Awuyonto ukuba awudumanga, kwaye uLinda Pendergraft akangomntu. Abantu bayammisa esitratweni. Umnxeba wabasemzini. Ngamanye amaxesha uziva eyinto ekhethekileyo eyaziwayo ziinkokeli ezinkulu kunye neempambano: ukutsalwa kwekamva.
Ngenye imini uNks. Pendergraft wayengumhluzi eNew Jersey. Ngenye imini wayesebenzela uSenator Arlen Specter. Ngenye imini wayehlala kwintlalontle. Ngoku ujonge kwikhamera kwaye uyathetha kwaye uyathetha kwaye uyathetha. Vula iTV ebusuku, nanko ethetha. Umboniso wakhe wokufikelela esidlangalaleni, Umphefumlo wethu: Uhambo lokuZazi noLuthando, sele idlale ama-244 amaxesha ukusukela ngo-1992.
UNks Pendergraft, 40, mhle, uneenwele ezibomvu ezingqindilili kunye nomzimba omkhulu. Uchitha malunga neepesenti ezingama-90 zexesha lakhe lekhamera ekhwaza. Uchitha enye yeepesenti ezili-10 edanisa ehamba ze. Kukurhola umabonwakude. Xa ethetha, uthetha ngothando, ulonwabo, isini, udumo. Uthi izinto ezinje, Yonwaba, nceda, ngokwakho, kwaye mhlawumbi uyokukhanyisa ikhandlela. Uzibona umjongile, kwaye awukwazi ukuzisa ukutshintsha ijelo. Ujonge kakhulu. Ke ingqondo-ndindisholo. Kwaye nangawuphi na umzuzu unokuhamba ze.
Ngoku, phantse iminyaka engama-60 emva kokuba usasazo rhoqo kumabonwakude luqalile, umhlaba wahlulelene phakathi kwabantu abadumileyo kunye noosaziwayo. Kwaye ngubani ofuna ukungabikho mntu? AyinguNks. Pendergraft, kwaye ayinguye nabanye ababonakala kwimiboniso eli-1 500 eboniswa kwiiManhattan Neighborhood Network's channels 16, 17, 34 kunye ne-69. yodumo kwangoko; UNks Pendergraft uzama ukusebenzisa ngokupheleleyo oku kuluntu lwedolophu. Iibhegi zakhe zemali-umfana onguvulindlela we-TV ocacileyo uDavid Niles, u-47-uhlawula kakhulu ukuvelisa iiyure kunye neeyure zokuhlaselwa kweNew Age.
I-Soliloquist Ekhaya
Bekusemini kwaye ebenxibe ihempe yedenim, ijean, iibhutsi ezimnyama. Wayekhona, kunye neekati ezimbini zaseSiamese, nzulu kwigumbi likaTrump Tower awabelana noMnumzana Niles, ohlawula irente. Wayefuna ukuphuma, kodwa yonke intsasa wayejonge iTV kwigumbi lokulala.
Wayebonakala ekhukuliseka kwaye waqala ukuthetha ngendlela enza ngayo xa ekwi-TV: Bathi ixesha lomntu liphelile kweli lizwe, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba nje. Abantu baya kum esitratweni kunanini na ngaphambili. Ndiyinyani. Amadoda amaninzi afuna ukudibana nam… Ndiyakholelwa ukuba abantu bayakuphuma beve amazwi am ngenye imini. Inginginya sele indithanda… Ndithembe, ndiziva ndimiselwe ikamva. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndiyalila. Ndithi kuDavide, ‘Kutheni ndiziva ngolu hlobo? Kutheni ndingenakubuyela ekubeni ngumntu oqhelekileyo? Sele ndiyenzile-ijonge ukuba ndingubani! '
Unksz Pendergraft ukhulele kumantla mpuma ePhiladelphia. Ukhumbula uloliwe wokudlala ejikeleza umthi weKrisimesi. Emva koko umama wakhe kunye nabantakwabo abane bamshiya yedwa notata olikhoboka lotywala. Wayebonakala njengo-Errol Flynn, kodwa ngenye imini wathatha imela kumfanekiso kanina. Wenza i-16 kwaye wasinda kubumelwane. Ngoku unembono yeCentral Park, kunye nabalandeli kunye nabagxeki.
Abantu abakrelekrele ngokwenyani bajonga umsebenzi wam, utshilo. Kodwa kukho iingxaki. Andiziva ndikhula, utshilo. Ubonakalise isoka kwigumbi lokulala. Xa uhlala nomntu, uhlala naye ngokupheleleyo. Unobakhe ubomi, ke kunzima.
Wacelwa ukuba azichaze. Iinyawo ezintlanu 10. Imilebe epheleleyo. Amehlo amakhulu. Ulusu oluhle. Izinwele ezintle. Kwaye kakuhle kakhulu. Ndigcina oko umoya undinike kona. Ndingakuxelela into engeyiyo? Ndingaba yinenekazi lokwenyani. Walathisa ilizwi lakhe kwigumbi lokulala: Hon? Ngaba ucinga ukuba ndingangunongogo?
Unokuba, ngabom, utshilo uMnu Niles. Emva koko wangena, etshaya i-cigar ebhityileyo, ejongeka njenge-mogul kwi-screwball comedy.
Yayiyintoni umbono wakhe wokuqala kuye?
Wayecinga ukuba ndiyaphambana, utshilo uNkosikazi Pendergraft, ehleka.
Ndamjonga. Ndimamele kancinci kwaye ndacinga, Nokuba sesona sigeza sikhulu sehlabathi, okanye inene ikhona into eyenzekayo.
UMnumzana Niles wayephephezela kuloo majelo yaye waqabaka xa wayembona okokuqala ngorhatya olunye ngo-1993. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu kamva, baqalisa ukusebenza kunye. Ukufumana ixesha elingaphezulu lomoya, uMnu. Niles uqalile umboniso wesibini kaLinda Pendergraft, ococekileyo noqhekekileyo Window yeMilingo, edutyulwa ngokwamanani, kwinkcazo ephezulu, ngexabiso elifikelela kwi-100, 000 yeqendu. Inika umoya ngoLwesine ebusuku nge-11 kwiChannel 16; omnye umboniso womoya ngeCawa ebusuku ngo-1: 30 ekuseni.
UMnumzana Niles wavuthela umsi wecuba kwibala lakhe leemitha ezingama-2 500. Unobuchule. Umboniso wakhe unokubanakho phantse kwisigidi sabantu. Unamandla okwenza izinto ezininzi. Unokuba ngokulula abe ngugqirha wezengqondo, umphilisi, ulawulo olukhulu lwezinto ezininzi! Angathetha ngayo nantoni na, nokuba yeyokuhamba, ukuya kwi-penises, nokuba yeyiphi na. Kuphuma nje kuye kwaye kuyahlekisa.
Kodwa u-Mme Pendergraft wayejonge kabuhlungu, phaya iikati.
Uyazi, utshilo, khange ndifune ukwenza nto. Umoya undishiyile okanye enye into. Ndiziva ngathi ndindedwa. Yiyo loo nto kudala ndilila.
Ixesha lokuphuma. Endleleni yokuphuma emnyango, uMnu.Niles wazama ukucacisa umdla wakhe kwasekuqaleni kuye: Le yayingeyiyo iqhinga lomfo weTV ozama ukufumana inenekazi elinomtsalane kwisitudiyo.
Ngaphandle, UNks Pendergraft wonwabile kancinci. Njengoko esi sibini sihamba sidlula uCarnegie Deli, babexoxa ngezinto abazibonileyo ekufikeleleni koluntu.
Ngobunye ubusuku ndihleli apho, kwaye umfana othile wayejija omnye umntu ebhafini yokuhlambela, utshilo uMnu Niles. Ngokwenene, ngenene, ngaphezulu ngaphezulu.
Oo, ndabona umboniso apho intombazana yayinika umfana umsebenzi ovuthuzayo, utshilo uNks. Pendergraft, kwaye ngalo lonke ixesha etyhala ipipi lakhe emlonyeni wakhe, wawa.
Bahleka.
Wakhomba ngakwisakhiwo esingaphaya kwe-Broadway: Iqonga le-Ed Sullivan, ebendikade ndinalo, utshilo. Ndiyithengisile kwi-CBS. Ndayihlaziya ndayihambisa kuLetterman.
Baye badlula kwilungu elibizwa ngokuba yiLegg Diamond. Indoda yaqubisana noNks. Pendergraft yaza yangena kwi-peep show elandelayo. Kuyamangalisa, utshilo. Ukonwabela umzuzwana omnye!
Ndikubonile, utshilo uMnu. Niles, wathi, 'Uh-oh, ndiyazi apho ndiya khona!'
UNks. Pendergraft wabona umntu amaziyo uMnu Niles ’ngaphandle kwesakhiwo seStudio 54, apho wayeshicilela umboniso wakhe.
Khange undixelele ukuba uzakubakhona. Wenza ntoni kule ntombazana? Imidlalo yengqondo. Ukuthandana engqondweni.
U-Linda, watsho, kwaye umxholo wawufile. Okanye mhlawumbi umiselwe elinye ixesha.
Baye bangena ngaphakathi, kodwa uNks uPendergraft wayengekho kwimeko yokudlala umboniso omtsha. Kwigumbi lolawulo, wabuzwa malunga nesiqendu apho aqhuma khona emoyeni-ixesha ajonga ngalo ikhamera wathi, Baphi na abantu, zityhakala ezingenamandla! Ndiyakonyanya! Ndikuthiyile ubuthathaka bakho! Ubuthathaka! Uninzi lwenu luhlala phakathi kwamaqhosha esisu kunye namadolo. Oko kuqhambuka kwahluke kakhulu kunye nokuziqhenya ngokomoya. Ewe, wayikhumbula.
UMnumzana Niles ungene nenye icuba waza wahlala ecaleni kwakhe.
Yintoni le ndandiyithetha ngobo busuku, watsho, xa ndandisithi 'ufeba imbeciles'?
Ubuthetha neqela labemi bakho elijonge ngathi yinyama, utshilo.
Umva
Kwisikolo sakhe samabanga aphakamileyo saseFiladelfiya kwisikolo samantombazana, UNks. Pendergraft ukhumbula ukubekwa ityala ngezinto ezininzi angazange azenze, njengefoto kaBurt Reynolds ehamba ze bamfumana ebhedini yakhe. Ukhumbula oonongendi berserk. Omnye wabo wamleqa eholweni wazama ukukopisha ukuziva.
Emva kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, wayenentlalontle ngaphezulu konyaka. Emva koko waya kusebenza-kuLawulo loKhuseleko loLuntu, kwinkampani eyolukiweyo, ePhiladelphia Evening Bulletin, kwaye, ukusukela ngo-1981 ukuya ku-1983, njengomncedisi kuSenator Specter. Uye washesha ekhawulezayo eofisini yakhe, ukusuka kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe ukuya kwiinkqubo zekhompyuter ukuya emsebenzini wecala. Wayemthanda uMnu Specter. Wayemnene kakhulu kum, watsho. Njengokuba ngekhe aphose isihlalo ngapha kwegumbi ukuba bendikufutshane, kuba bendizakuqala ukukhala.
Ke yayiseMississippi istint kwifemu yomthetho. Ke iintsuku njengomdanisi ongaqhelekanga wenza i $ 3,000 ngeveki eNew Jersey. Iklabhu yayibizwa ngokuba yiHarem. Usebenzise igama elithi Silky. Wafumana umntu osisityebi kwishishini leetroli. Emva komhla wabo wokuqala, wamthengela i-Chevy Impala entsha kraca. Intle enamavili athethileyo nayo yonke into, utshilo. Wayehlala kwindlu yakhe enkulu yokuhlala kwaye waya naye ePeru, eNew Zealand naseMexico.
Kodwa wayishiya i-truck magnate ngo-1991 weza eNew York. Ukunyusa imali, wamthengisa wabuyisa bonke ubucwebe awayemnike bona nge-100, 000 zeedola, wazimisa kwindawo yokuhlala yabasetyhini eyi-250-ngeveki eGramercy Park. Wathenga ikhamera, waqala ngokudubula intetho yakhe yokuqala eya kwigumbi lakhe. Wathabatha izifundo zokubambela kwiziko laseLee Strasberg Theatre, kodwa wayithiya. Izikolo zokubambela endaye ndaya kuzo, azisebenzi kakuhle kunaleyo yokungasebenzi, utshilo kusasazo olunye. Akancami. Ndifuna ukuba ngumdlali weqonga, utshilo. UArnold Schwarzenegger njengowasetyhini kwikamva.
Waye wafudukela kwigumbi lika Mnumzana Niles elinemigangatho engama-53 ngo-1995. Unobudlelwane benzondo nothando neTrump Tower. Ngaxa lithile, walibiza ngokuba lizulu. Emva koko wakhunjuzwa ngaloo nto Iphepha lesithandathu kwiNew York Post ukusuka kunyaka ophelileyo, apho omnye umntu uTrump Towerite wambiza ukuba ayinguye kanye umntu onobuntu onokulindela ukumfumana apha.
Mamela, ndibiza le ndawo ngokuba yi-Egoville, utshilo. Aba bantu bakrwada! Abazange babelane ngesondo okanye banqwenela ukuba benze njalo? Kodwa wongeze ukuba uDonald Trump ngokwakhe uthetha naye kwilifti: Uhlala ekhankanya into malunga neempahla zam okanye enye into. Wathi, ‘Ibhatyi entle.’ Ndathi, ‘Indigcina ndifudumele.’ Ukugqibela kwam ukumbona, wenza ngathi akandazi. Ndandifuna ukuthi, ‘Uyazi kakuhle ukuba ndihleli kabuhlungu kwesi sakhiwo!’ Walwa imfazwe nomntu ongalunganga! Uyazi, umboniso wam usemoyeni-mhlawumbi wayengathandi ukuba ndinengqwalasela, naye.
‘Uthixokazi, Kungenguye UKristu’
Ukusuka kumnxeba oya kuNks Pendergraft, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kodliwanondlebe:
Ngaba uzimanya noKristu?
Ndingazibiza ngesithixokazi, hayi uKristu…
Ngaba ungumntu othanda izinto zakudala?
Ndiyazithanda, kodwa andiyongxaki. Ubomi bam bubaluleke kakhulu kum. Ndiyiziko lendalo yam yonke, kodwa andiyiyo i-narcissistic. Okanye ungathi ndinobunzima bemesiya. Ndicinga ukuba ndiphumelele. Ndingadibana nabantu abazizityebi. Andinangxaki yokuhlangana namadoda, ndikholelwe. Kubonakala ngathi unesigidi seedola ebhankini.
