200601 Crosstalk

1. You have to sort of make a separation because there’s traditional Xiangsheng that was before 1949, going maybe from the Qing dynasty through the 20th century and those are these traditional pieces that were performed in the tea houses and everything. Then after 1949 and then up to the 1980s it became a different kind of form because of TV. 2. I think comedy is always current and like they were just talking about how crosstalk has to evolve, I mean we respect there were traditions of crosstalk and everything but the content always has to be something that people can relate to. 3. Humor is central to the human experience. It's something that separates humans from animals. I mean it's very hard to tell if animals really have a sense of humor but humans all do. That's why I'm not doing Western stand-up, I'm doing Dashan style stand-up for China. 你必须得做一个区分。因为在1949年之前就出现了传统相声，大概是从清朝开始到20世纪。这些传统相声的表演地点是茶馆等场所。1949年之后一直到20世纪80年代，因为电视机的出现，相声演变出一种不同以往的形式。 我认为喜剧一直是与时俱进的，就像他们刚才一直在谈论相声必须如何发展，我的意思是，我们都尊重传统相声这些东西，但是内容永远都得能让人们产生共鸣。 幽默对人类体验十分重要，是它将人类和动物区分开来。我是说，很难分辨动物是否真的有幽默感，但是人类都有。这就是我为什么不做西方的单口相声，而为中国做大山风格的单口相声。