On August 27, performing artist Wang Rugang was busy discussing with the staff of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Greening and City Appearance about the publication of the second volume of the comic strip on the theme of garbage sorting. At the same time, the garbage sorting burlesque "Top Priority" created by the Shanghai One-Legged Opera Art Heritage Center (Shanghai People's Burlesque Troupe), led by him, has been performed 52 times, and in the laughter, the audience realized the importance of "top priority".
On July 1, 2019, Shanghai officially began to implement the "Shanghai Municipal Household Waste Management Regulations", and on the same day, the "First Priority" was premiered in the auditorium of the Party School of the Municipal Party Committee. "Top Priority" is jointly performed by Wang Rugang, Yao Qi'er, Chen Liang, Zeng Yi and other well-known comedians in Shanghai. The story unfolds in a beautiful and happy community, Boss Wang and Du Yaxian each run a catering snack bar, but the two only for economic interests, completely disregard environmental health, the two sides are full of contradictions, do not give in to each other. Boss Wang's son, Dong Dong, works at the Greening and City Appearance Administration, and Du Yaxian's daughter Ding Ding is a green environment designer, although the parents of both sides are intolerable competitors, Ding Ding and Dong Dong are a loving little couple. Because the garbage of the two restaurants was not sorted and the dirt was dumped at will, the retired worker Lao Zhang fell to the ground and was sent to the hospital for rescue, which caused an uproar in the happy community.
"Top Priority" is the country's first burlesque drama with the theme of garbage classification, guided by the Shanghai Municipal Greening and City Appearance Administration bureau and the office of the Shanghai Municipal Spiritual Civilization Construction Committee, through the conflict of concepts of two generations and a series of stories that happen in the streets and alleys, the knowledge of garbage classification, the importance of classification, and the classification rules are told in a harmonious form. "Although wet paper towels are wet, they are dry garbage; dry nuts, although dry, are considered wet garbage"... The common sense of garbage sorting makes the audience remember it through laughter.
After the birth of "First Priority", he participated in the Shanghai International Comedy Festival, and toured in Jinshan, Fengxian, Pudong and other districts, and also pushed this Shanghai story to Zhejiang and other Yangtze River Delta regions, where humorous sentences and vivid contradictions and conflicts caused applause one after another, and also resonated with the audience, "There is a new idea for garbage classification, and after watching it, we must continue to do a good job in garbage classification."
"Top Priority" is well received by the market and is inseparable from solid behind-the-scenes creations. The main creative team began planning 4 months in advance, learning "garbage classification" in the Municipal Greening and City Appearance Administration Bureau in order to write the most accurate "classification information" into the script; everyone also went to various community garbage drop-off points and sorting stations to observe the daily actions of citizens, confusion and solutions to garbage disposal. Wang Rugang said, "'Garbage classification' is a 'top priority' related to the lives of Shanghai citizens, and 'Top Priority' is also updated day by day, constantly keeping pace with the times." ”
"Top Priority" not only has the "soul torture" of "what is nong garbage", echoing the hot spots on the Internet, but also the fusion of Yue opera, Shanghai opera singing and folk minor tunes in traditional burlesque dramas, showing the rich shanghai culture and Jiangnan culture charm. Old and young comic actors came together, bringing together old artists such as Wang Rugang and Yao Qi'er, as well as newcomers such as Chen Liang and Zeng Yi of the Mesozoic Generation, as well as Dawa Dolma.
Choreographer Zhang Peili, who was one of the first audiences, said bluntly that she had worried when she heard that she was going to rehearse "Top Priority" with the theme of garbage classification, because the garbage classification process is relatively simple, and whether it will appear monotonous on the stage, but after watching the play, she was pleased to find it interesting.
After the performance of "Top Priority", Wang Rugang was also invited to serve as the image ambassador of Shanghai garbage classification, according to the classic stage image of Wang Rugang, 4 models of garbage classification cartoon images for men, women and children, in a relaxed and pleasant way, easy and amiable way to promote garbage classification knowledge to the general public, calling on everyone to practice together. The new theme of the serial picture world, further deepening the "top priority" garbage classification.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Zhang Yi
Source: Author: Zhuge Yi