Luphi olu suku lwanamhlanje ‘Thelma & Louise’?

Ufumana into ohleliyo kuyo, uSusan Sarandon's Louise uxelela uGeena Davis 'Thelma kwifilimu eyimbonakalo UThelma noLouise . Abafazi babini baphumile bayokubaleka ngempelaveki. Endleleni badanisa, badlalise ngothando, basela, bakhangeleka bomelele, bazingcolisa, kwaye bazama ukuba luhlobo lwabasetyhini abakhululekileyo abanokuba babekhona ukuba iimeko bezingabacinezeli. Ngamanye amagama, benza into kudala yenziwe ngabantu xa bethatha indlela. Bavavanya ubomi babo kwaye bagqiba ekubeni abasazimisele ukuhlala.

Into iwelele kum kwaye andinakubuyela umva, uThelma uyavuma akuba efumene ukuba utshatile nomxhaphazi omphethe okomntwana. Ndiyathetha, andinakuphila.

Nangona izicwangciso zabo ziphuma ngaphandle kolawulo xa uLouise ebulala umntu ozama ukudlwengula uThelma, ebabeka njengababaleki, eyona nto ibalulekileyo kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, icandelo elabamba iintliziyo neengqondo zesizwe, luhambo lwabasetyhini.

UThelma noLouise Iza kuba neminyaka engama-25 ngoMeyi kodwa isemtsha kwaye isemgangathweni namhlanje ngo-1991 xa yathatha umhlaba bhanyabhanya ngesaqhwithi, ifumana amagama abathandathu abonyulwe ngu-Oscar, iBhaso le-Akhademi ye-Best Original Screenplay (yombhali wokuqala ongumabhinqa, uCallie Khouri), kunye Ixabisa i-45 yezigidi zeedola okoko yakhululwa. Umboniso bhanyabhanya lilitye lokuchukumisa: i-quintessential, uhambo olujolise kwabasetyhini.

Ibali layo elinamandla le-metamorphosis yabasetyhini ngendlela, yeha, ihlala inqabile njengoko yayiphumelele.

UThelma noLouise Amava ohambo endlela anika abasetyhini umbono wobomi obungaphaya kwento eqhelekileyo. Olo luvo lutsha, lubalaseleyo lwento abanokulindela ukuyitshintsha. Ekugqibeleni, bakulungele ukuvuka ngokupheleleyo kwaye bazibandakanye ebomini babo, nokuba oko kuthetha ukuphela kwako konke abakwaziyo. USusan Sarandon kunye noGeena Davis.IMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / imifanekiso kaFetty

Amadoda athabathe uhola wendlela ukuze azifumane, nokuba kusezincwadini, kwiifilimu, okanye kubomi bokwenyani okoko u-Odysseus ka-Homer wahamba ngomkhumbi malunga ne-700 BCE. Kodwa iihambo zendlela, njengoko kubonisiwe kwiifilimu zaseMelika nasezincwadini, zizinto zamadoda. Akukho mfazi uHuck Finn, nkqu neParad Paradise kunye noDean Moriarty (abalinganiswa abavela kuJack Kerouac's Endleleni ). Imiboniso bhanyabhanya ifaka Ecaleni , Umntu wemvula , Umkhweli olula , Umkhosi weNdlela , Iidayari zeSithuthuthu , Sisidenge noDoti , UMad Max - nkqu IiAdventures zikaPriscilla, uKumkanikazi weNtlango malunga nee-queens ezimbini ezirhuqwayo kunye ne-transsexual- zonke zihlala zigqibile ukugxila emadodeni. (Iifilimu zohambo lukaGoogle, kunye neefilimu ezihlobo ziya kuvela kwangoko.)

Amabali e-archetypal asiqhubayo njengoluhlobo-uhambo lweqhawe kunye nezinto ezininzi ezenziweyo-nokuba bashiye abantu basetyhini ngaphandle komfanekiso okanye basibuze ukuba sibumbe iihambo zethu kwinto eyindoda. Okona kubi, sisoyikise ukungabinakho ukulandela izilumkiso zabo zosilelo nobundlobongela. Amabali aqhutywa ngamadoda ngokungacacanga anciphise ukhetho abasetyhini abacinga ukuba sinokuluhlola.

Cinga ngako: zama ukunika igama incwadi okanye imovie apho umntu obhinqileyo aqala uhambo lwendlela ngaphandle kokuphela kodlwengulo okanye ofileyo. UThelma noLouise baqhuba eliweni emva kodlwengulo. Abasetyhini kwiifilimu zendlela kunqabile ukuba baqhutywa kukufuna i-adventure; kunokwenzeka ukuba babaleke emadodeni axhaphazayo okanye babaleke izono zangaphambili. Kunyaka ophelileyo Ndalo kubonakala ngathi ucenga umahluko, kodwa naloo mlinganiswa usengozini yamadoda ngelixa ehamba kwiPacific Crest Trail, kwaye nangona esinda kokubini udlwengulo kunye nokufa, ubaleka elidlulileyo kwaye uxakeke kukusweleka kukanina.

Ndiyasazi isizathu sokuba ndithathe indlela. Bendincamathele ebudaleni, ndicinga ukuba ndiyazi yonke into malunga nokhetho endijongene nalo. Ndidinga ukushukumisa izinto ukuze ndibone ukuba zininzi ezinye iindlela kunokuba bendicinga. Ukukhwela isithuthuthu sam ndisuka eLos Angeles ndisiya eMilwaukee kwaye ndibuya nomhlobo wam obhinqileyo kwandinika into endandiyilandela - ifreyim enkulu yobomi bam. Ukukhwela isithuthuthu iiyure ezininzi, iintsuku ngexesha, kuyakwenza oko. Uhambo lwendlela lunyanzelisa ukugxila kuwe ngalo mzuzu. Ngaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na into, bendiyithanda imvakalelo yokoyika okuxubileyo embanjeni wam, kudityaniswa nemvakalelo yolwaneliseko endaziva xa olo loyiko lwathi ekugqibeleni lwasonga lwarhoxisa iinzipho zalo. Ukuba sendleleni kwandibonisa ukuba ndomelele kwaye ndinesibindi kunokuba bendicinga.

Kodwa bathini abafazi njengam xa ingxelo yendlela yabasetyhini kuphela esinokuthiya ngegama ivela kwifilimu eyenziwe kwikota yekota eyadlulayo kwaye bobabini abalinganiswa baphela sele befile? Ukubaluleka kweemodeli zabantu ababhinqileyo abazibandakanya ne-adventure, abahamba endleleni, okanye abangena kwindawo yobudoda, akunakujongelwa phantsi. Abasetyhini kufuneka bazi ukuba kunokwenzeka ukulandela amaphupha abo ngokujonga abanye, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu kwinkcubeko enkulu ukuba ibone ukuxhaphaza kwakhe. IMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / imifanekiso kaFettyUSusan Sarandon kunye noGeena Davis.IMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / imifanekiso kaFetty

Ukuba owasetyhini uthatha uhambo kuba ebukele ifilimu ebimkhuthaza, okanye afunde incwadi emkhuthazayo, kulungile. Kodwa ukuba amadoda adibana naye endleleni khange ayibone ifilimu okanye ayifunde le ncwadi, basenokungayiqondi le ngcamango inye: kulungile kwaye kunyanzelekile ukuba abantu basetyhini baqhubeke neminqweno yabo kunye nokukhanyiselwa ngohambo, kwaye olo khetho ayisosimemo sokuxhatshazwa okanye sengozi. Baninzi abantu basetyhini abanjengam abafuna ukubona umhlaba kunye namava obomi obukhulu ngenxa yolo lwazi, kanye njengamadoda. Kodwa siyathandabuza ngokungabikho komzekelo, ukunqongophala kwebali elinika isiphumo esihle, okanye ngenxa yokoyika ukukhutshwa okanye ukwenzakaliswa.

Iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu emva koko UThelma noLouise , akukabikho mabali anje. Nokuba kukwiifilimu, ezincwadini, okanye kwiintsomi esabelana ngazo omnye nomnye, kufuneka sivule amabali akhuthaza abantu basetyhini- ngokukhuselekileyo, ngentshiseko, nangokubuza imibuzo - bathathe indlela apho iindawo ezininzi zivula imiphefumlo yethu.

UBernadette Murphy ngumbhali, UHarley kunye nam: Ukwamkela umngcipheko kwindlela eya kubomi obuqinisekileyo (ngoMeyi ka-2016, Press Press) . Upapashe iincwadi ezintathu zangaphambili ezilandisayo ezingezizo kubandakanya eyona nto ithengiswayo UZen kunye nobuGcisa bokunitha , nguNjingalwazi onxulumene naye kwiSebe lokuBhala lokuFunda leYunivesithi yaseAntiyokwe eLos Angeles, kunye nomntu owayekade egxeka incwadi yeveki ngeveki iLos Angeles Times . Iwebsite yakhe yile NguyenNguyen.com kwaye ungamfumana kwi-Twitter: @BernadetMurphy .