Despite the characters' mutual attraction, they were always wrong for each other: Ross deserves a partner who's more intellectually challenging, Rachel one who's more fun. When they create a child and rekindle their romance in the show's last two seasons, their happy ending feels like a tragic death--of adventure, of idealism, of question marks. No longer so young, and yoked together by their kid, they see sense in trying to fall in love again, however many times it didn't work before. Their fate isn't written in the stars; it's dictated by two much more powerful forces: convenience and familiarity.
《老友记》完结至今虽仅十年,却已成为一个逝去时代的遗产。作为最后几部国民级的剧集之一,《老友记》有着广大的观众群体,备受人们推崇和喜爱。在网络出现并开始与电视台争夺观众群之后,社会隔离现象逐渐加剧,这类“国民剧集”也开始销声匿迹。《老友记》的存在显得格外讽刺:长达十年的时间里,它对社会隔离现象的发展进行了细致的描绘,在某种意义上预言了这一隔阂的出现。(社会隔离:处于一种原有的社会联系逐渐减少以至于与社会隔离的状态)
与《罗西尼》中对中西部白人工人的刻画类似,《老友记》以写实的方式描绘了都市白人青年的生活状态。在最初的剧本大纲里,编剧大卫·柯拉尼和玛塔·卡夫曼将《老友记》定位为一部“表现人们生命中一段一切皆有可能的时期”的作品,在这段时期里,未来“就是大大的一个问号”。和《都市女孩》(Girls)中丽娜·杜汉姆饰演的汉娜类似,莫妮卡和瑞秋在剧集开始时都是24岁。但是相较而言,《老友记》中女孩的形象要更加乐观,因为当时经济还没有像后来的次贷危机时一样,因为过度低信用放贷而一发不可收拾。这也解释了许多人对《老友记》的质疑。就像他们不喜欢的《都市女孩》一样,《老友记》中不符合事实的昂贵生活作风,四处都是白人的社会环境,轻浮的年轻人,乱七八糟的性爱观,都让他们感到不快。
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