Every time a public figure in entertainment speaks up about politics in a way deemed(被认为) “controversial”, it is as if it’s the first time that has ever happened(仿佛破天荒头一遭). The outrage(愤怒、义愤) is fresh; critics rediscover and announce, as if they have just captured an elusive(难以捉摸的), profound notion, that art should be separate from politics. A form of disciplining(规训、惩戒) is dispensed. Please, Mr or Miss Moneybags, with your preening notions that you have anything intelligent or informed to say about immigration policy or Palestine.(拜托，大款先生或大款小姐，别自以为你们对移民政策或巴勒斯坦有什么聪明或知情的见解。) Stick to football. Stick to pop music. Stick to acting. Stick to children’s shows.
每当娱乐界的公众人物以被视为“有争议”的方式谈论政治，就好像这是破天荒头一遭。愤怒是新鲜的；批评者们重新发现并宣布——仿佛他们刚刚捕捉到一个难以捉摸的深刻概念——艺术应当与政治分离。一种规训被施予。拜托，大款先生或大款小姐，别自以为你们对移民政策或巴勒斯坦有什么聪明或知情的见解。踢好你的球。唱好你的流行歌。演好你的戏。做好你的儿童节目。
Even at a time when a political moment has engulfed(吞噬) everything, this response continues to be born again(重生、再次出现), without regard for history or ability to confront rupture(断裂、决裂). The horror of Gaza has broken the art world, roiled(搅动、激怒) Hollywood, fractured(使分裂) literary institutions. And still, as Ed Sheeran(英国流行歌手) stands alone on stage following the withdrawal of all his support acts (in solidarity with Macklemore(美国说唱歌手), who was removed from the tour due to a pro-Palestinian speech), he told his audience that he wants his music to be “about unity, not division”. The speed at which his tour unravelled is not evidence of the incompatibility of music and politics, necessitating that they remain separate to avoid that “division”.(他的巡演迅速瓦解，并不能证明音乐与政治水火不容、必须保持分离以避免那种“分裂”。) It is a study in how it is becoming increasingly unnatural to separate them.
即便在一个政治时刻已经吞噬一切的时代，这种反应仍不断重生，无视历史，也无视直面断裂的能力。加沙的恐怖已经撕裂了艺术界，搅动了好莱坞，分裂了文学机构。而即便如此，当艾德·希兰在所有暖场嘉宾退出后独自站在舞台上（他们是为了声援因发表亲巴勒斯坦言论而被取消巡演的麦克勒莫尔），他告诉观众，他希望自己的音乐“关乎团结，而非分裂”。他的巡演迅速瓦解，并不能证明音乐与政治水火不容、必须保持分离以避免那种“分裂”。这恰恰说明，要将二者分开正变得越来越不自然。
Again, this is not new. The enmeshment(纠缠、交织) of entertainment and politics is organic and part of many conflicts and political outrages in recent memory. Vietnam, South Africa, Darfur – all had a cohort(一群、一批) of celebrities involved in objecting, lobbying(游说) and raising awareness. Figures such as Macklemore or Gary Lineker(英国足球评论员、难民政策批评者) or Mark Ruffalo or Ms Rachel(美国儿童节目主持人) are not breaking with convention(打破惯例) and plunging(使陷入) industries into turmoil(动荡、混乱) and controversy, but partaking in(参与) a long legacy of activism that includes, to name a few, Nina Simone(美国歌手、民权活动家), Donald Sutherland, Kurt Vonnegut, Marlon Brando(美国演员、奥斯卡拒奖), Mia Farrow, George Michael and George Clooney.
再说一次，这并非新鲜事。娱乐与政治的纠缠是有机的，是近期许多冲突和政治风波的一部分。越南、南非、达尔富尔——都有名人群体参与反对、游说和提高意识。麦克勒莫尔、加里·莱因克尔、马克·鲁法洛或蕾切尔女士等人，并非在打破惯例、让行业陷入动荡和争议，而是在参与一个悠久的行动主义传统，其中包括妮娜·西蒙、唐纳德·萨瑟兰、库尔特·冯内古特、马龙·白兰度、米亚·法罗、乔治·迈克尔和乔治·克鲁尼等，仅举几例。