Umhlekisi uMike Yard ukulungele ukujinga iingcingo

Kwakungo-1: 30 ebusuku. NgoLwesine wamva nje, kwaye uMike Yard wayehleli esofeni kwiofisi yakhe e Umboniso wasebusuku kwikomkhulu, kwisitalato sama-54 eHell’s Kitchen. Isithuba, abelana ngaso nomhlekisi uRicky Velez, umbhaleli-ntatheli, wayeziva kwigumbi lokulala lomfundi wasekholejini ekukhokeleni ukuya kwiimviwo zokuphela konyaka, amaphepha ayesasazekile malunga nesibane se lava kunye neglobe leplasma licela Ukufakwa kwi-CNN. I-CNN yayikhwaza kwi-TV yescreen ebekwe eludongeni, kodwa uMnu Yard, oneminyaka engama-46 ubudala, kwakubonakala ngathi akazibhatali iindaba.

Kwakukho ukuzola kusuku olungaphambi kokuziqhelanisa, kwaye wayesenza nje uphando ngalo mboniso wobo busuku. UNina Schelich, umyili wempahla, wangena ephethe iimpahla. Ndinganxiba ihempe yaseBrooklyn Dodgers yepaneli? UMnu Yard, umlandeli we-Mets oswelekileyo, ubuzile. Wamxelela ukuba hayi-akukho maqela ezemidlalo okanye iilogo ezisemoyeni zivumelekile. Umnumzana Yard, enxibe i-hoodie emnyama yeJacksonville, wawa esihlalweni sakhe. Ngokwenene? uthe. Shit.

UNks. Schelich wathembisa ukuba uyakumphathela ihempe esikiweyo, kuba babethetha i-baseball ngobo busuku. Ngokuqinisekileyo, wayekho, malunga no-11: 45 ntambama kwiComedy Central, e-grey kunye nomhlophe we-baseball tee, ukucacisa ekunciphiseni ubukho base-Afrika-baseMelika kwi-MLB ecaleni komninimzi womboniso uLarry Wilmore, igalelo likaHolly Walker kunye noxwebhu lwengxelo uKen Burns.

Ndilandele kule, uMnu Yard wazama, njengoko abaphulaphuli baqala ukuhleka. Ndiyamsola uMichael Jordan.

Intoni? Umnumzana Wilmore watsho, engakholelwa.

Cinga ngayo, Mnu Yard uqhubeke. Emva kokuzama ukudlala i-baseball ngo -94 kwaye wanuka, abantwana abamnyama babefana, 'Kulungile, fuck, ukuba uMichael Jordan akakwazi ukudlala, Ndingu ayidlali. ’

Yayiyiklasikhi uMike Yard, ithiyori enolwazi kodwa engenakwenzeka, eyazi ubuyatha bayo, ukuba nje inokuba yinyani ukuba uthe wajonga ngamehlo ngokwaneleyo ukuba ushiye izithuba zawo ngokwengqiqo. Yayikukuqwalaselwa kwegqala elihlekisayo elihlekisayo elinamathele kumbandela obuthathaka wobuhlanga kodwa lingakulungelanga ukuwuphatha kamnandi-umbono owenzelwe hayi ukuhlekwa nje kuphela kodwa ukuphembelela uhlobo lwengqondo ethatha kabini.

Umnumzana uYard wenze okuninzi mva nje. Oko wajoyina Umboniso wasebusuku Kunyaka ophelileyo, uzinzile njengomnye wababhali abathembekileyo nabachaze ngokucacileyo uLarry Wilmore: ubukhali obunqabileyo, okrelekrele, ongacocwanga kwaye uhlala ekhuthaza ubukho kwiindaba ezihlekisayo zasebusuku.

Kwi-Nightly Show School School kunye noProfesa Mike Yard, umzekelo, umbhaleli uyalela ababukeli kubugcisa bokuphathwa kakubi kwevidiyo ngamapolisa. Yintoni intlekele enkulu? Umnumzana u-Yard ubuza, esenza eyona nto ayithandayo u-Alistair Cooke. Umntu omnyama ukhatywa afe ngamapolisa okanye ukudubula ngokuthe nkqo? Kwiifayile ze-Y, icandelo eliqhubekayo, Mnu kudlala Ithiyori yeqhinga le-nutty etsala unxibelelwano olunokwenza i-9/11 Truther ibonakale inengqiqo. Emva koko kukho uBlack Batman, apho uMnu Yard adlala khona ... uBatman omnyama othi akhutshwe kuye xa edibana namapolisa ngobunye ubusuku. Ndikwicala lakho! yena uyangxola njengoko iklabhu yasebilly ibetha imvula. Le ayisiyiyo eyophawu!

Uyakwazi ukuxelela ukuba uMike akanikezeli, kwaye ndiyayithanda loo nto, utshilo umnumzana uWilmore kudliwanondlebe ngomnxeba. Xa uhleka uMike, ngokuyinxenye uhleka umntu omaziyo ukuba akalumkanga. Uyixelela nje njengokuba injalo, kwaye leyo yinxalenye yomtsalane wakhe.

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Umnumzana Yard, mde kodwa ulungile kwaye uyathanda ukunxiba iijezi ezimfusa, ngumgqatswa ongenakulindeleka ukuba alufezekise olu hlobo lwempumelelo yekhondo eliphakathi. Akazange ayibone isiza, kunjalo. Ndimdala, wandixelela. Andizange ndilindele ukuba xa ndisiya kuvavanyo endiza kuyifumana. Ngaphambi kokuba eze Umboniso wasebusuku , Wayesebenza-kwaye esebenza kwaye esebenza-ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 njengehlaya elizeleyo lokuma ngokusisigxina, okwanelisa ukuba ngamanye amaxesha kwakuzama isibini samashumi eminyaka.

IYard yayingomnye wabo bantu ndandisazi ukuba akafumaniswanga, utshilo uRory Albanese, Umboniso wasebusuku Umvelisi olawulayo, ozise uMnu Yard.

Uzalelwe eSt. Croix-ukhulele kwindawo yokuhlala efikelelekayo eFrederiksted-Mnu. Iyadi yathatha indlela ejikelezayo ukuya kwinqanaba. Kwiminyaka ye-13, wafuduka nabazali bakhe kunye nabantakwabo ukuya e-East New York, eBrooklyn-ngelo xesha (ii-1980s) indawo engqonge ulwaphulo mthetho. Uye kwiKholeji yaseHunter kwaye wafundela ukuba ngumdwelisi weekhompyuter. Ndihleli kwalapha ekhaya kuba sihlwempuzekile, utshilo uMnu Yard, osathetha nange-Cruzan. Kodwa ikharityhulam ayizange imvuyise. Umnumzana Yard ngumgqatswa ongenakulindeleka ukuba aphumelele phakathi kwinqanaba lomsebenzi kwilizwe elihlekisayo.Ifoto: UChris Sorensen woBukele

Kwiminyaka yakhe yama-20, u-Yard wasebenza ngokufutshane njengommeli womanyano kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa bale mihla. Wayekhokele isitrayikhi kwaye waphumelela, nto leyo eyamenza ukuba acinge ngekamva kuloo ndawo. Ndilwela abantu abasokolayo ukuhlawula amatyala, kwaye kwafuneka simamele abantu abazizityebi basixelela ukuba asikufanelanga ukunyuswa kwemivuzo encinci, utshilo. Sakhaba iesile labo, kwaye abanakukuxelela ngenye indlela. Akazange aqhubeke nomsebenzi wobumbano, kodwa amava amnika ingqumbo yobulungisa-kwaye iyamsebenzela kakuhle Umboniso wasebusuku , ethi, ibonakala ngathi iyilwe, ihlala iziva imbi ngakumbi kunokuhlekisa.

Nangona uMnu Yard wafika ebudaleni enqula u-Eddie Murphy no-Richard Pryor, akazange eze azokumamela umdlalo ohlekisayo njengekhondo lomsebenzi ade adibane nonogada kwi-Grand Central Terminal, xa wayeqhuba ivenkile ye-MoMA. Umlindi, owayehamba ngulo Mthandi ongenamazinyo, wayekhanyisa inyanga njengehlaya lokuma. Ibinzana lakhe lokubamba lalisithi, ndilapha ukuxelela izinyo, lonke izinyo kunye nothin ’kodwa izinyo.

Umnumzana Yard waqala ukunceda uMthandi ongenamazinyo ukubhala iziqhulo, owathi yena, wakhuthaza umntwana oneminyaka engama-24 ukuba azibhalele. Wenza ke. Waqhawula imizuzu emibini yezinto kwaye waya e-Uptown Comedy Club eHarlem ngenxalenye yayo entsha yeJack, eqhutywa mva, ihlazo elikhulu lokuhlekisa uMonteria Ivey. Kwakufana neklabhu apho iihlaya ezimnyama zaziza kuya khona ngenxa yokuba ungangeni kwezi klabhu zixhaphakileyo esixekweni, utshilo uMnu Yard. Bayayilinganisela. Ndikhe ndanababhukisi bandixelele, ‘Sele ndinabantu abantsundu aboneleyo kumboniso,’ njengokoqobo ebusweni bam. Njengokuba wawungekho umcimbi. Ekuqaleni kobomi bakhe, uMnu Yard wenza indlela yakhe ngeSekethe yaseChitlin, esenza kuyo nayiphi na indawo angamfumana kuyo.Ifoto: UChris Sorensen woBukele

Ngaphambi kokuba ingxaki ibonakale, nangona kunjalo, uMnu Yard kwafuneka ahlonelwe ngabaphulaphuli bakhe. Ixesha lokuqala awabizelwa ngalo eqongeni, wakrwitshwa wayishiya iklabhu. Kwityeli lesibini, waziswa nguTracy Morgan oselula, owayethatha ubusuku ngobo busuku, kwaye uMnumzana Yard wabiza isibindi sokunyuka kunye nokujonga ukuba abantu basetyhini abayi kude phambi kwakho de ube uhlala nabo. Yayiyintloni yam yokuqala endakha ndayenza, utshilo uMnu. Intombazana endandithandana nayo yasilela emlenzeni wam, kwaye ndandifana nokuthi, ‘Awuzange uyenze le nto xa sasithandana.’ Isiqhulo sahlekisa kakhulu.

Eqinisekisiwe yimpumelelo yenqanaba lakhe lokuqala, uMnu.Yard wawushiya umsebenzi wakhe waqala ukusebenza njengexesha elizeleyo lokuma, ethatha nantoni na ayifunayo. Wayesebenza indlela yakhe edlula kwiSekethe yaseChitlin, esenza kwiindawo zokucheba iinwele, ezobuhle, kwiindawo zentselo, kwiivenkile zokubhaka. Ndenze umboniso ngaxeshanye kwiFlatbush Avenue eBrooklyn, kwaye yayiliqela lezihange. Ndandisoyika njengendawo yokungena phaya, kuba ndinje, zonke ezi dudes zikhangeleka ngathi zishiye indawo yeziyobisi, ngokungathi zi gangsta zijongile, utshilo uMnu Yard. Yayingomnye wemiboniso ebalaseleyo endakha ndanayo ebomini bam… Omnye umfana wayehleka kakhulu kangangokuba waphosa isitulo sakhe ngapha kwegumbi. Wayefana, ‘ndigqibile! Andisakwazi ukuphinda ndiyithathe! ’Kwaye wagezela nje ngasekhohlo. Ndiyayithanda. Ndandifana, 'Mfondini, buya!' Kwaye wayefana, 'Naw, nyana, uyandibulala kwangoku.'

Emva kweshumi leminyaka esendleleni, uMnu. Yard wayezenzele umdlalo weqonga waseNew York-isihlobo esingaziwayo kwihlabathi langaphandle kodwa ehlonitshwa ngoontanga bakhe kwisekethe yokuma.

Ngo-2011, ubomi bakhe babusemngciphekweni. Umfazi kaMnu. Yard, umdlali weqonga kunye nomvelisi weTV uMia Amber Davis, wasweleka ngesiquphe ngenxa yegazi emva kotyando oluqhelekileyo lwedolo. Babeneminyaka emithathu kuphela betshatile, kwaye inyani yelahleko yamkhubaza. Wayengoyena mlandeli wam mkhulu, utshilo uMnu Yard, ononyana oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala kubudlelwane bangaphambili. Andenzanga nto. Akukho kuma okanye nantoni na malunga neenyanga ezine. Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndingaphinda ndiphinde.

Ngexesha uMnu Yard ebiza amandla okubuyisela ikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi, wayeneminqweno embalwa ngaphandle kokuqaqambisa ubugcisa bakhe nokungena kwiiklabhu ezingcono. Ndandijolise nje ekumeni okuhle endinokuba kuko, wakhumbula. Umnumzana Yard wenze ukubonakala njengemidlalo ye-TV— Def Def Jam Jam , BET-kodwa ithemba lokusebenza njengembalelwano yasebusuku alizange lifike kuye. Wayezazi ukuba uluhlobo olunjani lokuhlekisa-ubuhlanga kunye ubudlelwane yayiphakathi kwamandla akhe-kwaye, ubukhulu becala, waye wafikelela apho afuna ukuba khona ngokwendlela yakhe.

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Umboniso kaMnumzana Wilmore wahlukile kwimiboniso yasebusuku yasebusuku kuba oonondaba bakhe abalindelwanga ukuba baye kwiiprojekthi zentsimi kwaye benze kwimidlalo yasebusuku-kulindeleke ukuba babe nemibono kuyo yonke into. Ngexesha apho ababukeli beComedy Central bezililela ukuphulukana nabadala abalumkileyo uJon Stewart noStephen Colbert, Umboniso wasebusuku inyukile kwaye yazibeka ngokwenkqubo njengenkqubo ezivuthiweyo, ezinokuthenjwa-ezahlula ku-Trevor Noah's-kancinci-sure-of-itself Umboniso wemihla ngemihla , ethi, njengoko UWilla Paskin usandula ukubhala kwi Isilayidi , iimagi kunye neewinks ezinje Umboniso wemihla ngemihla , kodwa inombono oxutywe kuphela.

Saqonda nje, masenze ibhentshi lethu, undixelele uMnu. Siyibiza ngokuba yindawo yokucheba iinwele. Indima kaMnu. Yard kuloo ndawo yokucheba iinwele kukumela inxenye yomzabalazo ofuna ukumela, njengoko ebeka. Ndiyazazi ukuba ndingubani. Ndingulaa mfana okhulele ebhontshini kwaye usaya kwihod phantse yonke eminye imihla, kwaye ke ndinolo nxibelelwano. Umnumzana u-Yard ubambe iintloko kunye neepaneli zeendwendwe ezinje ngeAl Sharpton.Ifoto: UChris Sorensen woBukele

Utshintsho olusuka kwindawo yokuma usiya kwi-gig yokuhlala ngakumbi Umboniso wasebusuku weza ngokulula kuMnumzana uYard. Ndiyenzile le nto yepaneli umsebenzi wam wonke, wandixelela ngenye imva kwemini kungekudala. I-Comedy Cellar inetafile yamahlaya aphezulu, kwaye konke esikwenzayo kukuthetha ngayo nantoni na eyenzekayo, kwaye siba neengxabano, kwaye sihlala sizizona zinkulu kakhulu kwindawo yokutyela.

Ngokubhekisele kugqatso lobumongameli, isihloko se-du jour, uMnu Yard uthe akachukunyiswa ngomnye wabagqatswa abathathu abaseleyo. Angathanda ukuhlala eMelika uBernie Sanders afuna ukuyila, kodwa uMnu Yard akacingi ukuba unethuba, kwaye akacingi ukuba i-ajenda eqhubela phambili kaMnu Sanders iyinyani. Abantu bandinika ikratshi malunga nayo, watsho. Kodwa ndihlala kwilizwe lokwenyani. UMnu Yard akamthembi uHillary Clinton, noDonald Trump-ewe, nguDonald Trump.

Ndicinga ukuba ndibhalela umntu othile, ukuxelela inyani, undixelele uMnu.

Mhlawumbi uDave Chappelle, wacinga. Ungumfo oqaqambileyo.

Ukuvela rhoqo kwi Umboniso wasebusuku Malunga namaxesha amabini onyaka, uMnu. Yard, ohlala eMpuma Elmhurst, kufutshane nesikhululo senqwelomoya saseLaGuardia, uyaqatshelwa esidlangalaleni ngoku. Omnye umntwana ongaphantsi komhlaba, umzekelo, ubuze ukuba bangathatha i-selfie kunye bazame ukumthengisela ukhula. (Akazange athenge nantoni na.)

Ukujonga phambili, uMnu Yard wathi angathanda ukusebenzisa ubukho bakhe kumabonwakude ukungena kwiiklabhu ezingcono kwaye mhlawumbi iithiyetha ezincinci. Kutshanje ufumene iarhente. Umnumzana Yard usayima ngeempelaveki-iihaunts zakhe ziyiComedy Cellar kunye ne-Stand Up NY. Unepodcast eqhelekileyo, nayo, ebizwa ngokuba yiYard Talk, apho axoxa khona ngezihloko zosuku kunye nababambisene naye uLuna Tee noCarla Keyz. Kunye nayo yonke loo nto, uMnu.Yard usebenza kwindlela yokuma ixesha elide, ngakumbi ngobomi bakhe kunangaphambili. Unethemba lokuba uza kuyikhetha ngokukhethekileyo, mhlawumbi kwiNetflix.

Ubukele Umboniso wasebusuku bonisa yonke ngokuhlwa ngomgama obalulekileyo, ujonge ukungafezeki yena noogxa bakhe abanokuphucula kuko. Kunyaka ophelileyo okanye kunjalo, uye wabamba iintloko kunye neephaneli zeendwendwe, njengoAl Sharpton, othathe isigqibo ngokudana kukaMnu Yard ngelifa likaBarack Obama. Kukwakho namaxesha, apho izimvo zakhe ezingafakwanga kunye nokuqwalaselwa kuye kwanyelisa ababukeli.

Kwiphaneli yakutshanje ngo-Matshi uMnu ukuxoxa ngesini kunye Umboniso wasebusuku umbhali uRobin Thede, Mnu. Wilmore noJoanna Coles, umhleli we Uhlanga lonke . Umxholo wawuyi-tweet ngu Ekuseni uJoe Umamkeli uJoe Scarborough, oyalele uHillary Clinton ukuba ancume emva koloyiso lokuqala. Umnumzana Yard, njengesiqhelo, uthathe i-angle yesivumelwano, ecebisa ukuba angavuma. Wayethetha kuphela ukuba uNks.Clinton kufuneka abe neqhayiya ngempumelelo yakhe; kodwa i-intanethi ikhawuleze yathathwa kwisini sabantu besini sixelela abantu basetyhini ukuba bancume ngakumbi.

Ndiye ndasebenza nale into kangange veki, uMnu Yard undixelele xa sidibana kwigumbi labucala eliluhlaza e Umboniso wasebusuku ikomkhulu. Kuyabonakala ukuba abasetyhini bayayicaphukela. Andiboni ubundlobongela kuyo, kodwa ndiyabona ukuba ingafikelela njani kwinqanaba lokuba ugule yiyo. Kwaye ndiyayifumana. Kodwa ke uMnu. Yard naye uyabethabethana ngengcinga. Xa usithi ngesini, uthi uyazi kakuhle ukuba yayiyintoni injongo. Ke ungumfundi weengqondo.

Wamangaliswa kukubuya kwakhe ebekade efumana kwimidiya yoluntu kodwa ayikhathazi ngokupheleleyo yiyo. Ndiyathanda, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kunokubonakala ngathi kunomsindo. Kodwa ayiyongxaki yam-yingxaki yakho leyo, utshilo uMnu. Ndithetha nje ngentshiseko, kwaye ukuba uziva usoyikiswa, ke oko kukuphezu kwakho. Andinakwenza nto malunga noku, ngaphandle kokutshintsha ukuba ndingubani.

Kwaye andenzeli mntu.