Ukuvuselelwa kukaNeil Simon ka-1963 iBarefoot ePaki noAmanda Peet noPatrick Wilson eCort kwi-Broadway khange kubuliswe ngolonwabo. Kwakungenjalo nokuvuselelwa kwesidala sebhodlo esidala sikaMnumzana Simon, iOdd Couple, neenkwenkwezi zayo ezingalunganga uNathan Lane kunye noMatewu Broderick. (Yintoni elandelayo ngoLaurel noHardy wexesha lethu, uLane kunye noBroderick- Amakhwenkwe Amakhanya?). Kodwa ndiyoyika ukuba imveliso ka-Scott Elliott we-Barefoot ePakini iye yanyusa i-ante kwimvuselelo ye-Broadway.
Ngaba i-screwball yamahlaya kaNeil Simon yayihlekisa-okanye loo screwball-kwindawo yokuqala? Ndiyaqonda inokuba ibiyiyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kunye noRobert Redford omncinci kunye no-Elizabeth Ashley kwiminyaka engama-43 eyadlulayo. Kodwa uguqulelo olwaneleyo lwefilimu yowe-1967 noMnumzana Redford noJane Fonda ndizibonile ezinye zikamabonakude zikhangeleka zimbi kakhulu. Isibini esingaqhelekanga-esilahlekisiweyo okanye asisiye-sihlala sisidiliya uNeil Simon ngokusemandleni akhe. Kodwa kunzima ukubona ukuba iBarefoot yoqobo ePakini iye yaba yiklasikhi kangakanana kwiminyaka engama-43 engenelelayo ukuba ifanele imvuselelo enkulu ye-Broadway.
Umakazi wam oneminyaka engama-90 ubudala eNgilani akacingi ukuba kufanelekile ukuvuselelwa. Andizukumazisa, kodwa uMakazi uMarie uyazi into okanye ezimbini. Nanini na xa sithetha ngomnxeba, uhlala esithi kum, 'Ndibone nayiphi na indawo elungileyo yemidlalo yeqonga mvanje-ndiyafuna ukubuza?
Xa ndathi ndiza kubona iBarefoot ePaki, wavakala emangalisiwe. Kutheni emhlabeni beyakuyihlaziya? Ubuzile. Iphelelwe lixesha.
Ngoku, ukuba umakazi wam oliNgesi eneminyaka engama-90 ubudala uyazi ukuba yinto yakudala, ingaba abavelisi abasixhenxe abadubula kakhulu eBarefoot ePaki bayazi ukuba akazi? Bazi ntoni, kwaye bayazi nini? Wazi ntoni uScott Elliott? Kwaye yintoni eyaziwayo ngumbonisi wempahla yesinxibo u-Isaac Mizrahi?
Mnu Mizrahi, kuyenzeka, uyazi kakhulu kwaye andisayi kuva lizwi ngokuchasene naye, ngaphandle kokuba livela kum. Ndiye ndacinga kakhulu ngale nkwenkwe okoko ndayiva icula ikomityi yekofu, isandwich Nawe ngelixa usenza ifrock kumatshini wokuthunga ngexesha lomboniso wendoda enye. Umnumzana Mizrahi wayila isinxibo sokuvuselelwa kukaMnumzana Elliott wabafazi ngo-2001, kwaye umnxeba wamakhethini wabadlali bonke benxibe impahla yangaphantsi yowe-1930 yayiyeyona ndawo iphakamileyo. Ukuba uMnu. Mizrahi unesiphene kuyilo lwesinxibo semidlalo yeqonga, nangona kunjalo, kukuba akakwazi ukwenza nantoni na ekude ekude.
Umzekelo, umama weqhawekazi oselula oyikwayo (odlalwa nguJill Clayburgh) eBarefoot ePakini uchazwe kwiskripthi njengomntu ongakhange azikhathaze ngokuzijonga kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Unokusebenzisa ikhabethe elisigxina kunye nelitsha.
Isigxina? UNeil Simon uthetha imvume, siyacinga. Imvume? Kodwa umfazi ofuna ikhabethe elitsha akufuneki angene ekhangeleke ngakumbi kunentombi yakhe. UNks Clayburgh obukhazikhazi kunye no-chic wenzelwe ukujonga njengesiqhu. Ungathatha i-1960's nostalgia kude kakhulu-kakhulu kakhulu. Umnumzana Mizrahi uzakube eyila isinxibo semveliso entsha kaMnu Elliott weThe Threepenny Opera ngo-Epreli. Imemo kubo bobabini: UBrecht akazange enze i-chic.
Kodwa ukubonakala kweBarefoot kwimveliso yePaki, kunye nokuyila kwayo kwe-retro-60 kunye nomgangatho wesihlanu ohamba-hamba nguDerek McLane, ayinatyala kulonto iye yonakala. Kwaye ongenamava akhokelela. Nokuba isandi sayo-uPetula Clark ucula iDowntown, enika umbono wokuba isenzo sonke siyenzeka kwilali yasendle kunye ne-wacky Village. (Ngokwenyani iyenzeka kwi-nondescript East 40's off Third, kodwa akunamsebenzi.) Isikripthi esine-creaky uqobo asibambeki. Indawo ezihlala kumabonakude okoko uMnu Simon wabhala i-Barefoot ePaki ngo-1963 zenze ukuba zingathandeki.
Ngexesha elidlulileyo, bendikwingxoxo yephaneli malunga nexesha le-Broadway kunye noMnu Elliott, umseki weQela elitsha. Ucacisile ukuba lixesha lokuvuselela i-Barefoot ePakini kwaye uyijonge kwakhona. Wazisa imeko enomdla yokuba inezinto ezinokuthetha kuthi namhlanje malunga nothando kunye nenyani yomtshato. Kodwa andinako ukunceda kodwa ndoyike ukuba umlawuli, ogama lakhe liyinyani kwezentlalo (imidlalo yaseBritane kaMike Leigh; imvuselelo entle yeHurlyburly), wayethetha ngomdlalo omncinci kaNeil Simon ngokungathi yi-Ibsen engakhathalelwanga.
Ngaphantsi komngundo oqhelekileyo kaMnumzana Simon kukho iqhenqa eliqhelekileyo lika Mnu. Okanye njengoko inenekazi lathi, Akukho phaya. UCorie Bratter (uAmanda Peet) ngumfazi osandul 'ukutshata. Uluhlobo lwe-madcap, umoya ozenzekelayo othanda ukuhamba ngeembadada epakini phakathi kobusika. Njengoko ndibhala le nto, kubanda kakhulu ngaphandle kangangokuba wonke umntu usekhaya ebhedini. Ayizukukhathaza uCorie! Ebengaphandle ehamba ngeembadada epakini! Kwaye uyazi kutheni? Ngenxa yokuba uyathandeka.
ICorie Bratter ayindim. Kodwa nguIrene Bullock. Ngethuba nje uCarole Lombard edlala u-Irene Bullock kwi-1936 My Man Godfrey, akathinteleki kum. Ndonwabile ukubona ifilimu ye-screwball engapheliyo emva kokubona iBarefoot ePakini. Isikhumbuza ngamathuba. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uPaul (uPatrick Wilson) ngumyeni omncinci kaCorie. Ukho igqwetha eliqhelekileyo, ihempe egxunyekwe kwisuti yeshishini eneminyaka ephakathi kweminyaka engama-25 ngaphambi kwexesha lakhe. Wakhe wabona ntoni uCorie kuye? Kwaye ngokuchaseneyo. Ewe, mhle, mhle. Kwaye uMnu.Simon ubhale i-sitcom enobuchwephesha kwizenzo ezibini malunga nezoyikiso zomtshato wakuba nje umtshato sele uphelile, kunye ne-zany subplot.
Kukwakho nomama omdala ka-Corie oneenjongo ezintle (Nks. Clayburgh) -uhlobo oluqhelekileyo oluhlekisayo lomamazala ophazamisayo owenzelwe ukuthandwa. Ngaba ungumYuda? (Njengoko omnye woogxa bam wachazayo, Ewe nohayi.) Kukho ilothario ekwaluphaleyo, uVictor Velasco (odlalwa nguTony Roberts kwi-beret), oya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo alandele uMama ongumhlolokazi ngokuvumayo (oya kuthi enze ngathi wothukile). UVictor lolunye uhlobo lwegcisa elaphukileyo okanye umpheki ongasebenziyo. Ungoyena mntu wasendle uphambeneyo opheka izinto ezingaqhelekanga ezifana ne-kimchi kwaye utya ukutya okungaqhelekanga kwamazwe angaphandle eQueens (yomibini imithombo ye-hilarity kakhulu).
Bonke abamelwane besakhiwo bayaphambana njengoVictor. Ngaba uyazi ukuba sinazo ezona zinto zibalaseleyo kweli lizwe apha, kule ndlu? Utsho uPaul.
Ngokwenene, utsho uCorie. Njengabani?
Kulungile… Mnu noNksk. Bosco.
Ngobani?
Umnumzana noNkskz. Bosco sisibini esithandekayo esithandekayo esivele sibe sesinye isini kwaye akukho namnye owaziyo ukuba ngubani lowo.
Kuphela eNew York, bantu. Kodwa uPawulos ubiza abanye abantu abanamagama — uhlobo lwangaphandle. Kwi-Apartment 3C kuhlala uMnu noNksk. Gonzales.
Ke? Utsho uCorie.
Andigqibanga. Mnu noNksk. Gonzales, Mnu noNksk. Armanariz, kunye no Mnu Calhoun… ngubani ekufuneka engusompempe.
Yintoni isiqhulo? Kodwa uMnu.Simon ubhalile. Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba ngubani ohlala kwi-4D, utshilo uPaul. Akukho mntu ungene okanye waphuma kwiminyaka emithathu ngaphandle kwentsasa nganye kukho iinkonkxa ezilithoba ezingenanto zeentlanzi zetyhuna ngaphandle komnyango….
Akukho mntu uhlekisayo, utshilo uCorie, ukutya okuhlekisayo. Ucinga ukuba ngubani ohlala apho?
Ewe kuvakala ngathi yikati enkulu enesixhobo sokuvula.
Intle kakhulu, akunjalo? Nangona kunjalo abalandeli bakaNeil Simon banyanzelisa ukuba uyinkosi yamahlaya engazange yehle kwinqanaba le-gags kunye ne-liners enye. Kwaye ukuya kuthi: Xelela ikati enkulu enesivuli.
I-Barefoot ePakini yayiyeyokuqala ukubethwa kuka Mnumzana Simon, kunye ne chemistry ye theatre ingénue egama linguRobert Redford-igolide yam yegolide, njengoko uBarbra Streisand wamchazayo-kwaye usoloko enomtsalane u-Elizabeth Ashley kuthiwa wayenza ukuba ibe nomtsalane. Kodwa uPatrick Wilson-oye waphumelela kwimimculo-ngokunyanisekileyo akanalo i-magnetism ethile yesondo, kwaye, yeha, u-Amanda Peet uzama kakhulu. UTony Roberts noJill Clayburgh zii-troupers, ukutsho nje okuncinci. UAdam Sietz udlala umLungisi wefowuni ongenagama osisilumko ngomtshato. Uthi imitshato iqhubeka ngoku qho, njengeefowuni. Kodwa banendlela yokulungisa.
Yayiziintsuku ezo!
