Sekuyiminyaka engama-20 okoko uDavid Addison kunye noMaddie Hayes bebeka ivenkile kunye kwi-Blue Moon Detective Agency, baphinda-phinda abenzi bamaphepha, baphindaphinda kathathu ilizwi-ngomzuzu weengxoxo zethelevishini kwaye baxhokonxa i-gridlock yommandla opholileyo wamanzi ngoLwesithathu. Ukukhanya kwenyanga, indibano yasesidlangalaleni ehlekisa ngeqonga likaBruce Willis kunye noCybill Shepherd, ayikaze idityaniswe kakhulu okanye kwividiyo yasekhaya, kwaye amaxesha ayo amabini okuqala eza kwiDVD kanye ngexesha lokuyihlangula.
Xa ukukhanya kwenyanga kwaqala ngo-Matshi 1985, abadlali babengathengisi ngamanqaku. U-Cybill Shepard oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu wayezimele ngokulandela uDaisy Miller (1974) kunye noLuthando lokugqibela (1975) (kwi-The Last Picture Show (1971), i-Heartbreak Kid (1972) kunye no-Taxi Driver ( 1976), waye wacacisa ukuba, ukuba yinto yesiqhelo, ubunyulu). UBruce Willis, oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala, wayeyindoda yaseNew York engaziwayo eyayikumdlalo kaSam Shepard.
Endaweni yoko, yayingumbhali we-Remington Steele u-Glenn Gordon Caron onerekhodi yomkhondo e-ABC. UMnumzana Caron ekrikriza wavuma ukwenza omnye umfana / intombazana kumcuphi ukubonisa kwimeko yokuba angayenza nangayiphi na indlela abona kufanelekile ngayo. Ngokukhawuleza ukufumana iinkcukacha zetemplate ezinobunzima ngaphandle kwendlela-ungumzekelo wangaphambili ogqwetha-mali wakhe omshiye ngaphandle kokungumnini wearhente yomcuphi engenzi nzuzo; ungumcuphi ofumana ingeniso-Mnu. UCaron waqala ngokutshisa incwadi yomgaqo kamabonakude wothungelwano. Oko kuthetha ukuba incoko yomlilo ekhawulezileyo ephindwe kabini, u-Orson Welles wazisa ngesiqendu esimnyama nomhlophe, iparody Shakespeare kwi-iambic pentameter, inombolo yomdaniso eyalelwa nguStanley Donen, uClaymation uyangenelela, abalinganiswa bajikela kubaphulaphuli embindini wempikiswano , a UGqr.Seuss werhafu kunye nesiqendu apho izikhokelo zingaveli khona. (Sisitrayikhi sombhali esinexesha elibi kuphela esithintele ukukhanya kwenyanga ekudaleni usasazo lokuqala lwesizwe kwi-3D.)
Ukugxotha amabhongo amaninzi kwiifomula zikamabonwakude ezingagungqiyo zexesha lokwenza isiphithiphithi sokuqala sonyaka. Umqhubi wenqwelo moya nguMntu oqhuba iMarathon; Uninzi lwamatyala alandelayo avakala ngathi iColumbo iyala. Kodwa ezo zinto zakhiweyo zinokubonwa njengamasebe omnquma anikezelwa kubaphulaphuli be-Airwolf kunye nabalandeli beHotele abanokuthi babecinga ukuba lo mboniso mtsha yayikukubona izinto ezingekhoyo.
Okuphazamisa ngakumbi ziintlungu ezikhulayo zabadlali. UCybill Shepherd ekuqaleni uyayigungqa into endizakuyibiza ngokuba nguJerry Seinfeld Reflex-osisi ongazibandakanyiyo nosoloko ekhona oqhele ukwenzeka kwiimbaleki zokubamba i-SNL. Kwaye ngaphandle kwemagnetism engenakuphikwa, uBruce Willis uchitha ixesha elininzi njengeyona hipster ishushu ukusukela ngoMaynard G. Krebs. Uhlala ebapha iindlela zabahlali kwaye ecekisa iingoma zeMotown, engenanceba ebroka iBlues Brothers kunye neeRais Raisins. Ukudityaniswa kokuqina kwakhe kunye nokungakhuli kwakhe kwenza ezinye iidynamite gags, kodwa kusongeza ukoyikisa kunye nokuphanga.
Kwaye emva kwexesha lesibini, yonke into iwela endaweni. Abangekabikho-abathandi baqala ukukhupha ukuthamba komnye nomnye kwaye baphande izicwangciso zabo zempelaveki. Umnumzana Willis ufumana inkuthazo kweyona ndawo imangalisayo yokufaka iner-Diner-era Mickey Rourke (ukuhleba, umntu onzakeleyo) kunye ne-Ghostbusters-yexesha likaBill Murray (istrasm sarcasm) kunye ne-Three Stooges physicality. Yi-alchemy ethe-ethe: Umnumzana Murray ngekhe enze u-Maddie Hayes atyhafe, kwaye incoko ejija ulwimi ibiya kuba no-K.O.D. Mickey Rourke kumjikelo wokuqala.
Okwangoku, u-Ms Shepherd oqaqambileyo uzibophelela kwisibonakaliso esisebenzayo sokunconywa kokuncitshiswa komlingane wakhe osombulula ulwaphulo-mthetho, nanjengoko umsindo uthatha indawo yokudakumba okungagqibekanga. (Mhlawumbi yayikhona enye indlela yokuhlanya kwakhe; UNks. Shepherd ubanga ukuba yena noMnumzana Willis babenemfazwe yokwenyani phambi kwayo yonke ifilimu.) Abanye abasebenzi beBlue Moon, bekhokelwa ngu-Allyce Beasley ngunobhala onyanzelekileyo onesingqisho u-Miss DiPesto, babonelela ngesiqhulo ukuxhasa; abalinganiswa ubukhulu becala bubuso obungenanto abangenayo imigca okanye imvelaphi (nangona bahlala beqhayisa, begcuma okanye bencwina). Le stock-inkampani-as-deadpan-umkhosi yenye yeendlela apho umboniso uphumelela ukudibanisa i-screwball kunye nobubhanxa.
Ngethuba leThupha isiQendu ngaphambi kweKrisimesi, ukuzithemba kokukhanyisa kwenyanga kuyanxila. Emva kweyure yokuhlekisa ngebhayibhile, ubuqhetseba ngokwesondo kunye nokudutyulwa kwemipu kunye noRichard Belzer, ikhephu liqala ukuwela ngaphakathi kumcuphi. UDavid noMaddie bazulazula baya eofisini, bashiya iseti, kwaye bonke abadlali kunye nabasebenzi (kunye nabantwana babo) baqala imizuzu emibini yokukhutshwa kwe-capella ye-The First Noël ngaphambi kokuba babingelele ubusuku obuhle kubaphulaphuli. Oku kufanelekileyo: Ngaphandle kweempawu ezithandekayo, ngaphandle kokukhanya okufudumeleyo kwe-pastel (kunye neRobbie Neville okanye i-Starpoint music cue), ukukhanya kweNyanga kwakunomdla wokungaphelelwa lixesha.
Ke lilifa lini lokuKhanya kwenyanga? Okumangalisayo kukuba, uhlobo lwabacuphi abesilisa / amantombazana bawa kunokuba bachume; I-NBC i-Remington Steele kunye ne-CBS's Scarecrow kunye noNksk King bayekiswa, ngelixa i-Moonlighting isinda kweyona inamandla. (Njengokuba ethetha ngee-dinosaurs ezindala awayezenzile, uMnu Caron kamva wabhala iRemington Steele weza ekukhanyeni kwenyanga; uPierce Brosnan owayengavunyelwanga umdlalo wadlala kunye.) I-movie-star action-hero persona kaMnu. Willis kunye Ukucaca okungacacanga kukaNks uShepherd kuphantse kwadlula imemori yabalinganiswa babo abakhulu.
Okusishiya nomngcipheko wokukhanya kweNyanga nokuthatha umthetho. Ngowuphi umphenyi obonisa ngengqondo yakhe eyiyo eya kuthi ibonise iziqendu apho kwakungekho tyala lokusombulula-okanye ukuvumela ii-quips zokuphosa malunga ne-EE Cummings okanye uSylvia Plath? Kuxwebhu oluhamba kunye nalo, omnye umbhali uyancwina esithi yonke eminye imiboniso iphosa iziqhulo ukuba bekukholelwa ukuba sisiqingatha sabaphulaphuli esiya kubafumana; Ukukhanya kwenyanga kubashiye. Impembelelo yokwenene yokukhanya kwenyanga ayifakwanga kwiinkcukacha, kodwa kunoko kwinkolelo yokuba umboniso kamabonwakude unokuba krelekrele njengabo bawenzayo, kwaye nabo babenethemba lokuba banokuyibukela.
