Ukungeniswa kwesiNgesi kunye neIreland kufuneka kubhide umntu, ngaphandle kwam. Ngoku yifashoni yokufakwa kwePlaybill ukubonelela uluhlu lwamagama eslang ukuze sonke siqonde ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni. Kufuneka sifunde, ngamanye amagama, indlela yokuthetha ulwimi oluqhelekileyo olusahlulayo.
Kuyacetyiswa ke ukuba uvuke kwangoko ukuze uzinikele kwimemori amagama anje nge-snog (kiss), i-butties (i-butter sandwich) kunye ne-barmy (crazy). Ngaloo ndlela: Ngaba uyayithanda i-snog kunye ne-butty, wena barmy bugger? Ukuphela kwempendulo ehloniphekileyo iya kuba yile: Gcwalisa, wena pillock wobudenge. (Ukujija, sidengendini esisidenge.)
Inokuba nzima kancinci ngamanye amaxesha. Inkuku, umzekelo, inokuba sisihlandlo sothando. Yiyo loo nto, Molo, inkuku endala! Me puther wandinika i-bollicking elungileyo kuba ndathi kwi-poindexter kufuneka avale i-gob yakhe. (Molo apho! Umntakwethu undibethe kamnandi ngokuxelela i-nerd ukuba ivale umlomo wayo.) Ukukhawulezisa, uya kukuvuyela ukufunda, kunokuthetha isini, ijwabu okanye ipipi. Kodwa masingangeni ekuhlekiseni ngoku.
I-East Is East, i-saga ethandekayo ka-Ayub Khan-Din yeemfazwe zenkcubeko phakathi kosapho lwama-Anglo-Pakistani, ine-glossary yayo yesiNgesi slang. Umdlalo lo ubekwe ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1970 eSalford (indawo yokuzalwa esemantla eNgilane, uAlbert Finney noAlistair Cooke, kwaye ndaziva ndikwazi ukuthetha ulwimi, njengokuba ndikhula kwimizuzu emibini ukusuka eSalford. Kodwa ke, uBlenchoud badahmarsh ( Umntu ombi kakhulu) wayemtsha kum.Nangokunjalo, belkuf (uphambene), pallaise (bed), kunye swarfega (isibulala-zintsholongwane) .IsiNgesi siyaphila kwaye siyatshintsha! Kodwa git-not get-is slang for idiot; and I Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba u-jammy uthetha ukuba nethamsanqa, hayi ukungcola.Iglosari kufuneka ukuba yayiqulunqwe ngaphambi kokuba i-shag ibe yinxalenye yolwimi lwaseMelika.
Oko kwathethi, ezi glosari ziyinto engaqhelekanga kwaye, ndicinga ukuba, ayimfuneko. Ulwimi, ngakumbi kwimidlalo yeqonga, lwenza unxibelelwano lweemvakalelo. Siyakwazi ukuqonda ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni ngokwaneleyo. Ukuba akunjalo, siya kufuna inguqulelo ngaxeshanye kuninzi lweShakespeare. Ukukhetha ngumbuzo owahlukileyo. Ngamanye amaxesha ndinengxaki ngesi-Irish. Izikhamiso ezithe tyaba zesiNgesi saseMantla-asizukubhidaniswa nesingoma sempumlo seLiverpudlian-uphawu lokuthetha okucacileyo okufikelelekayo kubantu baseMelika. I-East Is East cast ithetha uSalford njengabemi.
Kodwa, ukuthetha ngokucacileyo, umdlalo kaMnu Khan-Din uyingxaki, hayi ulwimi, ubuncinci kubo bonke abadlali ababalaseleyo. Lo ngumdlalo wokuqala-kwaye loo nto i-backhanded, ithembisa-kodwa i-East Is East ngumdlalo wasekhaya ongenakho ukwenza isigqibo sokuba ingaba yintlekele okanye i-farce.
Mhlawumbi yile ndlela kuzo zonke iintsapho ezahluleleneyo. Kodwa uMnu Khan-Din, umdlali weqonga kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo, uyivumela ukuba ibonise kancinci kakhulu. Imveliso kaScott Elliott weQela elitsha (ngokubambisana neManhattan Theatre Club) iza eNew York ngeRoyal Court Theatre eLondon. Singalindela ke ukuba ibetheleleke kwinyani yokwenyani, kwaye kunjalo. Ivumba lokupheka elivela kwivenkile yasevenkileni yasePakistan-i-chippie-amakhonkco abuyela umva kwixesha laseRoyal Court ukuya kwimidlalo ye-1960 ka-Arnold Wesker kwisizukulwana esidlulileyo. Imenyu kuphela etshintshileyo: inkukhu tandoori kunye neetshiphusi, ngokuchasene neetshiphusi nayo yonke into.
Umdlalo weqonga waseMpuma Is East, unyana womntu ovela kwelinye ilizwe wasePakistan kunye nomama oliNgesi, akenzi mfihlo ngempembelelo yomdlalo ngokuphila kwakhe. UGeorge Khan (u-Edward A. Hajj kwinqanaba lakhe lokuqala) ngusolusapho owazalelwa ePakistan kumdlalo wokudlala-umntu ohluphayo kunye nobetha umfazi osabambelele kumasiko amaSilamsi angqongqo, kubandakanya nemitshato ehleliweyo. Umfazi wakhe owayesekhulile osebenza nzima uElla (intsebenzo entle evela kuJenny Sterlin) ugcina uxolo olungenabuzaza phakathi kukazwilakhe, utata otyhafileyo kunye nabantwana bakhe abasixhenxe abazalwa ngesiNgesi.
Umdlalo obalulekileyo, emva koko-okanye uza kuthembisa-malunga nemicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu: ukukhula kwePakistan-isiNgesi kwilizwe elinobuhlanga; ukumiliselwa ngokuchasene nokwahlulahlula; ubungozi benkcubeko yaseNtshona-okanye inkcubeko-ngokuchaseneyo nokutsalwa kunye nokukhunjulwa kwemveli yamaSilamsi.
Kodwa into esiyifumanayo yinto engaphantsi: isiqwenga sobomi, ukukhukuliseka okungagungqiyo kwesepha yabasebenzi abakumgangatho weTV. Ufuna iti yekomityi. Kuphekiwe nje, utshilo uElla kudadewabo uAnnie, ongummelwane. Qhubeka ke. Ngokukhawuleza nje… Umnumzana uKhan-Din uyekelela kwimilodrama, naye, okanye ulebhelisha imixholo yakhe ngoomatshini. Ungoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwimiboniso ye-angst yolutsha kunye nemvukelo apho iMpuma Mpuma ibaleka ngesithembiso somdlalo wokudlala oqolileyo, kwaye idrama iba kukuhlola okusuka entliziyweni. Yintoni? Ootata abangoozwilakhe, kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo, kwilizwe.
Kodwa ukuhlwa kuphela kwinqaku elilula le-farce ephantsi, kunye novakalelo nje. Kum, bendinokuba nomdla ngakumbi kumdlalo wesibini ka-Ayub Khan-Din. Kuninzi kakhulu okulindelweyo kwizorhwebo zaseBritane. Kwimeko yeRoyal Court Theatre-apho iMpuma iseMpuma ivela khona-Mnu. Iqonga leqonga likaKhan-Din beliya kuba linye kuphela kwimidlalo emitsha engama-20 kwiNkundla yaseRoyal ngaloo nyaka (ngokusondela kubadlali beqonga abatsha abangama-40 phantsi kwekhomishini). Ugxininiso-kunye nolindelo-lwahlukile eLondon, kwaye ayizizo zonke izinto ezingeniswa e-Bhritane eNew York ezilinganayo.
Ukuvuselelwa kuka-Albert Innaurato ka-1977 qhula umdlalo wobomi be-slob, iGemini, lukhetho lwesibini olukhethekileyo lweSibini yeQonga leSibini kwiSitalato i-43. (Eyokuqala yayiyimveliso yokuqaliswa kwayo, ukuvuselelwa kwelo xesha lobuNtshatsheli.) Benza ntoni?
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kwiminyaka yayo yama-70, eyokwenyani, abalinganiswa bekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nenkunkuma emhlophe eboniswe kumboniso omdaka ngokuqaqambileyo eGemini bahlekisa abakumgangatho ophakathi njengomboniso wabakhenkethi. Kodwa ixesha, noJerry Springer, bayifumene.
Kutheni uvuselela iGemini? Uburharha bayo obufunxekileyo abafundileyo abunantsimbi; iziqhulo zayo malunga neekik, ukubambezeleka, ukuwa kunye nokuncinci okuncinci kusezantsi kwesiphelo. Abafazi bahamba kakubi nangakumbi. Isampuli: Thatha kum. Fudumeza ibhotile endala yeCoke 'cos amadoda awananto. Ukuthotywa kwe-WASPs ezifundiswe eHarvard kutsala kuphela. Ukuphuma kwegorha eliselula alothusi. Ukuthathela ingqalelo usapho olungalunganga lomfana, ukuba sisitabane yeyona nto incinci kwiingxaki zakhe.
Sijonge bonke abalinganiswa abakhwazayo, abangcolileyo ngomlomo eqongeni kwaye sicinge: Owu, ziphathe kakuhle. I-Gemini, ekhokelwa kakhulu nguMark Brokaw, odla ngokwazi ngcono, wayengasoloko esenza kakuhle. Ngoku ivaliwe.
