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in 1997, the movie "party a and party b" was released. the drama quickly gained popularity among the audience with its unique beijing humor and satire of various social aspects, and feng xiaogang became a popular director.

with the emergence of one wonderful film and television work after another, "feng-style comedy" has occupied a considerable position in the chinese film industry. however, in recent years, not only has feng xiaogang been plagued by "trivial matters", but the film and television dramas he shot have also "flopped" many times.

why is the once "small steel cannon" no longer popular? what happened?

unique "feng's comedy"

in the film industry, every great director has his own specialty. for example, when shooting, wong kar-wai always likes to weaken the film narrative, edit it in a fragmented and splintered way, and add unique light, shadow and color to form his personal style.

however, the "king of comedy" stephen chow likes nonsensical comedies. his unique style and feeling leave a deep impression on the audience. however, the success of feng's comedies comes from his observation of social reality and foresight of market trends.

for example, his early work "party a and party b" uses the perspective of small people to show the confusion and pursuit of social change among young and middle-aged people in the early days of reform and opening up.

feng xiaogang used this comedy of "great absurdity and small truth" to create a new box office record at the time, which was a milestone in china's commercial film industry.

the same is true for the subsequent "see you tomorrow". in the background of the movie, in the late 1990s, people were popular with the "going abroad fever", and the most popular choice was the united states. feng xiaogang seized on this feature and portrayed it.

but he did not blindly glorify the united states like other directors. after all, in people's minds at that time, the united states was full of gold and one could become a superior person after going there. but in feng xiaogang's movies, the united states is also dirty and messy, the public security is not even as good as that in china, and many people are doing the lowest-level jobs.

it not only caters to the trend of the times, but also goes against the trend, combining the love of ordinary people with the times, becoming a classic romantic comedy movie.

subsequent film and television works such as "big shot" and "cell phone" targeted social hot spots such as the entertainment and business circles, and used an extremely exaggerated way to vividly display the hypocrisy and impetuousness in them.

the lines in "big shot" are still very ironic until now. while we are laughing, we also have to pay attention to the connotation of the expressions.

as a director who came from the grassroots, feng xiaogang is very familiar with the technique of using small characters to express his works, and he is particularly adept at using it. therefore, what he shoots is absurd yet real.

however, after feng xiaogang became successful, some things changed...

feng xiaogang is surrounded by negative news

"fame brings trouble," and this sentence still applies to feng xiaogang. because of his straightforward temper, after he became famous, some of feng xiaogang's remarks made people feel uncomfortable, and he was often even surrounded by negative comments because of his "unbridled outspokenness."

in 2018, feng xiaogang gathered with a group of bigwigs in the film industry, and brought along the actresses from his new film "youth", and asked miao miao to dance to entertain everyone.

miao miao's repeated evasions made feng xiaogang feel uncomfortable, so he said some inappropriate words and wanted to force the actress to dance, but he was stopped by chen daoming who was present.

although feng xiaogang explained the incident after the cocktail party, saying that he just wanted to liven up the atmosphere and had no ill intentions, it still caused dissatisfaction among netizens.

afterwards, things related to feng xiaogang's cover kept appearing on the internet. in addition to some romantic scandals, the most widely circulated and famous ones were "feng xiaogang has immigrated" and "feng xiaogang is critically ill."

in 2022, some netizens posted a video of feng xiaogang and xu fan in the united states on the internet, implying that feng xiaogang's family had immigrated. this news caused huge public opinion at the time.

feng xiaogang also explained that he and his wife were just sending their daughter to school. he and his wife loved beijing very much. not only were their careers and friends in the country, but he also couldn't eat western food. the country had also been kind to him, so he would never immigrate.

as for the fact that feng xiaogang was critically ill, he himself felt helpless. with the spread of some netizens, the rumor became "very credible", saying that "xu fan collapsed, gave up, and could not be cured."

because feng xiaogang didn't want to pay attention to the rumor, he didn't speak out immediately, but it was speculated to be a true event. even feng xiaogang's friends believed it and called feng xiaogang, asking him not to give up treatment.

this left feng xiaogang speechless. in march of this year, feng xiaogang gave a public explanation in an interview, and said that the current internet environment is getting worse and worse, causing great trouble to himself and his family.

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movies that have failed multiple times at the box office

since achieving initial success in his directorial career, feng xiaogang wanted to start expressing himself. he carefully polished the scripts, invested huge amounts of money, and shot films and tv series such as "aftershock" and "1942", but they all received mediocre responses.

what everyone seems to approve of is the black humor of feng's previous comedies. in fact, feng xiaogang is not the only one troubled by this problem. zhang yimou and chen kaige have also encountered this problem and can only return to their own "comfort zone".

as for feng xiaogang, he himself is gradually losing his own advantages. as a director who started out as a nobody, and who relied on films and tv series about nobody, he gradually lost the feeling of being a nobody as his status rose.

after the movie "youth", both "only yun knows" and "if you are the one 3" were flops, but even so it does not mean that feng xiaogang is not an excellent director.

after the failure of "1942", feng xiaogang knew that if he wanted to make money, he had to put aside his self-expression, but he would not give up on tv dramas and serious dramas that express himself. at the shanghai international film festival on june 17 this year, feng xiaogang released the poster of his new drama "catching spies".

starring lei jiayin and hu ge, it will start shooting in november. it is another period drama after "youth". the film is positioned as a black comedy and is closely related to the times, which is also feng xiaogang's forte.

i hope this drama will not disappoint the audience, and i also hope feng xiaogang can polish the script carefully and win the audience's recognition again.