Ihlala ilusizi xa kuvalwa umboniso, kwaye kunganyamezeleki xa ukuvalwa kungalindelekanga ngokumangalisayo. Xa ukuvuselelwa okwaziwayo kukaLarry Kramer wango-1985 Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo yavalwa emva kweeveki ezisithoba kuLuntu ngoJuni 29, umothuko wawubonakala. Kuba apha yayiyimveliso engalibalekiyo eyayiqwalaselwa kuTshintsho lweBroadway kwiiveki ezimbini kuphela ngaphambi kokuvalwa kwayo ngequbuliso. Kweneke ntoni?
Ekugqibeleni, yonke ibonisa kufutshane ngesizathu esinye: Abaphulaphuli abekho nje. Kodwa Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo, uMnu. Kramer, umdlalo we-AIDS owawubhalwe egazini kunye nomsindo, wayenezizathu zokukholelwa ukuba uza kufumana abaphulaphuli xa kungena uphononongo. Umboniso ungenza njani uphononongo olufana nolu lwetanki? Umdlalisi wayo ongafunekiyo undibuze ngokuthetha.
Kuyothusa ukunika ingxelo yokuba abagxeki abaxhasa ngentshiseko Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo-mna phakathi kwabo-babengenampembelelo incinci. Ukutshekishwa kwabo bonke abagxeki bomdlalo (amaphephandaba, iimagazini, i-dot-com kunye noonomathotholo) kutyhila oku: Kuhlolisiso lwama-42, ezisixhenxe zazingalunganga, ezingama-21 zazintle kwaye ezili-14 yayiziirandi.
Phakathi koobhontsi-phezulu zazineendawo ezinempembelelo ezahluka-hlukeneyo njengeThe New York Times (amandla obundlongondlongo, umdlalo weqonga-uBen Brantley) kunye noHlobo (umsebenzi ochaza indawo yemidlalo yeqonga, iblisters ngokuqiniseka kunye nentliziyo-uCharles Isherwood). UJohn Simon waseNew York wemagazini-owaziwayo ngokungonwabi ngokulula-waqukumbela uphononongo lwakhe lokugqibela: Ekugqibeleni uyokuva abanye abantu ababukela imiboniso bhanyabhanya belila ngeenxa zonke kuwe, isandi sidlakazeliswa kuphela kukukhala kwakho kobuKhatholika.
Umnumzana Simon wayechaza ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba wonke umntu obone Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo wayeziva njani. Imveliso, ekhokelwa nguRaul Esparza ogqwesileyo odlala uMnu Kramer's alter ego, iiveki zeNed, wenza unxibelelwano olungaqhelekanga ngokungaqhelekanga kunye nabaphulaphuli, kanye njengoko umdlalo owenzakeleyo, osuka entliziyweni wenza phantse iminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo.
Ke ngoku kunye nakho konke ukuphononongwa okufanelekileyo, Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo ikhuthaze igama elihle lomlomo-elibalulekileyo ekwakheni abaphulaphuli-kwaye ngokutsho komvelisi wayo olawulayo, uCarol Fineman, igama alinakuba ngcono.
Singongeza enye into ephambili: abaphulaphuli bayo. Umboniso onesiseko senkxaso esele senziwe umi ngaphezulu kwithuba lokulwa. IGolda's Balcony, umdlalo malunga neGolda Meir, umzekelo ocacileyo, unabaphulaphuli abangamaJuda abakhelweyo. Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo ngumdlalo malunga nabantu abathandana nabasetyhini kwiMelika engathandekiyo. Iyophula intliziyo yam ukuyithetha, kodwa bebephi? Umnumzana Kramer, itshantliziyo elingathandabuziyo, libuze ukuba sithethe nini. Yayiphi eyethu? Abanye baya, kodwa khange basixhase, hayi.
Uyithatha ngempikiswano ngakumbi. Abaxhasi nto. Kutheni le nto bambalwa kuthi abathethayo ngesifo sikagawulayo ngeminyaka yoo-1980? Kude kube namhla, andiyiqondi. Singabantu ngokubanzi ekuchaseni. Ndicinga ukuba asibonakali ngakumbi kunakuqala.
Ngokwenene? Ngaba umtshato wamafanasini usondele? Akunyanzelekanga ukuba wenze nantoni na ukuxhasa amalungelo esini. waphendula. Unokutyikitya uxwebhu lwezikhalazo. Kutheni izitabane zingayanga kwintliziyo eqhelekileyo? Ndiza kukuxelela: Baza kubona uHugh Jackman endaweni yoko.
Mhlawumbi-kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba isizukulwane esitsha esitshatileyo sanamhlanje sifuna ukukhululeka kubunzima bembali ebuhlungu ngendlela yokuba isizukulwana sasemva kokuBulawa kwabantu ngenzondo emva kokubulawa kwabantu ngenkani singasafuni kuchazwa ngokudlula kwaso okunganyamezelekiyo.
Zaziphi iindawo ezixineneyo kwintliziyo yesiqhelo? (Baza kubona uHugh Jackman!) Kodwa imvuselelo yayinesizathu esihle sokulindela inkxaso ye-crossover. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, umdlalo awunasini (kwaye umdlalo omkhulu ngumdlalo omkhulu). Xa Intliziyo Eqhelekileyo yavula kwiJoseph Papp kawonkewonke ngo-1985, yaqhuba iinyanga ezili-10 yaza yatsala abaphulaphuli kwinto eyaba yeyona mveliso inde yasebenza kwimbali yoLuntu.
UPapp wayewuthanda umdlalo kakhulu kangangokuba wawugcina uqhubeka naphezu kokuya kwabantu. Qho xa kusiza ukuqhekeka, wayengakwazi tu ukuyivalela.
Ngoku jonga le nyani inzima, engenakuxolelwa: Imveliso yangoku edlalwa kwi-Public's Anspacher, indawo esondeleyo enezihlalo ezingama-275 kuphela. Kodwa akukho ntsebenzo ithengisiweyo. Ngapha koko, ukuthengiswa kwebhokisi eofisini-kubandakanya amatikiti ancitshisiweyo-zange abengaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-58, kwaye kwiiveki ezimbini zokugqibela babephantsi kabuhlungu.
Kwimeko yezoqoqosho yanamhlanje, bekungekho nto incinci okanye akukho khetho ngaphandle kokuvala umboniso. Le yimeko enqabileyo kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga xa kungekho mntu ubeka ityala kubavelisi, nangona kunjalo. Omnye wabo, uHal Luftig, waphulukana ne- $ 100,000. Umboniso waveliswa yinkampani ye-Worth Street Theatre, engenzi nzuzo kunye nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali malunga ne- $ 300,000-ephantsi kakhulu nakwi-Off Broadway, apho iindleko zemveliso zinokuqhuba ubuncinci kabini.
Kutheni le nto i-non-nzuzo ye-Worth Street Theatre Inkampani ifuna uncedo lwangaphandle kwezemali kubatyali mali? Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluqhelekileyo lweemveliso zalo eziphantsi ziphantsi. Kodwa Intliziyo eQhelekileyo ineenguqu ezili-16 zotshintsho kunye nabadlali abathandathu, beyenza umboniso omkhulu we-Off Broadway. Ngaphandle koncedo lwangaphandle okanye ububele babucala, ngekhe ibekwe kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Njengoko yayinjalo, uLuntu lunike imveliso imveliso ikhefu ngesisa kwiindleko zayo eziqhelekileyo zokurenta.
Umnumzana Luftig, esilwa ukugcina imveliso iqhubeka, uzakuphakamisa enye i-200,000 yeedola kubaxhasi bomdlalo ofana noScott Rudin noDaryl Roth (bobabini abavelisi bequixotic bakaCaroline, okanye Guqula kwiBroadway). Imali yayisetyenziselwa ukuqhambuka kwe-imeyile, intengiso, umsebenzi wobugcisa omtsha, i-imeyile ngqo kunye nentengiso entsha kunye nendoda yokwazisa. Kodwa iziphumo zazo zonke ezithatha ixesha.
Emva koko, ngesibindi, uJoanna Gleason, owayedlala indima ephambili kugqirha, wawushiya umboniso. Umdlandla omkhulu ulahlekile xa imveliso yathatha i-hiatus yeeveki ezimbini ekuqaleni kukaJuni ukuzilolonga ngomdlali weqonga uLisa Kron. Kodwa bekucingelwa ukuba umboniso usemi ethubeni njengoko uMnu. Kramer wawupapasha ngembonakalo engenakubalwa ngeVeki yokuZikhukhumala kweGay. Uyavuma ukungachananga kwakhe. Izitabane beziphume zinetheko elimnandi! uyalatha. Umdlalo obalulekileyo kwezopolitiko yayiyeyona nto yokugqibela kwi-ajenda yabo.
Kwakungekho ukuthengiswa kwangaphambili kwetikiti ukuthenga ixesha elingaphezulu. Ukuqhuma kwe-PR kwakungekathathi; I-70,000 yeedola ilahlekile kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo. Intliziyo eQhelekileyo ivaliwe ngolwe-Lwesibini emva kweVeki yokuZikhukhumeza.
Andizimiselanga kubhala umdlalo kwakhona, utshilo uMnu Kramer. Yintoni inqaku? Ngubani oza kuza ayibone? Ngaphandle kokuba ubhale iAvenue Q.
Kunzima ukungagqibi ekubeni umdlalo weqonga onzulu kwindawo yemidlalo yaseMelika usengozini ebonakalayo; amathuba omsebenzi olungileyo wokufumana abaphulaphuli abazinikeleyo esiba nzima ngokuba nzima. Khumbula, nangona amaBhaso akhe amaHlanu kaTony kunye nohlaziyo oluqaqambileyo, Ababulali bakaStephen Sondheim bavala kwangoko, kananjalo-nangona uMnu. Sondheim enabaphulaphuli baseSondheime.
Kodwa emva koko, uMnu. Sondheim akazange abe nokuqhuba ngempumelelo kwezorhwebo kwiBroadway. Kwaye kuzo zonke izigqibo ezixhalabisayo esinokuzifumana kumava kaMnu. Kramer's Intliziyo eQhelekileyo, esinye sezizathu zokuba ingazange ibe nexesha elide kuyakhathaza ukubalisa.
Nawuphi na umvuselelo weklasikhi yaseMelika yanamhlanje ixhomekeke kwabo bayibonayo okokuqala ngqa ukubuyela ukuyokuyibona kwakhona. Sibuya ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi ezingekho mthethweni: ukuphinda siwathathe amava, siphinde sisebenzise ixesha kunye nendawo kuhlobo lokugoduka. Kodwa isizukulwana esitsha nesoyikayo esaqala ukuya kwi-Normal Heart 20 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo asinakukwenza oko. Baninzi kakhulu abahlobo bethu abangabafana abaswelekileyo, kwaye abo sibathandayo abanakubuyela ekhaya kwakhona.
Makube njalo. Xa konke kusenziwa kwaye kwenziwe, ndiyakhuthazeka ukuba ibali leNtliziyo eliQhelekileyo laxelwa kuLuntu kwakhona, ukuba abantu abalungileyo balixhasa kwaye wonke umntu olibonileyo wayevuya. Isenokungabi lukhulu kweli hlabathi le-cockamamie, kodwa yinto ethile.
Yinto yonke.
