有關超人的對話

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這部電影給我印象最深是結尾部份：女主角 Kiddo （Uma Thurman 飾）和 Bill 之間那段有關超人的對話。當時的感覺是，大家都是看漫畫，怎麼 Bill 就有如此深刻的洞察（或者更準確的說，是編劇的洞察）。為什麼我看漫畫就只是看個熱鬧。

Bill 和 Kiddo 之間的對話原文見下。當時的情況是，Bill 使毒鏢打傷 Kiddo，然後慢條斯理的開始講他有關超人的理論：

美國有一系列有關 superhero 的漫畫，比如蝙蝠俠，蜘蛛人。而其中，唯超人與別者不同。舉凡 superhero, 都是有本我和超我之分。如蜘蛛人，其本我是 Peter Parker. Parker 是個正常人。他需要穿上蜘蛛人的外衣，才成為具有超能力的 superhero.

而超人正是在這一點上與眾不同。超人自生而來便是超人。他不需要什麼額外的幫助（比如道具，服裝）幫助他成為超人。恰恰想反，超人是穿上常人的衣服後，偽裝成為一個常人，一個懦弱，膽小的常人。超人的本我是個 superhero, 而他的「超我」反而是有著種種缺陷的，與你我同的人。

當年 Kiddo 因為懷孕（是Bill的孩子），而決定洗手去過正常人的生活。她到一個小鎮，準備結婚。而Bill 尾隨至，出手殺掉 Kiddo 未婚夫全家。

Bill 想告訴 Kiddo 的是，Kiddo 的本我是一個殺手，這是她無法改變的。她可以隱姓埋名去嘗試普通人的生活，但她內心中，殺手的本性不會改變。

Bill 所沒有說，而電影也沒有給出結論的是，如果 Kiddo 真的隱姓埋名開始新的，普通人的生活，相夫教子，她是否會快樂。Bill 的意思似乎是否定的。我理解這也是為什麼 Bill 要出手滅門她未婚夫的動機 - 而並不是因為 Kiddo 的背叛。Bill 彷彿有替天行道的意思。或者，Bill 其實是出手解救 Kiddo 於一個她自己並不會開心的生活，彷彿我曾經（不成功的）勸說朋友不要去投行工作。

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[Bill 與 The Bride/Kiddo 之間在對決前的對話. 來自 imdb]

Bill: As you know, l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book. Not particularly well-drawn. But the mythology... The mythology is not only great, it's unique.

The Bride: [who still has a needle in her leg] How long does this shit take to go into effect?

Bill: About two minutes, just long enough for me to finish my point. Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton.

The Bride: Aso. The point emerges.

Bill: You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plimpton. But you were born Beatrix Kiddo. And every morning when you woke up, you'd still be Beatrix Kiddo. Oh, you can take the needle out.

The Bride: [does so] Are you calling me a superhero?

Bill: I'm calling you a killer. A natural born killer. You always have been, and you always will be. Moving to El Paso, working in a used record store, goin' to the movies with Tommy, clipping coupons. That's you, trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive. But you're not a worker bee. You're a renegade killer bee. And no matter how much beer you drank or barbecue you ate or how fat your ass got, nothing in the world would ever change that.