English - The Real Deal

奥斯卡奖已经过去了将近一个星期，但是各种各样的争论还在继续着。我就顺应潮流讲几个相关的语言点，也算是以我的方式给这个一年一度的盛事来个总结。（今天这篇只是上半部分。）

Brokeback Mountain虽然与最佳影片奖失之交臂，但它的影响力已经说明了一切。

首先，brokeback已经进入了日常口语，在某种程度上成了gay的同义词。这当中又主要分三种情况：

一，它等于“同性恋”。比如： Sean has just come out. He’s been brokeback all his life. （Sean最近刚“出柜”。他其实一直都是同性恋。）

二，它表示“缺乏男子气概”。这个比较类似gay和queer的贬义用法，带有侮辱性质。大家了解一下即可，不建议使用。比如：That pink shirt looks hella brokeback to me. I don’t want it. Thank you very much. （那件粉红的衬衫看起来好gay，我不要，多谢。）

三，它跟marriage连用，特指夫妻某一方是同性恋的“假”婚姻。Same-sex marriage在绝大多数国家和地区都是非法的，所以同性恋迫于压力随便找个异性结婚的例子多了去了。在Brokeback Mountain没上映之前，一直没有一个合适的短语去描述这样的婚姻，现在问题解决了：brokeback marriage。

参考文章：Many Couples Must Negotiate Terms of ‘Brokeback’ Marriages (The New York Times)

其次，Brokeback Mountain可能是有史以来被恶搞得最厉害的一本电影。还好李安深知“别人搞你的影片是看得起你”这个道理，上台领奥斯卡奖的第一句话就是重复那个地球人都知道的笑话：“I wish I knew how to quit you.”果然有风度。

搞笑版的Brokeback实在太多，以至于连纽约时报都跳出来分析这一现象了。

The parodies typically use Gustavo Santaolalla’s sexy, mournful theme from “Brokeback Mountain,” together with the title cards from that movie’s trailer, to reframe clips from another movie. It works almost every time: a gay movie seems to emerge when scenes between male leads, or a male lead and a supporting actor, are slowed down, set to make-out music and bumpered by portentous cards that say things like, “A truth they couldn’t deny.” The editing, and the use of slow motion, do suggest that close-ups, especially viewed at length, are intrinsically erotic. All that these parodies need to do to set up the relationship is show one man’s face in protracted detail, and cut to the other man, who seems to watch with the same rapt attention that the viewer has been compelled to give by the slow-mo. A gay subtext suddenly seems plain as day.

精辟。我也没啥可补充的了。给两个网址集中看这些搞笑短片： 1) Daily Sixer 2) YouTube（可能是先入为主，也可能是因为我喜欢Michael J. Fox，看了那么多parodies之后，还是觉得Brokeback to the Future最经典）

最后，Brokeback Mountain被很多人简称为BBM，这让我想起了一个特别受年轻人欢迎的缩写：BFF。许多teenagers在写e-mail的时候喜欢在末尾加一句BFF，表示best friends forever。比如：Talk to you soon. Love, Mandy P.S. BFF!!!

聪明如我（呵呵），立刻想到了BFF的新解：BoyFriends Forever。比如：

Dear Ennis，blah blah blah. Hope to see you soon. Love, Jack P.S. BFF!!!

怎么样，还不错吧？这个BFF可是我的原创哦！！！

Bonus video: James Blunt - You’re Beautiful

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