Chapter 505 Comedy is Not Dead
The source of the phrase "The core of comedy is tragedy" can no longer be found, but many comedy masters basically say this, and everyone believes this.
Comedy is meant to make people laugh, but often people who do comedy are not happy.
Many comedy masters are either extremely serious themselves, or many of them suffer from so-called depression. In short, no matter what, the core of comedy is tragedy, and this statement is sometimes really true.
As a comedy master, what he wants to do is to make you laugh in every possible way, but as a comedian himself, trying every possible way to make others laugh is painful in itself.
Yu Xiaoshu has never written a comedy.
For example, "Lost on Journey" and "Lost in Thailand".
So when creating comedy works, was Yu Xiaoshu happy, excited, thrilled, excited, or painful? ?
Yu Xiaoshu mentioned this before in an interview.
Neither.
He just wanted to create, and then he wrote it.
I'm not a stuck person, I'm just nature's porter.
When Yu Xiaoshu said this, everyone just thought it was a joke, but Yu Xiaoshu knew that what he said was quite right.
You want to tell me what's wrong.
To be precise, Yu Xiaoshu is not nature's porter, he should be the planet's porter.
For Yu Xiaoshu, all he needed to do was to move the works from another planet. If there was anything else he needed to do, it would be to further process the works that were moved here.
That's all.
For Yu Xiaoshu, he is confident about the movie "Detective Chinatown". Because of his confidence, he dares to say that the small goal is 1.8 billion.
The current box office forecast for "Detective Chinatown 3" is 3 billion, but it is hard to say how much it will ultimately reach, but it will definitely exceed 1.8 billion.
At this time, who would still believe that Yu Xiaoshu would fail? ?
Whoever believes that is too stupid.
During these three days, the media also changed its previous tone. At the same time, those comments on Douhu that criticized Yu Xiaoshu and believed that Yu Xiaoshu would definitely fail have basically disappeared.
A slap in the face always comes unexpectedly.
For many people, they never care about being slapped in the face. They always support whoever is stronger and whoever wins.
If you fail, they will step on you harshly, even want to step on you to death, because stepping on you will bring traffic.
But if you succeed, then they will praise you, and not just ordinary praise, they will praise you heavily, even to the point of attracting hatred, because at this time praising you will attract more traffic.
In a nutshell, they will do whatever has traffic.
In the past three days, public opinion has been surprisingly consistent.
They are all praising Yu Xiaoshu.
But you have to know that the movie "Detective Chinatown" did not receive such rave reviews when it was first released. On the contrary, countless people basically criticized the movie to pieces.
Who could have thought of the result?
In the blink of an eye, "Detective Chinatown 3" achieved such success as soon as it was released.
Comedy, the problem is that "Detective Chinatown 3" is not a pure comedy. On the contrary, this movie is mixed with detective stories. It can even be said that this movie truly created a style.
People in the industry can see all of this.
Today, at the roadshow, some people actually didn’t just want to ask questions about the movie “Detective Chinatown 3” itself. On the contrary, everyone wanted to know what “Detective Chinatown 3” represented as a comedy.
To be precise, people in the industry want to know Yu Xiaoshu's thoughts on comedy.
Look, the person asking the question today is a screenwriter himself.
He actually wanted to see some of Yu Xiaoshu's discussions on comedy.
Is the core of comedy tragedy?
Yu Xiaoshu smiled and said: "The core of comedy is indeed tragedy, but the most important thing is to do a good job of comedy, good characters, good plot, and people-oriented. This is the most important thing. On the contrary, if you do comedy with the purpose of tragedy, it will never work."
This is one aspect.
The other side of it is sensationalism.
Today's comedies are becoming more and more sensational.
Moreover, the sensationalism of many comedies has reached a disgusting level.
A lot of people are saying that comedy is dead.
Why? ?
In the past, comedy was meant to make people laugh.
Today's comedies are tear-jerking.
It's not just comedy variety shows that are like this, even some comedy TV series and movies are like this as well.
As if pure comedy is wrong.
It must be raised to a general level.
What does this mean? ?
This is what Yu Xiaoshu wanted to say.
It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Since we are talking about comedy, Yu Xiaoshu also said to everyone: "In fact, Baiqian Media will produce a comedy variety show next. At that time, we will tell everyone what real comedy is."
Upon hearing this, the young screenwriter was stunned: "Teacher Yu, you said that Baiqian Media is going to make a comedy variety show? But aren't the current comedy variety shows dead? And the comedy skit actors in the market are basically tired of watching them."
"May I have your name??
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Yu Xiaoshu asked the young screenwriter at this time.
Wang Zhen hurriedly said, "Hello, Teacher Yu, my name is Wang Zhen."
"Wang Zhen, right? Why do I have some impression of your name?"
Yu Xiaoshu said to Wang Zhen.
He really wasn't being polite. Yu Xiaoshu really felt that the name was a little familiar.
Wang Zhen won the first place in the Youth Screenwriter Competition three years ago. Yu Xiaoshu went to present the awards at that time. Although he had forgotten Wang Zhen, he still remembered the name.
So you take a look.
The media at the scene have already started taking pictures non-stop.
This can also be considered a point of publicity.
After listening to what Wang Zhen said, Yu Xiaoshu also said, "Okay, let's add each other as friends later. I just happen to be looking for some screenwriters for my comedy variety show. When the time comes, just come find me."
Wang Zhen instantly became excited after hearing Yu Xiaoshu's words: "Okay, Teacher Yu."
In fact, Wang Zhen was not the only screenwriter present, there were other screenwriters as well.
But this roadshow session is over.
The others obviously had no chance.
This made the others feel a little annoyed.
Of course, there is also envy, jealousy and hatred.
For Wang Zhen, winning the first prize in the Youth Screenwriter Competition three years ago did not mark the peak of his life. On the contrary, he began to fall from grace the instant he won the first prize.
How to say it???
Many times, there are very few opportunities for screenwriters.
They want an opportunity, but this opportunity is often hard to come by.
Wang Zhen didn't want to be a gunman.
Although he won the first prize, he wanted to be an independent screenwriter.
It goes without saying how difficult it is to be an independent screenwriter.
Wang Zhen is quite determined. Even though it is difficult to be an independent screenwriter, he does not want to be a dog to capital.
Making money is hard, but at least the money he earned was clean.
To this end, Wang Zhen even took on some part-time jobs.
Let me put it this way.
Wang Zhen really did odd jobs in order to become a screenwriter.
This is the current situation of domestic entertainment.
Why do many people say that domestic entertainment is dead? ?
Actually, that’s why.
People who are talented, capable and competent often don't have opportunities.
As soon as the roadshow of "Detective Chinatown" ended, a staff member found Wang Zhen.
"Teacher Wang, this way please."
The staff member spoke politely to Wang Zhen.
Backstage, in the lounge, Yu Xiaoshu roughly checked what Wang Zhen had done since he won the first place in the screenwriting competition.
How to say it?
Very unexpected.
Quite unexpected.
Good job.
Is it so difficult???
Yu Xiaoshu really didn't expect this.
He originally thought that what Wang Zhen said just now was a bit exaggerated, but now after reading it, he knew that it was not an exaggeration at all. On the contrary, it was the truth.
The real truth.
Wang Zhen's life was indeed not going well.
"Teacher Yu."
After Wang Zhen arrived at the lounge, he spoke politely to Yu Xiaoshu.
"I know you want to be an independent screenwriter. Don't worry, we at Baiqian Media will not sign you. I am planning to produce a comedy variety show recently. At the same time, I need some young and talented screenwriters. I believe there are many talented people in this circle who are not appreciated. You are one of them, and there must be others as well."
Yu Xiaoshu said to Wang Zhen, "As for me, the reason I'm looking for you is very simple. You have screenwriters who are underappreciated, actors who are underappreciated, and even those who feel they are just one opportunity away. You should bring them all here."
Wang Zhen said: "Teacher Yu, do you really want to do a comedy variety show? I just said that there is really no comedy variety show now. I think there is nothing left."
"That's them. What I have to do is to tell everyone what a qualified comedy is and what a qualified comedy variety show is."
Yu Xiaoshu said with a smile: "You have been missing an opportunity for this, and I remember that you have always written comedy scripts, so this is a perfect fit. I won't say anything else. I will tell you some plans for this program later. You can take a look at it and decide whether to come or not."
Yu Xiaoshu never likes to force things on others.
He feels that everyone is equal.
We are all in a cooperative relationship.
No one expected that Yu Xiaoshu would actually promote his own new show at the roadshow of "Detective Chinatown".
It's really an unconventional approach.
Just ten minutes after the roadshow ended, discussions about this matter had already begun on the Internet.
"Oh my god, I really didn't expect that Yu Xiaoshu would actually do a comedy variety show."
"Comedy variety shows are already dead now. Is it interesting for Yu Xiaoshu to do a comedy variety show?"
"Yu Xiaoshu is absolutely confident. You know, at present, the filming of Detective Chinatown has only started for three days, but Yu Xiaoshu has stopped promoting the film and instead started promoting a comedy variety show?"
"Awesome, Yu Xiaoshu is awesome, but I still want to remind Yu Xiaoshu that since 2016, comedy variety shows in China have basically been failing, because they are all the same old stuff. What else can we do???"
"Not only that, take some actors in comedy variety shows for example, sometimes these actors basically have to participate in three or four variety shows, do you think they have time to think about this?"
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For a while, there was a lot of discussion online about Yu Xiaoshu's plan to do a comedy variety show.
But no matter what, everyone still has a certain degree of confidence in Yu Xiaoshu.
This confidence comes from the comedy movies written by Yu Xiaoshu.
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu is indeed the ancestor.
A lot of times, comedy movies are harder to write, and comedy scripts are harder to write, because sometimes when you think it's funny, to a lot of people, they think it's fucking garbage.
The commonalities of comedy are not the same.
Everyone’s sense of humor is different.
It's so hard to make a good comedy movie at this time.
But Yu Xiaoshu has already written several successful comedy films. Not to mention the ones mentioned above, the "Detective Chinatown 3" currently in theaters may really create a miracle of some size.
Because there are still four days left in the National Day holiday, but starting from today, which is the fourth day of the National Day holiday, the screenings of "Detective Chinatown 3" are gradually increasing.
Among them, whether it is "No Return" or the remaining few films, the screening schedules are basically being reduced, especially "No Return", which may be due to other reasons, the attendance rate of this movie is decreasing.
On the contrary, the screenings of the movie "Detective Chinatown 3" are increasing, and the attendance rate of this movie is also increasing.
In this way, during the remaining four days of the National Day holiday, the box office of the movie "Detective Chinatown 3" did not fall. Not only did it not fall, on the contrary, it even reversed the decline.
That's right.
For seven consecutive days, the single-day box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" did not break 300 million, but it has always remained above 200 million.
I won’t even mention how rare this is.
In fact, there has been a lot of discussion recently about whether comedy is dead. Comedy movies used to have high box office. No matter what time it is, a comedy movie can often bring in high box office.
In particular, people think that comedy movies are low in cost.
In this case, everyone naturally has to make a good comedy movie from this aspect.
Because the risk is low.
But then everyone got tired of it.
Just like eating delicacies from land and sea will cause you to vomit.
And it’s something that a lot of people are saying is that comedy is dead.
Comedy movies are dead.
Comedy variety shows are dead.
The whole comedy is dead too.
Who the hell still does comedy nowadays???
In such an atmosphere, many of the things Yu Xiaoshu did were actually somewhat unconventional.
But there is no way.
Who made him Yu Xiaoshu?
What’s even more despairing is that Yu Xiaoshu could succeed, but many people who followed his trend all failed.
Yu Xiaoshu's success cannot be replicated.
This is the bloody lesson many people have learned.
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(End of this chapter)
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