In the fifth season of "Spit Conference" that ended in April this year, Yan Hexiang, a cross-talk actor of Deyun Society, single-handedly reached the final and won the runner-up. One of the stems that impressed me the most was the acquisition of Xiaoguo Culture by Deyun Society.
In the second episode of the fourth season of the "Talk Show Conference" that has just been broadcast, Wang Jianguo and Zhang Boyang performed a two-person talk show, which is similar to cross-talk in both form and effect.
After Wang Jianguo's performance, yang Lan, the lead laugher, asked: "What is the difference between talk show and cross-talk?" Wang Jianguo replied: "There is no difference."
Although I don't agree with Wang Jianguo's answer, the integration of cross-talk and talk show is really a promising thing.
I have recently watched a lot of talk show actors' views on the public media, and found that not only Wang Jianguo, but also many people hold the same view, thinking that talk shows and cross talk are the same thing, cross talk shows are talk shows of a long time ago, and now talk shows are stand-up comedy without coats.
Xiangsheng, a folk rap song art, evolved from the Song Dynasty's "xiangsheng"; during the Tongzhi period of the late Qing Dynasty, The Quantang octagonal drum artist Zhang Sanlu was founded. It is said that he has a lonely personality and does not like to cooperate with people, so he can only go to the overpass alone to sell his art, calling himself a cross-talk actor, which is the name of cross-talk. Zhang Sanlu is also revered as the grandfather of xiangsheng.
At the beginning of the birth of cross-talk, there were no tables, fans, waking wood, handkerchiefs and coats, no matter where, as long as there was a vacant lot and a group of spectators could be gathered together, they could perform.
In terms of performance form, the most primitive cross-talk is very similar to talk shows; however, cross-talk actors can attract audiences and earn money to support their families by performing on the ground, relying on real skills. In terms of attracting the audience, there are many skills; in cross-talk terms, it is called round sticky, and the means used are Taiping lyrics, white sand sprinkling, etc., which are the basic skills of cross-talk actors.
The basic skills of cross-talk actors, in total, have as many as twelve items, not only to be funny, but also to be able to hold and greasy slits, as well as ventriloquism, rat nobles, double reeds, menliuers, set poems, etc., and these are the stunts on which cross-talk actors survive and develop; what stand-up comedians lack is these basic skills.
In addition to the basic skills, most of the famous cross-talk actors have experienced more than five years of experience in small theaters, and the mastery of traditional works and the understanding of the stage and audience are very important experiences.
On the other hand, stand-up comedians only learned the form of cross-talk solo performance, and did not have the basic skills of cross-talk actors.
The advantage of stand-up comedians is their creation, most of them have highly educated backgrounds, have experience in different industries, and can create works that are close to the lives of the public, especially suitable for high-level audiences.
Judging from the current situation of the domestic talk show industry, the upper limit is too low. Take Wang Jianguo, for example, he is already the top stand-up comedian in China, whether it is the creative ability and performance level, or the popularity, are close to the upper limit of the industry, and it is very difficult to make a breakthrough, so there is a self-defeating performance in the fourth season of "Talk Show Conference" and the stage of tragic farewell.
In fact, this is not Wang Jianguo's problem, think about the entire industry, the most successful Li Shi, transformed into a boss; the hottest Li Xueqin, became a third-line variety show café, is there any other way out?
In the same way, most of the cross-talk actors in deyun society have also encountered bottlenecks, except for Guo Degang and Yue Yunpeng, who can be called first-line artists, most of the other actors have stopped in the cross-talk business, and there are many obstacles on the road out of the circle, relying only on the traffic of the rice circle to support it.
Now the general trend of the entertainment industry is to rectify the chaos of the rice circle, this wave of traffic dividends has come to an end, once the loss of traffic blessing, what is the way out for many cross-talk actors in Deyun Society?
Deyun Society and Xiaoguo Culture, seemingly in different industries, are actually language work, and are in the same period of development confusion, why not come to a strong alliance, mutual communication, hand in hand development?
Deyunshe's creative ability has become the biggest shortcoming and the biggest black spot, but it is subject to the overall cultural heritage, it is difficult to improve overnight, and it has stopped for a long time. Many actors seem to be very popular, but they do not have the works to get their hands on; in many variety shows, they have to rely on foreign aid to create scripts, which greatly limits the actor's development route and passers-by's perception.
If there is the blessing of a strong creative team of Xiaoguo Culture, the new works of deyun society actors can further expand the advantages with their peers, while saving many business fans and helping Deyun society to go to a higher level.
At the same time, many of Xiaoguo's talk show actors can participate in the training courses of Deyun Society trainees, fundamentally improve their basic skills, and combine with their own creative ability, so as to make a breakthrough on the stand-up comedy stage.
In addition, Deyun Society and Xiaoguo Culture have strong resources and professional operation capabilities, and the two sides can exchange resources, such as arranging more Deyun Society actors to participate in talk shows, and can also arrange talk show actors to be guests in cross-talk programs, etc., to exchange skills and improve together in mutual exchanges.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in the future business sector of Deyun Society, there are many forms of film and television dramas, variety shows, stage plays, etc., and the actors of Xiaoguo Culture can play a pivotal role in it.
Once deyun society and laughing fruit culture are really merged into one, it is bound to become a giant in the comedy circle, and how to get along between the two founders of Guo Degang and Li Shi is bound to be a big problem.
Guo Degang is a person who is not willing to be subordinated, so in the new group, he must be in the dominant position, otherwise this cooperation will certainly not continue. And Li Shi is also a person with a temper, in the process of getting along with Guo Degang, it is difficult to ensure that the two can always be harmonious and friendly; once there is a contradiction, it is a big trouble.
Deyun Society is Guo Degang's Deyun Society, and xiaoguo culture is a very deep brand of Li Birthday, complete integration is a problem, perhaps after the acquisition, maintaining relative independence is the best choice.