Truman Burbank's optimism has become the brightest ray of sunshine in the dark reality drama film "Truman's World", injecting a kind of humor into the whole story.

This reminded Hugo of a previous casual conversation with Helen Hunt about comedy performances, and Helen always believed that comedy needed expressive acting, not methodological acting. Because methodology focuses on the personality and thoughts of the characters who grow up in the context of the whole life, but before the comedy film digs into the hearts of the characters, it must first make the audience laugh, whether it is laughing with tears or laughing and forgetting, or laughing more than once, laughter is the most important thing in comedy performance - this requires expressive acting skills, giving life to the performance at the right time and in the most accurate way.

Jim Carrey's exaggeration is undoubtedly the most popular comedy style in the past two years, while Billy Crystal has made him a master of verbal humor, and both actors have their own way of breathing soul into the performance, then bringing the characters to life, and finally giving the story a sense of humor.

To give an inappropriate and inaccurate example, Jim Carrey has starred in several movies in recent years, with different stories, different styles, different contents, and different characters, but when you actually watch the movie, it is as if the same character is playing different stories with different masks - that is, it is the same. From "Strange Heroes in Disguise" to "Big Talk King", from "Detective Plane Head" to "Dumb and Dumb", this is the case.

This is a disaster for a feature film, which may be called facial paralysis by people and will only repeat itself over and over again. But for comedy films, it is a strong personal style, which makes the movie be labeled with a strong personal mark, and replacing any actor to play it cannot achieve such an effect.

Imagine that the exaggerated, cunning and mischievous character in "Strange Heroes in Disguise" is replaced by an actor? The simple, stupid, simple and lustful character in "Dumb and Dumb" is played by another person? That would be a disaster, and the whole movie would be ruined.

It can be said that Jim Carrey has made these comedy films, and his unique way of acting has injected a completely different energy into the films, which cannot be achieved by replacing any actor.

This is also the reason why comedians are rare, because it is definitely not easy to meet a comedian with a strong personal style. Playing ugly, spoofing, and parodying are just mediums to amuse the audience, as long as the script is excellent, any actor who spares his image can do it, but the comedy style is not. You need acting skills, acting talent, and comedy understanding.

Challenging Jim Carrey's version of "Truman's World"? Interpret "Truman's World" according to Jim Carrey's performance style in your mind? This is a shortcut, Hugo knows, but he has long stopped doing it, he wants to figure out his own comedy style, he wants to try to use the expressionist way of performance to drive the method of performance, this is a new challenge on the road of acting.

Just now, Hugo has completely constructed Truman's life in his mind, which is the category of methodology, and it is also the part that Hugo is most familiar with. So, how should he behave himself? How should he find his way? What is his comedy style?

In fact, over the years, everyone has praised Hugo's sense of humor, even in the period after the Golden Raspberry Award, Hugo's performance on talk shows has been repeatedly praised, not to mention the conversation and laughter when dealing with reporters, many people think that Hugo's humor is a talent.

However, Hugo doesn't know where his humor comes from, this is the biggest difference between him and comedians, he has not really studied the method of comedy performance, he has not really experienced the process of comedy performance, unlike the devotion and intoxication of other works, comedy still needs a little extra spark, a little extra "Hugo".

Hugo couldn't help but think of the cameo appearance in "Friends", in the case of complete relaxation, Hugo played freely, completely collided with a group of partners, which even won Hugo an additional Emmy Award, which is not only an unexpected surprise, but also proves that Hugo does have comedy cells and talent.

Deprecating.

Hugo is always very good at self-deprecation, which is a skill that almost every comedian must have, but Hugo's self-deprecation is different, he knows how to use self-deprecation to look at everything, not only to put his posture very low, but also not to mind the criticism of others, and will fight back at the most accurate time, accurately and effectively hit the opponent's weaknesses, when people are caught off guard, humor arises spontaneously.

This is a wisdom, relying on the wisdom fermented after time precipitation and brewing, Hugo has experienced such an incredible event as crossing over, and has experienced such absurd and funny events as the Golden Raspberry Award, not to mention Chen Hugo's ten years of underground rock life and Lancaster's ten years of hard work as an actor, giving Hugo more wisdom in life, allowing him to have this calmness and open-mindedness.

It's like exaggeration to Jim Carrey, sharpness to Billy Christo, playfulness to Robin Williams, elegance to Steve Martin. Martin), grassroots to Charlie Chaplin, trivial to Jerry Seinfeld, gangsters to Eddie Murphy...... These seemingly mundane traits have been carried forward in their talents, becoming a means of comedy, forming their comedic style and injecting spark and vitality into the story of the film.

Self-deprecation and wisdom are the same for Hugo, what he has experienced is unimaginable to anyone, what he has achieved is also unimaginable to anyone, and most importantly, the commonality between him and Truman is also beyond the reach of others, he can inject these trivial little qualities into the performance, make Truman real and vivid, and make the story humorous and lighthearted.

Stopping aimlessly, he turned his head to see the pharmacy on the side of the street, and tried to make a suitable gesture against the large mirror at the door.

Hugo thought about it carefully, then straightened his chest slightly, opened his shoulders, raised his chin slightly, and the whole person looked full of energy, the high-spirited and majestic fighting spirit was transmitted from every line of the body, and the vigor could be felt from every small movement, he tried to raise his right hand - the original hand was placed in front of the right side of the eye, but he found that the height did not seem to be enough, so he raised it slightly again, then raised it again, and then waved it vigorously, and the smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed, Seven of the snow-white teeth were neatly and perfectly exposed—no, nine should have been, which would have made the smile a little more silly.

But...... Why does this look like Truman looks so familiar?

Hugo kept a big smile and said, "Good morning, in case I can't see you, so...... Good afternoon, good evening and good night! ”

Looking at his faint reflection in the glass, Hugo thought for a while, and then suddenly woke up, isn't this Truman Burbank played by Jim Carrey?

In Kim's version of Truman, his bright and innocent smile is undoubtedly the most impressive, in fact, this continues Kim's personal performance style, he has appeared in previous movies with such a smile, the nine neat teeth of the upper jaw are completely exposed, and even some gums can be seen, which looks extremely brilliant at the same time, but also with a hint of childlike silliness and comic exaggeration, so that all the audience can't help but sketch a smile together.

The slightly deliberately exaggerated and amplified body language is to make the childish innocence and innocence adult, which makes Kim's performance always filled with a factor that makes people can't help but smile, with Kim's exaggerated expression and puppy-like eyes, it only takes one appearance to win everyone's laughter - and at the same time, it is extremely impressive.

Hugo let out a long breath and resumed his movements, and now imitation was not a problem at all for him, he could always easily capture the qualities and highlights of the object of imitation, and then copy the model - this can be regarded as a basic skill for comedians, but it will not help Hugo's comedy performance much, because he does not want to imitate the classic version of King.

Closing his eyes and thinking about it carefully, Hugo did not open his eyes, but made this greeting gesture again according to the image in his mind, Hugo thought that this was the performance that was closest to the real Truman in his heart. But when he opened his eyes, it was still the golden version of Truman, which made Hugo a little discouraged. He hadn't encountered this clueless confusion in years—not even the bottlenecks.

But just as Hugo was about to put down his arm, he noticed something abnormal, so Hugo lowered his elbow slightly, and then put down some more, and the position of his head and shoulders also evolved differently, and finally found the most appropriate position.

The figure in the glass, with his right hand raised, his elbow raised aggressively, but not beyond the shoulder line, but only as if the whole gesture of beckoning had become very formal and polite, but not too exaggerated; The shoulders are spread, the spine is straight, and the whole person is like a tall green pine, but he does not deliberately straighten his chest, but just stands in place in the most perfect model hanger posture, and the gentlemanly temperament that exudes from the inside out is outlined little by little from the body language; The corners of his mouth outlined a smile, calm and calm - Hugo thought for a moment, and pulled the smile apart a little, revealing seven teeth, a perfect and elegant smile, and then laughed softly, and the bright smile with some immaturity seemed to be a little incompatible with the elegance of the whole person, as if it was ...... It's like putting a twelve-year-old soul in a thirty-year-old shell, but the twelve-year-old soul behaves very well, without feeling out of place, just with a little irony.

Immediately afterwards, Hugo waved his hand gently, humble and polite but not innocent and immature, the white and flawless smile like white paper was like a jasmine blooming slowly in the sun, fragrant and elegant but not aggressive, "Good morning, in case I can't see you...... So good afternoon, good evening, and good night! ”