On the evening of March 16, the latest episode of the variety show "Infinite Beyond Class 2" was broadcast. In this episode, the biggest highlight is undoubtedly that Zhang Rui was angry because of his poor acting skills Ng Zhenyu . However, if you check Zhang Rui's resume, you will find that he is known as the school star of Chinese opera and graduated from the 2006 acting department of the Central Academy of Drama. It can be said that Zhang Rui has a typical academic background. (The picture accompanying this article is a free circulation poster promotion content released by "Infinite Transcendence Class", not a video program)
In this episode of the program, Zhang Rui participated in the filming of " Infernal Affairs ". In two consecutive scenes, Zhang Rui was the protagonist. The first scene is a group play. The second scene is the rivalry between Zhang Rui and Eric Tsang . During the filming of these two scenes, Mr. Wu Zhenyu sat in the director's seat. Obviously, Mr. Wu Zhenyu wanted to control these two scenes from a director's perspective.
However, during the actual filming of the scene, Mr. Wu Zhenyu expressed serious dissatisfaction with actor Zhang Rui's performance and repeatedly called for a halt. Especially during the filming of the second scene, teacher Wu Zhenyu repeatedly pointed out the problem with Zhang Rui's performance rhythm. In the end, Mr. Wu Zhenyu left angrily and handed over the remaining scenes to the variety show director team to shoot.
Is Zhang Rui's acting really that bad? This seems to be what many variety show viewers want to ask. If you only watch this episode of "Infinite Transcendence Class", you will definitely feel that this Zhang Rui is simply a popular star, and he simply doesn't know how to film. Otherwise, how could he be stopped by the director many times? However, if you check Zhang Rui's resume, you will find that not only is he not a popular star, but he has received professional training for many years and is a top student at a top university like China National Theater.
Back to the beginning of the question, can a Chinese opera major like Zhang Rui really not know how to act? It is definitely wrong to say how good Zhang Rui's acting can be. However, if Zhang Rui can't act at all, the audience obviously doesn't agree. But why in this variety show, people feel that Zhang Rui, a student from the Chinese Theater Department, has the same acting skills as Zero?
The reason is very simple. Teacher Wu Zhenyu is asking Zhang Rui to perform the role according to Wu Zhenyu's performance system, and the performance system Zhang Rui learned in China National Theater is not Wu Zhenyu's style. Teacher Wu Zhenyu's performance system is a typical performance method of Hong Kong film and television dramas. In other words, many film and television actors in Hong Kong were indeed trained by TVB and were based on the style of early Hong Kong film and television dramas.
How good is Zhang Rui's performance? I haven't seen any of his other film and television dramas, so I can't comment. However, it is obviously difficult for Chinese opera graduates to immediately complete their roles according to the performance system of Hong Kong film and television dramas. The performance system and even the creative system of Hong Kong films and dramas have one of the most striking features, which is extreme exaggeration. The performance system and creation system of Chinese opera are anti-exaggeration and seek truth.
Hong Kong films and dramas were once very successful on the commercial route. The important reason is that this exaggerated performance system and creative system can instantly amplify certain emotions and plot conflicts. This kind of amplification itself is anti-real, anti-literary, and more commercial. These commercial film and television dramas could quickly occupy the Southeast Asian and Chinese markets. Today, however, the situation is reversed.
Around the new millennium, Hong Kong dramas and films went north, as did Hong Kong actors, and they filmed many theatrical movies. But basically they all flopped at the box office. A large number of Hong Kong actors have even become synonymous with bad movies. why? Because of their stylized performance methods and commercial creative templates, they can no longer produce works that mainland Chinese audiences like. Even in this kind of stylized performance, it is no longer possible to seek truth, and seeking excitement cannot be achieved. It has become a state of wanting literature and art instead of literature and art, and wanting business instead of commerce.
Of course Mr. Wu Zhenyu can act, and of course he is very good at the rhythm of specific commercial dramas. However, has Mr. Wu Zhenyu made any shocking film and television dramas in recent years? Obviously not.This is not only Wu Zhenyu’s personal embarrassment, but also the embarrassment of most Hong Kong actors. Their methods of creation and performance are already outdated. In such an outdated state, they cannot produce high-quality products.
To put it another way, if Mr. Wu Zhenyu were asked to act according to the performance method of the Chinese opera, he would still have the wrong rhythm and be stopped by the director many times. Suppose that Mr. Wu Zhenyu is asked to perform Mr. Lao She's play "Teahouse". Will Mr. Wu Zhenyu perform well? Or even, can you act? This is the most worthy question. If he were to be cast in "Tea House", this might be the moment when most Hong Kong actors show their timidity. With their acting skills, no one could handle the role in "Tea House".
After understanding this, let’s talk about acting skills again, and it will be much clearer. Zhang Rui was so angry that he walked away from Ng Chun-yu. Is it because Zhang Rui’s acting skills were not good and he was taught by the Chinese Drama Theater? no. It’s the performance system of Chinese opera, which is different from the performance system of Hong Kong film and television dramas. The biggest mistake of the variety show "Infinite Transcendence" is to use Hong Kong film and television dramas to criticize some mainland actors with professional backgrounds. Hong Kong dramas and films are suitable for people like Gao Haining who were trained by TVB, but not for actors who graduated from mainland professional schools.
In this case, actors who graduated from professional colleges in the Mainland really should not go to reality shows like "Infinite Transcendence". (Text/Ma Qingyun)
