看完《弗莱斯曼有麻烦了》,意外非常喜欢,虽然最后落到了普世的道理Now is always the best moment,但还是被最后混剪“the now”以及Libby在讲述自己的书的构想、lifelong friendship所打动。

发现美国人描述life sucks和英国人特别不一样,比如这部剧和《废柴舅舅》都有描述中年生活伴随着孩子成长、离婚、自身心理生理问题伴随的一系列痛苦。但美国人描述的中年痛苦是如此具体 如此强烈,是一次次令人窒息的事件,每件事都让人非常想大叫,hence they are so desperate to figure out the answer of life;

英国人则是不求找到答案,人生无解和丧弥漫在空气中,uncle中每个人都有自身问题,舅舅中年未婚工作不稳定、Errol在单亲家庭以及进入少年+青春期的孤独和痛苦、Errol母亲离婚且有alcohol addict烦恼,每个人独立,却在互相关系中获得其他的痛苦及温暖。这就是亲密关系吧,是复杂的交缠。

对中年有了更多恐惧,就像剧中说的“what were you gonna do with the fact that time was going to march on anyway? What were you gonna do with this fact that you couldn’t win this fight?That was the problem. You were not ever going to be young again. You are right now as young as you’ll ever be again”.

Yes, we all die of the loneliness, but I wanna die of the hope.