UBrett Easton Ellis uya Ingqondo yaseMelika ubusuku bokuvula kwi-Broadway ngo-2016.Ifoto nguRoy Rochlin / Getty Izithombe Akucaci ukuba kutheni uBret Easton Ellis ekhethe ukubiza umzamo wakhe wokuqala wobuxoki mhlophe . Uluhlu olucokisekileyo lwezincoko ezingeneyo-ndawo phakathi kwescreed, isoyikiso kunye nesithuba esenziwe kancinci seMedium- sinika umbhali, i-55, iqonga elinamandla ngakumbi kwinto ayenzayo kwi-Twitter: ukuba yinkwenkwe embi, isitya sokukhokela, ukukhokela umdaniso wakhe kule ndlu yombhali, ngokubala kwakhe mhlophe . Mhlawumbi isihloko sencwadi ibhekisa kumbala wesikhumba sayo, kunye nelungelo lokuya (ukuba ulungile ngokuvuma, kodwa angaze axolise); mhlawumbi iyanyanzeleka ibhekise kwindlela ukufunda le ncwadi kufana nokuba kufakwa incopho yentloko yecoke ekhohliweyo ukuba sele ikuxelele ukuba injani inkululeko ye-fascism ekufuneka sikhathazeke ngayo ngexesha likaTrump. Ukuba intsomi ka-Ellis iye yazala, ngamagama akhe, i-nihilism eqaqambileyo, ke incwadi yakhe engeyonyani isebenza into engathandekiyo: i-stale nostalgia. Libala mhlophe - le ngqokelela ibinokubizwa Buyela Kumhla Wam…. Okanye, mhlawumbi, Ikhutshiwe! : Ukuyixela ngokungathi Kukwixesha le-PC. Usile .
Kwaye yeyiphi i-bummer eqhubekayo yokuhamba kunye nokukhwela. U-Ellis, njengombhali wenoveli, ukwazile ukwenza ubuhlakani kunye nokuzonwabisa. Uyaziwa kakhulu, kunjalo Ingqondo yaseMelika -Ezo zombini inoveli yowe-1991 kunye noqhakamshelwano lwayo lwefilimu lowama-2000 -kodwa loo ncwadi inkulu kakhulu kunegama lakhe. Ibali laso elixhonyiweyo leWall Street serial killer liyakhathala emva kokuba umothuko uphelile (nangona ukhululwe ngamaqhekeza alibalekileyo, njengelinye apho uPatrick Bateman kunye nabahlobo baya kubona u-U2 eMeadowlands). Kodwa umxholo wakhe we1998, IGlamorama , yinto yobuhle basendle, ibali elingaqhelekanga le-pre-9/11 apho abantu abangena ngaphakathi kwifashoni bangeniswa kwiyelenqe labanqolobi. Kwaye umsebenzi ka-Ellis ka-2005 wokuzimela, Ipaki yeLunar , kufanelekile ukumangaliswa ngaphezulu, eneenkwenkwezi kwi-bizarro inguqulelo yombhali njengotata wasezidolophini, esokola ukuba likhoboka kunye nendlu ehlaselwa ngabantu.
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Ukulandela ukukhutshwa kweyona fiction yakhe yamvanje, 2010's Zokulala Imperial , U-Ellis uhambe kancinci okanye kancinci kwihlabathi lokupapasha. Wayehamba esiya kwinto endiyibonayo ngoku njengenkohliso yenoveli, ezibandakanya kweminye imithombo yeendaba: a ipodcast , iakhawunti yeTwitter, ifilimu yaseLindsay Lohan eneepesenti ezingama-22 zereyitha yeRotato ebolileyo. U-Ellis wayengenguye owaziwayo kwingxaki kunye nempikiswano, ewe, kwaye ebengusaziwayo ukusukela phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1980, xa wayepapasha intetho yakhe yokuqala, Ngaphantsi kweZero , eneminyaka engama-21, kodwa ngequbuliso abantu babemcaphukisa ngeendlela ezintsha ezahlukeneyo. Wayengenaso isihluzo, kwaye wayezingca ngaso. Kwi-Twitter wafumana indawo yokusasaza ukungabinantlonelo kunye ne-bile . Ukubuyela umva kuyo yonke loo ntetho yasimahla kubonakala ngathi kubonelele ngemvelaphi mhlophe , eyona nto ingumntu othetha ixesha elide malunga nendlela abantu abasondele ngayo, ngakumbi iimillennials (Generation Wuss, nguEllis ’Coinge).
Ke into esiyifumanayo ngumzobo womzobi njengomfeli-nkolo ophakathi, ethetha inyani kwizidenge. mhlophe ligcwele isigama esiqhelekileyo, sokubetha inja ngempempe— ibangele , iindawo ezikhuselekileyo , ikhowudi , vukile, isidima-sisayina . (Eligama iqhwa Uyabhala, ndikonwabele ukusebenzisa eli gama kuba kubonakala ngathi, ngokumangalisayo, ukutyhala amaqhosha amaninzi.) 
Amaqweqwe kaBret Easton Ellis ’ Ingqondo yaseMelika , Zokulala Imperial , IGlamorama , Imigaqo yoMtsalane , Ipaki yeLunar kwaye Mhlophe. UScott Indrisek
Ithoni apha ihlala isiya kwi-wistful, yootatomkhulu, kwanaxa isifundo esisesandleni siGolide seGolide sokufumanisa iphonografi (xa inkwenkwana kwakufuneka ifumane indlela yayo yakudala iimagazini , endaweni yokuba lonke uhlobo lwesondo lwenziwe kwifowuni yakho kwimizuzwana). mhlophe posits that the sucks-present sucks-everyone is uptight, kalula ukhubekisa kwaye unengqondo encinci-ngelixa elidlulileyo lalilihle nje. Kwakungekho bazali behelikopta! Abaphambi kolutsha babukele imovie eyoyikisayo kwaye babaleka bejikeleza, betsala, bengagadwanga, ngaphandle kokubulawa! Ngeli xesha, umva kumzuzu wethu wangoku omangalisayo, ilungu leGeneration Wuss lalinoxanduva lokuqhuma iinyembezi ngenxa yetwitter (okanye inyani yokuba intlalontle eyonakeleyo yayonyulwe njengomongameli). Andizange ndifune ukuba yi-geezer endala ekhalaza ngeliza elilandelayo lembewu eyayithatha indawo yakhe, uEllis uyalila, nangona abantu abathile ngokuqinisekileyo babecinga ukuba ndingubani kanye kanye. Eyothusayo.
Yintoni le iphambeneyo mhlophe yindlela u-Ellis abuyela ngayo kwi-groove ediniweyo, ephambukisa ezinye izincoko ezinomdla zibuyela kumthombo ofanayo okrakra. Kummeli omnye, iphepha elinamaphepha ali-7, uqala ngokuthetha ngamava akhe njengeNew Yorker ngoSeptemba 11 -ukungakhathali nje kwingxoxo ende yenkqubo kaFrank Sinatra… nendlela u-Ol 'Blue Eyes angasoze aphile ngayo namhlanje inkcubeko: Inkosi yamadoda amadoda amhlophe! Ubudoda obunetyhefu! Musa ukuthenga iirekhodi zakhe, qabane! Incwadi igcina ingqumbo yayo ebukhali kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yinkcubeko yokuxhatshazwa, ukanti iqhawe lika mhlophe lelona xhoba likhulu nelingxolayo kwigumbi-itroli ebukhali ehlaselwe ziingqondi ezingenakuthatha ihlaya; Indoda enentloko egulayo egula ngokuchasene noTrump kunye nokukhala kwayo rhoqo kwabantu abangaxhaswanga, ngaphandle kwento yokuba umbhali ngokwakhe wayengenamdla kwezopolitiko.
Imvakalelo ayisiyonyani kwaye izimvo azilulo ulwaphulo mthetho kwaye i-aesthetics isabalwa, utshilo u-Ellis, kwaye isizathu sokuba ndingumbhali kukubonisa ubuhle , izinto eziyinyani ngaphandle kokuhlala zikho eyinyani okanye engaguqukiyo. Kulungile xa u-Ellis ethetha ngentsomi kunye nobugcisa-kukungonwabi okupheleleyo kunye nokuthatha umngcipheko kweenoveli zakhe ezibenza babe bakhulu-kodwa izinto ziyaqina xa zisetyenziswa ngokubanzi. Eyona nto ididayo, ingxaki ka-Ellis ngenkulungwane yama-21 kunye nenkcubeko yayo ye-intanethi kubonakala ngathi intetho eyahlukanisayo iyathuliswa kwaye ayinanto-ukuba umntu ofana noMilo ohlwempuzekileyo ucinywe ikhontrakthi yencwadi yakhe! iingqondo zabo. Abantu bathanda, bathi, uCharlie Sheen kunye noKhan West.
Yonke le nto ilihlazo, kuba kukho amaxesha okwenyani okufunyanwa kwi mhlophe , egxunyekwe ngaphantsi kokuzonwabisa okuzicombileyo. Kukho intlebendwane e-on-brand-u-Ellis wenza i-coke kunye neBasquiat kwigumbi lokuhlambela le-Odeon-nangasemva kwezikhumbuzi bekhumbula ngobomi bomlobi eNew York ngelixa wayebhala Ingqondo yaseMelika (kwikhondomu eqeshiweyo kwisitrato seshumi elinesithathu, eyayinomatrasi we-futon phantsi kunye nefenitshala yefenitshala ethe saa, kunye nenkqubo yestereo eyayinexabiso eliphantsi). Kukho ubuqili, ukukhanya okubalulekileyo kwiifilimu, ukusuka American Gigolo ukuya Ukukhanya kwenyanga . Kodwa rhoqo, mhlophe Utsiba umva uye kwindawo yakhe ephambili: UBret Easton Ellis, njengoDonald Trump, ungumphazamisi; akoyiki kakhulu, uthembekile kakhulu, ukuba umhlaba wethu onamaqhosha wamkelwe. Ihlabathi lalikhohlakele kuBret, kwaye ke uBret wabhala incwadi yonke ephendula: amaphepha angama-261 endaweni yamagama angama-280. Kuya kuba lihlazo ukuba u-Ellis akaze abhale enye inoveli, kodwa mhlawumbi ukujika komsebenzi okungalindelekanga kukufutshane ngekona. Ndicinga ngomboniso weFox News wokuqala: U-Ellis kunye nomlingani wakhe, u-Louis CK Banokuba nazo ii-libs kwaye bahlekise ngabantwana baseParkland. Banokuyibiza mhlophe .
