In February 16th, the Shandong TV's Spring Festival evening show "the oath of the sea" was heated by a line of words suspected of discriminating against women. It was "tucked up by netizens", which is hard to imagine. This is a sketch of 2018. So what happened? Why is it related to discrimination against women? Follow Xiaobian to have a look.
Shandong satellite TV released a "letter to the audience" on its official Weibo account on February 17. The letter introduces the background of the creation of the skit, while acknowledging that some lines will indeed 'cause misunderstanding of the audience, especially the female audience', and apologizes to them. In order to avoid further misunderstandings, Shandong satellite TV has completely deleted the controversial lines in the program TV replay and program network communication.
The full text is as follows:
Dear audience friends and netizens
First of all, I would like to thank you for your attention to the 2018 Spring Festival Gala of the dog year of Shandong satellite TV, especially the short piece "the oath of the sea". Now, the creation of the short piece is described as follows:
1. The "oath of the sea" section of the Spring Festival Gala of the year of the dog is composed of sketches, interviews with rescuers and rescued personnel at sea and the song "Lighthouse". Through stage performance, rescue video and camera virtual technology, the program reproduces the rescue process at sea and shows the ordinary side of extraordinary hero life. The original intention of the work is to pay homage to the hero, carry forward the spirit of "giving the hope of life to others, leaving the danger of death to yourself", show the achievements of "maritime moral Engineering" in China, and show the powerful maritime rescue force in China.
At the beginning of the creation, the director group interviewed the staff of the first Beihai flight rescue team of the Ministry of transport, and combined with their real rescue stories, carried out artistic processing and creation.
2. With regard to the lines said by the leader of the rescue team in the skit, after communication with the skit writer, the writer team said: the leader of the skit rushes to the front line whenever he encounters major danger. He is a professional rescue hero who loves his post and doesn't care about his personal safety in the face of people's life and death, but he is gentle and 'hen pecked' in the face of his family's lover. The controversial lines in the skit appear when the team leader is teased by the team members about "wife fear". In order to save face, the team leader used this way to give himself a step to be afraid of his wife, and also expressed his love and apology for his wife (both before and after the language mentioned). The original intention of the screenwriter is to show that the rescuers are on standby outside all the year round, unable to take into account the hardships and difficulties of their families' lives at home. At the same time, they irony the incorrect values of "money measures love" in an artistic way, without any intention of insulting, discriminating against women and "money measures women".
After seeing the comments of netizens, the program team immediately communicated with the screenwriter team, and organized personnel to discuss the "oath of the sea" section, especially the dispute section. We realize that the handling of the plot does not help the theme expression of the hero's story, and if we do not watch the program completely and only watch the lines, it will cause misunderstanding of the audience, especially the female audience. The program team's review of the screenwriter and presentation of the short piece is insufficient and can be better.
In this regard, the Spring Festival Gala program team sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding and trouble caused to the audience, especially the female audience friends, and sincerely requests the audience to watch the whole program completely, accurately grasp the original meaning of the script, and feel the respect for the heroes and their families expressed in the program.
In order to avoid further misunderstandings, we have comprehensively deleted the controversial lines in the program TV replay and program network communication. In the next step, we will also widely listen to the opinions of netizens, further improve the original ability of literature and art, continue to eulogize positive energy and carry forward the theme with more elaborate, creative and sincere literature and art works, and hope that you will continue to make suggestions and criticisms on our work through various forms.
We have seen every word of yours, and every "no" you knock down is the driving force for us to move on!
Let's work together for a better life in 2018.
Thank you!
Program group of 2018 Spring Festival Gala of Shandong satellite TV
February 17, 2018