When it comes to the Chinese Spring Festival Gala and sketch comedy, I have to say that there is one person, and he isZhao Benshan
He is the soul of the Chinese sketch comedy industry and the king of sketches in the minds of many people.
However, such a classic comedy character has been absent from the performance stage of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years, which has made many people puzzled.
But this year, some marketing accounts released news earlyZhao Benshan decided to join the Spring Festival Gala performance stage, he!It's back again.
Is this news true or false?
And can Zhao Benshan return to the Spring Festival Gala?
Since the 80s of the last year, Zhao Benshan has been liked by people all over the country and has become a household name because of his down-to-earth performance style and very personal performance styleThe king of comedy
The content of his works is not only very rustic, but also brings endless joy and laughter to the audience, which makes people want to watch it and want to see it.
Whether it is a masterpiece of the Spring Festival Gala"White clouds and black earth"Still"Trafficking"., all of which have become the most talked about works on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and his personally.
This also makes him a well-deserved soul figure in the Chinese comedy industry and on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and his status is extremely stable.
However, what is surprising is that Zhao Benshan has not been seen on the performance stage of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years.
Many people wonder if it is because Zhao Benshan is getting older and older, and he no longer has the physical strength to support the performance work related to the Spring Festival Gala?
Actually, no, Zhao Benshan himself is very passionate about comedy performances, and he once publicly stated thatI hope I can play until the last day.
However, the reason why he has been absent from the Spring Festival Gala in recent years is actually an unspeakable reason.
In 2014, he submitted a report to the director team related to the Spring Festival GalaTwo creative works
I thought it would be like before, and I could pass it smoothly, but what I didn't expect was that it was denied by the chief director at the time.
Zhao Benshan didn't understand it very much, he thought, these two works have a lot of joke baggage, and they can bring joy to the national audience, why not, is there a problem?
But the other party repliedThese two works are too vulgar, there is nothing new, there is no new content.
This kind of feedback made Zhao Benshan very depressed, this was the first time his submitted work was rejected.
After all, in the past few decades of performance experience, every time the submitted work passed smoothly, this time it was tragically slipped and all kinds of twists and turns.
What's more, he doesn't quite understand the vulgarity and mediocrity of the director's feedback, what is vulgar?
Could it be that having a local flavor represents vulgarity?So what is elegance?Zhao Benshan did not agree.
As the saying goes, "Vulgarity is elegance." ”
He explained to the director: "I didn't interpret anything negative in my work, I just wanted the audience in front of the TV to smile, why is it called vulgar?"”
But the chief director at that time did not change his opinion.
There is no way, Zhao Benshan can only continue to deny himself, continue to polish his works, for the sake of the national audience, for the Spring Festival Gala, he will not give up easily.
In this way, several all-night scripts were revised in succession, but it was frustrating,All the directions proposed for revision were rejected by the chief director.
Zhao Benshan later recalled that he couldn't remember how many versions had been revised at that time.
He was even tired for thisOxygen is required on-site, but the work was still not approved by the director, which made Zhao Benshan very depressed.
But who is Zhao Benshan?How can you be so defeated?
He was convinced that there was nothing wrong with his work, so he chose it in a fit of rageLiaoning Spring Festival Gala.
For the audience, Zhao Benshan is a banner of the Spring Festival Gala, such a thing"Façade figures".actually quit, the national audience was also very incomprehensible, but the director at that time gave the audience a very suitable reason.
She saidZhao Benshan quit because he was unwell, and she couldn't do anything about it.
This reason made the audience who liked Zhao Benshan's performance speechless.
After all, it is also a fact that Zhao Benshan is old, and only when his body is well can he bring us more good works.
But what is surprising is that Zhao Benshan turned his head and went to Liaoning Satellite TV, and the two works submitted were directly moved to the stage of satellite TV without any modifications, and unsurprisingly created a new ratings climax.
This move can be regarded as a resounding slap in the face to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala director team.
Afterwards, there was an interview with Zhao Benshan, and he replied very frankly:
I'm just a literary and artistic creator, I want my audience to be happy and laugh without burden, it's as simple as that.
I'm only down-to-earth, you want me to educate others with lofty values, I can't do it, and the audience doesn't like it, it doesn't make any sense. ”
His performance in the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala made Liaoning Satellite TV refresh the ratings record of the year and became the "King of the Spring Festival Gala".And that year, the ratings of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala suffered a tragic decline.
This makes people who know the inside story applaud, and the content innovation must also be reasonable and down-to-earth, and it is not possible to blindly innovate and engage in formalism!
And the so-called innovation of the chief director of CCTV to make new content is destined to be abandoned by the audience and end dismally.
But these are no longer important, after all, if Zhao Benshan really returns to the Spring Festival Gala, as soon as the audience sees him standing on the stage, the taste is right, it is the taste of the New Year.
ActuallyThere is no such thing as high or low artAs a versatile comedian, Zhao Benshan not only has extraordinary attainments in sketch performances, but also has good achievements in other fields.
In the time when Zhao Benshan disappeared from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he also created many wonderful comedy programs, the most classic of which is hundreds of episodes"Country Love"., creating one after another real and frank local characters.
They are all alive, they are all neighbors next door in our lives, the more things they live, the more down-to-earth they are, how can they be vulgar?
The Spring Festival Gala is a family gathering together to watch performances, playing mahjong and eating melon seeds, which is a strong Chinese character and a strong family flavor, why is it vulgar?
Therefore, if Zhao Benshan can really return to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, this is good news for the audience.
His joke-filled creativity is natural, making audiences and friends across the country laugh again, this kind of Spring Festival Gala is what we want.
But if Zhao Benshan can't stand on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, we should still have his dedication to the cause of Chinese comedy.
In the end, let's wait a little longer.