艺术和票房的两难:“孤岛”及沦陷期上海话剧商业化纷争

The Dilemma between Art and Box-Office: Disputes of Modern Drama's Commercialization in the “Isolated Island” during the Japanese Occupation in Shanghai

上海话剧在"孤岛"及沦陷后繁荣一时,其中职业演剧尤为兴盛,一个重要原因在于商业化的运作模式给演出市场带来了巨大动力,但戏剧的商业化是把双刃剑,运用得当自然保全、发展了自己,反之,则自我戕害。商业戏剧过度繁荣下,轻视艺术、追求票房已然成为剧坛的重要倾向。海派文化有容乃大的品质在一定程度上包容了商业化的腐朽气息,但真正的批评家不会避谈客观存在的问题,如何看待商业演剧的畸形繁荣,是现代戏剧商业化纷争的重要内容之一。

In the ＂Isolated Island＂ during the Japanese occupation, drama -- especialy professional theatre -- prevailed in Shanghai, due to the incentives that the commercialization of drama brought to the market of theatre. However, this commercialization was a double-edged sword： saving and developing the market if used properly and destroying itself if misused. When commercialized theatre was excessively popular, the theatrical circles would inevitably tend to pursue the box-office and put aside artistic value. The open-minded regional culture of Shanghai tolerated the decadent style of commercialization. But true critics pointed out the existent problems. Judging the deformed prosperity of commercial plays is still one of the important disputes surrounding the commercialization of modern drama.