Bad Acting Has Its Benefits

(originally in English)

There once was a young man who went to his girlfriend's house and said to her father, "Sir, may I ask your permission to marry your daughter?" And the father said,"No way. There's no way my daughter is going to marry an actor. That's final!" But the boy begged him, "Please,before you make a final decision,would you at least go to see me perform tonight and then decide?" So the father said, "OK, fair enough."

So that evening the father took his daughter to the theater to see the young man perform, and after the performance, he took his daughter backstage into the young man's dressing room and said,"OK, you can marry my daughter, no problem." The young man was beside himself and so happy that he said,"Yes, sir, but why?" And the father said,"Because you're no actor."

演技三流有好處

有一個年輕人到他女朋友家，向她父親說：「伯父，請您把女兒嫁給我好嗎？」女孩的父親回答：「不！我女兒絕不能嫁給一個演員，不用再說了！」但是男孩請求他說：「拜托您至少先看了我今晚的表演，再做最后決定好嗎？」那位父親說：「好吧！這要求不過分。」

當天晚上，這位父親就帶著女兒去劇院看年輕人的演出。表演結束后，他帶女兒到后臺的演員化妝室，告訴年輕人說：「沒問題，你可以娶我的女兒。」年輕人欣喜若狂地說：「太好了！是什么原因讓您同意呢？」這位父親回答：「因為你不是當演員的料！」