邁克爾•傑克遜紀念默劇大師馬塞•馬素

來源：MJJCN  作者：Keen

 

    在最新一期《JET》雜誌上，Michael Jackson打破沉默，向前不久才逝世的法國世界級默劇大師Marcel Marceau（馬塞·馬素）致敬。許多人還記得Marcel Marceau是Jackson的偶像之一，以及兩人的親密關係，以至於讓有些人還錯誤地認為流行之王的著名“太空步”是從Marceau那裏學來。

    在接受《JET》採訪時，Jackson說他對大師非常景仰，稱其可以“重新定義地心引力”。兩人在過去數十年裏一直有深厚的友誼。

     不過，儘管他說他從Marceau那裏“學到很多”，但是Jackson指出他著名的太空步，卻並不是學自Marceau，而是從“觀察世界各地韻律感十足的黑人小孩跳舞”那裏學來的。

     無論如何，Marceau依然是他的偶像之一。Jackson說，“他是個偉大的人。在《Off The Wall》時代之前，我就常常去看Marcel Marceau的表演，”Jackson微笑著說道，“我常常悄悄溜進觀眾席裏，看他怎麼樣重新定義地心引力，仿佛他在空中行走一樣。”

     Jackson說他以後會把默劇大師的一些神奇的動作收錄進他的舞蹈動作中去。“我會截取一些東西，在我舞動時，把它們收進節奏和舞蹈中去。”他說。

      Marceau於今年9月22日在法國西南部逝世，享年84歲。他2005年就已經告別舞臺。

Circus act...Michael Jackson, pictured with mime artist Marcel Marceau in 1995, is to be honoured with a Cirque du Soleil show.

Marcel Marceau（馬塞·馬素）在舞臺上表演了50年。他的臉皮和肢體語言，在無聲中道盡了所有的人類的情緒和情感。雖然師從著名默劇家Etienne Decroux，但對這個法國猶太人來說，他還是受卓別林影響最深。

     就如卓別林創造了銀幕上那個經典的“流浪漢”形象一樣，Marceau也創造了他的經典舞臺形象——“畢畢”（Bip）。Marceau曾說過，“畢畢”就是他舞臺上的另外一個自我。這個悲傷著一張白臉的形象，卻能如孩童般那樣發現世界的精彩。這個角色無疑是傳承自19世紀義大利喜劇中的哈利昆小丑，但Marceau講，那些滑稽的動作，則源自卓別林和巴斯特·基頓。

    Marceau更願意把他的角色比作當代的堂·吉訶德：“孤獨行進在一個充滿著不公正和美麗的脆弱世界裏”。
     正是他，只手復興了默劇藝術，影響後來一代又一代的表演家。

     在過去五個世代裏，Marceau在世界各地作過巡演。他亦參與過電視及電影演出，成了千萬人熟悉的臉孔，更兩度奪得“艾美獎”。他曾贏取的獎項與榮譽還包括：法國政府所授予的最高榮譽─榮譽軍官勳章、藝術及文學高級騎士勳章及國家功勳高級軍官勳章等。2002年4月，他在聯合國第二次老齡問題世界大會上榮任親善大使。

     在80歲的高齡時，他依然沒有停止表演。他說，“如果你七八十歲就完全停了下來，那麼你就不可能再繼續了。你必須堅持工作下去。”

     有劇評人曾描述道：“若沒有親眼看過他的表演，實在很難想像一副八十歲的身體，仍然可以擁有那種收放自如的靈活度和柔韌度，彷佛每一個手指頭的每個關節都有獨立說話的能力，還有那種舉手投足間散發出來的，活潑跳脫的生命力。”

     Michael Jackson和Marcel Marceau在1995年曾構思並合作了一台演出項目。但由於Michael生病，這個項目最終流產。

Michael Jackson breaks silence, remembers mime Marcel Marceau

by Joy T. Bennett    2007-10-15

When France 's renowned mime Marcel Marceau died last month at age 84, many fans remembered his close connection with Michael Jackson, a Marceau admirer, even erroneously attributing the King of Pop's signature Moonwalk dance step to the mime's influence.
In a JET exclusive interview, Jackson shared how much in awe he was of the performer, how "he would defy the laws of gravity." The two developed a friendship over the last several decades.
However, while he "learned a lot" from Marceau, Jackson said that his Moonwalk step, popularized in 1983, was instead inspired by "watching the great rhythmic, wonderful Black children dance around the world."

Nevertheless, Marceau was one of his inspirations, Jackson said in his first magazine interview in nearly a decade. "He was a great guy. I used to go see Marcel Marceau all of the time, before Off The Wall," he said, with a smile. "I used to sneak in and sit in the audience and watch how he would defy the laws of gravity, like he was stepping on air."

Jackson said that he would later use some of the mime's magical movements in his own dance routines. "I would take some of those things and include it into rhythm and dance when I moved," he said.
Marceau died in the southwestern France town of Cahors on Sept. 22. He had retired from the stage in 2005.

 

• Marceau Speaking :
• "Michael Jackson could have been a great mime. We can see when we watch him that miming is both something that has influenced him and something he craves for.

I remember a scene in one of his video clips, in which he is with two black gangsters in the street, and there's violence, and at one point, he walks towards one of the guys and he makes that very simple gesture with his hand to tell him to go away, and the gangster leaves with a somersault."

Michael Jackson and mime artist Marcel Marceau perform in Paris