Abstract: Comedy effect is divided into “obvious potential”, which is judged by four aspects: deep antagonistic structure, exaggeration, transcendent spirit and taboo rebellion. There are two reasons to summarize the development vein of Chinese comedy films by “revealing potential”. First, the development of Chinese comedy is not all the way ahead, but in a special time “hidden”. Secondly, Chinese comedy films guide laughter with “hidden” or “visible” gestures. In the 1920s and the 1930s, due to the special historical background, laughter could only be hidden from the face. And in the 1950s, laughter was put in front of the stage and emphasized. Under different ideologies, “laughter” has always been endowed with various implicit or explicit, complex or pure meanings.

Key words: Chinese comedy film, comedy, explicit development, latent development, comedy structure

摘要： 喜剧效果有着显潜之分，判别依据有深层次对立结构、夸张手法、超脱精神与禁忌反叛四个方面。用显潜概括中国喜剧电影的发展脉络，原因有二：一是中国喜剧的发展并不是一路高歌猛进，反而在特殊时间潜藏；二是中国喜剧电影以或隐或显的姿态引导笑声，20世纪二三十年代因为特殊的历史背景，只能掩面而笑，在20世纪50年代笑又被置于台前所强调。笑在不同的意识形态下总被赋予各种或隐或显、或复杂或纯粹的含义。

关键词: 中国喜剧电影, 喜剧片, 显性发展, 潜性发展, 喜剧结构