简而言之:路易更关注演员是否合适,而不是肤色。另外,路易不希望演员太像他的前妻。
以下是一些报道和评论。
1. IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1492966/faq Is this based on Louis C.K.'s real life?
Yes, it's very loosely based on his life and career.
Why is his ex-wife played by a black woman in the third season when his children are clearly white?
C.K. has stated that he is not concerned with continuity and will change characters at will to fit the episode's story. In previous episodes, Louie's ex-wife was played by a white actress but only her hands were visible. In response to this, C.K. said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!": "If the character works for the show, I don't care about the race." He continued: "When a black woman tells you to get a job, its just... more"
In the first season, different actresses played Louie's mother and youngest daughter throughout the season. In the first season, Louie had a brother. But in the second season, he has two sisters and his brother is never mentioned. In one episode, his niece comes to stay with him for a seemingly extended period of time but is never seen again after that.
2.
http://uproxx.com/tv/louies-casting-director-revealed-why-louies-ex-wife-is-black-but-their-children-are-white/Louie is obviously a series that’s always been very experimental in regards to format, subject matter and casting. I won’t get too into that since people who are far more articulate than I am have said many more words on the topic. However, one thing that’s always struck me as odd is that while Louie’s ex-wife, played by actress Susan Kelechi Watson, is obviously African-American — Louie’s daughters, Jane and Lilly, are white.
And not just white, but fair-skinned, blonde haired Nordic-looking white. So what was the logic behind this? Business Insider spoke with Louie’s casting director, Gayle Keller on the subject, and she shed some light onto the decision:
“We play around with ethnicities. Janet is African American, but both of their kids are white and Louie’s white so how does that work? Look, it probably doesn’t make sense but Louie wanted to cast someone to play his on-screen ex-wife who was unlike his real ex-wife,” casting director Gayle Keller tells Business Insider. “He didn’t want that much reality in this show.”
“We auditioned people who were African American and white, we auditioned both,” explains Keller. “We didn’t limit ourselves to someone who was just Caucasian. Louis just felt that the woman who we cast [Watson] was best for the part and she happened to be African American and he didn’t care about that. He didn’t feel like he had to explain that in any way and have two Caucasian children and an African American wife.”
Keller also revealed why they made the decision to make Janet white in the season four flashback, saying that they auditioned actresses who were African American, Caucasian, and Asian. I actually did not even realize that was supposed to be Janet, and figured it was some other ex-wife that came before Janet, which is exactly why I don’t write think pieces on Louie.
“Ethnicity is not what was important for that role,” says Keller. “It was more about the fact that we wanted someone who just understood the character immediately. All of the actors who come in to audition go on tape and they only get the material when they get to the audition. Everything is a cold reading because Louis likes when actors are not that prepared and forced to go with their instincts.”
Anyway, there you go, mystery solved. Louis CK doesn’t see race, you guys, he sees people. We’re basically all just a bunch of neanderthals for wondering in the first place.
EP5: 为什么你不敢靠近死亡?不是因为你恐惧,而是因为你内心深处渴望跳下去。死对你而言是解脱。我不一样,我不跳下去是有理由,我热爱活着。Liz这番话,听得我一激灵。
EP12: 第一,看着对方的眼睛说实话;第二,你有起有落;第三,如果有人让你保守秘密,那秘密就是假的。
EP13: 最深切的孤寂23:59,紧接着是友谊地久天长,热泪盈眶。
当Louie从HBO来到FX,女儿长大了,从一个变成了两个,老婆变成了暧昧不清的情人,他自己也从一个loser晋级为一个高阶loser,原来的情景喜剧模式也摇身一变成更具个人风格的讲述与演绎交叉的模式,我不敢说这是一种首创,但至少让我耳目一新,风格的改变,无厘头的叙事也让主创的发挥更加随心所欲,每一个主题的展开也更加肆无忌惮。
如果你抱着看俊男美女的态度,我想这部剧不适合你,甚至你抱着轻松笑一笑的心态,这部剧也不一定适合你,你想找那种看一分钟就可以笑得肚子痛的料,还是出门左转看老友记,或者右转看摩登家庭。路易就是这样的剧,它可以让你笑,却不会让你笑得轻松,正如每一集那些单口相声,又有多少不熟谙美国民间文化的中国人能够完全听懂?
你发现到了这个年龄,还单着的,除了被剩下的,就是有点变态的,主动剩下的基本都是同性恋,其余那么一两个,基本也都是心理装着这辈子也忘不掉的人。当你发现那些比你年轻的屌丝们都可以不拿正眼瞧你,你还有多少理由去再爱一场?就算你知道谁是真的婊子,对着镜子中自己都不敢面对的衰老容颜还有什么信心与之对抗?当你鼓起勇气去一场很久没有的约会,却发现对那种场合早已生疏,不如回家烧两个菜看着女儿吃这样过新年来的实在。当你把“wave”听成“wait”,说明你内心对爱还残留期待,只是远处挥手的她注定不是对的人。你或许比那个流落街头的老友过的好那么一点,但你能做的也只是请他吃一顿饭,然后告诉他:女儿还在家等我,我得告辞了。当你满心欢喜认为事业有了转机多年的辛劳得偿所愿,走到最后才发现自己只不过是一枚棋子,平步青云这种事永远都是传说。
可是还好,你虽然一辈子赚的钱也不足以让自己和家人住上梦寐以求的别墅,但也不至于交不起节节高升的房租;你虽然没有爱自己的工作到爱不释手,但好歹还算熟能生巧有所擅长;你虽然无法奢望有个既懂你又爱你又能和你做爱的人一直陪你走到最后,但至少时不时有炮可打,毕竟尽管年龄见长身材走样,但也不算是劣等货色,时不时还有三两好友可以一起喝酒吐槽网上聊天互相诋毁,然后临了时说一句:bitch,我爱你。你没有愿景中那么自由,但偶尔也会疯狂一回,从脏衣服乱糟糟的家和一大堆垃圾食品里走出来,心血来潮的订一张打折的机票,靠着谷歌地图和陌生人的微笑度过一个偷来的假期。
是的,你还活着,你不对未来抱有太高的希望,但也不代表就因此放弃了生活的理想。Louie,就算你是一个loser,也是一个幸运的loser,我何尝不是呢。
第四还是第五集,那个书店里面的女孩精瘦漂亮,半夜闯进生食店吃鱼片和面包,一路小跑,安置流浪汉,上屋顶的时候回眸一笑,im having so much fun right now 这么漂亮她估计可以心安理得拥有任何东西,但是她还是看起来so sad,路易看着她笑,我觉得又起风了
后来在纽约高楼大厦喊得那一幕,fuckyou letterman,不能够优异到及格,我们小时候被告诉有梦想就能去任何地方,可是不够聪明不够漂亮整天一屁股的事情还是拽回原地,只能在死磕硬碰中得到一点战胜自己的快乐
第一集路易压根没想和女友分手,只不过是担心自己的车子到底能不能停在那而紧张有心事。然而女友却以为路易是想要分手而紧张有心事,以至于路易说自己太累了并不是想分手,没见过两个女儿是想多准备准备(然而第三集两个女儿都问路易什么时候找女朋友)都被女友理解成是和她在一起太累要分手。
虽然是喜剧,但实际生活中也往往是这样家人朋友爱人,你不说我不说你以为我以为就变成了陌生人。
最后两集让我毫不犹豫打了五星。被梦想摆了一刀,还是要在车水马龙的街头高喊自己做到了;重新遇见喜欢的人,却在自己眼前死去;所有人都在倒数新年快乐,自己却被孤独冲击的仓皇失措。这些让我突然想大哭一场的瞬间,都变成了我想好好活着的理由。
你笑了 你也觉得难过了
最后三集开挂
真的假的……北京人都是活雷锋,请老外免费吃饭和坐车 = =#感情上次去北京不是专程去正乙祠戏楼做standup,而是拍外景是嘛。明年见啊,经常来北京到我家来做客啊~
最后一集路易来到了北京,来到了蓝岛大厦前,带到了朝阳门外大街,来到了昌平的农户里。那种跨越种族,地域的孤独感,真是无人能敌。太高级了。
感觉其他美剧都是一泡污了(除了发展受阻)
陆毅太容易,路易不容易,生活不容易?易容就容易(ps:最后两集看哭啦
竟然花了这么多篇幅来说relationship,好在有trilogy。下季pamela回来吧!matt kelmer还有Sweetpro赶紧出原声吧
一季更比一季强。意外啊,从帕克波西到大卫林奇,这两个让我二般喜欢的人,竟然都按照我喜欢的方式来了,很好,我单方面宣布我是路易ck的soulmate了
风格渐变,更黑暗,想做豆瓣的阿巴厮CK。
第六集,路易和罗宾握手告别,彼此约定谁先挂,另一个要去凭吊葬礼。两年后,罗宾威廉姆斯自杀谢世。
你管这个叫喜剧?你他妈的管这个叫喜剧!
隔着屏幕都察觉出喜剧演员的抑郁症前兆来了。别围观了,都散了吧。星都不敢打,怕被误会是为乞丐撒下的零钱。
神结尾 现在回头看Louie写的Letterman和Lynch真是忧伤啊
陆毅以为自己坐上到中国的飞机就能到长江躲避扭腰的问题,想不到落到了朝阳区群众手上,最后跟着一车鸭子到了河北,吃了顿真·国际主义的饭。长江在哪里已经不重要了。
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越来越好笑了 而且是一点儿不dirty的好笑 真是奇怪 虽然最后来北京那点儿好不习惯
最后的扬子江升华了,一切都是如此随机。帝都是最大的城乡结合部,哈哈
天呐最后几集太牛逼了!大卫·林奇客座出演的那三集Late Show外加最后圣诞集完全就是一趟情绪过山车,虐到哭的下一秒就是笑尿啊!还特别喜欢第三集迈阿密救生员好基友,两个直男情投意合又怕被误会不敢承认の迷思哈哈哈哈哈
以恶搞的形式在忧伤