Ngithanda ukuvela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kusenesikhathi noma nini uma ngihamba ngomkhumbi, futhi njengoba uhambo lwe-Disney ye-Halloween Olwandle Oluphakeme lwaqala e-Manhattan Terminal, ngibe nethuba elihle lokujabulela izinsuku ezintathu zemibukiso ye-Broadway ngaphambi kokungena ku-Disney Magic. Ngikhethe imibukiso emine ehlukene, yonke ihluke kakhulu komunye. Ukukhetha kwami kokuqala kwe-Broadway kwakunguMichael Moore: Imigomo Yokuzinikela Kwami. Isihloko savusa isithakazelo sami; UMichael Moore akalona uhlobo lwendoda yokuzinikela kunoma yimuphi umuntu ngaphansi kwanoma yisiphi isimo.
Ngahlangana nale nganekwane izikhathi ezimbalwa ngaphambili; uyafinyeleleka kahle eMichigan, futhi uzama ukuthi angalokothi abonakale ekude noma ngaphezu koquqaba. Uyisikhulumi esinamandla, ngakho bengifuna ukuzwa amapharele obuhlakani ahlanganisa nohlelo lwakhe lwe-Broadway.
UMoore wayemangalisa kulo mdlalo; ikakhulukazi kwakumayelana nempilo yakhe nalokho akholelwa kukho. Angibatholi osomahlaya abaningi behlekisa, kodwa ngizinikele ku-monologue ehlakaniphile kaMoore, ehlanganiswe nohleko olunomsindo oluvela ezithamelini. Uhlobo lwakhe lwamahlaya luyinkimbinkimbi futhi luhlakaniphe; wethula uhlelo lwakhe njengohlelo olunezinyathelo eziyi-12 lwabakhululekile. Angiyena umuntu okhululekile noma udakwa, ngakho-ke ukuhamba esimisweni sokutakula esinezinyathelo eziyi-12 kwakuyinto entsha. Esinye sezinyathelo ezivamile ezinhlelweni ezinjalo sihlanganisa ukuguqula izinkinga zomuntu kuNkulunkulu. UMoore wavuma, “Amandla ami aphezulu nguRuth Bader Ginsburg.”
UMoore wamemeza, “Kwenzeka kanjani lokhu? Kanye kuphela eminyakeni engu-30 lapho amaRiphabhulikhi awina ivoti elidumile. " Okuvezwe esiteji ngemuva kwakuyisithombe esikhulu, esingajabulisi sikaDonald Trump - kubukeka sengathi usozigidi uqunjelwe isonto lonke. Kulo mbhalo wokudlala, kube nesimemo esivulekile sokuthi uMnu. Trump ahambele lo mbukiso ngesikhathi eziphumulele. Ingxenye yesimemo yayingesiRashiya, kunjalo. Kube nezinguquko ezihleliwe ezingu-15 ezinyathelweni ezingu-12 zokukhanyiselwa, ezinezithombe ezinesibindi nezingacacile kangako. Okunye okuqagelayo kwakuyifulege laseMelika kukhishwe elibomvu; akuzange kuthathe ukuhlaziya okuningi ukuthola leyo subliminal. UMoore uthe uTrump wawina ngoba uDonald wayenekhono lokukhohlisa abantu abamhlophe. Uthe u-64% wabafana abamhlophe uvotele umongameli wethu ohlezi, kodwa uMoore wethule amahora amabili ezizathu zokuthi kungani kungafanele sivumele i-Trump yamahlandla amabili.
Ngayithola ithakazelisa indaba yokuphila kukaMoore. Ukhulume ngokubhala iphepha lesikhundla eSifundazweni Sabafana lapho eseyingane; kwakufanele kube ngo-Abraham Lincoln, futhi umncintiswano wawuxhaswe yi-Elks' Club. Wasebenzisa leli thuba ukubethela i-Elks' Club ngenqubomgomo yayo yobulungu yabamhlophe bodwa. Umama wayeyisisebenzi e-Elks' Club ngaleso sikhathi, futhi angizange ngiqaphele ukuthi yayimhlophe qwa ngaphakathi kwezindonga zayo ezingangeneki. Njengomuntu wase-Anglo-Scandinavia, ngavele ngacabanga ukuthi abanye babengenasithakazelo ebulungwini. Bobathathu obaba ekuphileni kwami babengabacwasi, ngakho angikaze ngichayeke kunoma ubani ngaphandle kwe-WASPS emhlophe qhwa. Umama wayekade engumKatolika, kodwa wayilahla inkolo ngemva kokushada nombhikishi.
UMoore ukhumbula lapho esesikoleni samabanga aphakeme, washaywa uthishanhloko ngolunye usuku ngokushaywa kahlanu kwababili kwabane, njengesijeziso sokungaligqoki ihembe lakhe. Njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, angiyena umuntu okhululekile, futhi angiveli emndenini okhululekile. Ukube uthishanhloko wangishaya, umama wayezofika esikoleni ephethe isibhamu aqhumise ubuso bakhe obumamatheka ekhanda lakhe. Sazisingatha kanjalo izinto endaweni yangakithi e-Indiana ebomvu-gazi lapho abantu bakithi badabuka khona. Nangempela umzala kamama wathatha isibhamu waqhumisa umyeni wakhe phakathi ngemuva kokumbamba ukuthi uqomile; sivame ukuvumela izibhamu zethu zikhulume.
Kodwa uMoore akazithandi izibhamu, futhi wayekhuluma kakhulu ngakho. Uhlongoze ukuchithwa kweSichibiyelo sesi-2, esikhundleni sakhe kwafakwa isichibiyelo sama-28 “esilawula ngokuqinile ilungelo labantu lokugcina nokuthwala inani elilinganiselwe lezikhali okungezona ezizenzakalelayo zemidlalo nokuzingela, mayelana nelungelo eliyinhloko labo bonke abantu khululeka kubudlova bezibhamu; lokhu angeke kwephulwa.” Ufile serious ngalento. Idokhumentari yakhe eyawina i-Academy-Award ka-2002 i-Bowling for Columbine yagxeka ububi obenziwa isiko elikhazimulisa izibhamu. Umsebenzi wakhe uthathwa njengenye yamafilimu amakhulu kunawo wonke esikhathi sonke. Wakhuluma ngentshiseko ngokumelene nobudlova bezibhamu futhi wabikezela ukuthi kwakuzokwenzeka ukudubula ngobuningi e-United States. Kucishe kube sengathi wayeyisangoma; lokhu bekuyizinsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokudutshulwa kwabantu abaningi eLas Vegas.
Wadunyiswa njengento eyisangoma lapho ebikezela ngokunembile ukhetho oluvuna uTrump. Hhayi ukuthi uyamthanda uTrump, kodwa ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi iMelika ikhiqiza abantu “abayizimungulu”. Uze wenza umbukiso wemibuzo lapho abonisa khona ukuqhunyiswa “kwesiphukuphuku” saseCanada ngokumelene “nobuhlakani” baseMelika. Ucele amavolontiya avela eCanada ane-GPA enyantisayo ukuthi aphendule imibuzo egameni “labafokazi.” Ucele ukuthi abantu baseMelika abanamaGPA aphezulu baqhudelane nabo. Wacela amavolontiya ahlukahlukene ayethole o-A ekolishi. Ngino-4.0 ophelele wamakolishi amathathu namanyuvesi amabili, i-doctorate kanye ne-post-doctorate, kodwa angikholwa ukuthi wayesibona isandla sami emoyeni ngoba kwakumnyama esigabeni sami esingaphansi kovulandi. Kodwa-ke, ukhethe udokotela wokuhlukumezeka kanye nonjiniyela ozomela abantu baseMelika, futhi baba namaphuzu kuma-3.9's. Qagela? AbaseCanada bawine umdlalo.
Kweminye yemidlalo yakhe, wayihleka usulu imithetho evimbela izinto ezithile phakathi kwezimpahla ezithwalayo lapho undiza izindiza zezentengiselwano. Ngokwesibonelo, kwakungavunyelwe ukupakisha indawo yokusebenzela izinkomo. Ngibuza ngobuqotho, ubani u-f*** othatha inkomo eholidini, ngaphandle kwenguqulo ye-kinky enkulu ka-Hugh Hefner? UMoore wayenekesi lesudi elincane, akhipha kulo izinto ezingavumelekile. Wasebenzisa ama-optical illusions ukuhlekisa, njengalapho uJulie Andrews edonsa irack yejazi ende esikhwameni sakhe esincane kuMary Poppins. UMoore wakhipha umdondoshiya wamaqabunga, wahamba esiteji ememezela ubuwula bokwenqabela into eyinqaba kangaka. Ubonise isimo esingalindelekile sekhasimende lendiza elidinga ukuqhumisa imfucumfucu phansi ukuze lihlale phansi. Ukhombe oshayayo kubaxhasi bemidlalo yeshashalazi ukukhombisa ukusebenza kahle kokususa udoti ovotelwa nguTrump. Njengoba ehamba ngezibani, waxolisa ngesizotha kumphathi othile owayemgejile, “O, ngiyaxolisa ngikhohlwe ukukuqhumisa, mnumzane.”
UMoore ubeke ukuthi abantu abasaseka uTrump ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ehhovisi bayimbangela elahlekile, futhi wacela abalandeli bakhe ukuthi bagxile ekunxenxeni abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-90 abangenalo intshisekelo yezepolitiki ukuhlangana kwesokunxele. Wayebhekise kubantu abafana nami, abangewona amaRepublican noma amaDemocrat, abangemi nhlangothi zombili zothango. Ngizimisele ukulalela uMichael Moore njengoBill O'Reilly. Ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi izimpikiswano zikaMoore zazicatshangelwe kahle, zicacile, futhi kufanele zicatshangelwe. Ngokuqinisekile angivumelani namaphesenti angu-100 emibono yakhe, kodwa ngizomlalela. Ngisola ukuthi bambalwa abantu abathola iziqu zobudokotela kwezomthetho, njengoba ngenza, uma bengakwazi ukulalela izimpikiswano ezivela nhlangothi zombili zodaba.
Izingxenye zombukiso zangilethela izinyembezi, ikakhulukazi lapho ekhuluma ngokuhlaselwa okungahleliwe kumuntu wakhe okwakumelwe abhekane nakho, kanye nenqwaba yezinsongo zokubulawa azithola. Wakhuluma ngomphikisi onobudlova owayemjikijela ngommese, nendoda eyayibanjwe neziqhumane okwakuhloswe ukuba ibekwe ngaphansi komuzi kaMoore ukuze imqothule kanye nomndeni wayo. Udlale isiqeshana somsakazo sikaGlenn Beck esabisa ngokumbulala. Bengikhathazekile ukuthi nganoma isiphi isikhathi, i-wacko yophiko lwesokudla ingase idonsele u-John Wilkes Booth kuye.
Sekukonke, ukuma kwakhe ngokumelene nesibhamu kwakunzima ukukugwinya; uthi u-77% wabo bonke abantu baseMelika bakhetha ukungabi naso isibhamu, ngakho-ke imithetho yezibhamu kufanele ishintshwe ukuze ibonise imizwa yesimanje. AmaJuda aseJalimane lobuNazi nawo ayengenazo izibhamu, ngoba uhulumeni wazithatha. Manje, kwenzeka kanjani lokho?
Ngesinye isikhathi, kwafika amadoda aphethe amabheji esiteji futhi afaka uMoore ozankosi. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngenzeni ngalokhu. Umphathi wami wangaphambili, uFred Merle DeChausse, umsakazi wohlelo lwe-cable TV “Polka Party” wayesemsebenzini ngolunye usuku lapho kuqhamuka amaphoyisa aseWarren Michigan, embopha ozankosi, abese ehudula imbongolo yakhe. Ukuboshwa okufanayo okumangazayo kwenzeka ngesikhathi samaNazi, lapho iziphathimandla zibopha amaJuda, izitabane, nabakhubazekile - babathatha, babakhumula babe nqunu base babashisa kohhavini. Futhi-ke, (ngokusho komqondisi wezivakashi ebesinaye eDeutsches Stadion eNürnberg) uHitler waluma ukuthi izikweletu zegesi zaziphezulu kakhulu.
UMoore waphinde walandisa ngesikhathi eya eJalimane eyobhikishela umcimbi emathuneni amaNazi. Weza nomngane ongumJuda - laba ababili babenesitebele sokubhikisha esibhalwe ukuthi "Babulele umndeni wami." UMoore nomngani wakhe bebehlela ukuyisakaza ngesikhathi esifanele ngesikhathi iziteshi zikamabonakude zisakaza bukhoma. Ngeshwa, bavinjwe izikhathi eziningi ukuthi bangene emcimbini, kodwa bagcina bakhohlise onogada ngokuzihlanganisa nabathwali bemishini abavela ezindabeni ze-CBS. Iphuzu likaMoore laliwukuthi “F the rules, yenza lokho okudingeka ukwenze.”
Imilayezo kaMoore yangikhuthaza. Uhlakaniphile. Unesibindi. Uyazethemba. Uyakholisa. Waduma futhi waduma ihlombe, waphumelela. Ngokudabukisayo, ngezwa komunye wabasebenzi benkampani ukuthi bangangena kanjani emnyango oyimfihlo, ofihliwe eduze nendawo yokugezela eyimfihlo, ekhubazekile, ukuze ngihlangane nenkanyezi ngokushesha ngemva kombukiso. Bengifuna isithombe noMoore; Bengivele nginabanye ababili beminyaka edlule, kodwa bengifuna eyakamuva. Ngehle ngamakhilogremu angu-100 kusukela ngigcine ukumbona, futhi ngibukeka ngihluke ngokuphelele. Njengohlangothi, ngine-muscular dystrophy futhi ngisebenzisa i-walker; Angilona usongo kuMichael Moore nganoma yimuphi umcabango. Futhi ngokwazi umlando wakhe wokweseka “umfanyana” ngangikholelwa ukuthi uzofaka isicelo sensizwa ekhubazekile eyayifuna ukuthwebula isithombe. Ngangena ephasejini eliyimfihlo, futhi ngasondela kakhulu kuMichael, kodwa indoda embi, eyayithi ingumqaphi wayo yeza kimi futhi yaqala ukungilulaza ngokunyonyoba ngingena ngomnyango owawuvinjelwe ukuze ngihlangane noMoore. Wangithethisa ngokungayitholanga imvume kusengaphambili, njengokungathi esinye sezisebenzi zaseshashalazini sasizongivumela ukuba ngingene. UMoore wasamukela ngenjabulo isithombe lapho eseduze kwami, futhi waze wathatha ikhamera yomthwebuli wezithombe wami futhi washutha naye isithombe ozishuthe sona. Ngibuke unogada omubi owakhuluma, ngokungananazi, ngesifundo sikaMichael Moore: “Ngemithetho, ngizokwenza engidinga ukukwenza.”
Manje, amaphoyisa abophe uMoore ozankosi kuvele ukuthi ayingxenye yesenzo. Amadoda angama-hunky empeleni ayengabadansi abangavamile abanemisipha emikhulu futhi emikhulu …… umm, inkanuko yobulili, belungisa izinto zabo ukuze nje baqinisekise isiphetho esikhulu esijabulisayo. UMichael Moore wayephephile - kungekho kukhathazeka ngokuthi uzokhishwa amaNazi anamuhla. Kodwa uma kwenzeka noma ubani ezama, ngakhulela e-Indiana ebomvu njengegazi - futhi siyasithanda isichibiyelo sesibili.
IMIGOMO YOKUZINIKELA KWAMI. I-Belasco Theatre, eNew York City. Isikhathi sokusebenza: amahora ama-2.
Landela u-Anton Anderssen ku-twitter @Hartforth
Xhumana: Anton @ VoiceOfBroadway.com
