Chapter 17 Section 5 Singing can rely on talent, but cross talk must rely on hard work

Although I have been growing up under the influence of cross talk art atmosphere, when I really stepped into the road of learning art, I realized that listening to cross talk and talking about cross talk are two different things: memorizing, such as reporting the name of a dish, hundreds of dishes, recited in one go, You can’t stumble, you can’t make mistakes: steamed lamb, steamed bear’s paw, steamed deer tail, roasted flower duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose... The highest state is to be able to recite words while writing other things at the same time, and even recite words in your mouth. What I wrote was "Reporting the Name of Vegetables", and what I wrote in my pen was "Geographic Map".Anyone who has seen Jin Yong knows that it is similar to the left and right fighting skills of the old naughty boy Zhou Botong in his works. He can draw circles with one hand and squares with the other, and use the same mind for two purposes.I often write other things now, and I am still reciting steamed lamb and steamed bear's paw... When I am thinking of other things in my mind at the same time, this is not wrong, and it has become a subconscious reaction.I ate with my friends, maybe while I was eating, I would recite a paragraph when I suddenly remembered it. Over time, they all got used to it, and sometimes some even recited a few sentences after me. It's the power of repetition.

It may be hard for a layman to imagine how much hard work it takes. A crosstalk actor is no better than a singer. A singer can rely on talent. I have a good voice, a strong sense of music, and good pitch. Tian Lai, if you are lucky, you may become famous with one song, and a good song can be sung for a hundred years.But don’t really think about cross talk. No matter how talented you are in humor, you must practice the basic skills diligently. Only when the foundation is laid and solid can you grasp and control a cross talk.Crosstalk is not simply a joke or a sentence of humor. It is a work, an art form created by condensing history, knowledge, life, news, logic, irony, jokes and other elements. Everyone calls it language. Language alone is not enough for the art of crosstalk. The so-called cross talk is about the front and the back. Body language and facial expressions are also a very important link. It needs to be constantly practiced off the stage and repeated on stage.Cross talk jokes also develop with the times and are not static. They need innovation and then be performed by good actors. This kind of art can only be passed on forever after continuous tempering.