Seeing a piece of news, cross talk actor Zhou Peiyan learned from Guo Degang, which was really moving.
Zhou Peiyan, although his name is not loud, he has a close connection with the two giants in the cross talk industry. His ** Zhang Hongshun is the owner of the Hongshun Quyi Society in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and is also Hou Yaohua's apprentice.
In addition, he is the owner of a national private 500 company and a truly successful businessman and industrialist.
Among the national cross talk artists, Zhang Hongshun can be called a rich man in the cross talk industry. His Hongshun Quyi Society is strong, and its number one person, Li Rugang, is Hou Baolin's **, and he formed a well-known group with Kang Dafu in the 80s.
The two worshiped under Hou Baolin's door together, and Li Rugang also praised Hou Baolin, a qualification that is unmatched in today's cross talk circle. It is rumored that Hongshun Quyi Society once went abroad to perform, and with the support of Zhang Hongshun, a wealthy class owner, the life of Hongshun Quyi Club is of course carefree.
This means that Zhou Peiyan is not only Hou Yaohua's apprentice grandson, but also Ma Sanli's direct apprentice grandson, because since he is the orthodox descendant of Ma's cross talk, Zhou Peiyan's background can be described as very prominent.
There is such a richest man** and the master of the three major families of cross talk, and it will indeed be surprising that he suddenly chose to worship Guo Degang.
There may be some doubts at first, but it is not unusual for Zhou Peiyan to become Guo Degang's apprentice of the storytelling sect. In the storytelling door and the cross talk door, there is usually no direct discussion of seniority, such as Wang Yuebo and Wang Fatzi, although they are younger than Guo Degang's generation, but in the cross talk door, the two are the same generation.
At present, I have not seen Hou Yaohua's response to this matter, which may be because of the relationship between this storyteller, or it may be because Hou Yaohua has many apprentices and grandchildren, and he does not necessarily know this apprentice.
Moreover, even if Hou Yaohua's apprentices and grandsons worship Guo Degang, they will not suffer in terms of seniority. Therefore, this incident will not cause too many waves.
In the "Cross Talk with Newcomers" competition that Zhou Peiyan participated in, we did not see him perform stand-up comedy, but a talk show. Although they are all talking alone on stage, the content and method of talk shows and stand-up comedy are different.
Stand-up comedy, which originated from storytelling, is mainly based on storytelling, by creating characters and adding jokes, whether it is long or short, it is telling a story.
However, what Zhou Peiyan said in the competition was to set up several small paragraphs in parallel, without a clear story structure, and there was a joke every two sentences, which was closer to a talk show.
It should be noted that although talk shows and stand-up comedy are both performed by one person on stage, their essence and style are different.
Zhou Peiyan participated in the cross talk competition, and the judges laughed and praised, but he did not get a high score. Some people on the Internet say that the judges are selfish, which is extremely ridiculous. In fact, Zhou Peiyan is not a traditional cross talk, this move is like participating in an opera competition but singing pop songs, which is ridiculous.
Some people regard all talk shows as stand-up comedy, and even think that success is stand-up comedy, which is disrespectful to the cross talk industry, lowering the threshold and ruining the industry. Talk shows are not low-grade, and they also need deep skills.
The author suggests that we should respect all forms of art, and do not need to impose labels, so that art can flourish.
When a traditional industry pursues commercialization excessively, although it may achieve commercial success in the short term, in the long run, it may destroy the traditional industry with its own hands.
It's like many stand-up comedy performances nowadays that overemphasize interaction and prolonged conversation, which is like killing chickens and eggs, and will eventually push the industry to extinction. Only by maintaining boundaries and thresholds can this traditional industry remain viable.
What I want to express is not my personal dissatisfaction with Zhou Peiyan, but I hope that the cross talk industry can stick to its own traditions and boundaries. The attraction of cross talk lies in its openness and inclusiveness, while its vitality lies in its tradition and uniqueness.
Zhou Peiyan entered the door of storytelling through his apprenticeship with Guo Degang, and he seems to plan to seek development in the field of storytelling. If the storytelling he performs in the future can follow the characteristics and laws of the art of storytelling, then this apprenticeship will be a win-win situation for both parties.
However, if his storytelling is performed like a stand-up comedy, then the industry could lose the race.