The characters didn't stand up either!
There's nothing wrong with relying on misunderstandings to advance the plot, and it's a few stomps above the melodramatic sketches that are shoved down the throat.
Jia Ling's three consecutive years of work: "The Real Teacher", "Laughing and Telling", "Mother-in-law", all the misunderstandings to the extreme.
The reason why misunderstanding is so funny is that the audience is aware of it and the actors are unaware of it, and the audience will have a natural sense of superiority! The audience will watch the program with the mentality of "waiting to see you make a fool of yourself". Under this premise, the audience's laughter can be pinpointed by the contrasts in the plot and the performances of the actors! This is much more clever than Jialing's earlier attempts to make a fool of herself in exchange for applause!
But objectively speaking, counting this year's, the Big Bowl four in a row, the quality of work has been going downhill.
Previous works, on the basis of misunderstanding terrain, but also layers, the development of multiple branches, intersection of various conflicts, highlighting the contrast. In particular, the script of "Real Fake Teacher" is so insightful and the characters so distinctive that there are still lingering memories when I think about it now.
This year's installment was disappointing in the extreme! From beginning to end, the plot is very one-dimensional, so one-dimensional that Zhang Xiaofei and Xu Juncong have no room to play. The story is very simple, and the characters are so thin that Zhang Xiaofei and Xu Juncong have no room for play!
It's obvious that the writers of Big Bowl have put a lot of effort into being funny, but it feels like they're pulling out all the stops, not the big guns!
Of course, we, the audience, are all standing around talking, maybe people are restricted by all kinds of limitations and can't make use of all their skills.
And the most ironic thing of all: this has been the pinnacle of this year's Spring Festival Gala!