原文：[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/arts/television/sarah-treem-on-the-affair-elena-ferrante-novels-and-that-yoga-retreat-sex-scene.html?smtyp=cur&_r=0]Sarah Treem on ‘The Affair’ and Why She Loves the Character You Hate[/url]
Sarah Treem is the creator and show runner of The Affair.
“I think what’s really interesting about the way that people respond to characters on the show, and especially Noah — which I don’t think anybody’s necessarily talked about yet — is that with Alison, Helen and Cole there are external factors that help you understand their character choices. They have obstacles they are wrestling with that are outside of themselves. Alison is wrestling with her grief and that’s always going to contextualize the way that she sees the situation. Cole, you will find out, has also been wrestling with his grief. But more so, at least at this point, he’s been wrestling with the fact that he’s been left, and wrestling with his family. That is a big part of his life and how he responds to situations. Helen has the clearest external obstacles. She has her parents, she has her children, she has the fact that she’s been left. So her choices are very easy to understand because you understand what she’s reacting against.
But Noah’s actually the only character, and this was purposeful, whose biggest conflict is internal. What I find interesting about that is that people are less forgiving of him and his choices. I think they can’t figure out why he’s doing what he’s doing. They can’t point to something outside the character that explains his actions. I find that really fascinating in terms of the way we think and understand ourselves. I think, for me as a writer, a lot of how I understand my own narrative has to do with what I’m wrestling with internally, and that’s probably why I write. But then, I think sometimes, for people who don’t spend their entire lives locked in their heads, the way they understand their own choices actually has more to do with external factors. People are always like, “You must hate Noah.” And I’m like, are you kidding? Noah is me. I love Noah. And, actually, I think the whole writers’ room feels that way. We are Noah’s biggest fans because he’s the character we most identify with.”
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