CORINNE: I just saw "Something About Mary" last night. It was hilarious.
DOLLY: Darren took me to it last week. I thought it was a little sick.
CORINNE: What do you mean "sick"? It was really funny, don't you think?
DOLLY: It was entertaining in some ways. But in general I didn't like it.
CORINNE: Why not?
DOLLY: I just think the humor was too gross. There were too many disgusting things in it.
I don't think a comedy has to have so much smut to be funny.
CORINNE: It wasn't a dirty movie. There wasn't even any nudity.
DOLLY: No, you're right. But nudity doesn't bother me.
What bothered me were all the jokes about masturbation, stuff like that. It was too sick.
CORINNE: Oh, you are too conservative. That's all just realistic.
DOLLY: I don't think it's realistic.
You mean that scene where Mary puts the "hair gel" in her hair? You think that's realistic.
I thought it was sick. Why does a movie have to use that kind of humor?
CORINNE: People think it's funny.
DOLLY: But it was the most disgusting comedy I've ever seen.
And it was a big budget movie too. It wasn't just a low-budget film you can see on cable TV.
I think America's values are screwed up if movies like that are popular.
CORINNE: See? I told you, you are conservative.
DOLLY: I'm not really conservative.
But at least I have a sense of propriety. Some new movies are just vulgar.
If they become popular, it proves that people are becoming more vulgar.
CORINNE: I'm really surprised at this. I didn't think you were like this.
DOLLY: I'm not what you think, Corinne. I'm not prudish at all.
Did you see the movie "Pleasantville"?
CORINNE: Yes. I thought it was good.
DOLLY: That was a movie about sex too.
It was about breaking away from hypocritical sexual values.
CORINNE: I agree. But what did you think of that one?
DOLLY: I thought it was excellent. Very imaginative and well-written. But it wasn't gross.
It wasn't disgusting like "Something About Mary". Do you see how they are different?
CORINNE: Yes, I suppose.
DOLLY: So maybe you can see now that I'm not conservative.
But I have a sense of value. "Something About Mary" depends on gross humor.
But "Pleasantville" depends on drama. They are both about sex, but they are different.
I think there should be more movies like "Pleasantville".
CORINNE: Hmm. I will have to think about it.
哥琳娜：我昨晚看了《哈拉瑪莉》，實在太好笑了。
朵莉：戴倫上星期帶我去看過了，我覺得有點惡心。
哥琳娜：惡心，怎么說呢？很好笑啊，你不覺得嗎？
朵莉：某方面來說是達到娛樂效果，但是大致上我不喜歡。
哥琳娜：為什么呢？
朵莉：我覺得它的幽默太低級了，里面有太多惡心的鏡頭。
我不認為喜劇就必須這么淫穢，才算好笑。
哥琳娜：它不是色情片，它甚至沒有裸露的鏡頭。
朵莉：你是對的，確沒有。但我并不討厭裸露。
是那些手淫的笑料讓我作嘔，太病態了。
哥琳娜：你太保守了，那都是真實的一面。
朵莉：我不認為那是真實的。
你是說瑪莉把精液當發膠抹的那一幕嗎？你覺得那是真實的嗎？
我覺得惡心，一部電影何必搞這種笑料呢？
哥琳娜：人們覺得有趣啊。
朵莉：但這是我看過最惡心的喜劇。
而且它還是耗資不少的電影，不是有線電視上播映的小成本影片。
如果這種電影普遍受歡迎，美國的價值觀將被搞得一團糟。
哥琳娜：看吧？我就說你食古不化。
朵莉：我才不是食古不化呢！
至少我懂得妥不妥當，最近有些電影很粗俗。
如果它們賣座的話，表示人們也變得低級了。
哥琳娜：我真的很驚訝，我以前不覺得你是這樣的人。
朵莉：我不是你想的那種人，我一點也不過分拘謹。
你看過《歡樂谷》嗎？
哥琳娜：有啊，我覺得很棒。
朵莉：那也是關于性的電影。
它所是關于破除虛偽性價值觀的電影。
哥琳娜：沒錯！那你覺得那部電影如何？
朵莉：我覺得它太棒了，非常具有想象力、劇情很好，而且不下流。
它不像《哈拉瑪莉》那樣惡心，你看得出不同之處嗎？
哥琳娜：我想是的。
朵莉：所以或許你現在可以了解我并不保守。
但是我有判斷的價值標準，《哈拉瑪莉》靠的是低級的笑料。
而《歡樂谷》靠的卻是劇情。它們都與性相關，然而卻迥然不同。
我覺得應該有更多像《歡樂谷》這種電影才好。
哥琳娜：我必須好好地想一想。 |