In 2021, the Spring Festival stalls.
As a director, Jia Ling took the movie "Hello, Li Huanying" to promote it in theaters in major cities.
She saidIf the box office exceeds 3 billion, it will be thin as a lightning bolt.
That year, "Hello, Li Huanying" achieved a box office of 5.4 billion, creating the second-highest box office record in Chinese film history.
Jia Ling has won the title of "the world's first female director".
Actor Zhang Xiaofei, who played "Li Huanying", also became famous overnight.
Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, April 29, 2023, Jia Ling's birthday.
Zhang Xiaofei posted a recent photo of Jia Ling on Weibo, and the two returned to the filming location.
The same scene, the same two, but Jia Ling has changed.
It is not difficult to see from the ** that Jia Ling, who has not been seen for a long time, has lost a lot of weight, and the whole person is "smaller" compared with before.
Working so hard, is it to fulfill the promise of the year?
Yes, but not entirely.
This year's Spring Festival, Jia Ling will return to the screen with the new movie "Hot and Hot". During the interview, the director of photography revealed that the whole group has stopped working and waiting halfway through the filming, just because the role needs:
Jia Ling will complete a plan to lose 100 pounds!
*100 pounds", it is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is.
At first, everyone was still skeptical, but just recently, Jia Ling's ** accident after losing weight was announced, and everyone was completely unrecognizable!
does not find a stand-in, does not use special effects, and does not change the plot, it is enough to see that Jia Ling's sincerity and professionalism are high. But what people didn't expect was that she originally thought that she would get a lot of praise for her hard work;
But as soon as I opened the comment area, I was attacked by a large number ......of bad reviews
If you don't understand, why do you want to **?
It's not funny if you're thin!”
I won't be able to laugh when I see you in the future."
For the first time, the actress caused ridicule for "becoming beautiful".
Unexpected, but reasonable.
Throughout the ages, female comedians have always regarded ugliness as "beauty".
The "beauty" here refers to the level of business ability, that is, "the uglier the better".
"Good looking skins" is not a plus for them. Because, most of their interpretations are old ladies, female men, fat girls and other low-level little people, and such characters do not need to be "beautiful".
On the contrary, once the pursuit of beauty is pursued, the attribute of "funny" is lost, and the sense of humor is gone.
So, beauty and humor, can there only be an opposition between the two?
Today, I want to talk about that.
Privilege, or shackles?Before the opposition between beauty and humor, let's understand a question:
Why do female comedians have to be "ugly"?
The first point is what the public often calls "recognition".
The good-looking appearance is the same, and the interesting soul is one in a thousand", there is never a shortage of handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry, but similar facial features and the same style of shape make it difficult for people to have a strong memory point.
If you want to be remembered by the audience, sometimes you have to go off the rails.
For example, most of the impressive comedy roles in Stephen Chow's movies appear in the form of playing ugly.
For example, the charter wife full of curling irons in "Kung Fu":
Tang Bohu dots autumn fragrance" in "Heavy Makeup" Sister Pomegranate:
The harlequin has its own recognizability, and its appearance can cause the audience to laugh, which is something that a beauty can't do.
is like the goddess Karen Mok, when she played the movie "God of Food", in order to fit the comedy image, she had to deliberately pretend to be ugly.
It is undeniable that Karen Mok is not a comedian;
But her role as "Sister Turkey" has indeed become a classic comedy role.
In order to achieve a comedic effect, beauties need to be ugly, not to mention ordinary people.
"Sister Hold" Xie Yilin once said:
"Female comedians are a road of no return, and when you choose this path, you have to give up becoming Lin Chiling. ”
It not only speaks of the consensus among female comedians, but also expresses the helplessness.
gave up becoming "Lin Chiling" for comedy recognition;
At the same time, it is also the second element of success for female comedians: affinity.
Imagine what kind of person makes you feel close?
People with superior appearance are born with a "sense of distance". If you can't get close, it's hard to feel close.
And those who have a sense of intimacy, generally have an ordinary appearance, and even look a little "funny", and at first glance feel that they are "interesting souls".
The new comedian actress Jin Jing once said soberly: I can come out because of this "interesting face".
Li Xueqin also said:"If I am astonishingly beautiful, who would dare to know my soul?”
No sense of distance, no sense of oppression, no aggression;
It is the most basic "appearance threshold" for female comedians.
Thanks to this "affinity", female comedians do have some more so-called "dividends".
In the era of traffic, male and female celebrities generally try their best to keep a distance in order to avoid fans fighting, and build a clear "38 line" in the middle.
But when it comes to female comedians, the line no longer exists.
is like Jia Ling's nickname "Male God Harvester", no matter how popular the male star is in front of her, she can interact with it generously.
Miraculously, instead of getting angry, the fans enjoyed it.
On station B, netizens are keen to mix and edit Jia Ling and popular male stars, with more than 500 objects.
Of course, this "bonus" is only temporary.
Once the comedy actress pursues beauty and no longer pretends to be ugly, fans begin to emphasize "safe distance", and a big war is inevitable if they are not careful.
Actor Ma Li became popular before with the role of Ma Dongmei, who lacked "femininity".
In the play, she dresses up rusticly, and there is no shadow of a beauty at all.
Outside the play, she interacted with Shen Teng, and fans chanted long live friendship.
After becoming famous, Ma Li began to pay attention to dressing up and becoming more and more beautiful.
But fans began to emphasize "distance", and they began to deliberately avoid suspicion when the two appeared on the same stage.
Did you find it?Female comedians have no right to beauty.
For the sake of character recognition and audience affinity, they had to abandon the pursuit of beauty.
There used to be a popular saying in the industry:Comedy actress with privileges in hand.
What is "privilege"?
That is, you can give up appearance management, eat and drink unscrupulously, and be "ugly" to your heart's content, which is a kind of "privilege" in the entertainment industry where body and appearance are rolling up and dying.
However, female comedians regard ugliness as "beauty" and seem to have "privileges" and do not have to rely on their faces to eat.
In fact, the shackles of women's "beauty and ugliness to determine strength" have not yet been untied;
And even stronger.
The coat of comedy, the core of tragedyHow much does appearance really affect the path of a female comedian?
In 1989, Song Dandan was invited to perform the sketch "Lazy Blind Date" at the Spring Festival Gala.
Before that, she traveled to the theaters of major cities, playing the role of a princess with outstanding appearance.
On the stage, she is bright and moving, and it is difficult to connect with her image in the Spring Festival Gala later.
Seeing Song Dandan for the first time, Ni Ping sighed that there was such a beauty in the world.
But in addition to appreciating it, she can't help but start worrying:How can such a beautiful image make people laugh?
She suggested to Song Dandan that she try to "scandalize" herself as much as possible, so that the effect of the show will be more exciting.
That night, Song Dandan was wearing a red floral cotton coat and a green scarf around his neck, changing the original Beijing accent to a thick Shandong accent.
As soon as she opened her mouth and said, "My name is Wei Shufen, female, 29 years old, still unmarried", it immediately caused the audience to burst into laughter.
That night, comedian Song Dandan was born.
And Song Dandan, the princess of the drama, is drifting away.
After that, Song Dandan continued to appear on the Spring Festival Gala with the image of pretending to be ugly, and when she teased the audience with the image of "Aunt Baiyun" with two missing teeth, few people realized:
She was only in her thirties that year, which was the age when she was as beautiful as a flower.
Since then, Song Dandan's "track" has become narrower and narrower, she has put away her beauty, and she is competent to play the comedy star in the hearts of the audience.
But few people know that her dream was to win the Oscar.
Comedy made her and took away her dreams.
On August 25, 2005, Song Dandan invited a friend and held a ceremony for himself at home, which was regarded as fulfilling his "Oscar dream".
Because of comedy, the track narrowed, not to mention Song Dandan.
Yao Chen became popular after playing the role of Guo Furong in "Wulin Gaiden", but he was also labeled as a "comedian".
Once, she carefully dressed herself up very beautifully, and when she was looking forward to going to the audition, she didn't expect the director to scold her head
"Why are you dressed up so well?Isn't that funny!”
Yao Chen couldn't help but sigh: "Comedy has made me, but it has also limited me. ”
Fortunately, Yao Chen later tore off the label of a comedian with the spy war drama "Latent" through continuous efforts and successfully transformed.
But Yao Chen is only a very small number of successful people, and most female comedians have difficulty escaping the siege.
For example, in the 2008 hit drama "Ugly Girl Invincible", actor Li Xinru played the protagonist Lin Invincible.
After the drama became popular, she "disappeared".
To this day, when searching for the name "Li Xinru", the number one keyword is why doesn't she film?
In fact, Li Xinru has starred in many TV series over the years.
It's just that she faded away from the appearance of a "harlequin" and became her original beautiful self;
Beauty returns, but recognizability is gone.
I'm afraid that the audience won't buy the beautiful self, so I can only completely cut off the table from the beauty.
This is the biggest dilemma for female comedians today.
Do they really not crave beauty?The answer is no.
The new comedy star "Hammer Na Lisa" was once from a girl group, and after she became rich, she changed to the comedy route, and became popular because of it.
After becoming famous, she took old photos**, and many people sighed that "Hammer Hammer is actually a beauty"!
But when the reporter asked if she wanted to "regain her beauty", she reluctantly replied:
"I dream of it, but if Mei goes back, no one likes me like me as before. ”
Hammer Na Lisa is more like the epitome of most female comedians.
By actively alienating their female identity, it is their "signboard**" to make the audience laugh
But behind the bursts of laughter in front of the stage, the curtain fell, and the heart of beauty in my heart was inevitably bruised.
The core of comedy is often tragedy.
But since you know it's a tragedy, why can't you write it yourself and take the initiative to revise the script?
Ma Li once said aggrievedly on a variety show:"Why can't we be as funny as Jun Ji-hyun?”
Perhaps, it's time to change the stereotypes of the world.
Beauty, can't you laugh?In 2015, the Happy Twist movie "Charlotte Troubles" was born and won a box office of 2 billion.
also became popular with Shen Teng and Ma Li.
In the movie, 33-year-old Ma Li plays the role of "Ma Dongmei" as a "Northeast Woman".
The rustic atmosphere is in place, and the comedic effect is doubled.
successfully launched her identity as a new female comedian.
In front of the stage, Ma Li received countless applause and honors.
Behind the stage, Ma Li lost her original beauty-loving self.
Once the crew walked the red carpet, because the team did not have stylists and costumers, Ma Li could only ask the brand to borrow clothes.
What she didn't expect was that the other party didn't raise his head, but just said leisurely:"No, you (image) are too earthy, which will affect the brand tonality. ”
Recalling that scene many years later, Ma Li still can't let go: "That time really hurt me." ”
Since then, she has worked fitness, cut her hair short, put on makeup, and become more sophisticated.
In January 2018, Ma Li appeared on the men's outfit with the best posture, which was eye-catching and won a new title:
"Northeast Marilyn Monroe. ”
The comedian actress changed to the **glamorous route, and Ma Li fired the "first shot".
All of a sudden, controversy continued.
Some people think that she is "not doing her job", and she is not funny when she is beautiful.
But in fact, Ma Li's next starring works such as "Iron Fist of Shame", "This Killer is Not Calm", and "Walking on the Moon Alone" have achieved good results.
Since then, the "beauty revolution" of comedy actresses has been out of control.
Yan Ni, who became popular in Wulin Gaiden, is over 50 years old and still changing, and when she appears in the drama with a new image, it is hard for people to imagine:This is the Tong Xiangyu who spoke the Xi'an dialect back then.
The older generation of comedian Cai Ming also showed his ** side.
She "recovered" her original beauty, dared to show off her figure, and appeared in "Men's Wear" magazine generously, which made people shine.
She laughed:When I was young, I was used to being "ugly" in order to be funny, and when I was old, I had to grasp the beauty and leave no regrets!
It is worth mentioning that after paying attention to beauty, Cai Ming began to ponder the "new character design", and then in the sketches she cooperated with Pan Changjiang, she appeared as a "delicate and poisonous tongue", but created another Spring Festival Gala classic, ushering in a new peak in her career.
In the younger generation, Zhang Xiaofei also abandoned her beauty in the early days and pretended to be ugly on stage, but she was always tepid.
After playing the role of Li Huanying, she began to return to her true colors, completely abandoning the concept of "harlequin", but she forced a hole in her heart and became the "most beautiful comedy actress" in the hearts of the audience.
The business ability of female comedians has never been directly related to beauty and ugliness.
In the past, people in the world were always accustomed to judging women's business ability by their beauty and ugliness.
Comedy, although on the surface it claims to be "not a hero based on appearance", in fact, it still can't escape the stereotype of "female appearance determines strength".
Fortunately, now female comedians have taken the initiative to break free from the shackles and give up the traditional comedy method of winning by appearance.
Ugly will no longer be the only way out for comedy actresses.
The era of not judging female comedians by their appearance is also coming.
As Jia Ling said in the 2015 Spring Festival Gala performance sketch "Goddess and Female Man":
"Whether it is a goddess or a woman, we are all women who love beauty. ”