In ke awawa o Ela he nui na mea. ʻO ka mea mua, he uē nui loa ia e kūʻē i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka noho ʻana ma Iraq a me ka cavalcade o nā pōʻino politika, pūʻali koa, pilikino, naʻau, a me nā noʻonoʻo i puka mai. Ua hana ʻia kekahi mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana i ke kaua kūʻē iā Vietnam i kēlā fiasco make—dia Hunter a Ke hele mai nei i kahi Home (1978), Platoon (1986), a me Ka Pelekikena Kikelikona (1987) ua paʻi ʻia ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o Saigon. No laila, he mea hauʻoli i ka hana ʻana o nā ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻapaʻa Hollywood ʻole o ke Kaua Iraq, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hemolele, i kēia manawa.
ʻO kekahi mea nui e pili ana Ma ke awāwa ʻo ʻEla ʻo ia ka hana maikaʻi loa ma kekahi mau pae. Ma ka ʻaoʻao he moʻolelo makaʻu. ʻO ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, e pili ana i nā hanana ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻomaka me Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), he MP pūʻali koa aloha ʻāina, i hoʻomaha i Vietnam, e ʻimi ana i kāna keiki ʻo Mike (Jonathan Tucker) i ka haʻalele ʻana mai Iraq i ʻike ʻia ua hele ʻo AWOL. A i ʻole ia? ʻAʻole paha kēia iā Hank, no laila hele ʻo ia i ke kahua kaua e hoʻāʻo e ʻimi iā Mike. Ke ho'āʻo nei ʻo ia e noiʻi, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ke kūʻē ʻana mai Lt. Kirklander (Jason Patric), ka luna hoʻomalu koke o Mike, a me Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron), ka mākaʻi mākaʻi kūloko. ʻAʻole i liuliu, ʻike ʻia ke kino o Mike—i ʻoki ʻia a make, ʻoki ʻia a puhi ʻia - a hui pū ʻo Hank lāua ʻo Sanders i ka wā e maopopo ai ke komo nei ka pūʻali i kahi uhi. I ka wehe ʻana o Hank i ka mea i loaʻa iā Mike, ke alo nei ʻo ia i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo pōʻino - e pili ana iā Mike, ka pūʻali koa, a me ka mana ʻAmelika - e hōʻeha iā ia i kona ʻano. Holo hohonu ka popopo ʻaʻohe mea i pakele.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia e Paul Haggis me kahi palapala e ia a me Mark Boal, I ka Ke awāwa of ʻEla he mea hoohuoi a hooiaio. I ka pau ʻana o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, i loko o ke ʻano o nā kiʻi kupaianaha, aneane hiki ʻole ke hoʻopilikia ʻia. Ma ke awāwa ʻo ʻEla ʻaʻole ia he kiʻi kūʻē wale nō, akā ʻo ka lens hoʻi e ʻike ai ʻo Haggis i ke kāne. ʻAʻole wale nā koa US i Iraq i hōʻeha ʻia a hōʻeha ʻia e kahi kulekele e koi ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi o ke ʻano kāne, akā ua koi ʻia ʻo Hank Deerfield e nīnau i kona kūpaʻa mau ʻana i kahi kūlana kāne kāne a me kahi ʻāina e hoʻohana ana i ia mea e hoʻolālā a hoʻokō i kāna. kulekele haole.
Ua kaulana ʻo Macho manhood i nā makahiki 1970 a me 1980 me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni like pohaku (1976), Terminator (1984), a me Hoʻopili paʻakikī (1988). Malia paha he hopena lohi kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni iā Vietnam a i ʻole he pane koke Platoon a Ka Pelekikena Kikelikona. Akā, ua maopopo ua hōʻike lākou i ke kanaka ʻAmelika i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa - ʻo ia ka hui ʻana o ke komohana ʻāhiu hou e hālāwai me nā ʻenehana hou e hiki ke pepehi i nā kānaka hou aʻe. Hoʻohanohano kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka hana ʻino a me ka luku ʻana i ke kino kanaka.
Ma hope o kēia, hoʻomaka mākou e kiʻi i nā mea hoʻohenehene ʻōpio, e like me ʻO Porkʻo ʻoe (1982) a me kona hope ka American Pie series (1999), a laila lilo ia i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻakaʻaka, kanaka i hailuku ʻia—ʻO ka huakaʻi maikaʻi a Bill lāua ʻo Ted (1989), ʻO Madly Madison (1995), a me E hoa, Aia i hea kaʻu kaʻa? (2000). ʻOiai ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻōpio naʻaupō e hāpai ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka ʻike ʻole ʻana, ʻo kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ma ke ʻano, he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni politika e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kahi ʻano hou o ke kāne ʻōpio ʻaʻole e pili ana i ka wiwo ʻole, ka wiwo ʻole, a me ke kāne e pepehi kanaka. Ua hoʻonani lākou i kahi kū'ē. Ua kaulana kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni no ka mea ua kūʻē lākou i nā kūlana o ke kāne i hoʻolaha mau ʻia e Hollywood-ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o nā wahine i ʻoi aku ka like me ka mea maʻamau, inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka hewa.
ʻAʻole ia he lele nui i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kāne kāne kāne a me nā hōʻike TV i hoʻomaka i kēia manawa. "In and Out" (1997), "Edge of Seventeen" (1998), "Will and Grace" (1998), "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (2003), a he mau kaukani hou aʻe he pane i nā inroads i hana ʻia e ka neʻe kāne kāne, akā he pane pū kekahi i ka emi ʻana o nā kuʻuna kāne kuʻuna. Ua hoʻonani kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hōʻike i ka antithesis o ke kanaka o ke kanaka. ʻO Gehena, ua hōʻike lākou ma ke ʻano he kanaka i makemake nui i nā kāne ʻē aʻe i makaʻu ʻole e hoʻolaha. He ʻanuʻu maʻalahi kēia mai nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni keiki stoner boy-in E ka hoa, auhea ko'u kaa?, Ua hailukuia na kanaka alakai a poina lakou he heterosexual lakou i kekahi manawa. ʻAʻole paha lākou he kāne kāne, akā maopopo lākou ʻaʻole lākou e hakakā i nā ʻenemi o ʻAmelika a i ʻole ke pana ʻana i nā kānaka a me nā hale.
I ka Ke awāwa of Elah'He loner ʻo Hank i ʻike he wahi paʻakikī ka honua, akā mahalo ʻo ia i ka aloha ʻāina, ka pūʻali koa, a me ka ʻohana āna i ʻike ai. Ma ka hopena o kāna huakaʻi ua hoʻokūkū ʻia kona aloha ʻāina, ua nalowale kona manaʻoʻiʻo i ka pūʻali koa, a hiki mai i ka ʻike weliweli ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike maoli i kāna keiki-ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ke keiki i luku ʻia e ka pūʻali koa Hank aloha. Ma ke awāwa ʻo ʻEla Manaʻo e like me ka hopena o ke kanaka ʻAmelika wale nō, akā ʻo nā hui i hāpai a ʻae ʻia. Ma keia ano Ma ke awāwa ʻo ʻEla He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni koʻikoʻi ia no ka mea ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia nīnau no ke kāne ʻAmelika me ka hoʻohewa maikaʻi ʻana i ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika a me ka colonialism. Ke huhū nei ʻo ia i kahi manaʻo kāne ʻAmelika e kū nei i ka puʻuwai o ke ʻano o ke kāne ma ʻAmelika.
ʻO Michael Bronski he mea hana, mea kākau, a kumu. ʻO kāna puke hou loa Pulp Friction.