three comedy shows compete with each other. can comedy still save young people?
2024-08-29
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chao news client reporter he xiaoting jin ran
the talk show is back.
after two years, "the king of comedy stand-up season" (hereinafter referred to as "king of comedy stand-up season") created by iqiyi and "talk show and his friends" (hereinafter referred to as "talk show and his friends") launched by tencent video were broadcast successively this august. with the combined lineup, isn't it "talk show conference"?
both programs have the shadow of xiaoguo culture and have the most familiar talk show faces, such as wang jianguo, yang li, xu zhisheng, he guangzhi, hu lan, etc., but the proportion of newcomers is also high. both programs have invited stand-up comedians from small and medium-sized talk show brands from all over the country.
in addition, the still popular "wonderful night" - it continues the genes of "annual comedy contest", using multiple comedy forms such as sketch (sketch comedy) and manzai to heal the audience with absurd comedy plots.
the picture comes from the program group
"i'm very happy that we are back this summer. everything will slowly come back to us." talk show host xu zhisheng said on the stage.
this summer belongs to comedy.
so, at the end of this summer, can comedy still capture the hearts of young audiences?
image source: talk show and his friends
"i" and "we" in comedy
there are three comedy shows, and many of the most impressive works are inspired by real life.
comedians tell stories about the lives of "i" and "us", and share their own stories and emotions in a humorous and self-deprecating way. the clips that go viral often reflect reality, and the audience sees themselves on the stage and is deeply touched.
the one-stop complaints about urging marriage, blind dates, and marriage are in-depth and profound, and are an unspoken understanding among female audiences.
yarong said in "breaking friends" that it is impossible to pick up high-quality male guests in the blind date market, just like there will not be a lonely shared bicycle that can be ridden away at the subway entrance during the morning rush hour.
in "the wedding list", tang xiangyu uses the pressure of marriage to express her painful situation in a rural family: "my family has set a husband's family for me since i was a child. if you don't fold the quilt, your husband's family will laugh at you. if you can't make dumplings, your husband's family will laugh at you." "if you get married, you are an outsider. if you don't get married, you are also an outsider. you are neither a person inside nor outside."
xiaolu appeared in a wedding dress, "marriage is really emotional!" she wrote a joke about the helplessness of the wedding preparation process, "marriage is a matter for two people, but the wedding is my own project."
image source: "the king of comedy stand-up season"
various workplace jokes resonate with many workers.
yang li became the chief screenwriter of "the wedding planner". she shared her experience: if you want to get promoted, you still have to change jobs.
hu lan pointed out the true meaning of "pua in the workplace" in the next-door "tuoyou" to relieve young people's anxiety in the workplace: "most leaders do not have the ability of pua. pua is a means, and paying less is the goal. they deny you in order to bargain, so why do you deny yourself?"
also, when "a pleasant night" was first aired, the hit "eighty-one difficulties" reinterpreted the character relationships and purpose of journey to the west with modern workplace rules. it is also known as "the life of sha seng, a transparent man in the workplace". he has no background and his abilities are not as strong as those of the eldest brother, but he has to obtain scriptures and do work, but he doesn't even have his own name.
image source: talk show and his friends
all kinds of trivial matters and troubles are cleverly integrated into humorous language, like installing cameras in our lives.
cai cai directly addressed the topic of women's menstruation, and there were many jokes. "ten years ago, there were male stars who endorsed sanitary napkins, and i didn't think there was any problem, because male stars have a large flow of traffic." "i made up my mind that i must write a set of jokes and earn enough 50,000 yuan to buy sanitary napkins. other actors come here to pursue their dreams, but i come here to earn money."
liu yang complained that he had the freedom to ride shared bikes before he got the cycling card, but after getting the card, he couldn't even ride a single color. "the cycling card has a curse. if you get a cycling card of a certain brand, that brand will disappear from the city."
jia hao talked about the psychological state of men when putting on makeup. in the past, he would feel ashamed if he was caught putting on makeup in the bathroom. now, with the maturity of makeup technology, when facing men, he directly retorted, "i am putting on your favorite man's makeup!"
comedians are based on life, bring their own observations and thoughts, use expressions familiar to young people, care about the mental state of contemporary people, touch on the mood of the times, and use warm humor to give people the strength to move forward.
behind the funny moments, comedians’ sincerity and persistence
as the audience's sense of humor increases, it is not easy to amuse the audience.
how to make the audience buy in? only sincerity and hard work - every comedian interprets the charm of comedy in his own way.
it has been two years since the talk show was launched, and the actors are already ready to go. in addition to familiar veterans such as xu zhisheng, he guangzhi, xiaolu, xiaobei, etc., many newcomers have come to both talk shows this year and brought sharp insights.
the talk show performers all talked about the turmoil in the industry. pangbo, who calls himself a donkey pulling a millstone, is most afraid of running out of ink, but he has been "pulling without a millstone" for more than a year: if the millstone is gone, the talk show industry will experience a cold winter, and if the ink is gone, what he is afraid of is that his humor will be gone. finally, he used "chorus" as a metaphor: some people are out of tune, but fortunately there are still people pulling the millstone. talk shows still have the power to make people laugh, and he will accompany the audience on the journey.
image source: "the king of comedy stand-up season"
after both crosstalk and talk shows experienced a cold winter, yan hexiang, who took the initiative to seek change, participated in the two programs "xiren qimiao ye" and "xidan". on the stage of "xidan", he used crosstalk to tell talk shows, and used jokes to speak the truth. he complained that "the banner of crosstalk is crumbling, my junior brother is in danger, and the young master is high above", but every sentence was full of love for crosstalk. the following sentence "i would rather die than not be independent" moved countless audiences.
some people said, "he used his actions to tell the two junior brothers who just came off the stage and the young master who sat down on the stage that life experience, thinking ability and courage may be the ultimate essence of comedy for comedians to pass on."
image source: "the king of comedy stand-up season"
liu yang not only produced hits such as "eighty-one difficulties" in "a wonderful night of pleasant people", but also performed brilliantly in "happy single".
he also combined the aforementioned shared bike joke with his own comedy experience and sent out his sincerest wishes: "i sincerely hope that all stand-up comedians can always scan that shared bike to catch a show."
image source: "the king of comedy stand-up season"
when it comes to entertaining the audience, the comedians of "a wonderful night of happiness" also went through a difficult creative journey. many contestants even wanted to withdraw from the competition many times due to collapse. lu yan even breathed a sigh of relief after being eliminated.
in this "comedy prison", the comedians are breaking down from staying up all night to create, but at the same time they regard it as a "comedy world cup". they are full of sincerity, constantly adjusting the details and jokes of their works, and contributing one funny work after another.
yan peilun and zhang youwei, from "annual comedy competition" to "wonderful night", this is their third time to participate in miwei's comedy competition. at first, the performance of "another round plus" was not good. it was normal for them to run out of inspiration and always stay up until four or five in the morning, but they still insisted on continuing their attitude and understanding of comedy: "maybe we are students who are not good at studying, but we work hard on every homework. maybe we can't make everyone like it, but we try our best to make what we want to do. i also want to tell everyone that no matter what industry you are in, you need to have some persistence of your own, even if it is not good enough."
when yan peilun saw that others were encouraged by his work, he also found the meaning of sticking to comedy: "what really inspired me and made me feel that i should stick to this line of work is that we really healed and helped them."
image source: "a wonderful night"
life needs comedy
the three comedy shows have brought more opportunities and exposure to comedians, and comedy has also saved the current emo young people - comedy has gradually become one of the ways for young people to relax.
making the audience laugh is also the original intention of comedians.
in an interview with the media, ma dong talked about the original intention of making "amazing night": "the audience's demand for comedy has always been strong, and this demand has not changed with the emergence of short videos and short dramas. this demand is greater than we thought, and all the people who make comedies are like jingwei filling the sea."
the theme of this season of "talk show" is "talk about the troubles in life through talk show": let the audience forget their troubles in laughter and fight all troubles with happiness.
before the broadcast of "happy singles", pang bo wrote on weibo: "it can be called stand-up comedy, or talk show, old friend, or devil, it's all fine. the most important thing is that there are people on the stage telling jokes and people in the audience laughing. it's even the only thing, it's all the things."
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on the evening of august 22, the newly launched "breakup" held an offline screening in hangzhou, which also attracted many comedy-loving audiences from all over the country.
why do young people today love watching comedies?
they all gave the same answer: comedy helps me relieve stress.
xiao a, who just graduated, remembered what hu lan said, "comedy is the anesthetic of life. without comedy, my life might be stagnant."
among the three programs, the one that impressed her the most was "the little pony crosses the river again" from "a pleasant and wonderful night", which sharply presented the current state of young people: the recent graduates swam across the river with great difficulty, but after getting ashore, there was still a river on the other side.
"it's a huge blow to recent graduates. i can't find a job and i have to take one exam after another. i'm anxious every day, but realistic comedies give me an outlet for my stress," said xiao a.
21-year-old xiao b has been preparing for exams recently. due to the heavy study pressure, he has watched three offline performances in a row: "i can't study anymore, so i buy a ticket and come here to relax. the next day, i seem to have the energy to study again. if i can't relieve myself alone, i will come and watch a lively talk show with everyone."
as pangbo said on the show, "it's ok, it will pass."
image source: "the king of comedy stand-up season"
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