UJennifer Hudson ungene Umbala oMfusa . ( Ifoto: UMateyu Murphy )
Ukufikelela kubaphulaphuli bayo yonke iminyaka, imibala, iinkolelo, isini kunye neenkolelo, inoveli ephumelele amabhaso ka-Alice Walker's Pulitzer Umbala oMfusa yaqhubeka ukuba ibe yifilimu kaSteven Spielberg yezinto kunye nobugcisa ngo-1985, kunye noWhoopi Goldberg no-Oprah Winfrey phakathi kwabadlali bayo abahamba phambili, emva koko umculo we-Broadway odlala uLaChanze ngo-2005. Loo mveliso ayizange yamkelwe kakuhle ngabagxeki, kodwa emva kokufumana Abaphulaphuli abasisiseko, babalekela kwimidlalo engama-910. Ukujonga kumnandi kunye nokuma okumiyo, hayi kuphela esiphelweni, kodwa kuzo zombini iiyure ezinesiqingatha eqongeni, ndingathi imvuselelo entsha Umbala oMfusa KwiBernard Jacobs Theatre sele ibambile.
I-Noble, inyanzeliswayo kwaye iculwa ngamandla, ifuthe lokwehla kwentliziyo yesaga ethathe iminyaka engamashumi amane kubomi bosapho lwabantsundu eMzantsi kwaye ilandele ukukhula kweqhawe lomfazi omnye ukusuka kubukhoboka banamhlanje, obungekho mthethweni ukuya kwinkululeko epheleleyo. kwinqanaba lomculo njengoko lalishicilelwa nakwifilimu. Njengomntu ophambili kweli bali libalaseleyo, umlinganiswa ontsonkothileyo kaCelie ngomnye wamaqhawekazi angenakulibaleka kuncwadi. Ukwenza i-Broadway debut yakhe, i-England uCynthia Erivo ubeka indawo kwi-amber. Kwaye yeyiphi indima ebandakanyekileyo. UCelie uqala ukuvela njengomntwana ongathandwayo ozele abantwana ababini ngoyise, bobabini bakhululwe ezingalweni zakhe banikwa abantu abangabaziyo. Ukusweleka kukamama, uCelie unceda udade wabo othandwayo, uNettie, owamfundisa indlela yokufunda nokubhala, ukubaleka ekhaya ngethemba lokufumana ubomi obungcono, ngelixa utata wabo ethembisa ukukholelwa umyeni okhohlakeleyo, okhohlakeleyo obizwa ngokuba nguMnumzana ( U-Isaiah Johnson) emtyakatya nge-bullwhip, emsebenzisa njengomama wokumela umntwana wakhe, amphathe njengento yokwabelana ngesondo, kwaye amsebenzise njengondlebende.
UCelie unelishwa lokukhula kwindawo enabantu abahluthwe inkcubeko yokungazi nokuba nocalucalulo, umntwana onyanzelwe ukuba anyamezele ubunzima, anikezele ngobutsha bakhe kwaye amkele uxanduva lwabantu abadala phambi kokuba abe mdala ngokwaneleyo ukuba angazi nantoni na ngobomi bomfazi-umntwana obhinqileyo. ukuba ibhokisi yemiyalezo yasemaphandleni kwindlela ekufutshane nomda webala lombona lothuli iba kuphela kwekhonkco lakhe kwilizwe langaphandle. Kwaye nebhokisi yeposi ayivumelekanga kuye xa isiba sisamkelo seeleta ezibhalelwa yena nguNettie, akholelwa ukuba ufile-unxibelelwano nelizwe elingaphandle elifihlwe nguMfundisi phantsi kwebhodi evulekileyo emgangathweni. Andiyazi indlela yokulwa-ndiyazi nje indlela yokuhlala ndiphila, utsho uCelie. Umbala oMfusa Libali elinenkalipho lokuba usinda njani, utyatyamba njengeentyatyambo ezimfusa ezikhupha ubuhle nakwimeko embi kakhulu yobuntwana bakhe, kwaye afumane amandla wakhe wangaphakathi kunye nokuzixabisa.
Iqonga alinakukuphinda ukuhamba kwexesha olibonayo kwifilimu, kwaye ndiyiphosile imifanekiso kaMnu. Spielberg owayesebenzisa kwifilimu, edanisa phambi kwamehlo: abantwana abamnyama babamba intsimi kwindawo yeebhotile, indoda edlala ipiyano yehonky-tonk isihlenga somlambo, imvumi emnandi ejokeni yomthi edityanisiweyo edibanisa i-blues ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo, ilandelwa ngumculo wentshumayelo yentsimbi kunye nesulfure yangeCawa. Amasimi kunye neenqanawa zerabshackle, iivenkile jikelele kunye neemoto zokuqala, izitulo ezinyikimayo zenziwe zatshisa ngokutshona kwelanga kushushu eorenji kumasimi ekotoni-le yayiyimifanekiso emihle ehambisa abaphulaphuli eGeorgia kwasebusaneni benkulungwane edlulileyo, ngobuchule nangokuphinda ngobuhle noloyiko.
Awufumani nayiphi na into kwicala lokuthintela ukubola likaJohn Doyle okanye iseti ayilungisileyo engabonisi nto ngaphandle kwezitulo ezenziwe ngomthi ezibethelelwe eludongeni olubethekileyo. Ukudlula kwamaxesha, ubudlelwane buyakhula kwaye buyatshintsha, kwaye uCelie uhlala eyikhamera, erekhoda yonke into njengoko idlula ngamehlo akhe. UCynthia Erivo udlala iminyaka eyahlukeneyo, iimoods kunye neemvakalelo, ukusuka kwisidenge esinamehlo athambileyo athatha ukubetha kwakhe ngendlela abantu abaninzi abathatha ngayo ikofu yabo yasekuseni, kwintonga yomfazi onekratshi, onobuqhetseba ngobudala kodwa onobulumko nomoya wangaphakathi, enxibelelana nolwazi ngendlela okutshisa ngayo intswela-bulungisa. Ngexesha lokuphela kwebali ngo-1949, ubanjiwe, enesidima kwaye ekugqibeleni enebhongo ngendlela obuphume ngayo ubomi bakhe. Xa ebhengeza isibhengezo senkululeko, lusuku olubhalwe unobumba obomvu eqongeni, kwaye uCelie uyaphumelela ekugqibeleni, ngeendlela ezininzi kunenye.
Akancedwa kakhulu ngamanqaku aphakathi, ngomculo kunye namazwi nguBrenda Russell, Allee Willis kunye noStephen Bray abangasetyenziswanga ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye bayangxola ukuya kuthi ga kwi-cacophony eyona imbi, okanye ngencwadi kaMarsha Norman ezo khathalogu Amanqaku acwangcisiweyo kwinoveli eyaziwayo ngaphandle kokuqonda. Yintoni ekhokela olu hlobo lwebali eliqhelekileyo kwimpumelelo ngabadlali abaxhasayo. Ngo-1916, xa uMphathiswa ezisa ekhaya umfazi obizwa ngokuba nguShug (oboniswe kakuhle ngu Amaphupha u-Jennifer Hudson), onomtsalane ku-Celie uba ngumthombo wenkululeko, umboniso uyaphila. Njengentombi yomshumayeli eguqukele kwisaloon, UNks Hudson utye-kancinci kodwa usenomzimba opheleleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba angaba nakweyiphi ikona yeqonga akulo kubo bonke abanye abantu. Usengazibhinca ukuya kwibhalkhoni yesibini, nangona iingoma zakhe zingaxabisekanga kuhlobo lomqala wakhe.
Ukulingana ngokulinganayo kukubopha umtya uKyle Scatliffe njengo-nyana ka-Celie Harpo, ovula indlu yendlela kwaye azise kusapho umfazi onokutsha ogama linguSofia, odlalwe ngamandla omoya okhululekileyo kunye nemiphunga yentsimbi nguDanielle Brooks, amandla endalo angathathi nto iziqwenga ezivela kuyo nayiphi na indoda, emnyama okanye emhlophe. Njengoko ibali liqhubeka, ikratshi lakhe kunye nokudibana kwakhe kudibana nokuwa okulusizi, kwaye siyabona ukuba kuncinci kangakanani ukulawula kwabafazi abamnyama ngaphezulu kweendawo zabo kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni eGeorgia.
NguNettie (oqaqambileyo uJoaquina Kalukango), ubuyile emsebenzini wobufundisi eAfrika nabantwana ababini bakaCelie abalahlekileyo kudala, ofundisa udade wakhe ozeka kade umsindo ukuba ngaphandle kwentlungu nokuzincama ebomini bakhe, ebehlala ethandwa. Wonke umntu ngaphakathi Umbala oMfusa inoluhlobo lwabaphulaphuli bevolumu bahlala benempazamo ngokucula kakuhle, kwaye ndiyabathanda amandla abo, nangona ii-calisthenics ezinelizwi zinxiba ngokukhawuleza
Isiphelo esikhulu, esinokuphindaphindeka kwakhona kwesihloko somculo, senza wonke umntu eqongeni ukuba aqhwabele izandla ixesha lokuba aguquke kwaye ajike Umbala oMfusa kwii-hokum ezenziwe kunye nezovakalelo. Kodwa lo ngumboniso wokubamba kubaphulaphuli babo ekubeni sesichengeni ngokweemvakalelo. Umnyama, uhlwempu-ukungcola, umbi, ngaphandle kwezakhono kwaye akukho mfundo, uCelie ufunda, ebusika bobomi bakhe, indlela yokuma kunye nokubalwa. Ndalaqaza ngeenxa zonke ndabona iinyembezi apho amagqoboko esoyika ukunyathela.
Kukude ngaphandle kwesiphako kunye nobungqina bokugxeka, kodwa uthanda ungathandi, Umbala oMfusa ubeka inyama kulawo amathambo e-chalky Broadway ajike kulo nyaka aba ngamangcwaba emidlalo yeqonga.
