美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第392期:美國(guó)人愛(ài)看哪些美劇?

前兩天艾美獎(jiǎng)剛落下帷幕。說(shuō)到美劇，大家應(yīng)該都有自己的心頭好。今天呢，推薦一些美國(guó)人愛(ài)看、而在國(guó)內(nèi)并不那么大眾化的美劇。我們會(huì)說(shuō)說(shuō)為什么這些劇在美國(guó)受歡迎。你不僅可以了解新美劇、還能了解它們所反應(yīng)的當(dāng)今美國(guó)文化。

關(guān)鍵詞：

The Emmys were just handed out: 艾美獎(jiǎng)剛頒

We'll talk about different viewing habits when it comes to TV shows in America: 今天說(shuō)說(shuō)美國(guó)人看劇的喜好習(xí)慣，和中國(guó)有些不同呢

各大獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)后面都要加個(gè)S

The Emmys

The Oscars

The Grammys

Because each award has many categories: 因?yàn)槊總€(gè)獎(jiǎng)都有好多類(lèi)別，所以要加S

They try to make the show fun and entertaining: 頒獎(jiǎng)典禮都走幽默搞笑路線

A standup comedian usually hosts the ceremony: 通常由大排喜劇演員、脫口秀主持人主持

The opening monologue is really important in these shows: 開(kāi)場(chǎng)白是最關(guān)鍵的

在美國(guó)，脫口秀地位不亞于美劇

Talk shows are a huge part of American life: 脫口秀是美國(guó)人生活的重要組成部分

Talk shows always reference to pop culture and current events: 節(jié)目會(huì)談流行文化、時(shí)事

脫口秀吐槽、毒舌、手撕：

What a roast!

The hosts make fun of politicians and celebrities: 主持人都會(huì)拿政客、明星開(kāi)涮

When talk show hosts make fun of famous people, it's called a "roast": 脫口秀主持人手撕名人政客，英語(yǔ)叫“roast"

As in roast meat: 就是烤肉的那個(gè)“烤”

They roasted Donald Trump at the Emmys: 這次艾美獎(jiǎng)，川普就被roast慘了

對(duì)美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，當(dāng)然沒(méi)有“美劇”的概念

We just call them TV shows: 我們就說(shuō)電視劇

The 2 main categories are either comedy or drama: 兩大類(lèi)，喜劇、劇情劇

不過(guò)現(xiàn)在當(dāng)紅的還有兩類(lèi)融合?。?/p>

1.Dramady (drama+comedy): 劇情類(lèi)喜劇

It's not as serious as drama, but not just about being funny as comedy: 不像劇情劇那么嚴(yán)肅，但又不像喜劇一味搞笑

比如HBO的Silicon Valley (硅谷), 就屬于dramady

2.Docudrama (documentary+drama): 紀(jì)錄片式的劇情片

It's filmed documentary style, but it's a drama: 拍得很像紀(jì)錄片，但其實(shí)是個(gè)劇情片

例子：

這次艾美獎(jiǎng)拿了好幾個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的People v. O.J. Simpson (美國(guó)犯罪故事：辛普森殺妻案)就是一部docudrama

Two Broke Girls, Big Bang Theory

在美國(guó)不紅?

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這次都沒(méi)被提名

Does it mean they are not as popular? 是因?yàn)樗鼈冊(cè)诿绹?guó)沒(méi)那么受歡迎嗎?

They might not have a current season: 可能正好提名季沒(méi)有播

Also the Emmy nominations now tend to recognize newer, lesser known shows in order to bring attention to them:而且艾美獎(jiǎng)提名現(xiàn)在更傾向表彰那些少有人知的新劇，以此讓大家注意

這些在美國(guó)很紅的美劇，你看過(guò)嗎?

黑人版的“摩登家庭”

為何受歡迎?

這兩年，美國(guó)種族沖突日益加劇。很多人都感覺(jué)大眾文化里缺少對(duì)黑人文化正面的描述，所以大的network電視臺(tái)ABC就開(kāi)始扶持這類(lèi)戲。

不僅面向黑人觀眾，更要讓白人了解黑人生活。

亞裔美國(guó)人

The name of this show comes from an old saying: 這部戲的名字來(lái)自于一個(gè)英語(yǔ)說(shuō)法

"Jack of all trades, master of none": 樣樣都會(huì)一點(diǎn)兒，但沒(méi)一樣精通, 就是三腳貓的意思

為何受歡迎?

It's not just about white Americans. It's created by Asian Americans: 這部戲的視角不是白人, 而是亞裔美國(guó)人

It talks about these second and third generation immigrants and their lives, their clashes with mainstream society: 它講述了第二第三代亞裔美國(guó)人在美國(guó)的生活、雖然已經(jīng)是美國(guó)人，但還是會(huì)遇到和主流文化的一些沖突

The show's co-creators Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari won best writing for a comedy series:這部戲的編劇Alan Yang和Aziz Ansari贏得了這次艾美獎(jiǎng)的最佳喜劇類(lèi)編劇

美國(guó)人愛(ài)看哪些美劇

美劇會(huì)有更多亞裔美國(guó)人

節(jié)目里給大家放的那段Alan Yang得獎(jiǎng)感言也道出了很多亞裔美國(guó)人的心聲：

“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推薦：

這部戲的主演Aziz Ansari是進(jìn)入美國(guó)主流文化圈的印度裔美國(guó)人

He is a famous standup comedian: 是個(gè)很有名的脫口秀演員

He was on shows like Parks and Rec: 他演過(guò)美劇喜劇“公園與休憩”

“Parks and Rec”也是一部在美國(guó)口碑很好, 但在國(guó)內(nèi)知名度不高的喜劇。

故事講的是在公園與休憩這個(gè)美國(guó)政府部門(mén)工作的人的故事，這個(gè)部門(mén)負(fù)責(zé)管理美國(guó)的公園、公共休憩場(chǎng)所。

語(yǔ)言不難，但非常幽默、人物也很生動(dòng)、多元化，非常推薦大家看。

理工男的崛起

代表美?。篠ilicon Valley (硅谷)

為何受歡迎?

Silicon Valley's popularity reflects the rise of the startup culture and the rise of geeks:“硅谷”這部戲受歡迎反應(yīng)了美國(guó)創(chuàng)業(yè)文化的熱潮，還有奇客理工男的崛起

Entrepreneurial culture: 創(chuàng)業(yè)文化

If you're into technology, startup, you'll love this show: 如果你對(duì)科技、科技創(chuàng)業(yè)感興趣，你應(yīng)該會(huì)喜歡這部戲

美國(guó)社會(huì)熱題：變性人、性別模糊

代表美?。篢ransparent (透明人生)

為何受歡迎?

The issue of transgender, gender fluidity are hot-button issues in American society: 變性、性別流動(dòng)性是美國(guó)社會(huì)近來(lái)的熱題

吐槽美國(guó)政治

代表美?。篤eep (副總統(tǒng))

為何受歡迎?

This show is the complete opposite of House of Cards: 這部戲和《紙牌屋》是完全相反的

The perspective on House of Cards is everything is a conspiracy and there's a mastermind behind everything: 《紙牌屋》的世界觀是一切都是陰謀，有一個(gè)人幕后操控、主導(dǎo)一切

On Veep (nickname for Vice President), national and international politics are just office politics: 在《副總統(tǒng)》里，國(guó)家政治、國(guó)際政治無(wú)非就是辦公室政治

Politicians have power but their power is very fragile: 政客雖然有權(quán)力，但這種權(quán)力是非常脆弱的

This show is extremely popular among well-educated viewers in America: 這部戲在美國(guó)知識(shí)分子中特別受歡迎

It's so funny, intelligent, the writing and the acting is so spot on: 無(wú)論是編劇、還是演出，都特別幽默、睿智，十分到位

It's a ducodrama, dramady: 它的風(fēng)格是紀(jì)錄片、喜劇、劇情片

總之Jenny超級(jí)五星推薦!

高質(zhì)量美劇井噴，亞馬遜都有自制劇

There has been an explosion of high quality TV shows: 這兩年高質(zhì)量美劇井噴

Networks, cable channels and streaming services are all investing heavily in productions:無(wú)線臺(tái)、有線臺(tái)、在線服務(wù)(如Netflix)都大手筆投入電視劇

Top talents from film are all doing TV now: 搞電影的一流人才現(xiàn)在都來(lái)做電視劇了

It's what they call prestige TV: 這類(lèi)高質(zhì)量劇叫prestige TV

It's hard to discover and keep up with so many great new shows: 那么多好看的美劇，追都追不過(guò)來(lái)