醜女語錄

四月中﹐播映長達四年的電視劇「醜女貝蒂」終於劃上了尚算圓滿的句點。

「醜女貝蒂」取材自一套哥倫比亞電視連續劇集﹐女主角是一名戴眼鏡﹑箍牙﹑相貌不算搶眼﹑衣著品味駭人的少女。在美國版裡﹐機緣巧合下﹐貝蒂成為了紐約時裝雜誌翹楚 Mode﹐花花公子少東丹尼的女秘書。從第一季貝蒂初出茅廬不識人間險惡到最後一季長袖善舞臨危不亂﹐劇中人都在觀眾的眼前慢慢成長。

我們兩人習慣了一起追看這個連續劇﹐看到了over the top 極盡胡鬧誇張的情境和對白都會忍不住噴飯。喜歡編劇沒有什麼自我審核﹐但又案中有案的對白﹐精警啜核之處回味生甘。 

關於工作

Hilda: “A job is not about making friends. It’s about making money and stealing office supplies. By the way we're out of coffee filters.”

關於忠心

Wilhelmina: "Now as for the rest of you, your loyalty is admirable. You remind me of the orchestra that stayed behind to play as the Titanic sank."

關於過招

Fabia: "You must come to the ceremony. I won't be able to get married without my something old.."
Wilhelmina: "Oh with the veins in your legs you already have your something blue..!"

關於脂肪

Wilhelmina (Holding out a cashew): "Who on this staff would willingly eat something that is 15 grams of fat per serving?"

關於優待

Daniel: "Back when my mother, father and sister all worked here, people used to think I got preferential treatment, too."

關於押韻

Marc: "I can't go stag, hag"

Amanda: "Buy your own beer, queer"

Marc: "You can't just ditch, bitch"

關於諫言
Marc: "I'm not mean to you!"

Amanda: "You told me my head was too big for my neck!"

Marc: "That was constructive criticism!"

Amanda: "And what am I supposed to do about it?!"

關於襯色

Marc: (Looking at Wilhelmina's purple ribbon) "I thought breast cancer was pink?"

Wilhelmina: "It is. But Alzheimer's went better with the outfit."

關於大腿

Wilhelmina:(Having her skirt altered): "Higher!"

Christina: "Any higher and I'll be giving you a pelvic exam!"

Marc: "Oooh, fill my bucket with nothing but thigh!"

Wilhelmina: "Relax Colonel, we all know you prefer nuggets!"

關於爽快

Wilhelmina (to Betty): "Ohh come on girl, I'm black, you're Mexican, lets not stand here and chat like a couple of dull white girls!"

關於道別

Betty: "I've had to say good-bye more times than I may have liked, but everyone can say that. And no matter how many times we have to do it - even if it's for the greater good, it still stings. And although we will never forget what we've given up, we owe it to ourselves to keep moving forward. What we can't do is live our lives afraid of the next good-bye because chances are they are not going to stop. The trick is to recognize when a good-bye can be a good thing - when it's a chance to start again."

有一些應該發生的感情(Betty 和 Henry) 沒結果沒結果沒結果﹐遺憾! 

又有一些不應發生的感情 (Betty 和 Daniel)﹐讓它繼續悄悄隱伏﹐托賴! 

就這樣和一眾妙趣鬼馬的人物道別﹐當中不無一點依依不捨的離情。

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