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8 "Chinese tourists" overturned "Chinese Restaurant"? "Fake" to embarrassing
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The hustle and bustle of the city streets, a food truck lined up in front of the bustling crowd, enthusiastic shouting, tempting food aroma, constitute a lively and extraordinary picture of the market, the camera turns, the sharp-eyed audience finds that behind this lively scene, there seems to be a trace of indescribable disobedience, this is not in China, but in the France streets, this group of enthusiastic diners is not blonde foreign friends, but speaks with accents from all over the world...... Chinese compatriots?
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This scene is from the eighth season of the popular domestic variety show "Chinese Restaurant", as a reality show focusing on "Chinese food culture output", "Chinese Restaurant" has attracted a large number of loyal viewers since its inception, with the novel program form and star lineup, with the broadcast of the show season after season, the once highly praised "realism" has gradually aroused the audience's questions, especially the latest season of the "customer solicitation link", which was complained by netizens that it was "fake to embarrassing", and some netizens even joked:" Is the program team treating the audience as fools? ”
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From "rejected" to "full": the evolution of customer solicitation
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Looking back on the previous seasons of "Chinese Restaurant", one of the biggest challenges faced by celebrity guests running restaurants in a foreign country is "soliciting customers", language barriers, cultural differences, and unfamiliarity with life have made celebrities repeatedly hit a wall when soliciting customers, and embarrassing scenes are frequent, and it is these "imperfect" moments that make the audience feel the authenticity and interest of the show, and the attitude of the stars to put down their bodies and strive to integrate into local life has also resonated with many audiences
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With the show moving back to China for recording, the star effect appeared, and the authenticity of the solicitation link began to be discounted, with the blessing of the star halo, the restaurant was often "full of reservations" before it opened, and the once challenging soliciting link gradually became a "decoration" that went through the motions, in order to create the effect of the program, the program team began to try various new models, such as "reservation system", "theme activities", etc., trying to avoid the problem of "difficulty in soliciting customers" to ensure the interest of the program
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This practice of deliberately avoiding "real problems" has aroused strong resentment among the audience in the latest season of the program, and the program team deliberately arranged celebrity guests to "solicit customers with difficulty" on the streets of France in order to create a "sense of contrast", but most of the "foreign diners" in the camera are Chinese faces, and even many people speak fluent Mandarin, this kind of clumsy "performance" not only did not achieve the expected program effect, but made the audience feel deceived, and complained that the program team "will do whatever it takes for the program effect"
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The Emergence of 8 "Chinese Tourists": Truth or Script Arrangement?
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The "fake" doubts reached their peak in the latest episode of the program, when 8 "Chinese tourists" appeared in a concentrated manner, completely shattering the audience's last illusion about the program
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In the show, the celebrity guests operated food trucks on the streets of France, and the original business was full of birds, but because of the arrival of 8 "Chinese tourists", it instantly became popular, these 8 "tourists" spoke with accents from all over the world, praised Chinese food, and even offered to help the stars attract customers
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Attentive viewers found that the appearance of these 8 "tourists" was full of deliberate and unnatural, and their dress was incompatible with the surrounding environment, and at first glance they were "tourists"; Their performance in front of the camera is too enthusiastic and exaggerated, far from the behavior of real tourists; On top of that, the interaction between them and the celebrity guests is full of traces of the script, as if they are performing according to the pre-arranged lines
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"That's too fake! Is the program team treating the audience as fools? "Can you take a snack?" Is it so hard to find a foreigner? On the barrage, the audience's doubts came one after another, and the audience, who was expecting to see the stars "living in real life" in a foreign country, was poured cold water on this clumsy "performance".
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The "careful thinking" of the program team is obvious: in order to create the effect of the program, they deliberately arranged these "Chinese tourists", trying to create a false impression that "Chinese food is very popular overseas", this practice of covering up the ears and stealing the bell not only cannot cover up the "fake" of the program itself, but makes the audience doubt the authenticity and intentions of the program
The Awkwardness Behind the Illusion: Authenticity or Entertainment?
In the pursuit of entertainment and topicality, more and more variety shows have begun to choose the "scripted" production mode, and the celebrity guests "perform" according to the pre-set script, and the content of the program is also full of deliberately created conflicts and dramas
It is undeniable that the "scripted" production mode can indeed improve the enjoyment and topicality of the show to a certain extent, but at the same time, it also sacrifices the authenticity and thinking value of the show. Will you still identify with the values conveyed by the show?
The original intention of "Chinese Restaurant" is to promote Chinese food culture overseas through star effect, and when the authenticity of the show itself is questioned, can the cultural output it convey still stand?
As a form of mass entertainment, variety shows should also assume a certain social responsibility in bringing joy to the audience, instead of trying to "create" topics and heat, it is better to return to the content itself, and use real stories and sincere emotions to impress the audience and resonate
Perhaps, this is the secret of the variety show "Changhong".
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