三个家庭第一季

生活比所有大片都精彩。吵架，野餐，一起制作飞机模型，给花浇水，在晴朗的公园里拍照，就是这些东西让我无法对生活厌烦。生活不需要精心策划然后如履薄冰一步一个脚印的走。生活可以不交作业，可以跑不完马拉松，可以长青春痘，可以摔破玻璃杯，可以睡懒觉，可以认错人可以被甩，因为生活有好多做不到也没关系的宽容和犯了错还是可以得到的笑容。所以比起高级定制，我更喜欢把心事告诉旧睡衣。比起堪萨斯的鹅肝酱，我更愿意拿几瓶老干妈去收银台。

如果以后人口爆炸，优秀全能的人要送去火星，我大概没资格去，但我也愿意永远生活在地球。因为我喜欢有点果汁渍的桌布，稍微走音气息不稳的地铁歌手，和清晨有几个人比我更早来的大图书馆。

人生的瑕疵就像是化成水然后蒸发掉的冰，剩下的空白是用来放自由的。

美剧<modern family>在2009年应该算是一部比较成功的美剧了,在老将新秀的双重夹击下依然取得了自己的不错的收视率,而且在同类型的家庭喜剧中也找到了自己的优势定位,可喜可贺啊.

先来分析下电视剧的独特模式,模拟的人物采访做旁白和注解,既增加了电视剧情节的可信度,也给很多角色和情节的冲突背后的动机理由等以很好的诠释,使得该剧非常的独特和有意思,至于三个家庭的多线交叉叙事,应该已经是很熟络的家庭喜剧表现方式了.

角色的多样性,
角色的选取这点上,该剧绝对是可以称得上摩登家庭这一剧名,富翁美女老少配不算,还要加上异国恋的文化冲突,同性夫妻还要是一个弱小一个肥胖的平民形象还领养了亚裔孤儿,相比之下,有着傻乎乎儿子,女科学家一样的小女儿,招蜂惹蝶的大女儿的一团乱麻的claire家就显得无比正常了.聚集刚开始,角色的定位还只是大方向上的文化差异和性取向差异,但是随着剧情的进展,每个角色的性格都得到了深度的细化,像Gloria从最开始的大胸拉丁花瓶,发展到后来独立,经历乱世渴望平静生活的异国母亲,她面临融入异国文化和家庭的困难,面临众多的来自社会和家庭内部流言蜚语,面临儿子和老公的协调问题,使得她的角色性格异常的突出,而且她很清楚自己在外人看来就是个胸大的花瓶,她正为此努力改编自己的给别人留下的印象,很有层次和深度.
同性夫妻的角色也很出彩,一个瘦小软弱怕这怕那的Mitchell却担当着父亲的角色,在外面挣钱,保守,害羞,含蓄,一个典型的小男人,而又壮又胖且勇敢自信的Cam却担当着母亲的角色,在家照料孩子,收拾家务,但是同时却和一家之主老爹Jay有着很多共同语言,对球类的热爱,虽然这不太符合大多数真实的Gay特性,但是却极大的丰富了角色之间戏剧冲突的可能性.
四个孩子中,小大人manny和叛逆的姐姐haley比较有特点,但傻乎乎的luke更讨人喜欢,只有小妹妹的学究特质不太出彩,以后的剧情中可能会对角色多下力度.
普通的中年中产夫妇phil 和 claire 相比在后面才浮现出彼此的特点,phil逐渐走傻乎乎的老好人形象,跟孩子们站在统一战线,跟jay的关系也处理的很吃力,俨然一个没长大的大男生,而claire是家里面协各种势力均衡的中间节点,她每天都有太多的事情要操心,尽管是家庭主妇却每天忙的不可开交,性格也是后面才逐渐发掘出来的好强和成熟稳重,但同时她也想怀念无忧无虑的日子,想要有自己闪光的时刻,却也舍不得家庭的繁杂丰富的温馨,这种现实和理想的冲突和取舍也显得她很温暖亲切,她是全家人的交流枢纽,作用会在以后的剧情中更加凸显
老爹jay很有钱却在剧集开始很冷淡,逐渐的随着gloria和claire和cam等温暖角色的逐渐感化,使他更好的表达了对家庭成员的关爱,使得整个家庭更加和谐温暖.

戏剧冲突
文化冲突和性取向冲突时全剧的两个卖点,gloria和jay时常爆发的文化冲突以各种玩笑的形式展开,加之gloria顽皮的个性,很有看点,cam和mitchell两个GAY 自身就有着各种通性伴侣间的冲突,主外主内的分工,敏感麻木,新潮传统,各种个性都有很多可以讲的故事,此外,他们对外界的各种传统的gay与社会之间的冲突就更不用多说了,家里面的人对这一对已经很接受,只有个别特例的情况,也有很多戏可以挖.
此外,还有一些传统的戏剧冲突,父母和孩子之间的代沟问题,而且是三代之间的复杂关系,继父母和孩子的相处问题,早恋问题,孩子的教育问题,外遇等等,都有很多很多的孔家可以挖掘.

总的来说,该剧提供了相当广阔的挖掘空间,同时却一直围绕着温馨和睦的主题,在摩登边缘的题材外表下,依然是传统的和睦的家庭观念,这给了该剧很好的定位,很容易长久的发展下去.


最后想说,看他们一大家子人在一起热热闹闹的,真的很温馨,很想回家跟爸爸妈妈们好好吃顿家常便饭啊...

既然美国人都管这个叫Modern Family了, 那么出现怎样的组合都不会觉得奇怪吧。

既然中国也有《家，N次方》这样的狗血剧，那老少配，收养，gay-gay组合，青春期加更年期组合在《Modern Family》里简直就是小菜。我们不去看这样的大家庭有多罕见，我们只去看他们活得有多和谐。

是的，尽管国产剧也尽力在家庭剧里营造一种温馨氛围，结婚N次各任的孩子们不仅和睦相处还可以坠入爱河之类的剧情简直赶英超美了。不过，modern family尽管modern了，也不走狗血剧路线。没有什么比这一大家子更配得上“和谐”这个词儿。

我想这是一种理想的状态，有美国式的温情。可惜中国无法复制。

国产编剧们也没法照搬了，国情不一样嘛⋯⋯

S01E01
[Jay]
We're from different worlds, yet somehow we fit together.
Love is what binds us, through fair or stormy weather.

"I stand before you now with only one agenda- to let you know my heart is yours..."


S01E02
[Jay]
What's the key to being a great dad? Ah, that's a tough one.
 
Okay, the key to being a good dad?
Look, sometimes things work out just the way you want; sometimes they don't.
You gotta hang in there.
Because when all is said and done, 90% of being a dad... is just showin' up.


S01E06
[Claire]
Did I loose the race to make him feel better?
Maybe.
But it just seemed like he could use a win today.

We do strange things for the people we love.
We lie to them.
We lie for them.
There may be some bumps along the way, but we never stop wanting the best for them.
That's what makes it such a tough job.
Kind of the best job in the world.


S01E07
[Jay]
We tell our kids it doesn't matter if you win or lose, but let's be honest.
Winning feels pretty great.
There's nothing like that golden moment in the sun.
I think every parent probably wants that for their child. And maybe a little bit for ourselves, too.
Sometimes we push too hard. And that leads to a lot of resentment and guilt.

So, how much is too much?
Here's where I come out.
Guilt fades. Hareware is forever.


S01E10
[Jay]
We talk a lot about tradition this time of year.
But as much as we love our traditions, sometimes our best memories come from the times that are the most untraditional.
We remember the year mom and dad went crazy.
We remember the year Santa punched out the caroler.
But for me, this was the year that the word "tradition" got a lot bigger.


S01E13
[Mitchell]
Can people change? I don't know.
People are who they are-give or take, yeah, 15%. That's how much people can change if they really want to.
Whether it's for themselves, or for the people they love-yeah, yeah, 15%.
But you know what? Sometimes that's just enough.


S01E16
[Phil]
Everybody's afraid of something, right?
Heights, clowns, tight spaces.
Those are things you get over.
But then there's our children.
Will they fit in?
Will they be safe?
Those are fears you never get past.
So, sometimes all you can do is take a deep breath, pull'em close and hope for the best.

I mean, things don't always work out.
But you gotta love it when they do.


S01E18
[Mitchell]
This is the funny thing about growing up.
For years and years, everybody's desperately afraid to be different, you know, in any way.
And then, suddenly, almost overnight, everybody wants to be different, and that is where we win.


S01E24
[Jay]
Back in '68, I was sweeping up hair in that barbershop.
I had this mental picture of the family that, if I was lucky enough, one day I would end up with- perfect wife, perfect kids.
Guess what, I didn't get any of that.
Wound up with this sorry bunch.
And I'm thankful for that every day.