The Spring Festival is approaching, and the Spring Festival Gala has become one of the things that many netizens pay the most attention to. In the Spring Festival Gala every year, language programs are the highlight. However, when the ranking of this year’s Spring Festival Gala programs was singled out, netizens complained: It is not satisfactory.
More and more film and television actors are performing sketches on the Spring Festival Gala stage, such as this year's Sha Yi, Zhang Ruonan, Bai Ge and others.
Last year’s Wang Baoqiang, Qin Lan, Yang Zi, and Sun Qian were all film and television actors, not professional “comedians”.
Many of the remaining "comedians" are "bastards", such as Jia Bing and Ma Xudong. These two people can be regarded as the "nails" of the Spring Festival Gala sketches in recent years, but their reputation is average.
Jia Bing's "Snow and Dumpling Love" and Ma Xudong's "First Meeting in the Photo Studio" were both "grotesques" of last year's Spring Festival Gala.
On the contrary, Shen Teng and Ma Li, who have higher voices, did not appear in the lottery list this year.
Netizens feel that professional things should be done by professionals. The reason why sketches can become the highlight of the Spring Festival Gala is inseparable from the classic works left by many comedians. Looking back over the past 40 years, the peak period of the Spring Festival Gala sketches was almost all performed by professional comedians.
From the beginning of Ma Ji, Jiang Kun, Zhao Lirong, Feng Gongniuqun, Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao, Zhao Benshan to later Jia Ling, Zhang Xiaofei, Shen Teng and Ma Li.
But in recent years, those once-excellent comedians have either retired as they age, quit the Spring Festival Gala stage, or switched careers to film. Instead, they have let some "layman" perform sketches. No wonder netizens are complaining, and the Spring Festival Gala is becoming more and more popular. It's getting worse.
1. The "Kings of Comedy" who quit the Spring Festival Gala
Chen Peisi is known as the "originator of sketches". In 1984, he and Zhu Shimao debuted on the Spring Festival Gala stage with "Eating Noodles" and became an instant hit. This is the glorious journey of appearing on the Spring Festival Gala for many consecutive years.
But after entering the 21st century, Chen Peisi withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala stage. At first there were rumors that he had been "banned", but later he denied being "banned" and mentioned that he did not regret quitting the Spring Festival Gala. He implicitly said that attending the Spring Festival Gala is not an easy task, as there are "big guys" in it.
Guo Degang also said that he felt that the "experts" of the Spring Festival Gala did not understand sketch cross talk at all, and it was ridiculous for them to give guidance on these works.
After withdrawing from the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Peisi turned to drama creation. Now, nearly 70 years old, he is in a semi-retired state and lives a happy life with his children and grandchildren.
"King of Sketch" Zhao Benshan has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage for 21 consecutive years and is also the most popular comedian among the audience. However, in 2011, he took his apprentice to the Spring Festival Gala for the last time to perform "You at the Same Table" and announced his withdrawal in 2013. .
Fan Wei has transformed from the "King of Comedy" to the "King of Movies". In recent years, he has focused on making movies and has achieved good results.
The 60-year-old Song Dandan has announced her "retirement" before. She made it very clear that as people get older, their creative abilities will decline and they will no longer perform sketches.
After retirement, she appeared in various variety shows.
2. Transformed "Comedians"
Recently, another major online movie of 66-year-old Pan Changjiang was released, called "Doubao County Magistrate".
But in fact, it is a completely different theme from his previous series "Donkey Order", and the heroine is still Yuan Qiongdan.
Pan Changjiang was also a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival Gala, but in recent years, his reputation has suffered a lot due to his live broadcasts, and now he is mainly featured in various major online movies.
In Pan Changjiang's movie, Cai Ming's old partner also appeared.
In 2009, Xiao Shenyang became famous overnight on the Spring Festival Gala with his master Zhao Benshan, but now in his early 40s, Xiao Shenyang has "disappeared" in the sketch world.
In 2021, Xiao Shenyang participated in an acting show and admitted that he had given up on sketches because he felt that he could no longer create funny things and there was nothing new. In addition, he didn’t like that the current sketches were all "happy but sad" tail".
Even the combination of Shen Tengma Li and Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei, the most promising combinations of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years, have begun to gradually withdraw from the Spring Festival Gala stage and switch to projection.
Jia Ling just shared that she lost 100 pounds in one year for her new work "Hot and Spicy".
Since "Hello, Li Huanying", Jia Ling has successfully promoted from "comedian" to "ten billion female director", and Zhang Xiaofei has also begun to focus on filming.
Although Shen Teng and Ma Li participated in the Spring Festival Gala last year, they were not included in this year's lottery list.
Not long ago, some media broke the news that Yue Yunpeng and Sun Yue participated in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal. Yue Yunpeng was once the "popular star" of the Spring Festival Gala, but unfortunately his performance in recent years seems to be a bit unsatisfactory, and the audience's expectations for him are not high. .
The comedians that the audience expects have either retired or transformed. No wonder the Spring Festival Gala is becoming less and less expected.
