On September 11, 2017, the ace variety show "Threesome", which has been broadcast for 19 years, died suddenly for no reason. Countless iron fans in the Chinese-speaking world, their eyes full of sadness, like sending away an old friend, like saying goodbye to an era, "very sad and depressed." You know, countless old listeners, such as me, are full of thought that they can see Lao Dou retire.
On June 28, 2017, the official micro of "Three-in-One" issued a notice of suspension
Yan Zhao's disciples are multi-talented, and their comeback is unknown. It seems to carry a sense of comfort and protest, but also seems to have the intention to take advantage of the situation to make a small profit, "China's most obscene and greasy host" Dou Wentao, to clean up the mood, Jia Yuyong, the city head of the change of the king banner, even if you are a genuine cottage, reorganized into a 4-person squad, men and women gentle, dressed in bright clothes, continue to be noisy in the bamboo window elegant house. This new "flag" is the famous "Round Table Pie".
This show, which has been broadcast since the end of 2016, has so far scored more than 8.5 in several seasons of Douban, winning the flag and running rampant, known as "phenomenon-level entertainment synthesis". Look at its central form, or talk around the table; look at its core features, but also rely on the content to support, in the laughter and jokes, in a vain attempt to hit the nail on the head of the world in front of you. Therefore, the greatest goodwill understanding, "Round Table Pie" can be regarded as the old wine new bottle of "Threesomes", borrowing corpses to return to yang.
"Round Table Pie", which has been broadcast since the end of 2016, has a high score on Douban in all four seasons
It is only said that as a non-residual brain fan of "Threesome", for Dou Lao's "deliberate consideration", in time to follow up, he will still not forget his sharp nature, always peeping at the ambush line, and criticizing his flawed and fluttering clothes.
I think that although it is almost the same as the original class, the biggest difference between "Round Table Pie" and "Three-Person Talk" lies in the exchange of spiritual essence: from the bold speech of clever words to the obscene cringe of blatant self-deception.
Thinking back to the beginning, when the "Threesome" was just broadcast, it was indeed not necessarily serious. It was originally just a "non-literary program" based on the hot spots of soaring meat and rubbing hot spots, and it was not suitable for evil children, and even the masses in my Cantonese area who were most accustomed to red lights and green hats could not see it, laughing and scolding it as a thing that "the sister of the hair salon listened to on time".
In a certain issue in 1998, Liang Wendao landed for the first time
However, after the "Threesome" improved, he quickly abandoned the secret surrender to Corporal Ming Lixian and decided to change from "the most inferior" to "the lowest meal". Gradually, cheaply, "Gong Gong" has become a forum for a group of intellectuals to shake their lips and drum their tongues. That is to say, although on the surface it is the idleness of The East Mountain, the nagging of the city servants in the fireworks world, and sometimes it is inevitable that those who are angry are also concerned, but its essence is a review of the current situation, a social observation, a satire of political customs, and a sentimental sentiment, but it is just the clever art of tongue, deep and shallow, wrapped in iron, and unknown to people who have done their best. In 2014, New Weekly named it "China's most valuable TV show in 15 years," which was well deserved.
In the past 19 years, the characters sitting in "Gong Zhen" have almost all the "high-end and interesting" celebrities and strange celebrities in contemporary China. From the blind abbot Dou Yu nag to the acid professor Xu Teacher to the false monk Liang Daochang, from the "master milk killer" Ma Jiahui to the "anti-small three association president" Zhu Youting to the "hate to marry" Xiao Junjun, there are shrews and famous women, there are wooden beauties, there are high-level pimps, sticks and sticks to greet each other, flying feet and kick knives, the front shop and the back factory, now fried and sold, it is not lively. Moreover, it seems to be desperately trying to invite vulgarity, the Taoist words that are sitting precariously are only occasional, the cynical side that speaks vulgar words is the norm, and all kinds of high-level black and gag poisonous tongues of "great rebellion" are even more spitting. Nowadays, the "profound and profound" and "high sense of effort" of "Strange Story" is almost dismissive.
The entertainment of the fire in recent years, "Strange Story"
Yes, it's too much like a show dedicated to negative energy, with squinting old men gossiping and pulling a little for 20 years. But the clear-eyed people understand that the inside of it is always permeated with the arrogance of "how many things in the world, all the things are in the middle of laughter and talking", the rapid paddle is dangerous, the lips and swords are swords, the vertical and horizontal collusion, and the feelings are full of words. A group of "idle people outside the world", talking and laughing are all responsible and experienced, accompanying those who love to ponder and save conscience, and in the past 20 years, they have known themselves and each other, such as cutting and discussing. Xu Zidong recalled that the 19 years of "Gong Zhen" are also the 19 years of earth-shaking Chinese society, and thousands of programs can be used as "Chinese social history materials to study.".
Some people ridicule it as "Liu Changle's version of the Happy Base Camp", which is an unkind distortion; Dou Wentao himself said that "this is a program for the service of middle-aged and elderly people", which is not too vain and self-effacing. "Gong Zhen" is actually the benchmark of contemporary Chinese talk shows. Its greatest value is that the main thing it transmits is not knowledge, but an idea, carrying and telling people that little common sense, commonly known as "private goods".
Dou Wentao, born in Shijiazhuang in 1967, graduated from the Department of Journalism of Wuhan University in 1989
On October 20, 2016, two years after the death of "Gong Zhen", its "widowed belly" "Round Table Pie" came into being under youku's "look at the ideal" operation.
But after three or four seasons of "Round Table Pie", at least the audience such as me, as well as some friends around me, are disappointed: it is not only getting more and more instigated, but also more and more boring, almost completely dissolving the depth and wind bone of "Gong Gong", speculating about the frivolity of current affairs, the intoxication of the wind and the moon, filling the faces of all red men and green women. And these are precisely the things that "Gong Gong" has been ridiculing for more than 10 years. If "Gong Gong" is the essence of entertainment shell packaging, then "Round Table Pie" is a real entertainment synthesis.
The rest of the similarities in "Round Table Pie", in addition to the stand-up comedy form, are nothing more than the costumes of Dong Shi Gong. Yes, brew a pot of tea, burn a pot of incense, a few machines, a few old friends, after tea and dinner, small talk about life, talk about the world, lively, the topic is both urban and advanced. Naked strips, blind dates, money and wine, meals, gossip readings in the literary and art circles, pastime guides in celebrity circles, chickens and dogs, people and animals are harmless. The depth is enough, and the forced grid is even fuller, but it is floating and empty, and it does not know what to do, giving people a feeling of brushing the microblogs of the superior people. Perhaps, it is the most suitable for the present: light, playful, fragmented, and look at everything with an entertaining attitude, and all the mud outside the door, all the struggles of the bitter people, the red wine is light and the clouds are light.
This kind of decoration of "Round Table Pie" is ostensibly a clear stream in the fast food culture, but its spiritual essence is still the legacy of the idle literati in the past, and it is the self-restraint of the stupid children in the red dust and hustle and bustle - but at the same time, even the strength to drive at every turn in the past "Gong Gong" does not dare to have, what a silver pewter gun head cough! In the 34th episode of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Aunt Feng is so contemptuous, "You still pretend!" Everybody knows what you're saying," and The Round Table always seemed weak.
The Iron Triangle: Dou Wentao, Xu Zidong, Liang Wendao
It can be said that "Zhen Zhen" is wrapped in the face of intellectual-style "Qing Discussion", and "Round Table School" is indeed just a "clean talk" of the shengshi literati, which is a circle and returns to the self-anesthesia at the beginning of "Gong Zhen ThreeSome". I think that the sudden death of "Three-in-a-Row" and the popularity of "Round Table School" after the "revamped" actually imply that in this era, mature minorities will eventually be engulfed by the front wave and the back wave, and even a dark room and three stinky mouths will not survive.
Therefore, compared with the "Threesome" of "Must Have My Teacher", "The Round Table Sect" is an upgrade, but it is not as depraved as it is to be honest. From the "talks" of triangular divisions to the "factions" of harmony, from the talks about reviewing the maladministrations of various countries, from the talks of personnel conflicts, to the pompous selling points that cater to the "Western food eating method", to inviting Internet celebrities such as Jiang Fangzhou to rub hot spots, to the extremes is also a library of petty assets. In the past, the domineering side leakage of "phoenix in flight, and singing and singing" suddenly became depressed.
The late essayist He Manzi once said, "This kind of fake style is elegant, fake, and like a fish eye with mixed beads; but it is worse than the fish eye." I'm not good to say round table pie is "bad", but it's really boring. Considering its purpose and interest, it is a kitsch self-media.
But I have no disdain for the "degeneration" of the Round Table, only sympathy. "Round Table School" is said to be a last resort, rather than another demonstration of exquisite words by intellectuals who are aware of current affairs. To put it bluntly, they fled from the battlefield, and Dou Wentao was a "deserter".
Lu Xun said that since the former Qing Dynasty had a literary pass, the cowardly Chinese literati since then have not been able to wantonly do wild history. Today, programs such as "Gong Gong" are gradually included in the market and others because of their "wildness". The masses are so fierce and demanding, they don't have to be nervous, and we understand the difficulty of speaking. Especially to tell the truth, to speak from the heart, to say different things, to say things that are against the ear, to say things that are ugly.
In a certain issue in 2000, Xu Zidong, who was teaching at Lingnan University at the time, made his debut as a teacher
To paraphrase Cao Juren's famous old saying in the past, from "Gong Zhen" to "Round Table Pie", the blurred flesh and blood after the rebirth of the fetus refers to the audience, which refers to the plastic surgery and alienation road of intellectuals around the world "from Kong Rong to Tao Yuanming" in the past 20 years, whether active or forced. It tells us with its afterglow that in the eyes of the masses, elite intellectuals always seem to be suspicious and unable to breathe in the hidden pain.
Therefore, the "Round Table Pie" is more exquisite, the original Jiaduobao has been replaced with Moutai famous wine, Wang Hua is really popular, and the small people of Kusano are in the prosperous world, listening to the cheers and encouraging. Careful is careful, rigorous is more rigorous, but also like walking on thin ice, but also pretending, but also cold eyes, as if the jade hall golden horse, bamboo hedge hut, always sad.
Poster of "Round Table Pie"
Obviously, this is a group of wounded soldiers withdrawing from the front line of public opinion, and in the "Dushan Zhai" strong beating spirit to talk about foxes and ghosts, everyone's strong smile and greasy tongue are permeated with a tired and vulgar fatigue. The Xu Zidong of the Round Table School, who have learned to be obedient and advanced, have worked hard to act as a new middle class or upper-class gentleman who should have the elegance and decency, and have been worn down to the point that the gloomy and stoic, lying and sorrow are all confused.
From Dou Wentao to Ma Weidu, which one is not a skillful talk show master, the conversation has always been calm and calm, dealing with Yuru. Moreover, at present, the flow of traffic, the responsibility fades, the burden is not, of course, there is a more floating and free feeling, but vulgar, vulgar, kitsch, it is inevitable to follow the shadow. Several people took a sip of alcohol, smacked their tongues and laughed, all of which were excessively drunk and exhausted, like a disease exchange conference. The old wine of "Gong Gong" is revisited, and the aftertaste is not there.
Wannian guest Zhou Yijun
I think that probably even Dou Wentao himself can't deny that "Gong Zhen" has a deep meaning, while "Round Table Pie" is pure business. He dissected himself several times, and the subtext was to say that he made "Round Table Pie" for Moneyy, and he couldn't stop it, and he was ashamed.
I think there must be countless loyal fans like me, who will not be pleased by the fox whistle of "Round Table Pie", but their hearts are still more in line with the heart of "Threesome" in the rough clothes of the cool tile house.
Well, it's really cruel
Although we all know that Dou Wentao and his "Round Table Sect" are also a last resort. He is not a Buddhist Taoist, and he can have another Qiankun to go. It is impersonal to blame him for such a moral appearance, but who let him start from such a high starting point! Moreover, although it hurts to stand and talk, and the number of people who are split heads and faces is dropped, in general, as an entertainment roundup, "Round Table Pie" is still a high standard for similar programs in China.
Dou Wentao in my eyes: Half my life has been pretending to be ignorant, obscene, and greasy
All good things come to an end. However, as an old fan of "Gong Zhen", I can't help but feel sorry for the frivolous, worldly and sleek turn of "Round Table Pie". From the experience of the "Round Table Pie", we can also see that once anything is incorporated or transformed by the "market", it will always pay great sacrifices, even the price of deboning. Speaking of which, it seems to be talking about some taboo pedantry, but this is the case.
As for its present, no matter how natural and righteous it is, what kind of talk is gratifying, what kind of four and six, and what kind of lofty discussion, it is no longer the inner tank of the "threesome" in the past, let alone the old driver Dou Wentao in the past. The distant "Threesome" gradually resembles Zhang Dai's Tao'an Dream and West Lake Dream, everything will be deformed and distorted, but everything is trapped in the amber thick glue past, forming a black hole of memory.
"Threesome, see you after the advertisement", never to be seen again
However, what must be particularly footnoted at the end of the day is that the focus of my criticism is never the "Round Table School" itself, but the power that makes "Gong Zhen" so glamorous.