Boston Legal：机智幽默、别出心裁

从左到右：Alan Shore, Denny Crane, Shirley Schmit

我非常喜欢法律题材的电视剧，早年看过L.A. Law、Ally McBeal、The Practice，近期看过的包括Justice、Boston Legal和Shark。这六部戏中，有三部出自金牌编剧David E. Kelly：Ally McBeal、The Practice和Boston Legal。但我最喜欢的还是Boston Legal。 之所以最喜欢Boston Legal，主要还是喜欢里面的人物。无论大小，每个人物都能在观众心里留下不可磨灭的印象。Alan Shore表面上看起来是那种为了目的可以不择手段的律师，但在他玩世不恭的外表下却隐藏着一颗善良、正直的心。他是Crane, Poole & Schmit里面最优秀的律师之一，但他似乎一点也不在乎自己还不是合伙人这一事实。他特别爱帮助小人物，而且相信人性本善。而他与Denny Crane的忘年交则是这部戏的亮点。我每次最期待的就是一集结束前他俩在阳台上一边抽雪茄一边聊的话题。Denny Crane也是非常有意思的人物，他经常发表政治上不正确的言论：他支持伊拉克战争、支持以色列、支持美国人拥有武器的权利、痛恨民主党人、鄙视穷人、谈同性恋而色变、在面试时对应聘者说他讲话不带黑人腔。但他其实并不是种族主义者或有偏见的人，他只不过是那种没心没肺、有话直说的人而已。他总说自己得了疯牛病，其实是害怕老年痴呆症夺走他的尊严。而让这两个男人魂牵梦绕的Shirley Schmit则是女人中的极品。虽已年过50，但Shirley的成熟魅力和智慧火花却为我们展示了一个所有女人都希望达到的最终境界。 该剧的对白更是妙趣横生，既有犀利和锋芒，又有含蓄和深沉。下面摘出一些与大家分享。 1) Denny Crane:You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane." 2) Alan Shore: Shirley? What about senior partners? There would be nothing wrong with me, lusting, say, after... you? Would there? Shirley Schmidt: Go subscribe to National Geographic. Make a list of the places you'll never get to visit. Add to that list, Schmidt. 3) Alan Shore: You know I'm not about to go to Texas and not ride the mechanical bull, Chelina. That would be like going to Los Angeles and not sleeping with Paris Hilton. 4) Denny Crane: You left me, Shirley. Women don't leave Denny Crane. And for a secretary! Shirley Schmidt: It was the Secretary of Defense. 5) Alan Shore: Objection, your Honor. You can't preface your second point with "first of all." 6) Denny Crane: It's a good feeling, you know, to shoot a bad guy. Something you Democrats would never understand. Americans... we're homesteaders, we want a safe home, keep the money we make, and shoot bad guys. 7) Judge Sean O'Byrne: I find it insulting to be lectured by an American about the environment. Denny Crane: Watch it, judge, we're a superpower. Don't make us add you to the axis. 8) Denny Crane: I don't know whether you know this but not many men take the time, every day, to have a cigar, glass of scotch, to talk to their best friend. That's not something most men have. Alan Shore: No it isn't. Denny Crane: What I give to you, what I share, I do with no one else. I like to think that what you give to me you do with nobody else. Now that may sound silly to you. But here's what I think is silly, the idea that jealousy or fidelity is reserved for romance. I always suspected that there was a connection between you and that man. That you got something you didn't get from me. Alan Shore: I probably do. But gosh, what I get from you Denny. People walk around today calling everyone their best friend. The term doesn't have any real meaning anymore. Mere acquaintances are lavished with hugs and kisses upon a second or at most third meeting, birthday cards get passed around offices so everybody can scribble a snippet of sentimentality for a colleague they barely met, and everyone just loves everyone. As a result when you tell somebody you love them today, it isn't much heard. I love you Denny, you are my best friend. I can't imagine going through life without you as my best friend. I'm not going to kiss you however. 9) Alan Shore: Let me tell me two things about myself. I too am a lawyer, I can be painfully vindictive, and I do not play fair. Lester Tremont: That's three things. Alan Shore: See? Not playing fair already. And I'm just getting started. 10) Alan Shore: You know what I miss most about our country, Denny? Not the loss of our civil rights so much as our compassion, our soul, our humanity. Denny Crane: Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh. Soul, that's a religious thing. State... church... it's unconstitutional for the United States to have a soul. Alan Shore: Apparently. We seem to be becoming a mean people. Learned Hand once said, "Liberty lies in our hearts, and once it dies there, no constitution can save it." Denny Crane: Just once I wish you'd quote a Republican. Alan Shore: I want a kindler and gentler nation.