Bernard Shaw was really shocked.
He believes that genius does exist in this world,
For example, he dropped out of school at the age of 15 and worked as a scribe in a real estate company. It was not until he came into contact with Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" that he felt "in an instant, the magic of this great poet opened my eyes." ,
From then on, Shaw's drama creation was out of control.
This experience is very close to the configuration of the male protagonist of Shuangwen.
But Lu Shi...
Lu Cai is the real male protagonist of Shuangwen!
A Chinese student studying abroad, without any resources, wrote suspense novels that crushed the Sherlock Holmes series, and wrote humanities and social science works that earned him the status of the founder of new history.
Now, Lu Shi has proved with facts that he is also very good at political satire.
It’s simply outrageous to open the door for outrageousness——
It’s so outrageous!
Bernard Shaw whispered: "What Mr. Lu just said is the most pungent and humorous irony I have ever come across."
The joke Lu Shi told comes from "Yes!" prime minister",
This is a typical political satire that is famous all over the world.
There is a very famous meme in the 21st century, "Half a British drama rules the world", and this is what it means.
"yes! Prime Minister" has many classic scenes,
For example, the fourth level of statecraft:
In the first stage, we claim that nothing happened;
The second stage is to say that something might happen, but we’d better wait and see what happens;
Stage 3, saying maybe we should act, but we can’t do anything;
Stage 4: Maybe something could have been done, but now it's too late.
…
Well, very true.
Lu Shi said: "Mr. Xiao, I just told a joke. I don't understand drama creation."
Bernard Shaw nodded,
Indeed, Lu Shi was just telling jokes,
But the problem is that George Bernard Shaw wrote so many satirical plays, but he didn’t write equally wonderful jokes.
Furthermore, all the British playwrights put together, dead or alive, have never written a joke of that caliber.
Bernard Shaw lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "There is a saying in China... Well... let me think about it... it seems to be 'the whole world rides on the same bus' or something like that."
Lu Shi was speechless for a while.
"There is only one stone in the world, Cao Zijian only got eight dou, and I got one dou. From ancient times to the present, we all share one dou. You can understand 'stone' as the unit of length, meter, and 'dou' as the unit of meter."
Bernard Shaw nodded,
"Yes, that's it. Mr. Lu, you are Cao Zijian."
Lu Shi was embarrassed,
It was embarrassing enough to be called the founder of New Historiography yesterday, but now it's better to have another "Cao Zijian".
He quickly said: "Mr. Xiao, it's too much to praise me so much."
This kind of denial is very pale.
In Shaw's eyes, Lu Shi was humble.
He said: "Mr. Lu, if you are really not that good, then who are we playwrights? What you say casually is pungent and humorous political satire, but I have never had such a sharp writing style. You Just stop being modest.”
There was sincerity in Shaw's eyes.
Lu Shi scratched his head,
I've already been pushed out of my way to teach in London Political Economics, but I don't want to cause any trouble again.
It’s not that I can’t write scripts, it’s just that I haven’t finished “Guns, Germs, and Steel” yet and I don’t have enough energy.
Anyone who writes books knows how tiring it is to do both.
Lu Shi said, "Mr. Xiao, I think it's not your problem that you can't write that kind of bitter satire."
Bernard Shaw sat up straight, like a student listening carefully.
Lu Shi's forehead was sweating while giving lectures to literary giants.
His eyes wandered for a while, then locked on the stage.
At this time, the plot of "Lady Windermere's Fan" is already halfway through.
In order to prevent Lady Windermere from making a fool of herself, Lady Ellyn came out and admitted that the fan was hers, allowing her daughter to leave secretly.
The beautiful actress who plays Lady Windermere babbling her lines:
"Oh, my dear..."
Lu Shi's eyes lit up and he said, "That's right! Seriously!"
Bernard Shaw was puzzled;
"serious?"
Lu Shi looked like an outsider, pointed at the stage with his finger, and said, "In reality, who would speak with such a high tone?"
As he said this, Lu Shi did not forget to give an example:
"Oh, my old man, I swear to the Virgin Mary, this feels like shit. Believe me, wait for the people who really know about this to tell us. It doesn't get much better than this." Something that makes me happy.”
"Pfft~"
George Bernard Shaw burst into laughter.
Although the lines that Lu Shi made up on the spot were exaggerated, we have to admit that this problem does exist in current British drama creation.
But this still cannot answer George Bernard Shaw's doubts.
He continued: "Mr. Lu, of course I am aware of this problem, which is why I advocate new drama, rather than what Wilde called 'art for art's sake.' But in fact, neither Wilde nor I are as tall as you. Levels of irony.”
Lu Shi was speechless,
Are all writers so serious?
I can only continue to lie.
Lu Shi said: "Mr. Xiao, what characteristics do you think a political satirical drama should have?"
Bernard Shaw pondered, and after a while he said: "I think it should be through plot to present the true face of politics in a relatively serious way... Well..."
Bernard Shaw lowered his head, as if he had thought of something.
Lu Shi pretended to be a teachable child and said in a persuasive manner: "Mr. Xiao, we are very close."
Bernard Shaw was inspired, his eyes lit up,
"It is not difficult to present the true face of politics through plot, and this kind of drama is very easy to attract people. But its problem is also obvious. It is not so much a political satire, but more so that it is just an ordinary drama with political elements. "
Bernard Shaw stared at Lu Shi closely,
"Mr. Lu, you must be thinking so!"
Lu Shi suddenly realized,
"So that's what I thought...ahem...I mean, yes, that's what I thought."
Bernard Shaw nodded and continued: "So, in a script written in that way, political satire is just an embellishment, and the core is actually the struggle between people."
Lu Shi couldn't help but sigh,
A literary giant is a literary giant,
What Bernard Shaw said is very close to the form of some modern political dramas.
For example, the first two seasons of "House of Cards", which had a very high payment rate (the latter completely sucked),
Another example is "The Ming Dynasty 1566", which was well-received but not well-received.
The attraction of these TV series is not only the political themes, but also the struggle between people.
Lu Shi agreed: "Mr. Xiao, it is difficult for a script written in that way to provide a very sharp deconstruction of a specific topic, which is naturally contrary to satire."
George Bernard Shaw asked: "What method should be used?"
The first thing Lu Shi thought of was "Yes!" Prime Minister", so the answer: "Unit drama."
After finishing speaking, he remembered that there was no concept of unit drama in 1900, so he explained: "Simply speaking, each act of a unit drama is a system of its own, an exquisite and compact structure, that is, a unit, but there are differences between each unit. Closely connected and interlocking.”
When George Bernard Shaw looked at Lu, his eyes were shining.
Lu Shi felt very nervous when he was stared at.
"What...what happened?"
George Bernard Shaw smiled,
"Mr. Lu, you still said you don't understand drama creation?"
Lu Shi couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. Xiao, I'm already busy enough, you don't want me to still want to..."
Bernard Shaw sighed with regret,
"Mr. Lu is going to give a guest lecture at LSE. The time is tight and the task is heavy. I would not make such an inappropriate request."
