Debate Rages Over Spring Festival Gala's Use of Old Gimmicks
Recently, the news of "multiple Spring Festival galas rehearsal of subject three" has attracted netizens' attention. The video with the highest spread is the dance of subject three performed by Song Xiaofeng, a disciple of Zhao Benshan, during the rehearsal of the Spring Festival gala on Anhui TV. On January 18, Gao Hailong, the director and actor of the sketch, told Red Star News that the setting of Song Xiaofeng's dance of subject three in the sketch was for the need of the plot, and it was not added for the sake of adding it.
19 January 2024
A netizen made a metaphor: I usually love eating spicy strips, very much love, but on New Year's Eve, I was given a table of spicy strips, I really would have turned over the table. So do you like to see the old gimmicks on the table at the Spring Festival Gala?
Some netizens suggested that the Spring Festival Gala could directly start with subject three from 8:00 p.m., with various costumes, regions, nationalities, and occupations all taking turns to perform the subject three dance from the main venue in Beijing, forming a national relay, which can connect with overseas students, Chinese people, and local people from Korea, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other culturally influenced countries.
A Weibo post asks, "Do you want to see the subject three in the Spring Festival Gala?" with a link to another post. Some netizens believe it's better not to have this dance in the Spring Festival Gala, while others say it's better to watch the dance on Douyin, a popular Chinese short video platform, instead of on the Spring Festival Gala. Some netizens criticized the use of old tricks on the Spring Festival Gala.
As for the question of who the audience of subject three is, there is no clear answer yet. But it is clear that some netizens are not satisfied with the current trend of using old tricks on the Spring Festival Gala. They believe that the Chinese Spring Festival Gala should be more innovative and not just follow the trend of the internet.