UPaul Giamatti njengoChuck Rhoades.UJeff Neumann / Ixesha lokubonisa Awunakho ukujiwuzisa isango Icala elimnyama lenyanga ikhava ye-albhamu ngaphandle kokubetha umculo weTV obonisa UKUVUTHA INGQONDO YAKHO kwezi ntsuku. Olunjani uvuyo olwalukhona, ke, ukukhubeka kwi-naliti-yehla Iibhiliyoni bekungekho nto ifuna ukuyenza kwaye akukho nto ingaphantsi kokukwenza uqhekeze? Imbeko iya kwezesondo kunye nePipi, i-'90s alt-pop staple evela eMarcy Playground eguqule inkanuko yaba yinto evakala ngathi ilele kwaye isezele kwaye iyanuka . Ngaloo ndlela, ifanelekile kwindawo yesondo evakalayo: i-tryst yomlomo we-poolside phakathi kwe-Axelrods 'skeezebag umpheki wobuqu kunye nomhlobo wakhe ongumfazi onama tattoo. Kodwa ndenzile Iibhiliyoni iqale ingoma xa yayiqala ukusika kwezi zinto zimbini zilukhuni ukuyifumana? Isihogo hayi-abo bokuqala kuphela 'i-90s yabantwana baya kukhumbula amanqaku aphuma ngaphandle, ngokungathandekiyo kwaye ngokungathandekiyo, ngaphezulu kukaChuck Rhoades kunye nonyana wakhe uKevin kunye nebhola yabo ekhatywayo, befuna yonke ifoto yaseMelika enenjongo yokuqalisa umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko. Umzuzu endawubona ngawo ndaqala ngokoqobo lol'ing. Ukuchaza ukuzenzisa kuka-Chuck kubulungisa kwaye Ukuzibandakanya kweyona nto imdaka omboniso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku (i-Wags's tattooed esile nangona kunjalo)? Thatha amanqaku, Umkhosi kwaye Izinto ezingaqhelekanga - yiyo loo nto lwenziwa njani ulwalathiso lomculo.
Kwaye kude kube luhlobo lwenxalenye emi kuyo yonke imizuzwana thina bagxeki beTV esingenakufumana ngokwaneleyo, iphantse yalunga kakhulu ukuba yinyani. Ekhokelwa nguJohn freaking Singleton kwaye ibhalwe nguAlice O'Neill kunye nomdibanisi wabalingisi uBrian Koppelman noDavid Levien, iVictory Lap sisiqendu apho eli xesha lingaqhelekanga Iibhiliyoni ukukrazula ubukhapitali ukutyhila ubukho bokuxhaphaza ngaphantsi. Kude kube ngoku, uBobby Axelrod ebecekiseka ikakhulu, kuba esisityebi kunoThixo kwaye engenaso isidima sokuba neentloni ngaso. Wayengu-whale omhlophe u-Chuck hayi kuba wayezenza ulwaphulo-mthetho ngokukhethekileyo okanye egxeka-uninzi lwabafana lwenza into ayenzayo, njengoko abalinganiswa abadlalwe nguJerry O'Connell noDanny Strong benza kucace-kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayehlukile abanetalente . Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, uqhuba ehamba ngebhanana-emthubi we-Ferrari ngelixa eyalela amahlakani akhe ukuba aqhekeze idolophu yabasebenzi ibe ziingceba kwisizukulwana. Kwaye yintoni? Ukuze ingxowa-mali yakhe yobudenge ibe nenye ikota? Ukuze umfazi wakhe uLara onyanyekayo ngokulinganayo akwazi ukuzihombisa ngezithende nangaphezulu kunye neHoratio Alger bullshit? Ukuze abe nokufumana amanqaku kumdlalo othile weengqondo omangalisayo ngokuchasene noWendy Rhoades, ongamkelekanga awaziyo ukuba umfanele kodwa abe esacaphukile? Kukho igama lenkqubo evumela amarhamncwa anje ngoBobby isitokhwe sakhe sigcwele iinqwelo zezithuthi zodidi ngelixa etshabalalisa ngabom ubomi bamawaka abantu ongabaziyo, kwaye yenye onokuyifunda ebusweni bomphathi we-pizzeria yakhe xa etsala ukuya endaweni: amanyala . (Ngokwenyani, likho elinye igama- ubungxowankulu Kodwa ndiyaziphinda.)
Isigqibo sikaBobby sokuphanga idolophu yaseSandicott ukuze abuyise ilahleko ayenzileyo yokutyala imali kuyo kuphela ukuba isivumelwano sakhe sekhasino siye emazantsi (ngoncedo lukaChuck Sr.) lelona candelo libalulekileyo kwesi siqendu, ngokuqinisekileyo. Ikwabelana ngembeko kunye nezizathu zentlalontle ezinikezwe ngumfazi wakhe uLara, umqeshwa wakhe uTaylor, kunye nomcebisi wephulo le-astroturf azisa ukupakisha ukumiselwa kobungqingqwa edolophini eluntwini. ULara uvela kwimvelaphi yekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengoBobby; UTaylor akazibandakanyi ngokwesini; intengiso ngumfazi omnyama. Olona luvo luzothusayo olunikezelwa sisiqendu kukuba aba bantu abayikhuthazi le ndlela yobubi nangona imvelaphi yabo kumaqela acinezelweyo, kodwa kuba ngayo. Ingcinezelo yangaphakathi, ukukhanyela, ukuziphindezela: Yibize ngokuba yintoni, kodwa isiphumo sokudibana komnyama nesinhanha sabantu abazizityebi ngokungenakuchazwa abarhola amahlwempu- neoliberalism ngamafutshane.
Kodwa Iibhiliyoni yenza izinto ezininzi kakuhle ngoku ngoku kunzima ukuzigcina zonke. Uyijonga njani indlela ehlekisayo apho umsizi we-Ax Cap ongumsebenzi obalekayo xa uBobby engena kwiseshoni yakhe yonyango kunye noWendy, xa exhalabile (kwaye ethanda ubuhlanga) enexhala lokuba intombi yakhe izakubaleka nomhlobo wakhe uEverett? Sasibhuqa nje impepho, sibamba, uqinisekisa umphathi wakhe njengoko ephuma kwigumbi ngokukhawuleza. Uthini nge-Wendy's sexy sexy booty call to James Not great, Bob! Isimilo sikaWolk, awasivulayo ngesiselo esinxilisayo kwigumbi lehotele kwaye wasonga kwincoko ebuhlungu noChuck kwindlu yabo ekwabelwana ngayo ngentsasa elandelayo, xa ethe wambamba ekuhambeni kweentloni? Ungathini ngokuma kukaChuck ngexesha lesidlo sasemini noBryan Connerty malunga nokungcatsha kwakhe okungazinzanga-indawo yesiteki edutyulwe ngendlela yokuba umzobo omkhulu wehlosi (umthetho wehlathi kunye nayo yonke loo nto) ingemva kwabo emva kweRhoades atshabalalisa amaphupha kaBryan okuba yiNtloko yeCrim? Kuthekani ngokuqubisana okwalandelayo noBryan noprofesa wakhe wakudala kunye negqwetha langoku likaBobby u-Orrin Bach-ebekwe kwindawo yokucheba iinwele ukuze bachithe uninzi lwencoko bejonga ukubonakaliswa kwabo kunokuba bazibonele. Okanye uthini ngokunikezelwa kukaToby Leonard Moore kuloo ndawo, indlela ayihlambalaza ngayo intetho yakhe nje kancinci, ngokungathi kufuneka enxilile ukuze azisebenzele ukuba abe nomsindo ngokuchasene nomcebisi wakhe wangaphambili, nangona isicatshulwa singazange sichaze ngokucacileyo? Okanye uthini ngongquzulwano olufanayo phakathi kukaBobby kunye nosenator welizwe uJoe Scolari (uSean Patrick Reilly onamehlo afileyo) omxuluba ngamatye nangomsindo okhulayo i-Ax imtyhala ngesizathu sokuba isigqibo sekhasino sihambe ngendlela? Lo mboniso yi wommkammer ngobuncwane obumnyama kakhulu ngokwenene ungcwatyelwe phantsi kwayo yonke imimangaliso.
