本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题(tí )材和对象的(de )系列情景喜剧,创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女(🕖)的主(zhǔ )要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红(其实已经在(🖍)走下坡路)的《Friends》,因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》,而(ér )在那些有幸(🕙)欣赏(😍)过本剧的观众们(men )看来,《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、(🚗)喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达(🌼)到的水平,要比《Friends》高几(jǐ )个档次。相比之下,《Friends》只能说(shuō )是一部(👄)“业余”水(shuǐ )平(píng )的好作品而已。当然总体来说,英剧的水准本身就高于美剧,这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的,美剧的创意一般也就(jiù )为最初(chū )几(jǐ )集编(biān )剧,以(🙅)后主要的编剧工作(zuò )都(dōu )是由其它编剧根据最初的角色(🍝)设定来自由发挥,编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化,老的走新的来,造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后(🏉)矛盾,故(🚔)事往往缺乏深度,人物性格平面化(🏫),缺(quē )少发展。这都是题外话了。
《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve,Steve的莫逆之(🙋)交、(Ⓜ)举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff,头脑(nǎo )简单(dān )、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对(😓)Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热(🖌)中的男士,以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨(🧜)、擅用(yòng )性感作武器的Jane,Steve的(🐑)继任女友、Jeff的同事(shì )、曾(céng )经非常“不羁(🚮)”(包括和Jeff还有(yǒu )Patrick)过的Susan,Susan的莫逆、对衰老(😓)和肥胖极度敏感(gǎn )的美容师Sally三(🍚)位女士。在第一(🗳)集中,Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手,结果却被Jane三言两语引诱到洗手间亲热;Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步,却被告知根本不存在什么“关系”; Susan在洗手间碰到匆(cōng )忙出来(lái )买Durex的Steve,向他表示好感,两人订下(xià )约会(huì )以后Steve钻进隔(🏺)间继续……。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式(shì )起(✏)来的关系(xì ),Jeff寻找(🤕)艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一(yī )段关系,Patrick和(hé )Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深(shēn )难(🐥)舍的(de )感情发展,还有Jane在(✉)事业和异性关系中的各种奇事,等等。
(📛)本剧(jù )在情节设计中所(🚟)达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止,而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演(👚)技更是具有顶尖演员的水平(píng ),无怪乎(🍼)播出之后(hòu )立刻走红大(dà )洋两岸,在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。2002年底(🔜),第3季播毕,故事(✒)情节基本告一段落。美国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两(liǎng )地均广受(🐌)欢迎,觉得正好(hǎo )可以搬(bān )来做2004年终于要关张的(de )《Friends》的接班人,于是2003年大张旗鼓地决定(🚂)翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国的fans本来以为这是(🐰)件好事,没想到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用(yòng )了全台词照搬(🍰)的方法,虽然个人没看过,不过也可以想象到有多恶心,结果只播出一(🔦)集Pilot就因为(🆘)骂声太大而整(🦄)个计(🗺)划搁浅(这点上美国佬是值(zhí )得学习的,不象中(🤧)国有些搞影视的骂声越大越要上)。在这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以(🏖)看到这个计(jì )划的(🍅)尸体(tǐ ),还有一些彻底走了(🍄)味儿的剧照。
2003年底,本剧获得英国喜剧奖(BCA)(🚗)最佳电视喜(📸)剧奖。BBC已(yǐ )经在2004年正式开(⬛)拍并播出第4季,不过(guò )Jeff这个人物将不再出(🅰)现,而代(dài )之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver,由Richard Mylan扮(bàn )(🚏)演。从已(🆚)经播(bō )出的几集来看,应该(🥈)说在更换主要角色之一的背景下(xià ),基本保持了前3季的(de )(📐)水准,但是同时也流露出对前3季中成功情节进行拷(🍫)贝的迹象,希(xī )望这仅仅是(shì )偶然。
Two's company, three's a crowd... so what do you do with six? On average, men and women think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to every second, and you've got Coupling. It's more than just a one night stand!
When a couple gets together, it's never just the two of them - they also bring baggage - and Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport) are no exception. Their baggage is a crowd of best friends and exes who talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
Susan Walker is a beautiful go-getter with an uninhibited attitude who used to date Patrick Maitland (Ben Miles), the sextet's charismatic, cocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who's just too cool to worry about being smart. Attractive Sally Harper (Kate Isitt) is a beauty therapist who is Susan's unashamedly vain best friend, who aggressively battles aging with heavy doses of moisturizer and men - including Patrick.
Meanwhile, Steve Taylor, while getting together with Susan, can't seem to shake loose from his vivacious and slightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane Christie (Gina Bellman), a woman supremely confident in her ability to seduce anyone of either sex, and who refuses to be dumped unless she's the one doing the dumping. Jeff Murdoch (Richard Coyle) is Steve's "porn buddy" who is, in equal parts, obsessed and bewildered by actual sex; charming in his way, but with an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the worst possible time. He works in the same office as Susan, with whom he had a disastrous and unsuccessful one-night fling.
Coupling has been honoured with the prestigious Silver Rose of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.
With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on the horizon, the dynamics of the six friends are definitely changing.
At the end of last season Susan and Steve discovered they were pregnant (well, mostly Susan), confirmed bachelor Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and poor Jane was left on her own, once again.
But it's not all doom and gloom for Jane. As the new season opens, things are looking up. There's this guy called Oliver, who has his eye on her. Is it possible that lifetime loser in love Oliver might just get somewhere with lifetime loser in love Jane? Trouble is, his apartment is a little "un-edited" and his living room has lost the battle with magazine nudity...
Susan and Steve are now well and truly an item. So why is he dreaming about being executed by a fetus with an axe?
(🧡) Meanwhile Sally and Patrick are settling into their new relationship. But since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get home straight afterwards. Can fallen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
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