只是想感慨一下SimonRich闪闪发光的简历罢了

SimonRich，1984年出生，哈佛毕业，担任过HarvardLampoon的主席，一毕业就已经签了两本书的合同，并且开始在SNL工作，四年后跳去了Pixar，目前已经出版了两本小说和四本幽默作品集，根据其中一本作品集TheLastGirlfriendonEarth创作出了本剧。非常搞笑非常高产非常牛逼，同时也非常nerdy的一个娃娃脸男子。好的，这部分感慨完毕。话说去年七月某一天，我打开了纽约客的页面，看到MostPopular一栏里有一个标题是GuyWalksIntoaBar，这么老套的笑话开头居然也能上最受欢迎榜？我带着几分好奇点了进去，然后笑趴了。原文在此，http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/18/guy-walks-into-a-bar刚好那天下午我去找杂志主编聊天，聊到幽默这个话题，他跟我他刚刚看了纽约客的一篇文章笑得不行了，我说不会是那个酒吧笑话吧，他说是的。小短文里的各种反转再加上这个巧合，让我一直对这篇文章印象非常深刻。刚刚在googleSimonRich的时候，去到了他的纽约客页面，嘿，发现这篇文章居然就是他写的。本剧和此文风格真是一脉相承。Vulture对他的采访里还专门提到了这篇文章。Vulture:Recently,whenTheNewYorkerwebsitetookdownitspaywallforashortperiodoftime,yourstoryquot;GuyWalksIntoaBarquot;wentviralunexpectedly.Wereyouawarethathappened?Wasitexciting?Rich:Itwasthrilling!Whenyou’rewriting,youcannevertellwhichstoriesaregoingtocatchonlikethat,anditwouldprobablybeamistaketowritewiththatasyourgoal,butI’vealwaysbeencompletelyshockedandgratifiedandoverjoyedwithstoriesthattouchanerve.I’mamazedthatonecaughtonbecauseit’sobviouslyverystrange.Growingup,youwouldhearquot;guywalksintoabarquot;jokesinlockerrooms,andtheyalwayshadsometough,machoedgetothem.Theywerealwaysaboutwantingagiantdickorwantingtosleepwithwomenorwantingablowjob.Theywerealwaystheseharsh,masculine,machojokes,andIneverconnectedtothem,evenasIwasrepeatingtheminlockerroomsinManhattanasathird-grader.Ialwaysthoughtitwouldbefuntotakethatfamousjokeformandinfuseitwithasmuchvulnerabilityandpathosaspossible,andturnthattropeonitshead.Soasanexperiment,Isaid,quot;I’mgoingtostartwiththemostfamous[version]ofthisclassicjokeandtrytohumanizeeverysinglecharactertothebestofmyability—emotionallyredeemthemall.quot;Ialmostpulleditoff,butIwasreadinganarticleaboutthestory,andsomebodypointedoutthatIforgotaboutthegeese.ThereweregeeseinthestoryandIforgotaboutthem,Ididn’tgettothem,soIfeellikeatsomepoint,I’llhavetodoaseconddraftofthatstorywhereIgivethegeesesomekindofemotionalarcaswell.好温油的一个小伙子:)