Ubuqhetseba Ubuxoki 'UMarlo Thomas. (Ifoto: Matthew Murphy) NjengoWhoopi Goldberg, uDustin Hoffman, uStockard Channing noKevin Spacey, uMarlo Thomas angabeka ibango lokuba nguMike Nichols Discovery. Wadibana naye kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga eHollywood kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, omnye wabantu abathathu kubaphulaphuli egweba uphicotho (abanye ababini: uNeil Simon kunye nomvelisi uSaint Subber). Wanikwa inombolo eyayimfanisa neqabane lomdlalo (eyakhe yayinguMartin Milner, kamva ukuba abe ngumdlali weqonga Indlela yama-66 ), Kwaye benza umbono.
Emva koko uMike weza eqongeni wasinika umkhombandlela-uhlala ulungile uphawu, ndiye ndafunda. Ukuba unika uphicotho kwaye umlawuli ukunika umkhombandlela, kungenxa yokuba sele ebonile into esele ikhona kwaye ufuna ukubona ngaphezulu.
Oko uNichols akubonayo yayiyinkwenkwezi, kwaye kwangoko wambeka ekhokeleni kwimveliso yaseLondon Barefoot epakini , Ekumvuleleni iphupha eliqaqambileyo lobugcisa bemidlalo yeqonga. Zonke iinkwenkwezi zaseLondon zeza kubona umdlalo wethu. Ndaya kwitheko lika-Larry Olivier's New Year's Eve. Ndibe nexesha elimnandi… —ngangokuba waye wazimisela ngokuhlala apho kwaye watshata nendoda yakhe ephambili, uDaniel Massey. Kodwa umqhubi wenqwelomoya awayemfotile wathengisa, kwaye oko kwamtsalela emhlabeni-okanye ubuncinci eCalifornia.
Uyavuma ukuba uhlala ecinga ngale ndlela ingathathwanga. Indlela yena uyenzile Uguqukile uMargaret Julia Thomas, intombi kaDanny Thomas (umntu ohlekisayo kunye nomshukumisi kwi-TV yakwangoko), waba bubuso negama. Udumo lwakhe lwavela La Ntombazana , i-wcomome ABC sitcom ebaleke ukusuka ngo-1966 ukuya ku-1971 nangaphaya kobumbano. Ibalile, ngeedosi zesiqingatha seyure ngeveki, umzabalazo womdlali we-wannabe kwisiXeko saseNew York, kwaye ngekhe ibe nguvulindlela ngakumbi ngelo xesha UDaniel boone .
Kwakunjalo, iminyaka ngaphambili Umboniso kaMary Tyler Moore , uthotho lokuqala lokuqala malunga nentombazana engatshatanga esebenzayo esebenza yodwa ebomini. Unksz Thomas waphupha ngokwakhe kwaye waba, emva kukaLucille Ball, umfazi wesibini kwimbali yeTV ukuba avelise eyakhe inkqubo. Wabiza ukumisa iziqendu ezili-130 kamva-emva kweminyaka emihlanu, ii-Emmy ezimbini kunye neGolden Globe. Kude nokugqitywa, uqhubeke waphumelela iMbasa yePeabody kunye nomnye u-Emmy ( Simahla ukuba ube. . . Mna nawe ); ukwenza i-Broadway debut kumdlalo obhalwe ngokucacileyo kuye ngumfana wakhe owayengumfana, uHerb Gardner ( Amasela ); uphumelele u-Emmy wesine (okhethekileyo, Akho Mntwana ); inkwenkwezi kwii-comedies ze-Broadway ezikhokelwa nguNichols ( Ukhuseleko lasekuhlaleni Kwaye yabhalwa ngu-Elaine May ( Ukuthetha ngokulinganayo ); Ukonwabele umtshato weminyaka engama-35 ukubamba umboniso-ntetho uPhil Donahue.
Unksz Thomas wagqiba indawo yakhe yobuvulindlela kunye nomlingiswa wakhe engatshatanga. ‘Bekuya kuba kukungcatsha ukunika umbono wokuba umtshato
kuphela kwesiphelo esonwabisayo. '
UNks Thomas udume ngokushiya oyena mntu waziwayo, Leya Ntombazana UAnn Marie, ulenga. Umxhasi wakhe, uClairol, kunye nothungelwano, bafuna ukusonga uthotho ngesaphetha esihle sepinki, kunye nomfana olinde ukuphela kwendlela (uthotho lwendoda, indoda eyayililungu, uTed Bessell njengoDon Hollinger), kodwa Akukho nenye kuloo nto kwaye wemba izithende zakhe ngaphakathi. Ndivakalelwe ukuba ibiya kuba kukungcatsha ukunika umbono wokuba umtshato kuphela kwesiphelo esonwabisayo.
Wayenyanisile! Jonga i-rockily-ever-after he is currently going with with Ubuqhetseba Obuxoki , Ihlaya lasekhaya likaJoe DiPietro, eliqale ukujonga kuqala ngoSeptemba 18 kwaye liza kuvulwa ngokusesikweni nge-12 kaOkthobha eWestside Theatre. Isihloko yimfihlo yomdlali odlala umdlalo wokugcina imitshato iqhubeka. Emdlalweni, ibhekisa emtshatweni womlinganiswa wakhe kuGreg Mullavey nakunyana wakhe ophaphazelayo uGeorge Merrick kuKate Wetherhead naye.
Xa ndiyifunda okokuqala, ndacinga, ‘Owu, ndiyazi ukuba yintoni le,’ emva koko yandothusa, watsho uNks. Iqale ngendlela ebendicinga ukuba ndiyayazi, emva koko ingena kukujija kwaye ijike kwaye iqhubeke ikothuse.
Umsebenzi ohloniphekileyo kwisikhundla sikaNks. Thomas wafika ngo-Novemba ophelileyo xa wazifumana-ngasekhohlo kukaMeryl Streep noStephen Sondheim kunye nelungelo likaStevie Wonder-bewongwa iMedical President's Medal of Freedom. Yothusa kakhulu. Awusoze ucinge, ‘Owu, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuyifumana iMedali yeNkululeko,’ ke kuye kwafuneka ndibuze, ‘Ndiyiphumelele njani loo nto?’ Kubonakala ngathi La Ntombazana waqhekeza imiqobo yamantombazana angatshatanga, kwaye Ukukhululeka ukuba. . . Mna nawe itshintshe inkcubeko yabantwana. Emva koko, kwabakho nomsebenzi endiwenzela uthando lukabawo, iSt.Jude [iSibhedlele soPhando lwaBantwana].
I-sparkplug spunk eqalise La Ntombazana Kuvele kuzo zonke ezi zinto zingasentla ngokungagungqi ngokungagungqiyo kwaye zisabiza kude. Imfihlo yakhe wayityhila kwincwadi yakhe, Ukukhula Ndihleka -Ngokuthi: Hlala nabantu abahlekisayo.
Ndikhule nabantu abahlekisayo. Abanye babetha itafile kwaye bathi, ‘bahlekisa, bahlekisa,’ kodwa bangaze bahleke. Utata wahleka. Wayengumphulaphuli omkhulu.
