A
s
Nyika inopemberera zuva rekuzvarwa kwayo 228th tese tinogona kuunganidza pamwe chete
kutura befu. Iyo DC/Hollywood yekubatanidza iri kuenda yakazara bore senge
Humvee ari overdrive mumugwagwa mukuru weIraq. The Bush administration
vanoramba vachitenderera kuMiddle East vachiita zvavanoda. Kanganwa nezve
CIA-inotungamirwa neIraqi hutsinye hwemujeri. Tine zvakawanda zvekutsikirira
nyaya dzekutarisana nadzo kumusha. Zvemumba taifanira
kubata nezamu rekurudyi raJanet Jackson, raMel Gibson
Kushushikana,
naDonald. Kuomesa zvinhu zvakanyanya isu tichava nazvo
kurarama pasina
Friends
โuye isu tinongova nemwedzi minomwe
mugore.
Our
hupfumi hunogona kudonha nekukurumidza kupfuura mavise anokandwa kubva mu
pamusoro pechivako cheEmpire State, asi vazhinji vedu vakateerera kuti vaone
Donald anotaura mashoko maviri pasvondo rega rega. Kupupurira mukomana ane zvakanyanya
kugerwa kwakashata taura, โWadzingwa basa,โ akapa mbatatisi dzepamubhedha
mufaro unoshamisa. Hapana chimwe chinogutsa mushure mekuuya
kumba kubva kune rimwe zuva risina zvibereko rekuvhima basa pane kuona mamwe
varombo schmuck vanopihwa slip yepink pamberi pemamiriyoni. Sezvineiwo,
akahwina aitova muzvinabhizimusi akabudirira akazowana
nzvimbo yevatanhatu-nhamba iyo ingadai yakaenda kune asingashandi weAmerica
iro basa rakanga ratumirwa kuBombay, asi izvo zvingadai zvakaita
chokwadi TV zvishoma chaizvo chaizvo.
Friends
yaserera pakuvira kwezuva; ndizvozvo, vakanga vasina
shamwari dzangu.
Kunyangwe nebonde, muchato, uye kofi show
handina kukwanisa kuridza vataridzi vakakwana kuti chikamu chekupedzisira chigogodze
MASH
kubva pachigadziko chayo chekutanga.
Frasier
ane zvakare
asiya chivakwa, ostensibly kutsvaga kuti yakakandwa saladi uye
mazai akasanganiswa. Nepo
Fraiser
chokwadi akarova mamwe makomba
pamusoro pemakore gumi nerimwe ekumhanya, chirongwa ichi chaiwanzoda imwe nhanho
yeruzivo kunzwisisa majee. Mumwe aisafanira kudaro
nhengo yeMensa kutarisa
Fraiser
, asi kuraviwa zvakanaka kwakaita
ipa muoni kugona kusiyanisa pakati pe de jour ne
Iye Donald.
For
avo vanoda TV yakaoma vasina kubata nemabhomba anoparadzira,
Kuputswa kwedzimba, uye kushomeka kwemafuta, HBO yakaisa musika
ine zvakaoma-kurova series senge
The
Sopranos, The Wire
,
nekupinda kwavo kwazvino
Deadwood
. Kunyange zvazvo zvingaratidzika zvishoma
zvisinganzwisisike pakutanga kunzwa mavara ecowboy achishevedzera mitsara senge,
"Sungai chigaro iwe c_ _ _ suckers," zvakanaka kuona izvozvo
wekumadokero haana kufa. Zvakaitwa neHBO kugadzira sipo opera
vakomana. Iyi nhanho ine hunyanzvi yakanga isati yamboonekwa zvakanyanya kupfuura pakuparara kwavo
dzakatevedzana
Oz
, chirongwa chakanangana nehupenyu muchinyoreso chine makakatanwa
yaive yakavakirwa pazere kuti ndeupi hunhu hwaizobatwa chibharo, kubaiwa nebanga,
kana OD vhiki iyoyo.
apo
izvi zvingaite sezvine hutsinye, zvakagadzira mutambo uri nani pane
kufamba nepakati idzo dzinofinha uye dzinotaura dzeCongressional hearings pa
9/11. Kune chikamu chikuru nhengo dzeCapitol Hill hadzina kuita senge photogenic
sevamwe vanozeza
Kupona
kana kuti "bimbos" pa
Simple
upenyu
.
If
terevhizheni ndiyo inorasa midhiya zvino makore ano chirimwa chemufirimu
zvingaratidza kuti cineplex yomunharaunda ndiyo nzvimbo inotsiva
inoshumirwa zvakanyanya sekucheka kunotonhora, sekutaura kwaTony Soprano. Denzel
akanga ari
Munhu Ari Moto,
murangi
akaita izvozvo chaizvo
kune vateereri vayo, uye
Alamo
yakadzokororwa kwegumi nembiri
nguva. Muroora aive adzoka kuzowedzera payback
Uraya Bill
,
Vol. 2
-iyi firimu ndiyo chete yaikosha kuronga yaive
akanzwa kuti ainzi Beatrice. Anenge munhu wose akayera
pana Mel Gibson uye kuda kwake mhirizhonga, asi vanhu vakafanana
kvetching pamusoro pefirimu inoita kunge yakafuratira Ariel
Sharon akapisa mitemo yenyika yePalestine, izvo
ndeyechokwadi. Chinhu chinosuruvarisa pamusoro
The
chido
ndiyo yaive yakatarisa
pahutsinye asi tichisiya mashoko emurume ari pamuchinjikwa. Asi
zvino vanhu vekuUS havagone kuita sevanokwana zvemhirizhonga
uye kubhadhara kana zvasvika kune varaidzo yavo. Kana firimu risingaiti
vane gumi nevaviri vakafa brown nevatema mukati maro, hazvisizvo
art, sekuziva kwedu.
Art
hachisi chimwe chinhu kunze kwekungoratidzira nzanga. Kana chirevo ichocho chiri chokwadi,
zvino izvo zviri kubuda pachiratidziro chikuru chirimo ichi chakanaka
zvinotyisa.
Troy
ndiyo yakakwana bhaisikopo dimikira reBush administration's
Middle East hondo. Iyo firimu yakadzinga vamwari, avo vakaridza a
chikamu chikuru kwazvo chepakutanga, mukufarira ngano yekutsiva iri nyore.
Kufanana nemutungamiri nevakuru vake muIraq, maGreek neTrojans
vanotaura pamusoro pavamwari, asi vasingamboratidzi kuva vanotevedzera dzidziso dzavo.
Zvakare saBush, Mambo Agamemnon anoenda kuhondo nekunyepedzera kwenhema. Pane kudaro
yekuunza demokrasi kuvanhu vakadzvinyirirwa, yamambo uyu
nhema kuponesa mukadzi wechiGiriki โakapambwaโ, asi chokwadi chaicho
kurwa hondo ndiwo maitiro akashata ekutonga uye
simba. Vagadziri vemafirimu vakatodzikisa mhirizhonga yeTrojan kubva
makore ayo ekutanga gumi kusvika kungopfuura mavhiki maviri. Pashure pezvose, ndiani anoda
kutarisana nehondo inoramba ichienderera mberi uye isingaverengeki nhamba dziri
zvakabayirwa muzita rechokwadi nokururamisira? Zvose zvakanga zvashaikwa
mune iyi firimu yakafanana yaive chiitiko naAgamemnon akamira pa
denga rengarava richipa mauto ake "zvigunwe" uye achiti,
"mission yakaitwa."
apo
Hollywood yakambofarira kunyora kwakanaka uye kunamatira
kunyaya? Mafirimu ane mavara akagadzirwa zvakanaka akatarisana nekuoma
kukakavara kunokanganisa kazhinji. Munhu anofanira kungotarisa chete
mastudio 'yezhizha mutsara wekuona izvi. Mafirimu akadai
Catwoman, Princess Diaries 2
,
uye
A Cinderella
nyaya
simbisa zvaonekwa izvi chete. Nepo iyezvino Hollywood
Mindset inogona kufunga kuti iri kucheka kuti Tom Cruise atengese
ake
Top Gun
grin uye tamba zvinorema mukati
Collateral
,
A-rondedzero vatambi vakaita saLee Marvin, William Holden, naJames Cagney
wakazviita nguva dzose chizvarwa chakapfuura uye pasina CGI-yakatakura
mhedzisiro inofambisa rinenge bhaisikopo rega rega riri kubuda mazuva ano. Bill
Holden akaunza imwe njodzi nemutsara wake wekuvhura mu
Wild
bunch
kupfuura chero hunhu mune chero Quentin Tarantino bhaisikopo. Pane kudaro,
Hollywood ikozvino inotipa vakomana vakanaka vane pfuti hombe kana, mune iyo kesi
yaBrad Pitt, minondo inopenya, yaisazogara awa nayo
Marvin pachitsuwa chePacific chisina vanhu.
Hollywood
inoda kutipa nyaya yechokwadi pamusoro paMambo Arthur gare gare izvi
chirimo. Kudero uku kuri kubva kumugadziri akatipa akadaro
sirivheri chidzitiro classics se
Flashdance
uye
Dombo
.
Izvo izvo
Mambo A
r
thur
iri kutengeswa
senyaya yechokwadi inofanirwa kutumira mureza senge scud missile inoputika
pamusoro peBaghdad. TH White anowanzo kunzi ndiye munyori
uyo akatanga kuisa pamwechete ngano dzakasiyana-siyana dzeMambo Arthur.
King
Arthur
se
Troy
pasina mubvunzo ichava yakareba pamigumisiro
uye pfupi pakuomerera kune chokwadi.
George
Orwell akazvitaura zvakanyanya paakanyora, "Iye anodzora zvakapfuura
anorayira ramangwana. Uyo anodzora ramangwana anodzora zvakapfuura.
Ndechipi chimwe chikonzero kunze kwekunyengedza vanhu vekuAmerica nemumwe mwaka
zvemadhirama akaremara nemadhirama anoshamisira? Mhinduro iri nyore,
dzimwe nyika dzine marevolutions, US haina. As long
sezvo tine paki yedu yedoro matanhatu, Paris Hilton pachubhu, naBrad
Pitt kicking butt pachiratidziro chesirivheri, vazhinji havazvinetse
bvunza kuti sei National Guardspeople vari kufa nevazhinji svondo rega rega
mune imwe nyika yakanga iri tyisidziro huru kwatiri sezvakaita Pia Zadora
yekupedzisira kurekodha.
Ted
Koppel anotora hafu yeawa achiverenga rondedzero yevakafa vekuAmerica naSinclair
Kukurukurirana kunodhonza plug pashoo yake nevakabatana navo.
Chii chinonzi ajenda yaSinclair? Iyo kambani ine 62 zviteshi uye
ndiyo nhepfenyuro hurusa yerudzi rwayo munyika. Sinclair
yakakurudzira zvakabudirira muWashington kuti ibvumidzwe kukura kunyange
chikuru. Vazhinji vevakuru veSinclair vanobatsira zvikuru
kuRepublican Party. Zvakadaro mutauriri weSinclair akapomera Koppel
zve โโฆ kusaita chimwe chinhu kunze kwekuita zvematongerwo enyika
chirevo." Pane mishumo yekuti Sinclair nedzimwe nhepfenyuro
mabhehemoths aida tarenda remhepo kuti ape zvirevo zvakasimbisa
iyo kambani inotsigira 100 muzana yekutsigira Mutungamiri Bush nevamwe vake
policy. Iyi ikodzero yevatepfenyuri. Kodzero idzi
dzinochengetedzwa neBumbiro reM itemo. Chinhu chimwe chete kutaura
pfungwa dzomunhu uye chimwe chinhu chakasiyana zvachose paunoshandisa izvozvo
simba rekudzivisa vamwe kuunza ravo. Walter Cronkite,
David Brinkley, naEd Morrow vaiwanzopa zvinyorwa zvehusiku. Zvino
chirongwa chenhau cheterevhizheni chiri pedyo zvikuru chinouya pakuratidza chero chinhu
kunze kweiyo lockstep maonero ndiAndy Rooney.
If
munhu anofunga kuti ma1950 aive akachengetedza nekuvhima varoyi kana
kuti ma1960 akange asina kujekeswa kana zvasvika pakupomera a
mukomana akaita saLenny Bruce, tarisa zvakare. Mamiriro ekunze azvino muWhite
Imba uye muHollywood boardrooms inogadzira imwe pine yemazuva akadaro.
Ndeipi nguva yekupedzisira iyo Oldies chiteshi kutamba Edwin Starr's
hondo
? Firimu rakadai
MASH
ndisina bhora rechando
mukana mugehena wekugadzirwa nhasi. Michael Moore aive nedambudziko
kutsvaga muparidzi wefirimu rake richangoburwa,
Fahrenheit 9 / 11
.
Uyu ndiye munhu akahwina Mubairo weAcademy for the best documentary
gore rapfuura uye Palme d'Or paCannes Film Festival izvi
gore.
Clear Channel yakaisa pamwechete runyoro rwenziyo idzo
vanorambidzwa kubva panhepfenyuro dzavo. John Lennon's
Fungidzira
iri pachirongwa ichocho.
As
chero bedzi vanogadzira mitemo muWashington vachifunga kuti vanogona kuita chero chinhu
vanoda, munyika ipi zvayo yavanoda, pasina kutarisana nemigumisiro
uye kufuratira kubva kumabasa akadai, isu tarasikirwa. Chero bedzi Hollywood
vanofunga kuti vanogona kuongorora mafirimu uye kuburitsa chero chinhu chisina musoro
vanosarudza kuti, pasina zvinovakanganisa, isu tarasikirwa.
John Zavesky
munyori akazvimirira anogara muCalifornia.