Ngophawu lwentengiso impahla yakhe emnyama kunye neqonga lendawo-ukuhamba, ukubamba iinwele zakhe, ukwenza ibhaleyi yekvetch ngexesha ngalinye lomdlalo-Mnu. U-Lewis uyinxalenye yesiko lale mihla lokuhlekisa nge-neurosis eneziganeko ezichazayo zibandakanya uWoody Allen kunye noShelley Berman, ngoku ongumlingisi kaMnu Lewis kuLarry David's Thintela umdla wakho . Sobabini sikhathazekile-sobabini siphila kwicala elimnyama lobomi, utshilo uMnu Berman, 82. Kodwa unemithambo-luvo kakhulu. Uzisika evulekile xa esebenza. Uyambona lomfo wopha.
Umnumzana Lewis usenokungafihli umphefumlo wakhe kwisenzo sakhe, kodwa wenza njalo ngaphandle kwengubo yokhuseleko awayeyirhuqa eqongeni kunye naye iminyaka: edityaniswe ndawonye amaphepha asuka pad yomthetho, apho wayeza kubhala uluhlu lwezinto ezihlekisayo ezenzeka kuye ngamaxesha onke, ukuzikhumbuza ngento afuna ukuthetha ngayo. Ekugqibeleni, uluhlu lwaluya kukhula lube lukhulu kangangokuba xa uMnu Lewis alusasaza kwipiyano enokuthi ngokungathandabuzekiyo ithathe inqanaba lakhe, kwakukhangeleka ngathi yinto engaqhelekanga edityanelwe intengiso yeStaples.
Usavelisa izinto ngokushiya okuninzi, echwetheza kwilaptop yakhe ehlala ikhona, apho agcina khona malunga neeyure ezingama-20 zezinto ezintsha, ashukuma ngokungapheliyo ngaphambi naphakathi kwemiboniso. Ndiyindoda ephambeneyo-ndixhalabile kakhulu ngomboniso, kodwa yile nto ndinguye, utshilo uMnu Lewis. Ndifakwe i-wired nje lixesha lam, intloko yam igcwele imifanekiso. Kuyothusa, kodwa kuyonwabisa. Andisoze ndisebenze ngoluhlobo.
Angathanda ukuthatha enye ifoto eCarnegie Hall, apho wayedlala khona umdlalo we-1989 othengisiweyo kunye namaphepha amathandathu adityanisiweyo. Ukuba ndenze konke kuluhlu, siza kuhlala sikhona, utshilo uMnu Lewis. Naye angathanda ukuba sober ngeli xesha. Ngelixa wayenganxilanga eqongeni (ndandingomnye walabo bahlobo basebenzayo), akayikhumbuli kangangesiqingatha seyure ezimbini okanye ii-ovations ezimileyo ezininzi ekugqibeleni. Kwaye intombi yakhe ngelo xesha yacima i-tape yakhe kuphela yomboniso.
Ubunono bam buvule iisynapses ezininzi ezazifihliwe ukusela kunye nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi, utshilo uMnu Lewis, othethe ngengxaki yakhe yotywala, kunye nobomi bosapho awabungcungcuthekisayo, kwimemo yakhe ka-2000. Olunye Ukudakumba Okukhulu .
Wayehlala elungile, nosapho lwakhe olungasebenzi kakuhle kunye nembono yakhe ngobomi obuvela kwicala elimnyama, utshilo umhlobo wakhe kunye nomlingani wakhe uDavid Brenner. Yayingeyonto iphantsi kwintlupheko; yayilicala elimnyama lokugula ngengqondo. Umnumzana Brenner ukhumbule ingxoxo apho uMnumzana Lewis wamxelela ukuba ebeye kunyango, kathathu ngeveki, kangangeminyaka eli-17: Ndamxelela, 'Ukuba unezinyo, kwaye uye kugqirha wamazinyo iminyaka eli-17. kwaye usenawo la mazinyo, kuya kufuneka uqaphele ukuba kukho into engalunganga ngogqirha wamazinyo-okanye ngonyango lwamazinyo ngokubanzi, utshilo uMnu. Brenner. Waye wandijonga njengenja ye-RCA Victor-wayengayiqondi into endithetha ngayo.
Ndizalelwe ukuthetha ngam, utshilo uMnu Lewis. Ukuba abazali bam bebendimamele nangayiphi na inqanaba lomdla, ngekhe kwenzeke. Indlu yonke bekufanele ukuba inezibuko zokuzihlaziya. Andibathembi abantu abandaziyo; Ndidinga ukuya kwinqanaba kwisiXeko saseNew York ndithethe nabantu endingabaziyo ukuze ndiqinisekise. Yiyo loo nto nditshate emva kwexesha: bendinemicimbi yokuthembana, kwaye ndicinge ukuba likho ithuba lokuba bangahlali.
Umlutha ozibiza ngokuba uyathandana ovuma ukukopela phantse kuwo onke amantombazana ayesakuba ngamantombazana (uluhlu oluquka uNina Van Pallandt kunye noDebra Winger), uMnu. Lewis wayeqhele ukuthandana namabhinqa aselula kakhulu- nokuba ngabo babeziphethe kakubi (kuba ndandifumana into endiyifaneleyo) okanye amantombazana awayenombethe kwaye engaxelwanga ukuba kufuneka adlale iPygmalion. Kwakungathi, 'Kule veki siza kuyibukela yonke iFellini, emva koko iya kwiCassavetes naseTruffaut'-wonke umntu kwakufuneka abambe uRichard.
Emva koko wadibana noJoyce Lapinsky, umfazi okwiminyaka engama-40 owayesebenza kumculo epapasha, kwitheko lokudlala kwakhona kwi-albhamu yeRingo Starr. Yabangela oko akubiza ngokuba ‘ngumdaniso wenyoka,’ ukhumbula oko uMnu. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ndandineminyaka eli-9 ubudala. Bendibeka umboniso kulo mfazi.
Emva kweminyaka esixhenxe bethandana, uMnu Lewis wathabatha uNkskz Lapinsky ukuba adibane nonyango lwakhe. Kubuhlungu-bendingenakho ukuzithemba ekukhetheni iqabane, utshilo. Ukuncipha kuphulaphule isigulana sakhe sikhalaza malunga nengxaki encinci yonxibelelwano awayibona isisithintelo ekuqhubekeni nokuzibophelela kunye noNks. Ngelizwi elaliphantse libe lelikaSathana — kwakumnyama kakhulu kwaye kungxola kangangokuba kwakubonakala ngathi kuvakala phakathi elumelwaneni — ingcali yam yandikhwaza yathi, ‘Le nto intle njengokuba ifika!’ Utshilo uMnu. Indishukumisile kumbindi wam.
Ukanti, kwabakho umqobo omnye: indlu kaMnu Lewis, eyayihleli phezu kweSunset Strip eHollywood, awayibiza njengemyuziyam. Yonke indawo emi nkqo kumgangatho wenduli imigangatho emininzi — kwaye uninzi lwendawo ethe tyaba — igutyungelwe ngokuqokelelwa kweememorabilia kunye nezikhumbuzo ezivela kumashumi amathathu nangaphezulu eminyaka kwishishini lokubonisa: iifoto ezenziweyo, ii-autographs, imizobo, iiposta kunye nezinye izinto ezincinci zamaqhawe obugcisa kaMnu Lewis, abacebisi kunye nenkuthazo: wonke umntu ovela kuJack Kerouac ukuya eGroucho Marx ukuya kuLenny Bruce, uBuster Keaton ukuya kuJimi Hendrix ukuya kuJohn Cassavetes, uOscar Levant ukuya kuJohnny Carson ukuya kuMickey Mantle.
Ndiyazi ukuba, ukuba ndiyaphela ukuba kunye nawe, kuya kufuneka ndibenekhaya lam, umncinci u-Ms Lapinsky, ngoku ongumcebisi wophuhliso lwenkqubo ye-Urban Farming, umbutho ongenzi nzuzo, wamxelela. Ufumene ikhabhathi ezintabeni ezingama-80 eemayile, kwaye yena nabangaphandle-bamphikisa uMnumzana Lewis (mna ngokwenyani andidibani nelanga, utshilo) bahlule ixesha labo phakathi kwamakhosi amabini.
UJoyce uzinze kuye, utshilo uSusie Essman, omnye Ukuthintela co-star, ngubani owaziyo uMnu Lewis iminyaka engamashumi amabini. Wonke umntu ufuna umntu omnye ebomini oya kukuthanda ngokungathandabuzekiyo, kwaye ufumene oko kunye naye. Uye wanqumama, wahleka kwaye wongeza: Kwaye nangoku uselusizi.
UMnu Lewis kutshanje ufumene iseti yeDVD esandula ukukhutshwa yexesha lokuqala le- Nantoni na ngaphandle koThando , i-sitcom awayedlala kuyo noJamie Lee Curtis ngeyona ndawo ibhetele yamaxesha amane, ukuqala ngo-1989. Ngaphandle kwendlela iinwele zakhe ezolukiweyo ezijongeka ngayo kumdlalo (Njengee-beaver ezimbini eziphakameyo nezibethayo, utshilo), umkhumbuza ukuba wayesebenza ixesha elingakanani ngaphambi kokuba afumane elo khefu-kwaye kukude kangakanani oko waphela loo mboniso. Ukusukela ngoko, wayenenkwenkwezi kwi-sitcoms ezihlala ixesha elifutshane (kubandakanya Utata othandekayo kunye noDon Rickles kunye IHiller kunye neDiller kunye noKevin Nealon), kwaye benze utyelelo lweendwendwe kuyo yonke into ukusuka Izibizo ukuya IiSimpson . Kodwa ukwenza iindima kuza kuphela manqaphanqapha.
Ibindidida, utshilo uMnu Lewis. Ndibenenqwelomoya endandihamba ngayo noGary Sinise kutsha nje, kwaye wayithetha into endiyivayo kubantu abaninzi: 'Kutheni ungawenzi umboniso wam?' Khange ndiyitsho, kodwa ndicinge: 'Buza umphathi wakho ! '
Ukudlala uRichard Lewis Ukuthintela yeyona ndima ibalulekileyo ebomini bam — kodwa, okuhlekisayo kukuba, kwenza kube nzima ngakumbi ukuba ndiqwalaselwe ngamanye amalungu, uqhubeke. Kodwa uMnu Lewis wayengekho ngokwenene ukhalaza. Ndiyabulela kakhulu ngomsebenzi wam wokuma, utshilo. Ndiyathetha, ndophulwe iminyaka eli-11 okanye eli-12 yokuqala yomsebenzi wam; Bendihlala kwiifolokhwe. Ndiyicinga ukuba kutheni ndihambelana noKafka.
Kuya kufuneka uqonde ukuba, kuluhlu lokonwaba, igeyiji yakhe ayinyuki iye kwi-100, utshilo uMnu Brenner, obolekise uMnu Lewis imali kuloo minyaka ibuthathaka. Kodwa ngoku, ukwiminyaka engama-40 okanye engama-45 — ubuncinci ngamanqaku angama-20 aphezulu kunokuba bekunjalo ngaphambili. Okwangoku, wonwabe kakhulu kunanini na ngaphambili.
