I-Prom Queen Slouches Ekhaya
Bonke abantu base Mzantsi baya ekhaya kungekudala okanye kamva, nokuba sebhokisini, utshilo uTruman Capote. KwiHope Floats, ifilimu yethenda yobushushu kunye nokuqonda okukhokelwe ngulo mdlali wehlathi u-Forest Whitaker kwaye ibhalwe ngovakalelo oluqhelekileyo nguSteven Rogers, uSandra Bullock udlala ikumkanikazi owayekade engunobuhle kwidolophu encinci yaseTexas obuyela ekhaya esiya kufuna isiqalo esitsha emva Ubomi bumkhabe emanqineni. Kwimpahla enqamlezayo, engenawo makeup kunye netalente yakhe kuphela ancike kuyo, uyazihlangula kwi-rap embi ayenayo kutshanje kwaye unika umtsalane, akukho-mdla wokwenza ukuthembeka okwexeshana kunye nendalo. Zombini iifilimu kunye neenkwenkwezi zayo zizolile, ziyaqinisekisa.
Ukuhamba kwakhe eSmithville, Tex., UBirdee Calvert wayeyintombazana enokwenzeka ukuba iphumelele. Eyaziwayo kwaye enhle, wayengumntu odumileyo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo owatshata nendoda yamaphupha akhe wafudukela eChicago, eshukumisa uthuli lwaseTexas kwezihlangu zakhe ngomoya wobungangamsha obunekratshi. Ngoku, enomtshato ematyeni kunye nomntwana oza kumkhulisa, uBirdee ufumana eyona ntloni xa umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni (uRosanna Arquette) ebhengeza kwenye yezo zinto zikhohlisayo uJerry Springer -uhlobo lwentetho yeTV ukuba ulele nomyeni kaBillee uBill (Michael Paré ). Ihlazo kuthungelwano lwe-TV kunye nokukhathazeka ngokwasemphefumlweni ngaphandle kokulungiswa, uBirdee upakisha intombi yakhe uBernice (wadlala nge-peachy precocity nguMae Whitman) kwaye wagoduka waya eSmithville ukuya kuhlala nomama wakhe ome njengeyakhe uRamona (Gena Rowlands kwenye yezo zinto zibonakalisa ubuqili, ungoyiki Amandla oomama akhanyisa isikrini).
Kunzima kuBernice, ukuziqhelanisa nesikolo samabanga aphantsi esisedolophini emva kweChicago, kodwa kunzima nangakumbi kuBirdee, ukumkanikazi owayekhe wanekratshi owayebuyela edolophini ngobomi bakhe bube ziingceba. Kwenzeka ntoni kwaba bathandiweyo, abalinganiswa be-offbeat kwiThemba leFlat akukho nto ingako nayo yonke into. Le bhanyabhanya ayisiyonto ingako malunga nobomi njengoko injalo ngesidenge, ukhetho olomeleleyo esilwenzayo ngelixa siphila ngalo. Ngelixa uBirdee ehlangabezana nokudakumba kwakhe kwaye efunda ukuzithemba okokuqala ebomini bakhe, umama wakhe ufumanisa ixabiso lokubonisa iimvakalelo zokwenyani ngaphambi kwexesha. UNks Bullock udlala umfazi kwinqanaba lokulahlekelwa ngumdla wakhe wendalo wobomi, ngelixa uNks. Intombi ayikaze izive ithandwa, umama uhlala ethanda kakhulu kodwa wayibonisa kakubi. Kukwakho notata ochitha ikhaya labongikazi ngenxa yesifo sika-Alzheimer kunye nomntwana ongenakulinganiswa nanto (uHarry Connick Jr.) ofuna ukubuyisa iimvakalelo ezingathandekiyo yena no-Birdee ababenazo xa babeneminyaka eli-16. xa indawo ekuphela kwayo eyenziwayo eSmithville yidrive-drive eshiywe yidrive.
Phambi kokuba isantya sokudakumba kwedolophu yaseHick ubomi buhambele kwimpixano nezinto eziphambili, bonke abalinganiswa abaqaqambileyo bayakhula kwaye batshintshe kwaye bafumanise ukuba kulungile. ukuba babe ngubani kanye kanye. Inqaku, njengoko kufunyaniswa umlinganiswa omnye, kukuba uBomi luhlobo nje lokuhamba, kwaye kuya kufuneka uhambe nalo. Ngokufa kunye neenyembezi kunye nethemba elihlaziyiweyo, la ma-Texans anomdla afunda ukusinda ebomini aze aphume kwaye adlale amakhadi athe aphathwa ngenkalipho. Nangona i-Hope Floats ixhomekeke kakhulu kumtsalane wabantu kwaye ifotwe ngokukhawuleza ngumdwebi we-cinematographer u-Caleb Deschanel, ayisoze yaxhamla, inomdla okanye ingabalulekanga. Ukusuka kubomi bemihla ngemihla babuhlala babangqonge abalinganiswa abaphakathi kunye nokudibana kwabo ngokweemvakalelo, ukusuka kubuthongo bendalo baseSmithville (iqhubu elisendleleni kufutshane neAustin) ukuya kubuntu bendlu obungenalusini kwikhaya likaRamona elingenasiphelo, uyarhwetyelwa kwisimo esingenakulibaleka ukuqhubela phambili, indawo efanelekileyo yokuphefumla nzulu, ubonakalise kwaye ucamngce. Abenzi beefilimu bayile ngobuchule ilizwe laseTexas elingathandekiyo elihonjiswe yikhathalogu yeSears Roebuck, apho ukubola kwentliziyo kunye nokuhlengwa kunokubonakala ngathi kuthintelwe kwimicimbi yezemali, kodwa kumfanekiso omkhulu uneziphumo ezihlala zihleli entliziyweni. Akumangalisi ukuba uBirdee afumanise izinto awayehlala ezifuna uxolo zazilungile kwiyadi yakhe yangasemva.
Umnumzana Whitaker, obonakalise ukuba angazisingatha iingxaki zabasetyhini ngokuLindela ukuphuma kwi-Exhale, uvavanya ubomi bezi Texans kwingxaki yasebusuku kunye nobungqongqo bendoda evavanya isirloin malunga nokuzinikela kwindawo yokutya. Imisebenzi ayisebenzisayo ukuba ikhuphe abantu ababalaseleyo bayinyani kwaye inyanisekile, uyalibala ukuba ngabadlali abaziingcali kwaye uqale ngokubathatha njengabahlobo nabamelwane. UNks Bullock unika okona kusebenza ngokuthe ngqo ngokweemvakalelo kodwa okwintsonkothileyo kwikhondo lomsebenzi wakhe, ngelixa u-Rowlands oxhokonxileyo, kwelinye ithuba lakhe elingaphaya kwamashumi amathandathu anama-60, ulukhuni, unesisa, unzima kwaye unekratshi. Uyilori kaMack efihle okomgubo. Ngokudibeneyo, baphefumla ubomi kwifilimu ebuthathaka ngothando, ilahleko kunye nokwabelana, kwaye babonakalise ubudlelwane bokuzala obubopha kunye ngokungaphephekiyo.
Ithemba leFloats luhlobo lwefilimu malunga neemvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo zabantu abaqhelekileyo ekunqabileyo ukuba zifumane imali ngoku, kodwa ehlotyeni lamacilikishe amakhulu kunye nokuqhekeka kwee-comets, kuyindlela eyamkelekileyo yokuthintela inkunkuma, ubudenge obungenangqondo. Ubungakanani bayo obubonakalayo bunokubonakala bumxinwa, kodwa sukuyigxotha njengomfanekiso womnye umfazi. Nabani na ochaphazelekayo ngekamva, isibindi sokuguqula ubunzima bube loloyiso, okanye amandla okuphilisa othando, ngumfanekiso omkhulu kakhulu ngenene.
Imifanekiso eliwaka kunye neengoma zabo
I-Cabaret ihamba ngokusesikweni njengoko iManhattan Theatre Club ivula isizini yayo yomculo wasehlotyeni kunye noMary Cleere Haran olungelelaniswe ngobuchule wokudityaniswa kweengoma zemidlalo bhanyabhanya ukusukela ngeminyaka ye-1930 phantsi kwesambulela esithi iPennies ezivela ezulwini. Olu luhlobo olwenziwe ngokutsha, ololuliweyo kunye nolwenziwe ngobuchule iklabhu eyaziwayo kakhulu ayityhilileyo kunyaka ophelileyo eAlgonquin Ihotele kwaye inezongezo kwingxelo yantlandlolo. Ungaluvuyela uvuyo kunye ne-panache yayo yonke kwi-CD entsha ka-Ms Haran kwi-Angel Records (kwintengiso kwigumbi lokungenisa kwiZiko lesiXeko njengoko ungena) kodwa kwimpembelelo ephezulu, umboniso uyinto. Ngale ndlela yokungena kwiminyaka yoxinzelelo, xa abantu babalekayo kwimisebenzi yabo yeeyure ezimbini ngexesha kumabhotwe amnyama emiboniso bhanyabhanya baphuma bevuselelekile, imvumi ethandekayo ethandekayo ayishiyi nelinye ilitye.
Ngokusebenzisa amandla okweyisela iingoma ezinje ngeBreezin 'Kunye neBreeze kunye neHaleluya, ndinguBum! Usihambisa kuhambo olukhokelwayo kwiDili entsha kaFranklin Roosevelt, ukufuduka kwesitya, iikhowudi zemfihlo zikaJack Armstrong, ulwaphulo-mthetho olugcwele iimbumbulu, uqhankqalazo lwemanyano, ii-coria zegadi kunye nokujija okukhulu kwebhendi, njengoko siqinisa iinkumbulo ezixabisekileyo, ngeesenti ezingama-25 a itikiti, lemigulukudu, ii-hobos, iinkedama kunye nabembi begolide beparadesi kwi-celluloid. Ngotshintsho olusuka kwigumbi lokuphumla le-cabaret ukuya kwinqanaba lekonsathi, uJohn Lee Beatty uyile iiyile ezintle-eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kudonga lwezitena oluhonjiswe ngeesconsces zeArt Deco kwaye zahlulwe ziintsika ze-mahogany kunye ne-chiffon drapes ngasemva kwepiyano enkulu-apho iphupha Iikhowudi zomqambi wepiyano ongumqambi we-ace uRichard Rodney Bennett ugqibezela imo yaphakathi ezinzulwini zobusuku. Kufana nokuba kwindlu ephezulu yendlu eneembono ezimbi.
UNksk. Haran uyajikeleza, atyibilike kwaye athengise iingoma zakhe ngesinxibo seJean Harlow esingenamqolo, ebambelele kwityhubhu emnyama ye-velvet kangangemizuzu engama-90 yokungonwabi komculo. Ngaphandle kokuchitha nje umzuzwana, imvumi kunye neengoma ziyahlangana kuMatshi weXesha lePanorama, elifakwe kukuqwalaselwa okunqabileyo kwexesha, umculo kunye nobomi bomdlali weqonga. Ngelixa uNks.Haran wayekhula enomdla kwiiprosi nakwiindibano zeepep, yayingudadewabo uBronwyn owayesazi, eneminyaka eli-9, apho uVuma khona, kunye namagama abo bonke abantwana abafileyo. Umdla kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya yakudala ukhutshiwe, kwaye ngoku uNkosazana Haran ubonakalisa umdla wokuthetha-lula kunye nabamkeli babo, njengoSophie Tucker kunye neTexas Guinan, elingana kuphela nentumekelelo yakhe yokubaleka iwhisky yaseCanada, ukuqweqwediswa kwelori kwiWarner Brothers uhola wendlela kunye namandla e-bombastic kaJames Cagney.
Ukusuka kumantombazana asebenza ngokuthunyelwa ezulwini njengo-Alice Faye, uJean Arthur noJoan Blondell ukuya kwi-antics zamehlo zika-Eddie Cantor, ubuyisa ixesha elilityelweyo ebomini ngokungathandekiyo, kwaye abuyise ezinye iingoma ezimnandi kuthethathethwano: Ubusuku obuqumbayo eManhattan , I-rap-tap Broadway Jamboree nguJimmy McHugh kunye noHarold Adamson ukusuka ngomculo ka-1937 u-Alice Faye UnguMthandi, u-satiny ndikwi-Mood yothando, ayicofa ngokunyibilika ngeyona nto intle kodwa kunqabile ukuba yenze ivesi. Ukubhalwa kwamaphupha endinawo Amehlo Akho emva kwesingqi, okanye ukuphindaphinda noMnu. Bennett kwi-Sweet and Low enobuvila, eyaculwa nguJames Cagney noJoan Blondell ngokwasempilweni kwisofa yaseChesterfield kwiFlightlight Parade, i-tovas ebanzi ifakelwe ii-sequins ezingcolileyo kunye ulahlekile umsulwa ongasokuze uphinde ubuye. Ukusuka kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya yaseBusby Berkeley befaka ivayolin zabo kwi-surreal feminist night of Shadow Waltz to the black-and-white RKO musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Ms Haran cover a lot of ummandla kwaye umisela amalungelo squatter.
Njengoko iimvumi ze-cabaret zihamba, akukho namnye unomdla okanye u-savvy kunoMary Cleere Haran. Ngokucacileyo wazalwa kwishumi elingalunganga. Kwiintsuku zakudala, ngewayememile noTommy Dorsey okanye uBenny Goodman kwaye waphela kwiimovie ezinje ngeDoris Day. Kwaye njengoko i-cabaret ekhonsathini ihamba, akusekho mnikelo umnandi kumbono kunale. Ngokungafaniyo neemovie zoxinzelelo, UNks uHaran ubonelela ngesiphelo sakhe esonwabisayo, ngoJuni 7.
