杰瑞·宋飞在杜克大学毕业典礼致辞中为《蜜蜂电影》的性暗示道歉

5月12日星期日，这位70岁的宋飞校友在北卡罗来纳州达勒姆的杜克大学向即将毕业的大四学生发表了毕业典礼演讲。他的儿子朱利安目前就读于该校，女儿萨莎也曾毕业于该校。
 

During his speech, the comedian took time to reflect on his 2007 animated film Bee Movie — specifically one controversial element of the storyline.

在演讲中，这位喜剧演员花时间回顾了他2007年的动画电影《蜜蜂电影》——特别是故事情节中的一个有争议的元素。
 

"I made a cartoon movie about bees you may have watched as a child," Seinfeld said in a video captured by an attendee and shared on TikTok.

宋飞在一位与会者拍摄并在TikTok上分享的视频中说：“我拍了一部关于蜜蜂的卡通电影，你可能小时候看过”。
 

"If any of you felt slightly uncomfortable about the sexual undertones in the relationship between Barry B. Benson and Vanessa, the florist who saves his life, I would like to apologize for that now," he continued, earning laughs from the crowd. "I may not have calibrated that perfectly."

“如果你们中的任何人对巴里·B·本森和救了他一命的花店老板瓦妮莎之间的性暗示感到有点不舒服，我现在想为此道歉，”他继续说道，赢得了观众的笑声。“我可能没有完全校准。”

 

Fans of the DreamWorks kids' movie have previously made long-running jokes about the romantic tension between Seinfeld's character in the film, Barry (a bee), and Renée Zellweger's character, Vanessa (a human). Back in October 2021, Seinfeld addressed the same issue during an appearance on The Tonight Show, apologizing once again for the innuendo.

这部梦工厂儿童电影的粉丝们此前曾就电影中宋飞饰演的巴里（蜜蜂）和蕾妮·齐薇格饰演的凡妮莎（人类）之间的浪漫紧张关系开过长期的玩笑。早在2021年10月，宋飞就在《今夜秀》上谈到了同样的问题，再次为含沙射影道歉。
 

"I apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect of the Bee Movie," he said at the time. "[It] really was not intentional, but after it came out, I realized this is really not appropriate for children. Because the bee seems to have a thing for the girl, and we don’t really want to pursue that as an idea in children’s entertainment."

他当时说：“我为《蜜蜂电影》中令人不舒服的微妙性方面道歉”。“（这）真的不是故意的，但它出来后，我意识到这真的不适合孩子。因为蜜蜂似乎对女孩有好感，我们真的不想把它作为儿童娱乐的一个想法。”
 

Seinfeld's commencement speech at Duke also drew public attention when anti-war protesters walked out of the ceremony and booed from the audience when the TV star took the podium, according to NBC News and CBS News.
据美国全国广播公司新闻和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道，宋飞在杜克大学的毕业典礼演讲也引起了公众的注意，当时反战抗议者走出典礼，当这位电视明星登上领奖台时，观众发出嘘声。