Produced by Bilibili, co-produced by Yinghuaism, Dinosaur Films, and Shan Liren, starring Liu Yang, Liu Beast, Bu Guanjin, Boss Shi, Ma Ling, Jiang Sida, Tudou, Xin Zai, etc.Fantasy Light Comedy Mini Drama《Don’t become a watermelon!director“Officially launched today, the play tells the hilarious story of a useless young man who accidentally came into contact with the director of the Administration of Another Dimension, and was forced to climb to the pinnacle of his life within 24 days.
Liu Yang plays Zheng Hao, a lying flat young man in the play, who pursues the “true meaning of life” of “fishing at work and lying flat after work”. He appears on the stage as a senior otaku dressed in a fat T, fat pants and big slippers. Lying down and never standing up, the essence of the youth in the abandoned house who has lost hope and direction in life is properly grasped. Whether it’s a funny yoga pose or a confession experience that makes everyone’s mood go up and down like a roller coaster, it makes people laugh. When he met a different-dimensional director who could change the trajectory of his life, he resolutely chose to talk about talk shows to find himself. From the melodramatic “My Mom” to the laughing and tearful “I Have a Friend”, Zheng Hao narrates the sweetness and bitterness of life with vivid jokes, and regards the audience’s laughter as his own realization of life The power of meaning. Some netizens commented that “Liu Yang consistently talks about talk shows whether on stage or in the play”, but from another perspective, this is not a kind of understanding and “communication” between actors and characters.
“Don’t become a watermelon! Director” is Liu Yang’s first attempt to cross the border from a comedian to an actor. It is not difficult to see from the trailer and the content of the premiere that he has submitted a qualified answer sheet. Not only because he played the role of talk show actor Zheng Hao in his true colors, and interpreted the joyful and nonsensical healing stories in an interesting and interesting way. It is also his presentation of the character’s decadent state and emotions in the early stage, his calmness to his mother after knowing his fate, his rage and gaffe when he learned that the director he cherishes is not the one who treats each other sincerely as he imagined, and his ” “Take it slow” and put it away with a smile… These performances beyond his true nature make us feel that he is one of countless ordinary young people, real and ordinary, facing the mammoth of fate, he will dodge passively and think deeply Stand up straight and move on. He may not be sophisticated and skilled enough for acting, but we can really feel his expression of the characters and respect for the performance and the camera.
In fact, apart from being the lead actor of the play, Liu Yang has another identity, that is the play – “Don’t Become a Watermelon!” One of the screenwriters of Director. When he talked about his understanding of comedy in the behind-the-scenes footage, he said: Comedy is something that happens naturally, and it is the flower of life that blooms in an ordinary and helpless life. When he created the role of Zheng Hao, he incorporated many elements of the people around him in his life. Even the tension between the characters and the daily actions of getting along with each other, he will repeatedly figure out and practice in the early stage to achieve the most ideal presentation effect. Use jokes and humor to tell the background of life, and use unconventional and nonsensical encounters in different dimensions to convey happiness and enthusiasm to the Generation Z audience. This is another bold adventure for Liu Yang besides being an actor.
“Integration of editing and acting” is another self-breakthrough of Liu Yang, and it is also the inevitable result of years of accumulation. From the small stage of stand-up comedy, to “The Seventh Season of Strange Flowers”, to “Annual Comedy Contest”, and the podcast ace program “Borrowing Zhai” and its upgraded version – the first video podcast variety show “Have a Good Chat” “, Liu Yang’s comedy road has gone steadily and steadily, and it has blossomed in many fields such as offline, podcast, and variety shows. This new attempt in the field of short dramas has opened up a new chapter in his multi-comedy section, and let more people know that Liu Yang is not only a senior comedian who has been cultivating for many years, but also a potential actor. Dark horse actor. Looking forward to Liu Yang’s “Don’t Become a Watermelon!” “Director” will bring more exciting performances in the next plot, and I hope he will make more attempts on the road of actor and bring more excellent works to the audience.
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