1) Ukuvulwa okuqala ngeZoolander kunye nokuFikelela kwiKing Lear ngeVidiyo yeWash-Car
Andazi ngawe, kodwa ndinomdla wamabinzana okubamba kwaye ithini ngathi xa enye yazo ibamba. Ndisela isiselo kunye nomhleli ngaphambi kokuba ndiye kwincwadi yencwadi ethi Usabambe, inoveli entsha ephazamisa kakhulu uBruce Wagner (eyinxalenye yeselfowuni yokubamba ibinzana trilogy, ekwabandakanya ukuba Ndilahlekile kwaye ndiza kukuvumela Uya), kwaye ngenxa yesizathu esithile siye sathengisa amabinzana okubambisa avela kwiZoolander.
Ndingaba ndiphosakele, kodwa ndicinga ukuba inani leZoolander aficionados phaya lisondela kubunzima obufunekayo ukuze buphindwe buthathwe kubuyatha obunetyala ukuya kwi-Spinal Tap -ngangendlela yokunqula. Idlala ngokwaneleyo kwintambo, kwaye yenye yezohlekisayo ezikhula kuwe. Ayilunganga njenge-Spinal Tap (eneneni, yintoni?), Kodwa phaya phezulu ulinde uGuffman.
Ngapha koko, njengoko ndikhumbula, wayilahla phantsi i-tragicomic orange mocha frappuccino ebulalayo ipetroli eyimodeli yokulwa, kunye nesilumko uWham! ingoma kwingoma yesandi (bekufuneka ubekhona), ndaze ndabuya nomzuzu we-loft-groovy xa u-Owen Wilson ebuza istunner esine-space: Ennui, ungasifumanela le iti [sasisela] xa ukunyuka simahla kumabhodlo kaMaya? (Ngaba ukhona umntu onokwenza umboniso bhanyabhanya obonisa inkazana eyayidlala u-Ennui?)
Ngelo xesha, umhleli wabuya ne-genius apes-and-iMac riff kwi-Kubrick ye-2001. Ndizamile ukunyusa i-ante ngento eyeyona yam yexesha lonke ye-super-fave Zoolander catch phrase. Yeyona ihanjiswe ngu-Evil Fashion Guru Mugatu, indima enkulu ka-Will Ferrell.
Ngulo mzuzu xa uMugatu egxeka uDerek Zoolander, imodeli eyindoda yokuziphatha (edlalwa ngobuyatha obenziwe ngentsimbi nguBen Stiller) odume ngokutyikitywa nguBheki: Blue Steel, Le Tigre noFerrari. UMugatu okruqukileyo uyakhala ngomsindo ongenakuzinceda, Babobuso bunye! Ngaba akukho mntu uqaphele oku? Ndiziva ngathi ndisela iipilisi eziphambeneyo!
Ndiziva ngathi ndisela iipilisi eziphambeneyo…. Andazi nokuba yayiyibinzana elingaphantsi komhlaba ngaphambi kokuba u-Will Ferrell ayichaze (imovie yakhutshwa ngo-Septemba ngo-2001) kwaye wayiqhubela nje ekuziqhelaniseni nokuqonda okuqhelekileyo, nokuba yena (okanye ababhali besikrini) bayile, kodwa kubonakala ngathi ngokungathi libinzana elifunyenwe umzuzu walo: 3,400 Ungeniso lukaGoogle ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngokwahluka okunje Ngaba uphilisa iipilisi? kwaye Ndiyintoni, kwiipilisi eziphambeneyo?
Ndiyicinga ukuba akunzima ukuqonda ukuba kutheni lo mzuzu kwimbali kwanciphisa iipilisi eziphambeneyo kwi-pop argot. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayinento yokwenza nendlela uWill Ferrell ayenze ngokugqibeleleyo ngayo, ngelixa wayehlekisa ngayo kwangaxeshanye. Kodwa le minyaka mibini idlulileyo ibiluhlobo lwephupha elibi-Imbali kwiipilisi eziphambeneyo, usenokuthi. Ke ixesha lalichanekile.
Kwaye ii-icons zomlomo-njengoko bebezibiza njalo kwiSebe lesiNgesi laseYale (apho ibinzana lokubamba ibinzana lenziwe) -iipilisi eziphambeneyo aziqhutywa kulwazi oludumileyo lweelwimi ngaphandle kokuba zibethelela, zivakalisa okanye ziphindaphinde into ngokunzulu ndeva ngokungazi ngokudibeneyo ngendlela entsha.
Ndiziva ngathi ndisela iipilisi eziphambeneyo…. Yiloo ndlela oziva ngayo xa wonke umntu okujikelezile kubonakala ngathi uthenge ngokuzithandela kwinto ebonakala ngathi kukukhohlisa okukhulu kuwe. (Okwam, uSeinfeld wayengumzekelo-kwaye, kutsha nje, INkosi yeeRingi.) Ngokwenyani, eyona nto ithethwayo, ngokucacileyo (okanye obvs-bamba igama lomfo kwi- Whatevs.org), kukuba wonke umntu ukhona iipilisi eziphambeneyo.
Ngapha koko, xolela umoya omde, kodwa ndifuna ukuthi kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, xa ndibukele indlela iziganeko zobuxoki ezifana nesikhalo sikaDean nesifuba ziba zeziganeko zokwenyani ngandlela thile ngokuba neziphumo zehlabathi lokwenyani, Ndifuna ukuthi, ndiziva ngathi ndisela iipilisi eziphambeneyo. Ukuphendula ngokungafaniyo ngokungafaniyo kwezi ziqwenga zevidiyo kuyenza ngobuqhetseba. Umzekelo wam fave wokuhanahanisa kumajelo eendaba kumbuzo yayinguDateline show obonisa uhlalutyo olunzulu lwe-Janet Jackson-baring-baring, kunye nayo yonke into ehambelana nomnyhadala womboniso wephephancwadi weTV onokuthi awenze (ubukhulu beDaily Show noJon Stewart bakwi-parody yokufa yemagazini yeTV abayenzayo). Idatha emva koko ililandele elo candelo kamva kwinkqubo kunye nolusizi ngokukodwa malunga nantoni? Umdlalo obonisa ukubhukuda kwezemidlalo! Gcwalisa ngeehektare ngaphezulu kwenxalenye, ngobuqili, ngokutyebileyo, ngokutyhila amabele ngokutyhaphayo kunaleyo i-oh-so-eyoyikisayo e-Super Bowl.
Ngaba ndisebenzisa iipilisi eziphambeneyo? Kubonakala kum njengehlazo lokwenyani kukuba i-MTV, ekuthiwa yomnatha womculo we-hip, yayinoJanet noJustin kumdlalo wexesha lesiqingatha kwasekuqaleni. Ngokwenene ucinga ngaphandle kwebhokisi. Kutheni ungabi nesibindi kwaye ufumane uDonny noMarie?
Kodwa ndiye ndaphambuka-khosi apha. Into endizama ukuyifumana lelinye iqhekeza levidiyo edutyulwe kwiSuper Sunday. Lowo uveze into engaphaya kolusu, amanye amathumba amabi entliziyweni yomntu ngaphantsi kwesikhumba, iteyiphu ebuza imibuzo enzulu kunokuba ukhe walibona ibele ngaphambili?
Ndithetha ngeVidiyo yokuThinjwa kweWebhu kaEvie. Ewe, idlalwe rhoqo, kodwa akukho nto ifana nokuhamba rhoqo kwebele lika-Janet Jackson. (Ingayenza into enomdla kwizifundo ezithile zenkcubeko eziphambili: umahluko wendlela yokuthayipha. Ndabona imeko enye, kwi-MSNBC, apho iithayile zazibonakala ngathi azikhulisi pixels, ayizifihli kwaphela, ngelixa ezinye iinethiwekhi zazinomgangatho wokwenyani- izikwere zokukhanya ezinobungakanani eziphakamise isifuba esifihliweyo saba ngumlinganiso weRothian.)
Ngaba uyibonile ukuba iyayikhathaza ividiyo ye-Evie's Car Wash? Leyo yathathwa kwindawo yokupaka iimoto eSarasota yikhamera yokujonga ebonisa, ekuthinteleni ukunyakaza okukhawulezayo, ukubanjwa kukaCarlie Brucia oneminyaka eli-11 ubudala. Simbona esondela ngasesikoneni enxibe uhlobo oluthile lwehempe efanayo; uyammisa emva koko amkhokelele kwinto eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibe kukubulawa kwakhe ngenkohlakalo. Ividiyo iphela ngentombazana encinci kunye netyala lakhe lokubulala lihamba ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kwesakhelo. Ngokusisiseko kumzuzu wendlela, umzuzu wesigqibo sokuqalisa isenzo.
Ngaba ndisebenzisa iipilisi eziphambeneyo? Kukaninzi kangakanani kusenzeka ukuba sibone elona xesha lokukhetha ububi? Ngaba ibele likaJanet Jackson lifanele ukuphindwaphindwa kwaye lixoxwe ngokutsha ukuya kwinqanaba lokuphinda uhlaziyeke, ngenxa nje yokuba libele lodumo? (Ngaba oku kungqinisisa esinye sezifanekiselo eziphambili zenoveli entsha kaBruce Wagner: unqulo lodumo njengempawu yomonakalo wengqondo yenkcubeko?)
Ziphi iikomiti zebandla elihlangeneyo, iipaneli zengcali ezixoxayo malunga nokuba le tape, iteyiphu ye-Evie's Car Wash, ithetha ntoni? UBill O'Reilly uye waya kwi-crusade ngokuchasene nejaji engavumi ukubuyisela i-skeeve ejele ngenxa yokophula umthetho we-parole, kodwa ndiyazibuza ukuba ukhona umbuzo onzulu apha. Umbuzo obuzwa yile khasethi ngulo: Kwenzeka njani ukuba i-skeeve-umntu angaya njani kwinqanaba lokuba akwazi ukwenza oku? I-flip-flop kwizame zakhe zokudibana nomfazi wakhe? (Yiloo nto umphathi wakhe acebise ngayo kwisiqwenga kwiPosti.) Ewe, oko kuphakamisa into ehambelana nengcaciso yexhoba-yexhoba-inkcazo-yomfazi-yokufa kukaCarlie.
Kulungile, utsho, inokuba yinto enzulu, into eyenzekileyo ebuntwaneni bakhe, ngenxa yoko wayengenakukunceda. Xa wayehamba enqumla indawo yokupaka eyinkqantosi, wayengenandlela yakukhetha. Wayeyilungiselelwe yimbali yakhe kunye neengqondo zengqondo ukuba enze into ayenzayo. Kwaye ukuba wayecwangcisiwe, oko kuthetha ukuba wayengenalo uxanduva ngesenzo sakhe. Wayengenakukhetha kulo mbandela. Okanye yena? Olu luhlobo lombuzo ozifumana uzibuza xa ubukele loo vidiyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumbuzo onokuhlala kuwe kwi-abstract nangawuphi na umzuzu-ngumbuzo osisiseko malunga nokuzimisela kunye nenkululeko yokuzikhethela-kodwa ke apha ebusweni bakho.
Ngaba naluphi na uphando lwengqondo malunga nobuntwana kunye nolutsha lwe-skeeve lungachaza-ke, ngokungathi kunjalo, ukumxolela? Ngaba ngamanye amagama, yayiyinto engaphaya kwamandla akhe? Okanye ngaba bekukho ukhetho, ukhetho lokwenza ububi, kwaye ithini loo nto malunga nendalo yomntu, ukuba iqulethe amandla olo hlobo lokukhetha?
Ngokuqinisekileyo, isigidi samaxesha anje siyenzeka minyaka le kwihlabathi liphela. Kodwa apha sasilapho, sasiyibona phambi kwamehlo ethu. Ukudityaniswa kwezinto ezingaqhelekanga kunye nezimbi kwisitayile se-jumpy-cam, intlanganiso, iindlela eziwela kungekudala eziza koyika. Ibuza imibuzo engaphaya kokuchazwa kwengqondo kobubi. Andikwazi ukunceda ukubona umzuzu onqabileyo onje-ukubonakaliswa okubonakalayo kwezigidi zezinye izihlandlo ezingabonakaliyo njengazo-njengokucela imibuzo malunga nokuba sihlala kwindalo yonke yobulungisa bokuziphatha okanye inkohlakalo engenantsingiselo.
2) Nantsi iShift ukuya kwiLear
Yiyo loo nto, ndicinga ukuba, ndizifumene ndicinga ngayo ngexesha elithile ngexesha lokuqala kukaChristopher Plummer noJonathan Miller King Lear eLincoln Centre. (Olu ayilulo uphononongo, kodwa akunakulindeleka ukuba ubone uLear ophilileyo ebomini bakho kunoMnu.Plummer, nangona ndisesephantsi kwefilimu kaPeter Brook, noPaul Scofield njengoLear, UMichael Horden kwithelevishini ye-BBC ekhokelwe ngu-ewe, nguJonathan Miller, owenze lo mdlalo wakhe.)
I-Lear, ewe, ubuncinci inhlonipho ebalulekileyo malunga neentsomi zobulungisa bokuziphatha (isihloko, ngasendleleni, sencwadi ekrokrisayo engathandabuzekiyo malunga nomthetho, ozayo kumlingane wam-akukho ubudlelwane-Thane Rosenbaum). Njengeempukane kubafana abangamakhwenkwe, ngaba singoothixo; / Basibulala ngenxa yomdlalo wabo, njengoko uGloucester oyimfama esitsho kabuhlungu eLear. Kunzima ukungavumelani xa ujonga emva kwimbali yenkulungwane edlulileyo. Nangona, kwabanye, uLear ngumdlalo malunga neendlela zokubandezeleka, ngandlela thile, kuyahlangula.
Umbono othile obangele unxibelelwano endicinga ngalo kulapho uGloucester oyimfama-amehlo akhe akhupha ukunyaniseka kwakhe kuLear-adibana nonyana wakhe obalekileyo uEdgar ebonakala njengegeza.
Kodwa ndifuna ukwehla okomzuzwana malunga nendlela yokuphathwa gwenxa kweGloucester (uJames Blendick) kulawulwa kule mveliso. Yinto eyoyikisayo nangona uyidlala, yoyikeka nakumdlalo obizwa ngokuba ngumdlalo wokugqibela, ngumfundi okrelekrele uStephen Booth, oyimizuzu emihlanu eyoyikisayo kuncwadi.
UShakespeare khange abonise ngokucacileyo ukuba ufuna njani ukungaboni, ngoko ke umlawuli ujongane nokukhetha: ukumfamekisa ngokungqalileyo, apho abaphulaphuli bebukele iinzipho kunye neetawuli zikhupha ijeli embi (njengoko uCornwall eyibizayo) evela eGloucester's iziseko zamehlo. Okanye kufuneka ukumfamekiswa kubekwe ngokungakhathali, okanye kungaboni kwaphela?
Abalawuli abaninzi baziva bemfamekise ngokupheleleyo ngokunganyamezelekiyo ukuba banganikezela kubaphulaphuli, ngokungcungcuthekisa amehlo ababukeli ngendlela ethe ngqo kwindlela abathuthunjiswa ngayo uGloucester.
Ngokwe-Stanley Well's Oxford edition, kwimveliso kaJonathan Miller ka-1989 ye-Old Vic, uMhlekazi uJonathan wathatha iso-gouging ngokupheleleyo. Yonke into oyivileyo yayikukukhwaza, umbono onamandla ubiza iliso langaphakathi labaphulaphuli ukuba lizithuthumbise ngomfanekiso wokoyikeka.
Kule mveliso, wenza into eyahlukileyo: Isiteji sikaGloucester, kodwa uhleli nomqolo ujikele kuthi. Abangcungcuthekisi bakhe bajongana ngqo nathi, basinika ithuba lokujonga emehlweni ama-gouger. Kulapho imfihlakalo ikhoyo, imfihlakalo yenkohlakalo nobubi. Ezo ziijellies ezimbi.
Kodwa ukubuyela kwintlanganiso elandelayo yemfama uGloucester, okhokelwa emaphandleni yiNdoda endala engachazwanga ngegama kwaye awele iindlela nonyana wakhe, imbacu uEdgar wazenza mntu ophambeneyo. U-Edgar uyakhala, Kodwa ngubani oza apha? Utata wam, ukhokelwe kakubi?
Elo binzana, elikhokelwe gwenxa, yayilelo lalibonisa umfanekiso weCamlie Brucia ekhokelwa ekufeni kwakhe. Kubekho isixa esithile sempikiswano kubaphengululi malunga nokungakhokelwa kakuhle. Abanye bacebise ukuba kukungafundi kakuhle amaphepha amdaka kaShakespeare (njengoko umbhalo-ngqangi wakhe olahlekileyo ubizwa njalo), kwaye kufuneka ifundwe ngubawo, enamehlo ahlukeneyo, njengamehlo akhe enemibala emininzi ligazi kunye neebhandeji. Kodwa ndiyifumene impikiswano eyenziwe nguR. Iinyoka kuhlelo lweArden ziyacenga: UEdgar ubona uyise ekhokelwa ngaphambi kokuba azi ukuba uyimfama.
Ngayiphi na imeko, andikaze ndibenangxaki yokungakhokelwa kakuhle. Ngenye yezo zivakalisi ezinqabileyo ngokumangalisayo: Sonke, ukuya kwelinye izinga, sikhokelwa kakubi, akunjalo? Ukukhokelwa kakubi, ukulahlekiswa, ukulahlekiswa, ukubhabha ngokungaboni, ukubhadula ngaphesheya kwentlango yendawo yokupaka eyinkqantosi enekhamera yokujonga engasikhathalelanga kunye nomntu osinqwenelela okubi-ukufa kwethu uqobo, mhlawumbi-kusondela.
Hmmm. Mhle mfiliba. Ndicinga ukuba ndifuna i-mocha ye-orange frappuccino.
