U-Audra McDonald kunye noMichael Shannon kwi UFrankie noJohnny ekukhanyeni kwenyanga .UDane weMeer Ngeli xesha likaReagan-babini abaphatha izinto, indoda nomfazi benze nje ingxolo, uthando olunamandla esofeni yakhe yokutsala. Kuye, yayiyi-hook-up engaqhelekanga, akukho nto inkulu. Bangabasebenza nabo: Ungumpheki omfutshane kwaye ungoweta kwi-diner yamaGrike, eyenza ukuba kube nzima. Kodwa wenza nokuba buthathaka; uqhubeka emncoma, efuna ukujonga emzimbeni wakhe kwaye amnuke kwaye umpu ngesipaji sakhe. Akabonakali ekulungele ukuhamba. Ngaba ulirhamncwa? Akukho loyiko: Kwiminyaka ye #MeToo, Terrence McNally's 1987 UFrankie noJohnny ekukhanyeni kwenyanga Ngokwenyani ibonakala iguqukile. Ukwabelana ngesondo sele kwenzekile phakathi kukaFrankie (Audra McDonald) noJohnny (Michael Shannon); kukwiphulo lokusondelelana apho izinto ziba nzima.
UMcNally ujikeleza kwezopolitiko zesini sabaphulukene nothando kunye nothando kunye nobuntununtunu. Emva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibini, umdlalo ungabonisa imibimbi ngokweenkcukacha zomhlaba (yintoni iVCR?) Kodwa imeko yayo yeemvakalelo intsha kwaye inomdla-kwaye ihlala iluhlaza. Oku akubangeli lula abantwana beekholeji; badala, ikhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kwaye bonakele, kwaye ngelixa sibagxotha ukuba bathandane, nathi sinokukhathazeka-njengoFrankie-ukuba uJohnny angaba yingozi.
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UFrankie, uyabona, wayekhe wanobudlelwane obuhlukumezayo. Ke, iyavakala into yokuba angatsalwa enoloyiko malunga noJohnny, ngakumbi xa ethathela ingqalelo i-mien-mad-dog mien ka-Shannon kunye namehlo akhe atshisa kwindawo entle. UFrankie ugcina umgama wakhe ebomini; umbono wakhe wobusuku obuhle ujonge ubomi obuhlekisayo babantu kwiifestile eziphambi kwesakhiwo sakhe njengoko esitya isitya seediliya. UJohnny sisithethi esinganyangekiyo kunye nomphembeleli, umntu owayekade egcina uShakespeare kwilokhari yakhe emsebenzini kwaye ecaphula iSwan yaseAvon intle. Bobabini baneminyaka ephakathi kwaye abonwabanga ngayo (enye yeendlela ezihlekisayo zikaMcNally yindlela umntu ngamnye abonisa ngayo ngokukrokra ubudala bakhe ngokwanda kwenani). Ngokuqinisekileyo, bafuna ngaphezulu: UFrankie ucinga ukuba angenza utitshala olungileyo. Umnqweno kaJohnny wokufumana uthando lobomi bakhe-kwaye loo nto iba nguFrankie.
UFrankie noJohnny Ngumdlalo wothando ohlekisayo ochitha iindibano zohlobo oluthile, umzobo onyanisekileyo wabantu abonzakeleyo abanemvakalelo-UPaddy Chayefsky wayenethemba. McNally udlala ngokudlala ngendlela yothando lwenene ngawo wonke umqobo anokuwufumana. Okokuqala, abo banokuba ngabathandi bethu abancinci kwaye bahle. Abanye banokuphikisana nabavelisi ukuqesha abantu ababini abaphikisanayo, kodwa loo nto yinto yokunambitheka, kwaye akukho mlingisi odlala ngokubonakalayo.
UMcDonald ukhupha ukungakhuseleki kunye nokungahambi kakuhle komzimba kuyo yonke ipore, kwaye nangona uShannon echitha iipesenti ezingama-70 ezilungileyo kumdlalo wamanqindi, intuthuzelo yakhe inomgangatho olahlekileyo, owonqenayo. Umculo weklasikhi kwiwotshi ye-alamu kanomathotholo ecaleni kwebhedi kaFrankie ibonelela nge-aura ebolekiweyo yokumangaliswa nolonwabo, kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba konakalise imeko. UJohnny ugxeka ukungabinamandla ekubanjweni kweCalker yeValkyries. Kukho ukukhanya kwenyanga, isibini esikuthandayo ukuphuma komlilo, kodwa kukhokelela uFrankie ukuba ambombozele: Ndihlala ndikrokrela kakhulu ukuba yintoni ukukhanya kwenyanga okwenzela abantu. Kwaye kukho ikhemistri. Nangona umdlalo uqala ngabantu ababandakanyeke kwisenzo sendalo esigqwesileyo, uninzi lwedrama yinkqubo ecothayo, nokuba inzima yabantu ababini abathembana-ukwenza inkqubela phambili, ukubuyela umva, ukuzama kwakhona, ukulimazana, ukuvula. Ngalo lonke elixesha (kwaye liyenzeka ngexesha lokwenyani ngaphezulu kweeyure ezimbini, kunye nekhefu), awunakuzibuza: Ngaba uthando luyinyani kwaye luyenzeka ngokuzenzekelayo, okanye bubuxoki obuhlanyayo, abantu abaphukileyo bayavumelana?
Umlawuli u-Arin Arbus ngobuchule uhambisa abadlali bakhe kwinqanaba (ngobukrakra owakhiwe nguRiccardo Hernandez kunye nokukhanya okukhanyiswe nguNatasha Katz) nangaphandle nangaphandle kwempahla yabo engathandabuzekiyo (eyilwe nguEmily Rebholz), ngaphandle kokuzama ukukhazimlisa iHell's crummy Indawo yasekhitshini. Olu luhlobo lwesahlulo apho ulwalathiso kufuneka lungabonakali, ukucoca nje indawo yokuba abadlali baphefumle kwaye bazalise umoya, kwaye uArbus wenza umsebenzi olungileyo. UMcDonald kaFrankie mhlawumbi usengozini kwaye ujittery kunesikripthi esibiza ngamanye amaxesha kodwa ubonakalisa amandla angaphakathi kunye nomlilo xa kufuneka njalo. Kuluyolo ukubona uShannon enwabile kwindima edlala kwicala lakhe lokuqaqamba, lobukhwenkwe. Ngokudibeneyo, benza iqhina elishukumayo ngokunzulu, i-prickly, i-organic tapestry ye-comic fluster, ukukhanya kokuqaqamba okuluhlaza, kunye nokutshisa ubushushu obungaqhelekanga.
Ngaphambi kwale mvuselelo, ndandingaqhelananga nezinto ezoyikekayo, ndiphoswe yimvuselelo ka-Edie Falco-Stanley Tucci ka-2002 kunye nefilimu kaGarry Marshall ka-1991. Njengawo nawuphi na umntu othathe indawo yokufunda-iklasi kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, ndibone amasuntswana enziwa ngabafundi, kodwa kunjalo. Ndonwabile ukuba oku kukuvezwa kwam okokuqala kwisiqwenga sendalo esithandekayo, sivela kumdlali odlalayo ophulula aze aphuze isiva ngasinye kunye nemole kwimizimba yakhe ehamba kakuhle. Ungumgijimi ophethe i-banal kunye ne-sublime, ecwangcisa abantu ababini bexubha amazinyo abo njengo-Debussy ngobuhlanya obunomdla ka-Clair de lune othetha ngerediyo yewotshi. Ngaba ndiyavuma uthando xa ndibona nje? Hayi, inokwenzeka nakubani na.
