Usapho lakwaHuang. (Ifoto: Gilles Mingasson / ABC) Andiqondi ukuba kukho umntu ophikisanayo nooABC Entsha kwiPhenyane kubalulekile, njenge waseMelika yokuqala usapho-sitcom ukususela Margaret Cho kaThixo Yonke intombazana yaseMelika ngo-1995. Kwaye kufuneka ndiyichaze loo nto. Lonke uphononongo kufuneka luchaze oko. Kuba Ukutsha kwesikhephe enyanisweni i mportant, ukuba ngaphandle kwaso nasiphi na isizathu ngaphandle kokuqhekeza isiqwenga kudonga olukhulu olumhlophe oludumileyo kumabonwakude. Umboniso ujikeleze usapho lakwaHuang - umakhulu uHuang, abazali uLouis noJessica noonyana babo abathathu uEddie, uEmery noEvan - Usapho lwaseTaiwan olusuka eChinatown yaseWashington DC luye eOrlando, eFlorida.
Kodwa awungekhe ugwebe umboniso wokuba itshintsha kangakanani imeko. Umboniso osasazwa kakhulu ngeveki owawungumoya nje ofileyo kangangesiqingatha seyure wawuza kutshintsha imeko, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba abantu bazoyibukela. Oko ngekhe kuthetha ukuba iya kuba ngumboniso olungileyo. Kunjalo Entsha ngaphandle kwePhenyane i-sitcom yokwenene, ehlekisayo?
Ewe ukuqala, ubuncinci ndicinga ukuba ndiyayithanda le show ngcono kunoEddie Huang. Ngelishwa, yonke indawo Entsha ngaphandle kwePhenyane ayisekelwanga buqu memoir . Ayisiyomfihlo into yokuba uMnu. Huang unezinye… ugcino?… Malunga nendlela u-ABC alusingathe ngayo uhlengahlengiso lwencwadi yakhe. Kwiinyanga ngaphambi kokuba umboniso uqaliswe, wabhala isincoko Ixhalanga , awayebhale kuyo, Uthungelwano luzamile ukuguqula imemo yam ibe yindawo yokudlalela umbona kunye nam kwimascot yaseMelika. Yandicaphukela lonto. Ngoku, ndiphonononga umboniso hayi umntu, nangona ndifumana isigqibo sika Mnu Huang sokuzisa umboniso wakhe kwi-ABC ene-Disney ukuba ufuna ukujongwa kabuhlungu kubuhlanga bobuhlanga kwindawo emhlophe, kwaye ingxelo ka Mnu Huang kwisiqendu ngasinye ubukrakra, ubumnyama obumnyama kuyo besazi iingcinga zakhe zobuqu.
Kodwa ke yinto ehlekisayo leyo Entsha ngaphandle kwePhenyane . Ivakala ngathi yimidlalo yeTV eyahluke ngokupheleleyo-leyo i-ABC ifuna ukuyenza kunye naleyo uMnu Huang wayecinga ngayo. Ungaphantse uxelele yonke indawo eyayiyimpumelelo kuMnu Huang, umzuzu owala kwaphela ukushiya okanye ukuthambisa. Thatha umzekelo indawo yokutyela, mhlawumbi eyona ndawo ilungileyo kwindawo ethe tye kwii-episode zokuqala zesiqingatha seyure. U-Eddie oselula ulwa noWalter, umfundi omnyama ofunda naye. Yazi, utshilo uWalter. Usezantsi ngoku. Lithuba lam, chink.
Andikwazi ukucinga ukuba kwakunzima kangakanani ukufumana igama elithi chink kwiskripthi se-ABC. Kodwa ukomelela kwendawo kukusabela kukaEddie omncinci. Unomsindo. Uyayibona ebusweni. Kodwa naye udidekile. Uyazi ukuba eli gama lalisetyenziswa ngomsindo, kucacile ukuba yayiyinto enxamnye nohlanga lwakhe. Kodwa kude kube nguloo mzuzu, ubuhlanga babungeyonxalenye yobomi bukaEddie. Wayesazi kule ndawo intsha, wayehlukile. Okwalo mzuzu uyaqonda ukuba yahluke kangakanani.
Indawo yonke iziva ibolekwe kwindalo eyahlukileyo apho Entsha kwiPhenyane ungoLwesithathu qho ngo-10… kwi-HBO, ijelo apho ndiziva ukuba uMnu. Huang akazukubuza.
Kungenxa yokuba ngamanye amaxesha ithoni yenkqubo ibonisa i-ABC-ification. Ewe abamelwane abatsha abamhlophe bakaHuang abazukukhathala, banikwa ngenxa yebali, kodwa indoda ayihlekisi. Ngamaxesha athile imivumbo ebanzi ipeyintiweyo ibanzi, ibuya ijikeleze kwisuti yokulinganisa. Usika iindawo ezilinganayo ngenxa yobuKomanisi, ummelwane utsho ngokwahlula ikeyiki kukaJessica. Qiniseka, ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye umntu ethetha kancinci. Njengo. Oku, kucinga ukuba ilungu losapho lakwaHuang alunakuthetha isiNgesi.
Kodwa ekugqibeleni, Entsha ngaphandle kwePhenyane yindawo yokuhlala ye-ABC, kwaye ukuya kuthi ga ngoku kuyahlekisa. Eyona nto ihlekisayo kuninzi lwee-sitcom kwi-ABC. U-Constance Wu njenge-matriarch yosapho lwe-Huang yeyona nto ibalaseleyo ekude, kunye neRandall Park njengotata ofana nenjana ekufuphi. Ngapha koko, kuyamangalisa ukuba, lo mboniso uyinto ehlekisayo kwaye uyashukuma ngakumbi xa ugxila kobuhlanga nangakumbi kumandla osapho (isizathu sokuba ndonwabe kwisiqendu sesibini kakhulu kunakuqala, isiqendu esimalunga noJessica ofundisa abantwana bakhe kunye noEddie bonding kunye noyise.)
Ngandlela ithile engaqhelekanga ekungekho mntu uya kuvuma nayo, ndicinga ukuba umntwana ophakathi uEmery ngoyena mntu unomdla kulo mboniso. Kukho isiqhulo esibalekayo ngelixa usapho lwayo luxakiwe ngu-Orlando, kwaye uEddie esokola ukubambana ukuze angene, uEmery uluhlobo nje… olungileyo. Wenza abahlobo bakhe usuku lokuqala lwesikolo. Ubumelwane babantwana basibulisa kuye kuhambo oluya kwindawo yokumisa ibhasi. Intombi yakhe entsha kraca izisa isoda kuye. Kutheni amantshontsho engazisi isoda kum? Kubuza uEddie.
Uyifuna kakhulu, uphendula uEmery.
Ewe, kuninzi ekumele kuthethwe ngokuba njengenye ye-Emery encinci ye-Huang yenye ye-Huang egcwele ngokupheleleyo eMelika. Kodwa kukwakho into ekumele ithethwe ngo-Emery angayifuni kakhulu. Akaxhonywanga elugqatsweni njengabo bonke abanye abalinganiswa kulo mboniso, kwaye ngokubuyisela akukho mntu uxhonywe kuwo yakhe ubuhlanga. Kwaye mhlawumbi yile nto umntu omdala u-Eddie Huang enomsindo. Ibali lakhe alizange libe malunga nokunqwenela ukwamkelwa, njengabalinganiswa be Entsha ngaphandle kwePhenyane uqhele ukwenza njalo. Kwakumalunga nokunqwenela ithuba lokuba yena.
