To life! 致生活！
And being done with it! 以及生活的倒掉！
光影棱镜 第一季 第一集 【波杰克和唐德雷柏】 翻译 微博@假蚁病情
“BoJack Horseman” and “Mad Men” 《马男波杰克》和《广告狂人》
aren’t two shows you’d immediately lump together, 不是两个你可以立即联系在一起的电视剧
but if you think about it 但是如果你细想一下
there are some deep, fascinating parallels between their main characters 这两个主角有不少深层的，迷人的相似点
60s Ad Man Don Draper and former sitcom star BoJack Horseman. 六十年代的广告人 唐·德雷柏 和前任情景喜剧笑星马男波杰克
Sure, Don is a suave, put-together guy from a past era 诚然，唐是一个来自上个时代的圆滑老道的儒雅绅士
who relishes his work 他热爱自己的工作
while BoJack is a contemporary animated horseman 波杰克是一个当代的动画马男
who’s far less motivated or savvy at navigating his public life 他既不上进也不热衷于为现实生活探路
That said, both are unhappy, womanizing alcoholics 两者都郁郁寡欢，玩弄女性成瘾
dealing with existential angst 在我之存在的苦海里遨游
stuck in self-destructive cycles 沦陷于自我戕害的循环中
and profoundly dissatisfied with themselves 而且对于自我深深地不满
“I keep going to a lot of places 我一直往不同的地方走去
and ending up somewhere I've already been.” 却又总是踏上来时的一样路
Both live surrounded by images of beauty and bliss, . 两者都被美色垂青，被成功眷顾
which only make them depressed 但这却只让他们更抑郁
Finding two such similar protagonists 找到两个如此相似的主角
with similar narrative journeys 有着如此雷同的发展路径
in two very different story worlds 却是在两个完全不同的故事世界里
proves that we as an audience 这说明我们作为观众
have an enduring fascination with 长情地痴迷于
this type of glamorous, self-sabotaging, mysterious character 这类迷人的，自苦的，又不可捉摸的人物
And both teach us 两者都教会我们
that building a truly satisfying existence 塑造以真正令人满意的存在
often looks very different than the brand of happiness 和追寻符号化的快乐是不同的
we’re culturally trained to pursue 而我们的文化却驯化我们去追寻这种快乐
We need to shoot the rest of this episode! 这集剩下的我们得拍完啊！
I'm sorry, I-I-I just... 对不起，我，我，我。。。
I-I don't belong here. 我只是不属于这儿
Where are you going? 你跑哪儿去？
I don't know. 我不知道。
Who is Don Draper? 谁是 唐·德雷柏 ？
【Chase the Empty Image】 追寻空洞的表象
BoJack Horseman and Mad Men have eerily similar opening credits 波杰克和唐·德雷柏有着令人细思极恐的相似的片头
Both underline Bojack and Don live in 两个片头都强调了波杰克和唐都生活在
beautiful worlds of idealized images 意象化的美丽世界里
but this superficial perfection 但这些浮华的完美无缺
makes them feel sad and empty 使得他们感到悲伤和空虚
The glamorous sun 耀眼刺目的阳光
and open spaces of Bojack’s Hollywoo 和波杰克在Hollywoo镇上宽敞舒适的豪宅
mirror Mad Men’s picture-perfect commercials for 60s domesticity. 映射着广告狂人中关于60年代家庭生活的广告像画片一般完美
But Bojack is seen drifting through his day 而波杰克从他的一日行程里缓缓漂移
like he’s on a moving sidewalk 好像站在平移的地面上一般
everything is happening around him 他的身旁形形色色
he's numb and in a state of stasis 而他却木然而立，原封不动
while Don is falling into a downward spiral 唐在盘旋中坠落
unable to catch himself 他无法抓住自己
So immediately these opening credits tell us 旋即，两个片头都告诉我们
that both shows are about the emptiness of chasing money, fame, consumerism 它们展现的都是汲汲于金钱，名望和消费带来的空虚
and a superficial image of happiness 以及追逐浮夸的快感招致的幻灭
You are gonna win that Oscar, and you are gonna go up that stage 你会得奥斯卡奖，你会走上那个舞台
give your little speech, and then you're gonna go home! 你会发布一小段获奖感言，然后你就可以回家了
And you're gonna be so miserable 之后你就会变得凄惨无比
you'll want to kill yourself 你恨不得杀了自己
and you're gonna have nobody left to stop you 而且没有人会在你身旁阻止你
Yet, even though know that Don and everyone in the show is miserable 虽然知道唐以及剧中的其他所有人都十分悲惨
many people fantasize about being Don. 许多人还是幻想成为唐
We want to enter and recreate “Mad Men‘s” stylish world 我们想走近并还原广告狂人中的那个有型有款的世界
We as viewers are still drawn in by 作为观影者的我们仍然倾倒于剧中
the costumes, evocative music, and poignant dialogue 华美精致的服饰，牵动情思的配乐和锥心蚀骨的夜话
That poor girl. 可怜的小姑娘
She doesn't know that loving you is the worst way to get to you 她还不知道爱你是与你相处最糟糕的一种方式
And we feel more tied to the beauty of the show 我们依恋剧中的美色
than to Don’s unhappiness 无视唐的苦闷
Bojack is less aspirational 相比较而言，波杰克而更胸无大志
and more relatable as a character 作为一个角色也更能引起共鸣
“Look, for a lot of people life is just one long hard kick to the urethra.” "对于大多数人而言，生活不过是对着尿道漫长又大力的一脚。“
but we’re certainly trained to idolize 但是生活却教我们崇拜
Bojack’s glamorous world of fame and influence 波杰克拥有的五光十色的名利场
The show’s biting satire and Bojack’s depression 剧中尖刻的讽刺意味和波杰克的郁郁寡欢
don’t overrule our society’s obsession with celebrity culture 都不足以颠覆这个社会对名人文化的沉醉
Bojack and Don are both sex symbols 波杰克和唐都是性偶像
The fact that we want to be these unhappy characters holds up 我们想成为这些忧郁的成功人士
a mirror to us and the false ideals that we’re chasing 这一想法正好成了我们自己的一面镜子，映照出我们所追逐的假象
Because of our culture’s fascination with success 因为我们的文化对成功痴迷
we don't see Bojack’s and Don's unhappiness as a product of their success. 我们就看不到波杰克和唐的郁闷
we don't see Bojack’s and Don's unhappiness as a product of their success. 正是他们的成功的产物。
On some level 某种程度上
we imagine that we would be happy if we were in their shoes. 我们臆测如果我们是他们，我们一定会开心的
So we follow along as Don and Bojack struggle against nihilism 所以我们跟着波杰克和唐一起挣扎着对抗虚无主义
"We‘e just two lonely people trying to hate ourselves a little less. 我们只是两个孤独的人，努力去恨自己少一点。
Maybe that's all we’re ever going to be.“ 可能这就是全部，我们并不能成为别的什么。
and come to ask the question that we hear sung in “Mad Men’s final season, 就像《广告狂人》的最终季里唱到的那样
“Is that all there is?” 这就是全部了吗？
Achievement, wealth and sex don’t make Don and Bojack happy. 成功，财富和性满足都不能使得唐和波杰克快乐。
They never feel the highs as deeply as their lows. 他们人生的高峰到不了他们的低谷的高度。
“Would that have made you happy?” “那玩意儿能使你高兴起来吗？”
“For a little bit...But then probably not.” ”就高兴一会儿吧。但是过后可能就不会了。“
“So what does it matter?” 所以到底是什么事儿？
“But there has to be...more.” 再来点儿吧
Both Don and Bojack feel resentment towards their optimistic, well-behaved counterparts. 唐和波杰克都憎恶他们那乐观向上，举止良好的对立面。
“Everything comes so easy for you.” 你得到的都太容易了。
And the shows question 一个问题
whether happiness, as we tend to think of it, is even possible 我们想要的那种快乐，真的存在吗？
“My mother was right. 我母亲说的对。
It's a mistake to be conspicuously happy. 太醒目的高兴是错误的。
Some people don't like it.” 别人不喜欢这样。
“No one thinks you're happy. 没人觉得你在高兴
They think you're foolish.” 他们觉得你是在搞笑。
In Don’s mind, all of advertising depends on 在唐的认识里，所有的广告都基于一点
In Don’s mind, all of advertising depends on the lie of happiness 用快乐的幻象来欺骗消费者
making people believe they can live up to an ideal 让他们认为自己能达到理想状态
that makes them feel inadequate 这种执念导致人们无法安于现状
“Happiness is the smell of a new car, it’s freedom from fear 快乐是新车的味道，是无须担惊受怕的自在
it’s a billboard on the side of the road that screams reassurance 是路边的广告牌，惊声尖叫着要给你安全感
that whatever you’re doing, it’s okay.” 对你说不管你在做什么，一切都会OK。
Happiness, as our society sees it, is really a kind of drug 我们世俗所追求的快乐实际上是一种毒品
based on consuming things and getting successes 我们对消费和成功上瘾
that only make us want more when we realize that we’re not filled up by these things. 而当我们意识到不能被这些快乐填满时
that only make us want more when we realize that we’re not filled up by these things. 我们要得更多了。
“But what is happiness? 到底什么是快乐？
It’s a moment before you need more happiness.” 是那个你要求更快乐之前的片刻。
“I... want to feel good about myself... the way you do. 我想感觉良好
“I... want to feel good about myself... the way you do. 像你一样
And I don't know how. 但我不知道怎样才能办到
I don't know if I can. 我甚至都不知道我是否能做到。
Both characters find bad ways to cope 两个人物都找了下策来应付
Don ironically buys into the advertising ideals he is selling 真是讽刺，工作中，唐用将广告化的完美卖给别人
Don ironically buys into the advertising ideals he is selling 生活中，唐接受了这种虚伪
and establishes a perfect suburban family 包装过的生活看似和谐美满
only to lead a secret second life and close himself off to that family 这导致了他自己隐秘的双重生活，将自己封闭在家庭之外
Bojack fills his void with sex, drugs, and endless relationships. 波杰克用性，药物和无尽的交际来填充自己的空虚
But both shows remind us that anything external 但是两者都告诉我们任何外在的事物
career accomplishments, wealth, marriage,even love 事业成就，财富，婚姻，甚至爱
can’t fix internal feelings of inadequacy 都不能填补内心的空虚
First we need to figure out how to feel good about ourselves from a deeper place within. 治愈的第一步是我们得想办法
First we need to figure out how to feel good about ourselves from a deeper place within. 从内心深处获得对自我的认可
An Oscar won’t make you happy forever 奥斯卡奖不能让你永远快乐
it won't solve all your problems 它解决不了你的全部问题
You win that Oscar, the next day you go back to being you. 今天你赢得了一座奥斯卡，明天你还会回到原来的你
We take it for granted that 我们想当然地认为
an ideal man like Don and a big star like Bojack must be happy, 只要变得完美如唐和波杰克这样，就必然是快乐的。
if anyone can be 只要你能成为他们
But if the rich and successful are this miserable 但是如果成功人士都活得这么丧
in a world that tells us being rich and successful is everything, 而这个世界告诉我们变有钱，变成功就是一切
then we have to question what contentment really is 我们便会质疑到底什么是真正的满足
and whether we as a society have been looking at it all wrong 是否我们整个社会都误解这一切
【Learned Self-hate】 习得性自我厌弃
I'm Poison. 我有毒。
Bojack 波杰克
I come from poison. 我从毒里来。
I have poison inside me. 我内心里有毒。
And I destroy everything I touch. 我所到之处，无一幸免。
Both Don and Bojack were raised to believe they were broken beyond repair 在唐和波杰克的成长过程中
Both Don and Bojack were raised to believe they were broken beyond repair 人们让他们相信他们自己是无可救药了
You ruined me, BoJack. 你伤害了我，波杰克。
and they were taught to hate themselves just for existing. 他们习得了只因自己的存在就憎恨自己。
“You're trash 你是垃圾
You are filth! 你卑鄙
You know that you are!” 你知道你自己无耻。
Their self-loathing is so toxic 他们的自我厌弃有毒
that the story implies it destroys people they come into contact with 剧中暗示到，与他们接触的人都会被其毁灭
“You’re garbage. 你这个垃圾。
And you know it.” 你是什么人，你自己清楚。
You are all the things that are wrong with you. 你是你身上所有坏事的总和。
Don is inadvertently responsible for the suicides of his brother Adam, Lane Pryce 唐因缘巧合地要对他的弟弟的自杀，Lane的自杀
and the accidental death of the real Donald Draper 和真正的唐·德雷柏的意外身亡负责。
And Bojack’s participation in Sarah Lynn’s overdose 波杰克参与了Sarah Lynn的嗑药
brings him to the brink of suicide 这让他走向自杀的边缘
Both characters give into cycles of self-destruction 两个人物都最终都深陷自我戕害的循环里
and have a tendency to ruin even the fresh starts they give themselves. 即使他们想给自己一个崭新的开始
and have a tendency to ruin even the fresh starts they give themselves. 他们也会自己毁掉这种新生
They will both get caught in compromising situations 他们都发展苟合的爱恋
that most people would judge pretty harshly 多数人会对这种关系不齿
yet we pity them 然而我们可怜他们
as we see that their way of coping with pain only leads to more pain 因为我们知道这是他们在寻求治愈
as we see that their way of coping with pain only leads to more pain 而这种治疗方式只会让他们更受伤
【Past Isn't Prologue】 抛弃过往
Neither character is willing to address the wreckage of the past 两个人物都不愿意收拾过去的破事儿
at least not for a number of seasons. 至少在好几季里，他们都不屑一顾
"I have a life, and it only goes in one direction -- forward." 我有我自己的生活，它只会往一个方向去，那就是向前。
“BoJack, when you get sad, 波杰克，当你感到难过
you run straight ahead a-and you keep running forward, no matter what.” 你就开始往前跑，一直跑，不管为了什么。
But the refusal to face the pain of their childhoods 即使他们想逃离，不敢直面童年的痛苦
keeps them standing still 将他们困在原地
This ultimately transfers the trauma of their childhood on to their adult family lives. 这最终导致了童年创伤转移到了成年的家庭生活中。
Don ends up being a distant father to his children 唐最后变成了一个疏远孩子的父亲
even though he understands how his own bad family situation affected him 即使他知道自己就是这样冷漠的原生家庭的受害者
“Bojack Horseman“ this stubborn attempt to forget the past . 马男波杰克的这周忘却过去的常速
goes back generations 可以追溯到老一辈
We can even connect the dementia of Bojack’s mother Beatrice 我们甚至可以将波杰克妈妈Beatrice的老年痴呆
and the lobotomy of his grandmother Honey Sugarman to 和他祖母Honey Sugarman的脑质切除手术
Don’s determination to ignore the past 与唐的忘掉过去的决心相联系
as if he’s erasing his own memory 因为他也只在擦除自己的记忆
And when ”Bojack Horseman“ lets us see Beatrice’s backstory 《马男波杰克》让观众看到Beatrice的背景故事
without showing Bojack, 而却不让波杰克看
it parallels Don’s hiding of his life from his offspring 类似地，唐在自己后代的面前将自己的生活隐藏起来
when a burglar fools Don’s children by pretending to be their grandmother, 当一个小偷骗唐的孩子们说自己是他们的祖母的时候
they actually buy this crazy story 孩子们居然相信了
because they know so little about their dad 因为他们对自己父亲的生事一无所知
”She said she knew you. 她说她认识你。
I asked her everything I know and she had any answer for everything. 不管我问她关于你的任何问题，她都能给个答案。
Then I realized I don't know anything about you. 我发现我是真的不了解你
The implication is that if younger generations were allowed to see the past fully and honestly 如果他们诚实地将完整的过去给下一代看
as we do 就像我们一样
they could actually heal 他们实际上是可以被治愈的
【Don't Abandon the Search】 别放弃寻找
“Bojack Horseman” and “Mad Men” offer us a variety of competing life philosophies 两者都给我们提供了多样的竞争哲学
from Mr. Peanutbutter’s cheerful spin on nihilism 从花生酱先生的的积极虚无主义
“The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. 这个宇宙本就是一个残忍的，冷漠的空洞
The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. 获得快乐的要义不在于追寻生命的意义
It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense 你只要忙起来就好了，用无关痛痒的琐事将自己充实起来
and eventually, you’ll be dead 反正最后死亡会把你带走
to Roger Sterling’s matter-of-fact assessment of life’s limitations. 到Roger的关于生命中的局限性的实然性论调
“Look, life is supposed to be a path, “听着，生活就是一条道，
and you go along and these things happen to you, 你沿着这条道走，这些事就会发生在你身上
and they’re supposed to change you, change your direction. 这些事会将你的人改变，将你的方向改变
But turns out that’s not true. 但事实上，并不是这样
Turns out the experiences are nothing, 过往的经历毫无意义
they’re just some pennies you pick up off the floor, 他们只是地上的几毛钱
you stick in your pocket, and you’re just going in a straight line to you know where.” 你捡起来，放到口袋了，然后就径直去往你要去的地方。”
But ultimately we’re supposed to reject 但是最终我们理应摒弃
these views that don’t expect anything deeper out of life 这种不向生命的更深处探索的观点
We root for Don and Bojack because 我们站在唐和波杰克这边
while they’re both deeply sad 因为即使在他们极度悲伤的时刻
they want to find meaning in life and be better people 他们也在找寻生命的意义，想成为一个更好的人
“I know I can be selfish and narcissistic and self-destructive, 我知道我自私，我自恋，我自我折磨
but underneath all that, deep down I'm a good person, 但是在心底，我是个好人，
and I need you to tell me I‘m good. 我需要你告诉我，我是个好人
Diane, help me. 戴安，帮帮我。
Please, Diane, tell me that I'm good. 告诉我，我是个好人
Even after so many setbacks that maybe we’ve given up on them, 屡尝败果，即使我们已经放弃了他们，
Don and Bojack don’t give up on themselves 唐和波杰克却从未放弃自己
They don't resign themselves the way that other characters do. 他们不像其他角色一样屈服
The visuals of Bojack struggling to go for a run, and Don struggling as he starts swimming laps 波杰克挣扎着跑步和唐努力开始一圈圈游泳
underline how hard it is to improve ourselves. 都刻画了自我提升之路的困难
“Every day gets a little easier.” 一天比一天更容易。
“Yeah?” 是哒！
“But you gotta do it everyday. 但是你每天都得这么来做。
That's the hard part. 这是最困难的部分。
Key moments for both characters come when they show selflessness 关键时刻出现在当两个人物展现自私的时候
even if this might cost them 即使这会让他们付出代价
Both “Mad Men” and “Bojack Horseman” develop non-romantic relationships 两者都和女性发展了一段并非浪漫的关系
that truly matter to us 这段无关情爱的关系却对他们真正重要
teaching us perhaps that we should also invest in these kinds of bonds. 我们也应该在这样的关系上投资，与爱情无关，确是更紧密的结合
At first we’d like to be like Don or Bojack 起初，我们想成为唐或者波杰克
because they have everything we think we’re supposed to want 因为他们拥有我们想要的所有东西
Then we come to see our worst traits, 然后我们发现我们自己的缺点
as individuals and a society, in Don and Bojack 在他们身上和他们所处的社会里也能找到
alongside the great potential and desire for meaning 一同找到的还有巨大的潜能和对生命意义的追寻
that lies buried within these characters 即使这样的闪光点被埋藏在这两个角色的深处
Ultimately, as Don and Bojack struggle to be better 最后，在唐和波杰克双双挣扎着变得更好的时候
together with them we experience a realignment of values 我们和他们一起也经历了价值观的重塑
We come to understand that contentment is not a having, getting or appearing 我们开始了解占有，索取和装模作样并不能使人感到满足
but doing what’s difficult and feels right 克服困难之后的感觉良好才会使人满足
We need to be willing to put in the work to satisfy ourselves 我们得愿意付出努力，
let go of false ideals and be present 放弃虚假的完美，活在当下
There’s hope for Don and Bojack 这是对唐和波杰克的祝愿
and therefore for us 也是对我们自己的
"It's so sad that when you see someone as they really are, 当你看见人们的本来面貌的时候，真是令人难过。
it ruins them. 人们的伪装毁掉了自己。
Thanks for watching. 感谢观影。
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