First, the girl is showing her edge in the industry
Cai Ming grew up in a literary family, and his parents both loved performing arts. Since she was a child, she has shown a very high artistic ability, often directing and acting at home, adapting various stories into drama performances, and her family is deeply impressed by her talent.
Cai Ming's interest and talent in acting prompted her to aspire to become a professional actor early on.
After entering junior high school, Cai Ming participated in the campus drama club and quickly stood out because of his outstanding acting skills. At the age of 14, she was photographed by a director for a school drama performance and got her first chance to perform on the big screen.
It was a movie with a tragic theme, and Cai Ming successfully created an image of a stubborn and brave girl, became famous in one fell swoop, and was known as the most potential child star newcomer.
However, the good times were short-lived. After a smash hit in the first few years, Cai Ming's career development began to encounter bottlenecks. After she was stereotyped as a tragic drama, she received few opportunities.
During those sluggish years, Cai Ming, who was only in his early 20s, faced great pressure, and even fell into depression and confusion for a while. Fortunately, at the most difficult moment, comedy master Chen Peisi discovered her, and the encounter between the two changed the trajectory of her life.
After the unprecedented success of his first sketch with Chen Peisi, Cai Ming discovered his talent in comedy performance. It turns out that the humor cell that she has been suppressing can burst out here.
Chen Peisi saw her strong comedic potential and rebranded her as a full-time comedian. Under his careful guidance, Cai Ming quickly grew into an expert in comedy performance.
A chance opportunity allowed her to find a new way out of life, and since then she has soared on the road of comedy.
2. Hand in hand with Guo Da to reach the peak
In 1991, under the recommendation of Chen Peisi, Cai Ming entered the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala and cooperated with Gong Hanlin to perform the first sketch. The audience burst into applause and laughter, heralding the rise of a new comedy star. Since then, Cai Ming has officially entered the comedy industry and shined in the highest hall of the Spring Festival Gala.
In the following years, she and her partner Guo Da were the "gold medal combination" in the sketch industry of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala. They have brought more than 20 sketches, and almost every year there are works.
Soon, "Cai Ming + Guo Da" became the iconic symbol of the Spring Festival Gala, representing the annual joy and laughter. Whenever their new work comes out, it can always touch the nerves of the audience and set off a burst of resonance and expectation.
The reason why the two have been able to maintain a high level of creation for a long time stems from their excellent tacit understanding and strong complementarity. Guo Da is good at creating concepts and script frameworks, while Cai Ming has extraordinary acting talent and rich comedy cells.
She can find all kinds of humorous and interesting things in her life and incorporate them into her works. It is precisely because of Cai Ming's continuous supply of materials that the two have created a series of wonderful works such as "Robot Funny Stories" and "Romantic Things".
They are like spring flowers, blooming on the TV screen, spreading joy and laughter to thousands of households.
Even if they are glamorous in front of the stage, their creative journey is not without hardships. For example, in the years of cooperation, the outside world often misunderstood that Cai Ming and Guo Da had a close relationship in private, which once threatened her marriage.
Fortunately, with the explanation of Guo Da and his wife, Cai Ming survived the crisis. It can be seen that even if it is a gold medal partner, the cooperation is full of twists and turns. It is precisely because of these run-ins that the tacit understanding between Cai Ming and Guo Da has been brought into full play.
They went hand in hand and eventually reached the top of the Chinese comedy scene.
3. The era of Pan Changjiang stirred up waves
As Guo Da gradually faded out of the stage, Cai Ming ushered in a new partner Pan Changjiang in 2013. The Spring Festival Gala sketch "Jump If You Want to Dance", which the two collaborated on for the first time, received an enthusiastic response, and then became a fixed team of the Spring Festival Gala.
At first, with the contrast and joy of novelty, their works can still arouse a lot of discussion and laughter. Cai Ming plays a "venomous old lady", while Pan Changjiang is the "angry bag" in her eyes. This new collocation surprised everyone for a while, and it was quite fresh.
However, the good times were short-lived. After two or three years, everyone began to find that the pattern of their annual sketches was basically repetitive, and they had lost their original novelty. No matter how hard Pan Changjiang performs, it adds a little embarrassment.
Gradually, the viewer developed aesthetic fatigue with this fixed pattern. There is a view that Cai Ming's excessive use of "clip sound" and "poisonous tongue" has a traditional dramatic tone, and is gradually distancing itself from the current comedy aesthetics. She also degenerated from the "Laughing Fruit Goddess" to the "thorn in the eye" in the mouth of public opinion.
Subsequently, as Cai Ming gradually aged, her state on stage became more and more ridiculous. The audience no longer bought it, and the joy index of the sketch plummeted. And she herself is also enduring ridicule and doubts from all sides, and is gradually moving away from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
This period of cooperation with Pan Changjiang has become an important turning point for her to fall from the peak and from prosperity to decline. Once upon a time, she went hand in hand with Guo Da and reached the top of comedy.
And now, it is ushering in a career Waterloo. This is undoubtedly a legendary experience in Cai Ming's life that stirred up turbulent waves.
Fourth, the hero twilight set off comments
After Cai Ming quit the entertainment industry, he lived a retirement-style ordinary life. She no longer appears on camera, and she rarely appears in public, isolating herself from the world. The once smash hit "National Comedy Star" fell silent, and her magnificent life seemed to come to an end temporarily.
However, Cai Ming's "retirement" has caused an uproar in society, and her fate has inspired the public to reflect on many current issues.
The first is a harsh criticism of the appearance of female actors. In her later years, Cai Ming was frequently criticized for her appearance by viewers and public media, and remarks such as "plastic surgery failure" and "shoehorn face" discredited her.
Among them, there are many overly vicious and low-grade comments. We can't help but wonder if the value of an actress should be based solely on her appearance? Who can be an exception when the years go by, and when we enjoy the pleasure that entertainers bring, we should also give them basic respect.
Second, China's comedy environment needs to be updated urgently. After Cai Ming entered the era of Pan Changjiang, his creative mode was monotonous, and there were no new breakthroughs. This reflects many problems in the Chinese comedy industry, such as a single theme, lack of innovation, and lack of vitality.
This is in stark contrast to the theme update and performance innovation presented in the current comedy films, which is worth pondering. We should be tolerant of artists as well as inspiring criticism.
Finally, these discussions are also about everyone's attitude towards aging. We will eventually go through every stage of life and eventually age. At that time, if you are still obsessed with appearances and love for glory, you will only get pain.
Each of us should learn to accept the changes in ourselves, let go of the outside, and pursue the sublimation of the heart. This is also what Cai Ming has learned from Xi life.
Fifth, the year of the sixtieth year is still worth looking forward to
Now, Cai Ming has officially retired from the entertainment industry and is living a peaceful life. She enjoys family happiness in the company of her husband and son. Cai Ming will cook by himself and savor the fun of cooking; will walk along the street with his wife and appreciate the changes in the city; In his spare time, he will read literary masterpieces to sublimate his soul.
In the face of the hustle and bustle of the outside world, she no longer paid attention. Cai Ming has found true peace in his life.
However, we still look forward to more brilliant chapters for this comedy goddess. She has brought so much joy to the people of the country, and she should not just be in a hurry. Cai Ming is still young and promising, and her rich acting experience and unique comedy awareness may be able to shine in another field.
Maybe in the future, she will show her skills on the drama stage and penetrate our hearts with emotional interpretation. Or she will write a humorous and wonderful memoir of her life, sharing all kinds of interesting anecdotes with readers.
Or will she transform into a comedy writer or mentor, passing on a wealth of acting concepts to the next generation...... We have a lot to expect from Cai Ming, and her story is far from over.
This legend in the comedy industry is still in the prime of life. Her magnificent acting life will definitely have a more exciting chapter. And we, as always, will support her and look forward to her, as we have for the past 30 years.
No matter what kind of face she will show, she is already a bright star in the history of Chinese television.