The melodrama of his last days, when he fled his family estate to take up the life of an ascetic, was revived in all its pulpy detail, like some kind of early-stage reality television.

在生命中的最后时光里，他逃离家族产业，以苦行度日，这段传奇早已令所有人耳熟能详，就像某些早期的真人秀节目。

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By castigating the press, the campaign was able to broadcast the family melodrama in a self-righteous manner.

NEWYORKER: The State of Sarah Palin

This turbulent and grim family melodrama, from 1957, is steered away from the maudlin and given emotional depth and philosophical heft under the direction of Yasujiro Ozu.

NEWYORKER: Tokyo Twilight