如果妳自認是jb的愛護者，一定得看的一篇。 若要順便複習一下s1&s2的內容..這篇也行的。 原文 http://www.l-word.com/news/ar_1.php Article by Pam Cole Any casting director, or actor for that matter, will tell you that unless an actor is in some way like the character they are auditioning for, there is a 95% certainty that they will not get the part. The actor must remind the casting director of the character he or she will play. That is why so many auditions end so quickly. If the resemblance--physical, emotional, or mental--is not there, the audition is over. (Thank you. Next, please.) Ilene Chaiken has said that the only actress she ever considered for the part of Bette Porter in The L Word was Jennifer Beals, so we must assume that the Jennifer Beals Chaiken knew was very much like Bette. Beals herself claims to be quite different from Bette, in that she is not as pushy or quick to anger. And yet the ease with which Beals has assumed the role of a character whose sexual orientation is different from her own, makes us instinctively question those differences and look for similarities instead. It is important to remember that Jennifer Beals is not Bette Porter. Jennifer Beals is a happily married heterosexual who acts for a living, and by her own admission, had thought very little about the plight of lesbians prior to her engagement on The L Word. And yet, she fearlessly and respectfully inhabits the lesbian form and brings it to life in every episode: surely, the essence of Beals seeps into this performance at times. Beals as Porter is a riveting presence onscreen. She glides into a scene with breathtaking beauty, ultra sophistication, uncommon confidence and intelligence, and a simmering sexuality that occasionally bursts into flame. That adorable face is a palette of emotion and the visual close-ups that the camera treats us to, paint them clearly. Dialog for Beals is merely a prop to support the story her face has already told. Who among us can bear it when Bette begins to cry-when her face contorts into sadness, her skin actually flushes, and those big brown eyes become muddy with tears? And what heart has not leapt when Bette smiles? In Season One, when she learns that Tina is pregnant; in Season Two, when Tina tells her that she wants to start dating again-these cinematic smiles light our world! As the self-confident, ambitious museum director, Bette's more aggressive qualities are graced by the beauty and style she knows she possesses. She manages, confronts, and often lashes out in ways that have been making corporate leaders out of men for generations. But coming from Bette--a woman--these behaviors are judged negatively; her authority seems harsh. Her power stems from her confidence in herself and her sexuality. Bette believes in a world where being a woman is not a liability, and loving a woman is a source of strength and pride. Beals, the person, has the inner fortitude and self-assuredness to convey this core characteristic of Bette--an attitude of strength that makes her even more attractive than her physical assets or her fashionable couture (which, frankly, I find unnecessary-if she wore a burlap sack, I'd be salivating. We can all be forgiven for breathing a little heavier when the 41-year-old Beals is on screen. She is, after all, one of the 50 most beautiful people on the planet, according to "People Magazine" [2004], a fact for which she really cannot take full credit. To achieve such beauty requires great genes and an act of God.) If Jennifer Beals is anything like Bette, she is filled with passion and integrity and love (when she's not being sarcastic, controlling, or self-centered). Our Bette is not a perfect person, though she is trying to become a better person. She has "failed the woman she loved" by succumbing to Candace, acting out sexually to cover the grief she could not express over the loss of her child. When parents lose a child, they often have one of two extreme reactions: they draw closer to one another and deal with the death of their child together, which ultimately makes their relationship stronger; or they pull away from each other, struggling to deal with grief individually, ashamed or afraid to show such emotion. In Season one, Bette was not able to admit the depth of her despair over the loss of her and Tina's child, but it was patently portrayed at the end of episode 9, when Bette enters the house after confronting the museum protestors in her own front yard and turns away from the camera, spreading her arms against the doorframe and bowing her head, shaking with sobs. The weight of grief and responsibility is crucifying her, and this stance says it clearly. I believe that this was Bette's breaking point in Season 1, too much for any one person to bear. And yet Bette--proud, controlling, caretaking--refuses to admit that she is broken, that she too needs help. She stands upright, shakes off the feelings, and strides straight into the camera, back to the bedroom to comfort the inconsolable Tina. (Does she even mention the grotesque encounter she has just endured to Tina? I doubt it.) She refuses to admit her grief in therapy ("I don't need to cry"); she refuses to admit her grief to Tina, who needs her support; and she never speaks about the loss to anyone, including her friends or her sister. When she goes to the bar to hear Kit perform, on the fateful night when she meets Candace, she fails to even mention to Yolanda, or Candace, that Tina has just lost their baby and that's why she isn't there. Tina, on the other hand, weeps openly in therapy and with Bette, goes on a vacation with the crew, and finds a new outlet for her pain in volunteer work. Bette never really deals with the loss and withdraws from Tina, who is a constant reminder of that loss. When Candace enters the picture, the affair is purely an escape from the pain Bette has buried inside. In better times, Candace would have never caught her eye. Was it awful? Yes. Was it predictable? Yes. And as art imitates life, the other question I have often asked myself is, would I do the same thing? That is the question that has forced me to take a deeper look at my own 8-year relationship. Bette is not a bad person any more than I am, or any of the millions of other people, gay and straight, who have ever had an affair to distract themselves from unhappiness. It is a universal story, one that is told over and over again, which is why it worked so well in The L Word. For her portrayal of Bette Porter, Jennifer Beals has received numerous honors and awards and recognition, all deservedly. But the most telling point about that is, she has graciously and openly accepted them, speaking out about her role and her privilege to perform it. If the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences does not recognize the actors and producers of The L Word come Emmy time, it will be a tacit nod to the homophobia still rampant in Hollywood and America. These performances transcend homophobia and should be rewarded. Especially that of Beals, a beautiful straight woman pretending to be a beautiful lesbian so convincingly that she has aroused an entire sub-culture, in more ways than one. --------------------- 這篇實在是把jb神化了..有些東西講到心坎了。那哭與笑都能牽動的.... 小心本文有動物出沒喔.. --

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