The second season of the original comedy variety show “Annual Comedy Contest” ushered in the final a few days ago. After 12 program episodes and multiple rounds of competition, finally “So-and-so”, “Young Master and Me” and “Xiaowan Wind Music” won the championship, the second and third place of the annual comedy team respectively; Yan Peilun won the annual favorite support group; Tudou won Comedy Writer of the Year; “The Young Master and I” won Audience Favorite Play of the Year.
■Explore
Bringing happiness to others is the noblest art
As a popular IP variety show produced by iQiyi, the second season of the “Annual Comedy Contest” has attracted discussions and attention from a large audience since its broadcast. Finally, the peak popularity of this season’s program content on the iQiyi website exceeded 9,000, with 2,085 hot searches across the entire network, and the total reading volume of related topics exceeded 20.6 billion. This season’s program continues the original intention of “comedy co-creation” of the first season, explores more possibilities of comedy variety shows from a breakthrough and innovative perspective, and successfully taps into more comedy types and comedic talents. In addition to the sketch (sketch comedy), Mancai, mime, etc., already familiar to the public, innovative comedy forms such as the puppet show, the black show and the one man show are also being presented to the public for the first time.
The 73 plays brought by 25 teams this season fully exploited the humanistic value behind the comedy, allowing the audience to release the accumulated pressure with laughter. In addition to the teams of “XXXX”, “Young Master and Me”, “Xiaowan Wind Music”, “Fat Master 2”, “Cool Tianfang”, “Aqi and Acheng” who won the top six of the year, “Hello Teacher ” The powerful acting talent of the team, the “Sister Doing Her Best” team and the one-man show team of “Li Doudou” pay attention and discuss the plight of contemporary women, the creative characteristics of the musical drama team of the ” Stop Its Time” and the brainstorming of the “Flying Can’t” team. The “black field drama” with a big hole, the new form of puppet show presented by the “Ouye” team of the first batch of graduates of The Chinese puppet drama, the “nine people” team made up of recent graduates who have just graduates, after being purged of young comedians. As Wang Xiaohui, Chief Content Officer of iQIYI and President of Professional Content Business Group said on the night of the finals, “Bringing happiness to others is the noblest art.”
In addition to the wonderful programs of the participating teams and supporting guests, twelve organizing committee members Ma Dong, Huang Bo, Yu Hewei, Li Dan, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, Chen Zhengdao, Na Ying, Shu Qi, Ma Li, Cai Ming , From Zhangwei The humorous performance and witty comments also brought countless laughter to the audience.
■ Creation
From nobody to deserved champion
“Actually we are nobody, the three so-and-so of all the actors in China.” In the debut of the second season of “Annual Comedy Contest”, three attractive stage actors Liu Tong and Zuo Lingfeng The “so-and-so “Team formed with Zhang Weiyi introduced the meaning of their team name so humbly and unobtrusively. They are over 30 years old, each has thousands of experiences in theater performances and they are all “pillars” on the stage of small theaters. This time, with the original intention of “grabbing the tail of youth and burning it to the max”, they came to the variety show for the first time. With their outstanding talent and stable performance, they brought joy and emotion to the audience at each stage. , admiration and surprise, becoming the deserved and well-deserved champion of this season’s program.
What is particularly noteworthy is that most of their works come from the perception of real life. They have a tight and solid narrative structure and vivid characterization. People bring “unexpected, reasonable” surprise and empathy, which makes their comedies not only hilarious, but also full of strong and touching emotions, which are infinitely memorable. For example, “Rehearsal Crazy Cloud”, which scored the highest in stage one, was inspired by their real-life experience of having to rehearse online; “Military Division Love League”, a collaboration with the group “Xiaowan Wind Music”, was inspired by a friend’s blind date The experience and the ending make people feel the deep meaning of love in the inversion of layers ; “Resurrection Army”, which has teamed up with the “Fat Daren 2” group and support host Sun Tianyu, warmly pays attention to the psychological and emotional problems of friends around; and the final entry “Goodbye Lao Zhang”, which made all the judges burst into tears and called it “perfect”, originated from Zhang Weiyi’s long-cherished wish to “hope that his late father can see his marriage” buried in his heart for a long time. About this, they said, “When you make comedy, you can’t overlook all living things in an ivory tower, otherwise it’s easy to get caught in your own expression. Observing life and enjoying life makes it easier to accumulate material and deliver happiness.”
The wonderful performance of “So-and-so” won the high recognition of the audience and judges. Judges Huang Bo and Yu Hewei competed to eliminate the “Letter of Promise to Live” in the final, promising to give all the actors on stage a chance. “Xiao Wan and Guan Yue”, who were both opponents and collaborators in the finals, enthusiastically said when they saw them get the highest score, “I am happier than myself that I won the prize!” When he awarded the prize, he said, “This prize should be awarded to ‘so-and-so’.” The award-winning commentary awarded by the organizing committee to the first place of the annual “so-and-so” comedy team was: “You are true powerhouses of the stage, and every job is worthy of your name. Constantly showing us what a profession is, what a character and what is ten years of hard work. Love and persistence are your eternal themes. You are always in awe of the stage and always keep a distance from the reality show. You are no longer unknown So-and-so, I hope you you will continue to do happy things with your lover.
■ perception
There are no small roles, only small actors
At the end of the first round, host Ma Dong announced the decision to establish a “Laughing Flower Support Group” for eliminated comedians: “As long as you like, you can make suggestions to other teams and help them perform. You can help them move forward and you can realize your creations and possible stage dreams.” It was this decision full of human touch that made Yan Peilun, Zhang Youwei, Ma Xudong, Lei Songran, Sui Xin and many others who were originally eliminated The contestants have another chance to shine again, especially the ” Golden Actor” Yan Peilun won the “Annual Support Group Favorite” award for his impressive roles in 14 programs. This award was jointly selected by the jury and the actors of the top 18 teams, and it can be said that it is eagerly awaited by all. Yan Peilun said in his acceptance speech of the award, “There are no small roles, only small actors.” He has also promised everyone that he will see you in the next season of the “Annual Comedy Contest”.
Out of the 14 programs Yan Peilun participated in, except the first one which was his entry, the other 13 roles were all supporting roles which he played for other participating teams after being eliminated in the first round. But I didn’t expect that after he was eliminated, he instead “opened up”, the more he acted, the more relaxed, the more brilliant he acted, and became a sought-after assistant for various crews. In the busiest episode, he “crossed the stage” back and forth between the four crews, didn’t even have time to get on stage for the curtain call, so had to rush to change for the next show. Some viewers commented, “Yan Peilun just relied on these characters to create a ‘Yan Peilun Universe'”.
Comedy brings people together. In addition to the “Laughing Flower Support Group”, this season’s program competition system also organizes different teams to cooperate and create together. Everyone is not only an opponent, but also a partner. They have created many remarkable works in the process of learning from each other’s strengths and making progress together. . Even in the cruel knockout match where two teams play against each other, the highlights of the show can see the mutual help and encouragement between the various teams, which makes people feel warm and moved. When “promotion” is no longer the only goal of participating in the show, “co-creation” and growth allows everyone to engage more enthusiastically, the pattern opens up, and there is greater strength behind the comedy laughter . (Reporter Wang Run)
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