12/23/2008
12/19/2008
《华尔街》
一路上寒风飘飘,黄牛也稀稀拉拉,显然,这戏不是热门。直到剧院门口才显出人气来,一列都挺好看的小姑娘呼啦啦走过来,倒是有点气势,其中居然有同一届新传的那个当初一直很活跃的女生,现在看上去还是很年轻,近距离看皮肤甚好。保养有方!不晓得干啥的干活。
姑娘们进门直接去领票――跟我一样,原来也是持赠票看白戏的,顿时距离感拉近几分。
这戏非常写实,写实到剧情都让我感到非常熟悉,不是近期金融危机连续占据新闻头条的缘故,而是里头涉及的交易结构就是公司里整天接触的东东。仿佛是直接把纸面上的交易搬到了舞台上。演员从身边走过(我的座位靠着走道),好像故事也就发生在身边。
两代投资人理念的冲撞、政府责任、资本的本性、市场的无情、人性的怯懦和自私等等都有了。
故事很真,真得让人觉得有些无奈,真得让我感觉是在看纪录片而不是话剧。
张余跟中心有多纠结我不知道,反正几个戏里他都找来了田蕤,正是田蕤的发挥令台词或者故事一般的戏不同凡响。这次又几乎成了他的独角戏。
值得一看。
又:小厅门口有《死亡约会》的预告单,单上原著名称是正确的appointment with death,看来订票网站上的"death date"跟张余他们无关。3月4日起上演。
12/01/2008
The BrE I Prefer
一身深色风衣,一顶礼帽,一把深色长柄伞,在多雨少人的英国乡村街头悠闲地走来,或许是回家喝下午茶,配上自家女人做得的(home-made) Muffin,或许是去学校给学生上课,又或许是去犯罪现场——如果这口音里还夹在一星半点的法语的话。
就是这个,点击下载(300k左右)
http://cid-a304a3ed04e117fd.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/global%20News%2020081128-0344a.mp3
Con=坑
Conman就是“坑子”
Ant aphrodisiac conman executed
Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:25am EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has executed the leader of a bogus scheme for breeding ants to make aphrodisiacs that conned investors out of 3 billion yuan ($439 million), the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
Wang Zhendong was executed on Wednesday in the northeastern province of Liaoning, Xinhua cited an unnamed local official as saying.
The fictitious ant-breeding project that Wang fronted features prominently in posters and other government educational materials warning of the risks of pyramid schemes and other investment schemes that sound too good to be true.
Wang promised investors in the fictitious project returns of 35 to 60 percent, Xinhua said.
The ants were to be used for making liquor, herbal remedies and aphrodisiacs.One investor committed suicide after realizing he had been duped, while many others suffered from depression, Xinhua said.
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USTRE4AQ5S920081127