Ikhephu elimhlophe . (Ifoto nguMark Shelby Perry) Sisiphi esihogo sitsha? Ngohlobo oluthile lokuzama ukothusa, ukucaphukisa kunye nokuxakekisa abantu baseNew York abathi bacinge ukuba bakubonile konke, inyanga eqaqambileyo ehlawulwa njenge-X Ikhephu elimhlophe uhlasela izivamvo kwiMinetta Lane Theatre kwilali iGreenwich. Ezi zizinto ezinokuthi zivulwe ngokukhawuleza eNew York (kwaye zivale ngokukhawuleza) -yilwe, yenziwa kwaye yabhalwa ngokungachanekanga njengeyinto eyahlukileyo. Kubi, kodwa andizukuze ndikhe ndibone into enje ngaphambili. Umsindo awuyonto intsha kwiNew Yorker ezinikeleyo. Khumbula umculo wobusuku obunye obubanzi UFrankenstein ? Cinga nge-extravaganza ephawule ukuqala kwayo (kunye nokusweleka) kweeCockettes, ngokurhuqa ookumkanikazi batyhala iinqwelwana zosana ngelixa betyhiliza abaphulaphuli abanenkwenkwezi yokuvula ubusuku ngamalungu adibeneyo kunye neeValiums.
Akukho nto iphantse yakonwabisa kangaka eyenzekayo Ikhephu elimhlophe . Uyangena, woyiswe yinkungu evela koomatshini abatshayayo abavala iisunus bachaphazele neembola zamehlo. Isigaba esixineneyo esikhazimla ngakumbi kuneRockefeller Centre Umthi weKrisimesi. Ngasekhohlo kwakho, ikhandlela elineglasi enobushushu kwisakhelo se-neon eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ngasekunene kwakho, i-carousel elahliwe. Kwaye embindini, isinxibo esinxibe ngokungakhathali samabhinqa angenasinxibo kunye neMisipha engenasiphelo uMcGurks ojija ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweeseli zentolongo ezibonisa ukonwaba okungcolileyo. Ndicinga ukuba ngumdibaniso womdaniso we-ballet, i-commedia dell'arte, umculo kunye neholo lomculo kunye nembeko kwiintsuku ezindala kumgangatho ongaphantsi we-Studio 54 ngaphambi kokuba kufike amapolisa.
Kwenye indawo kwingxolo kunye nevumba lomzimba, kukho umbono we-avant-garde wentsomi eya kuqhuba uWalt Disney ukuba abambe abemi. Ekhokelwa ngu-Austin McCormick, umbonisi one-glaucoma kunye nomdwebi we-choreographer ongenalo italente ethile, yinto enobungozi yokulinganisa ngokuzibulala. Ngelixa i-Neanderthal engenasinxibo kwi-wig emnyama inyuka kwaye iphuma eludakeni kunye nomsi wokumbombozela ngokungangqinelaniyo ngesiJamani, njengokuphosela kwizisele ezindala ze-cabaret ze-prewar Berlin, i-corps de ballet ijikeleza kwiingalo zamannequins angenantloko.
I-Snow White yintombazana engathandekiyo enamathanga e-titanic kunye nentloko echetyiweyo. Iminjana esixhenxe yimichora e-Halloween kwaye idonsa ookumkanikazi ngezithende eziphakamileyo kunye nemitya ye-jock-vaudeville ecingelwa yi-Marquis de Sade. Xa ungathandabuzeki (okuhlala kunjalo), imilebe ye-synch yakudala irekhodi, njengeHemando's Hideaway kunye nentliziyo yam yeyokuTata. Emva kwekhefu elinika inxenye enkulu yabaphulaphuli ithuba lokuya kwiminyango yokuphuma kwaye bangaze baphinde babuye, yonke loo nto ijika ibe yibhasi kunye nelori ye-Big Apple Circus, ene-acrobats ejingise ngeentambo kunye nokujikeleza kwizangqa zentsimbi kuEartha Kitt ecula uMhla weSekethe yasekhohlo eKapa.
Kulungile, mhlawumbi ndiyaphazama. Mhlawumbi kuya kufuneka uyibone ukuze uyikholelwe. Izambatho zikaZane Pihlstrom, ezonyuswe yimaski eyaneleyo yokugcwalisa ifilimu eyoyikisayo kaJohn Carpenter, azisebenzi, kodwa ziyonwabisa ukujonga. Ukukhanyisa okuluhlaza okwenziwe nguJeanette Oi-Suk Yew kunye nezinto ezenziwayo ezenziwe nguSarah Cimino zongeza ubungakanani bokonakala okukwenza uzive ngathi ubhajwe kwindawo yobufebe ebunefestile okanye iingcango. Kuthetha ntoni konke oku? Akukho nto ingako, ndiyaqikelela. Yonke loo mifanekiso ngaphandle komxholo kunye nokuzithemba ngaphandle kwefom kwenza nje ukuba yonke loo nto ibonakale inyanzelekile kwaye ayinantsingiselo. Kwaye thetha ngentengiso engeyonyani! Ngaphandle kwemizamo yabaphosisi ekukhohliseni inkanuko ngokushukumisa i-G-imitya yabo kubaphulaphuli, akukho nto ukude nge-X ekalwe malunga Ikhephu elimhlophe .
Kuza kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukukhohlisa okunje kusebenzisa ukwazi kuphela? Ngokoluvo lwam, ukubaleka okumiselweyo kweeveki ezisixhenxe ziiveki ezisixhenxe inde kakhulu. 
UJamyl Dobson kunye noNandita Shenoy kwi Washer / Isomisi . (Ifoto ngu-Isaya Tanenbaum)
Ngaphandle kokuphosa okulungileyo kodwa okungachanekangaiye yahendelwa ekuhlekeni, ekuphakameni ngaphezulu, umdlalo omtsha we-Off Broadway Washer / Isomisi yinto emnandi ngokwaneleyo malunga nemingxunya yaseNew York yokuthengiswa kwezindlu kunye ne-snafus yeebhodi ze-co-op njengezona ndawo zidumileyo zocalucalulo, ubuhlanga kunye nokuzonda abantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana nabesini esinye amashumi eminyaka. UMichael, inkwenkwe yaseTshayina evela eWestchester, sele etshatile nentombi yakhe yaseIndiya uSonya iveki sele ihambile, kwaye umgcini-sango wesakhiwo sakhe sokusebenzisana kufuneka amnike yonke imihla ukumamkela njengondwendwe. Ngoba? Ngoba umfazi wakhe omtsha khange axelele mntu ukuba unendoda. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba uhlala kwigumbi elinokuhlala linye elithathwa ngokuba kukufunwa. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba ine-dryer yokomisa impahla. Kwaye abanakushukuma, kuba isakhiwo siyasithintela isuntswana.
Njengoko isiza sakha kunye nokukhathazeka kukaMichael kukhula, akafuni ukwaphula umthetho, kwaye uyakucaphukela ukuphathwa okweqhekeza. Unenceba yesakhiwo. Umama wakhe okrwada, onzima, othethayo ongayamkeliyo yonke into uyamongamela. Njalo xa kukhala umnyango, yonke into kufuneka ingene kwi-washer / dryer ukufihla. Kumongameli otyhafileyo webhodi ye-co-op, uSonya ugqitha uMichael njengomhlobo wakhe osenyongweni, ozisa inkqubela engamkelekanga kummelwane wabo ongumlingani uSam.
Ekugqibeleni kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba yeyiphi eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuluhlu lwezinto eziphambili- ukuqeshiswa okuza ne-washer / dryer combo, okanye isifungo somtshato esiza nendoda ethembekileyo, enothando echasene nemithetho yokwakha. Njengobudenge njengoko kuvakala, ndiyazazi izibini zaseNew York ezinyanzelwe ukuba zijongane nengxaki efanayo. Amagqabantshintshi omdlalo weqonga afika xa i-snob emhlophe ye-co-op board (Annie McNamara), istroty black stereotype (Jamyl Dobson), umfazi wamaHindu (uNandita Shenoy, naye wabhala umdlalo), umyeni waseTshayina ( Obalaseleyo uJohnny Wu) kunye nonina oqaqambileyo (uJade Wu) bagcwalisa istudiyo segumbi elinye ngaxeshanye. Ukuhleka akunakuphepheka.
Kananjalo akunakuphepheka kukhulu kakhulu ukuthambeka kwamehlo kuthathwa ngabo bonke abadlali ukusenga zonke izinto ezihlekisayo zokuhlekisa ngaphezulu kokufuneka, okwenza abalinganiswa bajongeke besisiyatha kwaye bebaxa kunokuhlekisa. Ihlazo kukuba abantu baseNew York baya kwenza nantoni na emfutshane yokubulala ukuze bahlale kwindlu enezixhobo ezongezelelweyo. Sisiseko esivumayo esingakhonzwa kakuhle ngumlawuli (uBenjamin Kamine) ongazithembi izinto ngokwaneleyo ukuba azivumele zithethe, okanye isamente esebenze kakhulu ngesantya esiphezulu xa ubuqili buzakufumana iziphumo ezonwabisayo.
