從電視劇《傲慢與偏見》，我看到了英國人保守、優(yōu)雅、紳士、貴族氣質(zhì)。
從休漠、斯密身上，體會到了英國人杰出的智慧。
從現(xiàn)在歐洲五大聯(lián)賽中最火爆的英超聯(lián)賽，感受到英國人的激情、沖撞、野性的氣息。
coupling是這幾個方面自然的結(jié)合。
哦，coupling還讓我多了解了一樣：英國人的幽默與夸張。

目前只追著看了第一，二季，第三季因為找不到源所以暫時擱置下來。對于看過不少懸疑，緊張，重口味美劇的我，這部BBC電視劇就像是一道飯后茶點，舒心可口，又不增加腸胃負擔。

和這部劇里的三男三女比起來，美國“六人行”只算是小屁孩小打小鬧。coupling的主角們都不是典型意義上的英國紳男淑女，他們談起男女之事來，其態(tài)度之開朗坦蕩，讓美國同行只能望其項背，所以我說這道點心是芥末味道的。

該劇篇幅緊湊，每季笑料百出的同時還讓觀眾有輪回的感覺。所謂“輪回”，竊以為就是那種圓環(huán)型的劇情結(jié)構(gòu)，前后呼應都很完整。這頗考編劇功底，對有志于編劇工作的筒子們來說，該劇是一本不錯的教科書。

先轉(zhuǎn)載一點介紹性的文字吧，等整理一下思緒再填點個人觀感，歡迎大家來討論這部劇。

以下為轉(zhuǎn)載內(nèi)容。

《Coupling》（冤家成雙對）
◆類 型：劇情/喜劇
◆片 長：每集25分鐘左右
◆首 播：2000年
◆國 　 家：英國
◆語 言：英語
◆聽寫討論：http://bbs.putclub.com/index.php?showtopic=59380
◆官方網(wǎng)站：http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/coupling/
◆內(nèi)容簡介：
　　看多了美國喜劇的你，是不是想換一換口味呢？這里向大家推薦一部廣受好評的英國情景喜劇——Coupling（“冤家成雙對”是本人想的譯名）。該劇于2000年5月在英國BBC2臺播出了第一季6集，旋即獲得了廣泛的好評，并于2003年獲得英國喜劇獎“最佳電視喜劇”的榮譽。去年該劇播出了最新的第四季。

    故事是圍繞英國倫敦一群30歲左右男女的感情生活展開的。是不是似曾相識？因為Coupling的主要演員是3男3女共6個人，很多人會很容易的聯(lián)想到NBC的經(jīng)典情景喜劇Friends。但你如果就這樣下結(jié)論：Coupling就是英國版Friends，那就大錯特錯了。套用德國TVtoday網(wǎng)站評論該劇的一句話，“Drei M?nner, drei Frauen, ein Thema: Sex”（三男，三女，一個主題：性）。和Coupling里面這幫英國損友相比，F(xiàn)riends里面那六位簡直就是情竇初開的少男少女（沒有貶低的意思，純情不是壞事 ）。

　　Coupling的核心是史蒂夫（Steve）和蘇珊（Susan）這一對情侶，另外4個主演或是他們的好友，或是他們的前任男女友。

    蘇珊是個漂亮、自信的職業(yè)女性，她知道自己想要什么，并善于在戀愛關(guān)系中掌握主導地位。她的前男友帕特里克（Patrick）盡管也是個情場高手，可在第一集里就被她甩了。她最好的朋友薩利（Sally）則是個美容師，因擔心衰老而惶惶不可終日，整天和各種化妝品打交道。

   史蒂夫是蘇珊現(xiàn)在的男朋友，一個假正經(jīng)的帥哥，喜歡發(fā)長篇大論。他的前任女友簡（Jane）是個厲害的性感尤物，而且有點瘋瘋癲癲的，用演員的話說，這就使她成了“所有男人最可怕的噩夢”。

最搞笑的人物杰夫（Jeff）是史蒂夫的好朋友，編劇說他是個“困在男人身體里的青春期男生”。他一方面非常喜歡給朋友們提供戀愛和性愛方面的建議，另一方面卻一見女人就緊張得手足無措。

　　作為喜劇，Coupling的優(yōu)秀之處不僅在于它滑稽的對白和演員略帶夸張地表演，最令人叫絕的，是它對鏡頭還有不同人物視角的獨特運用，可以說，這創(chuàng)造了一種特殊的幽默。

I was just having no clue how to begin with my recommendation of Coupling, when suddenly I got a question: how to say 打吊瓶? I checked with Genius Kane, who initiated the recommendation and she didn’t have the answer, but, she recoiled with a stunning question: “coupling里沒有？”

 

Haha! She has been meeting Coupling, the most classic drama I have ever seen for only 2 days! But she already has got such a response! What? A life encyclopaedia? Exactly! The first reason I recommend this drama to you, is its real-life focusing-faith. Every site you come across in this drama is as real as you can imagine- of course excluding those ancient and dreamy scenes out of dramatic needs.

 

But that is far from the main reason I want everybody interested in the life in UK to see it. The main reason, is its unique sense of humour! So unique that it is even a bit hard to appreciate it at first; so unique that it always goes to extreme to disclose the purest emotion of human being; so unique that you can easily condone any disinclination caused by those unusual sex jokes simply because you would already have been amusedly out of breath! It is truly so unique that you can take a real deep look at this wonderful people, with even a few smart choices of words.

 

The whole drama is a piece of art, and the creator Steven Moffat based the characters of Steve and Susan on himself and his wife (producer Sue Vertue), as he explains: "I have described the series as being 'my life as told by a drunk'. Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research. As it happens, Sue and I are married; so I imagined a scenario about what would have happened if we had met ten years earlier, and took it from there!"

 

I could not come up with any better descriptions of this TV series, but one thing is what at least I can assure you, this Steven, he is never exhausted in brooding weird, bizarre, peculiar, ludicrous but also tremendously entertaining and educational thoughts and ways of telling you so!

 

What is the definition of Classic? My version is something old but never out-of-dated, and whenever you review it, you can still gain something new and novel and cutting edge from it, like the Bible, like New Concept English~, like, “Apparently”, the COUPLING!

 

Rob Belcher's review has made a superb epitome of this drama, he wrote: "this show will speak to anyone who's ever dated, been in a relationship, or just noticed that men and women are different creatures."

 

I sincerely wish a perpetual life of Steven Moffat! I recommend this Sexy fairy tale weaved by 6 thirtysomething lovely actors to you, you would never feel losing your capital if you try to memorize every detail in it, trust me!

A: I told you he was not your type
B: I am surprised he was ever yours, what do you see in him, he's so dull! I need personality verve humor. I see why you call him donkey brain.
A: Actually I call him donkey
B: yeah but I got your point
A: No you didn't
B: What you mean...
A: some men are born lucky. some men are born very lucky
B: what was Patrik born
A: a tripod
B: you let me dumped a tripod, you bitch!


英國人果然很尖刻

Coupling的四季我都看完了，哈其實是看了好幾遍。覺得最出彩的地方在于它的臺詞很有意思；還有最喜歡的其實是Jeff,可惜第四季他沒有出演。再有就是英式對白的幽默，看第一遍有時候不一定立刻就反應過來。。總之好看就是了。。

摘抄一段"the girl with one heart"那集中，Steve對于衛(wèi)生間之于男人的重大意義所發(fā)表的重要演說：
We are men! Throughout history, we have always needed, in times of difficulty, to retreat to our caves. It so happens that in this modern age, our caves are fully plumbed. The toilet is, for us, the last bastion, the final refuge, the last few square feet of man-space left to us! Somewhere to sit, something to read, something to do, and who gives a damn about the smell? Because that, for us, is happiness. Because we are *men.* We are different. We have only one word for soap. We do not own candles. We have never seen anything of any value in a craft shop. We do not own magazines fill of pictures of celebrities with all their clothes *on*. When we have conversations, we actually take it in turns to talk! But we have not yet reached that level of earth-shattering boredom and inhuman despair that we would have a haircut *recreationally*. We don't know how to get excited about... really, *really* boring things, like ornaments, bath oil, the countryside, vases, small churches. I mean, we do not even know what, *what* in the name of God's *ass* is the purpose of pot-pourri! Looks like breakfast, smells like your auntie! Why do we need that? So please, in this strange and frightening world, allow us one last place to call our own. This toilet, this blessed pot, this... fortress of solitude. You girls, you may go to the bathroom in groups of two or more. Yet we do not pass comment. We do not make judgment. That is your choice. But we men will always walk the toilet mile... alone