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Don't walk gently into that good night.
In 2015, "Charlotte's Troubles" was born, and the box office hit 1.444 billion on the National Day, and "Happy Twist" and "Shen Ma Combination" have since entered the mainland screen.
In 2018, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" landed strongly in the summer file, with a box office of 2.547 billion to create a new glory of domestic comedy.
Yan Fei, Peng Damo + Shen Teng + Ma Li = Wang Fang!
Be careful, this summer, they're going to give us a good look -
"Catching the Doll"
"The World of Inheritance"
It is said that birth is the first starting line in life.
In the eyes of the teenager Ma Jiye, he may lose a few kilometers to others at the starting line.
The father who rides a donkey to work, the hard-working mother, the grandmother who is paralyzed in bed, and the small family that leaks from the rain.
This is everything that has surrounded him since he can remember.
His classmates went to school and his parents drove luxury cars to pick him up, but he could only run five kilometers on two legs.
Not only did you have to study hard, but you also had to chop wood, light a fire, and make your own bed. Helping the family buy groceries before school and feeding my grandmother medicine after school.
He even practiced the "stunt" of twisting the faucet on the water meter and not taking a word for a month.
Miserable.
It's miserable.
In the process of making a fortune for the people of Xihong City, how did they leave the old Ma family behind?
A family has arms, legs and legs, why is life like this?
In the face of other parents' puzzlement, Ma Jiye's mother Chunlan said:
What's the hurry? Let's have a cup of coffee and a cigar.
That's right.
As Ma Jiye's father Ma Chenggang said, everything they saw in front of them was a deliberate choice of their entire family.
As the saying goes, "no matter how sweet you are, you can't be sweet to your child, and no matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter about yourself".
Ma Chenggang, who was born at the grassroots, believes that the reason why he can become the richest man in the city is precisely because he grew up in poor family conditions, endured a lot of hardships, and sharpened his tenacious will.
So, seeing that the eldest son who grew up rich was no longer a weapon, Ma Chenggang bet all his hopes on the younger son who had no memory.
The dilapidated courtyard where he lived when he was young was carefully renovated and became a "training ground" for training his son.
Barber stalls, second-hand bookstores, car repair stalls, shoe repair stalls, neighbors who have nothing to do to raise flowers, play chess, and play Tai Chi...... All pretended to be housekeepers and nannies in the past.
While secretly helping with cooking, cleaning, and laundry, he will also imperceptibly solve problems in daily life according to Jiye's learning progress to improve his ability in various subjects.
The paralyzed grandmother, in fact, pretended to be a well-known education expert, led a group of senior teachers, and interfered in all aspects of their professional life, just to train each other to be excellent teenagers.
It seems that the house is surrounded by four walls, but there is a hole in the ground.
A whole team revolves around Ma Jiye every day, and the underground is their workstation.
Strictly grasp the results of each subject, and make up for the weaknesses. It is necessary to pay attention to the nutritional combination of three meals a day, and even the sea cucumber must be cut into mushroom-like shapes. It is also necessary to conduct a careful mental health analysis of the child from Jiye's diary and micro-expressions.
Everything is to allow Jiye to be successfully admitted to the Department of Business Administration of Qingbei University and inherit Ma Chenggang's huge family business.
However, there is no such thing as a perfect scam.
Ordinary people suddenly learn that they actually have a lot of money, which can be called an unexpected surprise.
After being poor for more than ten years, I unexpectedly found that everything I have been exposed to and recognized since I was a child turned out to be the result of careful selection by others.
In the name of "for your good", it traps you in "Truman's world".
At that time, where will Ma Jiye go?
"Shen Ma" combination
Shen Teng, starring in the movie box office totaled 33.513 billion, ranking first in the box office list of actors and actresses.
Ma Li, starring in movies with a total box office of 19.493 billion, ranks fifth in the box office list of actors and actresses, and is also the first in the box office list of actresses.
The starring lineup of "Catching the Doll" of over 50 billion equivalent is enough to make the domestic film industry tremble.
And the ordinary audience's expectation for the re-cooperation of the "Shenma Combination" has also been precipitated for many years, resulting in a long-term feeling.
As early as 2013, Shen Teng and Ma Li appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in the form of sketch partners, becoming the golden combination of comedy in the hearts of the audience.
After the box office explosion of "Charlotte's Troubles", the characters of Xia Luo and Ma Dongmei, the "CP in distress", also fed back to the actors themselves.
Everyone found that since the establishment of Happy Twist, the two have always been tacit partners.
walked the long road of loneliness and obscurity hand in hand, and finally became well-known to the people of the whole country as the male and female protagonists.
However, since then, the two have been in the same frame only a handful of times.
Although Shen Teng and Ma Li participated in "The Iron Fist of Shame", the content was low.
The length of the two small units in "My Motherland and Me" and "Me and My Fathers" also made the audience unsatisfied.
As a result, the call for the two to work together again is getting louder and louder.
In 2022, "Lonely on the Moon", which was recombined by the "Shen Ma Combination", will be released.
Although in this film, the two spend less time in the same frame than Shen Teng and Kangaroo...... But the box office result of more than 3 billion once again proves the box office appeal of the cooperation between the two.
"Catching the Doll", which was released this week, is Shen Teng and Ma Li's second time on the big screen as a husband and wife after the short film "Youth Xing". People can't help but sigh -
Duguyue, you finally caught up with Ma Lanxing this time!
Judging from the on-set footage released so far, the two still get along well behind the scenes, and the synchronization rate is Max.
Not only often makes each other laugh:
The variety of interactions is also sweet and full of points:
Even if Shen Teng said the wrong line, Ma Li could pick it up by mistake, and at first glance she didn't find any problems.
Ma Li said more bluntly that only by filming with Shen Teng can she laugh the truest laugh.
In addition to "Shen Ma", the other supporting roles in the film also have many acquaintances, and there are always surprises.
For example, Ma Jiye's ideological and political teacher is actually the coach of the "Three Mouths and One Pig" team in "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
The special driver of the old Ma family, who has made a lot of contributions, drove a taxi to pull Ma Dongmei in "Charlotte Troubles" ten years ago.
Wang Duoyu's investment and financial advisor is now laid off and reemployed in Ma Jiye's security team.
Yan Fei and Peng Damo, the directors and screenwriters, have single-handedly created the golden combination of "Charlotte's Troubles" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
All acquaintances, tacit cooperation, unity.
With a set full of laughter, there is a feature film full of laughter.
Word:
Happy twist, it's time to polish the signboard of domestic comedy again!
Homegrown comedy
Whether it is a tragedy, a drama, or a comedy, what is most relied on is always the story itself.
The purpose of comedy is to make people laugh, as long as it makes the audience laugh, the purpose is achieved.
However, if the playwright is not able to focus on social life, and is not able to pick out specific social institutions or institutions that have been wrapped in hypocrisy and stupidity to attack, then comedy without irony is at best a crude accumulation of gimmicks and baggage, and can never make a lasting impression.
Throughout the history of Happy Twist, the reason why "Charlotte's Troubles" became an instant hit is that it grasped the audience's burnout period of aesthetic fatigue from a series of middle-class comedies.
Charlotte, who is too grassroots to be more grassroots in life, is so vulgar that even daydreams are naked, that is, to gain fame and fortune, marry a goddess, and make everyone look up.
However, his final tragic ending clearly told the audience that such thoughts and actions are wrong, and people must cherish the present and be down-to-earth after all.
The setting that directly hits the sinking market and the simple and straightforward preaching make the film quickly capture the target group.
This kind of twist comedy, which can resonate more with the masses, has injected a fresh boost into the already weak comedy market.
After that, the ambitious Happy Twist launched the second "Donkey Gets Water", which focuses on black humor.
's more spicy satire and profound ideas make the film still the highest-rated happy twist film so far.
In 2019, "Half a Comedy", which continues this style, also has a good reputation.
It can be said that over the years, the Happy Twist team has been continuously delivering new comedies to the market, and it has been constantly seeking innovation and change.
"Charlotte's Troubles" exploded, proving that the contrast of "bottom protagonist + magic setting" is the easiest weapon to poke the audience's laughter.
As a result, all subsequent commercial films have followed this template, but the story background and satirical object are different.
"Iron Fist of Shame" uses the male and female protagonists to swap their identities to create laughter, and at the same time makes a powerful mockery of the so-called "success science".
In "The Richest Man in Xihong City", the male protagonist has a windfall from the sky, and his life has been smooth since then, which is obviously criticizing money worship in the current society.
In "This Killer is Not Calm", the male protagonist has loved acting for many years, but he can only play tricks on the set, until the lives of the big guys are in danger, and he has the opportunity to play the "male lead", and the object of irony is self-evident.
In this month's "Catching the Doll", the alternative "chicken baby" method of the local tyrant couple also poked at the pain points of contemporary parents.
What kind of education method can make children become dragons and phoenixes?
Which is the right path for the child to choose for himself or the path chosen by the parents in advance?
As long as it is for the good of the child, is everything that parents do is right?
Regardless of whether you have money or not, everyone is equal in front of education.
They all cross the river by feeling the stones, and put too much effort into it, but the end result is often the opposite.
But is this really the fault of the child's lack of anger and ignorance?
To take the simplest example, Ma Chenggang and his wife have spent more than ten years to act in such a big show, and they think they have sacrificed a lot.
In fact, when I read a book with my child, I will be bored until I fall asleep.
The children do housework diligently, and their fingers do not touch the spring water.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
If the ultimate goal of raising a child is just to redeem the regrets or failures in his life through his success.
Such wishful thinking may not have anything to do with the word "love", but just a grand self-touch.
After laughter, there is thinking.
Under the magical exaggerated setting, the inner debate is still realistic and sharp.
Happy twist this time, stable again!
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