Since the liberalization of media qualifications, "masters" have sprung up like mushrooms, and traditional industries, especially crosstalk, are the hardest hit areas. It's easy to tell the difference between true and false masters: to see whether they are alive or after death.
There are only 4 recognized masters in the cross-talk industry: Zhang Shouchen before liberation, Ma Sanli, Hou Baolin and Liu Baorui after liberation.
Ma Sanli and Hou Baolin are even more recognized masters at the national level, which is true and worthy of the name. In the past, whenever these two names appeared, they must be accompanied by a four-word idiom: Taishan Beidou. This is the strength and status of the two masters.
Because they always go hand in hand and appear in pairs, it is inevitable that there will be comparisons between the two people. For decades, cross-talk fans have been arguing about a question: Ma Sanli Hou Baolin on art, who is better?
This topic is more sensitive, and none of the disciples dare to compare it head-on. The practice in the industry is to single out and say that the mention of Ma Sanli is unprecedented, and the mention of Hou Baolin is unique.
Those who are on the sidelines also have a smooth evaluation. The qu art critic Xue Baokun commented on Hou Ma and the two, saying that Hou Baolin is the representative of Ya, turning the tide of the tide from falling, helping the building to fall, and Ma Sanli is the representative of "custom", from the great custom to the big elegance, and the portrayal of human nature is deep and realistic. It seems that Xue Baokun is also working with thin mud, trying his best to maintain the balance between the two.
Actually, that's not the case.
Xue Baokun has commented on the two many times, and there are many video versions of the text version. A careful analysis of these materials will find that Xue Baokun always focuses on "contribution" when evaluating Hou Baolin, especially focusing on topics such as cross-talk improvement and entering the room; when evaluating Ma Sanli, he pays more attention to art and analyzes where Ma Lao's art is good. That is to say, Xue Baokun's tendency is still obvious in terms of art alone.
This is by no means the author's speculation, Xue Baokun also has a sentence that can prove his point of view: crosstalk is Ma Sanli, and Ma Sanli is crosstalk.
Hou Baolin himself also highly recognized Ma Sanli's art, and no one in the cross-talk community obeyed Ma Sanli. Hou Baolin, who is known for his liu life, watched a performance of "Yellow Crane Tower" performed by Ma Sanli and said harshly: This paragraph will not be performed in the future! Why? I thought I couldn't surpass Ma Sanli.
The masters felt sorry for each other, and Ma Sanli did not hesitate to let go. When Ma Lao was young, he also made Liu alive, and after watching Hou Baolin's performance, he was ashamed of himself, and he basically did not sing much after that.
The most qualified person to evaluate 2 people is Ma Ji.
Ma Ji is a very special person, and his artistic talent is rare in the world. If he had been born 20 years earlier, Ma Ji's status would probably not have been lower than Hou Baolin, at least not lower than Liu Baorui.
Ma Jiqiang is strong in his "all-rounder". He was able to create and write classic passages such as "Cosmic Brand Cigarettes", "Five Senses Fighting for Merit", "Multi-storey Hotel", etc.; he was able to perform and was one of the recognized authorities on cross-talk art performance during his active period; he would train apprentices and teach Zhao Yan, Feng Gong, Jiang Kun, Wang Qianxiang, Li Zengrui and other mainstays of the cross-talk industry. It can be said that Ma Ji is the "hexagonal warrior" of the cross-talk industry, just as Zhang Yining is to table tennis.
The only stain of Ma Ji is that he has made a "praise-type" cross-talk, which has taken a detour for more than 10 years and caused huge losses to the industry. This need not be taken into account by His Holiness, wrong is wrong. Ma Ji also showed signs of reflection in his later years, and the works he launched were mainly satirical.
Whether it is artistic talent or industry status, Ma Ji is the most qualified person to evaluate the second oldest. In 2003, When Mr. Ma Sanli died of illness, Ma Ji made a public evaluation of 2 people, and it was clear which was higher and which was lower.
Ma Ji commented on Ma Sanli:
Mr. Ma has reached the point of pure fire in the expression of cross-talk art, and his performance has entered the kingdom of freedom, and he can cope with everything unexpected on stage;
Ma Sanli is an orthodox cross-talk art, paying attention to hard kung fu and mature and sophisticated in mastering cross-talk skills.
Ma Ji commented on Hou Baolin: Mr. Hou pursues new things due to the changes of the times, and pays attention to novelty.
Ma Sanli is a hard kung fu, and Hou Baolin wins with "seeking innovation", which is actually already superior. Ma Ji is knowledgeable, and his evaluation can basically give the second elder a conclusion.
Of course, the most memorable thing for cross-talk fans is the 8 words sent by Ma Ji at Ma Sanli's farewell performance:
Ma Ji is Hou Baolin's apprentice, and blatantly giving such a shocking evaluation shows how amazing Ma Sanli's artistic charm is.
In the final analysis, art is art, art is pure, it is naturally far from positive. Once art is in touch with the right one, it will emit an endless stench, making the entire industry smoke miasma and chaos. At this point, Ma Sanli was somehow higher than Hou Baolin.