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Can the sequel to "A Different World" reshape lives as the original did? Hillman College resumes classes.

Can the sequel to "A Different World" reshape lives as the original did? Hillman College resumes classes.

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September 24th, 2026

Can the sequel to "A Different World" reshape lives as the original did? Hillman College resumes classes.

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No sooner had Netflix's new version of A Different World arrived than it shouldered a burden that few television comedies could ever hope to bear: beyond entertaining millions of viewers, the original series had helped some of them decide which university to attend, which career to pursue, and even how to reexamine their own sense of self.

Netflix 新版《不同的世界》甫一问世,便背负起一重鲜有电视喜剧所能企及的重担:原版剧集在娱乐数百万观众之余,更曾助益部分观众抉择就读哪所大学、投身何种职业,乃至审视自我认知。

Nearly four decades on, the echoes of that influence still resound in Kadeem Hardison's ears.

近四十载光阴流转,卡迪姆·哈迪森耳畔仍不绝于那种影响的回响。

"I'm still learning about it day by day, even now," Hardison says.

“我至今仍在日复一日地了解这件事,”哈迪森说道。

His character, Dwayne Wayne, is a mathematical prodigy who sports flip-up sunglasses.

他所饰演的德韦恩·韦恩数学天赋卓绝,戴着翻盖墨镜。

He confides that people approach him to recount how it was this very show that spurred them to enroll in college, how it was because of him that they embarked on careers as engineers, and how it was only after witnessing Dwayne and Whitley Gilbert's famously tortuous romance that they mustered the courage to pursue relationships of their own.

他坦言,人们会走到他跟前,诉说自己正是因这部剧才踏入大学校门,正是因为他才投身工程师行列,甚至在目睹德韦恩与惠特利·吉尔伯特那段众所周知的曲折恋情之后,才鼓足勇气去追寻自己的感情关系。

In the present day, a new generation is rediscovering Hillman College, among them members of the original cast who are breathing new life into the institution.

时至今日,新一代人正重新发掘希尔曼学院,其中不乏令这所学府重焕生机的原版演员。

This ten-episode sequel series is set to premiere on Netflix on September 24.

这部共十集的续集剧将于9月24日在Netflix首播。

Cornell Young IV is one of the six young stars headlining the series.

康奈尔·杨四世系领衔该剧的六位年轻明星之一。

He once played college football in Missouri, and candidly admits that his choice of university hinged to a considerable extent on which institutions came courting him with offers.

他曾于密苏里州征战大学橄榄球,并坦言其大学抉择在很大程度上取决于哪些学府向他抛出橄榄枝。

Yet after completing the shoot at Atlanta's historically Black institutions — Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College — Young found himself unable to resist re-examining the path he had originally taken.

然而,在亚特兰大的传统黑人院校——克拉克亚特兰大大学、斯佩尔曼学院与莫尔豪斯学院——完成该剧拍摄后,杨发觉自己不禁重新审视当初所走过的道路。

"I really wish my past self could have been more like, 'Hey, here's my tape. I want to come here,'" Yang remarked.

“我着实希望彼时的自己能够更加这般——‘嘿,这是我的录像带。我意欲前来此处,’”杨如是说。

He portrays Shaquille Johnson, the son of the original character Ron Johnson.

他所饰演的乃沙奎尔·约翰逊,即原版角色罗恩·约翰逊之子。

The sequel centers on Deborah Wayne (played by Malea Joy Moon) — the youngest daughter of Dwayne and Whitley — as she embarks upon her freshman year at Hillman College.

续集聚焦德博拉·韦恩(马莱亚·乔伊·穆恩饰)——德韦恩与惠特利之幼女——于希尔曼学院启其大一新程。

Among her fellow students are Rashida Duval (played by Alijah Kai), Amir Rodell (played by Jordan Aaron Hall), Hazel Henry (played by Kennedy Reese), and Kojo Achebe (played by Chibuikem Uche).

同窗者,尚有拉希达·杜瓦尔(阿利贾·凯饰)、阿米尔·罗代尔(乔丹·亚伦·霍尔饰)、黑兹尔·亨利(肯尼迪·里斯饰)及科乔·阿切贝(奇布伊凯姆·乌切饰)诸人。

Yang observes that immersion in the milieu of a historically Black college or university conferred upon him something he had not previously fully grasped: a place where students feel "sheltered," "shaded," and "seen," while being impelled to clarify what kind of person they truly aspire to become.

杨指出,浸润于传统黑人院校的语境之中,赋予了他某种此前未曾全然领会的东西:一个令学生感到“受庇护”、“被荫蔽”与“被看见”的所在,同时促使他们厘清自身究竟意欲成为何种人。

The original A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show, premiered in 1987 and ran for six seasons.

原版《不同的世界》乃《考斯比一家》之衍生剧,肇始于1987年,凡六季而终。

Set at the fictional Hillman College, the series afforded a vast audience a window onto life at a historically Black institution, while also engaging with issues ranging from apartheid and HIV/AIDS to racism and sexual assault.

该剧以虚构之希尔曼学院为叙事场域,令众多观众得以窥见传统黑人院校之生活样态,同时亦涉猎自种族隔离与艾滋病毒/艾滋病迄至种族主义及性侵犯等诸多议题。

Felicia Pride, the creator and showrunner of the sequel, grew up squarely within the audience that the original series reached.

续集的创作者兼剧集主管费利西亚·普赖德,恰恰是在原版剧集所触达的观众群体中成长起来的。

She still remembers watching it with her family every Thursday night and being utterly captivated by an episode featuring a stepping performance.

她至今仍记得,每逢周四夜晚便与家人一同观看,并为一集踏步舞表演所深深吸引。

As a young dancer who had never witnessed stepping before, she recorded it on a VCR and played it back repeatedly until she had mastered the entire routine.

作为一名从未目睹过踏步舞的年轻舞者,她以录像机将其录制下来,反复播放,直至将整套动作悉数学会。

"It stirred something transformative deep within me, to behold an image of myself upon the screen," Pride remarked.

“这在我内心深处激起了某种嬗变,得以在荧幕上目睹自身的形象,”普赖德如是说。

Nearly four decades later, she sought to create that same possibility of being seen for others.

近四十载光阴流转之后,她意欲为他人缔造这种被看见的可能性。

She hoped that the new Hillman would speak just as directly to the current generation on the cusp of entering university.

她冀望全新的希尔曼亦能同样直截了当地对时下即将步入大学殿堂的这一代人言说。

The sequel addresses both the crushing pressures exerted by social media and digital existence, and issues ranging from loneliness, immigration, and campus safety to sexual orientation and sexual health.

续集所触及的,既有社交媒体与数字化生存所施加的重压,亦涵盖孤独、移民、校园安全、性取向及性健康等议题。

Pryde notes that conversation after conversation with young people invariably reveals how technology makes them experience, simultaneously, the two contradictory sensations of connection and alienation.

普赖德指出,与年轻人的一次次对话无不揭示出,科技何以令他们同时体验到连接与疏离这两种彼此悖反的感受。

Several of Hillman's anxieties remain unresolved.

希尔曼的若干忧虑依旧悬而未决。

The series also delves into grief, heartbreak, friendship, and the bewilderment and uncertainty surrounding one's sense of identity after being uprooted from one's homeland.

该剧亦深入探讨了悲伤、心碎、友谊,以及背井离乡后对自我身份认同的迷惘与不确定。

"This moment presents a perfect opportunity for the series to return, allowing it to serve as a bond that connects us all," Pride remarked.

“此刻恰逢这部剧集回归的绝佳契机,使其成为联结你我的纽带,”普赖德如是说。

The new cast's focus lies not so much in replicating the earlier Hillman as in rendering this incarnation of Hillman recognisable to their own generation.

新演员阵容所倾注的关注,与其说在于复刻旧版希尔曼,毋宁说在于使这一希尔曼形象为他们这一代人所辨识。

For Moon, it all began with Deborah.

对穆恩而言,这一切的起点在于德博拉。

She delved deeply into what she termed the "beautiful flaw" in both Dwayne and Wheatley, yet refused to merely conflate the two personalities in any simplistic fashion.

她深入探究了她所称的德韦恩与惠特利身上那种“美丽缺陷”,却拒绝仅仅将二人的个性简单地杂糅在一起。

"This is a gap that is exceedingly difficult to bridge," Moon said.

“此乃极难弥合之空缺,”穆恩如是说。

She hoped Deborah would take shape as an entity in her own right—an original character whose flaws, impulses, and lived experience would illuminate what it truly means, in our present moment, to come of age as a young Black woman.

她冀望德博拉能够独立成形——一个原创角色,其缺陷、冲动与阅历,折射出时下一位年轻黑人女性的成长究竟意味着什么。

For Reese, this encompasses the relentless comparison that social media fosters.

对里斯而言,此中涵盖社交媒体所助长的无休止攀比。

She observes that young women, as they grow up, labour under far more acute pressure regarding their appearance, inasmuch as images of others—and the ever-present opportunity to measure themselves against them—are perpetually within arm's reach.

她表示,年轻女性在成长过程中承受着更为严峻的外貌压力,盖因他人的形象以及将自身与之相较的契机始终近在咫尺。

Kai discerned another dimension in this generation's trajectory: Black women enjoy a broader freedom to define for themselves how they present themselves.

凯洞见了这一代人历程中的另一维度:黑人女性享有更为广阔的自由,得以自主界定其自我呈现的方式。

She points out that people now have far more latitude to explore hairstyles, fashion, color, and texture, rather than submitting to others' notions of what is acceptably conventional.

她指出,人们拥有了更充裕的空间去探索发型、时尚、色彩与质感,而非屈从于他人所认定的可接受之陈规。

She channeled several such insights of her own into the character of Rashida, devising her nail designs and ever-shifting hairstyles.

她将自身若干此类体悟融注于拉希达这一角色之中,为其美甲样式与不断更迭的发型提供了构思。

What their characters collectively embody does not consist in furnishing some monolithic definition of young Black womanhood.

她们的角色所共同承载的,并非在于为年轻黑人女性气质提供某种单一化的界定。

Moon observes that such experiences are "at once universal and by no means monolithic."

穆恩指出,此类经历“既具有普遍性,又绝非铁板一块”。

Hudson is well aware that the new cast is bound to be compared with the previous ensemble.

哈迪森深知,新演员阵容势必会被拿来与前一班底相提并论。

In his view, this misses the point entirely.

在他看来,这并未切中肯綮。

"Let them have free rein," he said.

“且让他们放手施为罢,”他如是说道。

Hudson emphasised that the new work, A Different World, is a sequel rather than a reboot.

哈迪森着重指出,新作《不同的世界》乃是一部续集,而非重启之作。

He likened appraising the two casts to comparing Michael Jordan with LeBron James — each of whom plied his trade in a different era and under different circumstances.

他将对两批演员的品评类比为对迈克尔·乔丹与勒布朗·詹姆斯的比较——二者于不同世代、不同境遇之下驰骋赛场。

Even though the original series is now held in the highest esteem, Hardison still recalls that it took time to evolve into the acclaimed show it is today.

尽管时下世人对原版剧集推崇备至,哈迪森却仍记得,它亦历经时日方才蜕变为如今备受赞誉的剧集。

After the first season drew to a close, Debbie Allen stepped in as executive producer, and the series consequently underwent a significant creative shift.

第一季落幕之后,黛比·艾伦走马上任执行制片人,该剧遂迎来了一次重大的创意转向。

"Our first season was, frankly, abysmal, my friend," Hardison said with a wry smile.

“我们第一季的表现堪称糟糕透顶,老兄,”哈迪森莞尔一笑。

"Perhaps we might grant these youngsters some time, and afford them a modicum of forbearance."

“不妨给这些孩子们一些时间,给予他们些许宽容。”

Set against the backdrop of today's television industry, such a feat is likely to prove ever more elusive.

置身于当今电视行业的语境之下,此举恐愈发难以企及。

The original series mostly ran for more than 20 episodes per season and enjoyed several years in which to unfold its character arcs at a leisurely pace.

原版剧集大多每季逾20集,且享有数年光阴以从容铺陈角色弧光。

The new series, by contrast, must establish itself swiftly within a mere ten episodes, all the while navigating an entertainment ecosystem in which streaming services, social media, YouTube and other platforms are locked in a ceaseless contest for attention.

反观新剧,仅以10集之篇幅,却须在流媒体服务、社交媒体、YouTube及其他平台持续竞逐注意力的娱乐生态中,迅速确立自身地位。

"We had to be exceptional from the very outset," Pride said. "The era we inhabit is far more unforgiving."

“我们必须从一开始便展现出类拔萃的表现,”普赖德说道,“我们所处的时代要严苛得多。”

For Pryde, there was scarcely any latitude left for a slow burn.

对普赖德而言,可供其慢热的余地几乎荡然无存。

"We don't enjoy that kind of exceptional advantage—you know the sort, the advantage of growing up alongside a series and letting it unravel its own threads in its own time," she said.

“我们并不享有那般得天独厚的优势——你亦知晓,那种与剧集相伴成长、任其自行厘清自身脉络的优势,”她说。

"Hence, I fervently hope people will come.

“是故,我切盼人们能够莅临。

I fervently hope they will gather together and share in the viewing."

我切盼他们齐聚一堂,共襄观看。”

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