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《权力的游戏》（以下简称《权游》）今天迎来史诗级的烂尾收官，全世界观众已经气疯。《权游》最后一集的IMDb观众评分以5.2的超低分开局，截至目前降低到4.8分，创下《权游》开播以来最差评分！ 第二和第三差的，正是之前的两集。
反观国内，《权游》第八季在豆瓣评分已经从9分跌至7.6分，并有可能进一步下跌……对比前几季的高口碑实在惨不忍睹。
近日，《好莱坞记者》女星圆桌会议邀请龙妈 Emilia Clarke参加节目。Emilia自爆《权游》初期自己的表现不如预期，战战兢兢怕编剧约吃饭聊自己“领盒饭的一百种方法”，看到来电话的是编剧肝儿都颤。初次感到名气：拍卖同自己玩耍的机会时被布拉德·皮特翻牌子，龙妈称那简直是自己人生的最高光时刻。
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With HBO's Game of Thrones never shying from saying goodbye to characters, star Emilia Clarke admits that she was constantly afraid of being killed off the show. "On the show you have the phone call," Clarke shared during The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actress Roundtable.
"You get a call from David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss], who are the creators of the show, and everyone starts to really dread that phone call," Clarke said, whose character survived to make it to the series finale. "That's the kiss of death."
"I started so green and was so incredibly grateful to be employed, I just assumed every impostor syndrome times a million," Clarke continued. "I just assumed that every time I read the script I was going to be written off because I was just crap, and that they had had enough, and that this time was the last time."
The actress went on to share the time she knew she had made it in Hollywood when she auctioned off the chance to watch an episode of Game of Thrones with her, only to discover that Brad Pitt had joined the bidding war. "He didn't ultimately win," she said, but, "it was the most ridiculous, surreal moment of my entire existence."
(SPOILER): Clarke starred as Queen Daenerys Targaryen in the Emmy Award-winning series. Daenerys died at the hand of Jon Snow on Sunday's series finale.
The full Drama Actress Roundtable airs July 7 on SundanceTV. Clarke stars on the roundtable along with Patricia Arquette, Christine Baranski, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash and Michelle Williams. Follow all the Emmy season roundtables at THR.com/Roundtables.
The debut event also paid tribute to Quincy Jones and Evander Holyfield.
“The term icon is overused, but not tonight,” said Robert DeNiro from the stage of the inaugural American Icon Awards, where he was on hand to present a trophy to his longtime friend, colleague and friendly rival Al Pacino, who was being honored along with music titan Quincy Jones and boxing champion Evander Holyfield.
Pacino’s tribute had been kicked off at the start of the awards gala with a congratulatory video from filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who directed Pacino and De Niro in the upcoming Netflix film The Irishman; later in the evening at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, De Niro delivered a fond, lightly roast-y tribute to his fellow actor following a clip package filled with blistering Pacino screen moments from throughout his career.
“Looking at those clips from Al’s career, I can’t help but think, 'How did I not get those parts?’” marveled De Niro, adding wryly. “I guess they were going for someone older.”
De Niro recalled first meeting Pacino in their early 20s when Pacino was dating De Niro’s “The Wedding Party” co-star Jill Clayburgh. “Al and I got to be friends over the years, hanging out from time to time, talking about work, life, whatever, competing viciously with each other for parts,” De Niro recalled. “Al's career exploded with The Godfather and two years later in Godfather 2 Al reprised his role of Michael Corleone; I played the young old Vito Corleone in the flashbacks. In other words, I played Al’s father. And that’s when I think I became a father figure to Al, and he’s looked up to me in that way ever since.”
“Actually in Godfather 2 we were never onscreen together,” added De Niro. “We weren't even on set together. That didn't happen until 21 years later in the movie Heat, and in that movie Al’s character spends the whole time trying to take down my character, which when you think about it is really kind of a shitty thing to do your own father.”
“Over those 21 years between [us] we did about 50 movies and Al’s been in five Broadway plays — Shakespeare, David Mamet, David Rabe, Oscar While. Did you see him in Shakespeare's Richard III?” De Niro asked, launching into a soliloquy from the play.
“‘Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by the son of York,” before pausing to add a loud “Hoo-ah!" — Pacino’s signature line from Scent of a Woman.
De Niro also touched on how for years both vied for the title of the top actor in Hollywood, with a hint of self-deprecation. “In many ways we've had parallel careers: we both started as theater actors, and one of the things that so impresses me about Al is that he keeps returning to the stage,” he offered. “Not me. Instead, I open restaurants. And each of us known for dramatic trilogies that defines the culture of our generation, Al with the three Godfathers, me with the three Fokkers.”
De Niro summoned his friend to the stage, offering up the Icon award with another classic Pacino screen quote, this time from Scarface: “Say hello to your little friend!”
Accepting a rousing ovation, Pacino received the honor warmly, even as he grasped to express himself. "I am so grateful for this honor — I feel humbled by it,” he said, “I’m not a man of many words, especially in these situations.”
So instead he relied on his craft, bringing the words of others to vivid, expressive life. From the stage he launched into a scene from playwright Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending, then shifted gears into a verse from poet E. E. Cummings’ "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly Beyond," and closed with a rousing delivery of the famed speech from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene II — at one point Pacino had stepped fully away from the microphone, but still played to the back of the Beverly Hills ballroom.
After an introduction from Naomi Campbell, Jones took the stage with an upbeat dance shuffle. “You all sure know how to make an 86-year-old, bald-headed, short, double-brain-operated be-bopper smile,” he said, launching into a plea for renewed unity. “The era of I, me, mine is over. It’s time for we, us, they and our…I’ve traveling all my life, for 70 years, I speak 26 languages now, and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. Because once you learn 30, 40 words, it takes you to the food, it takes you to the music — everything! And it’s a great feeling being 86 feeling at home in every country in the world.”
“It saddens me today to see that the moral fiber of our country is being tested today like never before in history,” Jones added. “But I am and always will be an eternal optimist, and I believe from the bottom of my heart that as citizens of this world we can come together to resolve our difference, to make this world a better place for those who are less fortunate. That’s really what it’s about, because whatever ideological, cultural or geographical differences we may have, we have so much more in common as human beings…It’s time to come together.”
De Niro, too, touched on the cultural clashes of the moment, as has become his custom. “You didn’t think you were going to completely get away without a ‘Fuck Trump’ moment, did you?” he offered, to a chorus of supportive whoops and a smattering of derisive boos. “The producers of the American Icon Awards call it a tribute to individuals who lead America. Not so fast. The champ Evander Hollywood, my friend Quincy Jones and my lifelong compatriot Al Pacino don’t lead America. Maybe they should, but they do fill their own essential roles. People of great individual accomplishments who give us examples to look up to. They’ve earned our respect and admiration, and they deserve this tribute. On the other hand, the individual who purports to lead America is not worthy of any tribute. Unless you think of his impeachment and imprisonment as a sort of tribute. And that’s how you’d make America great again.”
The attendees — including Sylvester Stallone, Joe Mantegna, Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue, David Foster and Katherine McPhee, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Peter Facinelli, Barry Bostwick — also took in musical performances by Robin Thicke and Orange Is the New Black actress Jackie Cruz, and a stand-up set by actor/comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.
Holyfield, who was honored for his achievements in sports, told THR that he proudly accepted the title of icon. “I am very honored by all the things that I have gained because I grew up with a lifestyle of being told that I wouldn't become anything, that I wouldn't get out from where I came from,” the heavyweight champ explained. “My mama told me three things: sShe said, ‘You listen, follow the rules and don't quit and that will allow you to get out.’ She told me that it might not allow me to get out as quickly as I would like, but I would get out and know how to stay out. That is pretty much what I have tried to live up to.”
Holyfield received his award from boxer Laila Ali, whose father Muhammed Ali was the ultimate icon, in the fighter’s eyes. “I remember not knowing many of the things that Ali had accomplished,” Holyfield said. “His whole concept was bringing people together, and it is just amazing that no one wants to give credit to a boxer for bringing people together. Fighting is what we do, but only in the ring.”
Other TV shows honored at Saturday night's ceremony included 'Barry,' 'Killing Eve' and 'Random Acts of Flyness,' as well as Netflix's 'Patriot Act,' giving its host Hasan Minhaj his second Peabody award in two years.
On Saturday night in New York, the Peabody Awards, as part of its recognition of stories that matter, honored investigative reports and podcasts about families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, the survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse, racism and ISIS — and a number of high-profile TV series.
And, as years past, the current crop of previously announced entertainment winners seemed both amused and humbled by their inclusion in a night also devoted to recognizing serious, enterprise journalism.
"It's an interesting organization because they honor the most important work being done by the most important people in the world, and then also some TV shows," The Good Place showrunner Mike Schur told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the ceremony regarding his Peabody-winning series. "So, it sounds like a cheesy line, but I really feel like it's an honor to be in the same room as the people who are doing war correspondent journalism. … I personally feel greatly indebted to the kind of people that the Peabody Awards recognizes outside of the entertainment industry, so just to have the same trophy as them is kind of an amazing thing."
Good Place star William Jackson Harper echoed his boss' thoughts, telling THR, "I would hope that our show is contributing somehow to society in some way. At least that's what I'm telling myself is the reason why we're here. But, yeah, there are people who are doing really incredible things. Especially at a time when journalism is under attack and being discredited so vehemently, to have people that are just so dogged about their commitment to awareness and truth and to be a part of that group is a huge honor."
The NBC comedy, which offers a supernatural exploration of ethical issues, also has value for people in power, as Schur explained in his onstage acceptance speech.
"We didn't think that when we started this show three years ago that the word 'ethics' was going to appear on the front page of every major newspaper in the country essentially every day for the entire run of the show," he said. "But that's what's happened. It's hard not to feel, very deeply, that the world would be a better place if more men in power simply asked themselves … three questions over and over again."
Those questions, Schur revealed earlier, are "What the hell am I doing? Why am I doing it? Is there something else that I could be doing that is better than what I’m doing?”
"That's ethics in a nutshell," he said of the concept at the heart of his sitcom, also noting that ethics are "available to anyone" and "free."
As for those powerful men and their own ethical inquiries, Schur said, "They don't appear to be doing that. I hope they do. To whatever extent our show has contributed to a national conversation that involves people simply asking themselves [these three questions], we're eternally grateful."
Indeed, as critics have noted, The Good Placeoffers, along with lots of laughs, an education in moral philosophy to its viewers, and Schur, Harper and fellow star Manny Jacinto all said they too had learned from working on the series.
"Anything that is in the show is a thing that I learned while doing the show," Schur told THR on the red carpet at the Cipriani Wall Street event. "I was not well-schooled in this stuff. I thought it was interesting from a distance, but I didn't have any real understanding or knowledge of it, and now I would say that I have an 8 to 10 percent understanding or knowledge of it."
Added Jacinto, "It's made me question a lot of my motives in terms of how selfish I can be, and am I really doing this for the right reasons, and it really made me question certain actions, whether it be in the industry or with family, in relationships. I don't know how far of an impact it's had on my life directly, but it's definitely made me think."
Pose writer-director-producer Janet Mock was similarly appreciative of the FX series being honored alongside journalistic exposés, noting to THR that she was trained and spent years working as a journalist while living "through a lot of the experiences that the characters on Pose have." And in the case of the groundbreaking series, she also recognized the political and cultural value of the show's LGBTQ representation.
"I think it's 16 percent of Americans that know a trans person, that a trans person is in their lives, so that means that 84 percent don't," Mock told THR. "So the fact that a television show can go into the homes of millions of Americans and let them meet five trans women and all of these other LGBT characters who are struggling at times when they're often erased and overlooked, I think is the power of TV and storytelling. And I think for us, this Peabody is just a reaffirmation to continue to tell the story the way we tell it from those who've lived through the experience like myself."
While Pose takes place in the past, its focus on LGBTQ rights and experiences is particularly timely, and Mock explained that the current political climate would continue to inspire storylines in the 1990-set season two.
"We talk a lot, this season, about this sense of activism," she said. "Once you're outraged, what do you do with that anger and that outrage? How do you channel it to make greater good, to make changes in your own life? I think a lot of us experience that. Every day there's a new outrage, so for us, it's how can we give our audience a new way of thinking and a hopeful way of thinking about how to hopefully act in their own spaces in the world?"
Additionally, Pose co-creator Steven Canals said the New York-set series would reflect the politics and culture of the city at that time: "At that point in the city, we had a new mayor in David Dinkins, who was the first black mayor of the city; Act Up, which was fighting for rights for people living with HIV/AIDS, was omnipresent in the city; and then on the fun side, Madonna's 'Vogue' was released and suddenly this community that was a subculture became mainstream."
The Pose team was out in force for the Peabody Awards and, as he's become known for, star Billy Porter made a statement with his red-carpet look, turning heads in a dramatic pink gown.
Porter told THR that the ensemble was a cut look from a photo and video shoot he was participating in on Saturday.
"And I decided, I'm going to wear it tonight," he said.
Patriot Act's Hasan Minhaj, who hosted last year's ceremony, where he accepted his first Peabody, won his second award this year, and he expressed gratitude for the journalists and documentary filmmakers he was being honored alongside.
"It is very humbling and it's surreal to be included in this amazing list of people that do incredible work, especially considering that a lot of the people at this awards show specifically are being honored for their work in investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking. I don't take that lightly considering what we do on the show," Minhaj told THR. "The work that journalists are doing is the backbone of what we're doing on the show so without their take, without their interviews, without their pull quotes, there is no show. That's the delineation. We're a news-driven comedy show."
Other entertainment winners honored Saturday night included Killing Eve (executive producer Gina Mingacci thanked "every person who's been on this show just to be beautifully killed by Villanelle [the assassin played by Jodie Comer]"); Barry (creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg weren't in attendance but demonstrated their skill at dark comedy from afar as star Stephen Root read prepared remarks, after he and other members of the Barry team humorously passed on reading the note, and discovered to his dismay as he neared the end that Hader and Berg had jokingly fired him and his onstage colleagues from the show's third season); and Random Acts of Flyness(creator Terence Nance had the crowd laughing as he thanked those who made, awarded and even watched the HBO show and urged others to take a chance on it).
"We almost died making this show," Nance said onstage, before praising HBO for its willingness to "lean in" to make the "scary show" and the Peabody jurors for facing their fears in honoring it.
"This really proves that television's rules, regulations, best practices … neurological effects, terms and conditions, formats, psychospiritual intentions, genres, biases, algorithms and pessimisms are very brittle and withered and thus ripe for our program to disintegrate and repopulate," Nance said. "Keep your head on a swivel. … Lean into our vortex. It'll be all right. You'll be safe. You'll live."
Speaking to THR earlier, Nance said that he hoped the award "motivates people to watch" Random Acts.
"When we made the show, we were kind of, in a sense, having a conversation with ourselves that could hopefully grow larger, grow more intense and grow necessary," he said. "I think that this award hopefully continues to shine a light and bring eyes to it and brings souls to it. It's a conversation if only there's another side to it."
Later in the evening, career achievement honoree Rita Moreno got emotional as she dedicated her award to her hardworking, proud mother.
"I am keenly aware of the high value that the Peabody places on storytelling. I am so humbled that you consider the story of my life and career worthy," the actress said in her speech after lifting the award triumphantly over her head as she received a standing ovation. "Like most, my story is predicated on another story and that story was my mommy's, who, when I was 5 years old, set out from Puerto Rico for New York to find a better life for us. Every single day of my childhood, my mommy, Rosa Maria, walked me to school, then climbed the bus that carried her from 185th Street and Wadsworth Avenue to 42nd Street and 5th Ave., the heart of the Garment District. … That was my mommy, the sweatshop seamstress. It was backbreaking work. She knew the prick of every pin. But it was a job and it paid the rent, but we just barely got by. She made my clothes, she made my costumes … she put ribbons in my hair. This was her art. My mommy's art. So that I could perform at every bar mitzvah or wedding reception that would book an 8-year-old artiste. … My mommy, the sweatshop seamstress — no, my mommy, the artist. Her joy made her proud. My mommy, costume designer to a star, the Rita Moreno, before I ever was. My fame is her fame. Therefore this beautiful, precious honor, is also in her honor."
龙妈奋斗史
龙妈是七大王国里面最正经的贵族血统+白手起家，很像「孝景玄孙，中山靖王」刘备。
有人说刘备的血统是假的，皇叔是他自己编的。其实这是胡说八道。谁是中山靖王？他是汉武帝的兄弟，那是西汉时期的诸侯王。
经过王莽篡汉，加上东汉200年，刘备自己又是旁支，跑偏到织席贩履再正常不过了。
血统是真的，织席贩履也是真的，如果想要在乱世中生存下来，唯一的机会就看怎样运营好自己的标签。
龙妈的魅力不是来自于开挂之后飞龙在天，而是来自于每次开挂之前她都百般隐忍，并且扮猪吃老虎（民间俗称「憋大招」或「怒刷存在感」）。
·她有坚定而清晰的目标（囧也有，二丫和珊莎没有）
·她能灵活运用反直觉的思维方式（狮家族和玫瑰家族的人除了詹米都有，史塔克家族的人只有二丫有）
· 她还有对于改变世界的「解放者」身份的清晰认识（除她之外好像只有大麻雀有）。
只有这样的人，配做真正的王者。但是最后龙妈的结局却出乎意料。
言归正传，龙妈的死亡早在第五集的预告片中已经给了明显的暗示，小恶魔和二丫都对龙妈火烧君临城的残暴行为已经到了忍无可忍的程度，不杀龙妈不是他们的角色定位，就算他们不能亲手杀死龙妈，也会拼命游说雪诺令其重燃对王位的渴望。没想到的是，编剧还真的和大家预测的一样走了一贯的狗血路线，选择直接让雪诺来结束龙妈的生命。
这样的剧情设定虽然符合常理，但却让雪诺的人设跌落谷底。许多剧迷仍沉浸在雪诺和龙妈那甜蜜的爱情当中，曾经雪诺不止一次的许诺“你是我永远的女王”，但为了黎民百姓他却用了最腹黑的手段刺杀了他的女王。这种节目令许多雪诺迷们一时间不能接受。
编剧在雪诺刺杀龙妈的剧情设计上虽然煞费苦心但依旧狗血，这种边亲吻边刺杀的戏码就像许多网友吐槽的那样，连国内的三流编剧都能想出的剧情却在《权力的游戏》这样的史诗剧中使用，真的让人大失所望。但龙妈死亡前和雪诺的对话这段戏却精彩至极，让剧迷们重拾对龙妈的喜爱，毕竟，这位既要天下又要爱人的传奇女子真的经历了太多不能承受之中。
全局最吸睛的是龙妈咽气儿时，她的孩子“卓耿”从废墟中出现，用硕大的脸庞不停地触碰着龙妈的尸体，一下、两下、三下，直到它也懂得了死亡。它的两位同胞兄弟已经被射杀，如今它在这个世界上唯一的亲人也已离世，它的情感只能用怒吼来表达。更值得称赞的是卓耿用大火烧融了那无数人朝思梦想却无比敬畏的“铁王座”。所有的剑柄被化为铁水，似乎寓意了这场“权力的游戏”已经结束。历经8季，无数人无论贫民还是权贵，亦或是夜王大军的核心剧情就是围绕“铁王座”展开，如今它却被一条巨龙毁灭，讽刺意味甚浓。
“权力的游戏”下，亲情不是亲情、爱情不是爱情，当瓦里斯被龙火烧死、当小恶魔失去他的兄姐、当二丫拯救不了路边的小女孩，或许全剧的所有角色中唯一获得纯粹感情的是龙妈孕育的三条巨龙。当“卓耿”用爪子抓起龙妈飞向远方时，爱着龙妈的雪诺已经被剧迷骂惨，而“卓耿”俨然成了全剧最重情重义的角色。
八年间，小龙女成长为龙女王，从一个职场创业小白到一个职场CEO，编剧和马丁大爷笔下的龙妈有太多需要我们学习的地方。权利的游戏虽已结束，生活的游戏却还在继续。
快速学习的能力
从实践中学习并吸取教训的能力，深感佩服。这种复盘总结经验的方式，为她带来了很多次转机。也给自己赚的了很多的头衔-“旧瓦雷利亚的后裔，安达尔人先民的女王，维斯特洛的统治者暨全境守护者，大草原多斯拉克人卡丽熙，不焚者，弥林的女王，镣拷打破者，龙之母，阿斯塔波的解放者，罗伊拿人和先民的女王，龙石岛公主”。以至于雪诺第一次觐见，听到这么多头衔，一脸懵逼。龙妈每一次努力都换来了头衔，这也给我们一个深刻的教训：没事是要考证，但不要瞎考证。能提升个人核心能力的就要毫不吝啬时间和经历。
足够努力，相信自己
龙妈曾提到，很多人相信光之神，有自己的信仰，而她只相信她自己。纵然千难万险，被抓当奴隶，她依然相信自己，能救你的只有自己。俨然一副“坦格利安家的女人绝不认输”。
敢立Flag，从不打脸
“我会用火焰和鲜血拿回属于我的东西”龙妈敢立flag， 执行能力也是超级一流，要抢回铁王座，需要军队拥护，需要钱，需要船，倒逼目标，各个击破。敢想敢做，具有创新能力，敢模仿、也敢创新。
强大的管理和合作能力
不论是小恶魔、灰虫子、还是翻译，她能发挥他们各自的优势，为己所用，用人不疑，疑人不用。善于听取别人的建议，又有自己的独特见解。
期待你能解锁更多龙妈秘籍
权利的游戏中，你或许看到太多血腥的画面，赤裸裸的人性曝光，努力追逐权利的人类。你自然不屑于学习这些肮脏的勾当，但我们从龙妈的身上学到最珍贵的也并不是一定要获得，而是：可以没有美好的结果，但不能不努力。
往期精彩英语演讲集
《权力的游戏》第八季开播！3分钟，詹胖带你搞笑回顾前七季67集（附视频&解说稿）
《权力的游戏》全体卡司回顾8年点点滴滴！网友：泪目！难说再见！（附双语视频）
《权力的游戏》狼家姐妹花同登《滚石》封面！真是一拍即合成闺蜜呀！（附专访视频）！
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