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前两天艾美奖刚落下帷幕。说到美剧,大家应该都有自己的心头好。今天呢,推荐一些美国人爱看、而在国内并不那么大众化的美剧。我们会说说为什么这些剧在美国受欢迎。你不仅可以了解新美剧、还能了解它们所反应的当今美国文化。
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The Emmys were just handed out: 艾美奖刚颁
We'll talk about different viewing habits when it comes to TV shows in America: 今天说说美国人看剧的喜好习惯,和中国有些不同呢
各大奖项后面都要加个S
The Emmys
The Oscars
The Grammys
Because each award has many categories: 因为每个奖都有好多类别,所以要加S
They try to make the show fun and entertaining: 颁奖典礼都走幽默搞笑路线
在美国,脱口秀地位不亚于美剧
Talk shows are a huge part of American life: 脱口秀是美国人生活的重要组成部分
Talk shows always reference to pop culture and current events: 节目会谈流行文化、时事
脱口秀吐槽、毒舌、手撕:
What a roast!
The hosts make fun of politicians and celebrities3: 主持人都会拿政客、明星开涮
When talk show hosts make fun of famous people, it's called a "roast": 脱口秀主持人手撕名人政客,英语叫“roast"
As in roast meat: 就是烤肉的那个“烤”
对美国人来说,当然没有“美剧”的概念
We just call them TV shows: 我们就说电视剧
The 2 main categories are either comedy or drama: 两大类,喜剧、剧情剧
不过现在当红的还有两类融合剧:
1.Dramady (drama+comedy): 剧情类喜剧
It's not as serious as drama, but not just about being funny as comedy: 不像剧情剧那么严肃,但又不像喜剧一味搞笑
2.Docudrama (documentary+drama): 纪录片式的剧情片
It's filmed documentary style, but it's a drama: 拍得很像纪录片,但其实是个剧情片
例子:
这次艾美奖拿了好几个奖项的People v. O.J. Simpson (美国犯罪故事:辛普森杀妻案)就是一部docudrama
Two Broke Girls, Big Bang Theory
在美国不红?
Two Broke Girls and Big Bang Theory were not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at this year's Emmys: Two Broke Girls和Big Bang Theory这次都没被提名
Does it mean they are not as popular? 是因为它们在美国没那么受欢迎吗?
They might not have a current season: 可能正好提名季没有播
Also the Emmy nominations6 now tend to recognize newer, lesser7 known shows in order to bring attention to them:而且艾美奖提名现在更倾向表彰那些少有人知的新剧,以此让大家注意
这些在美国很红的美剧,你看过吗?
黑人版的“摩登家庭”
为何受欢迎?
这两年,美国种族冲突日益加剧。很多人都感觉大众文化里缺少对黑人文化正面的描述,所以大的network电视台ABC就开始扶持这类戏。
不仅面向黑人观众,更要让白人了解黑人生活。
亚裔美国人
The name of this show comes from an old saying: 这部戏的名字来自于一个英语说法
为何受欢迎?
It's not just about white Americans. It's created by Asian Americans: 这部戏的视角不是白人, 而是亚裔美国人
It talks about these second and third generation immigrants and their lives, their clashes with mainstream9 society: 它讲述了第二第三代亚裔美国人在美国的生活、虽然已经是美国人,但还是会遇到和主流文化的一些冲突
The show's co-creators Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari won best writing for a comedy series:这部戏的编剧Alan Yang和Aziz Ansari赢得了这次艾美奖的最佳喜剧类编剧
美国人爱看哪些美剧
美剧会有更多亚裔美国人
节目里给大家放的那段Alan Yang得奖感言也道出了很多亚裔美国人的心声:
“There’s 17 million Asian-Americans in this country, and there’s 17 million Italian Americans. They have The Godfather, Goodfellas, Rocky, The Sopranos. We got Long Duk Dong, so we’ve got a long way to go.”
“Asian parents out there, if you can do me a favor: Just a couple of you, get your kids cameras instead of violins, we’ll all be good.”
Jenny推荐:
这部戏的主演Aziz Ansari是进入美国主流文化圈的印度裔美国人
He is a famous standup comedian: 是个很有名的脱口秀演员
He was on shows like Parks and Rec: 他演过美剧喜剧“公园与休憩”
“Parks and Rec”也是一部在美国口碑很好, 但在国内知名度不高的喜剧。
故事讲的是在公园与休憩这个美国政府部门工作的人的故事,这个部门负责管理美国的公园、公共休憩场所。
语言不难,但非常幽默、人物也很生动、多元化,非常推荐大家看。
理工男的崛起
代表美剧:Silicon Valley (硅谷)
为何受欢迎?
Silicon Valley's popularity reflects the rise of the startup culture and the rise of geeks:“硅谷”这部戏受欢迎反应了美国创业文化的热潮,还有奇客理工男的崛起
Entrepreneurial culture: 创业文化
If you're into technology, startup, you'll love this show: 如果你对科技、科技创业感兴趣,你应该会喜欢这部戏
美国社会热题:变性人、性别模糊
代表美剧:Transparent10 (透明人生)
为何受欢迎?
The issue of transgender, gender11 fluidity are hot-button issues in American society: 变性、性别流动性是美国社会近来的热题
吐槽美国政治
代表美剧:Veep (副总统)
为何受欢迎?
This show is the complete opposite of House of Cards: 这部戏和《纸牌屋》是完全相反的
The perspective on House of Cards is everything is a conspiracy12 and there's a mastermind behind everything: 《纸牌屋》的世界观是一切都是阴谋,有一个人幕后操控、主导一切
On Veep (nickname for Vice13 President), national and international politics are just office politics: 在《副总统》里,国家政治、国际政治无非就是办公室政治
Politicians have power but their power is very fragile: 政客虽然有权力,但这种权力是非常脆弱的
This show is extremely popular among well-educated viewers in America: 这部戏在美国知识分子中特别受欢迎
It's a ducodrama, dramady: 它的风格是纪录片、喜剧、剧情片
总之Jenny超级五星推荐!
高质量美剧井喷,亚马逊都有自制剧
There has been an explosion of high quality TV shows: 这两年高质量美剧井喷
Networks, cable channels and streaming services are all investing heavily in productions:无线台、有线台、在线服务(如Netflix)都大手笔投入电视剧
Top talents from film are all doing TV now: 搞电影的一流人才现在都来做电视剧了
It's what they call prestige TV: 这类高质量剧叫prestige TV
It's hard to discover and keep up with so many great new shows: 那么多好看的美剧,追都追不过来
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n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员 | |
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n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉 | |
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