UJohn Goodman kunye noChristopher McDonald, uDylan Baker kunye noClarke Thorell.UJuliet Cervantes Iphepha Langaphambili -Ukudinwa, i-farce endala ukusukaNgo-1928 malunga nokuxokozela, neentsuku ezinzima zokuthetha nge-cigar-chomping, ink-stain-wretches yelling, Stop the presses, I had a story that will break this town open open! ngaphambi kokuba ubuntatheli obushicilelweyo butshabalaliswe yi-intanethi kwaye (uThixo akavumeli!) Isibetho esibizwa ngokuba lichanekile kwezopolitiko-sibuyele kwi-Broadway endaweni yaso yesihlanu yomlenze. Ndinqwenela ukuba ndiyithande ngokungathi ibhulorho entsha kunye netonela isihlwele esivela eJersey senzile ngobusuku endabubonayo, kodwa ndiyazi ukohlulwa xa ndiyibona. Enkosi kwisakhono se-top-the-top uNathan Lane ukukhwaza yonke imigca kwibhalkhoni yesibini kumdlalo wamandla wamaphaphu ekufuneka ugcine umqala wakhe kugqirha kwishishini lonke, kunye nemizamo yokungabi njalo -tshata yonke inkwenkwezi ephoswe kubisi ehleka ngaphandle kweskripthi esotyiweyo, ndilawule ii-chuckles ezimbalwa. Kuko konke. Ngaphandle koko, le mveliso, ikhokelwa nguJack O'Brien kwisantya sendlela ekhawulezayo, ayisiyonto ingaphezulu kwesitokhwe sehlobo.
Ebhalwa nguBen Hecht kunye noCharles MacArthur, ababengamagqala eChicago ngaphambi kokuba badlulele kwimisebenzi emitsha (kunye nemali yokwenyani) eHollywood, eli rhorse lineminyaka engama-88 ubudala lisengumsindo, isiqwenga esingenabungozi. Umtsalane nokufaneleka namhlanje njenge Ukufumana uGartie's Garter. Ungquzulwano phakathi kwabahleli besixeko abakhalazayo kunye nokuqhekeza, intatheli ezihlekisayo zekhuphiswano ezikhuphisana ngee-angles ezintsha kwibali elinye edolophini elinamaphephandaba amaninzi zinika inyathelo; igumbi lokushicilela elimdaka, eligcwele umsi, eligcwele nicotine kwindlu yenkundla yolwaphulo-mthetho ngorhatya lokuxhonywa okucwangciselwe i-7 am, ngombono ujonge isikafreyim esixhonyiweyo (siphinde senziwa ngokumangalisayo ngumyili wezinto uDouglas W. Schmidt, ogcwele ngoomatshini bokuchwetheza beediliya. kunye nebhetri yeefowuni eziqhagamshelwe kumagumbi eendaba kuyo yonke idolophu), ibonelela ngokuseto okuxineneyo. Akukho nto ingako onokuyenza ngokuxhoma-ngoku ukuba besinesihlalo sombane kweli lizwe, yiyo loo nto Into onokuyitshonisa kumazinyo iyafana nohlobo lwencoko ebonelela ngokuhleka ngo-1928.
['Iphepha Langaphambili'] likhokelwe kwaye lenziwe ngohlobo lwamandla anyanzelwayo elenza ukuba livakale kwaye livakale ngathi liyinyani njenge-nickel eyenziwe ngomthi.
Emva kokuba ibanjwa lingene kwigumbi lokushicilela lisuka kwintolongo elingezantsi, amaziko okumisa indlela yokufumana bonke abanye oonondaba ngelixa u-Ack muckraking intatheli u-Hildy Johnson (uJohn Slattery) angamfihla umntu obalekileyo kwidesika ephezulu kwidesika elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba umnxeba kwisikolo sakhe kwaye afike kuloliwe ngexesha lomtshato wakhe. Oku kushiya ixesha elininzi lokukhwaza umdlalo phakathi kukaHildy, ozama ukuphuma kwishishini lephephandaba ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye aye ngqo kwishishini elihloniphekileyo njengokubhengeza (enye yeentsini ezinkulu ebusuku), kunye nomhleli wakhe ongathembekanga, uWalter Burns (UNathan Lane ), onomdla wakhe kuphela kukufumana iphepha eliphambili kuphela, nokuba ukhohlakele kangakanani. Umgaqo awungeni kude kube ziiyure ezimbini zomdlalo phantse weeyure ezintathu udlulile kwaye isantya sithatha, kodwa yonke loo nto ijongiswe kwaye yenziwa ngohlobo lwamandla anyanzelekileyo eyenza ukuba yonke ive kwaye ivakala njengephony njenge nickel yeplanga.
Le farce yokuqala ifike ku-Broadway kwimveliso ekhokelwa nguGeorge S. Kaufman, kunye no-Osgood Perkins (utata kaTony) kunye no-Lee Tracy. Igcine isithintelo-abantu abadiniweyo kwizitishi zemidlalo engama-276. Emva kweminyaka emithathu, yabetha uPat O'Brien noAdolphe Menjou kodwa akazange abambe mlilo de uHoward Hawks wayihlaziya ngoRosalind Russell noCary Grant. Intombazana yakhe ngoLwesihlanu. Ngo-1974 uBilly Wilder wayirhuqa ngaphandle kwebhola ekhatywayo enye yezona zithuthi zakhe zingathandekiyo kunye nempumelelo kaJack Lemmon-Walter Matthau. Ukuveliswa kweqonga laseNew York emva koko kubandakanya ukuvuseleleka ngo-1969 ngokusebenza kukaRobert Ryan njengoBurns kunye neqela elikhokelwa nguHelen Hayes, uDody Goodman noPeggy Cass. Kwi-onstage clutter yemveliso yangoku, eqala ngoJanuwari, unokubona ubuso obuqhelekileyo njengoRobert Morse, uJohn Goodman noJefferson Mays. U-Holland Taylor umoshe ngokupheleleyo njengo-mkhwekazi ka-Hildy, ngokunjalo no-Sherie Rene Scott njengommangalelwa we-cop killer's trashy, i-gum-chewing girlfriend eziphosa ngefestile ukuguqula ingqalelo. Konke akwenzayo kukususa ingqalelo yabaphulaphuli kwigumbi eligcwele iintatheli ezityholwayo ezingabonakali ngathi ziyasichwetheza isigwebo esipheleleyo. Kuya kufuneka kuxelwe ukuba abaphulaphuli bahlekisa ngogonyamelo nangeyona mbona indala idiniweyo, ndingubani ke mna ukuba ndingaphosa amanzi e-ice kwiimvakalelo zabo? Okwangoku, ndinyanzelisa ukuba nangona ndingazi mntu owayesebenza njenge-newspaperman yaseChicago ngeminyaka yoo-1920, kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba babenganyanisekanga, bengenabuntwana kwaye bengenankathalo njengeqela le-goon eliboniswe apha.
U-Evelyn Waugh, wabo bonke abantu, wakha wachazwa Iphepha Langaphambili njengebali elingenakuqondakala malunga nobomi bephephandaba apho amadoda ane-neurotic enxibe ihempe kunye ne-eyeshades abaleke esuka kwifowuni esiya kumatshini we-tape, ethukana kwaye engcatshana kwindawo engangxengwanga. Inkcazo iyahambelana.
