不知道谁把standup comedy翻成了脱口秀,就脱口秀吧。
脱口秀大会,看完了李雪琴,基本放弃。苛刻的说,国内的脱口秀最高段位,就是“宇宙的尽头在铁岭”——尽头了。鲜有幽默,只有搞笑耍嘴皮子。
不是中国人不行,是环境不适合这个行业。中国人绝对能做好脱口秀,黄西就是最好的证明,而且,人家是用他的第二语言。
黄西的段子,不是一般的搞笑,是正真的幽默,而且是高级幽默。可惜,黄西海归后发挥不出他的天才,而他用汉语说的段子不好笑,因为他的思维是美式的,况且国内的环境也不允许他自由发挥。在白宫,黄西可以调侃美国的宪法,美国的医疗体系,各种社会问题,甚至可以当面调侃拜登,这些都是绝好的脱口秀段子,国内,想想都危险。
我喜欢黄西,站在一个华人角度,我觉得黄西是当今最有智慧的脱口秀演员,他的段子不但没有一句这个行业里司空见惯的粗口,而且还在表面的笑料中埋藏了深层的含义,他让你笑,还让你思考。
再看一遍黄西的视频,发现下面的留言非常让人感动,也引起我共鸣。
Man, this guy's jokes are so deep... make you laugh then make you think. Fantastic!
His transition from serious issues to a joke is well constructed and brilliantly funny.
This is gold. He's funnier than most stand up comedians
Each of his jokes has at least 2 layers of meaning.
这些评价相当准确。比如,他用调侃不同人种的肤色,说我们黄种人不完全是黄皮肤,是一种棕色,而黑人也不是纯黑,也带着某种棕色,“In a way, we're all different shades of Mexicans”
哄堂大笑!
表面的笑点就是“今天我们都是墨西哥人”——画外之意,今天的美国已经被拉美裔占领了,从而一针见血指出美国面临的社会问题。
还有,他说要教儿子学好中英文,因为将来儿子当了美国总统,签署文件时用英文,而和讨债公司交涉时用中文!这里深层的含义,大家应该都意会了。
调侃川普建墙,他说I am from China and I know a lot about walls... 停顿一下,下面有人开始笑了,还有一些人没get,他马上接着亮底牌:they don’t work!
Joe’s style tells us comedian doesn’t have to use bad words to be funny. Smooth flow, Sophisticated levels and hidden messages are the key.
This dude has got BALLS, doing that america health joke and nailing it like that, IN AMERICA!
This guy is genius. u can usually hear another wave of laughing since his jokes has may layers
The level of this humor is at a certain level of intelligence. It takes a person at a certain level of intelligence to understand this humor. This is brilliant.