巴瑞第二季

第一季我看的感觉是“我草，还能这样拍”第二季看完我是感觉“我草，怎么这么拍呢”。第一季里的巴瑞，我觉得很惊喜的地方，在于他是一个有血有肉的人。最初的他是一个loser杀手，战场生活和杀手生涯让他漠视生命，麻木不仁，犹如行尸走肉。直到意外加入了表演学习班，不同以往的经历和人物关系。让像是给他打开了一个新世界，就像一个被逼着学习到麻木的小孩子，第一次接触网络游戏。这些未曾有过的体验，让他又“活了”过来。0

I'm sorry, can we stop for a second? I just, I feel like I need to say something, Barry.

[Barry: okay.]

This piece that I'm doing for class, is exactly what I should be doing.

[Barry: yeah I know it's great, what you're doing is…]

I'm terrified, okay? Because my piece is real. It's not a character, it's me. Raw, unapologetic truth with a capital T. All caps, actually, I'm thinking like a writer now.

I mean this was stuff I couldn't even talk about without lying, and here I am about just stripped naked in front of a bunch of strangers and share something I am massively ashamed of. Not literally, I don't believe in nudity, unless it drives the story forward.

I am afraid they're gonna judge me and I'm afraid that Sam is gonna find out and do something crazy, but I have to do this. It's my story to tell. But then so many other women have the same story. What, am I the spokesperson for them now? Could I be the face of the movement? I mean, what if I get it wrong? I resent the fact that Nick can get up there and talk about his stomach condition and it's not like he has to be the poster boy for bulimia but I get up there whatever I say it's like… "what are we saying about women?" … I mean, this is just MY STORY. "But what if you get it wrong, Sally?" "I don't know, you can't get it wrong Sally." "But you cannot tell either Sally, because it's who you are." Which makes the thing that my agent sent me on today so fucking insulting. 'Payback Ladies'? It's just another shit male idea of what strong women are. Oh oh ohh grab a gun and in some stilettos and it's gonna god damn blowout, and look how strong you are now! Sally! It's bullshit! Which by the way so is this, this is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever read, but you wanna know the worst part? You wanna know what's really driving me fucking crazy? I'm so jealous that you're reading for this, I've never had a director session for a feature, which is the same thing as a movie, P.S.. And I have been doing this for way longer, and I think you'd agree that I am way better. I… MADE YOU. And I'm actually represented by Gersh--well at least I was, I don't even know whether they rep me anymore after what I said in there today but still at least I held my ground because I am an artist, okay, an artist… and this is not fucking arts! But then, I mean, to be honest of course I am so happy for you! I mean, of course I want you to get this part and I want to be the one to help you learn your lines and fix your inflections but I need you to know that if you do get it, it's gonna make me like, like a hundred times more insane. Okay? … [Gasp.] Continue!

I'm okay with the fact that Sally doesn't really love Barry, not even a bit. She just feeds off Barry's indecisiveness and uses him as a bandage to cover her wound from both Sam and every other embodiment of "toxic musculanity" in her life; her intention for Barry is the same as what she said about Emma Stone's agent, that she wanted him to be her agent so that she could dump him when she got big. And I love the writing of Sally's character so much just because of that. She and Barry never really had a benign relationship, so what's the point of resenting her for being a bitch to him? Sally aspires for ascending. Barry takes pains in order for descending from a god-like place (which he was himself both unaware of and didn't know how to utilize) to the every-person mundaneness that Sally would give anything to leave behind.

Bill Hader is an instantaneously likeable person; the creator's monster, Barry Berkman, however, is not. The real touchstone of Barry's character is his absolute lack of character despite of him having the most sensational events of life. Even his dreams are so itchingly dull and devoid of intellectual self-reflection that it makes him pitiful to watch. To me, that's what makes Barry Berkman as should-be-just-another-male-leading-role in today's show industry utterly fanscinating; once they gave him a sharp character as if he were some kind of Macbethian anti-hero, all the magic would be lost. Indeed, the Barry/Macbeth parallel was drawn in Season One, but it was done so unpretentiously that it added almost nothing to our protagonist's personality; rather, it only spoke of the similarity between his real life tragics and the theatrical tragedy. That Barry had to go through partially what Macbeth did does not readily make him a Macbeth-like character. He is more ambivalent and less archetypical than that. He is the one left-out possibility of being a murderer that hasn't been discussed and tried out exhaustively up till now in the movie industry because of its unexcitedness. Sally, uncaring and narcissistic as she is, has no reason to see through the hollowness of his personality and learn that her boyfriend has been going through some shitty, incubating tormants and plights. (Actually there is more reason for her not to see that since her ignorance is a part of the comedy.) The transcendence from absurdity to ridicule is totally sensible to me, and it's so funny the moment you realize that how unrelatable yet sympathetic Barry's character is whereas how relatable yet obnoxious Sally's character is and that they are placed in a distanced, intimate relationship, struggling to move in two opposite directions while being stuck together in one storyline.

Barry is the freaking monster, who, I'm gonna say that again, could have been a god as he used to took lives without reason, mercy or regret but he chose to descend down towards the earth. Instead of turning into a human, he was forced by his humanity to become a monster. Sally is the most of the human race, who have been dreamt of ascending up towards the sky for tens of thousands of years. But they will never make it, neither will she--their monstrous cruelty keeps them safely tied to the ground while mutilating each other as human members. How can I help but name calling Barry and Sally as two ungrateful pieces of shit? As in the end they are both about just being the same person in different positions and over different time frames, I guess the joke is on me.

今天看《紧急呼救》第二季里接线员姐姐的家暴故事，很自然地想起《巴瑞》对家暴题材的描写。两者都强调了家暴发生后女性想逃却难逃的挣扎心理，还有逃离后的悔恨。但由于《巴瑞》是大男主POV戏，编剧组写的更复杂些。 男主角巴瑞在女主面前一直是以她的守护骑士形象出现，他支持她成为更好的自己。排演女主被家暴的经历时，巴瑞连连拒绝对她动手，即使只是演戏。女主回忆起阴影，觉得自己懦弱胆小时，巴瑞劝慰她说你已经很勇敢了。看起来巴瑞是最积极无害的伴侣。 可是在女主前夫激怒巴瑞时，他被怒火冲昏头脑掏枪上膛，枪口却意外对上了女主。这一刻巴瑞惊恐至极。愤怒冲动的他和那个家暴人渣又有什么区别？

Barry误将枪口对准Sally

在Sally编导的那场戏中，巴瑞演绎着施暴者，就是将他潜藏的暴力因子展示给众人看。之前看到微博上跃小才太太的剧评中说，最后一集如果不是Sally的突然变卦，刚被删了一耳光、处在怒火中的巴瑞真有可能伤害到她。骑士若是翻了脸——本质上和“渣男”竟没有分别。所以所谓好与坏的区别，只在个人私心下的一念之间。善与恶是个历史悠久的大命题，单是一部作品必然讨论不明白，所以Bill的《巴瑞》也只是想反映一种状态：挣扎、矛盾、自我的巴瑞的存世状态。（所以HBO提议就叫这部剧巴瑞，太有先见之明了。）

舞台上怒火中烧的Barry

影视作品常刻画施害者的暴戾，受害者的痛苦，《巴瑞》主创却写了个新角色:一个站在旁观视角的、害怕使用暴力的男人。陷入道德困境，首要条件是心中有道德准线。Bill曾经说，他很怕自己的anger issue，怕自己控制不住暴躁情绪。善良的人总是恐惧自己，太多人偏于掩饰心机阴暗的一面，将其作为秘密武器，世界上却还有这样一些人担忧着它误伤到他人。

访谈中Bill说，他们两个白男导演必定是不能全然共情家暴受害者的，所以找到亲历者了解，“因为那才是真实的。”当知晓了暴力所带来的严重后果，人们才会警惕暴力的发生。正如巴瑞见识过他自己造成的伤害，他才慢慢从杀手麻木的职业状态中醒来。巴瑞经历了阿富汗错杀平民后周围的哭喊；经历了昔日战友遗孀的悲痛欲绝；经历了珍妮丝被他当作问题解决后，Cousineau先生的崩溃。所以巴瑞拒绝再按下扳机，拒绝扮演施暴者，拒绝成为一个“坏人”。直到灯一盏盏熄灭，他复又沉入黑暗。剧集到这里逻辑上也许出现了偏差，但足够震撼观众。接下来第三季如何开始，是巴瑞的困境，更是给Bill和主创团队的难题。

不过答案或许已经在第一季出现过了，是借麦克白之口精彩道出——“Life is but a walking shadow.”巴瑞只是一个行走着的影子，或许终会融入黑暗之中。这些“喧哗和骚动”着的纠结，或者说是戏剧冲突，其实“没有任何意义”，只博观众一笑便罢了。

“行走的影子”

写到这顺便聊聊感情线，主创团队和多数观众都认为男女主之间的关系是不成熟的“伪爱情”，女主是索取者，男主是奉献者，就这么简单罢了。但我还是非常喜欢他们俩的relationship，其实有相当多可以细品的地方……

好吧 作为一个半天之内看完前两季 然后坐等三月份第三季的朋友 现在的心情就跟刚看完爱豆的live买完周边然后马上又可以找人家签名的感觉 Season3 is coming!Hell yeah!!

首先 SNL成就了Bill Hader—————————

我心血来潮选择看barry这部不温不火的剧完全是因为Bill Hader ，毕竟SNL第38季都被我翻了个底朝天(夸张了) Bill应该算是那一届神卡司的领头羊了。现在的snl没有Bill Kristen Kate Fred Andy..是没有灵魂的周六夜现场了

我相信在周六夜和所有为喜剧而生的优秀编导，演员们一起成长，可谓是让Bill天赋异禀的喜剧细胞融入他演绎的所有角色的重要因素。因此他演什么我们都会觉得 这是个会让人捧腹大笑的那种小品（对于熟悉他的人来说）。当然 他本身长相也比较喜感毋庸置疑233 加上公鸭嗓音更加让他在引爆笑点的时候游刃有余，尤其是他有非常牛逼的口音模仿技能 （而且有没有觉得眉目之间他有点像憨豆..

并且在看这部剧之前，我去看了一些他作为嘉宾出席各类脱口秀的视频，也完全是一个美国国民宝藏一样的人物。油管上有很多他的cute/happy moments的剪辑，然后下面的评论也都是一片包含善意的赞美...作为一个谐星，带给大家欢乐和温暖的喜剧人，他可以说是非常成功了。

其次 BARRY的成功————————————

没有查任何资料和其他的深度采访，我只知道艾美奖已经足以说明一切。但他厉害的点就在于再这部剧当中我并没有感受到任何强烈的喜剧印记。Barry如果不被贴上喜剧的标签 完全可以说是一部犯罪向剧情片，一部超正的正剧。他可以塑造一个饱满的集两极端于一体的杀手角色，并且这两面能够被观众所接纳，说不定你还能在任何一面当中找到自己的影子。因为我个人对于杀手角色实在是爱不释手，最爱的几部包括有冰血暴的Lorne Malvo和印第安人，杀死伊芙的小变态等等都令人过目难忘，很多情节时不时会在你脑海中重现。而且他们之中的很多，都经历了寻找自我的过程中与这个职业的冲突和交融。Barry也是。

于是加分的一个设定就是杀手与演员之间的戏剧性冲突，被很好的结合了起来。不管是将这个角色从一个中心向相反的两端挖掘，还是说向观众清晰地呈现一个人发现自我的过程，都出奇地自然。

还有在第二季，不知道有没有人注意到，每一集后面都附有编剧解析。印象最深刻的几个解析，也可以说是剧情，一个是如果我没记错是第五集，一个从头至尾的打斗戏。其实整部剧除了最终集之外我最喜欢的就是这集激烈的打斗戏，我记得Bill说的是“我设想如果我们能承担得起，我会拍一集完整的打斗戏。”结果拍完之后Bill真的是超级累。

这集里面有一个非常诡异的跆拳道小女孩，是罗尼的女儿。Bill当时说“我认识一家人，他们有一个会特技和跆拳道的女孩，如果你们需要用到小女孩的话 就告诉我哦。” 最后应剧本需要“不如就让她是Ronny的女儿呗” 这段就这么歪打正着地敲定了。

还有一幕是最后一集的编剧解析 Alec表示“观众多么想知道Gene和Fuches走到一起会发生什么！”（您简直太了解我了）以及Bill在一个自编自导自演的位置上，用非常冷静淡定的语气解析剧情的感觉真的太棒了。

一些花絮—————————————————

刚开始看发现里面居然有一个脸熟的女演员（是那个找barry代班的妹子 然后她演了why women kill）然后我还觉得那个烂俗的payback girls没听到名字之前 我还以为他要讲的是why women kill...我是真的觉得很像..no offense..

现在回想起来第一集他进入表演课并且真的乖乖站在台上没心没肺地念了两句台词的那段戏，真的太黑色幽默了。还有警察总是抓不对人并且深信自己抓的是对的人，让我很为加州的治安担忧诶（并没有 我爱黑色幽默

还有我目前为止最喜欢的桥段绝对是Sally那段超快速独白的长镜头，我可以重播十遍，编剧视角官方吐槽。

女主在说拿到的角色无聊的弱智，说这不符合我的坚强人设，

指导老师说，你是演绎不了弱者形象吗？

男主在面对过去的行为和如今的现实时，指导老师说，你是做了些不好的事情，但这些无法定义你。

都是一瞬间，一句话，我们从挣扎表达里超脱，我们从某个重要他人那里得到力量，甚至得到救赎。 下一秒，指导老师说这是私教，我去拿账单，正因为你透漏了秘密，而对方适时的收费，片中的细节安排就有那么点别扭的符合人性，又很有趣，不过既然得到了力量，有了救赎感，付一点费用又何妨呢。

另外我诚心觉得海报上的瞪眼芳使贵剧流失了一大批天朝潜在观众。okk Bill Hader becomes rad in North America now，但如果不是提前熟悉他，看到两季海报正常人应该都不会有什么探索欲望。

这他妈真的是一部很严肃的剧。如果《广告狂人》中心在于身份探索问题，那么Barry讲的就是身份面对问题。本质上依旧是【我是谁】那一套，只不过Barry作为标题人物又蠢又滑稽又可怜兮兮毫无欲望权力野心一般麦克白式白男主人公不这么写罢了。毕竟是个喜剧。