大部分时间英剧都是用不合常理不合逻辑不合人情世故来戏,会心一笑的桥段比比皆是,不过我倒是更珍惜那些让我静下来想一想的桥段---I didn't expect them from the series.
Far away from the crowds-----
少年的Simon和Kylie一心想要离开Reading,想要奔向花花伦敦大城市,生活在Beautiful People环绕的五彩缤纷里面,远离索然无味的Reading------Yeah!Does that ring a bell to you? Have you ever been through this? And what do you get in the end?
Simon returns to Reading, and stays with his family. The last scene and voice-over was:"I have spent my life wishing I was with the beautiful people, now I know they were with me all along. There really is, no place like home."
想起很久前李海鹏的一句话:一心想要奔向这座城市的人,不是离这里很远,而是离自己很远。
What are you searching for?
Anything to cheer up?-----
Simon爱音乐,爱戏剧,爱电影,看Turner,看BBC Intellectual,换成现代中国语言他肯定会是个豆瓣活跃用户。可惜呢,他生活在小地方,周围环绕的是all kinds of illiterate weirdoes,交流全在另一个层次,他想要读音乐,全家fail掉,他想要一个water feature,妈妈执意不肯,为此他甚至郁闷到被学校心理辅导,爸爸想要cheer him up,唯一能做的却只是接个竹管引流水。想要的得不到,这几乎是每个人成长必经的苦恼。更让人感触的是,你已经意识到另一种生活的存在,想要改变,想要努力成为更好的人,可是你的世界完全不合,各种环境带来压力跟你的前路闹别扭,拉住你的衣角,不让你离开这个世界。
我想起一个场景,英国文学有一名篇,讲的是两个卓尔不群的灵魂如何放弃上天堂,拥抱众生。最后他们决定留在芸芸众生里,两人纵身一跳,努力融入这个泯灭了他们闪光点的世界,就是那一刻,那是他们outstanding的最后一刻,却也是他们outstanding的顶峰。
人可以有理想,但是理想会不会害死人呢?与之相比,现实会不会更强大一点呢?我们是应该坚持理想,还是转过头拥抱现实?
人啊,要放弃多少自我才能学会用优雅姿态穿梭不完美这世界?
Simon最后成为了最有名的橱窗设计师,光鲜亮丽的生活背后是理想的指引和对生活的妥协。现在就是最好,因为它是各种不同生活试剂的中和,理想加一点,现实加一点,机遇加一点,运气加一点,努力加一点,最后就是最好,最好就是现在。
You are too concerned about what was and what will be.
Yesterday is a history; tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
似乎说的远了点,没这么复杂。这本来就是个comedy,充满了英剧招牌式的freak, weirdo, nerds. 言辞极尽讽刺,跟所有英国报纸一个范儿,只是在这所有的刺刺的话语和场景背后,让人隐隐觉得熟悉,也许有些剧中人的心路历程能够ring a bell, 想起曾经的苦恼和迷茫,回头看看走过的路。这也许就是本剧唯一的温情元素。
Simon: You can be happy, and you will. Remember, I'm you.
如果你要找的是一部有点Black Books的英剧喜剧,那么bingo,this is it! Just enjoy~BBC家都是宝~~~~~