URobin Lord Taylor.U-Emily Assiran woBukele; Ukudutyulwa kwindawo eFranklin Tower / Douglas Elliman; Ukuzilungisa nguBen Bornstein Lusuku olucacileyo, nolucolileyo ekwindla kwisiXeko saseNew York , Uhlobo lwakwangoko kwemini apho izitrato zaseManhattan zingafani ncam ne-dreary DC Comics iqabane labo iGotham City, ukanti uRobin Lord Taylor unetyala elingenakugungqiswa yimithambo-luvo. Isizathu? Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ukusukela ngoku, IGotham imiselwe ukwazisa umgca webali ophosa isitshixo senkawu esingazange senziwe ngaphambili kwii-backstoria ezimbini ze-Batman rogues ezinde: u-Oswald Cobblepot (aka Penguin), i-villain-nosed villain edlalwe amaxesha amathathu ngoku nguTaylor, sele eza kuwa entloko ngaphezulu kwesambulela sothando Kunye no-Cory Michael Smith ka-Edward Nygma (aka The Riddler).
Ndiloluhlobo lokuzibophelela ekuhlaselweni, utshilo uTaylor, ilizwi lakhe, liphakanyisiwe ukubetha i-din up ye-Upper West Side vegan edibeneyo ye-Peacefood, ebanjwe ndaweni ithile phakathi kwamajita kunye nolonwabo lwenene. Ukuthetha inyani, bubuntu obuneminyaka engama-38 ngokufutshane. Nabaphi na abaphulaphuli abaqala ukwaziswa kumdlali weqonga ngo-2006 Yamkelwe , apho wayedlala khona ngomlomo wemoto, u-Abdathy uDarwin Dunlap owayekhathazwe yi-ADD, wayembona ethotywa phantsi IGotham . Nabani na othi oonombombiya abakwazi ukubhabha akazange ambone uTaylor engena egumbini, lonke ulangazelelo oluxokozelayo kunye nomnqweno, onomtsalane.
Kodwa akukho nto inokuphika ukuba ngale mvakwemini ithile, i-hyperkinesis kaTaylor iyazenzela ixhala. Umdlali weqonga unxibe nangona enesimilo, iinwele zakhe zidaywe a IGotham -mnyama omnyama kwi-blond yakhe yendalo, ijini yakhe ngamawele e-hoodie yakhe emnyama, imikhono ahamba ngayo njengoko ethetha. Musa ukwenza impazamo, nangona kunjalo, ukuthandabuza komdlali weqonga kudlulela ngaphaya kokucaphukisa abanye abalandeli be-comic kunye nama-akhawunti e-Twitter angachazwanga abambelele ngokuqinileyo kwi-canon esekwe; URobin Lord Taylor, owakhula etyebile kwaye wayeyisitabane kwaye wenza imidlalo yeqonga eIowa, njengoko ebeka, umba ubaleka nzulu kunabantu abambalwa abarhabaxa abali-140.
Inyaniso yokuba [uOswald] uneemvakalelo zothando ngenye indoda… isavakala kancinci ngathi iza kuphuma kwakhona. Kuphela kwinqanaba elikhulu, elininzi, elikhulu kakhulu.
Inxalenye yayo loloyiko olushiyekileyo loloyiko lokuba ndonwabile ebomini bam bonke, utshilo. Kwaye kunikiwe, andicingi ukuba u-Oswald ulifanasini, ngokwahlukeneyo. Kodwa inyani yokuba uneemvakalelo zothando komnye umntu, nangona kunjalo nabani na ufuna ukuyibhala, isavakala ngathi iza kuphuma kwakhona. Kuphela kwinqanaba elikhulu, elininzi, elikhulu kakhulu.
IGotham Amatyala ngokwawo njenge-Batman prequel, eyenzeka ngexesha lika-Bruce Wayne leminyaka yokwakha . Emva kokufumana ixesha lokuqala elipheleleyo, ukuthengwa okungabonakaliyo kwiNetflix, yaqala ukubonakala kuFox ekwindla ka-2014. Umboniso-kuko konke ukuhlekisa kwawo, i-bazooka-shell bomb kunye nexesha elithile, ukungahambelani okuthandekayo okuza nayo nayiphi na incwadi ehlekisayo ukubalisa amabali-ayothusi into yokuba uneentloni ngokuthatha imiba yezentlalo. Kwaye uTaylor, njengokubetha kothotho, ukungabinantliziyo, amaxesha amaninzi uzifumana eseziko. Kwimeko apho: Kwisipili esigqwethayo sonyulo luka-2016 lukamongameli, Isizini 3 ifumana u-Oswald Cobblepot ebalekela usodolophu waseGotham City, efumana iivoti ngokudibanisa uloyiko, ukubonakaliswa kweedemon zoluntu, kunye nokusetyenziswa okunempilo kwe-orenji bronzer. 
URobin Lord Taylor.U-Emily Assiran woBukele; Ukudutyulwa kwindawo eFranklin Tower / Douglas Elliman; Ukuzilungisa nguBen Bornstein
Kwakunjalo, u-Taylor undixelela, iinzame zokuphelisa imeko-bume yezoluntu ephantse ibe bubungqina-mbono, umbono IGotham Igumbi lababhali belinomdla kakhulu. Xa besithetha ngayo ekuqaleni, yayifana, 'Hee! Ewe! Siza kumfumana! ’Kodwa ngoku luhlobo olunjengokuba… umdlali weqonga umkile, engenangqondo. Emva komzuzwana, ukhumbula inkumbulo ethile, ubusuku obunethayo ngemvula ngoJuni emva kwendibano yenkcubeko ye-pop eBlackpool, eNgilane, ehleli yedwa kwigumbi lehotele, evulela iindaba ukuze afumanise ukuba, amawaka eekhilomitha kunye kude nolwandle, abantu abangama-49 babulawa kukudubula kwiPulse Nightclub eOrlando, eFlorida.
Ndizisebenzele ndenza umsindo. Khange ndilale ubusuku bonke. Ndandinomsindo kakhulu, ngakumbi ngempendulo kaDonald Trump, ukhumbula uTaylor. Ngomsindo wam, ndawukhuphela umyalezo ku [ IGotham umvelisi olawulayo] UDanny Cannon, ngathi, 'Yenza iPenguin ibe sesona similo sibi somlinganiswa onokucinga ngaye. Ndifuna ukuba yoyike. Ndifuna ukuba lisikizi. ’
Impendulo yeCannon yayilinganiswa kwaye ilula. Uthe, 'I-Penguin yethu ayinakuba yiyo,' ukhumbula u-Taylor. ‘Kuba lonto iyakuthetha ukuba siza kuphulukana nobunzima bomlinganiswa esisebenze ukwakha. Emva koko ebengenakuxoleleka. '
Kwaye, kufanelekile, iCannon ilungile. UTaylor's Oswald Cobblepot, kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe zolwaphulo-mthetho, ulwa neqhawe kune-monster; UWalter White uyinki kuphela, unemibala kwaye ubhalelwe kwiincwadi zeencwadi ezihlekisayo. Umfanekiso oqinisekileyo wale Penguin awukho ngasemva kweqonga okanye epulpitini kodwa kwisiphelo seXesha loku-1, ndimi eluphahleni kwaye ndikhwaza kwisibhakabhaka esiseNew York, ndingukumkani waseGotham!
Nge le inkumbulo, i-Cheshire grin ibuya. Emva kweminyaka eyi-14 yokuphicothwa kwendima, ndisebenza apha naphaya ndingenathemba lokwenyani, uthi, andinakuthi andiziva nyani ngalo mzuzu.
Leyo minyaka ili-14 ayikhankanyileyo ibalulekile-isitshixo, eneneni, kwinto eyenza u-Oswald Cobblepot ka-Robin Lord Taylor ukuba abe ngumlinganiswa esimpompozela. Kungenxa yokuba nokuba ulisikrelemnqa sexesha elincinci kwisiXeko saseGotham oya kuthi ngenye imini abe ngukumkani, okanye umdlali weqonga ongaphangeliyo wase-Iowa oya kuthi ngenye imini abeyinkwenkwezi kamabonakude eNew York, uqala endaweni enye. Uqala emazantsi. 
URobin Lord Taylor kunye noBilly Eichner ngexesha leSizwe soKwakha libonisa iScamalot.USteve Eichner / WireImage
Kusekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000 kwisiXeko saseNew York , Kwaye uRobin Lord Taylor ulahlekile kancinci. Kutshanje uphumelele kwiYunivesithi yaseNyakatho-ntshona kwaye wazinza kwi-East Coast okwesihlandlo sokuqala, u-Taylor unamava angaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka eneempendulo ezininzi zokuphicothwa kweencwadi kungabikho ndawo kunye nentengiso engaqhelekanga okanye Umthetho kunye noLungelelwaniso ukubonakala, konke ukuya kumdlali weqonga onxibe kakuhle wokungazithembi. Kwakungathi eli lifu lijinga phezu kwayo yonke into, oku kushukuma okuphantsi koxinzelelo, rhoqo, kangangeminyaka eli-14, uyakhumbula. Kufana naloo mdlalo apho uzama khona kwaye ugcine ibhaluni ekubetheni phantsi. Ukuzama nje ukuyicofa kunye kangangoko unako ukuze uyigcine iphantsi.
Ngethamsanqa, ngexesha awayebhekisela kulo njengeminyaka yakhe etyebileyo, uTaylor wayenezinto ezintathu ezazimhambela: italente engenakuphikwa, abazali ababini ababonelela ngenkxaso ngokweemvakalelo nangokwezimali, kunye nomntu ohlala naye ogama linguBilly Eichner. U-Eichner-ngubani onokumqonda kwezi ntsuku ekhwaza kwimakrofoni kuye Billy kwisitalato , okanye njengesiqingatha esikhulu seHulu Abantu abanzima, ecaleni kukaJulie Klausner -uqala ukudibana noTaylor njengomnye umfundi eNorthwestern. Wayengumhlobo nabo bonke abantu endandihlala nabo egumbini, kwaye ndandifana, 'Ngubani lo mntwana mncinci mhlophe wase-Iowa?' U-Eichner undixelela ngomnxeba. Kodwa ikamva-kunye nendlu yekholeji eyongezelelweyo enkulu ka-Eichner eyayifuna umntu omnye ahlala naye-yazisa aba babini. Ngexesha lokuthweswa isidanga kwafika kwahamba kwaye iNew York yabiza ikhaya laseQueens lomthonyama u-Eichner, yena noTaylor babesebenze iqhina lokuzibophelela kunye nothando lobomi bemihla ngemihla.
Ukutsiba kumaqabane okudala, ngelixa babelana ngendlu eNew York, kweza ngokwendalo. Ngasihlandlo sithile ndajika ndaya kuRobin ndathi, 'Uyazi ntoni? Ndizakubhala into, utshilo u-Eichner. ‘Singakuqonda oku. Sikrelekrele, kwaye sinetalente. Akufanele ukuba sisokola. '
Iziphumo zaba Isizwe seNdalo , oddball, Off-Off-Broadway sketch comedy series ngohlobo lwentetho yasebusuku yasebusuku kunye noxinzelelo lwezesondo lukaRegis noKelly ababedlala u-Eichner njengoBilly Willing noTaylor njenge-sidetick yakhe URobin Nkosi. Abaphulaphuli, bebancinci njengoko babenjalo ekuqaleni, babona abokuqala kwinto eyenzekayo Billy kwisitalato . Buyela umva kwaye ubukele okokuqala, okona kutya Isizwe seNdalo iividiyo ezibonelelwa yi-intanethi, kwaye uya kubamba uRobin Lord Taylor omncinci abaleke noBilly Eichner; ukuba awumboni, u-Eichner undixelela, u-Taylor ngoyena ubalulekileyo kwi-camera.
Ngaphezu koko, nangona kunjalo, amalungu aya esanda ngokunyuka Isizwe seNdalo Iziganeko ezenzeka manqaphanqapha zaphathwa kwiqela labadali abanamabhongo aphezulu le kufutshane notoriety ababephupha ngayo, nje kwi-cusp yokuba kwi-cusp. Umboniso ekugqibeleni ufike eArs Nova eMidtown, kwikhaya, phakathi kwabanye, kwangaphambili Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo (kwaye ngaphambili kakhulu Hamilton ULin Manuel Miranda; U-Elizabeth Meriwether ngaphambi kokuba adale Intombazana eNtsha ; noBeau Willimon ngaphambi kokuba eze Indlu yamakhadi ukuya kwiNetflix. Abadlali, ababhali, amagcisa, iinkwenkwezi zexesha elizayo bonke, besenza konke okusemandleni ukugcina ibhaluni ingabethi umgangatho.
Ndifuna ikhondo lomsebenzi njengoHarry Dean Stanton, uJK Simmons, uRichard Kind. Ndifuna ukuba ngumfo kule nto ithethwa nguTaylor. Ufana, 'Hayi kunjalo lonto mfo. ’Awusoze uwazi amagama abo, kodwa ngabo badlali babalaseleyo.
Kwaye ngoku ixesha lihambile. Emva kokuhlalisana Isizwe seNdalo Ngo-2008, uTaylor uchithe iminyaka ebonakala ubukhulu becala kwiindawo ezithile nakwezinye izinto eziphumayo, ephuma kuthotho olunjengolo Umntu womdla kwaye Umfazi olungileyo , Ukuthumela uninzi lwababukeli kumabonwakude kwi-IMDB ukuqinisekisa ukuba, ibinguye kanye loo mntu Yamkelwe . Injongo yam ixesha elide, bendifuna ikhondo njengoHarry Dean Stanton, uJK Simmons, uRichard Kind. Ndifuna ukuba ngumfo kuloo nto, utshilo uTaylor. Ufana, 'Hayi kunjalo lonto mfo. ’Awusoze uwazi amagama abo, kodwa ngabo badlali babalaseleyo.
Okuhlekisayo ngokwaneleyo, kuthathe uhambo ukuya esiphelweni sehlabathi ukuze uTaylor aqonde ukuba umntu ukhumbula igama lakho isenokungabi yeyona nto imbi kakhulu. Isiqendu sokuqala endisenzileyo Abahamba befile [ngo-2013] wayekunye no-Andrew Lincoln kunye no-Melissa McBride, u-Taylor uyakhumbula. Babengenakho ukwamkela ngakumbi. Kwakungathi ndilusapho apho. Kulapho ndandiye nje, 'ndifuna le.'
Into yokwenza amabala eendwendwe apha naphaya kwimiboniso emikhulu yeTV kukuba, uhlobo oluthile lokungena ngaphakathi kwaye uzive ungaphandle. Ndikufanisa nokumenywa kukuhlangana kwakhona kosapho lomhlobo wakho. Uyaqhubeka, bendiya kujonga kolunye uthotho lwesiqhelo, nendlela abanxibelelana ngayo, kwaye ndingathi, 'Owu Thixo wam, ndifuna nje abantu endisebenza nabo. Ndifuna abantu basebenzisane, ukusondela kubo. '
KaTaylor Uhamba efile I-stint ihlale iziqendu ezibini kwaye enye ikhawuleze, iswayipa enegazi lemela yesilarha, kodwa ezo zimbini zibonakala ngesiquphe ziphefumle ubomi obutsha kwikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi. 
URobin Lord Taylor.U-Emily Assiran woBukele; Ukudutyulwa kwindawo eFranklin Tower / Douglas Elliman; Ukuzilungisa nguBen Bornstein
USherry Thomas noSharon Bialy, abaphosa uTaylor Abahamba befile , Bazifumanisa bebuyela rhoqo kule theipi ye-quirky yomdlali weqonga. Xa esi sibini sasijonge ukugcwalisa indima ye-Todd Alquist yengqondo Iphula kakubi , uthotho olwaluthe cwaka (kwaye emva koko kungathi cwaka) olutshintsha umabonakude ngaphezulu kwe-AMC, isigqibo sehlela kuTaylor noJesse Plemons (indima, njengoko uninzi lusazi, ekugqibeleni yaya ePlemons). Njengoko kwavela, ixesha lesithathu yayili-charm: Fox kunye noBruno Heller, umyili we-HBO's ERoma kunye ne-CBS ’ Ingqondo , wabeka umnxeba. Bebelahla, ezantsi ngokupheleleyo, iBatman prequel, incwadi ye-comic book comens show ekhangela i-Oswald Cobblepot kwenye indawo phakathi kwe-grotesquerie kaDanny DeVito kunye nokuhlafunwa kweBurgess Meredith.
UThomas noBialy, njengoko babesenza ngaphambili, babuyela kwiteyiphu kaTaylor. Ngequbuliso, umdlali weqonga wazifumana edubula umqhubi wenqwelomoya, umqhubi wenqwelomoya; yangaphambili I-O.C. Intliziyo enguBen McKenzie njengoJim Gordon owayesemncinci wayekhokela uTaylor esihla kwizibuko laseNew York ngesikhombisi ngompu kwindawo yokuqala yenkulumbuso. Ngulo mzuzu uhlawulelwe kakhulu phakathi kwam noBen. Kwaye hayi ukuba ndiziqhayise, utshilo uTaylor ngokuhleka, kodwa kwavakala ngathi xa bendihlala ndidlalela ukufundela abantu abayi-20 kodwa bendisazi ukuba ndinabaphulaphuli entendeni yesandla sam. Besiyibulala. Ndinolu hlobo lwamava angaphandle komzimba. Ndijonge phantsi emanzini nasezikhepheni nakwisixeko ngasemva, ndaziva ukuba ubomi bam butshintsha ngalamzuzu.
Ukususela ngoko Gotham ’ Inkulumbuso, uTaylor unayo sele U-Oswald Cobblepot kunye nayo yonke into eza nesihloko, hayi nje ngokuba isiqwenga somhlali esiba yindawo kodwa nokubakho rhoqo kwiindibano nakwimisitho yemithombo yeendaba, ubomi babaninzi bepaneli yeComic Con. Kwaye rhoqo apho, makube ngokungacwangciswanga kwimbutho yoshishino okanye njengamangqina kumtshato kaTaylor kwifama yakhe eIowa, nguBilly Eichner; ezi zimbini zichasene zivela kuMntla-ntshona, umlomo omde ophakamileyo ovela eNew York kunye no-blond o-blond u-Iowan, uBilly Willing noRobin Lord, bobabini, okwangoku, bagcina iibhaluni zabo zingabethi phantsi.
Amathuba okuba yenzeke kuye nakubani na ongaphantsi kwesi sibini seminyaka ayinyani, ndingacinga, njengebhiliyoni kwenye, utshilo uEichner. Kodwa iyavakala. URobin ngumdlali olungileyo. Ndiyathemba ukuba uza kufumana ithuba lokuba abuyele ekubeni blonde ngaxa lithile. Ndicinga ukuba ukhetha ukuba blonde, kuphela komcimbi apha. 
URobin Lord Taylor.U-Emily Assiran woBukele; Ukudutyulwa kwindawo eFranklin Tower / Douglas Elliman; Ukuzilungisa nguBen Bornstein
Lusuku olumanzi, olunethiswe yimvula ngo-Okthobha kwisiXeko saseNew York, kwiintsuku ezine emva koko IGotham watyhila ibali lakhe likaEddie no-Oswald kwisiqendu esithi Anything For You, kwaye isiqabu kwilizwi likaRobin Lord Taylor siyabambeka. Andifumananga mpendulo imbi kwaphela, intle, umdlali undixelela ngomnxeba. Ngokwenene ndinabantu abaninzi kuTwitter abanjengo, ‘Owu Thixo wam, kutheni ungakhange uwanga nje?’ Njengabathumeli beenqanawa, uyazi? ‘Ugh, iyacaphukisa le nto, ndifuna nje ukuba bayifumane.’ Ke kumnandi oko.
Ewe kunjalo, ngenxa yokuba le yi-intanethi, kwaye yile 2016, kwaye eli lihlabathi esiphila kulo, impendulo ayisiyiyo konke kulungile; nangona uTaylor ezama ukunqanda ukufunda ngokuthe ngqo. Ukuthi, ‘Andisayiwubukeli lo mboniso kuba usisitabane kakhulu.’ Ewe abanangxaki xa kukho ukungavisisani kwezesondo phakathi kukaBarbara (Erin Richards) noTabitha (Jessica Lucas). Ayisiyo 'gay kakhulu.'
Kodwa kubalulekile ukuba abantu banezi mpendulo, uyaqhubeka. Ngeliphandle, ukuba abantu abayithandi mhlawumbi loo nto ikhanyisela into ethile ngabo, ukuba bangakhathazeka kakhulu ngeli bali lamabali. Yinto entle ezenziwa ziincwadi ezihlekisayo, ngohlobo lwentelekelelo, ikhanyisa iingcinga eziyinyani zabantu kunye nekhethe. Ngale ndlela, ndiyazingca ngale nto siyenzayo.
Ukusuka kwimbono yam ngaphesheya kwe-Hudson, iManhattan egqunywe yinkungu ayibonakali kuGotham, ekhaya ukuya eBatman, eJim Gordon, eOswald Cobblepot. Ilizwi likaRobin Lord Taylor, ukumkani waseGotham, uza kwifowuni epholileyo kwaye icacile. Mna, kunye nomboniso, sithatha ubunini baba balinganiswa, utshilo uTylor, nawuphi na umkhondo wemithambo-luvo uhambile. Lithuba lethu ukubalisa ibali laba balinganiswa. NdinguNombombiya. Oku, ngoku, yiPenguin yam.
