Chinanews client, Beijing, February 9th (Reporter Ren Siyu) After more than 20 years, Chen Peisi has returned to the CCTV stage again and changed from a comedian to a mentor. What will he do?

Recently, "Gold Medal Comedy Class" was officially launched. Three senior tutors, Chen Peisi, Guo Degang, and Yingda, are here to jointly explore outstanding comedy talents.

  How to invite three comedy masters to participate in the show?

How is it different from past comedy shows?

"Gold Medal Comedy Class" director Dong Xiaofeng accepted an exclusive interview with Chinanews.com.

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  In the show, a total of 40 starters gathered. In addition to traditional cross talks and skits, comedians will also bring drama skits, musicals, puppet shows, magic dramas, Kyrgyzstan operas, comedy shows and other forms of performances.

In front of the three instructors, there are three buttons: "Admission", "Recommend", and "Failure". They have to make choices and put forward opinions based on the contestants' first-round performance.

  In the first episode, the tutor Chen Peisi, who has not appeared in the comedy show for a long time, made the audience shine.

  When evaluating the sketch of the first comedian, he pointed out the problem of plot logic strictly, such as "Many points of comedy are not connected to the front, which seems a little casual, not very solid from character and event. I want to emphasize the burden a little bit more."

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  Another example is, "This is something you made meticulously, but I still feel that our performance is always in the process, and we don't give it any process."

  After watching the cross talk "One Change to Fame", Chen Peisi also popularized the concept of "playing out" to the audience. The two cross talk actors' "kicking off" in the final performance originated from the "playing out" approach in comedy. It is wrapped in thin sheepskin with a special bamboo batch, and the speed of "playing" must be fast and decisive, so he recommends that the actors have choices in their performances.

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  "Be serious and sharp enough about comedy." "Recall that the reason why their comedy works are so classic is also because of their rigorous professional attitude and carefully polished professionalism." An audience commented.

  It is also the idea of ​​director Dong Xiaofeng to allow several instructors to express the concept of comedy on stage.

"Gold Medal Comedy Class" has been prepared for about a year. Every time she talks about the program plan, she often summarizes it in one sentence: "Invite the comedy masters whom the audience loves to hear and teach, and give their comedy spirit, The comedy experience is passed on to newcomers."

  As early as the beginning of the program planning, Dong Xiaofeng hoped to invite Chen Peisi, and the intention of the program also coincided with Chen Peisi’s ideas: "After we communicated with the director team, the two sides could reach a consensus, so I decided agreed."

  Instructor Yingda also mentioned that he values ​​communication with everyone, and hopes that through communication, he can bring new things to the road of comedy. Guo Degang even revealed at the recording site that the biggest feature of the show is that there is no default, which makes him feel very Steadfast.

  For the audience, comedy shows have continued in recent years, but the impressive number of outstanding comedies seems to have become less, and the impression of comedians still remains on some comedy stars in the past.

"To do this show is to provide a stage for the newcomers of comedy, and the other is to hope that they can solve their confusion and see what they should do here, so that they can become everyone's favorite comedians, new and old on the same stage, and realize the inheritance of comedy. "

  "The reason why this show is called the Gold Medal Comedy Class is that we actually want to do something for comedy. After three months of recording and learning, the students who came here can learn something. This is also the three teachers who agreed to come here. Purpose and starting point."

  The starting lineup of "Gold Medal Comedy Class" has 40 groups of students. Among them, there are not only budding comedy veterans, but also rookies who are eager to stage, as well as performers seeking to break the circle such as actor Jin Ming and singer Wang Dongcheng.

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  Dong Xiaofeng revealed that the proportion of newcomers among the participating students is more, "Some of them were not comedians in the past, but they have a special yearning and longing for comedy, and want to come to the stage to try. The reason for choosing such a person is also hope that through their feelings Let me tell everyone how difficult comedy is, but how respectable it is."

  Three minutes on stage, ten years off stage.

Different from the previous comedy shows, "Gold Medal Comedy Class" introduces an important concept-teacher and teacher.

  In previous comedy shows, the audience usually saw the contestants perform rounds after rounds of competitive performances. In "Gold Medal Comedy Class", the reality show is combined with stage competitions, and the audience can also see the instructors playing Outside the stage, the students are in class and the process of imparting drama knowledge.

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  The presentation of the whole program is more like a big class.

"The entire "Gold Medal Comedy Class" is completely based on the concept of a class, from the entrance examination, to the completion of the class, from the small exam to the class exam, and then to the graduation presentation, the graduation ceremony..."

  Dong Xiaofeng revealed that in the program, the three tutors have different styles. Although there are admissions and competitions, the three are not competing with each other and full of gunpowder. Instead, they will teach each other from their fields of expertise and lead the students to learn. And practice.

  For example, the instructor Chen Peisi will give a comedy theory class, take the students to watch his plays, discuss with the students, and provide them with some guidance on performance practice;

  Indah, an instructor who specializes in sitcoms, will bring an immersive theater experience. The actors will take the students to observe the humanities to rehearse the drama and experience the drama performance, and will remake the clips of "I Love My Home" in the show, telling the performance of the year The story, let them play the role;

  Guo Degang will return to traditional performances and lead the students and apprentices to the Sanqingyuan Theater for training, so that everyone can have direct discussions in the cross talk garden and encourage the extraction of materials from life.

  "All tutors participate in the discussion from the beginning of the direction of the work of the students, then polish the work book, to rehearse, and even come back to stare at the stage. They especially want to pass on their experience to newcomers and guide newcomers on how to make progress. This level of participation touched me."

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  It is difficult to make comedy, and in the era of short video, it is even more difficult to make comedy works satisfy the audience.

Dong Xiaofeng sighed that many students who participated in the show were doing their best to rehearse, but when the work did not meet the expectations everyone wanted, he would feel very regretful. "Comedians are particularly great. They are racking their brains. Others make happiness."

  When talking about the understanding of the inheritance of comedy, Dong Xiaofeng said: “I feel that all people who want to do comedy should have a belief in their hearts, that is, the obsession with comedy. Because comedy is really difficult, and it must be played. Work hard to make good things. Both are indispensable. The inheritance of comedy should not be a slogan, it must be specific." (End)