The origin of spoof culture

The "spoof" culture embodies the rebellious spirit of subverting classics, deconstructing traditions, publicizing individuality and satirizing society, and has a strong grassroots and civilian color. The "spoof" works have the following four characteristics. First, it is full of individuality and gives people a refreshing feeling. It has the characteristics of deconstructing tradition, highlighting individuality and pursuing freedom. Second, humor, like soap operas, has a strong entertainment function. The third is satire and treason, which reflects real problems and attracts social attention through exaggerated, ironic and funny styles. For example, Empire of Spring Festival travel rush makes a thorough analysis of social phenomena such as the difficulty of Spring Festival travel rush and the rampant scalpers, but an absurd "spoof" work implies a strong realistic criticism. Fourth, it is creative, presented in an unconventional and unconventional way, and has a strong "eyeball" attraction.

It was first introduced into Taiwan Province Province by the Japanese game industry, and then spread to Hongkong through the Internet, and then to all parts of China, becoming a classic network subculture. This unparalleled free communication and public participation with the help of the Internet has formed an alternative creative style characterized by hilarious, funny and practical jokes.

The word Kuso is often confusing. The main controversy is that young players who use this mantra for the first time are not familiar with the detailed meaning of this Japanese vocabulary, and they are not too ambitious. Therefore, the detailed usage of this word is not strictly defined and standardized, but only as a tone exclamation. The early meaning is similar to the original usage of kuso game, which means that it is very bad and makes people laugh. However, the usage in China cultural circle is different, and Japanese people use it with a strong sense of belittling, so the usage of kuso = spoof is not applicable in Japan. Even misused words can cause misunderstanding. Another explanation is fantasy. This statement makes more sense in the context.

And this kind of spoof behavior, as early as before the emergence of "spoof", all countries in the world, so it is difficult to distinguish between spoof and nonsense. It can be considered that spoofing is just another way of saying funny humor since ancient times. Many of the behaviors in the following examples are considered as spoofs, which cannot prove any relationship with Japanese "spoofs".

In English, a word with a similar meaning to parody is parody. Parody is also common in western popular culture. It's just that parody itself is a formal language, which can be regarded as an artistic means, not a "spoof", but an informal language formed by folk circulation.

The popularity of spoof culture shows people's extensive entertainment needs in modern society. People hold the mentality of entertainment and choose convenient and fast-spreading networks to express their feelings. While bringing happiness to others, I am also intoxicated with it. To some extent, "spoof" conforms to the characteristics of modern young people and becomes the new favorite of cultural consumption. First of all, modern young people put more emphasis on individuality. They refuse to obey and emphasize individuality more than their parents. Domestic mainstream cultural works have great similarities in content and style, which is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue. "Spoofing" subverts classics and publicizes individuality, which has become a highlight of youth culture. Second, modern young people are under greater pressure. High tuition fees and "adventure paradise" ... make modern young people face unprecedented pressure. With its powerful entertainment function, "spoof" can better release the tension and fatigue in people's lives. Third, modern young people face more helplessness. Under the influence of market competition and interest orientation, the relationship between people is becoming more and more indifferent, and people hope to maintain their own personality and get social recognition. In addition, many young people are well aware of many problems brought about by the reform, but they are unable to solve these problems, and there is a huge contrast between their ambitions and reality. When the wave of "spoofing" came, they seemed to find a place to use-with the enthusiasm, wisdom and technology of "favored by heaven", they showed their powerful ability to construct popular culture and realized Maslow's highest level of demand-self-realization.

The popularization of computer and network technology provides a hardware environment for the popularity of "spoof". Photoshop, Premiere and the software of digital camera make the processing of images, audio and video very simple and cheap, and it is easy to re-edit and give new expression themes, which provides practical possibilities for the creation of "spoof" works. If "October Separation" was written by a TV professional, "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bread" shows the folk and popularity of "spoof". Internet, as the fourth media, has a stronger communication function advantage, which provides conditions for the popularity of "spoof" works. Because of the interactivity, netizens are easy to "create" after receiving "spoof" works, and constantly add their own new works in the form of replies, making "spoof" works more and more funny, exaggerated and rebellious. Because of virtuality, things that you don't want to say or do in real life can be displayed crazily on the Internet, which also makes "spoof" more and more "evil".

Diversified culture provides a software environment for the popularity of "spoof". In the era of planned economy in China, especially during the Cultural Revolution, grassroots culture, which emphasized the absolute position of elite culture, had little room for survival. Model operas have become the mainstream of people's cultural consumption, and there has been a situation of "eight plays watched by 800 million people". With the transformation of the economic system, culture gradually presents a diversified trend, and people are tolerant, disapprove and do not interfere with non-mainstream culture, which provides space for the popularity of "spoof". "spoof" has a strong entertainment effect, which can release people's pressure well, make people's physical strength and energy recover quickly, and then put them into new jobs. From this perspective, "spoof" has the nature of human capital investment, just like watching movies and traveling. At the same time, in the era of knowledge economy, information is vast, and what is scarce is only people's attention. 1996 Grove, former president of Intel, pointed out: "The whole world is vying for attention. Whoever can attract more attention will become the master of the next century." "spoof" has the function of attracting people's attention and can bring considerable economic benefits. The creators of "spoof" will also become popular with the popularity of "spoof" works, and the celebrity effect itself contains economic benefits. In September 2006, Sister Furong attended the press conference of Yuanming New Garden in Zhuhai and received an appearance fee of 654.38 million yuan.