Kunqabile ukuba ndithande umdlalo njengeLady lethu le-121st Street. UStephen Adly Guirgis onesiphiwo esikhulu undizalisa ngethemba, nangona kunjalo. Ilizwi lakhe lasezidolophini liyothusa kwaye intsha-italente enkulu engummangaliso entlango. Ukusuka kwilayini yakhe yokuvula evuthayo-Yeyiphi kinda fuckin ’umhlaba yile?! -Usoloko esixhuzulisile kukuhleka. Umnumzana Guirgis ubhala esosulelayo, ekhulula ubushushu nosizi. Akukho mntu unokuhlekisa ngaphandle kokuziva iintlungu zokuphila kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuzifumana ushukunyiswa ngabalinganiswa bakhe abatyumkileyo befuna uhlobo oluthile lobabalo kunye nentlawulelo engaqhelekanga.
Kwangelo xesha, iNenekazi lethu, elikhokelwa nguPhilip Seymour Hoffman, lenziwa ngokuqaqambileyo ngumlingisi ozisa inyani entsha yokwenyani. Umdlali odlalayo ngokwakhe ngamanye amaxesha ngumdlali weqonga. Abadlali-ababhali bokudlala baziwa ngokubhala iindima ezinkulu ze-virtuoso, bahlala bezicingela bona ngokwabo. UFilipu Seymour Hoffman, umdlali weqonga, akadingi kwaziswa. Phakathi kwabo bobabini, i-LAByrinth Theatre Company yabalingisi abangaziwayo kwi-Union Square Theatre isinika owona mdlali ubalaseleyo edolophini.
Indawo emfutshane yokuvula kukaMama wethu iyodwa ichaza uMnu.Guirgis njengengqondo engalindelekanga, nengqondo yakhe italente ikwindawo enye kunye nobuqhetseba bobuqhetseba bukaJoe Orton. Sibona ntoni kuqala (kwaye sive)? Indoda enomsindo egama linguVic ime ngeebhulukhwe zangaphantsi yibhokisi yomngcwabo engenanto kwikhaya labangcwabi laseHarlem. Yeyiphi kinda fuckin 'yehlabathi le ?! Ndiyathetha, ngaba ndedwa apha?
Akayedwa. Unaye indoda efileyo egama linguBalthazar, olipolisa elinxilisayo. Uyintoni, ipolisa? UVic uyabuza. Hayi, Vic, ndingumlimi, uBalthazar uyaphendula. Ndize apha ukuthengisa amaqanda.
Kodwa i-Vic ayinakunqandwa, igqoke kwiingubo zakhe zangaphantsi, kwaye uRichard Petrocelli, edlala i-cameo eyoyikisayo, uye wasivusa ngumsindo. Asikazi ukuba yintoni emhluphayo. Kodwa uyayenza. Kukho imida, uqhankqalazo lweVic. Andikhuphi! Mhlawumbi ukhulele kwihlathi elingaphantsi kukaThixo, kodwa ndiyakhumbula xa umhlaba wawungekho lo! Kwaye oku? Eli ayilo hlabathi!
Kulungile, utsho uBalthazar (Felix Solis ngokugqibeleleyo, ukusebenza okungaphantsi). Kodwa kungekudala, uBalthazar uyakuthi ngokuthambileyo, Ndikubuze malunga neebhulukhwe zakho, Vic.
Kuyavela ukuba uVic ufike e-Ortiz Funeral Home ukuza kuhlonipha usista othandekayo noloyikayo uDade Rose, osweleke nje kukunxila. Phantse bonke abalinganiswa kwiLady lethu bafundiswa nguDade Rose. Kukudlala kwakhona ngaloo ndlela. Kodwa umzimba kaDade Rose ubiwe lelinye iqela leepunks ezibe ibhulukhwe kaVic. Ewe uyazi, uVic wongeza, ukuba uRudy wayeseseofisini, le nto ngekhe yenzeke-ndiqinisekile ngayo! Wayengafuni ukuthatha le lyin 'phantsi imizuzwana emibini….
Indlebe kaMnu. Guirgis yolwimi lwasemzini igqibelele, amanyala esitalato anogonyamelo alungisiwe. Umtsalane obizwa ngokuba nguNorca omdaka (uLiza Colón-Zayas, omnye umdlali weqonga lokwenyani kwiqela) ubuzwa nguBalthazar owayenesigulana apho wayekhona ngobusuku bangaphambili phakathi kwentsimbi yeshumi. Kwaye ngo-9 ekuseni ndandisendlwini kanyoko ndimbambise 'kwi-esile lakhe ebopha umtya kwi-dass apho ndandikhona!
Ihlekisa kakhulu.
Uyabona nabani na uhleka '? Ubuza uNorca kakubi.
UMama wethu ngumdlalo wee-vignettes, kwaye uMnu.Guirgis usothusa kakhulu ngesiganeko ngasinye esivelayo kangangokuba olu hlaziyo luza nesilumkiso esingaqhelekanga: Eyona nto ingcono ukuba ungaphindi ufunde, mhlawumbi, ukuba awufuni ukwazi ukuba ngubani ongena ukwanda kwempambano.
Uselapha? Ndiza kuzama ukunika umoya wezinto eziphawulekayo. Sidibana nomntu ogama linguRooftop, othatha uvumo. Ndisikelele, Bawo, kuba ndonile kakhulu, uyazi into endiyithethayo '?
I-Rooftop-Ron Cephas Jones ethandekayo ekusebenzeni ngobuchule, ngokulula -yigityiselwe kakuhle ngamatye, ngokungathembeki okungapheliyo. Umfazi wakhe owayekrakra, u-Inez-edlalwa yinkosikazi enetalente ehlawuliswa njengo-Portia, ekuphela komdlali weqonga endimaziyo onegama elinye, ngaphandle kokuba sibala uCher-echaza Rooftop njenge-fink ngubani ophethe i-cherry-popped yonke i-Jordache bubble-butt ukusuka kwi-96 ukuya phezulu. Kodwa u-Lux, u-Lux waseMark Hammer onomsindo, ophelelwe ngumonde uya ephelelwa ngumonde ngenxa yokuphambuka kwakhe. Ukuvuma, hayi ukuxoxa, uyabhikisha.
Okwangoku, uphahla lwathi kuye, nkqu noHank Aaron wabetha ezimbalwa kwiteyiti yokuziqhelanisa ngaphambi kokuba anyukele elunxwemeni ngaphambi kokutya, akunjalo?
Le ayisiyiyo 'yokupheka', utshilo uBawo uLux.
Ininzi yesenzo sethu sokuqala seNenekazi lethu libonakala ngathi liyinto ehlekisayo kunye ne-edgily emnyama-ehlekisayo, kwaye zonke ii-farces ezilungileyo zineengcinga eziqinisekileyo. Ngena uGail (uScott Hudson) kunye noFlip (uRussell G. Jones), abathandi bobufanasini. UFlip, igqwetha elibuyela kwi-hood yokuvuka, libuyele egumbini losuku. Ukukhanyela kufana neparada yesilika yamaPrada, umthandi wakhe uyamohlwaya. Ixabiso liphezulu kakhulu.
Emva koko kukho uEdwin noPinky (uDavid Zayas kunye no-Al Roffe), onokuba ngumdlalisi womdlalo weqonga kwi-Of Mice and Men. Ubanjiwe kwaye unxunguphele ngokupheleleyo uEdwin umkhathalele ngothando umntakwabo olula, uPinky. Uhlala ekutyhaleni ityala. Njengomntwana, ngengozi waphosa isitena ngefestile eyayiwela entlokweni kaPinky.
Ke umdlalo uqengqeleka kamnandi, ngakumbi ngokuhlwa okumnandi kakhulu nguElizabeth Canavan njengoMarcia, umtshana wesifuba, onobundlongondlongo ka-Sister Rose.
Kutheni ungaxhomi, ube neYodel? UEdwin uthi kuye ecinga.
Andidibani netshokholethi, kuphendula uMarcia.
Yiba nesoda, emva koko.
Caffeine?
Uyikhupha njani isilayi sepitsa?
Pizza! uyagqabhuka. Mholweni? Isitshizi ?! Thixo, ngaba ukho umntu owaphosa isitena entlokweni yakho, nawe ?!
Kwaye, okokugqibela-ukungashiywa ngasemva-kukho indawo yokubaleka, u-Sonia ongapheliyo, ohlala eshiye ngasemva. UMelissa Feldman udlala naye kwenye intsebenzo egqibeleleyo ye-cameo kwiqela. Akukho mntu uyazi ukuba uSonia wenzani apho. Uvela eConnecticut.
Umthetho wesibini uhleka, ukuqiniseka, kodwa ngumdlalo weqonga ongatshintshiyo otyhilekileyo omenza abe yimbongi yemfesane. Kwelinye icala, abalinganiswa bakhe kukuzilahla okuhlekisayo kuqhuma ngamandla kunye nomsindo ongamanyala. Bakwiqondo lokugqabhuka, ekupheleni kwentambo yabo. Uziva njani mva nje?
Kwelinye icala, ziyazichukumisa iintliziyo zethu. UMnu Guirgis akanayo imvakalelo. Uyazi ukuba ubomi bunzima kwaye abuqondakali, kwaye imiphefumlo iyabulawa, kwaye abangcwele bahlala kwiindawo ezingalindelekanga.
Lo ngumdlalo wakhe wesithathu, kodwa ukuba uStephen Adly Guirgis lilizwi elitsha, iNenekazi lethu leSitrato i-121 lelona dlala litsha ndilibonileyo kwiminyaka elishumi.
