中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
影片《满江红》配乐备受好评 摇滚豫剧先于电影完成******
影片《满江红》配乐备受观众好评，创作人韩红透露：
摇滚豫剧先于电影完成
本报记者 王金跃
电影《满江红》票房连连告捷，其电影配乐也独具特色，引起观众的注意。影片由著名歌手韩红配乐作曲。在接受记者采访时，韩红坦言，当初在接到张艺谋导演的邀请之后，她一度心里狂喜，因为这是她第一次为一部电影作曲——为电影配乐作曲，一直是韩红藏在心里的梦想。
但很快，韩红就高兴不起来了，因为她发现，张艺谋“变脸”了。“原来我们就认识，每次见到他，都是笑嘻嘻的，很亲切，但真成为工作伙伴后，他就变得非常挑衅和难搞。有一段时间，我感觉自己都快坚持不下去了。”
说归说，但这也激起了韩红的好奇心。有一次，她跟张艺谋建议，岳飞是河南人，可不可以在电影中用豫剧，张艺谋很兴奋，不过很快他就说，自己不要嘻哈和说唱。韩红一惊，“你怎么知道我要用这个？”张艺谋说，你以前就是做这个的。韩红在吃惊之余，不由心生佩服。
最后，韩红想到了将豫剧和电子音乐结合起来，片中西洋音乐和中国传统音乐的混搭，迸发出一种戏剧感强烈的效果，这给观众留下了很深的印象。
韩红为此创作了90多段配乐，但在张艺谋“挑剔”的筛选后，被灭了27段。
韩红邀请了河南豫剧院首席板胡琴师李洪超和洛阳知名乐队斑马森林联合制作，并在全片贯穿使用了笙、笛、琴、筚篥、唢呐等传统乐器进行演奏，配合故事的推进，烘托出人物的情感传递，将音乐很好地融入故事的表达中。
片中出现的豫剧配乐改编自《探阴山》《包公辞朝》《包青天》《穆桂英挂帅》《下陈州》等河南经典豫剧唱段，并邀请了有着“中原第一女丑”称号的张晓英演唱。张晓英出生于梨园世家，擅长豫剧、曲剧、越调、小品等，她从黑头成功转型为彩旦，现为河南省曲剧团演员。韩红透露，为了配合电影的情绪和节奏，张晓英在唱法上做了改动，“相比原来的豫剧唱段，电影配乐中的唱腔去掉了原有的拖腔，融入了摇滚元素来加强声音的节奏感和穿透力。”从去年10月份接到邀请到11月底，张晓英多次来到北京的录音棚里录制，花了两天时间，这些配唱就录制完成了。这时候，电影还没有开拍，也就是说，这些音乐是最早完成的部分。
《满江红》开篇的唱段选自《包公辞朝》，而《穆桂英挂帅》《五世请缨》等选段，则用在瑶琴出现的段落中。每个唱段都有明确的含义，跟电影的主题高度吻合。此外，韩红还演唱了《满江红》的同名推广曲。
如今，随着电影公映，电影音乐广受好评，韩红也体验到了满满的成就感，“我现在终于可以为电影作曲了。”
