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1、1Max Shulman Max Shulman (March 14, 1919August 28, 1988) was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels. His writing often focused on young people, particularly in a collegiate setting. 2Max Shulman Max Shu

2、lman first delved into the world of writing as a journalism student at the University of Minnesota. Shulman was the author of several fairly well-received novels, including Rally Round the Flag, Boys! and Sleep Till Noon. He was also a co-writer, with Robert Paul Smith, of the long-running Broadway

3、play, The Tender Trap, starring Robert Preston, which was later made into a successful movie. However, he is probably best remembered for his creation of the character Dobie Gillis, who was the subject of a series of short stories compiled under the title, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, which becam

4、e the basis for a CBS television series of the same name, and had previously been the subject of a film, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)3Supplementary informationLove Is a Fallacy is taken from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” published in 1951 and brings to light issues of the day including the s

5、tereotyping of women.Max Shulman demonstrates a wit and clarity of language in it.4The Many Loves of Dobie GillisThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and some episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the s

6、ame name, written by Max Shulman, 5Shulman was also a screenwriter. He was one of the collaborators on a television documentary, Lights Diamond Jubliee, which was supposedly a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas A. Edison, but which was in reality little

7、more than a public relations piece for the electric industry, as its predecessor film, Lights Golden Jubilee, had been 25 years before. Love Is a Fallacy was published in 1951 and brings to light issues of the day including the stereotyping of women. 6After his success with the Gillis character, Shu

8、lman continued to write. His humor column, On Campus, was syndicated in over 350 collegiate newspapers at one point. A later novel, Anyone Got a Match?, satirized both the television and tobacco industries, as well as the South and college football. His last major successful project was his work on

9、House Calls, which began as a 1978 movie based on one of his stories which starred Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, and later became a television series (1979-1981) starring Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave in the same roles, for which he was the lead writer.7Other Most Widely Held Works by Max Shul

10、man89The Affairs of Dobie Gillis學(xué)府趣事學(xué)府趣事（1953）The Tender Trap 溫柔陷井溫柔陷井（1955）Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis 杜比有難了杜比有難了(TV)Movies& Tv10 原著：張愛玲 編?。簭垚哿?導(dǎo)演：岳楓 主演：林黛 陳厚 張揚(yáng) 秦羽 情場如戰(zhàn)場改編自美國MaxShulman舞臺劇The Tender Trap溫柔的陷井影片講的是年輕美艷的葉緯芳是情場高手，在她看來但凡是男人，必定得愛她，但愛上她的男人，又必定要受她折磨拋棄，為了獲得滿足，她對姐姐葉緯苓也不惜橫刀奪愛，而這一切又是為吸引

11、表哥的注意。這是一部都市青春愛情鬧劇，里面葉緯芳一角是專為立志從村姑路數(shù)轉(zhuǎn)型的林黛打造。影片上映后，香港票房一片飄紅，不僅林黛借此成功轉(zhuǎn)型，也使張愛玲在電懋【mo】成功立足。 張愛玲張愛玲情場如戰(zhàn)場情場如戰(zhàn)場195711Dobie is a Dobie is a self-conceitedself-conceited person. person. At the beginning of the story, Dobie firstly describes s himself. “Cool amam I and logical. Keen, calculating, perspicaciou

12、s, acute - I amam all of these. My brain isis as powerful as a dynamo, precise as a chemists scales, as penetrating as a scalpel. And - think of it! - I amam only eighteen” ( P.67). Dobie uses s many commentary words to praise himself as an intelligent and smart person. Character Analysis of Dobie G

13、illis12DobieDobie is a ridiculous and self-contradictive person. and self-contradictive person. Dobie takes Dobie takes lovelove as a qualification for being a as a qualification for being a lawyer in the future. He emphasizes many times lawyer in the future. He emphasizes many times that his desire

14、 for Polly is not emotional in the that his desire for Polly is not emotional in the nature. nature. But after teaching fallacies to Polly, he ut after teaching fallacies to Polly, he falls in love with this girl and determines to falls in love with this girl and determines to tell her. tell her. “I

15、t must be thought t must be thought that I am without am without love with this girl. with this girl. Quiet the contraryuiet the contrary” ( P.82). . Dobie has a ridiculous view of love and Dobie has a ridiculous view of love and denies his his own description of himself, which makes him a own description of himself, which makes him a self-contradictive person.self-contradictive person.13Dobie is an emotionalemotional person and not that reasonable and cool as he thinks. Dobie “hides his exasperation” when teaching the girl logical,