UShirley MacLaine Ufanelwe ngcono kunokuba 'liLizwi lokuGqibela'

Ihlala iyinto eyamkelekileyo ukubona uShirley MacLaine, nditsho nakwiminyaka yakhe yobudala (82), imibimbi nayo yonke, nkqu nakwimuvi engalunganga ILizwi lokugqibela, kodwa ngeli xesha ukrwitshelwe ngaphandle kobukho beqhwa kunye nomdlalo obukekileyo kwisithuthi oko kukuthi, ukuba nesisa, ukungakholiseki ngokupheleleyo, ukuqamba, kunye nokukhohlisa njengenye yezo zinciphisa izithembiso ezithembisa ukuphelisa Imithambo ye-varicose kodwa ikunika kuphela imihlathi.

Hayi, iinkumbulo. Wayekade eyinkwenkwezi ephumelele u-Oscar kwisithsaba samaqhula kaBilly Wilder kunye nomculo kaBob Fosse. Ezo ntsuku zidlulile ngoku, kwaye ngeendima ezintle ubuncinci, le dolphic ye-cinematic rag kanye nengoma yomculo ye-Broadway kunye neVegas ziye zanikezelwa ekudlaleni i-curmudgeons ezindala ezinetyhefu. Ukubetha imigca ukusukela oko wahambisa izinto ezingathandekiyo njengo-Ouiser Boudreaux Isinyithi Magnolias. Kwi ILizwi lokugqibela, Ungomnye wemfazwe endala ogama linguHarriet Lauler, isigqeba sentengiso esidla umhlala-phantsi kwaye efuna ngenkani ukuba angafezekisi ohlala kwindlu entle engacacanga apho ukunyanzelisa kwakhe ukubila ukuba abakhonzi benze yonke into ngendlela yakhe kugxothe wonke umntu, emshiya ezula-zula engenanto amagumbi anika ifanitshala uvavanyo lweglavu emhlophe ngothuli. Isizungu, sifuna ngenkani kwaye sithuka bonke abanobuganga bokunkqonkqoza emnyango, uHarriet ugwetyelwe kwindima ayenzileyo uShirley edlala iminyaka-grouch dolophu. Akanyamezeleki njengangaphambili, ngeli xesha kuphela enxiba ngcono.

Emva koko, isigulo esingalindelekanga sinyanzela uHarriet ukuba ajongane nenyani engemnandanga: ngekhe ahlale ngonaphakade. Ke uphanda izithako ezenza umxholo oqinisekileyo anokuthembela kuwo emva kokuba emkile ukuze amenze abonakale njengomnqamlezo phakathi kuka-Eleanor Roosevelt, uBetty Crocker no-Eva Peron, kwaye uqesha intatheli yephephandaba lendawo egama lingu-Anne (Amanda Seyfried) ukuba abhale yiyo. U-Anne ngumbhali onomdla kunye namabhongo, ukumosha kwiphepha lezaziso zokufa. Xa edibana noHarriet kuyinzondo ekuboneni kuqala, kodwa iphepha liphulukana nemali kwiminyaka yedijithali, ke umhleli unetyala kwinkomo endala ngenxa yeminikelo yemali ayenzileyo yokugcina irag yasekhaya iqhubeka. U-Anne akasoze abe ngu-Joan Didion olandelayo ngale ndlela, kodwa likratshi lakhe okanye umsebenzi wakhe. Uye emsebenzini.

Ingxaki ikhawuleza. Angabhala njani i-obit egudileyo malunga ne-bitch etyebileyo wonke umntu ayithiyileyo? Udliwanondlebe noHarriet's shrink, ugqirha wamazinyo, umchebi weenwele, kwanombingeleli wakhe ungqine eyityhefu. Umyeni wangaphambili angambonanga kwiminyaka engama-22 ukhumbula umtshato wabo njengentuthumbo echithe esofeni engonwabanga. Oko yayingeyiyo isofa, uyabala, yayiyi-settee. Oko, uyabuya, sisiFrentshi kwidiski ye-herniated. Akukho mntu unento enye elungileyo yokwenza ilifa endaweni yokurekhoda enye. U-Harriet unyanzelisa ukuba i-obit engalibalekiyo kufuneka iqulethe izinto ezine-usapho olumthandayo, abantu asebenza nabo abafunde kubulumko bakhe, i-underdog obomi babo buthe bachukunyiswa nguye ngendlela elungileyo, kunye nekhadi lasendle elingalindelekanga ukuba lisebenze njengendawo yokuvula umgca. Ukuphazamiseka kuka-Anne, akukho nanye kwezi zinto zine esebenza kuHarriet. Ukusuka apha, i Umboniso bhanyabhanya ujika ube luhambo lwasendleleni njengoko uHarriet ezama ukudibana nentombi yakhe eyedwa kuphela emthiyileyo (u-Anne Heche) -ukubetha, ukujija kunye nokungena ngaphakathi Imikhombandlela emininzi ngaxeshanye, kumzamo olilize wokudlula ixesha lokubaleka. Abahamba noHarriet abahambahambayo nguAnne onqabileyo, ngubani owaziyo isabelo esingenathemba xa eyibona, kunye nolutsha oluntsundu oluneminyaka esithoba ubudala olubi nolunomlomo onamanzi (AnnJewel Lee Dixon) phezulu apha endleleni. Zonke ziphela kabuhlungu, imoto yonakele, kwaye bachitha ubusuku kwi-motel yohola wendlela apho bonke baya kudada kunye echibini elibandayo elibandayo. Kwinkqubo, Harriet ilawula ukubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunye nokwenza ngcono ubomi babo bonke abantu ababandakanyekayo. Owu, ndilibale ukukhankanya ukuba naye urhuqa ingqokelela yakhe enkulu yokudlala irekhodi kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo wasekhaya kwaye ufumana umsebenzi njenge-disc jockey?

Ngaphandle kobukho bukaShirley MacLaine, amaxesha okonwaba anikezelwe ngu ILizwi lokugqibela zimbalwa kakhulu izigcawu zokubaxwa, i-phony, i-marzipan-like make make believe, eyenziwe ngomthi nguMark I-Pellington kwaye ibhalwe ngaphezulu ngehlazo nguStuart Ross Fink kumdlalo weqonga onyanzela uNks MacLaine ukuba athethe izinto ezinje ngeempazamo, iimpazamo zenza wena ! Akukho nto malunga abalinganiswa benza nayiphi na ingqiqo Ingqondo, ukutshona kwelanga kumile ichibi ebumnyameni liyahlekisa, umfazi onemali kaHarriet akasoze achithe ubusuku phakathi I-motel ehleliyo ilele ebhedini nabanye abantu ababini xa ikwazi ukuyifumana URitz-Carlton, kwaye akukho octogenarian ngubani uthetha ngoNina Simone wayeza kuhamba emoyeni kwaye adlale ilitye elibi kakhulu kwaye uqengqele ku wonke umntu uyinto engachazekiyo. UShirley ngokwakhe angathanda iSinatra ballads, jazz enkulu yeqela kwaye ubonise iingoma nguCy Coleman ukuya kuthando lweeKinks. Andikholwanga lizwi, kubandakanya ne-eulogy ekugqibeleni, zisiwe kubungcwele becawa, ogcwele ngoonobumba abane — kwaye akukho mntu ubonakala ngathi wothukile ukuba umntu utsho Shit kubungcwele bepulpiti? Mfana, kuya kusiba nzima ukufumana iindima zabasetyhini abadala. NgamaBritane kuphela abonakala ekwazi ukuyenza, sisizathu esinye sokuba uJudi Dench noMaggie Smith basezinkwenkwezi. Ifilosofi kwindawo yokugqibela kaHarriet kwi ILizwi lokugqibela kukhunjulwa ngothando emva kokuba yonke enye into isilele. Yiyo leyo inkoliso yethu inokuba nethemba layo — ayilibaleki. Ehlekisayo. Ndiyamlibala kakade.