BEYOND A JOKE

Book ID/图书代码： 07861211B48902

English Summary/英文概要： "Beyond a Joke" is a celebration of comedy - one of the modern world’s most dominant and compelling art forms - but it is also the story of comedy’s dark side, homing in on the scandals that have surrounded some of light entertainment’s biggest stars, and telling it as it is, featuring quotes from those that were there at the time. How the devoted laughter of those fans onstage never seemed to be enough for these moody, prickly, ego-driven entertainers. How they would constantly seek more thrills when the curtain came down. The offstage antics of certain comedians would make even rock stars blush. The number of comedians who have had to deal with paternity suits would make a book in itself. While "Beyond a Joke" explores the extremes of this world it also addresses another question. Are comedians naturally dysfunctional, or does the stress and pressure of the job make them dysfunctional? Ruby Wax once told me that she had builders in her house who were just as emotionally unstable as most stand-up comedians she had worked with. But they don’t want to go on stage and plead with an audience to love them. There is something about wanting to make strangers laugh for a living that is intrinsically, fundamentally, strange. Stand-up is doubly peculiar in that respect. It’s just the one person emotionally naked on the stage in front of maybe thousands of people. No safety net, no back up. It takes a particularly odd person to want to pursue comedy as a career. And, as "Beyond a Joke" will reveal, the behaviour of comedians once they are successful in their chosen career makes them even odder. Bruce Dessau is the only person who could write this book. From Russell Brand slashing his chest onstage to Jo Brand trashing a friend’s car on the motorway, he has heard it all. Bruce Dessau knows where the bodies are buried.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《并非戏言》是一部喜剧颂典---喜剧是当前世界占据统治地位、最受人喜爱的艺术形式之一---但此书也揭露了喜剧背后的阴暗与龌龊：通过访问当时了解情况的人们，追踪喜剧界超级巨星的丑闻，实事求是地展现最初的情形。对这些喜怒无常，异常敏感又自我为中心的大喜剧家而言，舞台之上的发自内心的欢声笑语再怎么热烈也无法让他们感到满意。当舞台上的屏幕落下时，他们又是如何继续寻找到更多的刺激与狂热。一些喜剧演员台下的滑稽人生甚至会让摇滚明星自惭形秽。那些不得不处理父权关系的喜剧演员不计其数，这即可著成一本书。《并非戏言》探索研究喜剧世界里的这些极端狂热分子，与此同时，也解答了另一个难题：喜剧演员天生就是精神错乱的吗？还是这种特殊的工作的压力让他们变得神经质？露比•瓦克斯告诉我给她建造房子的工人情绪异常不稳定，就像与自己工作过的独角滑稽秀演员一样。但这些工人并不想走上舞台百般讨好观众以求他们喜爱自己。以让陌生人开怀大笑作为生计，毫无疑问是倍感别扭和奇怪的。独角滑稽秀表演更是如此。因为舞台上仅有你一个人，面对着可能成千上百的观众，情感上一片苍白与无力。没有安全的庇护，也没有后退的道路。所以只有异常奇怪的人才会将喜剧当做追求的事业。《并非戏言》将会揭露让这些喜剧演员在享受成功时，更加与众不同的行为举止。布鲁斯•德索是唯一有能力写出这本书的人。无论是拉塞尔•布兰德在舞台上鞭笞自己的胸膛还是乔•布兰德在高速公路上丢弃一个朋友的汽车，他都了如指掌。布鲁斯•德索知道他们的尸体被埋葬在何处。(兼职翻译-XMM)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 布鲁斯•德索是喜剧品论界的泰斗。在20世纪80年代伦敦破旧不堪、乌烟瘴气的房间里，从马尔科姆•哈迪声名狼藉的隧道俱乐部到喜剧团（那时它还没成为出类拔萃的公司的一部分），他择性喜剧火爆异常，布鲁斯就开始了自己的批判评论生涯。他曾两次主持爱丁堡喜剧大奖的评论---一次是毕雷奖，另一次如果也算得上是喜剧奖的话---他定期在评论委员会工作，从早到晚一遍又一遍地观看各部喜剧。

Bruce Dessau is the king of comedy critics. He cut his critical teeth during the 1980s Alternative Comedy explosion in smoky rooms in the arse end of London, from Malcolm Hardee’s infamous Tunnel Club to The Comedy Store before it became part of the respectable establishment. He has chaired the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel twice - once when it was the Perrier Award, once when it was the if.comedy Award - and has regularly served on the judging committee, spending dawn to dusk to dawn again seeing stand-up comedy.

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