UMichele Reiner, uRob Reiner, uJake Reiner, uRony Reiner, uNick Reiner. (Ngokunyanisekileyo uPatrick McMullan) Abantwana abathathu bakaRob Reiner bomtshato wakhe wesibini banamazinyo amahle kakhulu, amile ngokugqibeleleyo. Bafaka ecaleni ikhaphethi ebomvu kwiLincoln Centre's 41st Charlie Chaplin Award Gala tribute on Monday Monday. Utata wabo wayezukile ebusuku. Ngaba niyibonile yonke i-oeuvre katata wakho? UJake, unyana omkhulu kaRob kunye nentatheli kamabonwakude eSalinas, eCalifornia, wabanezela inkungu yomthambo, emva koko wakhangela engenanto.
I-Transom yazama kwakhona. Mhlawumbi sisiFrentshi sethu. Iimuvi zakhe? Owu, ewe, zadibana ngokudibeneyo. Ngaphandle kweziyikisayo. Ezoyikisayo? Uyazi, njengo ‘Ntlungu.’ Ke, 'Umtshakazi weNkosazana'? Iintloko zanqwala. ‘Xa uHarry wadibana noSally’? Cwaka. Owu thixo wam, intombi yakhe enamehlo amnyama yacela. Musa ukuxelela nabani na ngale nto.
Umfazi kaReiner, uMichele, waxhonywa ngaphandle kweqela. Ngaba anganomdla wokuncokola? Umbhengezi wakhe ungqiyame ngaphakathi, emsebezela endlebeni. Unikine intloko okwe kati ikhupha amanzi. Andiyo…. thetha, utshilo, ebaleka. Ibali le-apocrypha kukuba ngexesha lokuthandana kwakhe kwangoko kunye noMnu. UReiner, wamgxeka ngokutshaya kwakhe. Kwaye akufuneki utyebe kangaka, wabuyela umva. Esi sibini sibhiyozela iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu kunye ngoMeyi.
Phantse iminyaka engamashumi amathathu, uMnu.Reiner ulandela amabali othando lwe-archetypal njengoko ejikeleza kuzo zonke iintlobo zamaNxweme oMlilo. Usinike iimeko ezinesiphene ngokwaneleyo ukuba sikholelwe, ubugcisa obunethemba lokulingisa ubomi kwi-Golden Age ye-Rom-Com.
UCatherine Zeta Jones ukhutshiwe, ebambene noMichael Douglas. Ubalaselisa iprojekthi ezayo kaMnu. Reiner, ‘Kwaye iyahamba,’ njengearhente yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba efunda ngokwakho ukuthanda umfazi okwintanga yakhe. Ethetha ngothando lwe-archetypal, Mnu.Douglas kutshanje udlale umnumzana osele ekhulile olungisa ngokutsha ubuso bomthandi omncinci ngokufana naye.
Musa ukubuza uBilly malunga neClippers, umdlalo wezemidlalo we-headset waxwayisa njengoko uMnu Crystal esondela, ngokubhekiselele kwibali elingenangqondo leForbes lokuba umtshatsheli weClipper owaziwayo kufuneka aqokelele abanye abantu kwaye athenge iqela kumnini-ohlaseleyo. Sambuza malunga neentsomi zothando endaweni yoko. Ukufumana eyiyo kunzima, utshilo uMnu. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha aphambi kwakho. Njengangoku. Umrhumo onomdla! Oko u-Transom wayengenayo yayiyimfihlo kaMnu Crystal kwi-screen chemistry kunye noCarol Kane, umlingani wakhe othandana naye kwi-'The Princess Bride ': Iiponti ezintlanu zokwenza.
UMeg Ryan, esongelwe ngengubo ebukhali, emhlophe, emhlophe, wothusile isihlwele kamva kwinqanaba kunye noCrystal. Ndine-30 okanye i-40 ye-orgasms ngaloo mini, wathi ngokudubula ukujika kwakhe njengoSally.
Emva kwexesha, wazambathisa umzimba kwibhokisi ye-opera kaMnu. Bathengisa amaza amancinci ngelixa uJames Caan ekhala ngemikhwa yakhe yokuziqhelanisa neseti 'yokubandezeleka'. Ufumene uOscar, watsho ngeenkwenkwezi uKathy Bates, omile. Abanye bathunyelwa ngevidiyo. UTom Cruise. UMorgan Freeman. Utata kaMnu Reiner, uCarl. UMandy Inigo Montoya Patinkin uchaze ukwenzakala esiswini kwakhe ngenxa yokuzama ukubamba ukuhleka ngelixa uCrystal eqhekeza amahlaya awahlukeneyo ngenkulungwane ye-13. Umnumzana Reiner wakhe wathi, ndingaphumelela ibhaso likaNobel kwaye bangabhala bathi, 'UMeathead uphumelele ibhaso likaNobel.' Kodwa, uMnu Patinkin uthe, ukuthobeka kwakhe kugubungela esona sipho sakhe sibuqhetseba njengomlawuli: Ungoyena mkhulu abaphulaphuli bamaxesha onke.
