Sometimes I think, these crews now really have to thank Pu Songling very well. If he hadn't written the strange book "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio", how could these crews come with so many ready-made themes to shoot?
I don't have any exaggeration to say this. In fact, as early as the 1960s, there were already film and television works of "Liao Zhai". In the decades since, the major crews have never stopped adapting "Liao Zhai". Just what Qiang Wei said casually, there were 87 editions of "Liao Zhai", "Pretty Girl Ghost", "Mr. Liao Zhai" and "Sister Hua". Can't wait for more than ten works. The early works of "Liao Zhai" mostly followed the original works and were based on horror. However, after entering the new century, it may be due to policy restrictions. The later remakes often lack a sense of horror and more emotions.
In our impression, you can say that "Liao Zhai" is horrible, you can say that it is warm, but the word "comedy" does not touch it anyway. So, is there really no comedy "Liao Zhai" work? Don't worry, there really are.
is the TV series "Liao Zhai Comedy Series" produced by Nanchang Film and Television Creation Research Institute in 1994. The play is directed by Zhang Gang, with Niu Ben, Hou Changrong, Zhang Haiyan, Yao Erga, Yang Shuliang, Ma Xiaoning and others participating in the show. The story is adapted from 9 stories from "Liao Zhai", which are "Prosperity of Officials", "Demon Girl Painted Skin", "Butterfly Beauty", "Troubles", "Washing the Face", "Two Female Ghosts", "Shuangyu Lihu", "Holding the Injustice in the World" and "Three Hundred Years of One Smile". Since
is a so-called comedy series, the play is naturally full of comedy elements from the opening song. With a burst of cheerful laughter, the cheerful "One Smile Less Trouble" is full of laughter and curse, as if telling the audience. , This drama will not play cards according to common sense.
However, in the story of "Painted Skin", the play really scared many audiences. With a piece of unique disco music in the 1990s, a lone grave suddenly exploded, and then a coquettish female ghost from the grave Rising into the air, smiling strangely while twisting his waist, it was really creepy. Like the familiar "Painted Skin", this story also tells the story of a female ghost seduce Wang Sheng. This female ghost is a cannibal banshee, because she is good at painting skin, she always dresses up as a beautiful woman to seduce men. Naturally, Wang Sheng, who has a romantic nature, was not spared. Fortunately, with the help of a Taoist leader, the female ghost was exposed, and Wang Sheng survived.
Although the story of the play "Painted Skin" is still scary, the ubiquitous comic dialogue is not unacceptable, especially the plot of the female ghost taking off her clothes and letting Wang Sheng take a look at her.
In addition, "Three Hundred Years of a Smile" adapted from "Ying Ning" is also a story that impressed me quite deeply. Yingning was originally a fox girl. God gave her a character of innocence, love to laugh and daring to laugh. After several twists and turns, she finally came together with Wang Zifu. However, this is not the most fascinating place. The most peculiar part of this story is that the screenwriter actually had a big brain, so that Yingning and Wang Zifu traveled to the 1990s, and the two happily performed disco dances. . So, don't talk about the originator of "Xun Qin" or "Love Through Time". The story of the journey in this drama is at least several years before them.
In addition, there is another very interesting aspect of the show, that is, all the stories in the show are basically completed by the same group of actors. Like the old man Niu Ben, he was still playing Bai Rongsheng's father in the first chapter, but in "Butterfly Beauty", he became a beggar fairy, and in "Cui Meng", he became a magistrate again. The same is true for other actors, who can make multiple roles appear repeatedly in the play without making people appear in the show. The acting skills of these actors are also really good.
Although this play interprets "Liao Zhai" in an absurd form, in essence, it still follows the original work as much as possible, which is commendable. Compared with the later so-called "Liao Zhai" works that are dressed in love idol dramas, this drama is not known how many times better.
If you have time, I recommend you to take a look at this "Liao Zhai Comedy Series". I believe itIt will give you a new and different feeling.
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