NgoMvulo, nge-2 kaMeyi, umdlali weqonga uMartin Mfutshane wayelundwendwe oluphambili kwiLate Show kunye noDavid Letterman. Wenza uhammy ulinganiso lukaLucille Ball kunye noBette Davis kwaye wenza inombolo emfutshane yomculo malunga nendlela intwasahlobo emenze wafuna ukukrexeza (uDemi Moore, masibandakanye / ndingadlala isiqingatha seminyaka yam…). Yayenye yezo meko zeemeta: UMnu Mfutshane wayenyusa imovie yakhe entsha, uJiminy Glick eLa La Wood, ukuba ikhutshwe nge-6 kaMeyi, apho wayedlala khona umntu owayedla ngendlebe nomdliwanondlebe owayengaziwa kakuhle kumabonakude wangcwatywa ngokungaziwayo kwisuti enamafutha. (Ewe, yena ngo-2001-3 wodumo lweComedy Central uthotho lwePrimetime Glick.) Kodwa ngoku, egqibile ngalo mlinganiswa, wayeka ukuba ngomnye nje wodumo ekwenziwe udliwanondlebe naye kumabonwakude.
Kwiintsuku ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ngaphambili, uMnu Short waye-odola isonka samasi kwiPacific Palisades-LA's White Cliffs yaseDover, apho ahlala khona iminyaka engama-20 kunye nenkosikazi yakhe engumlingisi, bekhulisa abantwana abathathu. Njani ahhh wena? Utshilo kwiweyitala elimhlophe nge-aksenti yesiNgesi. Wayenamehlo amahle aluhlaza elwandle ngokungalindelekanga kwaye wayenuka emva.
Ndiyinto entle, utshisi wayethe, ebeka phantsi i-cappuccino ngokuchofoza.
UWalter Matthau wayehlala ePalisades, utshilo uMnu. Mfutshane, 55, ogcina ugcino lwengqondo olungenasiphelo sabantu abadala, kwaye uhlala ehamba nenja ejikeleza apha kwaye athi-ilizwi lakhe lijikile laphantsana- Kutheni umntu esiya EMazantsi eFrance? Kutheni ungaze uyishiye le ndawo?
Kwindlela yakhe yokulinganisa abanye abantu, oyinyani kwaye uyintsomi, Mnu. Mfutshane mhlawumbi uyaphikisana noRobin Williams (awamlingisa ngehlazo kuLetterman). Kodwa ngokungafaniyo noMnumzana Williams, akenzanga tshintsho lwendima ekhokelayo, kwaye eneneni azikho iindima eziphambili, ubuncinci hayi njengoMartin Mfutshane (kude, ngokungathi kungenxa yenkungu etyhafileyo, umntu unokukhumbula iintloni. Umdlalo weqonga wesini ka-1980 oMnqamlezo wentliziyo yam, kunye no-Annette O'Toole). Uthe iprojekthi yakhe enkulu elandelayo ngumculo wendoda enye eya kuvulwa eNew York ngoDisemba, ebizwa ngokuba Ndisindisile ngekhe ndibelapha. Kodwa mva nje ifilimu yakhe yemiboniso bhanya-bhanya ibonakala ixakeke ikakhulu kwii-freaks kunye neegeek kunye 'neetoni: uBarbie njengeNkosazana kunye neMpofu, i-101 Dalmations II, uJimmy Neutron: Inkwenkwe enguGenius, iMad Hatter kwimveliso ka-Alice eWonderland. UMnu Mfutshane uzibiza ukuba ulungile naloo nto. Ingakumbi 'Umlingisi waseMelika' ukujonga iimovie njengezona zigqibeleleyo, watsho, evakala ukuba ucatshukisiwe (wazalelwa eHamilton, eOntario, kwaye usenendlu emantla eToronto). Uyazi, ndenze oku ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30. Andithathi ishishini lokubonisa buqu. Ndizenzela le nto kuphela. Andikwenzi oku ukuhlawula irenti kwakhona-ixesha elide. Oku akundichazi, uyazi? Andichazwanga ngempumelelo okanye ukusilela okanye ukunconywa ngabantu ongabaziyo. Kwaye ukuba umntu uza aze andilindele ukuba ndiphambane kwaye ndiphambane ndize nditsibe emoyeni, ngokuqinisekileyo andiziva ukuba kufuneka ndiphendule ukuze ndiphumelele. Ngenxa yokuba andinandaba nokuvunywa kwabo. Ukudanyaza kwamazinyo.
Ngo-1999, uMnu Short wazama umboniso wentetho yakhe yasemini. Ndingaba ndiwuqale ngokulula lo mboniso ngokuba nekomityi yekofu kunye nomsingathi obhinqileyo ndize ndithi, 'Bunjani ubusuku bakho?' uthe. Kodwa ngokwenyani senze umboniso ebusuku: iitape zaphambi kwexesha kunye nokuziva kunye nemizobo engaqhelekanga. Ndacinga ukuba enye yezona zinto ndandizenza yayikukudlala umdlalo waseJamani ofana noMartin Mfutshane, nendlela awayedane ngayo-indlela awayejolise ngayo eJamani malunga noMah-tin…. Umboniso omfutshane kaMartin ufumene amagama abatyunjiweyo abasibhozo, kodwa amanqaku abuhlungu.
Ke unokuthi, 'Ngaba iyacaphukisa loo nto?' Mr. Mfutshane uthe. Ewe, eneneni, bendiyazi ukuba izakwenzeka, ngokungayi kuqala loo imagi yekofu, ngokuthi, 'Heyi, sipheka ntoni namhlanje, gal?' Kulungile
Umnumzana Mfutshane ubanga ukuba uhlala engabalulekanga malunga ne-métier yakhe, ukusukela ngezo ntsuku zegolide zokuhlekisa zaseCanada kunye noGilda Radner, uDan Aykroyd et al. Ndonwabe ngakumbi kunangaphambili, utshilo. Kodwa abantu babezama ukuseka amakhondo emisebenzi emazantsi. Ndacinga, ‘Owu, kulungile, ndingcono ndenze njalo, nam.’ Ndandinokhuphiswano olungaphezulu kokufuna amabhongo. Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba ukuba bekungekho mntu umkileyo, ngendingahambi.
Ukulunyulwa kwiNichols kunye noMeyi endaweni kaLenny Bruce kunye noBob Newhart, wayehlala ekhetha ukudibana komsebenzi wokudibanisa kubanda obubandayo nobulodwa bemakrofoni eyedwa. Ngo-1978, wenza iseti yakhe yokugqibela neyokugqibela yamahlaya, evulela iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiRough Trade kwiklabhu ethile ebizwa ngokuba yiEdge. Ndabhala i-monologue, ndilahla izingqinisiso kwiCamus kunye nezinto ezinjalo, kwaye abaphulaphuli babenxilile kwaye bepunk bekhala, utshilo. Ndenze eli qhekeza ndifundisa urabi malunga nokuba kutheni kufuneka ube ungumJuda ukuze uhlekise, kwaye lo mfo wayecinga ukuba ndingumntu olwa namaSemite kwaye ndaphosa ibhiya ebusweni bam. Kwakukubi. Yayilolo hlobo lomntu ulilolo kumntu onjengam. Ndiyakuthanda ukusebenzisana, ukudlala nabanye abantu. Ndiyayithanda ibhanti.
KuJiminy Glick, ongakhange abenengxubevange engako yokubacofa abafaka impuphu kwizidlele zakhe njengomatse-Mnu. Mfutshane wafumana eyona nto ayithandayo kunye neyonwabisayo okoko wavuya kakhulu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ngo-Ed Grimley. Yayiyitoni efanelekileyo yokuboniswa ngokukhawuleza kweendaba ezonwabisayo zemillennium entsha, bonke abasebenza ngabantu abadumileyo abanjengoBush umzala uBilly (Access Hollywood), udadewabo kaJennifer Lopez uLinda (E!), USugar Ray Imvumi ekhokelayo uMark McGrath (owongezelelweyo) kunye no-Pat O'Brien oqaqadekileyo ngoku (u-Insider). Kodwa uJiminy Glick akathethi ngezobuntatheli, uMnu Short wanyanzelisa. Inyani yile yokuba bendinethuba elilula kakhulu, ngaphezulu kwekhondo lomsebenzi omde, nomatshini wokushicilela. Ke andinayo loo nto 'ndiza kuyifumana,' uyazi. UJiminy ngewayengunqununu wesikolo ngokulula. Ngewayekwezopolitiko. Ndiyathetha, ubona kumabonwakude lonke ixesha, abanye babo bapolitiki eWashington okanye kwiCongressmen okanye kwiiSenators. Uthi, 'Kwenzeka njani ukuba egameni likaThixo uZell Miller, angabanjani loo mntu?'
Ungandivi kakubi, wongeze watsho. Ukuhlanya kosaziwayo-imizuzu eli-15 yodumo eye yaba yimizuzwana esixhenxe yodumo, inyani yokuba iParis Hilton ingakho-yayilungele ukutya ifula.
Kodwa uJiminy, njengaye wonke umntu kwirejista kaMnu. Emifutshane, wayehlala ephelelwa ngumhla wokuphelelwa ngokungabonakaliyo egximfizwe ebunzi. Uyazi, xa usenza olo hlobo lomboniso, awuyenzi loo nto urhwebo, utshilo umdali wakhe. Uyenzela ukuzonwabisa. Ndiyathetha, kutheni unokwenza amaxesha 5, 6, 7, 8? Kuhlala kuvakala ngathi kuyathandeka xa abantu bebhekisa kwinto abayenzayo njengokufana nobugcisa, kodwa kufana nokuba unento enkulu yokupeyinta kwaye upeyinta umfanekiso: Unokuchitha inyanga kuyo, unokuchitha unyaka kuyo, kodwa yenziwe ekugqibeleni-emva koko uyayithengisa okanye uyinike abanye.
Esinye isitudiyo sasifuna enze uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lweGlick bhanyabhanya, noJiminy edlala umcuphi, kodwa uMnu Mfutshane wayenomnye umbono: UJiminy ubambeke kwifilimu kaDavid Lynch, apho wayeza kuzenza nomlawuli weBlue Velvet. Kulungile, kodwa ungalindeli ukuba ndingafumana mali ngayo, utshilo. Kulungile. Isiphumo seLa La Wood sabiza i-3 yezigidi zeedola. Ukuphendula kukhetho lwamva nje lweCentury City kwaxutywa, ngombukeli omnye wahleka ngathi yimpisi ngelixa abanye behleli bethe cwaka.
Umnumzana Mfutshane wayifaka yonke into ukuya kumxholo wokuhlekisa.
Xa umama esweleka e-Bambi kwaye iinyamakazi ezincinci ziyakhala, oko kuya kuchaphazela abaphulaphuli bonke, utshilo. Indoda ityibilika kwixolo lebhanana? Abanye abaphulaphuli bazokuhleka kakhulu, kwaye abanye abantu baya kuthi, ‘Oo, bubudenge obo.’ Xa ndenza i-SCTV kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, kuzakubakho abahlekisi besizukulwana esidala besithi -I-Borscht Belt voice- ‘andiyifumani. Ziphi iziqhulo? ’Abanye abantu bayamthanda uJim Carrey; abanye abantu abakwazi ukuthatha uJim Carrey. Ngaba ucinga ukuba umfana oneminyaka engama-21 angakhathala kancinci malunga neFat Actress? Kuye kuye kwaba buthuntu njengothosi! Ngaba usisidenge?
Mnu Mfutshane ezakhe ii-comedic flavour ziyasebenza, ngoku, kuye Wonke umntu uthanda uRaymond, MadTV kunye noTina Fey. Ukuba ndisekhaya kwaye uMgqibelo wangoMgqibelo uvuliwe, ndivula uMgqibelo ebusuku. Ndicinga ukuba kumnandi. Andiyigwebi kakhulu. Ndiyazi ukuba kunzima kanjani.
Kwaye ngaloo nto, wayokuthenga ifreyimu yomfanekiso kwivenkile esezantsi kwesitrato.
Andinathemba kwaye ndonwabile, utshilo uMnu Short ngelinye ilitha lamazinyo. Ndingumhlekisi ohleka ngaphakathi. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ukuba 'bendikhona' kwaye 'ndinewack' ngoku, ungafuna ukundibetha ekugqibeleni. Iyadika intle.
