“Jus’ punch the muthafucka in the face! He won’t say that shit next time.”

 

ウィル・スミス自伝冒頭「僕はいつも自分は弱虫だと思っていた。子どもの頃は怖かったことばかり覚えている。他の子が、恥をかかされることが、弱く見られることが。いちばん怖かったのは父だ」https://t.co/1wZ4jagQPi pic.twitter.com/AS5XxBU0Zg

— 町山智浩 (@TomoMachi) April 6, 2022

Dr Will and Mr Smith: how a slap devastated the career of the perfect star

 “I’ve always thought of myself as a coward,” the first chapter begins. “Most of my memories of my childhood involve me being afraid in some way: afraid of other kids, afraid of being hurt or embarrassed, afraid of being seen as weak. But mostly, I was afraid of my father,” the actor narrates, before recounting an episode that stands out to the book’s reviewers. The nine-year-old narrator watches his dad, his “hero,” punch his mother so hard that she collapses and spits blood

The book recounts the advice that Charlie Mack, one of Smith’s close friends and his first bodyguard, gave Smith early in his career, when much of the rap world mocked him for being “corny”: “Jus’ punch the muthafucka in the face! He won’t say that shit next time.” “I started doing exactly that: If somebody talked shit, I punched them in the face (and then jumped behind Charlie),” the actor remembers.

　臆病者のウィル・スミス少年は、昔から、人が気に食わないことをいうと、そいつの面をひっぱたいてその臆病を「克服」していたわけだね。 

　父親を恐れていたが、その父親は母親を殴っていた。

　なぐる対象は変わったかもしれないがやっていることは父親そっくりになってしまっている、というのも怖い話・・・だがよくある話でもある。

怪物と闘う者は、自らも怪物にならぬよう、気をつけるべきだろう。 

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.