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“Mr. Bean” Speaks!
Rowan Atkinson’s character, Mr. Beam, is a man of few words, but the actor himself is as articulate and thoughtful as he is entertaining
Rowan Atkinson took an unusual . He earned a degree in electrical engineering and moved on to postgraduate work at Oxford, where his work in sketches led to a position on the BBC’s satirical Not the Nine O’Clock News. Soon afterward he found his breakout role as a sharp-tongued, scheming 15th-century nobleman in Blackadder.
His next character, the bumbling and nearly silent Mr. Bean, was a of pure physical comedy. Bean has enjoyed numerous TV programs, spinning off an animated series and three feature films.
Rowan Atkinson speaks
Q: You originally studied electrical engineering. Did you move into comedy to escape that methodical and detail-oriented kind of thinking, or did it teach you conversely to approach humor with a ?
A: I think probably more the latter. I do tend to be quite methodical and slightly perfectionist about things. “Mechanical” sounds as if it is just an engineering process, when I think it is more a creative process. But I don’t know what it gave me besides a slight sense of discipline and doing things to their natural end.
Q: Were you a born performer?
A: No, I don’t think I was. I remember standing up as an 11-year-old in front of my school friends and classmates in the sports changing room and performing an of a teacher or something. That was the first and almost the last time when I stood up in front of friends and performed. As soon as adolescent self-consciousness set in I never really did that again. I’ve always required a formal setting, a stage or a film or TV studio in which to perform. And above all I need to become somebody else. I’m certainly not a standup comedian in any sense. I think I’m more an actor than a comedian, though a little bit of both.
Vocabulary Focus
articulate (adj) ---able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly
spin off (phr. v) ---to produce a TV program or other show involving characters from a previous program or film
conversely (adv) ---in an opposite way
impersonation (n) ---an imitation of the way someone looks and behaves in order to make people laugh
self-consciousness (n) ---the state of being uncomfortably aware of yourself and your actions
Specialized terms
postgraduate (adj)--- 研究所的 referring to university studies beyond a bachelor’s degree
standup comedian (n. phr)--- 脱口秀主持人 a type of performer who tells jokes directly to the audience
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