Like japanese kabuki theatre , in which characters use exaggerated gestures to energise the audience , the country 's statistics unrealistically magnify both good news and bad .
But even with a new theatre , the question is whether kabuki , japan 's best-known traditional dance-drama , can survive the passing of two of its greatest performers .
Mr brown 's republican predecessor , arnold schwarzenegger , used to call the ritualised drama that is california 's budget process a " kabuki " .
布朗先生的前任,阿诺德.施瓦辛格曾把州预算案通过的过程形容为一种类似“歌舞伎”般例行公事的戏剧。
They likewise immortalized the hard lives of the " tobiko " or fly boys , traveling young kabuki actors who had to labor on stage by day and please their clients in bed by night .
他们也同样记录了年轻歌舞伎演员们的艰难生活白天在舞台上辛苦演出,晚上则为了取悦客人而陪客上床。
We go to kabuki performances , and recitals of teachers and colleagues .
我们会参加歌舞伎表演,以及老师和同事的表演会。
Shouldering the kabuki tradition is as much a burden as an honour , however .
然而,对于演员来说,承袭歌舞伎传统既是重担也是荣耀。
Like sumo and kabuki , the traditional art of making sushi has long been monopolized by men .
与相扑和歌舞伎一样,制作寿司的传统技艺也是由男性垄断。
Young people , in particular , sometimes feel shackled by rigid conventions of behavior that can seem as arcane as a kabuki drama .