芝加哥论坛报：中国，人人都爱许三多
In China, everybody loves Xu SanduoBy [i]Evan Osnos[/i]
January 13, 2008
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BEIJING - The Chinese have found an anti-hero worthy of Tony Soprano.
Xu Sanduo is not a godfather. He is not a father. He is not even alout. He is, however, a character whose mix of flaws and charms hasmade him an unlikely television phenomenon who seems perfectly craftedfor his time. And his story -- violent, exotic, unlike the life ofalmost anyone watching at home -- has somehow emerged as China'snational Rorschach test.
"Soldier Sortie," a dramaticseries, premiered on Chinese state television in 2006. In the firstepisode, viewers meet Xu, the shy, simple son of a peasant. The fathercomplains that the boy is too dim to plant crops. A drunk who spendsmost of his time smacking around his three sons, the father wants topawn off the youngest, Xu, on the army, which seems like a singularlyunsuitable fit. When the recruiter arrives to take a look, the fatherthrashes Xu for eating too fast and making a bad impression. Then heorders Xu to show off his physical strength ("Climb a tree!"). Therecruiter takes pity on Xu and signs him up just to get him away fromthe father, proclaiming, "In one year, I'll turn your son into anawe-inspiring soldier."
Sure enough, the country boy blossoms and becomes a special forcesstar. Much of the series is spent following his training, showing himcarry heavy logs and wriggle through the mud. At other moments, hefights valiantly against unnamed foreign foes. The pyrotechnics areimpressively lifelike and modern, in contrast to other state-televisionwar dramas that are hung up on the Red Army's victories half a centuryago, with brooding Mao Tse-tung look-alikes in pancake makeup andstick-on hair, waxing nobly.
Where Soprano is cruel, Xu's flaw is dimness. But his determination tosucceed through hard work seems refreshing in today's China, in whichconnections and canny strategy seem to guarantee success more oftenthan simple perseverance.
A typical fan is Xu Bo, a 23-year-old college student in the easterncity of Hangzhou, who is facing uncertain job prospects with no clearway to get ahead. "It's not only me," Xu said. "My grandfather, myfather, my classmates, we all love it. I watched it two or three timesand cried over and over."
The Chinese search engine Baidu named Xu Sanduo (the character, not theactor) its person of the month in November, based on how many peoplewere searching for him. The actor who plays him, 24-year-old WangBaoqiang, is on magazine covers, and his personal story has becomelegend: a village boy who left home at age 8 to study martial arts atthe famed Shaolin Temple for six years before venturing to the capital,where he hovered around the Beijing Film Studio, working as an extraand a construction worker. Baoqiang's big break came with the 2003 film"Blind Shaft," in which he plays a hapless teenage coal miner.
"Soldier Sortie" is, incidentally, a valuable promotional tool forChina's military at a time when it is combing college campuses insearch of well-educated recruits. It could use the image boost; in1989, Chinese leaders called in the People's Liberation Army to crushdemonstrations in Tiananmen Square, and some Chinese say it neverregained the public's trust.
To that end, the show might help, but for most viewers, the appeal runsdeeper than the military theme. Many say Xu captures a spirit ofinnocence that seems lacking in China's hypercompetitive markets andworkplaces. Few pine for the gray socialist realism of yesteryear, but,as the show's director Kang Honglei puts it, people see something in Xuthat they wonder if they have lost.
"I always think," Kang said, "that Xu Sanduo is the most authentic person among hundreds of millions of us."
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Evan Osnos covered China for the Tribune in 2007, based in Beijing. 中文大意：
环球在原标题《人人都爱许三多》上给加了个引标《美报评中国新时代士兵形象》，以下是正文：
美国《芝加哥论坛报》1月13日文章，原题：在中国，人人都爱许三多 许三多不是教父，不是父亲，不是傻瓜。他是（中国）电视连续剧《士兵突击》的主人公，仿佛是专为这个时代量身定做的。他缺点和魅力并存，匪夷所思地走红。在某种程度上，从他的故事——猛烈、奇异，与几乎所有观众的生活不一样 ——可一窥中国的国民性格。
在电视剧中，这名来自农村的男孩进步迅速，成为一名特种兵之星。他的故事富于生活化和现代化，与其他宣扬半个世纪前红军战绩的国有战争影视剧不大一样。
在当今中国，拉关系和巧算计似乎才能确保功成名就，单单百折不挠常常不能奏效，许三多立志通过艰苦付出取得成功的决心对此似乎具有振聋发聩之效。
杭州23岁的大学生许波（音）是个典型的“许三多”迷，“不仅是我，”许说，“我爷爷、爸爸和同学，大家都喜欢看。我看了两三遍了，每次都流泪。”
正当中国军方到大学招募新兵之时，《士兵突击》意外成为了提高中国军人形象的有力宣传工具。但对大多数观众来说，《士兵突击》的感染力超越军事主题。很多人说许三多这个角色捕捉住了在中国激烈竞争的市场和职场似乎早已丧失的一种纯真。很少有人会怀念昔日灰暗的社会主义，但正如该电视剧导演所言，观众从许三多身上看到了他们已推动的东西。 （作者埃文·奥斯诺斯，邱峰译） 《士兵突击》的感染力超越军事主题。
很多人说许三多这个角色捕捉住了在中国激烈竞争的市场和职场似乎早已丧失的一种纯真。
很少有人会怀念昔日灰暗的社会主义。 不抛弃 不放弃 有意义的事就是好好活～ 嗯，我也超爱这部电视剧，看了N遍了
这个电视剧没有意识形态说教，没有人与人之间的勾心斗角，没有男欢女爱的缠绵悱恻
感觉就像一阵清风
它并不是一部纯粹的军旅剧，他的内涵比以前的军事题材的电视剧要深刻的多 我回去宕下来.这边限制用BT, 我除了BT就不会别的了.∶47 [quote]原帖由 [i]无忧公主[/i] 于 2008-1-15 06:24 发表 [url=http://www.bestxian.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=56923&ptid=7019][img]http://www.bestxian.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
我回去宕下来.这边限制用BT, 我除了BT就不会别的了.∶477" /> [/quote]
用emule也会被限制吗？
实在不行，ppstream上也有
去年一年，关于这个电视剧的帖子就大规模出现在天涯论坛了，但我一直认为是跟《垂直打击》类似的无聊电视剧，所以一直没有看，直到12月份答辩完后，实在是无聊了才下载观看的，我已经是非常落伍了 这个，我还没有好好看过，
不过把《亮剑》看了不下八九遍，
回头把这个也搞定！ [quote]原帖由 [i]城阙九重门[/i] 于 2008-1-15 05:02 发表 [url=http://www.bestxian.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=56915&ptid=7019][img]http://www.bestxian.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
嗯，我也超爱这部电视剧，看了N遍了
这个电视剧没有意识形态说教，没有人与人之间的勾心斗角，没有男欢女爱的缠绵悱恻
感觉就像一阵清风
它并不是一部纯粹的军旅剧，他的内涵比以前的军事题材的电视剧要深刻的多 ... [/quote]
[url]www.ppfilm.cn[/url]
这个也不错，
在线观看，无需下载，
速度还行。 不喜欢，没看过。感觉很无聊的帖子。
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