‘Luxolo kuMary Frances’UMonique Carboni Indawo yanamhlanje yemidlalo yeqonga yaseNew York ibanjelwe kukugcwala okukhulu kwe-otiose drivel kangangokuba ukufunyanwa okungalindelekanga komdlalo omtsha onobhalo olubuthathaka, ukubamba unolwazi, ubulumko kunye nokubeka indalo konke okuqulethwe kwiphakheji enye kungunobangela wovuyo. Injalo imeko nge Uxolo lukaMary Frances , Umsebenzi onzulu owenziwe yitalente entsha egama linguLily Thorne malunga nomdlalo weqonga kusapho olungasebenzi kakuhle lomntu ofayo, odlalwa yi-incandescent, uLois Smith oneminyaka engama-87.
Ngoku kunqunyelwe ngaphandle kwe-Broadway run kwiPershing Square Signature Centre kwiW. 42nd Street ekufuneka yandisiwe, Uxolo lukaMary Frances ibhalwe kakuhle kangangokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ukholelwe ukuba ngumdlalo wokuqala wombhali. Kunqabile ukuba ndibone abantu abaninzi bexinene bengamaqela emva kwekhethini lokugqibela-bethe nqa, bebonakala bechukumisekile kwaye bexoxa ngolangazelelo ngento abasandula ukuyibona eqongeni. Ndonwabile ukukhokela ihlombe.
Umfazi odlala indima ephambili ngumhlolokazi oneminyaka engama-90 ubudala kwizigaba zokuphela kwesifo se-pulmonary kwaye unomdla wokuhamba, kodwa hayi ngobumnene kubusuku obumnandi, kwaye uzimisele ukuba nelizwi lokugqibela. Ukulungiselela ukuphuma ngoxolo kugcwele imiqobo njengoko usapho lukaMary Frances luhlasela ikhaya lakhe elincinci laseNew England lilwela ukulawula ilifa labo kwaye bakhuphisane nothando lukamama wabo kwiintsuku zakhe zokugqibela ezinesiphithiphithi.
Zimbini iintombi ezikhulileyo ezingazinzanga ezithiyanayo — uFanny (uJohanna Day), olikhoboka le-methadone elicima ngempazamo umatshini wokuphefumla ioksijini, akanakuthenjwa nge-morphine, kwaye engabonakali njengoyena mntu ukhathalela kakhulu, uAlice (J Smith-Cameron), ozinikezela kuMama wakhe ngenjongo yokufumana umvuzo ukuze ahlawulele iinkonzo zakhe — kunye nonyana ophambeneyo, ongakwaziyo ukusebenza, uEddie (Paul Lazar), osasokolayo kuqhawulo mtshato olungenantlonelo kwaye engenawo nomqolo wokubamba yayo nayiphi na into ebangaphezulu kunokubhalisela amaphephancwadi
UFanny unentombi engekhoyo engekhe ibuye ekhaya kuba ayinakuze imxolele umama wakhe ngeminyaka yakhe yokuchitha i-junkie, kodwa iintombi ezimbini zika-Alice, uHelen (Heather Burns) noRosie (Natalie Gold), zibubungqina-obunye umdlali weqonga kumdlalo weTV oshukumayo ozimeleyo ophetheyo kwaye omnye umama omncinci encancisa ibele ngokucacileyo. Elinye iqela elityholwayo lenkxaso liquka umongikazi we-hospice kunye noonontlalontle abasebenza ngengcebiso kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwi-opiates ukuya ekucwangcisweni kwezindlu ngelixa uMary Frances ebhala kabuhlungu ngenxa yesingxunya. UMary Frances uyenza icace into yokuba andilwi nale nto- ndifuna nje ukuba ndikhululeke kwaye umzukulwana uRosie abuyele, Asifuni ukuba ufe kubuhlungu. Sifuna nje ukuba ufe.
Kwilizwe elinobunkunkqele, ukufa kufanele kube lula-okanye ubuncinci kungabikho xhala, kodwa njengoko ingqumbo, umona kunye neembambano zabantakwenu zikhula, kuyacaca ukuba ukusweleka kukhupha abona bantu babi. Olu lusapho lweerhamncwa, elowo ngesihogo uzimisele ukutshabalalisa omnye. Kwaye uMary Frances akayingcwele ngokwakhe. Uhleli edlala iintombi zakhe ezimbini ngokuchaseneyo, kwaye ngoku bayatshintshana ngokuhlazisa kwaye babangcungcuthekise ngokwasemphefumlweni, babakhuthaze ukuba bonakalise ubomi babanye ngaphambi kokuba bonakalise obakhe.
Le ayisiyonto yokudlala ngaphandle koxinzelelo ukubukela ukuba ungaphezulu kweminyaka ethile. Kuyakunyanzela kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yangaphakathi malunga nokuba yeyiphi na ebhetele: ukufa wedwa ngaphandle komntu okuthandayo, okanye ukusweleka ujikelezwe lusapho olunentiyo olutyiwa zizilangazelelo zakho. Yintoni egcina Uxolo lukaMary Frances Ukusuka ekubeni yi-maudlin ngowona msebenzi ubalaseleyo wokudityaniswa, okhokelwa nguLois Smith omkhulu, umbhalo obalaseleyo, kunye nesimbo sendalo somlawuli onesiphiwo uLila Neugebauer esongeza kuhlobo lokwenyani lomzuzu nomzuzu esingazange sakubona ukusukela oko uElia Kazan . Esebenzisa omabini amanqanaba endlu enemigangatho emibini kunye nomdlalo weqonga owenzelwa kwigumbi ngalinye, uNeugebauer ushukumisela abadlali ukuba bajikeleze njengeziqwenga zetshesi, ngelixa bengena bephuma kwiincoko zomnye nomnye ngokulula njengoko bengena bephuma kumbono womnye nomnye.
Iskripthi sikaLily Thorne, esibonisa ukubuyela ngokomfuziselo kwisitayile sikaWilliam Inge phezulu kwifom yakhe, uyaphila kangangokuba nengxoxo ethandabuzekayo igcwele uburharha. Naxa amalungu osapho ephumela ngaphandle ngekhefu lecuba, uziva ngathi ujonge ngefestile yeglasi ekhitshini ebusika, ngelixa ikhephu liqala ukuwa kancinci.
Imiqolomba emibini emincinci: Zininzi kakhulu izikhalazo ezididayo nezingafunekiyo kwilifa likatata waseArmenia, osele efile iminyaka engasasebenziyo, kunye nesenzo sesibini somntu othetha into engeyiyo ngokuhleba nguLois Smith (impazamo umlawuli kufuneka azame ukulungisa ). Ukusilela ekuthetheni ngokucacileyo akuzange kube bubuthathaka kuye, kutheni uqala ngoku? Eminye yayo inomdla kwaye inomdla kangangokuba umbukeli akanakuphuncuka kwiimvakalelo zokuzibandakanya. Inani elikhulu lokulungiselela, ukuchaneka kunye nokulula longeza kwimfezeko engenasiphene ejongeka yendalo njengokuphefumla. Isiphumo kukuhamba kwemvakalelo okwenyani kangangokuba isamente yonke ijongeka ngathi ibingqinelanisiwe iminyaka. Uyabazi bonke abantu abadlalayo kuyo yonke iyantlukwano yabo ngelixa izithako zidibanisa. Ukunyaniseka kolu nxibelelwano kuyachaphazela kwaye kuyaphazamisa.
Ngexesha umdlalo ufikelela kwinqanaba lokugqibela le-euthanasia njengesisombululo sokugqibela, uya kuthi uyonwabele umzekelo wobukrelekrele wombhali omtsha otyhila zonke iinkalo zenkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo ngononophelo, kwaye uyemka Uxolo lukaMary Frances iqhekekile.
