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"Nothing happens", a love story that laughs out of tears
It's a love story that takes place in Italy.
Two good brothers, Benedictine (Little Ban ban) and Claudio (little Keke), followed their master Peterlo to triumph.
The small class and the little Keke triumphed, greeting their little Heshi and little Babe. Excerpt from "Nothing Happens"
Little Keke falls in love with Rionato's daughter Hiro (Little Hirsch), while Little Ban ban continues to fight with Little Hirsch's cousin Beatrice (Little Bebe). Ban Ban and Babe are two staunch unmarried men, one wondering why their buddies are falling in love so easily, and then questioning the soul of "Will I never see a sixty-year-old boy?" and the other declaring that he would rather listen to his dog barking at a crow than listen to a man swear to love her.
Under The active initiative of Petro, the sympathetic Kock and Little Hirsch see that the wedding is about to be held, and as a result, they encounter a major setback - the villain of the play, Count John, because he has lost his position in Petro and cannot see others happy, so he decides to insert a lever in this good thing.
The duo of villains plotting to stir up the marriage, Count John and Pietro. Excerpt from "Nothing Happens"
At the same time, except for the small class and Xiao Bei Bei himself, anyone with long eyes can see that there is a rather enthusiastic chemical reaction between them. So Peterro proposed that the two of them should be mistaken for thinking that the other was madly in love with him but did not dare to confess, so that they would not be afraid of not showing their true hearts.
Peterlo, Little Keke, and Leonardo pretended not to see him talk loudly about Little Babe's obsession with him when they were resting in the corner of the garden, and Little Hirsch used the same way as his female companion to make Little Babe mistakenly think that Little Babe was suffering from lovesickness for her.
In the garden deliberately made bad Pedro, the Younger and Leonardo. Excerpt from "Nothing Happens"
When Ban Ban and Babe were respectively counted, the two most comedic scenes in the play were born.
The two men, who had always been pinpointing to Mai Mang and never refusing to eat a little loss at each other's place, finally confessed to themselves: "When I said I wanted to be a bachelor for the rest of my life, it was because I didn't think I would live to the day I got married"; the other held a red face and declared, "Goodbye, the pride of a virgin", "People say you deserve my love, but I know your benefits better than others."
Seeing that the road ahead of it, which was originally full of thorns, was about to become a flat river, the time bomb that Shakespeare had planted before was finally detonated in time.
John's dog legs were friendly with little Heshi's maid, and he hurried to offer a plan. They first framed Little Heshi's virginity in front of Petro and Little Keke, saying that she had exhausted her husband, and then let them see with their own eyes that Little Heshi was indeed lying on the balcony on the eve of the wedding and flirting with the dog's leg, but in fact it was the maid of little Heshi who had been used.
Pedro regretted that he should not have been so active in sending his brother to an adulteress, and Little Keke immediately decided that since Little Heshi had made a fool of himself, he must repay it twice.
So at the wedding the next day, a horror-like scene appeared: Keke repented in public and insulted Hirsch's honor. Poor Heech fainted on the ground with a miserable face, as if dead.
Looking at Peterlo and Xiao Keke who were whisking away, the angry little Babe hated that he was not a man and could not avenge his cousin, and instead asked Xiao Banban to duel with Xiao Keke, and Ban Ban hesitated, or out of love, agreed to Babe's request.
Of course, because this is still a comedy after all, can not really make a human life, so in the end the dog leg was arrested and imprisoned, John absconded in fear of crime, and the two lovers at the end, also got their wishes, and finally became family members.
A comedic ending in which lovers eventually become dependents. Excerpt from "Nothing Happens"
Why annoy female audiences?
Now let's get back to the title of this article. Why is it that for such a play, female audiences are still annoyed after watching it as they are about "Taming"? I can give you a few brief examples.
For example, John's ruse with the dog's leg is actually not how subtle, but the two important male characters of Little Keke and Petero, just like dementia, even if they say how much they love Little Xixi, but in action, they accept it without thinking, and Little Keke has come up with the means of revenge for the large-scale death of his lover at the wedding ceremony the next day, so that she will not only not get married the next day, but also impossible to be treated squarely for the rest of her life.
This act is unforgivable, even if it is explained by anger after being betrayed. As little Babe said, "Quietly holding her hand, waiting until she was about to shake hands, she turned her face and publicly announced his vicious rumors", "Hasn't he fully proved to be a wicked person, slandering my sister like this, slandering her, and destroying her reputation"?
What is even more infuriating is that Little Xixi's father, Rionato, although he does not know the truth, feels that he has been humiliated in the absence of evidence and two sides have their own opinions, and actually said after his daughter passed out, "For her shame, death is the best cover", and even described Xiao Xixi at this time as "falling in the pit of sludge, the water of the sea can not wash away her filth, and all the salt in the sea is not enough to relieve the putrefaction on her flesh."
And when the truth came out and Little Keke still mistakenly thought that Little Heshi had died unjustly, the first thing he said was: "Dear Little Heshi!" Now your image is back to the purity and beauty I was when I first loved you"! （Excuse me？？ ）
And even such a little Keke, in the end, also got the forgiveness of Xiao Xixi, and finally embraced the beauty (sorry for the black life of Xiao Keke).
These words and deeds of the characters, in the patriarchal society hundreds of years ago, seem to be normal, but if you let the modern audience, especially the female audience, feel the diaphragm in their hearts. So now when reinterpreting Shakespeare's work, there will also be some changes that conform to the times, which is very normal.
For example, in the original script, Xiao Keke's confession in the "tomb" of Xiao Xixi and Xiao Xixi did not hear it, but now some troupes will let Xiao Xixi disguise himself as a corpse during rehearsals, and stay under Xiao Keke's eyes from beginning to end, he is equivalent to completing his sincere confession in front of Xiao Xixi, which makes it easier for Xiao Xixi to finally forgive him.
Look at the meaning of this comedy in the present moment
So, how do we properly understand Shakespeare's classic comedy?
First of all, although there are some tragic elements in the plot, the play is essentially a completely comedic structure.
The English name of the script is Much Ado About Nothing, and in Elizabethan Britain, the pronunciation of "nothing" was very similar to noting, so "nothing" also had puns for "attention", "record", and "eavesdropping". "Eavesdropping" is not only common in the play, but also crucial, and is the key to misunderstandings, which are the most important elements of the comedy situation of the play.
Secondly, the protagonists in the play are not Xiao Keke and Xiao Xixi, but the absolute female one Xiao Bei Bei and the absolute male small class, and even between the two, the light of Xiao Bei Bei is better.
Little Babe is one of the most memorable of shakespeare's female characters, she is not only beautiful and witty, but also fierce and stubborn, in British society hundreds of years ago, she was able to break the convention, openly declare celibacy, do not want to be attached to men, not only can fight with them, but also the little Ban Ban, who is also known for his humor among men, is obedient, and can also politely and humorously reject PeterRo's marriage proposal to him. When faced with injustice and false accusations, she can also stand up and resist with all her might, never being a silent lamb.
The arrogant little Babe who issued the declaration of non-marriage: Marriage, people all over the world are scrambling to drill into that cage, except for me. Excerpt from "Nothing Happens"
If the little Heshi who has almost no lines in the play is a female character who conforms to the aesthetics of the people at that time, the little Babe created by Shakespeare reflects the advanced gender consciousness of this great playwright.
In addition, the source of the character relationship setting of "Joy and Joy" in film and television dramas that everyone is already very familiar with can be traced back to the Shakespeare script more than 400 years ago.
Whether it is the little Babe and the small class in "Nothing to Do", or Catherine and Petruccio in "The Taming of the Trainer", this obviously comedic character relationship setting has brought laughter and beautiful experiences to the audience for hundreds of years, and has gradually become a worldwide consensus in subsequent creations.
In short, although watching the story alone now may make people think that Shakespeare's "Nothing To Be Wrong" is not so "comedic", if you have seen the actors' outstanding interpretations on the basis of Shakespeare's script, they will definitely laugh out of tears and laugh off their teeth again and again in the theater or in front of the screen.
Face your child's love
However, before I told my baby about "Nothing to Do", I was still a little hesitant, because if I read it to her as it was, it would mean that I would have to expose her to a concept - love. This story really says nothing but love.
But my baby is in the fourth grade. A year ago, when I picked her up from school, someone in their class was already jumping in front of me and saying, who is my girlfriend's boyfriend.
So I decided to face this story and my baby's love.
Although in the process, she would laugh happily when she heard Ban Ban and Babe's "eavesdropping", and when she heard Shihi's fainting, she would nervously straighten her back, but when I asked her what she thought of this story, she cried out and said, "Generally, it's all love." ”
So at this time, I no longer hid it, and I asked: "Little fat, what do you think is love?" ”
She first giggled and said that she didn't know, but she looked at me very seriously, so she thought about it and replied: "Love is a very beautiful feeling, if you love him, you will be willing to do anything for him, just like although it is raining heavily outside now, but I say I want to eat something, you will still go out and buy it for me." 」 ”
I said, "I think you're right, love is a very beautiful feeling, but I love you, and it's still not the same as love." ”
She said, "I know. ”
I asked again, "So if you fall in love with someone, will you really do anything for him?" ”
She thought for a moment and said, "No. I'm not going to die for him, and I'm not going to do anything to hurt myself for him. If he hurt me, I wouldn't love him, I wouldn't be like that little Heech, and I wouldn't end up marrying him. ”
My girl is now nine and a half years old, and I think her current understanding of love has been mixed with the knowledge of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Nothing To Be Wrong", and I am satisfied. As for other things that may "hurt" and "be hurt," let me tell her slowly in the next ten years.
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Author: Li Xiang
Doctor of Drama and Drama, Screenwriter and Teacher
The mother of a nine-year-old baby girl
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