Uncle Yes lay in his hospital bed for fourteen spring and autumn, during which he lost the ability to speak and think, and his silence did not make the audience who loved him forget him.
I remember when my son was admitted to twenty-seven middle schools, he joined the drama club of that school, and the club name was "Yes No Society". Later, it was learned that the Twenty-Seven Middle School, which was located at the foot of the imperial city root, was previously the Comte School, and the famous performing artist of renyi came out of that school.
Children who love drama, the same love is the grandfather. They want to dedicate some of their own meager strength to the drama art of the motherland like he did. At a young age, through their own efforts, they won the gold medal at the Youth Drama Festival. They did not embarrass Grandpa Yes, and they also made Grandpa Soo, who died in 2013, walk so freely, because he has a successor.
Yes, his uncle is gone, although he walked peacefully, he also walked unwillingly, he was reluctant to the stage of Beijing Renyi, he was reluctant to love the performing arts, and he was reluctant to leave the audience who loved him.
But whenever he mentions it, everyone will think of "The Tea House" and think of the old treasurer who made him come alive.
Stills from the play "The Teahouse"
I watched "The Tea house" from a very young age and have been watching it for decades. The performance of Uncle Yes can be said to be felt even when you close your eyes. In the second act of his role as the King Treasurer, he designed the slogan "Don't Talk About State Affairs" on the wall, and when he posted one, his hands were stained with some paste, and he was afraid of rubbing on his clothes, so he designed two hands. It is such a kind of physical movement that is also based on his daily observation of life. When he was young, he had paid attention to the old man who rang the bell in the school, and according to the memory of the old man, he thought that the old man was thrifty and thrifty, working sharply, although he was born low and poor, but he was very particular about the characteristics of cleanliness, which was very inspiring for him to create the character of Wang Lifa. He enriched the king treasurer with the qualities of the old man who rattled the bell. Uncle Yes himself said: "I sincerely feel that an actor must be a person who cares about life, loves life, and is good at observing very carefully." People who experience life; coarse branches and leaves, sloppy and superficial treatment of life is not OK. Be 'affectionate'. Some details of life can often greatly help actors to obtain a valuable sense of self in the role. From this passage, you can see that it is uncle who asks himself of his role. In the play, although the slogan "Don't talk about state affairs" was posted on the wall of the teahouse, state affairs still happened in that teahouse. So that in the end, his tea house not only could not be operated, but even had difficulty surviving.
The scene where the three old men throw paper money at the end is the uncle's creation of the character, mainly showing the wang treasurer's accusation of the old system and his condemnation of himself. When he made up his mind to commit suicide, he abandoned the timid and fearful style of the past, and he thought that in the future, he would no longer have to ask people for peace, bow, accompany smiling faces, and he would not need to please anyone, and for his landlord, he could also be ridiculed, and he dared to say that he was not, and dared to name and scold people. This is the pain he has shown that he has never had in his life, this is the humanity he has wanted to pursue all his life. According to everyone, live like a person. Yes, my uncle performed and touched all the audiences present.
Stills of "sprinkling paper money" in the drama "Teahouse"
It was the uncle himself who said: "As for Wang Lifa hanging himself, this clip is a tragedy, but it is also impossible to directly play that 'sadness'. A careful study of the logic of the characters and life itself will find fresh colors that make the play seem more tortuous and subtle, not 'plague', not indifferent and bland; but more emphasized, more intense, but also more like life. "My uncle has cherished his acting career all his life.
But the greatest tragedy was not his departure, but his brain went wrong when he was still physically on stage, when he was only 65 years old.
Played Cheng Crazy in the drama "Dragon Sugou"
He wrote: "This day may not mean much to others, but on that day, something went wrong in my theater career, and it warned me never to act again."
Two or three years ago, I had the problem of occasionally forgetting words on stage, which gradually made me feel burdened on stage. In 1992, when the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the theater was commemorated, "The Tea House" was performed again. After a long time on the stage, my burden felt even heavier. Sure enough, after 400 mature plays, he repeatedly went wrong on the stage. By the time of July 16, I wouldn't play it the next day, and somehow I was very nervous. I was afraid that the first act of serving Second Master Qin's line, it had to be fluent and crisp, the first two scenes had already had some small problems, that day I felt that it was going to be bad. Before the opening, the backstage was particularly lively, and friends inside and outside the courtyard wanted to sign for souvenirs, and I was particularly nervous. I said to Comrade Amano, 'I'm going to have a problem today, and in that scene with you, you pay attention, and see that I don't, and you try to get away with it.' Amano reassured me, and he said he was 'ready to pick him up.' Fortunately, he was prepared, and I really forgot the words when I got there, and he helped me make up for it, barely allowing me to continue acting. After that, there was more than one scene, and every scene had loopholes, which was extremely painful on stage.
It was easy to barely support the end of the play, and I went to the audience with a full of apologies. I was ashamed, the audience applauded very warmly, and there were bouquets and baskets from the audience, and many spectators came to the stage to ask us to sign, and I had to sign sadly. One of the audience members asked me to write something when I signed it, and I wrote a sentence without thinking— 'Thank you for your tolerance.' I sincerely thanked the audience for giving me a chance to express my shame. When I heard an audience member shouting my name and saying 'goodbye' offstage, I was so moved that I couldn't answer. Speechless for a moment.... Since I acted, I only know the audience's love and strictness for the actors, and I never thought that the audience had such tolerance for the actors.
Tired after removing my makeup, the theater drove me back. At the entrance of the Capitol Theatre, I didn't expect there to be an audience waiting for me. Never, never, in exhaustion should also get out of the car and say goodbye to them, but I did not do it, a car drove past. Whenever I think about it, I always condemn myself. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to apologize to them and criticize myself for this disrespect. ”
These heartfelt words of my uncle really made us sad. From these self-reproaches of His, we can feel His pain.
Stills from the play "Female Clerk" with my mother Jin Yaqin
He threw his life's hard work on the stage of human art. From Cheng Madman in "Longsugou", Lao Ma in "Camel Xiangzi", Wang Lifa in "TeaHouse", Wang Heqing in "Guan Hanqing", to Ding Wen in "Dan Xin Spectrum", Wei Le in "Foreign Mahjong", it is uncle zhi who has created nearly 30 stage images on the stage of renyi. He is an accomplished actor, and he is a very popular actor for the audience. Although others are gone, the characters in his acting drama are forever engraved on people's hearts.