 Leslie Cheung: Asia's gay icon lives on 15 years after his death 张国荣:离世15年的亚洲同性恋偶像依然活在人们的心中 Part1第一部分 Leslie Cheung was one of the most popular male singers and actors of the mid-1980s 张国荣曾是1980年代中期最受欢迎的男歌手和男演员之一。 For the past 15 years fans of tormented superstar Leslie Cheung, one of the first celebrities to come out as gay in Asia, have gathered at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel to mourn the day he took his own life. 备受折磨的超级巨星张国荣 - 亚洲公开同性恋的第一批名人之一，他的粉丝，在过去的15年里，都会在他夺去自己的生命的那天，聚集在香港文华东方酒店悼念他。 It's a poignant sign of why the daring and troubled star is still important today. 这个勇敢和备受折磨的明星对于今天的人们来说依旧那么重要，实在是个凄美的标志。 One of Hong Kong's most popular male singers and actors of the mid-1980s, Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing was not afraid of provoking controversy with his overt sexuality and provocative performances during a more socially conservative era. 作为香港80年代中期最受欢迎的男歌手和演员之一，在当时更加保守的社会时代，他的无惧的公开他的性向、以及他极具挑衅的表演，都引起了众多争议。 overt：美 [oʊˈvɜ:rt] adj. 公开的; 明显的; 公然的 provocative：美 [prəˈvɑ:kətɪv] adj. 挑衅的; 刺激性的; And 15 years after his death, Cheung is still attracting new fans, including teenagers and millennials. 而在他去世15年后，张还在吸引新的粉丝，包括青少年和千禧一代。 Lam, a 15-year-old who attended 1 April's vigil, was only a few months old when Cheung died. She told BBC Chinese she had "discovered him on YouTube”. 一名15岁林姓女生参加了4月1日守夜， 在张死时，林只有几个月大。她告诉 BBC 中文台她在 YouTube 上发现了他。 "He was charismatic; especially when he went androgynous...it's gorgeous," she said. “他很有魅力”特别是当他扮成中性时，真的太美了，“ 她说。 charismatic：美 [ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk] adj. 有魅力的; 神赐能力的; 神授; androgynous：美 [ænˈdrɑ:dʒənəs] adj. 阴阳人的，雌雄同体的 Meanwhile, 25-year-old Wu travelled from Hunan province on mainland China with his boyfriend to mourn the icon. 与此同时，25 岁的来自中国大陆湖南省的吴，与男友一起来香港，悼念这个偶像。 Wu told BBC Chinese he drew strength from Cheung's "spirit of being true to oneself”. 吴告诉 BBC 中文台，他从张那里汲取了”要做真实的自己的“精神。 "He showed the [Chinese-speaking] world that gay people can be positive, bright and worthy of respect.” ”他向 [讲汉语] 的世界的人们表明，同性恋者也可以是积极的、阳光的、值得尊敬的。“ Cinematographer Christopher Doyle says Leslie was "not only a great singer or actor, but a rarely-seen true star” 摄影师杜可风说张国荣不仅是个伟大的歌手和演员，也是很少见的真正的明星” Born in 1956, Leslie Cheung was one of Hong Kong's most famous stars during the golden era of Cantopop in the 1980s. 张国荣生于 1956年, 是二十世纪八十年代香港粤语流行歌（Cantopop ）黄金时期最著名的明星之一。 He was dashing, stylish and fitted the public idea of a perfect heterosexual male lover. But in reality, he was in a long-term relationship with his childhood friend, Daffy Tong. 他既潇洒又时髦，符合公众对完美的异性恋情人的所有遐想。可事实上，他和儿时的朋友唐鹤德保持着长期的恋情。 It was not an easy time to be gay. At that time, homosexuality was still viewed by many as an illness and abnormality in Hong Kong, especially after the emergence of the first local case of Aids in 1984. It was not until 1991 that adult gay sex was decriminalised in the territory. 那个时候对一个同性恋来说非常不易。当时，在香港，尤其是在1984年出现本地第一宗艾滋病案例之后，同性恋仍然被许多人视为疾病和畸形。直到 1991，成人同性恋性行为才在那里合法化。 "The LGBT movement in Hong Kong took off in the 1990s, when the community finally became visible to the public," Travis Kong, an associate professor of sociology researching gay culture at The University of Hong Kong, told BBC Chinese. "在香港的 LGBT 运动在二十世纪九十年代开始，然后这个群体才终于被公众所看到,” 香港大学的同性恋文化研究的社会学副教授，特拉维斯 孔说。 And it was at this point that Cheung became more daring in his work. 正是在这一阶段，张在他的作品上变得更加大胆。 He first came to international attention with his portrayal of Cheng Dieyi, the androgynous Peking Opera star, for the film Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993. 他第一次受到国际上关注，是他在电影“霸王别姬”中扮演反串京剧演员程蝶衣的表演。 他因此获得了1993年戛纳电影节的金棕榈奖。 He went on to star in Happy Together directed by Wong Kar Wai - a gay cinema classic about a couple who struggle to find a peaceful co-existence. 他接着出演王家卫导演的同性恋电影经典“春光乍泄“， 描述一对挣扎着寻找和平相处的情侣。 "Happy Together is different. It is a stereotypical heterosexual romance, but played by two men," said Kit Hung, a Hong Kong director. “春光乍泄“与众不同。这是一个典型的异性恋浪漫影片，但却由两个男人扮演，”香港导演洪荣杰说。 Meanwhile, Christopher Doyle, the renowned cinematographer who worked with Cheung on various Wong Kar Wai films, told BBC Chinese: "He was so beautiful. We both wanted to convey through my lens the most beautiful, sincerest side of him. 与此同时，著名的电影摄影师杜可风在王家卫的多部影片里和张一起工作过，他告诉 BBC 中文: “他是如此美丽。我们都想通过我的镜头传达他最美丽、最真诚的一面。 "He enters our imagination audaciously... always showing us better possibilities.” “他大胆的进入我们的想象力… 总会带给我们更好的可能。“ Leslie Cheung is remembered both for his films and music performances - and even has his own waxwork at Madame Tussauds 张国荣的电影和音乐表演都留在大家的记忆中，甚至杜莎夫人蜡像馆中还留有他的雕像 On stage, Cheung unleashed a sexually fluid charm. His defining queer performance came in a 1997 concert where he danced intimately with a male dancer to his song Red. He wore a black suit with a pair of sparkling crimson high-heels. 在舞台上，张释放了一种性的流动的魅力。他最妖艳的表演是在1997的演唱会上，他在歌曲“红“的背景下，与一名男舞蹈演员亲密的跳舞。 他穿着一件黑色的西装，脚上是一双闪闪发亮的深红色高跟鞋。 At that concert he dedicated a classic love song to the two "loves of his life", his mother and his partner Daffy Tong. This is seen as the moment he came out of the closet. Cheung did not proclaim his sexuality as such, but confessed his love for a man. 在那场音乐会上, 他把一首经典情歌献给了“他生活里最爱的两个人”，他的母亲和他的搭档唐鹤德。那是他被认为会公开承认出柜的时刻。他并没有宣布他的性取向，但他承认了他对一个男人的爱。 Cheung wore his iconic pair of red high heels in a 1997 concert Cheung在1997演唱会上穿着他标志性的红色高跟鞋。 "In the 1990s, at times a gay man was still called 'Aids man' and 'pervert'," says Mr Kong. “在二十世纪九十年代，这个时代一个同性恋者仍然被称为" 艾滋病人 "和" 变态狂 “，“孔先生说。 "In a society so oppressive to the LGBT community, the coming out of such a renowned superstar had a huge effect on the general public.” "在一个对 LGBT 社区如此压迫的社会中，有这样一位著名巨星的公开表态，这对大众产生了巨大的影响.” Despite his success across Asia, there were many who did not appreciate this side of Cheung. 尽管他在亚洲取得了成功，但还是有许多人并不欣赏张的这一面。 At the 1998 Hong Kong Film Awards, Happy Together was mocked by comedians, who described it as a film that would make the audience vomit. A music video he directed, featuring him topless with a male ballet dancer, was also censored by major local TV channel TVB. 在1998香港电影颁奖典礼上，喜剧演员们还是在嘲笑“春光乍泄”，说这是一部令人作呕的影片。在他执导的一个MV中，有他上身裸体与一名男性芭蕾舞演员一起，这个MV也被当地主要的电视频道 TVB禁播。 To Be Continued 未完待续。 👇 |
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