Huang Lei, an actor, once showed his cooking skills frequently in variety shows such as "The Life I yearn for" and called himself "Huang Kitchen", which won the praise of the audience.
Recently, however, a voice suddenly appeared on the Internet questioning Huang Lei’s cooking skills, and this incident quickly fermented.
Why do the words and deeds of middle-aged male stars in the variety show trigger such strong public resonance and ridicule?
Huang Lei’s cooking has been tried?
As a rare "actor who can cook" in the entertainment circle, Huang Lei’s cooking skills once became a major attraction in the program "The Life I yearn for".
However, with the passage of time, some once "dark dishes" fragments were rediscovered by netizens and quickly fermented on the Internet. The netizens’ queries about Huang Lei’s cooking skills are directed at his "going against the sky" in the program.
Among them, the most talked about is Huang Lei’s "Stewed Beans with Pork" in the first season program, which made Song Dandan and Batu suffer from food poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea, and even invited a doctor to prepare for gastric lavage.
But Huang Lei insisted that the beans were too old to realize that the uncooked beans contained toxins.
For another example, he made the pot-stewed meat into scrambled eggs, and added hawthorn to improve the taste. The finished product was soft and weak, which was quite different from the pot-stewed meat in memory.
For another example, the roast chicken he cooked was half burnt and half burnt, but it was still difficult for the guests to swallow, even though He Jiong and other high emotional intelligence remedied it.
After these clips were edited by netizens, they spread widely on the internet, which triggered a large-scale trend of spitting. With the increase of questioning voices, related terms such as # Huang Lei stewed beans #, # Huang Lei crab racing #, # Huang Lei pot-stewed meat # and # He Jiong pica # quickly rushed to Weibo for hot search and became the focus of public attention.
Even apart from outrageous cooking techniques, netizens recaptured guests with different expressions and conversations in these slices, which became irrefutable evidence to ridicule Huang Xiaochu’s "everything is easy and everything is loose".
At the same time, the male star who was mentioned again was Huang Xiaoming in Chinese Restaurant. When the program was broadcast, the wave of "Ming Xue" textbooks was popular all over the network and was picked out by netizens and chewed repeatedly.
Huang Xiaoming’s overbearing CEO-style behavior in the program constantly strengthens an invisible pressure.
As the main coffee, in his home court, as long as he takes out that pretentious deep tone and turns a deaf ear to other people’s opinions, he can wait for others to be useful to him.
"I don’t want you to think, I want me to think." In such a difficult environment, Karry, who fought bravely with Xiao Mingge, became the object of emotional compensation for the audience, trying to plead for his helplessness and humbling.
But it’s a pity, whether it’s Huang Xiaoming, the founder who died as soon as the program was broadcast, or Huang Lei, the chef who was pulled out and whipped after many years, the audience has stopped buying it.
Why is everyone’s reflex arc so long?
When the new theme variety show "The Life I yearn for" first appeared on the screen, I was full of curiosity and expectation for the novel form and content of the program.
A variety show featuring slow pace and slow life, with earthy flavor and idyllic texture appeared in front of everyone. Huang Lei’s cooking, even with occasional flaws, was accepted by tolerant eyes. After all, the fresh filter made everything look so lovely.
However, with the increase of the number of seasons, the novelty gradually faded, and the audience’s judgment standard also improved, from the initial tolerance to picky.
For the comprehensive N-generation program "The Life I yearn for", which lacks innovation in program link setting and chemical reaction of guests, the controversy over Huang Lei’s cooking skills also includes the feeling of spitting on the program.
The second is the rise of social media, which provides fertile soil for this emotion. Here, netizens incarnate as "cyber judges", and make meticulous comments and discussions on every behavior of entertainment stars. Second-creation analysis videos and wonderful editing have become hot topics after dinner.
In this context, the saying that "the first person who made a big speech was a genius, the first person who questioned Huang Lei’s terrible cooking was a warrior, and the first person who appreciated Jacky’s abstract talent was unique" spread on the Internet.
These "first shots" have made more people dare to express their opinions, whether it is questioning Huang Lei’s cooking skills or discussing other elements in the program.
More importantly, with the change of the network environment, the role of the audience is also quietly changing. They are no longer just passive viewers, but are more likely to substitute themselves into the roles that seem to be "directed" and "arranged" in the program, and feel an invisible pressure and discomfort.
This sense of substitution makes people have more complicated emotional reactions to the "parents" images displayed in the program, such as the roles played by Huang Lei and Huang Xiaoming.
At the beginning of the program, there may be viewers who appreciate this warm family atmosphere; However, when this atmosphere overemphasizes "guidance" and "arrangement", it is easy to make people feel uncomfortable, which leads to deep reflection and criticism on the behavior of the characters in the program.
All this makes us have to re-examine the relationship between these "parents" images in variety shows and the psychological changes of the audience.
What is the original sin of being ridiculed by a group?
In variety shows, middle-aged male stars appear in an "unquestionable" leadership style, and they can show their "extraordinary opinions" even in the kitchen. Men, women and children have to give him three points of courtesy and praise seven points.
However, in this era of increasing diversity and individuality, any leadership style with "daddy flavor" seems to be incompatible with the surrounding environment.
Get rid of the aura of celebrities, aren’t their speeches and behaviors ordinary middle-aged men who can be seen everywhere in life?
With the continuous progress of society, especially the growth of the younger generation, they have become immune to the "dad endlessly" speech, and even began to deconstruct the "authoritative image" in variety shows by playing with stalks.
These stalks are not only a mockery of the characters in the program, but also a mapping of the excessive intervention and imposition of some authoritative roles on people’s behavior in the real society.
In this way, the younger generation not only expressed the challenge to the traditional authority, but also showed their unique sense of humor and creativity.
From worship to disenchantment, this change is not only the consumption and reflection of people in variety shows, but also the epitome of the overall cultural and psychological changes in society.
As the backbone of society, the younger generation pursues self-expression and the realization of individual values.
In this context, those "paternalistic" styles that try to impose on others naturally encounter resistance and disgust. The old and backward patriarchal habits are "bared their teeth" on the show again, so it is no wonder that the audience will turn over old scores and revile them.
What they long for is a more equal, open and inclusive social environment, rather than being bound by traditional authority and rules.
After this "daddy-flavored" storm, any attempt to control in the name of authority must be determined to be examined.
After all, netizens will not let go of any "game of thrones" easily.
Author: cyber puppy
Editor: Returning to the Star
