The "Happy Twist" group rushed to the hot search president Wang Haigang to deny involution, saying that the future direction is comedy +
After Deyun Club and Zhao Jiaban (Liaoning Folk Art Troupe) successively tested variety shows, the 18-year-old "Happy Twist" has finally ushered in its first ensemble variety "Twist Special Happy".
After the first issue was launched, it rushed to the hot search, and more members of the happy twist family were "seen" by the audience.
As the main creator of the group, Wang Haigang, the co-president of Happy Twist, said in an exclusive interview with a Red Star News reporter that the original intention of "Happy Twist" was to let more audiences know the "Twist Team".
At the same time, give more "waist" comedians a platform to show themselves.
"It's the first time for Happy Ma Hua to do a group show. We hope to show Ma Hua's team's truer appearance and status. We also hope that the audience will view this show with a tolerant attitude." Wang Haigang said frankly.
Regarding the upcoming Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger, he also said, "Shen Teng and our team are preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, but unfortunately, I really don't know (the specific content). Because the Spring Festival Gala has a very complete and serious program review. process, so now what kind of show we can put on, and whether this show needs to be revised, it is really unknown."
'Mid-waist' and young comedians deserve to be seen
2022 is just the beginning of the year, and many viewers have recently chosen to experience the group spirit that belongs to the happy twist on the reality show "Twisted Twist".
In this large-scale immersive character experience program jointly produced by Youku, Happy Twist and Damai, Shen Teng, Ma Li, Chang Yuan, Alan and other Twist members all assembled to restore a warm family atmosphere.
The show is in the form of a reality show, experiencing twelve plot stories adapted from life, using unique comedy talents and elements to create a variety comedy with true feelings and reality, while bringing joy to the audience, conveying Optimistic positive outlook on life.
In the context of more and more comedy labels entering the Legion Comprehensive, why is "Twisted Twist" so late?
Wang Haigang said frankly that Happy Twist has been focusing on drama for many years, but it has only extended to movies in recent years, and it is indeed relatively late to set foot in the field of variety shows, "Theatrical works are our genes, the relationship between the company and variety shows is not close, and I think it is normal to enter the game later. .In the past, only our leading actors participated in this track, and in the future, it may lead the development of variety shows that participate as a whole."
Talking about the original intention of the production, Wang Haigang emphasized that he hoped that more people would see the Twist Team and the actors of the Twist series.
"Happy Twist has been established for 18 years since its establishment in 2003. Although we have produced many stage plays and some movie works, none of them have brought together so many of our actors, which can reflect the temperament and connotation of a Twist team. And the characteristic group variety show, so we made this show. The second original intention, we hope that everyone is now familiar with Shen Teng, Ma Li, Alan, Chang Yuan, we still have a lot of excellent so-called so-called from the stage play 'Mid-waist actors', or younger actors, they are not known to many people, and we also hope that these excellent actors can be seen by everyone."
The "recruits" on the variety show track want to make a difference
The Red Star News reporter saw that although it is a "recruit" on the variety show track, the twist team's performance in the show is very good.
In this regard, Wang Haigang said frankly that "Happy Twist" especially emphasized the atmosphere of "Happy Twist Family" when it was founded, "When everyone was very young, they got together after graduating from various drama academies. It can be said that they grew up together. Big. We want to reflect the real, home-like feeling of Happy Twist in the show." He said, for example, in such an atmosphere, the recording scene was always fun, and Shen Teng took the lead in eating and drinking, even the delicious food in the game The props were all swept away.
Perhaps because of being on the stage for a long time, many actors with happy twists appear to be quite "sincere" in the show, and even the punishment is "really listening, watching, and feeling", which makes Wang Haigang both distressed and funny: "For example, the first issue In the show, I used two-finger meditation to hit Shen Teng, and I tried many times. At first, I didn't dare to hit Shen Teng hard. Later, Brother Teng said that he couldn't.
He concluded that this just reflects the concept of Happy Twist all along, "Although we don't have a very full concept of doing variety shows, everyone can see that we are growing a little bit, showing our true side. We have always insisted on 'no Sincere, no comedy', don't fool the audience, just torture yourself, and do your best, there is no special regret." Wang Haigang told the Red Star News reporter, "When I first started recording, I saw the editing material in the later stage of the show, and there were constant changes between the teams. Arguing, we have had a lot of directions internally about the form of variety shows, and we can't rule out the direction of film and television. There have been many stage performances including "Happy Comedian" over the years, and we still want to make some differences."
Stick to the main track and deny "involution", the future style direction is "comedy +"
At present, all major comedy groups have launched their own ensembles, and "internal volume" has also been hotly discussed by everyone.
In this regard, Wang Haigang said bluntly, "Actually, we don't feel the 'involution' of life and death at the moment. Strictly speaking, although we are in a big pool, the market is large enough, and everyone has specialties in the arts, and each has its own expertise. For example, Germany Cloud Club is a cross talk category, Xiaoguo is based on talk shows, and we are comedy. We don’t have the mentality of deliberately competing with other comedy labels.” In his opinion, mutual promotion is a good thing, “Being able to do one’s own thing well is a good thing. Competition has spawned high-quality works, making domestic comedies known and loved by more people."
Wang Haigang also admitted that although the latest film is questioned as not as good at the box office as the previous film, making high-quality comedy films is still a part of Happy Twist Films.
"The Internet is our shortcoming, and it is also the direction of our future efforts. We will try everything from episodes to short dramas and online movies, but comedy, as our main track, will not change." Regarding the future of Happy Twist, Wang Haigang Defined by a style called "Comedy+".
"We want to broaden the happy twist style that everyone understood in the past. After a long time, it is easy for users to become fatigued, so we will expand this category of comedy in the future. This '+' can be understood as our broadening of our understanding of comedy. It can also be understood that we will not only be satisfied with the stage plays and movies of professional theaters in the past, but will extend to today. The new space interpretation that everyone sees will extend to Internet content and variety shows. category, but what we will not change is that we must focus on comedy and continue to work hard.”
Red Star News reporter | Ren Hongwei