| 词条 | George (Blackadder) | ||||||
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|colour = black | image = {{multiple image | total_width = 300 | align = center | border = infobox | image1 = Blackadder 3 george.jpg | image2 = Blackadder 4 george.jpg | caption = The Prince Regent (left), Lt. George (right) | name = George | series = Blackadder | first = {{nowrap|"Dish and Dishonesty" (series 3)}} {{nowrap|"Captain Cook"}} (series 4) | last = {{nowrap|"Duel and Duality" (series 3)}} {{nowrap|"Goodbyeee" (series 4)}} | portrayer = Hugh Laurie | occupation = {{nowrap|Prince regent (series 3)}} {{nowrap|Lieutenant (series 4)}} | nationality = {{nowrap|British}} {{nowrap|German (as Prince Regent)}} | lbl21 = Alma Mater | data21 = University of Cambridge (series 4) }} George is a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, played by Hugh Laurie. Each series saw a different incarnation of the character, because each was set in a different period of history. He was most prominently featured in the third and fourth series. The character was added to the series as a replacement for the Lord Percy Percy character, who did not appear in the third instalment because Tim McInnerny, the actor playing him, feared being typecast. The first incarnation of the character was a caricature of George, Prince of Wales, serving as the main antagonist of the third series. The second, Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St Barleigh, was a young officer in the British Army during World War I, a supporting protagonist in the fourth series. Both portrayals were of "dim-witted upper-class twits",[1][2] who depended greatly on Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). The character garnered positive responses from critics. PersonalityBoth Prince George and Lt. George are portrayed as dim-witted "upper class twits".[1][2][3] The son of King George III,[6] Prince George is represented as a childish, spoiled, bumbling fool who spends money extravagantly (especially on impressive trousers and socks).[7][4] Lieutenant George, stationed in the trenches of World War I,[5] retains his enthusiastic naiveté, despite being stuck in the trenches for three years, revealing a lack of awareness of the seriousness of his circumstances; Robert Bianco of USA Today stated the character "smiles through in the face of certain death".[6] Both men are portrayed as very incompetent,[7] in "Nob and Nobility", it takes Prince George a week to put on a pair of trousers by himself, eventually putting them on his head.[8] George relies heavily on his butler, Mr. E. Blackadder, even while Blackadder despises George for his stupidity.[2][9] While George is considered "moronic" and "idiotic",[10] he is helpful, loyal, and is aware he is not very intelligent, describing himself as "thick as a whale omelette".[11][12] In a 2008 retrospective, co-star Stephen Fry said George's keenness for self-improvement was one of the things he felt made the character likeable.[13] In "Duel and Duality," the final episode of the third series, after a sexual encounter with the Duke of Wellington's nieces, this princely incarnation of George is struck by a point-blank shot from the vengeful Wellington's pistol and killed. George briefly awakes, believing that he may have a cigarillo case on him that deflected the blow, but when he realises that he must have left the case at home, promptly falls dead again in Baldrick's arms; Blackadder, disguised as the Prince Regent in order to take his place in the duel with Wellington, takes George's place to become George IV. George's incarnation as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh MC, in Blackadder Goes Forth, is a frontline officer. His character draws a lot of similarities to the naive 2nd Lt. Raleigh from R C Sherriff's 1928 play Journey's End; as well as being strongly reminiscent in both manner and personality of Bertie Wooster (as whom Laurie would later go on to appear). George joined the army on the first day of World War I, along with nine other students at Cambridge University.[19] The ten men named themselves the Trinity College tiddlywinks, or the "Trinity Tiddlers".[14] It is revealed later, in the fourth series' finale, that George is the only surviving member of the group.[15] Although he lacks any kind of skill, competence, or authority as an officer, his upper-class status and educational background meant he went straight into the commissioned ranks upon enlisting.[2] George is shown to have a special friendship with General Melchett (Fry), an old family friend with whom he shares his public school "tally-ho" attitude towards the war.[16] Melchett even offers George a way out of the trenches for the "final push", which he refuses, much to Blackadder's incredulity. Although George is shown to have benefited from his background of privilege, he still remains a generally kind and hopeful individual, and shortly before the big push at the end of the final episode George finally expresses some genuine fear and sadness that he may indeed die.[15] In the 1989 sketch Shakespeare Sketch Laurie portrays a very George-like William Shakespeare. Lord Blackadder is his agent and manages to persuade him to condense his new play Hamlet. Awards and decorationsIn the series, Lieutenant George is seen wearing the following ribbons:
DevelopmentTim McInnerny, who had starred in The Black Adder and Blackadder II as Lord Percy Percy, was afraid to be typecast in comedic roles and decided not to appear in the third instalment of Blackadder,[2][17] though he did appear in the episode "Nob and Nobility", as Lord Topper, a snobbish aristocrat who claims to be The Scarlet Pimpernel, and returned in the fourth series playing Captain Kevin Darling. The Prince George character was created as a new "incompetent sidekick" for the title character.[18] He was modeled after George IV of the United Kingdom, who served as Prince Regent between 1811 and 1820.[19] Laurie had previously guest starred in the final two episodes of Blackadder II,[2] and the producers decided to cast him in the role of Prince George.[13] Laurie's physical appearance differed significantly from that of George IV, who was obese during the time of his regency.[20] Writers Ben Elton and Richard Curtis were unfazed by this, referring to George as "a fat, flatulent git", an appropriate description for the real Prince rather than Laurie.[9][21]Laurie was supposed to wear a monocle as Lt. George, the character's second incarnation, but eventually decided against it after it kept falling out of his eye.[2] Laurie reprised the role of Prince George in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol, and portrayed a new character, Lord Pigmot, set in the distant future.[22] He also appeared in the millennium special Back & Forth, playing the Roman Consul Georgius and the modern day Major George Bufton-Tufton, The Viscount Bufton-Tufton.[23][24] Although no new series or specials were made, the creators of the series have commented on various proposals over the years;[25] one possibility was a film in which the main characters return as a 1960s' rock band, with George playing the guitar and keyboard.[26] Curtis later said Laurie's international success with House would make a new Blackadder installment difficult.[27] ReceptionGeorge, as well as Laurie, drew positive responses from critics. Tara Ariano and Sarah Bunting of Television Without Pity considered Laurie one of the best actors in the series' cast.[28] Richard Barber of People lauded Laurie's performance as George as "hilarious" and "brilliant".[29] David Smith of The Guardian highlighted the pathos of the performance, writing that Laurie's performance as Lt. George, as he was about to go over the top to his death, "elicited tears of both laughter and grief".[30] References1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tm_objectid=16596632&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=a-whole-hugh-me-name_page.html|title=A Whole Hugh Me|work=Daily Record|author=Fulton, Rick|date=2006-01-18|accessdate=2009-04-26}} {{Blackadder}}{{Good article}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|first1=Roland|last1=White|first2=Richard|last2=Curtis|authorlink2=Richard Curtis|title=Oh, What an Ugly War|work=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company |location=London, England|pages=4–5|date=23 September 1989}} 3. ^{{cite news|first=Sara|last=Baxter|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article380047.ece|title=Hugh Laurie hits America's funny bone|newspaper=The Times|publisher=News UK|location=London, England|date=10 April 2005|accessdate=26 April 2009}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/18/broadcasting.arts|title=In praise of ... Hugh Laurie|author=Staff|date=18 January 2006|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group|location=London, England|accessdate=26 April 2009}} 5. ^{{cite book|first1=Ian|last1=Stewart|first2=Susan Lisa|last2=Carruthers | title = War, Culture, and the Media: Representations of the Military in 20th Century Britain | publisher = Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|location=Madison, New Jersey| date = 1996| page = 54| isbn = 0-8386-3702-7}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|first1=Marco|last1=Della Cava|first2=Robert|last2=Bianco|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-03-27-hugh-laurie_x.htm|title=Laurie's polite — with a bite|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|location=Mclean, Virginia|date=28 March 2006 |accessdate=26 April 2009}} 7. ^{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Strauss|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/13893076/dr_feelbad_hugh_laurie_became_the_dark_prince_of_prime_time_by_playing_the_best_vicodinaddicted_t|title=Dr. Feelbad|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|location=New York City|date=5 April 2007|accessdate=4 April 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080620040023/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/13893076/dr_feelbad_hugh_laurie_became_the_dark_prince_of_prime_time_by_playing_the_best_vicodinaddicted_t |archivedate = 20 June 2008|deadurl=yes}} 8. ^{{cite episode |title=Nob and Nobility |episodelink=Nob and Nobility |series=Blackadder the Third |credits=Curtis, Richard; Elton, Ben |network=BBC |airdate=1 October 1987 |seriesno=3 |number=3}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite episode |title=Dish and Dishonesty|episodelink=Dish and Dishonesty|series=Blackadder the Third |serieslink=Blackadder the Third |credits=Curtis, Ricard; Elton, Ben |network=BBC |airdate=17 September 1987 |seriesno=3 |number=1}} 10. ^{{cite news|first=Rob|last=Salem|title=Belligerent doctor makes House calls; New character for British comedian|newspaper=Toronto Star|publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|date=15 November 2004}} 11. ^{{cite episode |title=Ink and Incapability|episodelink=Ink and Incapability|series=Blackadder the Third |credits=Curtis, Ricard; Elton, Ben |network=BBC |airdate=24 September 1987 |seriesno=3 |number=2}} 12. ^{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Lawson|title=Guilt and the goggle-eyed gargoyle; Embarrassed but unspoilt by his success as upper-class twit, Hugh Laurie is making the best of being a good sort|newspaper=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location=London, England|date=12 May 1991 |page=14 }} 13. ^1 {{cite video |people=Cast and Crew of Blackadder |date=25 December 2008 |title=Blackadder Rides Again |medium=Television Broadcast |publisher=BBC Two}} 14. ^{{cite news|first=Sue|last=Montgomery|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-the-week-nicholls-has-to-stay-a-jump-ahead-469548.html|title=Racing: The week Nicholls has to stay a jump ahead|newspaper=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location=London, England|date=12 March 2006|accessdate=26 April 2009}} 15. ^1 2 {{cite episode |title=Goodbyeee|episodelink=Goodbyeee|series=Blackadder Goes Forth|serieslink=Blackadder Goes Forth|credits=Curtis, Ricard; Elton, Ben |network=BBC |airdate=2 November 1989 |seriesno=4 |number=6}} 16. ^{{cite episode |title=Corporal Punishment|episodelink=Corporal Punishment (Blackadder)|series=Blackadder Goes Forth |credits=Curtis, Ricard; Elton, Ben |network=BBC |airdate=5 October 1989 |seriesno=4 |number=2}} 17. ^{{cite web |title = More bite than Blackadder |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/374343.stm | author = Staff | publisher = BBC News|location=London, England|date = 21 May 1999 |accessdate = 26 April 2009}} 18. ^{{cite news|first=Ross|last=Haneke|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/house-call-aids-cut-price-blues/2005/07/05/1120329440419.html|title=House call aids cut Price blues|newspaper=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=7 June 2005|accessdate=27 April 2009}} 19. ^{{cite book |first1=Norman |last1=McCord |first2=Bill |last2=Purdue |first3=A. William |last3=Purdue |title=British history 1815–1914 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, England|date=2007 |page=55 |isbn=978-0-19-926164-2}} 20. ^{{Cite journal |last=Hibbert |first=Christopher |title=George IV (1762–1830) |journal=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|date=2004 |postscript=.}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadderthethird/|title=Blackadder the Third|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-04-27}} 22. ^{{cite news|title=Blackadder Gives Dickens Classic a Twist|page=SC5|newspaper=Sacramento Bee|publisher=McClatchy|location=Sacramento, California|date=23 December 1989|author=Staff}} 23. ^{{cite news|title=From Baldrick to The Buzzcocks, from Mr Darcy to Siouxie Soux, the latest DVD releases capture the best of British culture, says Darryl Webber|newspaper=Essex Chronicle Series|publisher=Local World|location=Essex, England|date=7 October 2005}} 24. ^{{cite news|first=Matthew|last=Wright|title=Baldrick's Maid up for Millenium|newspaper=The Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|location=London, England|date=25 September 1999}} 25. ^{{cite magazine|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1228/blackadder-returns.html |title=Blackadder Returns |magazine=Time Out |publisher=Time Out Group|location=London, England|date=20 June 2006 |author=Staff |accessdate=27 April 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505131509/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1228/blackadder-returns.html |archivedate= 5 May 2009 |df=dmy }} 26. ^{{cite news|first=Rick|last=Fulton|title=They're Backadder; Film takes Blackadder and Baldrick to the 60s.|magazine=The Daily Record |publisher=Reach plc|location=Glasgow, Scotland|date=22 January 2000}} 27. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/index.aspx?jp=cweycwcwsney |title=Hopes dashed for Blackadder fans |newspaper=Evening Echo |publisher=Thomas Crosbie Holdings|location=Cork, Ireland|date=30 January 2006 |accessdate=27 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720012139/http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/index.aspx?jp=cweycwcwsney |archivedate=20 July 2011 |df=dmy }} 28. ^{{cite book|first1=Tara|last1=Ariano|first2=Sarah|last2=Bunting| title = Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV | publisher = Quirk Books|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date = 2006| page = 32| isbn = 978-1-59474-117-3}} 29. ^{{cite magazine|first=Richard|last=Barber||title=Star Chat: Plastic surgery?|magazine=People |publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City|date=17 April 2005}} 30. ^{{cite news|first=David|last=Smith|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/apr/24/comment.broadcasting|title=Doctor Hugh|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group|location=London, England|date=24 April 2005|accessdate=27 April 2009}} 9 : Blackadder characters|Fictional British people|Fictional English people|Fictional princes|Fictional lieutenants|Fictional World War I veterans|Cultural depictions of George IV|Fictional viscounts and viscountesses|Fictional characters introduced in 1987 |
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