Among the sketches that Guo Da , Cai Ming has collaborated on, there are certainly many excellent works, but to be honest, there are not many sketches that can be called top-notch.
Top sketches require a perfect combination of themes, ideas, performances, entertainment and other aspects, and ultimately achieve the ultimate effect of being close to life, reflecting the times, and combining education with entertainment.
The author believes that in Guo Da and Cai Ming’s sketch, there is one work that is not only top-notch, but can even be described as a "magical work". This is the sketch "Star Chaser" performed by the two of them and Zhao Lirong at the 1993 CCTV 35th Anniversary Taiwan Celebration Gala.
In the early 1990s, with the gradual fading of Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung , the Hong Kong entertainment industry urgently needed new music idols. First, Dawn and Andy Lau were packaged as "gemini stars", trying to copy the grand occasion of Tan Zhang's battle for . Immediately afterwards, Jacky Cheung, joined in to form the "Three Musketeers" to compete for power, and then the Aaron Kwok, , returned. In 1992, the "Four Heavenly Kings" with great influence in the history of the Hong Kong entertainment industry was born.
With the development of the economy and the popularization of popular culture, the carefully packaged four kings have also set off a craze for star chasing in the mainland, and the first generation of "star chasing people" was born.
There are also many bad phenomena in the process of star-chasing people chasing stars, such as abandoning their studies, blind worship, and even some extreme behaviors. Stephen Chow showed the crazy actions of star-chasing people through the 1994 movie " King of Destruction " through the sentence "I love dawn".
In this context, the famous comedy sketch author Jiao Naiji created "Star Chaser".
2. Performance background
The stage of the sketch "Star Chasers" was released at CCTV's 35th Anniversary Taiwan Celebration Gala. That party is one of the most famous Taiwan Celebration Gala in CCTV's history. The party invited popular singers such as Zhou Huajian , Su Youpeng and Yi Nengjing to attend.
A version of Zhou Huajian wearing a vest singing her masterpiece "Flower Heart" that we often saw on TV back then came from this Taiwan anniversary party.
Interestingly, the member of the Little Tigers who had just flew solo, "Good Tiger" Su Youpeng not only sang a solo song "Wait until That Day" and sang a song "My World Only You Understand the Best" with Yi Nengjing, and he even made a guest appearance in a sketch "Star Chaser".
After Su Youpeng and Yi Nengjing finished singing, he was immediately surrounded by a group of fans in the audience (arranged in advance) and asked for autographs. Cai Ming, who was dressed in a student outfit among this group of "fans", squeezed to Su Youpeng and got the autograph and showed it to others excitedly, and then "fainted" in ecstasy.
Amid the screams of the ambulance, the sketch "Star Chaser" appears.
The plot design of "Star Chasers" is very clever. A grandmother, a father and a child. The child's academic performance has dropped seriously due to his obsession with singers. The father is furious, but he cannot teach the child a lesson because of his grandmother's spoiling. However, the grandmother who spoils her child cannot communicate with her child.
Three generations, three generation gaps, and three contradictions burst into pieces in the sketch of more than ten minutes. The plot is amazing, which is more realistic and more interesting than simply preaching.
The stage background design of "Star Chaser" is also very distinctive. The virtual space should be the child's bedroom. The huge background wall is covered with photos of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers. In addition to the four kings, there is also the small whirlwind Lin Zhiying , which was also very popular back then. Among all the stars, Liming has the largest and most obvious avatar. I don't know if this is because the stage designers also "I love Liming" or because Liming is a Beijinger.
Interestingly, Cai Ming’s own photo was posted next to the avatar of every Hong Kong and Taiwan singer, allowing her to "snuggle" next to each singer, which looked very comedic.
This sketch has many classic plots worth talking about:
"Ice water, I want to drink ice water", "Talk me well", "Drink Changbai "
" I saw the singer smiled at me, and I shouted to go forward and stopped his car, and I heard the wheel Swish, "Stopped?", "Drived over, but the car splashed all over my mud. What a happy mud idea."
" Look at your historical answer, ask, who is Zheng Chenggong ? Answer, Zheng Zhihua's younger brother. Oh, is he Zheng Zhihua's younger brother! " "Was that brother to beat me?"
" Do you know what zodiac signs they are? Do you know what color they like? Do you know what allergies they see and what kind of bumps they get after they are allergic? Also, who is most afraid of air conditioners, who is most afraid of electric fans, who is most afraid of sweet food, who is most favorable to eat sour food, and who is most favorable to eat sour food, and who is most favorable to read newspapers and who is most favorable to smoke? ", "You said that a young man is going to the toilet, what will I follow you to watch!" '
" in the first month It's the first month of the year", "Mom, it's "Stars Light the Lamp", "I haven't finished singing yet, the lanterns will come out soon, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, are there any lanterns? This lanterns , that one is hanging, that one is outside the door~~~", "Don't listen, don't listen"
" Dear viewers, all the programs today are played, thank you for watching, we'll see you tomorrow", "It's over, I'm off work"
PS: CCTV's famous host Sun Xiaomei can also be regarded as a guest star in "Star Chaser".
"Star Chaser" is a very successful sketch. In addition to the author and director, of course, it is inseparable from the wonderful interpretations of the three actors.
The star-chasing clan played by Cai Ming is a high school girl according to his character design. Cai Ming, who was 32 years old at that time, was not under pressure. His figure and dressing were full of energy like a little girl, especially the few words "hate" were so coquettish that it was admirable.
Teacher Zhao Lirong is the finishing touch of the sketch. If Cai Ming is considered a funny actor, Zhao Lirong is an excellent supporting actor. On the one hand, she perfectly interprets the state of being friendly and doting among generations, and on the other hand, she also fully demonstrates the different generation gaps between her and her son and granddaughter.
Relatively speaking, Guo Da, who is a bit like a sewing-like character, looks a bit ordinary around Zhao Lirong and Cai Ming, mainly because of his limited roles, and there are not many burdens and highlights on him.
has an old man and a treasure. Unfortunately, Guo Da and Cai Ming did not cooperate further with Teacher Zhao later, and this treasure was dug up by Gong Hanlin .
Although the term "star chaser" has become history, the phenomenon of star chaser is more popular and lively, and it is also more chaotic.
The most common problems of star-chasing people in the 1990s were abandoning their studies and blind worship. Other problems caused in society were not very obvious. More than 20 years later, the "fan circle" that evolved from a star-chasing group has become a widespread cultural, economic and social phenomenon, and there are many disadvantages hidden in it.
Nowadays, fundraising and online violence problems caused by the fan circle are common. The fan circle will not only make fans waste their studies, but will even make fans spend a lot of money and be cut off. In serious cases, there are cases of family bankruptcy. What’s more serious is that the accompanying ideological-oriented problems cannot be ignored.
Ironically, while the star-chasing people evolved into a fan circle, the quality of idols has declined severely. At that time, the four kings of heaven were all powerful stars, and film, television and songs have developed in all aspects. Everyone's strength and achievements are enough to become a role model in the entertainment industry.
Let’s look at the current idol group. Many people have developed film, television and songs, and it is already amazing to do one of them well. Some idols become popular with two things, a good-looking face and a promoted character.
In extreme cases, those who sing and dance can become popular by relying on their character designs of "nothing can do" and "nothing can" and those who sing and dance can become popular by relying on their "stupid", "stupid" and "always late to work".
If you use an online language to describe the current idols and fan circles, it may be a "shenma thing".
Guo Da said it very well in "Star Chasers": In the eyes of you children, there are only a few singers and a few pop songs in the world. Our great country with a history of 5,000 years of civilization will continue to develop. Can it work with those singers and a few pop songs?
Entertainment industrialization is a part of social development, and should not be beaten to death with one stick, but the chaos in idols and fan circles that exist must also be rectified.
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