The high-end comedy "Zhong Kui Marries Sisters" does not seek the audience's "lottery"
2023-07-19
There are not many screenwriters who can make audiences buy tickets, and Yuyue, who is famous for his two masterpieces, "The Stage" and "The Dream", is one of them. After "The Stage", "Zhong Kui Marries a Sister", which continued its relationship with performing artist Yang Lixin, recently unveiled the veil of a 20 day closed rehearsal with a surreal and authentic prologue. Yang Lixin, on the other hand, doubles as the director and lead actor in the play, playing Zhong Kui, who came to Fan Chen to marry his younger sister. The story of "Zhong Kui Marries a Sister", which explores popular topics through traditional stories and folk legends, tells the story of Zhong Kui, after becoming the King of Ghosts, repaying his kindness by marrying his sister to his fellow villager friend Du Ping. The well-known theme of Zhong Kui marrying a younger sister is very important in Chinese painting, drama, opera, and movies. Its image is deeply rooted in people's hearts and is a symbolic expression of traditional Chinese cultural values. The contemporary comedy "Zhong Kui Marries a Sister" written by screenwriter Yu Yue uses this well-known story to discuss with young urban people the question of "whether our lives rely on God's help or on ourselves." There is a joke on the internet that says, "In the process of work and progress, we choose to seek incense, and in the process of seeking others and ourselves, we choose to seek Buddha." This play is precisely in line with this hot topic. The drama portrays the theme of "human and ghost emotions are never over" in both virtual and real terms, continuing Yu Yue's humorous and sharp style of writing, telling the audience that even immortals can have emotional confusion and a sense of "powerlessness" when facing reality. In the end, the protagonist helps the sister of the immortal Zhong Kui find an emotional home, and he himself understands that "one must search for their own happiness". When humans and gods interact, it is a fusion of emotions, a virtual and real portrayal of a life drama of "human and ghost emotions are not over". The stories of contemporary young men and women are organically combined with the fable stories of traditional Chinese opera, where the gods have their own difficulties and people have their own courage. In Yu Yue's view, "This script doesn't want to write such a grand event. The original idea was to write a fun play that the audience liked, which is the smallest and greatest ambition." The better the script, the more difficult it is to arrange. From a rehearsal video, it is not difficult to see that Yang Lixin, with his rich and diverse yet delicate and profound stage performance experience, is passionate and personally trained as an actor, describing the current situation and working together. Yang Lixin introduced that from the actual rehearsal on June 19th to the present, he has drawn a rough outline for the entire drama in about 20 days. "What gives us the greatest confidence is the script, exquisite writing, unexpected plot, and the next step of the story will never be guessed..." Yang Lixin revealed that this collaboration with Yu Yue originated from an agreement on the tour of "The Stage". His "Stage" and "Dream" are both in front of him, while "Zhong Kui Marries Sister" is a new style with new methods and experiences in rehearsal. However, the better the script, the more difficult it is to rehearse. It is difficult to understand every character, and even a passing scene cannot be easily missed. From the first day until now, the rehearsal rhythm of the crew every day is from afternoon to evening. Every time someone reminds Yang Lixin that it is time to finish work, he suddenly realizes, Is it already 9:30? Why is it 9:30 again! "It shows his dedication. There are actors from both the fields of drama and opera in the production team. Although they all have their own life experiences and performance experience, in Yang Lixin's view, everyone must perform together
Edit：XiaoWanNing Responsible editor：YingLing
Source：Beijing Youth Daily
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