UCharles Nelson Reilly. Umdlalo womdlalo, akunjalo?
Yiloo nto abantu abaninzi abacinga ngayo xa besiva igama lakhe. Okanye mhlawumbi iHollywood squares okanye Ukuthetha iNyaniso. Okanye ukubonakala kwakhe kwe-97 kwi-Tonight Show kaJohnny Carson -wesibini kuphela kuBob Hope kunye no-Orson Bean. UMnu Reilly ulawule i-kitsch TV ngoo-1970, esabelana ngozuko noPaul Lynde, uRichard Dawson, uCarol Burnett, uJoan Rivers, uPaul Williams, uArtie Johnson, uRip Taylor, uGene Rayburn, uPhyllis Diller, uCharo….
Nditsho nakweso sihlwele sibalaseleyo, uMnu. Reilly wema ngaphandle, ngelizwi lakhe eliqhumileyo, elineempumlo eziphezulu, iiglasi zakhe ezinkulu, ukunyuka kwakhe. Kodwa ngoo-1980, amanenekazi amadala aseLong Island naseScottsdale, eAriz., Aqala ukubhala iphephandaba lasekuhlaleni ebuza, Kwenzeka ntoni kuCharles Nelson Reilly? Ngaba wayesaphila? Ewe wayenjalo, iphephandaba liza kunika ingxelo; Kwinyanga ezayo uzakube edlala iNyanga eNtsha kwindawo yangaphandle yeStarlight Theatre eKansas City. Umnumzana Reilly uyazi ukuba babhalile, kuba unazo ezinye iziqwengana.
Kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, wasungula umboniso wendoda enye, Gcina yona kwiNqanaba: Ubomi bukaReilly, awayeyenza ngaphezulu kwamaxesha ali-150 eCalifornia, eFlorida kunye-de kube kuvalwa ngo-Okthobha u-28-kwiIreland Repertory Theatre eseNtshona Isitalato i22nd eManhattan.
Akukho mntu undikhathaleleyo, uyazi ukuba ndithetha ntoni? utshilo ngosuku lwangoku nje lokuphumla. Andithathi le dolophu ngoqhwithela. Kunzima ngumoya; ayilo drip nje. Kodwa bekunjalo. Kodwa eyona nto iphambili kubaphulaphuli-ihlala ithengisa, iyayenza. Amazwi omlomo.
Inkwenkwezi eyazichaza ngokwamaqondo aphakathi nendawo yayijule esofeni eneentyatyambo kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlala e-Wyndham Hotel kwi-West 58th Street, apho ahlala khona amashumi eminyaka. Akukho nkonzo yegumbi, ke Mnu. Reilly uyalela ukuphuma kwi-deli ngaphaya kwesitalato. Wayenxibe ikepusi ye baseball, icaftan kaNoel Taylora kunye neekawusi ezimnyama. Iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe ubudala, ndinenkqayi, ndinamaqhuqhuva, kwaye ndiyabulela ngenxa yoqhaqho olwenziwe endaweni yomqolo emva kokuwa kakubi ngo-1986, walayita umbhobho wakhe wathi, ndijongane nenyani yokuba ndiyindoda endala. Uhlala eLos Angeles kunye neqabane lakhe leminyaka engama-20, umyili osetyiweyo. Umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni nguBurt Reynolds.
Into endiyithandayo endiyithandayo ayiyonto, utshilo. Ndiyingcali enjalo ndingenzi nto. Ndinesikhephe. Ndenza uqeqesho lweefilimu kuNogada woNxweme. Ndiphulaphule kakhulu opera.
Kwimiboniso yakhe, uthetha ngombono abantu abaninzi baseMelika babonakala ngathi akasekho phakathi kwabaphilayo. Babiza ibhokisi yeofisi apha eIreland Repertory Theatre, uMnu Reilly uthi eqongeni. Sinonondyebo othandekayo ogama linguJeffrey, kwaye bathi, ‘Ngubani odlala indawo kaReilly kubomi beReilly?’ Kwaye uthi, ‘Charles Nelson Reilly.’ Kwaye bathi, ‘Ufile! Omde ngewigi kunye neeglasi ezinkulu ufile. ’Ke uJeffrey uthi,‘ Ewe, nkosikazi, ufile. Kodwa usakwazi ukuza rhoqo ebusuku nge-8. '
Abo balandeli bayamazi uMnumzana Reilly uyaphila banokungazi ukuba, ngaphandle koDumo lwe-Bowling kunye neCannonball Run 2, uyayazi incasa yempumelelo ehloniphekileyo. Ngo-1962, waphumelela i-Tony Award ngendima yakhe kwiNdlela yokuPhumelela kwiShishini ngaphandle kokuzama ngenene. Wayalela uJulie Harris kumdlalo obhinqileyo ongenakulibaleka malunga noEmily Dickinson, uBhele ka-Amherst, ngo-1977. Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezazityunjwe nguTony yayingomnye ngo-1997 owayelawula iGin Game kwiBroadway. Ngo-1999, watyunjelwa imbasa kaEmmy ngendima yakhe yeendwendwe kwiABC iThe Drew Carey Show. Kwaye udumo lwakhe lwapapashwa ngumdlalo wangoMgqibelo wooMgqibelo apho uAlec Baldwin wadlala uMnu. Reilly kuthungelwano olunobuzaza lweeNtetho zeNtetho zikaJames Lipton.
Khange ndiyibone, utshilo uMnu Reilly we-SNL skit. Kwelinye icala, kuBarbara Walters ndibone umntu endicinga ukuba unetalente egqithileyo, ulungile, uJim Carrey-uya kuBarbara Walters, kwaye wathi ndimkhuthazile njengomfana ukuba enze le nto ayenzayo.
UCharles Nelson Reilly wazalelwa eBronx, ekuphela komntwana ongumama waseSweden-wamaLuthere kunye notata waseIreland-Katolika owayeyile intengiso yangaphandle yeParamount Pictures. Inkwenkwana egulayo, ebonayo, uCharles wayeza kungena kubhasikidi kamama wakhe wokuthunga kwaye enze imiboniso yoonopopi. Uyise wakhe wamkhuphela ngaphandle wayodlala ibhola. Ndikuthiyile ukuvuka ndibethe kuba bekukho amadoda amabini kwiifestile, utshilo uMnu Reilly. Babedla ngokukhwaza bathi, 'Mary uvukile!'
Nje ukuba uWalt Disney ngokwakhe anike utata kaCharles umsebenzi ngaphandle entshona, kodwa wawala. Uyise waqala ukusela kakhulu kwaye ekugqibeleni wathathwa nge-straightjacket.
Umama wakhe wayengekho kwipikniki. Ngalo lonke ixesha evula umlomo, uyakumxelela ukuba asindise iqonga. Nje ukuba akhale, bekufanele ukuba ndimlahlile umntwana kwaye ndigcina ukubeleka emva koko! Ngamanye amaxesha wayekhwaza ubuhlanga ngaphandle kwefestile. Ngenye imini wamsa kwiimuvi kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga yaseLoews Paradise. Le yindawo yakho, wazicingela. Nge-9, wakhokela kumdlalo wesikolo. Utitshala uxelele umama wakhe ukuba uCharles kuphela komdlali weqonga oyinyaniso awakhe wamazi. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, wayefunda no-Uta Hagen. Abo afunda nabo baquka uJack Lemmon, u-Anne Meara, uCharles Grodin, uGeraldine Page, uFritz Weaver, uGene Hackman, uShelley Berman noJason Robards. Uthetha ngeklasi kumboniso wakhe.
Abakwazanga ukwenza ikaka! uthe. Banukile! Ukuba kuye kwafuneka sibukele uHal Holbrook kunye noSteve McQueen besenza imeko yabazalwana ukusuka ekufeni koMthengisi kwakhona, besizakuphuma ezingqondweni zethu! '
Umnumzana Reilly wafumana umsebenzi njengenkwenkwe eposa ebusuku eWaldorf-Astoria. Wazama ukufaka indima kwi-NBC yeeyure ezimbini zokudlala ngomnxeba, kodwa umvelisi wamxelela ukuba abavumeli oodade kumabonakude.
Kodwa phakathi kowe-1950 nowe-1960, wafaka iindawo kwimiboniso engama-22 ye-Off-Broadway, esenza ukuba umgxeki we-Herald Tribune uWalter Kerr abhale athi, Ukuba ndibona ubuso obutsha bukaMnu. Reilly kwinombolo enye yokuvula, ndiza kugula.
Ufumene iTony yenxalenye yeBud Frump kwiNdlela yokuPhumelela kwiShishini, eyalandelwa yimpumelelo ebanzi ye-Broadway (ukutyunjwa kukaTony ku-Hello Dolly!). Emva koko wagqiba kwelokuba azame iHollywood.
Ngo-1968, wazibandakanya nenxaxheba kumdlalo kamabonakude oyi-Ghost and Mrs Muir. Ngandlela thile waphela kwimidlalo yonke edolophini. Waba ngumntu ngaphezu komdlali weqonga. Ngobunye ubusuku kwii-70s zakudala, wabala waqonda ukuba uzakubonakala kwimidlalo ebonisa amaxesha angama-27 ngeveki. Ndixelelwe kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ukuba andisoze ndavunyelwa kumabonwakude, utshilo. Ngoku kuye kwafuneka ndizame ukufumanisa ukuba ngubani omele ubenaye ukuze uphume!
Kwaye uzenzele umdlalo weTonight Show.
Bendininzi kuba ndithathe indawo yabantu ababanjwe ziinkqwithela, utshilo. Bendi phezulu kwinduli; Ndihlala imizuzu emine kude. Andizange ndikwisiKhokelo seTV, njengendwendwe.
Ngethuba elinye leMiboniso yakhe yangokuhlwa, emva kokuba undwendwe olwaluthetha ngoShakespeare wagxotha umzamo kaMnu Reilly wokujoyina incoko, wamthulisa ngokunikezela uHamlet's The play's the monologue straight, with depth and passion-but only after turning kumphathi weqela u-Doc Severinsen kuqala kwaye uthi, Doc, chords, nceda?
Ngeminyaka ye-1980, wayengafumani zinikezelo zikamabonwakude ezininzi-ngaphandle kokuba ubala unxibe njengebhanana yeepeni ze-Bic-ke uBurt Reynolds wamnika indawo yemidlalo yeqonga kwisiQithi iJupiter, eFla. . Umnumzana Reynolds wamnika nendlu entle ecaleni kuka Nkosikazi Bush.
Umama walowo wayesakuba nguMongameli ngo-1988, utshilo uMnu. Reilly. Umakhulu kaMongameli wethu wangoku! Kwaye umakhulu-makhulu wabo banxila babini!
Umnumzana Reilly waziwa ukuba uyonwaba kunye nenqanaba lakhe eliphakathi.
Bendikumboniso weTonight kanye, utshilo, kwaye uSiskel no-Ebert babekhona; babekwi-tuxedos, kwaye babekhona ukuze batyhale incwadi yabo entsha, uLuhlu olupheleleyo lweeMovie. Ngenxa yokuba ndandiyimpumlo engacacanga-ndandikwizihlandlo ezilikhulu, kwafuneka ucinge ngento oyithethayo-ndathatha isikhokelo sefilimu sikaHalliwell, ndaza ndathi kuMnumzana Carson, 'Ndicela ujonge imifanekiso yam emibini yokuqala eshukumayo yaseColumbia. ? Masibe Rock kunye nomfanekiso wam wesibini, Amatikiti amabini eParis. ‘Ke wajonga phezulu kwincwadi iHalliwell, kwaye babekhona. Emva koko ndathi, 'Ngoku khangela kule ncwadi epheleleyo'-kwaye babengekho. Ke ndathi, 'Jonga, oku akugqitywanga, kuba iiimovie zam ezimbini azikho kuyo. Ndiyaxolisa ngokuba ngumntu okrwada, kodwa andiyonyani. '
Ewe, abaphulaphuli babevuya. Ndathi ndibapha incwadi yabo oobhontsi ababini phantsi. Babedinwe becaphuka; Banxiba bonke kwaye babaleka ngemayile eyi-3,000. Babephambene njengesihogo.
Ngaba wakha wanqwenela ukuba adlale phantsi ukuzola?
Hayi, ndinendlu entle kakhulu kwaye akukho mntu undibizayo, utshilo. Ndiphilile. Ndinephuli. Andihlali eBeverly Hills. Kwaye ndiza eNew York, kwaye ndifumana isiqingatha sokutya eSardi ngento engekhoyo kunye nale hotele-ndihlala apha njengendwendwe lomniniyo, ke ndiyayithanda imali yokufunda eNew York. Akukho mntu unaloo nto.
Indoda endandiyithanda ukusela kakhulu kunye nayo, uPeter Finch, wayedla ngokuthi kum, ‘Uyazi, unobuntu. Ndingumdlali weqonga kuphela. Wenza njani ukuba ube ngumntu? ’Ndathi, 'Jonga, thatha izigidi zeedola zakho ngezi zinto zinkulu kwaye ungabi ngumntu, kuba iyanuka-ayisiyo mali.'
Ndijonge amanqaku am. Kwakunjani ukuba kwiWebhu kaCharlotte?
Khange ndibekho kuloo nto, utshilo. YayinguPaul Lynde lowo. Oko kusoloko kubomi bam. Andizange ndifike naphi na kwiWebhu kaCharlotte, nangaphezu kokuba ndenze iApocalypse Ngoku!
Kwihotele yakhe e-Wyndham, kwakukho iphephancwadi elikhutshwe ngabaLawuli boMbutho waseMelika. Wayichola wayiphosa phantsi. Andisoze ndiyifunde, utshilo. Kuba ngekhe ndisebenze njengomlawuli. Ngenxa yobudala bam.
Ndiza eNew York, kwaye andinakukwazi ukungena kuRosie O'Donnell okanye uRegis Philbin, utshilo. Ndikhe ndaya kule miboniso ngamanye amaxesha, kodwa ngoku, ingathi bendinjalo izolo. Ngaba uyazi ukuba ndithetha ntoni? Ndisuka izolo. Kodwa ayindikhathazi. Uyazi, ngabantu baseAsia kuphela abahlonipha abantu abadala.
Wagxininisa ukuba akazisoli.
Bendihlala ndihamba ngephenyane ngokuhamba kweentsuku ezimbalwa nomnye umdlali weqonga owayekuMculo woMculo, utshilo. Iminyaka engamashumi amane ananye eyadlulayo. Kwaye siya kudibana kwindawo yokuloba kwaye sihamba ngeenqanawa kwiCentral Park. Kwaye yayinguJon Voight. Ke ndiye ndarhuqwa ngeenxa zonke eCentral Park yiNkwenkwana yasebusuku yaseMidnight. Ndiyathetha, ngubani omnye onokuthi?
Ndiphuma ndiyokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa kube kanye. Sineqela-iRod Steiger, uCharles Durning, utshilo. Ngenye imini, uRod Steiger wathi kuDurning, 'Khange ndisele kwadlula iminyaka esixhenxe. Ndiyazingca ngesiqu sam. ’Kwaye uDurn uthe,‘ Khange ndisele kwa-78. ’Ngoku uMnumzana uDurn ubonakala ngathi ufakwe iScotch, kodwa akazange abuchaphazele utywala kule minyaka ingama-78. UAngie Dickinson, ndiphuma naye. UBurt Reynolds. Ndiyathanda ukwenza izinto naye. Uya ngamanye amaxesha iiyure ezintandathu kugqirha wamazinyo, kuba wenzakele kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwiseti. Isitulo sawela emhlathini. Ndiza kuya kuhlala naye iiyure ezintandathu kwi-ofisi wamazinyo. Okanye ndiza kwazi ukuba uya eYurophu, kwaye ndiza kuya kwi-limousine kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ungumhlobo nje omangalisayo-umhlobo wokwenene. Kwaye andicingi ngaye njengosaziwayo, kuba ndamazi xa wayeneminyaka eli-19.
Kwaye ndandimthanda uElla Fitzgerald, watsho. Wayedla ngokundibona xa ndikwinqwelo-moya aze akhwaze athi, ‘Charles, nguElla!’ Kwaye bendisithi, ‘Ella ngubani? Ndazi ii-Ellas ezininzi. ’Wayedla ngokuya kuthenga kwivenkile encinci endandiyenza. Kufuphi nasekhaya. Ngenye intsasa ngeKrisimesi ngentsasa, wayekunye nomzukulwana wakhe betyhala inqwelo ngeenxa zonke - kwakungekho mntu evenkileni-kwaye iingoma zekrisimesi zazidlala, ndangena kwimakrofoni. Ndaze ndathi, ‘Ngaba ikhona intombazana eyimvumi evenkileni enokuthi ichaphazele uMkhenkce? Ngaba sinaye umntu? Nceda uze ngaphambili. Ungabuchaza uBusuku obuNgcwele? ’Kwaye wayemanzisa ibhlukhwe yakhe, sihleke. Wayekuthanda ukuhleka. Kwaye uSammy Davis wayethandeka.
Mae West, ukugqibela kwam ukumbona, wayeneminyaka engama-88 okanye engama-89, utshilo. Kwaye bendimazi iminyaka engama-30 kungena elizweni. Indlu yakhe, hayi kufutshane nolwandle. Indawo yokutyela esiye kuyo-Le Restaurant-iimovie esaya kuzo, yayingenisa ilizwe. Ndaye ndambona phezu kolwandle, ndandisesikhepheni sam; wayesemarikeni. Ndamazi uLimo. Ndabeka intloko yam ndathi, ‘Mae, nguCharles.’ Kwaye wathi, ‘Owu, yintoni le uyenzayo kufutshane namanzi?’ Ngoku ke ngumzuzu omkhulu. Kuba bendimazi iminyaka engama-32 ngaphakathi; Eli lixesha kuphela endadibana naye elwandle. Wothuka ke. Uyayazi yonke iminyaka yethu engama-32 kwimemori yakhe. Kwaye akukho namnye kubo owayequka ulwandle. Wayendikhathalele.
Uphule njani inyonga?
KwiSekethe yeenkwenkwezi, utshilo. Ndaphuka impumlo, isinqe nengalo. Enye yawa swoop kwiponi encinci. Ndizifumene zonke ezi ntyatyambo. Abahlobo bam bazizityebi kakhulu. U-Elizabeth Taylor uthumela iintyatyambo ezilingana nebhafu. Andidlali. Kwaye ndisesibhedlele, igumbi likaSammy Davis. Ukuba ukhe wonzakala okanye uhlaselwe sisifo sombefu, amagama okugqibela uphuma athi, 'Sammy Davis suite, nceda.' Oko kufana namagumbi amathathu kumgangatho wesibhozo weCedars-Sinai. Ke ndikwi suite kaSammy Davis kwaye imigangatho igqunywe ziintyatyambo. Ukusuka kubo bonke abahlobo bam-bekusezindabeni. Kwaye lo mfazi uza kudlalwa ngu-Lillian Gish-intloko yobudlelwane nezibhedlele nezigulana, kwaye uthi, 'Ezinye zezigulana zethu azinazo iintyatyambo konke konke, kwaye asinakuphuma siphume egumbini- oogqirha , abongikazi-iba yingxaki eyoyikekayo. Iintyatyambo zingaphandle eholweni; bakho kuyo yonke indawo. Kwaye ezinye izigulana azikafumani ntyatyambo kwaphela. ’Ndaze ndathi,‘ Nkosazana, lelona bali lilusizi endakha ndaliva. Kodwa awuzukuyibamba ifernin enye. '
Ngobusuku bamva nje xa kudlalwa umboniso wendoda enye, umnumzana Reilly wayenxibe ihempe engaxutywanga, iblukhwe eneekhafu ezisongelwe phezulu, iikawusi ezimnyama kunye nabaPhezulu. Kufuphi yayibhotile ye-bourbon, enye ivermouth kunye nebhotile ye-champagne. Zonke izitulo zazizaliswe.
Waqala ukubalisa ibali malunga noBurt Reynolds, emva koko wathi, ndinophononongo namhlanje kwiThe New York Times ethi andenzi nto ngaphandle kokulahla amagama kulo mdlalo. Yile nto bayithethayo bonke. UBurt Reynolds kwaye besingabahlobo abasenyongweni, ebengumhlobo wam osenyongweni iminyaka engama-46, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndingaliyeka igama lakhe ngoku.
Umnumzana Reilly wajonga umfazi kumqolo ongaphambili, owayefunda i-playbill. Ukuba ulinde omnye umdlali oza eqongeni, yile nto, wamxelela.
