Top 8 Best Original Web Series You Should Not Miss不可错过的八大原创网剧

斯科特·贝格斯 译/胡文明

Netflix is a cultural Rorschach test1. In addition to being a revolution of the way we watch movies and television， it’s a prestige factory that’s helping to bring Oscar-quality entertainment to your home.  Here are 8 of the best of them.

1. Russian Doll

Nadia （Natasha Lyonne， who also co-created the series） is a game developer stuck in a time loop that keeps killing her and depositing her back at her own birthday party. If you roll your eyes at Groundhog Day situations， roll them back， because this incredibly inventive take from Lyonne， Leslye Headland， and Amy Poehler is deeply funny， strange， sad， and celebratory all at once. One woman’s existential crisis is our binge-worthy2 content. As a bonus， Harry Nilsson’s “Gotta Get Up” will be permanently stuck in your brain.

2. Dear White People

Based on his （also excellent） 2014 feature， Justin Simien takes us back to prestigious Winchester University， where social justice bard3 Samantha White （Logan Browning） navigates the growing pains of collegiate romance and friendship while trying to make her classmates recognize the social div-isions at their school. The show has faithfully delivered outrageous humor with its singular4 blend of satire and soap opera.

3. GLOW

Anchored5 by Alison Brie， Betty Gilpin， and a stellar ensemble cast， GLOW follows a group of women who launch a wrestling show backed by a trust fund kid6 and a cranky cult7 horror director （brilliantly played by Marc Maron）. It scored laughs from how awkward everything was early on， but the show really sailed when Brie and her cohorts8 began to fully own the weird， wonderful spandex9 assault they were creating. Now it’s about keeping that show， their group， and their personal lives intact.

4. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Tim Robinson is a Saturday Night Live alum whose sketch show couldn’t be further from that mainstay’s sens-ibilities. Where SNL is the McDonald’s of comedy， I Think You Should Leave is the hole-in-the-wall place only you and your friends love because it keeps changing the menu with new dishes you can’t get anywhere else. It’s fair to call the show outlandish10， but its comic brilliance stems from the simplicity of its setups and the deranged lengths that the characters go to in order to stick with that premise.

5. BoJack Horseman

It’s the silly cartoon show here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff. Like emo music for grownups， Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Lisa Hanawalt’s brilliant series focuses on the addiction， self-loathing， and career envy of its titular11 anti-hero as he attempts to crawl out of the cheesy ’80s sitcom stardom of his past and into something more respected. No other show can get away with this many animal puns while exploring the depths of despair that result from trying to fill a bottomless pit in your soul.

6. Sense8

Eight strangers living all over the world discover they are emotionally connected to each other. They can feel what others in their cluster are feeling and can communicate with each other despite physical separation. Teaming with comic book and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski， the Wachowskis have pulled another big-think， sci-fi rabbit out of their hats with this globe-trotting12 thriller. When they’re not running from a mysterious entity bent on their destruction， the fascinatingly diverse crew of connected characters break down everything you’re not supposed to talk about at the dinner table. So maybe we should be talking about them around the dinner table？

7. Orange is the New Black

Jenji Kohan found a perfect follow-up to Weeds with this adaptation of Piper Kerman’s memoir about a young suburban woman going to a minimum-security prison. The fish-out-of-water comedy13 only lasts as long as it takes for the show to blossom into a gorgeous， emotional roller coaster that shines the spotlight on all of its women—from the surly cook Red （Kate Mulgrew） to the sweet/troubled Crazy Eyes （Uzo Aduba）—to humanize them beyond the personas they adopt to survive. The show is a hilarious self-peeling onion， tears and all.

8. Astronomy Club

Within the first two minutes of Astronomy Club， a talking garlic bulb shoots a gun at Dracula and shouts “Tryin’ get this money in 2020， baby！” Fortunately， it gets weirder. This sketch show from some Upright Citizens Brigade alums is framed around a fake reality show that wisely lets us get to know these new performers while mocking every Real World descendant and the cast themselves. The comedy ranges from self-aware and absurdist to straightforward and even socially-conscious， and it all blends together smoothly. A one-of-a-kind winner.

奈飛是一场文化层面的罗夏测验。这家声名卓著的公司不仅革新了我们观影、观剧的方式，同时还将如奥斯卡一般的高品质娱乐带进了千家万户。如下为奈飞的八大原创神剧：

1. 《轮回派对》

纳迪娅（饰演者娜塔莎·雷昂，同时是该剧集的联合创作者）是一名游戏开发人员，陷入了在自己的生日派对被杀继而重生的轮回之中。如果你对类似《土拨鼠之日》的情景翻白眼的话，把你的白眼翻回去，因为这部由雷昂、莱丝利·海德兰德和艾米·波勒联袂创作的剧集极具新意，集滑稽、荒诞、悲伤与喜庆于一体。这部剧集以女性生存危机为主题，让人追起剧来欲罢不能。此外，哈里·尼尔森的《该起来了》也将永刻于你的脑海之中。

2. 《亲爱的白人们》

本剧集改编自贾斯汀·西米恩（同样优秀的）2014年同名电影。他将我们带回声名显赫的温切斯特大学，在那里社会正义诗人萨曼莎·怀特（罗根·布朗宁饰）经受了大学恋情和友谊的成长痛苦，并努力让她的同学认识到他们学校的社会分化。该剧别具一格地将讽刺和肥皂剧融合在一起，忠实地传递了不同寻常的幽默。

3. 《美女摔角联盟》

该剧由艾莉森·布里、贝蒂·吉尔平等一众演绎大咖主演，讲述了一群女性在一个富二代和一位古怪的邪典恐怖片导演（由马克·马龙出色饰演）的支持之下发起摔跤表演。剧集开始时角色遭遇的种种尴尬情节让人捧腹大笑，但当布里和她的同伴开始完全主导她们创造的这项怪异而美妙的紧身服摔跤运动时，她们的演出大获成功。她们眼下要做的便是保持节目、团队与个人生活的完整性。

4. 《蒂姆·罗宾逊短剧：还不快走》

蒂姆·罗宾逊是《周六夜现场》的嘉宾，他的喜剧小品与节目的格调相去甚远。如果说《周六夜现场》是喜剧界的麦当劳，《蒂姆·罗宾逊短剧：还不快走》则是只有你和三两好友喜欢的简陋小店，因为它不断更新菜單，提供你在其他任何地方都吃不到的新菜。平心而论，该剧的确荒诞不经，但它的喜剧魅力源于其情节安排的简单、质朴，以及角色为了坚持这种核心理念的疯狂努力。

5. 《马男波杰克》

这是一部荒诞滑稽的卡通片，让你思考死亡，并心生哀愁、五味杂陈。正如成人情绪摇滚一般，拉斐尔·鲍勃-瓦克斯伯格和莉萨·哈纳沃特创作的这部精彩剧集，聚焦片名中的反式英雄马男身上的成瘾、自我厌恶和职业嫉妒;剧中，马男试图摆脱他过去1980年代俗气情景喜剧明星的身份，变得更受尊重。人们在试图填补灵魂深处的无底洞时往往会产生深深的绝望——在探索这种绝望时运用如此之多的动物双关却还能大受欢迎的，可能唯有此剧了。

6. 《超感猎杀》

生活在世界各地的八个陌生人发现他们在情感上相互联系。他们可以感受到这群人中其他人的感受，虽然天各一方，却心有灵犀。沃卓斯基姐妹与漫画作者及编剧J. 迈克尔·斯特拉辛斯基联袂，再次如变魔术一般制作出了这部思想宏大的环球冒险惊悚科幻片。当八人不再逃离一心想要摧毁他们的神秘组织时，这个令人着迷的多元互联角色群体打破了所有餐桌之上的禁忌。也许我们应该在餐桌旁聊聊他们？

7. 《女子监狱》

该剧是杰姬·科恩自《单身毒妈》之后的完美新剧。本剧改编自派珀·克尔曼的回忆录，讲述了一名年轻的郊区妇女被关进低度设防监狱的故事。这部环境错位喜剧最终发展成一趟精彩而跌宕的情感过山车之旅，将聚光灯投射到所有女性身上——从脾气暴躁的厨师“红妈”（凯特·穆格鲁饰）到迷人却神经质的“疯眼”（奥卓·阿杜巴饰）——刻画出了她们在求生人格之外的人性光辉。该剧荒诞滑稽，却又仿佛自剥洋葱一般令人潸然泪下、百感交集。

8. 《天文俱乐部》

在《天文俱乐部》的前两分钟里，一个会说话的大蒜灯泡向德古拉开枪并喊道：“宝贝，试着在2020年拿到这笔钱！”所幸剧情变得愈发奇怪。这部由“正直公民组”剧院成员制作的幽默短剧围绕一个虚假的真人秀节目展开，以巧妙的手法一边嘲讽现实世界芸芸众生和演员自身，一边让我们了解这些喜剧新人。这部喜剧表现元素众多，有自知自觉、荒诞主义、简单直率，甚至还有社会意识，并将这一切天衣无缝地融合在一起，是该类剧集独一无二的赢家。

（译者为“《英语世界》杯”翻译大赛获奖者）