心向快乐第一季

我并非不喜欢这剧型。Mae是个t打扮的脱口秀演员，不可避免的讨好型人格，内心敏感柔和。8分43秒，她已经遇到了她喜爱的女孩，成功的约会，谈恋爱，两个人一起同居。但是我却生了不忍。我瞄过简介，t打扮不等于t，我知道她会遇见什么。她有毒瘾，她有不安。她的黏人，她的紧绷。她的阴暗。你看8分钟一切美好，她不能入睡，需要开灯，热爱身体触摸。肌肤饥渴症。她试图隐藏阴暗。她注定无法隐藏。更惨的是，她不明白，人怎么努力也是无法满足任何别人的想法。所有的回避都会让缘分渐行渐远。她具有感知别人想法的天赋。但是大多数别人的想法都是毒药。我知道这一切因为。除开瘾症的类型不同，主角的一切我都经历过。所以我停在了8分43秒。需要勇气继续。看她注定搞砸遇见的一切。

类似的丧喜剧，《Fleabag》我就看得毫无波澜觉得角色善于搞砸才有笑点。《Feel good》却让我为角色担心。砸了以后呢，她怎么办？

Broken ？or just be me

“为何我们从未看到碎杯子集合起来，离开地面并跳回桌子，通常解释这违背了热力学第二定律所表示的，在任何闭合系统中无序度或者伤总是随着时间增加，换言之就是墨菲定律的一种形式，事情总是趋向于越变越糟，一个完整的杯子是一个高度有序的状态，地板上碎裂的杯子是一个无序的状态，人们很容易就从早先的桌子上的杯子变成后来地板上的碎杯子而不是相反。”来自霍金。物理学家都知道那么两只猫。一只喜欢进盒子，一只喜欢推杯子。

而成年人的生活，充满了莫宁两可支离破碎。瓷砖修补膏粘好粘不好继续过。

我不知道互助会有什么用。因为其实我不知道倾诉有什么用。你告诉别人。你的烦恼。你却不能得到解决。只是展示了你的软弱。所以其实我明白为什么她要逃离一个互助会。我明白有些人为什么要冲进咖啡柜台，自己做咖啡，而不是埋头吞下垃圾。这个世界并不是你展现你的痛苦，痛苦就会消失。而是你展示你的痛苦，所有人知道你有一个洞。黑洞。可以吞噬一切快乐和幸运，好事。掩盖你的一切。被别人的人看到你的时候。就会看到那个洞，忍不住往里扔垃圾。So.What's the point to show other ones you have a black hole？我明白她为什么试图回避躲藏。却注定无所遁形。

TBC

This is fucking good😭😭😭第四集之前：I fucking love Mae Martin yet this drama is a little bit normal第四集之后：Fucking awesome plot😭😭😭Mae Martin is super genius😭😭😭

I feel like I'm full of birds.

典型的英式喜剧，好多那种冷笑话哈哈哈哈哈，而且除去主角之外人物有为剧情发展和气氛需要脸谱化的嫌疑。George真的很美美得像戴安娜王妃。Mae Martin…我发现我只是喜欢小奶狗而已性别什么的无所谓，所以我原来是无性恋吗（误）看到做爱部分会感觉都是女孩子的话会让我容易习惯很多很多…可能也是对lesbian群体本身不了解不过我不想管那么多

剧本真的很好很好。感觉能体会到日常人与人之间交往的那种真诚与温暖感觉。情感很细腻，但感觉铺陈有时候不到位，也可能我本人不够敏感。剧里的话还是美化过的现实…首先addict被编进去本身就是对taking drugs的一种美化…cant help doing something while knowing that it will bring some negative consequences hhhh但是很多琐碎的碎片化现实又fucking real and fucking touching，Mae和George最后对话还有以前其他的对话里面那些词不达意欲言又止还有反复的sorry, I just... 都好London好生活…我们都一样啊。

You are being loved. 那里真的眼眶湿润了。not an island... 人与人之间的联系真的是拯救一个人的根本吗。

md这部里面的感情真的都好他妈流畅啊。

就是在考试周看然后看第一集的时候：这能拍六集？看完第六集的时候：怎么只有六集该不会我还要等第二季吧。看到还有第二季的时候：希望我能先紧着复习😭

差点忘了夸导演！色调真的超级超级棒啊，好多镜头都很漂亮，镜头下的人也无比好看。调色和色彩搭配都太好了…视角也很棒。

看看这个镜头多绝美！

看完了。我觉得很好看。囊括了我们女同性恋群体会遇到的许许多多的问题，当然我觉得同样，这其中的一些感情问题是谈了恋爱的人都会遇到的。唉，觉得篇幅还不够长，但是其中真的蕴含了太多。

想到什么就写什么吧。

乔治父亲的离开和她后来和梅的父亲坐那个小车车的样子——她真的很怀念父爱吧。虽然她和梅的父母见面的时间很短暂，但是我觉得能看出她对那种久违了的父爱的憧憬。

然后就是当你陷入了这个群体之后，你才意识到之前认为只是寻常的事其实是多么的充满偏见。乔治所教的课程和班级上发生的事情，在她和梅交往之前肯定是存在的，但那时候，大概就像现在很多人的“事不关己高高挂起”一样吧，她不觉得是什么大不了的事——毕竟不发生在自己身上。而当她自己差不多也算成为其中一份子的时候，她才能被这些伤害到或者意识到有些曾经自以为正常是多么伤人。

哈哈哈哈哈直女被掰弯后的心路历程

梅的困惑，我觉得以前也曾是我的困惑，对方到底想让我成为什么样子？什么样子是我真正想成为的我自己？一开始看预告的时候，是的梅的外形就非常T呗，也有那么一丝丝忧虑是不是会包含着刻板印象。我觉得本剧某方面比较神就是它虽然篇幅不长，但是仅仅通过几个画面就让我感受到了想传达的东西——比如梅会想尝试穿一件小吊带裙，但是同时又羞于让乔治知道这件事。在她心里还是害怕乔治只是把她当男性伴侣来看待——这在女同性恋+直女的组合中很常见，其实就算是两个拉拉在一起我觉得也会有……

看到这句的我：呵，直女

这算是刻板印象的余孽吗？当然也有人喜欢这种相处模式，这也是我最近很纠结的一点，好像这种模式你无法确切地评价好与坏，但是希望大家在谈恋爱的时候都能找到和自己模式相同的人。

不过乔治最后在思考了，在了解了，在改变自己了，我觉得就很厉害。她明白了谁才是自己真正的朋友，也知道自己究竟想要什么，以及去尝试接纳新的自己。（这可能是大家追直女过程中的理想画面了吧XD）

家庭问题我觉得也算本剧表达的一个副中心？无论是梅那强势的母亲还是乔治选择离开的父亲以及对爱情失望的母亲（但我们也可以看出，你越表现出嫌弃反而越证明你在乎）。家庭问题有时候反而是一个很容易被忽视的问题，家长们有时候会说“每个家庭都这样！”来逃避应该承担改变的责任。都这样的家庭就正常吗？

看到此处有笑到

不知道会不会有第二季，因为觉得还是有些地方没有说清楚，也有些地方表达得蜻蜓点水一般。但此时打下这些文字的我又觉得，不用说清楚我们也可以顺着畅想下去。

乔治正视了自己的内心，她选择了更值得当朋友的人，她也会对梅给予支持；

梅虽然复吸了orz（而且那个Day1的小牌牌还是掖着藏着），但是剧的最末尾，我觉得她下一句就要向乔治坦诚自己复吸了，这是一个好的开始，我想也是她收获安全感的开始。

最后想到的是那个（完了我忘了名字了就是互助会最后和梅一起吸Du的那位）。

他竟然是打电话叫来了自己的保证人，我还挺震惊的，因为他俩一起吸的时候我内心真的“oh fuck”。保证人那番话真的蛮感人的……是一个，特别合格，值得当做依靠的保证人了。

哎，仍在回味中。

附上梅对成瘾的一个新的解读，我觉得，哇，内心的有些问题豁然开朗。

我们都在对什么东西成瘾呢？

我是T。我想被女孩推倒。我曾对亲密关系关系成瘾。我沉迷于女孩们的暗面。

注视着Mae Martin的时候，我感到被看见。

我的初恋来自离异家庭。我15岁的crush有抑郁症。我的前任同时有躁郁症和人格分裂症。我从未刻意因一个人的过去而选择她们，但somehow，they turned out that way.也许因为那种人格的张力不必隐藏也会隐约浮现吧。也许是因为我天生喜欢戏剧性，喜欢刺激。

And all didn’t end well.

情绪是会传染的。在高二的时候我曾经那么厌恶自己。一边大哭一边猛抽着雾化咖啡因的时候，在大雨里奔跑的时候，觉得自己空虚，孤独，一无是处。虽然我没有真的产生substance addiction，但那段为了控制睡眠而交替大剂量服用褪黑素和咖啡因的日子，现在想起来还觉得后怕。

...还有对亲密关系的焦虑。只要觉得无聊就会想找对方。只要对方不回就会觉得生命被抽干，觉得自己是一无是处的垃圾。会不安，会百爪挠心。

我在初三毕业的暑假打电话给我的心理老师，告诉她我爱上了一个抑郁症的女孩，我想帮她，我想和她做爱。老师要我保证我们会在“能闻得到阳光的地方”发生关系，然后告诉我，我救不了任何人，我做不了任何人的英雄。

如果受不了，我必须走。我必须先爱自己。

《心向快乐》回应了非常非常多有关LGBT社群生活的亚主题：挣扎的自我认同、痛苦的过去、“出柜”对伴侣关系造成的张力，甚至当George眉飞色舞地描述自己对某位理想型男性的痴迷时，Mae的感受对我来说都熟悉得令人痛苦。

但最关键的是，Mae同时存在于剧内剧外。她同时也是自己的故事有意识的讲述者。她完全接受了自己的过去，并且知道分享它能为他人带来怎样的理解和慰藉。这非常了不起。

我感到被看见，被回应。我感到并不孤独，而这点给了我信心。

所以....谢谢这部剧的存在。谢谢Mae和我们讲述她的故事。

Feel Good is a low budget 6-episode TV show which mysteriously skipped my attention when it was first brought up by a friend: probably because it features no big star (Lisa is one, but in a small role), and British TV shows like Fleabag and Killing Eve have raised the bar very high now.

However, one night, I started to watch the first episode and was very impressed. The not so sub plot of addiction is so well-written. I really like it when Mae (its main character shares the same name with the writer and lead actor, which is a bit confusing) expands the definition of ‘addiction’: ‘it’s all the same feelings, craving, and withdrawl, and relief, and obsession. We are just swapping one addiction for another’. By doing that, Mae Martin (I will use the full name when referring to the creator) connects the love story and Mae’s struggle to stay clean together. Mae Martin challenges the audience to view addiction as not only a struggle among a group of people, but something many of us face when being in a toxic relationship with partners, or, say, social media. By then, I am convinced Feel Good is quite good because the creators know ‘nuances’. Its focus on addiction also reminds me of Killing Eve S2, the key word for its 2nd season is ‘obsession’. While both handle compulsive/toxic feelings between people/people and object, Killing Eve’s take on obsession is disappointing, Feel Good, on the other hand, only gets better episode by episode.

Story aside, I am mesmerized by how the show introduces the love story to the audience. It is fast-paced. As Guardian remarks, ‘Feel Good moves so quickly and lightly that it seems impossible it could also be managing to construct characters and burrow into psyches as deeply and empathically as it does.’ You never need to fast-forward; it’s densely-packed but you won’t feel stressful; the plots mingle effortlessly. It takes 30 seconds for Mae and George to fall in love with each other. I love how unconventional and unapologetic it is. I love how an LGBTQIA (bless Joyce) story focus on how the two lovers enjoy their relationship (at least for the most part) without giving too much attention to how they are unsure if the other is into them, or suffering from loneliness because they can’t find a partner. Of course the loneliness issue exists and there is suffering, but there are many representations of those already. Feel Good shows how the relationship can be the start, rather than the ending, of a story.

I also like how the struggles of Mae and George are more about themselves making choices than them being in disagreement with a suffocating society. It is refreshing to see not only Mae’s parents, but George’s mother, support their sexuality. Mae’s gig pals don’t make a fuss about her having a girlfriend. The roommate Phil is an angel. The lead of the support group is a gay man; Lava is loved by her mother regardless of her sexuality. While Binky’s husband and his friends are ‘piece of shit’, I don’t see them as homophobic (I could be wrong though). The show demonstrates that everyone can and should be nice to LGBT+ community. I like how Feel Good doesn’t use societal approval as a trope; instead, it allows us to see Mae and George as individuals who make their own decisions. Yes, sexuality is and will be important in their lives, but they don’t let it to devour them, they can still breathe.

The relationship is beautifully written and wonderfully performed. I mean THE CHEMISTRY!! Yes there is sex. As Mae Martin said, she didn’t want the lesbian sex to be voyeuristic. I congratulate her in doing a fantastic job!! Feel Good has amazing sex scenes: they are romantic, witty, hilarious, and honest. The director and writers make sure the sex scenes are not about sex/lust only, they are also about female pleasure. Mae and George communicate and share their sexual preferences; they don’t force their fetish on the other, instead, they ask politely. The show doesn’t mystify lesbian sex: even lesbians can’t cum and that’s ok! Feel Good has achieved what Sex Education has done: it has educated people (older than high schoolers) how to have sex, and more importantly, how to discern when the relationship is going south.

There are nudity scenes and they are (quite literally) serving the plot: it is when Mae feels most vulnerable physically. The paradox of the physicality and the personality is, however, not restricted to gay people. Mae is struggling because she believes however hard she tries, she can never have George in the long haul because George is ‘culturally straight’. George, however, insists this idea is just in Mae’s head. (Or is it?) It becomes apparent that the couple is not on the same page on many things. Mae is shy but she wants public validation of their relationship: she wants to be blessed by George’s family and friends. George is popular (win the lottery) but she is ultra private when it comes to Mae. She points out her friends just want to crack a joke and emotions (mind, not sexuality), for them, is gross. Eventually, George will have to face her own real emotions. There is a moment where Mae questions why George never like/retweet her social media stuffs. As Fleabag says ‘Hair is everything’, the (non)usage of social media, I argue, is (almost) everything. This again shows the discrepancy between the couple – which, of course, is normal; in every relationship/friendship, such disagreements happen and that’s what makes this show so relatable.

It is interesting to note that the dynamic between the two flows all the time. I find myself on the side of Mae and then I am on George’s side! For example, the first episode shows Mae concealing her addiction history from George, which is a bit dishonest; but George also makes Mae think she’s already mentioned her to her friends while actually she’s dating some Crenshaw dude. I find it especially interesting that while George is portrayed as a cold person (she leaves Mae alone in a party; she’s rather cold towards Phil etc etc), Mae can also be quite aloof – check what she does to Lava. When she says let’s not share this with Maggie, it is as if George were saying let’s not tell my friends now.

Talking about George and her friends, I really like how the show does about their friendship. It shows that those friendships, even though ‘long haul’, are not necessarily genuine. Indeed, things can be tricky, if not scary, when friends finally choose to be honest with each other, right?

Binky’s husband and friends are hilarious characters, but the show makes sure not all the male characters are caricatured. I like Phil a lot; he’s giving me the neighbor who ended up marrying Hannah’s boyfriend’s sister in Girls, especially when he’s mentioning all the baby stuffs. Mae’s dad is a charming character; but I am not sure if he’s a good dad. His ‘Oh I need to check the garden’ is a specimen of dad type, who leaves all the dirty job of communicating with kids to mums. The show also inserts in a MeToo story plot where things turn sour quickly. In all, the portrayals of male characters are multifaceted. Well done.

Last but not the least: small roles. Does the show even have small roles? Because everyone shines. Even the shop assistant of that sex shop: the scene is so funny and captivating. Lisa Kudrow is funny but in a cold way – which is really nice. I am not crazy about her first appearance in the laptop; seeing her appear in Blackpool is a real surprise for me (and Mae). I love the scene in Ghost Train the most. Arguing in a horror house/moving train, with all the noise and terrifying man-makes while discussing ‘real emotions’, which is the most terrifying of all – what a genius idea!! The fact that the show keeps vague about why Mae is cast out of the family is an interesting one; I quite like how her mother points out her privilege and that she has everything she wants when she grows up. Again, the show is looking at the mysterious and intricate human mind that is not so easily explainable. Apart from that, I don’t think there are a lot of TV shows that discuss ‘privilege’. Kudos to the writers for highlighting this aspect.

The photography is really pretty. It, like TEOTFW, has a consistent tone, which is even reflected when Mae and George are in bed. Note the beautiful blue shadow. The music is nice. The costume looks comfy and lovely (never let the costume steal the show– I’m talking to you, Killing Eve). My favorite, as I said earlier is the pace of narration. Mae has run a lot and it is a signature of Feel Good, like Fleabag’s looking at the camera.

Feel Good is about a female stand-up comedian. In the States, there is The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. Both Mae and Midge suffer from a backfire from they using real-life stories with their partner (judging from S1 finale, haven’t watched S2 yet). It is interesting to think how personal the stand-up mateials can be, but having just watched Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, I am reminding myself that in order to make things funny, the ‘truth’ can be compromised. While Nanette is almost metafictional when Hannah approaches/disconstructs what makes comedy, I don’t think that is the angle Feel Good is heading towards. However, it is still fit to think about the show amongst the powerful works by Mae Martin’s fellow female comedians. The freshness of the show also reminds me of Girls (with its minute depictions of modern female life) and Fleabag (with its candidacy about real emotions). Feel Good deserves more recognition and PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SEASON 2 THANK YOU NETFLIX!!

Mae Martin不仅是《Feel Good》的女主，是本片编剧之一，同时自己也确实是一位知名喜剧脱口秀演员。《Feel Good》不仅沿用了Mae的名字，故事也基本上是她现实生活的翻版。

3月19日，Netflix发行了新剧《Feel Good》，豆瓣译名《心向快乐》，但我更喜欢之前的译名《迷醉伦敦》。这是一部甜甜的同性爱情剧，讲述了毒瘾缠身的单口喜剧演员Mae Martin和“直女”女朋友的新恋情。从相识到同居，只需要一集。

Mae Martin: 才华横溢的喜剧脱口秀演员

许多观众都为Mae的魅力所折服，而我看完剧只有一个感觉，导演太会选演员了，要知道单口喜剧并不是那么好演的，而Mae在舞台上自然到让所有人相信她作为一个喜剧脱口秀演员的才华。后来一查资料才知道，Mae Martin不仅是《Feel Good》的女主，是本片编剧之一，同时自己也确实是一位知名喜剧脱口秀演员。《Feel Good》不仅沿用了Mae的名字，故事也基本上是她现实生活的翻版。

和《Feel Good》中的女主角一样，Martin来自加拿大。加入《The Young and the Useless》剧团以后，Mae便开始了自己的喜剧生涯，16岁时便获得Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award（为鼓励戏剧演员新秀设立的奖项）提名，是该奖项有史以来最年轻的提名人。

在脱口秀演出之余，Martin还是加拿大CBC电视台电视喜剧小品系列《Baroness von Sketch Show》的编剧，并凭借出色的剧本撰写才华获得过2次加拿大银幕奖最佳编剧奖。2011年，Martin移居英国，开始在英国参与一些电视和广播节目。2018年，Martin首次出现在Netflix《全球喜剧人》系列中。

Martin的关键词：性别流动

Martin虽然的确与男性和女性都交往过，但她拒绝被贴上“同性恋”或者“双性恋”的标签，她一直谈论的便是，性别是流动的，性倾向也一样。如果你翻看Mae以往的脱口秀节目，你会发现她和剧中一样，在各种各样的舞台上调侃自己的“年少无知”，自己沉迷毒品的黑暗经历，自己的爱情故事。

在BBC第4频道，Martin有一档专题栏目《Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Sexuality》（Mae Martin的21世纪性别指南），专门讨论社会与性别问题。在另一些舞台上，Martin也谈论过“为什么你是同性恋”、“与异性交往”、“生来如此”、“天性还是规训”，这些节目的碎片拼凑起来，便成了我们看到的《Feel Good》。

《迷醉伦敦》为什么这么戳心？

喜剧的内核，是悲剧，《Feel Good》也一样。剧中George在遇到Mae以前都是异性恋，因而难以跟父母和身边的朋友启齿自己有了女朋友的事，而这也成为了两人矛盾的触发点。Mae在自己的节目中吐露心声，说自己不再穿颜色鲜艳的衣服，但更怕George将自己视为男性。

我们都知道，即使是在性少数群体中，也是存在“鄙视链”的，“双性恋”在同性恋群体中其实是非常不受待见的。《Feel Good》所反映的核心在于同性恋的性别认同，可能与大多数人的认知不同，许多同性恋并不认为自己的社会性别与生理性别相反。

尽管取材于Martin的真实人生，George这个角色其实是许多人的集合体。

“搬来英国之后，我和一些女孩约会过，她们中的确有一些从来没有和女生在一起过，我会和她们共同经历这个过程。实际上，这个过程是既辛苦又有趣的，同时很多事情也会给我们带来很多压力。我觉得我能够理解这种动态的变化，我们只想要展示性别流动的事实。她从来没有想过自己会变成这样，但她突然爱上了一个女孩，然后立马感受到了要重新建立自己的身份与认同的压力。其实她并不是必须要去面临这些压力，她只是爱上了一个人而已。她必须要重新去建构自己的性别认同，甚至是自己的世界观。我们真的很希望观众能够感受到剧集中体现的对George的同理心。”

还有第二季吗？

“我是个彻头彻尾的浪漫主义者，我整个20岁的人生似乎都是围绕爱情展开的，所以我想写一个爱情故事。我们想写一个充满难堪但同时也很诚实的现代爱情故事，我希望人们重视感情。关于这些角色，我们想讲的还有很多，我们很乐意拍第二季。”

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