<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > preface</h1>
Every Chinese New Year's Eve night, the Spring Festival Gala is a must-see program for every household, among which the sketch is the most enthusiastic for everyone. I used to love to see Zhao Benshan, but Zhao Benshan has long faded out of the stage, and the old artists who are active in the Spring Festival Gala, Guo Donglin is the one with the most times, which has reached 21 times. In 2017, he put on a "big event" and was accused of "regional discrimination" because of the dialect problem in the performance.
Pictured| Guo Donglin
In 2019, the Spring Festival Gala did not see Guo Donglin's figure again, perhaps related to the previous storm, worried that the impact was not good. Such a sudden scene, Guo Donglin's career has fallen off a cliff, if the times abandon you, it will always be silent. However, with the rise of short video platforms, Guo Donglin shifted the focus of his work, transformed himself into an Internet celebrity, and circled countless fans with "Mr. Warm Man".
Is Guo Donglin responsible for the "regional discrimination" incident? The rise of "Mr. Warm Man", how to evaluate his transformation?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > the same year of caprylic acid</h1>
Guo Donglin was born in a literary and artistic family, his father was a fast book performer, and his mother was a piano painting actor, so he learned from an early age and cultivated a talent in art. Later, there were some changes in the family, both parents lost their jobs, and their lives suddenly entered a cold winter, often without enough to eat. In order to make a living, parents leave early and return late, do manual work, pull trucks and deliver goods, which is a common thing.
Once, his father gave Guo Donglin a cake, and then went to the restaurant to ask the boss for a bowl of soup, but the boss refused, and in desperation, he could only wait with Guo Donglin at the entrance of the hotel to see which guest finished eating, and the rest of the soup was taken to the cake. At this time, a middle-aged woman stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly spat in the soup.
The soup can not be drunk, but the heart is not so, this matter in Guo Donglin's heart, carved a deep imprint, is the frustration of self-esteem, but also the world's cold helplessness, in short, he understands the difficulty of life.
Originally enough to be poor, his father accidentally broke his leg when he went out to work, which made the family's life worse, in order to make money, Guo Donglin followed his mother to perform fast books, and in the experience of walking the streets, he came into contact with all kinds of people. Later, Guo Donglin performed sketches and portrayed many small characters, and the demeanor and inner performance of each small character were very in place, which was inseparable from his original experience.
The days of poverty went on for a long time, and it was not until his parents returned to work again that he ended his years of wandering. The bitter childhood life made Guo Donglin more serious, and he believed that learning could change his destiny. After graduating from high school, Guo Donglin was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy, and later applied for the Beijing Renyi Examination.
No matter in what kind of environment, Guo Donglin has not forgotten his original intention, he has always studied acting skills and practiced the basic skills, which also laid the groundwork for his future success.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > the road to the Spring Festival Gala</h1>
In 1993, Guo Donglin first appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, when the social platform was not as developed as it is now, it can be said that the opportunity to show his works in front of the national audience is a great honor, but also a great opportunity. Sure enough, the "Market Sketch" partnered with Zhang Ci and Fabio was deeply liked by everyone, and people knew this tall and strong boy.
Picture | Guo Donglin and Niu Li partnered in the sketch
In 1995, Guo Donglin appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the second time, this time with him li Wenqi, buy red sister, Guo Donglin in the sketch play a love in front of leaders and colleagues bragging role, his language is very funny, the image is very vivid, if you don't know, you think Guo Donglin is such a person. This skit performance made Guo Donglin shine and laid the foundation for him to become a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala.
The experience of more than twenty times on the Spring Festival Gala has left him many works, if the most memorable is the cross-talk "Old Song and New Song" with Feng Gong in 2000. Tianjin Allegro, Jingdong Big Drum, Dog Ignore Buns, Guo Donglin and Feng Gong added ethnic elements to the sketches, using new interpretation methods to convey Chinese culture, and there was no lack of entertainment in the performance, which made the audience laugh. Even today, when I look back at such a cross-talk, I still feel that it is full of novelty.
With the progress of society, people's spiritual world is more and more fulfilling, the Spring Festival Gala is no longer the only channel to seek happiness, the Spring Festival Gala cross-talk sketches are no longer concerned by everyone, although Guo Donglin still has a good performance later, but it has to be said that in the competition with young comedians such as Shen Teng and Jia Ling, he gradually fell behind. Guo Donglin does not participate in variety shows, and his exposure is not much.
Figure | Guo Donglin Feng Gong's "Old Songs and New Songs"
In the later period, people have paid little attention to the content of Guo Donglin's sketches, and the most topical is the heroine in his sketches. Guo Donglin has cooperated with actresses such as Mai Hongmei, Jin Yuting, Zhou Tao, Yan Xuejing, Niu Li, Liu Tao, etc., they are all beautiful and delicate beauties, no wonder netizens ridicule "Guo Zi who plays iron, sister-in-law who flows water".
In any case, Guo Donglin, as the nail household of the Spring Festival Gala, his performance on the stage is engraved in everyone's heart, and when he exists, he may not pay attention to it, but suddenly one day he can't see his figure, which inevitably makes people think about it. At the Spring Festival Gala in 2018, Guo Donglin did not enter everyone's sight, and people speculated that most of them were related to "regional discrimination" in 2017.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > whether Guo Donglin is wrong</h1>
In 2017, Guo Donglin brought the sketch "Withdrawing Money", which tells the story of an old lady who encountered telecommunications fraud and Guo Donglin prevented the old lady from transferring money to the scammers. Such a story is very educational, and the rhythm is just right, but the problem lies in a phone call from the "liar", because the liar speaks "Henan dialect", such a serious language tendency, the performer is unintentional, but the viewer is intentional.
Figure | Guo Donglin's "Withdrawing Money"
Afterwards, some people bluntly said that the sketch involved "regional discrimination" and was an insult to henan people, and even a lawyer filed a complaint and sued Guo Donglin in court, demanding compensation for one yuan per person in Henan. One yuan does not sound like much, but Henan has a population of one hundred million, such a large base, if it is implemented, it must be called Guo Donglin's family bankruptcy.
Later, the court ruled that this is only a literary and artistic work, there is no "discrimination" phenomenon, the screenwriter of the sketch apologized to the majority of netizens, and explained that the dialect of the "liar" is not Henan dialect, Guo Donglin also clarified that the audience is his food and clothing parents, as a literary and art worker who has been practicing for many years, will not be stupid enough to engage in "regional discrimination", but a public figure, once there is negative news, and after continuous fermentation, the popularity of the rapid decline is also reasonable.
Perhaps some people's hearts are too "sensitive", always associating "Henan" with "fraud", because many netizens in Henan have also said that after they watched the sketch, they did not have other ideas, but the lawyer sued Guo Donglin in court, and the incident further escalated before coming to watch.
Pictured| Guo Donglin Liu Tao
But think about it carefully, Guo Donglin is also quite innocent, the script of the sketch is not written by him, not only is he acting alone, nor is the words he said, how can the bad result be borne by him alone?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > "Mr. Warm Man" shines</h1>
With the rise of short video platforms, more and more celebrities have settled in to seize a piece of traffic. At this time, the video content of Guo Donglin's "Mr. Warm Man" entered the public eye, and suddenly let people speculate that the old artist also came to grab food with ordinary people?
Guo Donglin's career did suffer some impact after being affected by the "regional discrimination" incident, but the reason why he entered the short video may not be completely so. Actors like Guo Donglin, the position in the show business circle is actually quite awkward, although famous, but there is no place to show his talents, he rarely starred in film and television works, the number of times the party appeared on the stage is countless, the largest traffic platform before was only the Spring Festival Gala, but now the largest traffic platform, not only the Spring Festival Gala, so it is also a good choice to enter the new media industry.
Picture | Guo Donglin Mr. Warm Man account
Other stars, on the short video platform, are doing nothing more than three things: recording daily life, pre-empting the new album and new movie, and live streaming. But Guo Donglin is not so, he really uses the short video platform as a stage to show his talents, every work he releases, is carefully polished, there is a plot, there is content, in just a few tens of seconds, he tried to show wonderful content as much as possible, making people happy and laughing.
And Guo Donglin maintains a fairly high output, almost every day there are new works, he seems to have changed the second spring of his career, with more display, attracting more fans. Compared with "Gazi" selling wine and Uncle Pan "bringing goods", Guo Donglin is a clear stream, and his original intention is to do wonderful content.
When it comes to short videos, it will be associated with "net red", Guo Donglin is striding forward in the direction of internet celebrities, and many netizens have questioned his choice, perhaps everyone has a certain prejudice against the word "net red". However, the development of Guo Donglin on the short video platform provides ideas to the majority of people who have acting skills in the entertainment industry but have no opportunities, as long as they have strength, where the development will not be bad.
Pictured | Guo Donglin Niu Li
The essence of the entertainment industry is content output, as long as there are valuable things, as long as the audience is happy, whether it is the stage or the network, it can become a career for their own development.
Nowadays, Guo Donglin already has more than 20 million fans, is already a full "big net red", he also opened a live broadcast, the live broadcast room has a super high popularity, the support of fans is no less than that of first-line stars, it can be seen that the things made with heart, everyone likes, and I also believe that after Guo Donglin did the first "dare to eat crabs" person, there will be more powerful actors into the short video field, on this platform, to provide more wonderful content performances for the public. This is a good thing that is conducive to the "blossoming of a hundred flowers and a hundred schools of thought" in art.