2015, Shen Teng participated in "Happy Comedian".
Different from the funny tricks of other teams, the works of Shen Teng's team will have some heavier "bottoms" in addition to being funny.
This is called upper value.
Probably a lot of people hate comedic value.
But what is commendable about Shen Teng is that he is neither embarrassed nor clichéd while increasing value.
The aforementioned "One Thought of Heaven", although it did not make a big splash, this movie shows Shen Teng's original intention of doing comedy.
It is different from the frequent stalks of "Charlotte's Troubles", but it is "valued" in the content of the film, and the black humor in the movie is Shen Teng's last stubbornness.
Shen Teng, in fact, is not happy at all.
In the publicity interview of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Shen Teng also mentioned that he was not happy.
is funny in variety shows, pretending to be ugly again and again, and being used as a joke again and again.
Who remembers that he was also a talented drama director, and he was also an actor with superb acting skills.
Everyone praised him for his "super emotional intelligence", but it means that he has to be thorough, which is also a very tiring errand.
"You're not really happy, your smile is just your protective color."
The comedian's dilemma
"Comedians sacrifice themselves to art, they are not very good at laughing, and only by discovering their pain in another form can they make everyone happy, and the more this happens, the more painful he becomes. Yes, in a way, people who are really happy don't care much about how they make people happy, and only people who are miserable can discover this ability. —Chen Peisi
People always think that people who love to laugh don't cry.
Among the actors of the various branches, comedians are among the ones with the highest prevalence of depression.
Chaplin, Jim Carrey, Mr. Bean, these famous comedians, are all depressed people.
At the same time, comedians are also the most underrated.
Huang Bo debuted as a comedian, but his awards were won through serious "dramas".
Stephen Chow, despite his high comedy achievements, has also accompanied the Academy Awards many times.
Serious "dramas" seem to have a "chain of contempt" for comedy.
Including the judging of awards, the judges often prefer the actors in the main drama.
Comedians are limited by the form of their performances, and the public tends to ignore their acting skills.
And comedy is more likely to make the audience have a stereotype of the actor.
These stereotypes are like nails that nail the comedian to the frame of comedy, from which there is no escape.
epilogue
Shen Teng, who has been making the audience laugh in front of the screen, is actually not happy.
Comedy can also be very advanced, and he doesn't want to be a comedian who "squeezes his eyebrows" and tries to make the audience happy. As an actor, he wants to shatter prejudice and prove his acting skills.
Shen Teng is an actor, but not just a "comedian".
In fact, Shen Teng doesn't need to be the "next Stephen Chow", you are you, not anyone's shadow.
Some references:
Baidu Encyclopedia|Shen Teng
Tencent Video|The richest man in Xihong City, Charlotte's troubles, and the iron fist of shame
Sina Weibo|Shen Teng