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■Set a new record of returning cross talk performances 22 times
■The special cross talk performance is so hard to get even one ticket
■More than 200,000 people watched the live video simultaneously
Why is Guo Degang so popular?
Just when cross talk was almost out of sight of the audience due to sketches, a fat man named Guo Degang gave cross talk a life-saving straw with the sudden "Guo Degang cultural phenomenon" - the unknown cross talk Actor Guo Degang and his traditional cross talk have not only become popular in Beijing recently, but also have the potential to spread across the country, fueled by media pursuit. Some people may not believe that Guo Degang's cross talk show has become so popular that it is hard to get a ticket. Guo Degang even set a record during his performance in Beijing. A new record of 22 crosstalk performances. Not only that, Guo Degang’s special crosstalk performances in Beijing have been scheduled to the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and all tickets have been sold out. Who is Guo Degang? Why is his cross talk so magical? What’s the reason for the popularity? How long will the audience's pursuit of him last? Can Chinese crosstalk really turn around and regain its glory?
Who is Guo Degang?
Audiences outside Beijing probably started to know Guo Degang from Anhui Satellite TV's variety show "Operation Drama". Guo Degang, who has a chubby image, is one of the three hosts. The audience has a sunny outlook on him. I felt a different kind of happiness in his humorous hosting style, especially when he performed traditional cross talk jokes, the audience saw his extremely strong verbal skills. Most viewers don't know that Guo Degang is actually a crosstalk actor. The 33-year-old Guo Degang is from Tianjin. He learned storytelling at the age of 8, and later learned crosstalk from the famous crosstalk master Chang Baofeng. In 2005, he joined the Railway Art Troupe and became a teacher of Hou Yuewen. He also studied Peking Opera, Pingxi Opera, Hebei Bangzi and other operas. In 1995, he broke into Beijing and performed traditional cross talk in theaters for a long time. In 1996, Guo Degang formed the Deyun Society, a folk crosstalk society in Beijing, which performs every weekend at the Tianqiao Music Theater in Beijing. The ticket price is only 20 yuan. Ten years have passed, the number of visitors has increased, and it has become increasingly difficult to reserve seats.
Guo Degang has partnered with famous artists such as Fan Zhenyu and Zhang Wenshun. Frequently performed jokes include "Tie the Doll", "Learning Radio", "Looking for a Tang Hui", "Bai Shihui", etc., and also discovered and performed some traditional cross talks that are no longer common. Just when the cross talk performance on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala was half-dead, Guo Degang talked about his artistic experience in CCTV's "Artistic Life" one after another, laughed and talked about cross talk in "Xiao Cui Talks", and won rounds of applause at the Beijing Spring Festival Gala. For a time, many viewers were attracted to The traditional cross talk is impressive.
In the winter of 2005, Guo Degang was suddenly sought after by many media. He was extremely popular in Beijing, praising Guo Degang as a sudden new cross talk idol. On January 11th, 12th, and 25th, Guo Degang led members of the Deyun Society to hold the first special theater performance in Beijing since its establishment 10 years ago at the People's Liberation Army Opera House. As a result, it was hard to get a ticket and the venue was full. The performance on the evening of the 12th He set a single-game record of 22 return appearances and more than 200,000 people watching the Sina live video simultaneously. His fans call themselves "tightropes." Guo Degang said on the newly established blog: "Crosstalk is an art, and there is no need to distinguish between traditional crosstalk and new crosstalk. There is nothing that cannot be changed in traditional crosstalk. Only by advancing with the times will it be popular."
He once said cross talk in front of only one audience
Recalling his first years in Beijing, Guo Degang said with emotion: "In those days, I even encountered the situation of only one person talking in cross talk. There were two people in the audience. There is only one audience for three hundred seats." At that time, Guo Degang also made a rule backstage. As long as there were people watching, they had to perform. "If you can leave one more audience, try to leave one. As a result, one person came to the performance that day. Man, it started with an old man talking about stand-up comedy. There was one person on the stage and another person on the stage. Halfway through the speech, the cell phone of the person on the stage started ringing. He stopped on the stage and looked at him. He was too embarrassed to even say sorry. When I come on stage, I will tell you that you are a great person and that you are too rich to reserve the venue today. But I am not trying to scare you. You have to be nice and say hello to me when you want to go to the toilet? ?The grasshoppers and squirrels are playing? The eyebrows are sweet? I sincerely pay homage to the straw? The beetle leaves are fierce and fishy? The pen is closed and it is troublesome? Fu limit Wei Nelong! ? < /p>
It started from a listener, and Guo Degang’s cross talk has become what it is today. Now, many “tight-wires” will start booking tickets months in advance to listen to Guo Degang’s cross talk. Some friends even suggested that he go to the university. Theater, into TV. Regarding this, Guo Degang has his own understanding: "I do not reject other forms of performances, but theater performance is my root, no matter whether it is Guangde Tower or Tianqiao, we brothers still have it. I will sit there and talk and it will never change, because that is my roots and I will never give up. ”
Why is Guo Degang’s cross talk so popular?
When someone analyzed Guo Degang’s phenomenon, they summarized three major characteristics of the reasons why his cross talk is so popular: First, he dares to laugh at himself in humor. Guo Degang’s jokes He was particularly humorous and dared to laugh at himself. In his paragraph in "I Want to Go to the Spring Festival Gala", he said: "I rushed into the public toilet and said in the mirror, 'Guo Degang, you will succeed, I wish you happiness. ’ As soon as I went out, I saw a man walking out from the opposite side. "I dare you to enter the women's restroom!" "This passage made the audience jump with joy.
Second, there is innovation in tradition. The most fundamental thing about cross talk is to create something new. Guo Degang is proficient in more than 600 traditional old jokes alone, but Guo Degang's success does not completely copy these traditional old jokes. The third is to find love in life. In the cross talk between Guo Degang and his partner Yu Qian, most of the content expressed is very life-oriented, and it is precisely because of his life-oriented that he is particularly attractive to the audience. Guo Degang told reporters: The fact that traditional cross talk has become so popular has made him see the hope of cross talk and increased his confidence.
Qin Zheng, director of Beijing TV Station, believes that the reason why Guo Degang's cross talk is so popular is not only due to his cross talk itself, but also directly related to the media's fueling the flames. He analyzed that Guo Degang suddenly became popular in the autumn of 2005, a bit like Super Girl. This has a lot to do with media promotion, because many media people are "tightropes." Yuan Hongze, a dramatist and former artistic director of the North Theater, believes that the reason why Guo Degang is successful is that he pays attention to credibility. He can share the joys and sorrows with his partners, rather than thinking first when there is development. Own. He is the kind of person who can share a steamed bun with everyone. Some people also believe that the popularity of Guo Degang's cross talk began when he returned to the theater. Theater culture broke the one-yuan TV empire culture, and cross talk can easily form a standard culture in theaters. On TV, it feels awkward when you see cross talk actors forgetting their lines, but the same thing in the theater will make people laugh. The audience and the performers on the stage can produce cries in the theater, but this does not exist on television, so this culture is particularly easy to form in the theater.
How long can Guo Degang and his cross talk be popular?
Guo Degang and his cross talk are now extremely popular, which was not what he expected. "Deyun Society has gone through ten years of ups and downs until now. When we brought cross talk to the theater in 1996, I didn't expect such a situation, and I didn't do it for fame and fortune at the time. If so, I wouldn't have been able to last for ten years. I had to pay for every performance, and there were only two or three people in the show. It was able to last for ten years. We love this business." The current situation of a large number of media swarming in did not make Guo Degang feel happy. "So many people praise you as an artist. It depends on you to save cross talk." Guo Degang laughed, "This. Impossible, it's all nonsense. I'm just an ordinary crosstalk talker. It's impossible to revive crosstalk if you point at me. Only by uniting and working together can all crosstalk actors make it work. Of course, some people scold me, and that’s okay. Everyone’s mentality is different. The most important thing is that I know what I do. I love cross talk, I understand cross talk, and we are just ordinary cross talk. Actors, what we do is to talk about cross talk well, and don’t ruin the cross talk left by our ancestors.”
Some people comment that Guo Degang’s cross talk is mostly traditional, and whether it can last is a question mark. But Guo Degang believes that cross talk does not distinguish between traditional and new styles. He believes that cross talk is advancing with the times. "There is a very popular program now - "Dream of the Western Expedition", which was created in the late Qing Dynasty. An artist at that time said that he dreamed of seeing the Queen Mother of the West, and asked for an imperial edict. Not long after they led the troops to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the artists changed their minds and dreamed of meeting President Yuan and leading troops to fight the warlords. But now, we say that we are going to meet President Bush to pacify the terrorists. One word has been changed, but its context, jokes, and baggage have not been changed. When it is performed, everyone says that this new cross talk is very good. In fact, this is not a new cross talk. It existed more than a hundred years ago. This is the technique. thing.
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