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Hal的访谈(05年7月17日),提到结局哦
不知有没有人贴过，不管了。
Queer'-view mirror: Hal Sparks looks back at cable series, forward to films
By Amy Amatangelo
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Hal Sparks, who plays lovable Michael on Showtime's ``Queer as Folk'' (tonight at 10), is prepared. He knows some fans will not be happy when the series finale airs Aug. 7.
Hal Sparks, QAF 中Michael的扮演者，他知道，当8月7日放映最后一集时会有影迷不开心。
"I happen to think the final episode is some of the best TV we've done,'' Sparks said in a recent telephone interview. ``But I think a lot of people are going to be shocked. I think there's going to be some unhappy fans in some of the camps about who ends up with whom and why. Everybody has had their designs on who should be together. I think, personally, that's idiotic. The main reason being is that it's out of your control.'' “我觉得最后一集是我们做过的最好的其中一集，但我想很多人会觉得震惊。我想有些影迷会对谁跟谁最后在一起以及为什么在一起感到不高兴。对于谁应该和谁在一起，每个人都有他们自己的想法。我个人觉得那样很白痴。主要是这根本不是你能控制的。”他在最近的一次电话访谈中说。
Just as he doesn't think fans should determine the plot lines about the loves and lives of the fictional gay men of Pittsburgh, Sparks never talked to the writers about what he wanted for his character. 就如他觉得不应由影迷来决定这些虚构的同性恋男人们的爱情和生活一样，他从不向编剧们谈及他想要他的角色怎么样。
"It was a very important thing that they get to tell the story they want,'' Sparks said. ``Far be it from me, one of the straight actors on the show, to tell our executive producers, who are a gay couple, and the writers, many of whom are gay, `You know what? Tell a slightly different story. Here's my take on it.' To me, that would be the height of arrogance.'' “让他们来讲他们想要的故事，这是很重要的。更不用说由我，一个异性恋演员，来告诉我们的一对同性恋情侣执行制作人，以及编剧们（他们中很多都是同性恋）‘你知道我怎么想吗？让故事稍微改动一点吧。这是我的版本。’对于我来说，那是彻头彻尾的傲慢。”
Sparks, who began his career as a member of the Second City Troupe in Chicago, had just left his uncontroversial gig as the host of ``Talk Soup'' on E! Entertainment Television when he landed the role. Many people around him told him not to do it - that he would forever be typecast as a gay man on TV.
"My reaction was, `OK, you seem to be looking out for my best interest, so I'm going to listen to what you're saying,' but ultimately I think that's crap. I think if you get typecast or stereotyped in any role, it's your fault. Because you have the responsibility as an actor to show diversity in the characters that you play and the capabilities you have. Otherwise, you're not an actor, you're a personality playing a role. It seemed to me like a really good challenge - can I make this guy real and can I make him wholly different from myself so he lives on his own merits?''
Sparks hasn't felt any negative impact on his career. ``What I have experienced is (people saying), `We can't cast you until the show is over.' You can't do a lot of family projects because kids are smart, and gay thing aside, it's a sexually provocative show and a very adult show.''
The Kentucky native has experienced the inevitable backlash from rude comments to death threats.
"Nothing is funnier than a Christian death threat. I want to say to them, `Does the word irony mean anything to you?' But I'm sure somebody has threatened the Charmin guy at some point.''
The vitriolic comments have been balanced out by viewers' positive response to the series. 观众对剧集的肯定抵消了那些激烈的言辞。
"You get a lot of thank-yous, which is really great. I get e-mail and letters all the time from parents who have now contacted their gay child whom they haven't talked to in many years. It allowed them to understand. . . . It's a hard lesson for people to learn because in our traditional structure, it's embarrassing for parents and uncomfortable to try to explain that their son or daughter is gay.'' “你会收到很多感谢，那真是太棒了。我经常收到电子邮件和信，是那些与他们的同性恋子女断绝联系多年的父母写来的。剧集让他们理解……这是很难的一课，因为在我们传统的家庭结构里，对父母解释他们的孩子是同性恋是非常让人尴尬的。”
Sparks can be seen in the ``I Love The . . ,'' specials on VH1 and is currently on a stand-up tour (he films a DVD special in Chicago in October). He dreams of making a couple of good features a year, then touring as a stand-up comedian.
He is, however, done with drama for a while. ``There's a lot of wear and tear involved emotionally and psychologically. Basically, you're paid to be a professional weeper or screamer.''
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