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【外交政策 20131122】让人惊掉下巴的真人秀

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【中文标题】让人惊掉下巴的真人秀
【原文标题】The World’s Most Jaw-Dropping Reality TV Shows
【登载媒体】外交政策
【原文作者】Catherine Traywick
【原文链接】
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/22/the_list_the_world_s_most_jaw_dropping_reality_tv_shows


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晚秋时节是美国真人秀粉丝们无聊的日子。一些大制作的节目,比如《美国偶像》、《单身汉》和《甜心波波来啦》都在停播期,一直到明年1月份。百无聊赖的粉丝只能去找一些聊胜于无的节目,比如《仓库淘宝大战:纽约》或者《鬼魂来袭》。

不要没完没了地看《比弗利娇妻》了,为什么不去探索新的真人秀节目呢?《外交政策》列举了几个世界上最令人瞠目结舌的电视真人秀节目。在沙发上舒服地做好,YouTube上有的是值得发掘的内容。


1,挪威:连续几小时的纺织直播

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NRK电视台曾经让挪威人盯着一堆劈啪作响的营火几个小时,连续7个小时的火车驾驶直播,以及更长时间的轮船驾驶。最近又实时转播了一次制作毛衣的过程。这就是所谓的“缓慢”电视节目,所有的动作细节都严格按照真实时间转播。最新一期节目《全国纺织晚会》与前几期比较起来不那么枯燥,在长达12个小时的时间里,观众体验了毛衣制作过程的每一个步骤,从剃羊毛到纺织毛衣。电视台制作这个节目的目的是,打破澳大利亚人保持的一个有关纺织的不知名的纪录。

讽刺的是,挪威人做事一向慢慢吞吞,最终挑战失败了,团队不但没有打破纪录,而且花费的时间比原计划多出一倍。但收视率还不错,超过120万挪威人收看了这个节目。


2,赞比亚:从职业女性到妻子

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《准备结婚》是赞比亚的一个真人竞赛节目,一般是让一对对夫妻相互竞争,赢取婚礼资助和现金奖励,但是制作方决定从第三季开始调整内容。他们找来18名性工作者,制作方帮助她们准备结婚。节目主持人Chimbala在一次采访中说:“准备结婚的女人是一个可以管理家庭的女人。”成功的参赛者应当有能力“领导一个家庭、领导一项生意、管理有限的预算,并做适当的投资”。于是,参赛者不得不学习扫地、洗厕所、熨衬衫,以争夺9000美元的现金和婚礼资助。公众对这个节目的态度褒贬不一,但很多观众赞许她们的参与精神。最后大奖落在25岁幸运的Amukusana手中,她说自从母亲死后,她不得不去卖淫养活妹妹们(赞比亚依然在低GDP和低发展水平处徘徊)。获奖之后,Amukusana在接受《卢萨卡时报》采访时说:“我已经变成了一个真正的女人,我再也不会做以前的工作了。”


3,巴基斯坦:节日婴儿大放送

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斋月期间,巴基斯坦电视台播放了一个有关宗教的节目《Amaan Ramazan》,内容是请观众回答有关可兰经的问题,并给予奖励。奖品包括厨具、电器、摩托车,以及在最近一期节目中新增加的婴儿。节目主持人Aamir Liaquat Hussain给两对夫妇送上两个女婴,是由一个非政府组织解救的弃婴。其中一个新妈妈在接受CNN采访时说,她“刚开始非常震惊”,但后来“非常高兴”得到这个孩子。这个节目遭受了广泛的批评,说它是博眼球的噱头,但是Hussain坚持认为这是一个慈善行为。尽管巴基斯坦没有与收养相关的法律,但得到婴儿的两对夫妇都在事先被节目制作方和非政府组织筛查。BBC的后续报道发现,两个家庭都非常幸福,婴儿都得到了很好的照料。


4,观众眼前的现场性行为

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英国一档新的脱口秀节目邀请夫妻在现场观众和电视直播下做爱。其实没有听起来那么火爆了,夫妻在一个不透明、隔音的大盒子里做爱,然后出来与几位专家讨论感受。节目的名字很直白——《性爱盒子》。4频道推出这档节目,主要是为了抵制色情制品泛滥的现象,展示真正的性爱是什么样子的。与它共同播出的是另一档节目《大脑色情》,第一季主要研究十几岁的女孩和男孩对色情制品的不同反应。结论是,色情图片“让女孩产生恐惧、困惑和愤怒的情绪”,而让男孩“主要产生兴奋和愉快的感觉”。上面是《性爱盒子》节目的片段,一对男同性恋进入了盒子,希望破除一些对同性性生活的误解。(译者注:原视频是YouTube的链接,因此用一张图片取代。)


5,委内瑞拉:现场直播社会主义

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过去十年里的每个星期,前委内瑞拉总统雨果•查韦斯都会主持一档谈话节目《你好总统》。在节目中,他经常讲大道理、抨击美国、与民众沟通、当场做出笼统、一时兴起的、影响数百万人的决定。节目在每周日的上午11点开始,长达8个小时。一位《纽约时报》的记者观看了这个节目,说它像“《每日一谈》的滑稽模仿版本”,也是“我所见过的最真实的电视节目”。这位记者还说她感觉不大好的是“查韦斯在节目中所说和所做的一切,都马上会成为所有听众的现实,如此直截了当,不管是不是有人在观看节目”。2012年1月29日这个节目播完了最后一期。

在上面的这个视频中,查韦斯吃一个小孩吐出来的饼干;拒绝回答“傻问题”;说美国人是“美国佬”;让他们“去死吧”。(译者注:原视频是YouTube的链接,用一张图片取代。但视频的确比较有趣,因此我把链接和译文贴在后面。)


6,中国:让女人变得“完美”

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《魅力研习社》是一档中国效仿VH1电视台《礼仪学校》的节目,区别是它更愚蠢,裸露的更多。一群所谓的“丑小鸭”完成一系列奇怪的挑战,据说能把她们变成“白天鹅”。一位促销人员问:“你害怕穿低胸上装吗?不敢穿迷你裙吗?没问题,让我教给你如何塑造曲线身材和迷人的个性,一眨眼你就会变成一个无瑕的美女。”这个节目只在互联网上播放,因为中国电视台不会允许这种轻浮的节目。一个新浪微博用户说:“这个国家最大胆的节目就是《魅力研习社》,我坐在这里等着看它被禁。”

在上面的视频里,穿着内衣的女人被绑在床上,男主持人用羽毛呵痒。所有人都在猜,这和培养“完美女人”有什么关系。(译者注:原视频是YouTube的链接,因此用一张图片取代。


7,澳大利亚:拍卖处女

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《寻找处女》是一个六集真人秀节目,两个年轻人——一男一女——试图向网络买家拍卖他们的处子之身。21岁的巴西人Catarina Migliorini拍出了78万美元的高价(买家是一名53岁的日本百万富翁,自称“Natsu”),而24岁的Alex Stephanov只拍出2600美元。这个有争议的节目让人们关注性交易的合法性。去年,澳大利亚当局威胁将以性交易罪名起诉导演Justin Sisely,如果他敢在国内进行拍卖,巴西总检察长也说要调查Sisely。导演说,所有参赛者都对自己负责。在公众的注目下,Migliorini说她从未与拍卖胜出者发生过性行为,而且她还要再一次拍卖自己的初夜。

《寻找处女》这个节目带领观众从选角到完美的大结局,据说今年秋天将在法国一个娱乐大会上首次公映。据Sisely透露,明年将在澳大利亚播出。


8,柬埔寨:令人痛彻心扉的重聚

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从1975年到1979年,红色高棉政权发动的一场文化革命,让200万柬埔寨人丧生,无数家庭妻离子散。40年之后,一档名为《这不是梦》的真人秀节目让这些失散的家人在摄像机面前重聚,并向观众直播。一开始,有超过1000人申请参加这个节目,大部分都在寻找几十年前失散的家人。被选中的人在摄像机前接受主持人Moung Ramary的采访,主持人往往在最后会说,你寻找的人就站在后台。这毕竟是一档娱乐节目,主持人在台上想尽办法赚取嘉宾和观众的泪水——但重聚那一刻的确是纯粹自然感情的流露。


9,日本:你能或不能想到的各种节目秀

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尽人皆知,日本的真人秀喜欢把精神羞辱和肉体惩罚的因素加入到娱乐中来,它往往会占据这类榜单的首位。我们恐怕无法逐一盘点引爆YouTube的所有稀奇古怪的日本节目,但还是有几个值得一提。例如《这不是小孩的游戏》是一个介于真人秀和喜剧之间的节目,主持人和嘉宾比赛完成一些游戏、竞赛和荒唐的打赌。失败一方受到的惩罚既严厉又有创意:打耳光、用马鞭抽、被强迫接触其他参赛者的生殖器。

还有,别忘了《人体俄罗斯》(在日本被称作《头脑墙》)。这档节目在YouTube上引起了极大的轰动,现在已经被45个国家所采用。设想很荒唐,但是效果呢?绝对是你期盼良久的内容:参赛者必须让他们的身体摆出恰当的姿势,穿过墙上的形状,当然,墙在不停的移动。所有参赛者都要穿上具有金属光泽的紧身衣。享受吧。


《你好总统》视频链接:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6m-ii2-RW6w

译文:

查韦斯:你好总统。大家好。你好总统。

查韦斯:你在吃什么?
小孩:饼干。
查韦斯:饼干?给我点。
(小孩从嘴里掏出饼干,查韦斯吃掉。)
查韦斯:看啊……孩子……他多么慷慨。后来,后来资本主义来了,让我们变得自私。但他竟然把嘴里的东西拿出来分享。看到了吗?上帝保佑他,上帝保佑孩子们。


现场观众:昨天晚上,在我去教堂的路上,我接到了部长的电话。能上这个节目是我最好的新婚礼物。
查韦斯:你刚刚结婚?
现场观众:是的,昨天晚上。
查韦斯:祝贺你!


记者:你看过《你好总统》吗?
路人:每周都看,从未错过。
记者:为什么?
路人:因为最高指挥官睿智的语言和他的表情。我们每天都在向他学习,我非常崇拜他。


查韦斯:基督是个社会主义者,基督是个社会主义者!先知穆罕默德也是社会主义者!在阶级斗争中,先知为了穷人与富人战斗,我们也在进行同样的战争。不是吗?

现场观众:我想利用这个机会说,还有两项工程没有完工。已经花掉了13亿博利瓦(译者注:委内瑞拉货币),但还是没有完工。我们需要教室,和4名教师。现在,房子已经被洪水冲掉,家具都不能用了。
查韦斯:部长,你怎么回答?
部长:呃,总统先生,还有一些村庄没有完工,我们承诺将会尽快完成。
查韦斯:我们必须完成。我知道我们还没有,但是我们必须完成,尤其是工作既然已经启动了。


查韦斯:市长先生,州长先生,国务卿先生,总司令先生。你们怎么会让这样的事情发生?我简直不敢相信竟然发生了这样的事情。出了什么问题?我们忽略了什么?政治意愿?决心?部长先生,你怎么会允许这样的事情?告诉我为什么,告诉整个国家……

现场观众:长官,你真的不知道,在这件事情上你被误导了。
查韦斯:你是说有人对我说谎,你怎么知道的?你来这里诉苦,或许你才是被误导了。
现场观众:作为一个居民,怎么会有人告诉我在《总统你好》节目中该说什么?这是一个自由、民主的国家。作为一个居民,我们必须直抒胸臆。我们想让别人听到我们的声音,土地委员会还没有解散,副总理和任何官员都不能践踏社区。
查韦斯:他一开始就错了,调子就错了。已经4个小时了,我又给了他一个发言的机会。结果他又丢出一块石头,谴责副总理,还质疑这个节目的公正。我们邀请人们来发言,结果却这么糟糕。


记者:你经常看《总统你好》吗?
路人:经常看。
记者:为什么?
路人:这是唯一一个清楚了解国家大事的机会。
记者:为什么?
路人:因为总统对我们知无不言,言无不尽。


现场观众(帮助一名西方记者翻译):你为什么不把委内瑞拉的钱花在这个国家里?这么一大笔钱,为什么要花在其它国家?
查韦斯:这是一个愚蠢的问题。
现场观众:伦敦对这个问题很感兴趣。
查韦斯:我不会回答傻问题,因为如果回答,我也会变傻。这个问题愚蠢透顶,根本不值得回答。试图回答这个问题的人都是傻瓜。呵呵。我不跟傻瓜谈话,任何有脑子的人都知道,提问题的是个傻瓜。我唯一能说的是,委内瑞拉是一个独立、自由的国家,革命政府享有政治独立。


查韦斯:我被告知,美国政府现在正在驱逐玻利维亚大使。好的,现在几点了?现在是7:15,在72小时里,加拉加斯(译者注:委内瑞拉首都)的美国佬大使必须离开委内瑞拉!去他妈死吧,美国佬!委内瑞拉人民要维护尊严!美国佬就是一坨屎,去死吧!我们就站在这里,玻利瓦的子孙们!



原文:

The late fall doldrums are a dull time for fans of American reality television. Juggernauts like "American Idol," "The Bachelor," and "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" are on hiatus until January; fans looking to get their fix must sustain themselves on lesser fare, like "Storage Wars: New York" or "When Ghosts Attack."

But instead of slogging through yet another iteration of "The Real Housewives," why not venture out of your reality TV comfort zone? FP has compiled a list of the most jaw-dropping reality TV shows we could find from around the world. Settle back into those couch cushions -- this YouTube hole is going to be a deep one.

1. Norway: Hours of live knitting.

The NRK TV network, which previously brought Norwegians minute-by-minute coverage of a crackling fire, a seven-hour train ride, and an even longer boat ride, recently aired a live program chronicling the creation of a sweater. It's the latest in a phenomenon called "slow," in which very ordinary events are broadcast in real time. But the latest show, "National Knitting Evening," was actually more action-packed than its predecessors: Over the course of 12 hours, viewers experienced every step of the sweater-making process, from the shearing of the lamb to the knitting of the garment. It was an attempt on the part of the network to break an obscure world record for knitting currently held by Australia.

Ironically, Norway's penchant for the slow but steady ensured its downfall, as the knitting team not only failed to break the world record but took more than twice as long as expected to finish their sweater. The show still got pretty decent ratings: More than 1.2 million Norwegians tuned in.

2. Zambia: From working girl to wife.

"Ready4Marriage," a Zambian reality competition show, ordinarily pits couples against one another for the chance to win a wedding sponsorship and a cash prize, but producers decided to change things up during the third season. They brought on a cast of 18 sex workers with the purported aim of readying them for marriage. "A woman who is ready for marriage is a woman who can manage a home," said the show's host, Master Chimbala, in a network interview. He added that successful contestants should be able to "lead a family, lead a business, [and] manage finances from budget constraints to making investments." Accordingly, the contestants had to sweep floors, clean toilets and iron shirts for the chance to win $9,000 and a wedding sponsorship. Reviews of the show were mixed, but plenty of viewers applauded the contestants' participation. In the end, the grand prize went to 25-year-old Precious Amukusana, who said she had turned to prostitution to provide for her sisters after their mother had died. (Zambia struggles with low GDP and development levels.) After winning, Amukusana told the Lusaka Times, "I've been turned in[to] a real woman, I will never get back to the old life."

3. Pakistan: Holiday baby giveaway.

During Ramadan, Pakistanis are treated to a religious game show called "Amaan Ramazan" (aired on Geo TV) that rewards audience members for correctly answering questions about the Quran. Prizes include kitchen appliances, electronics, motorbikes -- and, during the most recent season, babies. The show's host, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, presented two unsuspecting couples this year with baby girls supplied by an NGO that rescues abandoned babies. One of the newly minted mothers told CNN that while she was "really shocked at first," she was also "extremely happy" to receive the child. The baby episode has been widely criticized as a ratings stunt, but Hussain maintains that the giveaway was a charitable act. Though Pakistan has no legal framework for adoption, both sets of parents who received children were reportedly vetted by producers and the NGO responsible for the infants. A follow-up report by the BBC found that both families were happy and the babies cared for.

4. Britain: Sex in front of a live studio audience.

A new British talk show invites couples to have sex on television in front of a live studio audience. Alas, it's not as racy as it sounds: The couples copulate in an opaque, soundproof box, and then emerge to discuss the experience with a panel of sexperts. The show, straightforwardly named "Sex Box," is part of a Channel 4 campaign that aims to combat a culture of rampant pornography by promoting dialogue about "real sex." The show aired in tandem with another series, "Porn on the Brain," the first episode of which examined how teenage girls reacted to pornography in contrast to their male peers, finding that the images "provoked emotions of fear, confusion and anger in girls," while boys "mainly felt excitement or happiness." In the clip provided here from "Sex Box," a male couple enters the box, hoping to shatter misconceptions about gay sex.

5. Venezuela: Live-streaming socialism.

Every week for ten years, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted and starred in a live talk show called "Alo Presidente," in which he frequently sermonized, ranted about America, forcefully communed with common people, and made sweeping, off-the-cuff policy decisions affecting millions. Each broadcast began at 11 a.m. on Sunday and ran for up to eight hours.  One New York Times reviewer described the program as "like a ‘Daily Show' parody" and "the most real reality TV I'd ever seen." The reviewer also noted her unease upon realizing that "anything [Chavez] decides or does or says on the show instantly becomes the audience's reality, in a tangible way, regardless of whether they are watching." The last episode aired Jan. 29, 2012.

In this highlight reel, Chavez eats a cookie from inside a child's mouth, refuses to answer "stupid questions," and tells American "yanquis" to "go to hell."

6. China: Teaching women to be "perfect."

"Beauty Class" is a Chinese game show in the vein of VH1's "Charm School" -- except sillier and with more nudity.  In it, a group of allegedly "ugly ducklings" competes in a series of bizarre challenges that are supposed to transform them into the "white swans" they are inside. "Are you afraid to don low-cut tops?" a promotional post asks. "Scared to wear mini-skirts? No problem -- let me teach you to how to develop a sinuous physique and charming personality, and you'll become a perfect beauty in the blink of an eye." The series is web-only, as Chinese television doesn't allow such raciness on-air. As one Sina Weibo user remarked, "The most daring [show] in the country is indeed Beauty Class. I sit here waiting for it to be banned."

In the clip here, lingerie-clad women are tied to a bed and tickled with feathers by the show's male hosts. What this has to do with cultivating the contestants into "perfect beauties" is anyone's guess.

7. Australia: Virgins for sale.

"Virgins Wanted" is a six-part series following two young people -- one male, one female -- as they attempt to auction off their virginity to online bidders.  Twenty-one-year-old, Brazilian Catarina Migliorini scored the higher bid of $780,000 (from a 53-year-old Japanese millionaire calling himself "Natsu"), while 24-year-old Alex Stephanov earned a comparatively meager $2,600. The controversial project raised questions about the legality of the transactions. Last year, Australian authorities threatened to file sex-trafficking charges against director Justin Sisely if he conducted the auction within the country, while the Brazilian attorney general's office declared that it would investigate Sisely. The director argues that the participants were their own agents, but in light of the attention, Migliorini has since claimed that she never had sex with her auction winner. She is also, once again, trying to auction off her virginity.

"Virgins Wanted," which takes the viewer from casting to (alleged) consummation, reportedlypremiered at an entertainment convention in France this fall. According to Sisely, it will air in Australia next year.

8. Cambodia: Reunited and it feels so... gut-wrenchingly emotional.

Between 1975 and 1979, a cultural revolution imposed by the Khmer Rouge regime left 2 million Cambodians dead and tore apart countless families. Almost 40 years later, a reality show called "It's Not a Dream" started reuniting those families in front of TV cameras and a live studio audience. Initially, more than 1,000 people applied to be on the show, most looking for family members they'd lost decades before. Those selected are brought on stage and interviewed by host Moung Ramary, who at some point reveals that the long-lost relative is actually standing backstage. This being entertainment, the host goes out of her way to wring tears from every guest that crosses her stage -- but the reunions themselves are profoundly raw.

9. Japan: Every game show you could possibly imagine.

Japanese reality television, infamous for transforming acts of humiliation and physical punishment into culturally sanctioned entertainment, usually dominates lists like this one. While we can't go into every weird Japanese game show that's ever blown up on YouTube, there are a couple of standouts worth mentioning. For instance, "Gaki No Tsukai ya Arahende" ("This is No Task For Kids") is somewhere between a reality competition and a comedy show, in which hosts and guests compete in a variety of games, contests, and ridiculous bets. Losers are punished severely and creatively: They have been spanked, whipped with a riding crop, and forcibly touched by other contestants' genitals.

And let's not forget "Human Tetris" (known in Japan as "Brain Wall"), which became such a sensation on YouTube that it has since been adapted in 45 countries. The premise is absurd. But the execution? All you might have hoped for: Contestants must fit their bodies through increasingly ludicrous wall cutouts. And the wall is moving. And the contestants wear metallic spandex unitards. Enjoy.

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发表于 2013-11-28 16:26 | 显示全部楼层
世界之大,千奇百怪!
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发表于 2013-11-29 11:38 | 显示全部楼层
我们的《爸爸在哪儿》就是抄袭来的
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发表于 2013-11-29 11:59 | 显示全部楼层
我们的查韦斯在哪里
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 楼主| 发表于 2013-11-29 12:12 | 显示全部楼层
爱哲123 发表于 2013-11-29 11:59
我们的查韦斯在哪里

同问。
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发表于 2013-11-29 15:03 | 显示全部楼层
查韦斯:基督是个社会主义者,基督是个社会主义者!先知穆罕默德也是社会主义者!在阶级斗争中,先知为了穷人与富人战斗,我们也在进行同样的战争。不是吗?
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发表于 2013-12-1 20:48 | 显示全部楼层
谢谢编译。
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发表于 2014-2-6 12:58 | 显示全部楼层
白“花”齐放
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