# Diorsman (屌丝男士)
**Diorsman** (屌丝男士, English title *Diors Man*) is a Chinese web sitcom produced by Sohu Video, created, written, directed, and starred in by Da Peng (Dong Chengpeng, 董成鹏), which ran for four seasons from 10 October 2012 to 20 May 2015[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [2](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm). It began as the second spin-off brand of Sohu's talk show *Da Peng De Ba De* (大鹏嘚吧嘚), after the "Da Peng Theater Show" segment, and aired as a standalone weekly mini-series of roughly 15-minute episodes[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man). The title comes from *diaosi* (屌丝), internet slang for underprivileged young men, and the show was one of the earliest commercial successes of Chinese original online content[4](https://popcndict.com/word/detail/diaosi-beta-male) • [5](https://files.bocomgroup.com/download/IQ_US-181024s.pdf).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Weekly mini-series of self-contained comedy sketches, about 15 minutes per episode, no continuing plot[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man) • [6](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Run | Season 1 premiered 10 October 2012; season 2 on 5 June 2013; season 3 in early 2014; season 4 on 20 May 2015[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [2](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm) |
| Creator | Da Peng (Dong Chengpeng), director, writer, producer, and lead; produced by Sohu Video with Tianjin Jinhu Culture[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Model | A homage to the German series *Knallerfrauen* (屌丝女士); its star Martina Hill joined the cast of season 4[2](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm) • [7](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/75129?language=zh-CN) |
| Viewership | Cumulative plays approached 1.7 billion after three seasons; the first episode of season 1 passed 10 million plays[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html) • [9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html) |
| 2014 takedown | Pulled from Sohu entirely in late April 2014 for review; returned in mid-May 2014 with crude language and suggestive scenes removed[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html) • [10](https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147675414091.html) |
| Film spin-off | *Jian Bing Man* (煎饼侠), released July 2015, earned over 1.1 billion yuan at the box office[11](https://www.36kr.com/p/1722954694657) |
## Spoilers
### Format and premise
The series is not a conventional sitcom with fixed sets and continuing storylines. Each episode is a collection of short, disconnected comedy bits in which Da Peng plays different ordinary men, a company white-collar worker, a man on a blind date, a cook, a foot masseur, and similar roles, while his celebrity friends make guest appearances[9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html) • [6](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink). The production describes its method as taking everyday moments worth savoring, exaggerating them into absurdity, and using self-mockery to entertain both the performers and the audience[6](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink).
Da Peng acknowledged that the creative idea came from the German mini-series *Knallerfrauen*, but said that of about 120 sketches only 3 were remade directly, with the rest localized around Chinese topics such as workplace hazing, crowded elevators, awkward bus encounters, karaoke, and references to hit variety shows like *The Voice of China*[9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html). He stated that season 2 would be entirely original[9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html).
## Production and cast
Sohu Video (with Tianjin Jinhu Culture Co.) produced the series; Da Peng served as director, writer, and producer, and also led the cast[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink). Regulars included Liu Yan (柳岩) and Qiao Shan (乔杉), and the guest list grew across seasons to include Wen Zhang, Bai Baihe, Fan Bingbing, Han Geng, Jia Ling, Ma Li, Huang Haibo, Jung Yong-hwa, and others[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man). Season 4, produced with Marco (马可) as supervising producer, featured the German *Knallerfrauen* lead Martina Hill alongside [Fan Bingbing](https://www.edgepedia.org/fan-bingbing), Yuan Shanshan, Liu Yan, Han Geng, and [Jung Yong-hwa](https://www.edgepedia.org/jung-yong-hwa)[7](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/75129?language=zh-CN). Da Peng, a disciple of comedian Zhao Benshan, was already a Sohu Video host on *Da Peng De Ba De* when the series made him famous[9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html) • [11](https://www.36kr.com/p/1722954694657).
The episode count of season 1 is reported differently: listings on Plex and DramasQ count 7 episodes, while Baidu Baike's season-1 entry says 6[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man) • [6](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink). Plex lists the four seasons as 7, 6, 8, and 8 episodes, 29 in total[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man). Season 3's premiere is likewise dated 4 March 2014 by Sogou Baike, while a Xinmin Evening News page dated 26 February 2014 reports the third season launching that day[2](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm) • [12](https://xmwb.xinmin.cn/xmwb/resfile/2014-02-26/A19/A19.pdf).
## Viewership and significance
The first season was an immediate hit. The first episode alone surpassed 10 million plays, and all six (or seven) episodes together exceeded 100 million views, according to a celebration event report in November 2012[9](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html). Baidu Baike adds that the first episode passed 4.4 million views within 24 hours of release[6](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink). By April 2014, after three seasons, cumulative plays were approaching 1.7 billion[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html).
**Industry position.** Analysts of Chinese online video place the series in the second stage of self-produced content, roughly 2010 to 2013, when short web dramas first proved that low-cost productions could win reputation and attention and build a platform-owned IP[5](https://files.bocomgroup.com/download/IQ_US-181024s.pdf). iResearch's account of Sohu Video's self-produced catalog lists *Diors Man* as one of the platform's flagship titles in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and credits it as one of the earliest hit web dramas that laid the foundation for Sohu's original-content strategy[13](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201711261058413534_01.pdf). One brokerage report counts five seasons between 2012 and 2015, while most other sources, including Sohu-era press and database listings, count four[5](https://files.bocomgroup.com/download/IQ_US-181024s.pdf) • [3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man).
The show also rode and reinforced the *diaosi* phenomenon. The word, coined around 2011 in Baidu's Liyi Tieba forum, spread explosively in 2012, the year the series premiered, and a survey cited by People.cn found about 526 million people, roughly 40 percent of China's population, willing to call themselves *diaosi*[4](https://popcndict.com/word/detail/diaosi-beta-male) • [14](https://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0516/c30178-21500317.html). Scholars treat the series as a typical example of short, low-budget, self-mocking Chinese web comedy[15](https://ellids.com/archives/2019/07/LLIDS-Vol2-Issue4.pdf).
## The 2014 takedown
In late April 2014, days after four American series including *The Big Bang Theory* were removed from Chinese video sites, *Diors Man* was pulled in its entirety from Sohu's PC and mobile platforms[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html) • [10](https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147675414091.html). Sohu did not initially give a detailed reason; a *Wall Street Journal* Chinese-language report quoted Sohu chairman Charles Zhang (张朝阳) saying the series was under review because some content might be "problematic" and that he expected it back online soon[10](https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147675414091.html). Sohu insiders told Beijing Evening News that the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and [Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/television) had singled out the series and required the removal of crude language, with re-release expected within days[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html). Many netizens suspected the involvement of Japanese adult-film actresses, including [Akiho Yoshizawa](https://www.edgepedia.org/akiho-yoshizawa) (吉泽明步), who appeared in the cast, and the show's more explicit storylines[10](https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147675414091.html) • [16](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man/season/3/credits). The series returned to Sohu in mid-May 2014 with sexually suggestive scenes and the AV-actress segments deleted[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html). Baidu Baike records that the first three seasons were re-edited into a censored "green version" after the internal review[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink). Commentary at the time read the episode as a tightening of official management of video-site content, whose review standards had diverged sharply from those applied to television[8](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html).
## End of the series and the film
Season 4, confirmed in advance as the final season, began shooting in mid-2014 with Martina Hill joining the cast, and premiered on 20 May 2015[2](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm) • [7](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/75129?language=zh-CN). The franchise extended to cinema with *Jian Bing Man* (煎饼侠), a comedy released in July 2015 that Da Peng described as the series' film version; it earned over 1.1 billion yuan, far above his own expectation of 500 million[11](https://www.36kr.com/p/1722954694657) • [17](https://www.rmzxw.com.cn/c/2015-07-31/544145_1.shtml?n2m=1). Da Peng stayed at Sohu, where he had worked since 2004, until announcing his departure in November 2018, by which point the series had made him an internet celebrity and delivered major traffic to Sohu Video[11](https://www.36kr.com/p/1722954694657). Plex lists the show as canceled after four seasons[3](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man).
## References
1. [屌丝男士（搜狐视频自制节目系列剧）, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB/3634394?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
2. [屌丝男士, Sogou Baike](https://baike.sogou.com/v56787059.htm)
3. [屌丝男士 (2012), Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man)
4. [屌丝 (diǎo sī), Popular Chinese Dictionary](https://popcndict.com/word/detail/diaosi-beta-male)
5. [博通咨询互联网行业日报 (2018-10-24), Bocom Group](https://files.bocomgroup.com/download/IQ_US-181024s.pdf)
6. [屌丝男士1, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E5%B1%8C%E4%B8%9D%E7%94%B7%E5%A3%AB1/17583919?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
7. [屌丝男士 (TV Series 2012–2015), The Movie Database](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/75129?language=zh-CN)
8. [《屌丝男士》被下架 总局要求删除剧中粗口, 北京晚报 via 第一财经 (2014-04-30)](https://www.yicai.com/news/3763973.html)
9. [赵本山徒弟大鹏火了 范冰冰意欲加盟"屌丝男士", 新快报 via 人民网 (2012-11-15)](https://culture.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c22219-19584644.html)
10. [《屌丝男士》下架"受审", 新京报 (2014-04-30)](https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155147675414091.html)
11. [搜狐安知大鹏之志？, 36氪/娱乐产业 (2018-11-07)](https://www.36kr.com/p/1722954694657)
12. [新民晚报晚刊 A19 (2014-02-26)](https://xmwb.xinmin.cn/xmwb/resfile/2014-02-26/A19/A19.pdf)
13. [搜狐视频自制内容研究, iResearch (2017)](https://pdf.dfcfw.com/pdf/H3_AP201711261058413534_01.pdf)
14. [约5.26亿人自认"屌丝", 人民网 (2013-05-16)](https://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0516/c30178-21500317.html)
15. [LLIDS Vol. 2 Issue 4 (2019)](https://ellids.com/archives/2019/07/LLIDS-Vol2-Issue4.pdf)
16. [屌丝男士 季3演职人员名单, Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/zh/show/diors-man/season/3/credits)
17. [大鹏谈师父赵本山, 人民政协网 (2015-07-31)](https://www.rmzxw.com.cn/c/2015-07-31/544145_1.shtml?n2m=1)
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