The second season of "Annual Comedy Contest" ended recently. Three actors from Fanxing Drama Village - Zhang Weiyi, Zuo Lingfeng, and Liu Tong formed a comedy team "So-and-so" who lived up to expectations and won the championship.
They are actually the tip of the iceberg of the vast number of stage actors, they are role models, they are "opponents", and they are also the brightest light in special times.
And all of this starts from the original small theater.
They are humble, sincere, down-to-earth, strong and dare to compete.
Just as Huang Bo and Yu Hewei gave them the award speech: "You are no longer unknown so-and-so, you are veritable stage powerhouses! Every work constantly shows us what is a character, what is a profession, what is Ten years of sharpening a sword. We all remember that life and love cannot be easily given up, and love and persistence are your eternal themes."
From Wang Hao and Zhang Chi in the first season of "Annual Comedy Contest", to Zhang Weiyi, Zuo Lingfeng, Liu Tong, and Guan Yue in the second season, every actor who has walked out of Fanxing Drama Village has left behind on this stage It made a strong and colorful stroke, and let the audience remember their strength and fearlessness.
As early as "Second Happiness" debuted on the stage, "Rehearsal Crazy Cloud" by "So-and-so" won the highest score in one fell swoop; the second work "Dinner Past" made judge Yu Hewei repeatedly praised "character, character, character"; Later works such as "Military Teacher's Love League", "Meeting People Not Redeeming", "Resurrection Army" and the final championship and heart-wrenching "Goodbye Lao Zhang", they have grown rapidly. , Story reversal and other multi-dimensional improvements.
In the small offline theater, the three actors of "XX" have known each other for ten years. Together with brothers and sisters from Fanxing Drama Village such as Wang Hao, Zhang Chi, and Guan Yue, they have contributed wonderful performances in many original plays.
"Desperate Love" has performed nearly 3,000 performances since 2013, setting a record at the box office of small theaters; "Travel as You Go" has been performed in Beijing for 18 rounds; these plays are similar to "Love in the City Without Love" and "I Am Yu Huanshui" "Life in One Night" and other dramas made Fanxing Drama Village successively win the second National Drama Culture Award, the top ten box office dramas of Chinese small theaters and other honors.
Although they participated in a comedy competition, according to the positioning of "so and so", they consider themselves "comedy novices".
Similarly, although they have won the approval of many loyal audiences in the past ten years, they still humbly call themselves "the unknown so-and-so", exuding rare purity and sincerity.
What supports them to move forward fearlessly may be what they have seen, heard, and learned in Fanxing Drama Village for several years, the profession honed on the stage for many years, and the inspiration given by countless nights.
Over time, those moments of inspiration have become the nourishment for their vigorous growth today.
The fault tolerance rate of actors in urban speaking dramas is extremely low. It is precisely because they coexist with the "sword" above their heads that they can present wonderful performances with ease.
The small theater is also the utopia around every audience. It produces laughter as much as possible and keeps it deep with all its strength. It not only hopes to let every audience enjoy it, but also hopes to give everyone the courage to fight difficulties. Let this two hours Become the driving force to support the audience to move forward.
The original intention of Fanxing thirteen years has not changed. Love and persistence are also the original intention of every drama actor. Small theaters can also achieve great art. Therefore, if you love "comedy", please see us in the theater.
Text/Reporter Guo Jia
"Beijing Youth Daily" December 30, 2022, page A09