Once upon a time, every Spring Festival, countless families sat in front of the TV, and the most anticipated program was not singing and dancing, not magic, but Zhao Benshan's sketches. His humor is like a warm spring breeze, gently blowing through the hearts of every Chinese, making everyone laugh. However, since the Spring Festival Gala one year, he can no longer be seen on that stage. What made this "evergreen" of the Spring Festival Gala choose to say goodbye? Why did Zhao Benshan, who was common on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in those years, suddenly disappear? Is the story behind it as simple as people guess?
Zhao Benshan's starting point of the Spring Festival Gala: from "Blind Date" to the king of the Spring Festival Gala
Time rewinds to 1992, Zhao Benshan stood on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time and brought the sketch "Blind Date". In the Spring Festival Gala that year, Zhao Benshan's unique sketch style with a northeast flavor rushed into the field of vision of the national audience like a dark horse. The solid performance and witty language allowed the audience to see another possibility of the sketch, and since then Zhao Benshan has become a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival Gala. Since that moment, each of his works has become the talk of the people after dinner.
You may still remember the flickering three times in "Selling Abduction", and you also remember the shining debut of Xiao Shenyang in "Not Bad Money". Zhao Benshan's stage has surprised the audience countless times, and it has almost become the soul of the Spring Festival Gala. Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, people's laughter is closely related to his sketches, and he uses humorous language and exaggerated body language to weave one Chinese New Year's Eve night after another full of laughter for the audience.
Behind the fame and fortune, the shadow brought by the scandal
However, as the old saying goes, "If you walk by the river, you can't get your shoes wet." As a public figure, Zhao Benshan's life has not always been smooth sailing. In 2009, rumors broke in the media that he had unclear relationships with several women. The news hit his public image like a hammer. People who once supported him and liked him began to look at the man who once brought them laughter with strange eyes, and the disgust of some viewers spread rapidly.
Although Zhao Benshan tried his best to defend himself and tried to calm the turmoil with a positive response, it was obvious that the tide of public opinion had fallen in a direction that he was unwilling to face. No matter how he explained, many people chose not to believe it anymore, which caused Zhao Benshan's public image to suffer a heavy blow.
With the fermentation of the scandal, Zhao Benshan began to gradually fade out of public view, including the Spring Festival Gala stage that made him famous. Some people say that this is Zhao Benshan's choice to calm public opinion; Some people also believe that his heart is already tired and wants to take the opportunity to leave this increasingly difficult stage.
Stage mistakes and sketches are eliminated: a blow to add insult to injury
Zhao Benshan's stage career did not stop because of the scandal. In the 2011 Spring Festival Gala, he took the stage again, however, this time he suffered an accident in his life - the mistake of his partner Wang Xiaoli caused a full six seconds of coldness. On the stage of the live broadcast, these six seconds seem extraordinarily long, like an invisible barrier, blocking the audience's expectations from a distance. Zhao Benshan's face instantly darkened, and this mistake became a scar in his heart.
If 2011 was Zhao Benshan's stage "accident", then 2012 was his real farewell to the Spring Festival Gala stage. At that time, Zhao Benshan's carefully prepared sketch "Good People and Good Deeds" was eliminated in the first review of the Spring Festival Gala. For Zhao Benshan, who was once invincible, such a result is unacceptable. After all, how could he have experienced such a setback after many years of the Spring Festival Gala?
After the new director of the Spring Festival Gala, Ha Wen, took office, she strongly advocated letting young people dominate the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and she believed that Zhao Benshan's sketches lacked novelty and no longer had the educational significance of leading the times. As a result, Zhao Benshan's works were mercilessly brushed down, which undoubtedly brought him a greater blow. In desperation, he recreated "Blind Date 2" and wanted to try again, but fate did not seem to favor the former "king" of the Spring Festival Gala, and the second review still failed.
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Zhao Benshan's farewell: the curtain call of the Spring Festival Gala stage
was brushed off twice in a row, which made Zhao Benshan gradually realize that maybe the stage of the Spring Festival Gala no longer belonged to him. The audience, who once embraced him enthusiastically, is now more willing to give applause to the younger performers. The disheartened Zhao Benshan finally decided to let go of the past and bid farewell to the Spring Festival Gala stage that had brought him countless honors.
With regret, he brought his work to Liaoning Satellite TV, but he didn't expect it to usher in a huge success here. Although "Blind Date 2" failed to appear on the Spring Festival Gala, it aroused a warm response on local satellite TV, and the audience still laughed for his humor, which may be the last time Zhao Benshan felt applause from the stage.
In 2013, Zhao Benshan tried to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the last time, but the result was still unsatisfactory. This time, he completely understood that the stage of the Spring Festival Gala no longer belonged to him. Perhaps, this is not only the director's choice, but also the change of the times. The era of the older generation of actors is gradually coming to an end.
Changes in the Spring Festival Gala sketches: the audience's dissatisfaction and doubts
Zhao Benshan's withdrawal also seems to mark the change of the Spring Festival Gala sketches. Viewers are gradually discovering that the once-hilarious shows are no longer so funny. Although the new sketch actors are young and energetic, their performances always make people feel that there is a lack of naturalness and intimacy, and many shows begin to become stylized and uniform.
More and more audiences began to miss the Spring Festival Gala of Zhao Benshan's era, and missed the stage that was not sensational and dogmatic. Everyone can't help but ask, has today's Spring Festival Gala lost the innocence and simplicity of the year? Today's Spring Festival Gala, why is there always a lack of memorable "golden sentences" and unforgettable performances?
The departure of the old drama bones, the eternity of the classics
Although Zhao Benshan withdrew from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, his performance in film and television dramas was still loved by the audience. The images in dramas such as "Country Love" and "Liu Laogen" still let people see the light of an old artist in his performance.
Zhao Benshan's story may have become a piece of history in the Spring Festival Gala, but his humor and performance still remain in people's memory. Those classic works that once accompanied us for the New Year are still continued in the laughter of every family. Just like the classic line of old friend Feng Gong: "I miss you to death", although Zhao Benshan left the Spring Festival Gala, he and his works are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the audience.
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