想象一下讓一名娛樂記者去報(bào)道非洲戰(zhàn)亂鸽嫂，會是什么奇葩效果边酒？
英國記者珍巴斯曼用娛記的八卦筆調(diào)報(bào)道蘇丹僚碎，乍得和烏干達(dá)戰(zhàn)爭的殘酷與政治的虛偽揽涮，讓你笑著笑著眼淚就流下來了抠藕。
她的這本書文風(fēng)獨(dú)樹一幟，帶著一種laugh-until-you-cry的幽默蒋困。光是書名盾似，就已經(jīng)與眾不同：
《A journey to the dark heart of nameless unspeakable evil 》
（探究不可名狀之惡的陰暗心理之旅）
她想以記者身份在世界知名非政府間組織里謀份差事，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)：
"Doctors Without Borders were not currently recruiting celebrity journalists. I was hurt.
“無國界醫(yī)生”目前不招聘娛樂記者家破。我很受傷颜说。"
Apparently pediatric surgery ranks higher than a magazine called the wrong 'Un.
顯然，兒科手術(shù)的地位比一份叫《壞蛋》的雜志要高汰聋。
I was useless. I could die tomorrow and no one would suffer, apart from the underwear department and my mum.
我一無是處门粪。我可以明天就死掉而沒人會因此而受傷，除了內(nèi)衣部和我媽以外烹困。"
當(dāng)她無意間發(fā)現(xiàn)一名男人味十足的國際危機(jī)解決專家John Prendergast時(shí)玄妈，決定馬上要去采訪他：
For purely journalistic reasons, I spent about forty-eight hours straight googling him, cursing John Prendergast Wedding Photographer of Liverpool for clogging my search results.
純粹出于新聞報(bào)道的原因，我大概連續(xù)花了四十八小時(shí)一邊在谷歌搜索他的資料，一邊咒罵利物浦一名也叫John Prendergast的婚紗攝影師拟蜻，因?yàn)樗戏恋K我的搜尋結(jié)果绎签。
I wondered how wrong it would be to sit on his knee during Interview.
我在想，采訪期間坐到他大腿上究竟有多不妥酝锅。
讀到這里诡必，你會對她嗤之以鼻：淺薄搔扁！
錯(cuò)爸舒！
在她娛樂記者筆調(diào)的字里行間，卻有對人類戰(zhàn)爭暴行的深刻反思：
"From what I'd read about the chaos in the Horn of Africa, Bashir was a throwback, a less faggy Hitler. To me, Sudan had echoes of 1938, when Hitler swept through the ghettoes, sending the Gestapo to smash windows and set fire to Jewish shops. It was Kristallnacht again, the night of broken glass, and once again, no one was doing anything. I've always wondered why nobody stopped Hitler after Kristallnacht, because plenty of smart? people lived in Europe in the thirties.
從我讀到的關(guān)于非洲之角的騷亂資料看稿蹲，巴希爾（蘇丹獨(dú)裁者）是一種返祖現(xiàn)象扭勉，是另一名沒那么娘娘腔的希特勒。對我來說苛聘，蘇丹是1938年的回聲涂炎。當(dāng)時(shí)希特勒派出蓋世太保掃蕩貧民窟，砸爛猶太人商店的玻璃窗并縱火燒店∩杌現(xiàn)在又是“水晶之夜”唱捣，即碎玻璃之夜，而現(xiàn)在還是沒人出來干涉它网梢。我一直納悶爷光，“水晶之夜”后，怎么沒人出來攔住希特勒澎粟，因?yàn)槿甏臍W洲蛀序，住有許多聰明人的呀！"
能夠用輕松筆調(diào)報(bào)道沉重題材活烙，嬉笑怒罵之間一針見血擊中要害徐裸，這才是高段位的新聞記者。
珍巴斯曼發(fā)明的這種叫agony comedy （痛苦的喜勑フ怠）文體重贺，俏皮老辣，亦莊亦諧回懦，透著一股“戰(zhàn)地玫瑰”獨(dú)特的味道：帶著硝煙味的芳香气笙。
