为了让您了解情况，周一晚间橄榄球赛芝加哥熊队对阵费城老鹰队的比赛前，由一支马里亚奇乐队演奏了国歌。
To bring you up to speed, the Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles was preceded by the national anthem – performed by a mariachi band.
而在随后近24小时里，关于这场表演质量的讨论，以及马里亚奇传承墨西哥乐团选择以一个观众完全意想不到但大多表示欢呼的宏大结尾收场，并没有演变成一场冷静、理性的探讨。并没有。抱歉，但社交媒体从不做冷静或含蓄的音乐评论。
And what has followed in the nearly 24 hours since that performance is a dispassionate, logical discussion about the quality of the performance and The Mariachi Herencia de México's choice of going for a big finish the crowd definitely didn't expect but mostly celebrated. Nope. Sorry, but social media doesn't do dispassionate or subtle music critique.
卡莱布·威廉姆斯因腿筋受伤受限，国歌期间漫步熊队边线被拍 实际发生的是，这引发了一场情绪化且有时充满恶毒攻击的辩论，其中包括乐团一名表演者指控种族主义，反方则指控NFL继续将“美国的运动”冒犯性地外包给外国人……甚至还有一位美国参议员介入其中。所以，这绝非风平浪静的小事。
CALEB WILLIAMS, LIMITED BY A HAMSTRING INJURY, SEEN CASUALLY PACING BEARS SIDELINE DURING NATIONAL ANTHEM What it has done is spawn an emotional and at times vitriolic debate that has included charges of racism by one of the group's performers, counter-charges of the NFL continuing an offensive outsourcing of America's game to foreigners ... And a United States senator getting involved.
如果您无法容忍这种激烈的交锋，请就此停止阅读，因为接下来的几段将深入探讨此事。但对于好奇且关注此事的读者：
So, not tame stuff. And if you cannot abide the heated exchange, then stop right here because the next few paragraphs will get into it. But for the curious and engaged:
在比尔队主场揭幕战奏唱加拿大国歌是个失误 我们先从表演本身说起。对于未受过专业音乐训练的耳朵来说，前奏听起来像任何其他版本的国歌，由乐团的三件铜管乐器领奏。
SINGING THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE BUFFALO BILLS HOME OPENER WAS A MISTAKE We begin with the performance itself. To an ear not trained in music's finer points, it sounded like any other national anthem early on in that the three-horn section of the ensemble led the way.
马里亚奇乐队不演奏萨尔萨音乐，各位。所以没有鼓组或邦戈鼓来设定节奏。
Mariachi bands don't play salsa music, people. So no drum or bongo section setting the rhythm.
事情变得有点不同（甚至可以说跑偏？）是当乐团身着全套传统马里亚奇服饰（包括宽边帽），似乎试图来个大团圆结尾时。那个大结尾听起来根本不像传统的《星条旗永不落》。批评声很快涌上网络。部分反应如下：维克托·文班亚马国歌争议愈演愈烈，马刺队、NBA和ESPN在总决赛期间保持沉默 确切地说，Mariachi Herencia de Mexico（墨西哥传承马里亚奇乐团）是一支来自芝加哥、两度入围格莱美奖的乐团。他们受邀参加比赛，是熊队和NFL庆祝西班牙裔和拉丁裔传统月活动的一部分。
Where it got a little different (sideways?) was when the ensemble, dressed in their full traditional mariachi garb including wide brimmed s, seemingly tried for a big finish. And that big finish didn't sound like the traditional Star Spangled Banner at all. Well, it wasn't long before the critics hit the online streets. Some reactions: VICTOR WEMBANYAMA ANTHEM CONTROVERSY GROWS AS SPURS, NBA AND ESPN STAY SILENT DURING FINALS To be accurate, The Mariachi Herencia de Mexico is a two-time Grammy-nominated group out of Chicago. And they were brought to the game as part of the Bears' and NFL's celebration of Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month.
与此同时，对该乐团的反应来自政治光谱的左右两翼——右翼一些人质疑为何要用国歌来庆祝西班牙裔传统月，尽管西班牙裔是美国最大的少数族裔；左翼一些人则因右翼人士可能被激怒而感到得意。双方也有人称赞了这场表演。
The reaction to the group, meanwhile, came from both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum – with some people on the right questioning why the anthem was used to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month – even though Hispanics are the USA's largest minority group – and some people on the left basking in the fact the people on the right might be triggered. Some people from both sides also praised the performance.
但这还不足以平息乐团领袖之一阿隆索·奥罗兹科二世的愤怒，他看到了负面反应，并指责这些批评带有种族主义色彩。
That wasn't enough for one of the group's leaders, Alonso Orozco Jr., who saw the negative reactions and charged they were racist.
“昨天，我们有机会为芝加哥熊队对阵老鹰队的NFL比赛演奏美国国歌，能怀着对这个伟大国家的爱与敬意完成演出，令人难以置信，”奥罗兹科在社交媒体上发文称，“然而，随后涌现出大量种族主义批评。” 接着，一位美国参议员看准机会介入了这场与参议院职责毫无关联的纷争。亚利桑那州的鲁本·加列戈站出来为马里亚奇乐团辩护。
"Yesterday, we had the opportunity to perform the United States National Anthem for the NFL game between the Chicago Bears and the Eagles, and it was incredible to so so with love and respect for a great nation," Orozco posted on "However, a huge wave of racist criticism has emerged." What came next was a United States senator seeing an opportunity to dive into the fray that had nothing to do with United States Senate business. Arizona's Ruben Gallego came to the defense of the mariachi band.
无论如何，这里有一份网络舆论中缺失的冷静分析：NFL确实在努力且持续地推动“美国国球”走向国际化。虽然这可能首先意味着更多海外比赛，随后在欧洲设立球队，但几十年后墨西哥或许也会拥有一支球队。
Anyway, here's the dispassionate analysis the online exchange missed: The NFL is indeed doing hard and consistent work to take America's game international. And while that will likely first include more games abroad and then teams in Europe, Mexico might decades from now also have a franchise.
这一NFL商业决策让一些美国球迷感到不满，因为他们觉得比赛被“外包”到国外，自己失去了观赛机会。
That NFL business decision has some fans in the United States upset because they see themselves as losing games when they're shipped abroad.
这或许能解释随后针对马里亚奇乐队的部分反应。但公平地说，网上确实出现了一些恶毒的评论，而当其他表演者以非传统方式演绎国歌时——比如用风笛演奏——却看不到那些评论。但话说回来，这一切都发生在网上。零废话。只有达基奇。把《别@我》播客带在身边。立即下载！没人冲进球场弹着班卓琴来捍卫美国的荣誉。还有一点：批评一场表演并不算种族歧视。
That may explain some of the reaction that was then heaped on the mariachi band. But, to be fair, there were indeed some unkind comments online and none of those are apparent when other performers take unorthodox approaches to the national anthem, such as performing it with bagpipes. But, again, all of this happened online. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Nobody ran on the field playing a banjo to defend America's honor. One more thing: It is not racist to criticize a performance.
对表演者的选择或他们的表演持有不同意见，并不算种族歧视。这是美国，。
It is not racist to have a dissenting opinion about the choice of performers or their performance. It's America, .
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