vaudevillian

If Beyonc é is the dominant figure in 21st-century music, perhaps it's because pop has circumnavigated back to its 19th-century vaudevillian roots, to a time before disembodied voices came to us through hi-fi speakers or noise-canceling headphones, when music was, exclusively, a performing art.

如果说碧昂斯是21世纪音乐界的主导人物，也许是因为流行音乐又回归到了19世纪轻歌舞剧的根源，回到了我们通过高保真音响或降噪耳机聆听没有实体的声音之前的时代，那时音乐是唯一的表演艺术。

In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain vicissitudes of fate.

一位谦虚的杂耍老手代苦难命运的受害者和加害者演出这个面孔.

' She's very vaudevillian,'says an admiring Alice Cooper, the rocker whose history of stage theatrics includes simulated decapitations.

“她非常会玩花样，”对Gaga赞赏有加的摇滚歌手艾利斯•库柏表示。库柏曾在舞台上表演“斩首”。

"she's very vaudevillian, " says an admiring alice cooper, the rocker whose history of stage theatrics includes simulated decapitations.

非常欣赏她的AliceCooper说：“她就像一个杂耍演员。”后者是一个摇滚歌手，他的舞台生涯包括模拟砍头的表演。

Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate.

瞧！站在你面前的是一个卑微的杂耍老手，被无常的命运派来同时扮演受难者与施难者。