Friday, May 26, 2006

咄咄逼人


昨晚一面上網,一面轉身九十度看 Desperate Housewives,上一季的內容還可以,這季就真的太離譜,於是轉台去看60 minutes.看到了Mike Wallace為當年跟Barbara Streisand的訪問道歉,承認自己當時說話刻薄,咄咄逼人.我沒有看到完整的訪問,只看到當年Wallace跟Streisand說:“你曉得你媽媽如何說她與你的關係嗎?她說你從沒有花足夠時間與任何人建立親密的關係.” Streisand呆住了,一字一頓地問:“她是說我跟她,還是跟‘任何人’?” Wallace輕蔑地說:“誰知道?這是你的母親.”

整個訪問過程我沒看清楚,因為我也忙著上網.好像瞥見Streisand後來掉了眼淚?

很佩服一些人的機智、急才,仱牙俐齒永遠佔上風.而且他們往往有驚人的洞悉力、記憶力與組織力,一出手便點中你的死穴,再不然一步一步引君入甕,把人折磨得半死不活.

但這樣好嗎?為什麼這不可以是一個溫柔敦厚的社會?為什麼一定要揭人家的瘡疤與傷痕?為什麼我們不能為人家的成就拍掌,而要翻人家墮落的檔案?

要揭露真相?這是X-file嗎?(“The Truth is Out There”) .Agent Mulder當年追逐UFO也可說是因為妹妹被擄… 我們為的又是什麼?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's why sometimes I hate journalists are who think they are "bigger than the news", if you know what I mean...

Both Mike Wallace and Barbara Walters are known for being "candid" if not "cruel" sometimes when they do interviews. They literablly think they are "bigger than the stars" they are interviewing. That remarks from Mike Wallace was totally uncall for.. I mean, how much did he understand the "true relationship" between Barbara Streisand and her mother? Certainly not enough be in such attitude.

Samantha said...

我最不喜歡的地方是,Streisand多年受精神治療, 他就輕描淡寫地說不明白她有什麼要治那麼久, 然後突然說到她的母親,分明就是想引起人家激動的反應.到底名人們為什麼要接受他的訪問?是他做了"醜人",反而令那麼名人惹人同情???