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nguSusan Sarandon ekhangeleka emhle, enebhongo, ekrelekrele, ekhaliphile, enamandla kwaye
ngesidima. Owu, jonga, nanko uJulia Roberts ejongeka emhle, esoyika,
quirky, kwaye ke, kakhulu njengoJulia Roberts. Yiyo Umama wesibini-Iyo
imuvi yeholide ephezulu. USusan ngumama wokwenyani, uJulia ngumama wesibini kunye
ubomi babo obunqamlezayo yindawo yedabi yothando lwabantwana ababini abahle kunye a
obolileyo (ex)umyeni. UJulia unomonde, uSusan unomhlaza, zombini zinjalo
i-photogenic ngokungaqhelekanga, kwaye wonke umntu uyakhala ekupheleni kwe-movie ukuze kube njalo
kufuneka ibe yiKrisimesi. Umama wesibini i-kwisithethe se Imigaqo ye
Uthando kwaye Ukusweleka Umncinci, phakathi kwezinyeโisiseko sakho esifudumezโ intliziyo,
imilinganiselo yosapho, isifo seKrisimesi movie. Njengoko kubhaliwe nguGigi Levangie kunye
ikhokelwa nguChris Columbus kukungena obuthathaka kuhlobo.
Yintoni eyenza ukuba Umama wesibini
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba inikwe amandla ngabafazi ababini baseHollywood abanamandla:
USusan Sarandon kunye noJulia Roberts, abaye bavelisa iprojekthi. Ngokwemveli
Iimuvi zesifo luhlobo olungaphantsi "lwefilimu yabasetyhini" -uGreta Garbo kwi Camille,
UBette Davis Uloyiso Olumnyama, uAli McGraw ngaphakathi Love Story, uBarbara
Hershey ngaphakathi Iilwandle. Yintoni eyahlulayo Umama wesibini kolu luhlu
ziifilim ezibonakala zezopolitiko zobufazi kunye nomnqweno wazo (emva kweeyure ezimbini
cat ukulwa) ukudala iqhina phakathi kukamama womhlaba umama Sarandon kunye
umfazi onobuchule bomsebenzi uRoberts.
Ephepheni Umama wesibini kungenzeka
ujonge kakuhle. U-Ed Harris udlala uLuka, igqwetha elinamandla aphezulu owathi, ku
Ingxaki yaphakathi kubomi, ushiye uJackie (uSusan Sarandon) inkosikazi yakhe yeminyaka emininzi. Yena
ngoku uhlala no-Isabel (Julia Roberts) ifashoni edumileyo, ehlawulwa kakuhle
umfoti. Ubuninzi bengxelo buhlala kubudlelwane babasetyhini bobabini
kunye nabantwana bakaJackie kunye noLuke: u-Anna osakhulayo ngokwesondo (uJena Malone) kunye
mhle ngokunganyamezelekiyo uBen (Liam Aiken). Bobabini abantwana badidekile (isibini sihlangene
Ukugcinwa) kwaye uAnna uhlakulela ukungamthandi okusebenzayo u-Isabel.
Umzabalazo phakathi kukaJackie (Sarandon)
kunye no-Isabel (uRoberts) unokuqikelelwa: UJackie uyacaphuka ulutsha luka-Isabel kunye
mhlawumbi umsebenzi wakhe; U-Isabel uyamcaphukela uJackie ngokujikela abantwana kuye;
UJackie ucinga ukuba u-Isabel akanaxanduva; U-Isabel ucinga ukuba nguJackie
ukulawula. Xa uBen elahlekile eCentral Park (ngexesha elinye lesithombe sika-Isabel
ihlumela), uJackie uhamba ngebhola. Xa u-Isabel enika uAnna icebiso elibi (ngo
Imigangatho kaJackie) malunga nesoka, uya kuphinda aqhube ibhola.
Ngelixa umxholo uthetha oko
bobabini Jackie kunye Isabel babe ehambelanayo, ukuba amandla aphikisanayo kunye
ubuthathaka, inkanuko yeemvakalelo yefilim yenziwa nguJackie, evumela
Sarandon ukudlala imiboniso yedrama ephezulu, kodwa iphinda ibeke ifilimu kwi
ifashoni ekhethekileyo.
Umama wesibini
ngumboniso bhanyabhanya othetha ngabafazi ababini abakubudala obahlukeneyo, isimilo, kunye neziqinisekiso
koomama abafumanisa ukuba, xa bejongene nentlekele, banokuba ngoodade
hayi iintshaba. Kodwa kunokuba ngumzekelo wokunyaniseka (ukuba iHollywood) yobufazi,
ifilimu inoluvo olucacileyo oluchasene nolwasetyhini. Oku kubangelwa ikakhulu yinyaniso
ukuba akukho mbhali wesikrini uLevangie okanye umlawuli uColumbus afumane indlela yokwaphula
kwimiqobo yemveli โyomfanekiso wabasetyhiniโ.
Oku kuyabonakala, uninzi
ngokumangalisayo, kwinto yokuba ibali ligxininisa Umama wesibini Ingaba i
Ukhuphiswano oluhlala lukhula phakathi kukaJackie no-Isabel. Abakhe benze kanye-okanye
umbhali, umlawuli, okanye iinkwenkwezi / abavelisi-kubonakala ukuba ucinga ukuba deadbeat umyeni
ULuka unoxanduva kuyo nantoni na. Ngokuqinisekileyo, eshiya uLuka ngaphandle
ukulingana ngokweemvakalelo/ngokwengqondo kunika uRoberts noSarandon idrama ephezulu kakhulu,
kodwa iphinda idibanise iipolitiki zesondo zefilimu.
Nanku umthwalo wabantwana,
iimvakalelo, ubudlelwane, kunye nokujongana nesifo zonke ziba ngumsebenzi wabasetyhini.
UJackie kunye no-Isabel abacingi ukuba ayiqhelekanga into yokuba uLuka abe ngokwasemoyeni nasenyameni
ukungabikho ngobuninzi boku.
Kodwa ingxaki nge Umama wesibini
ingena nzulu kunecebo layo elingenangqondo: yintoni abayenzayo abafazi kwimuvi yaseHollywood?
Ukusukela ekuqaleni koo-1970 kukho okuninzi okubhaliweyo malunga nabasetyhini kwifilimu nakwi
ishishini. Ngamandla amancinci, iindawo ezilinganiselweyo, kunye nokufikelela okuncinci kwi
inkqubo yokwenza izigqibo (singasathethi ke ngokuzabalaza iminyaka phantsi kwe
imbono yamashishini yokuba iifilimu ezijoliswe kumadoda zenza imali eninzi), amabhinqa ayenayo
ngokuqinisekileyo bekunzima kwidolophu ye-tinsel. Kodwa kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo oku kuye kwenzeka
kucingelwa ukuba itshintshile kancinci. Kubekho ukubethabethana kwe studio yabasetyhini
abaphathi kunye nesityalo seenkwenkwezi zabasetyhini-Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Goldie
UHawn, uSigourney Weaver, uJessica Lang phakathi kwabanyeโabagqibe ekubeni benze njalo
bavelise kwaye benze umsebenzi wokuqinisekisa ukuba banamalungu kunye nemifanekiso abayifumeneyo
efunwayo. Isicwangciso esikhulu, kwaye ukuya kwinqanaba elikhulu kubangele iimuvi eziya
bonisa abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo abantsokothileyo kwaye bajongane kakhulu nabo
imiba egxile kwabasetyhini.
Ngokuqinisekileyo Umama wesibini bekunjalo
ijonge ukuwela kolo didi kwaye uRoberts noSarandon banosuku lwentsimi
ngeendima zabo. Kodwa ifilimu yabasetyhini? Nokuba ifilimu entle kakhulu? Kumacala omabini Umama wesibini
uziva i-retro eyothusayo, njenge-weper endala ye-Bette Davis ewela kunye nesimanje,
inguqulelo yosapho eyandisiweyo kaBarbara Stanwyck UStella Dallas. Mhlawumbi
ingongoma ayikho kakhulu ukuba ifilimu embi-eyiyo-kodwa loo nto
abadlali abaneetalente zikaSarandon kunye noRoberts banezinye iindlela ezimbalwa.
USarandon
uhlawule imali yakhe yaseHollywood. Indima yakhe yokuqala yaba yinxalenye encinci ngo-1970
melodrama yezopolitiko yasekhohlo Joe. Ukususela ngoko uye wadlala 52 Hollywood kunye
Iimuvi zikamabonwakude-zifumana ushicilelo olukhulu kwiiprojekthi ezohlukeneyo, ukusuka ku
umthengisi blackjack e Louis Malle kaThixo Atlantic City kwivampire yesini esibini
kuTony Scott Indlala kwindlela yakhe yangoku yabasetyhini ka-1990
ifilimu yamagorha, m Thelma noLouise.
Ngeendlela ezininzi le filimu yamva
kwabonakala, ngelo xesha, ibe yinkqubela phambili yabasetyhini kushishino. Umxholo wayo
kwaye unikezelo lwalugxile kwabasetyhini ngokupheleleyo kunye namandla (kunye nexhala).
yenziwe yavakala. Ukusukela ngoko, nangona kunjalo, uSarandon wenze uthotho lwe
ehloniphekileyo ukuba iifilimu ezikruqulayo kancinci. Njengoko uMarmee engena Abafazi abancinci (1994)
ebekhanya kodwa engasetyenziswanga. Iifilimu ezifana Umxhasi (1994) kunye Twilight
(1998) ibingabantu abachulumancisayo besiqhelo. Kuphela ngo-1995 Umntu ofileyo uhamba, apho ku
wayedlala uDade Helen Prejean, itshantliziyo elichasene nesigwebo sokufa, wambonisa
amandla amakhulu.
Abanye abahlalutyi baye bacebisa
ukuba amandla omfazi akhululwe Thelma noLouise watyhala uSarandon
ekudlaleni abalinganiswa abangenamandla kangako (kunye nabo bangoyiki kakhulu). Kwi Umama wesibini
Amandla kaSarandon aya ekudaleni umzobo kaJackie njengo
umama ogqibeleleyo. Kuyabonakala ukuba zange athandane nomntu oko kuqhawulwe umtshato, akanaye
umsebenzi ongenguye โumama,โ kwaye uzinikele kakhulu kwintlalontle yabantwana bakhe
ukuba, ngamanye amaxesha, uyoyikeka kancinane. Ukuba Umama wesibini-kunye noSarandon-wayenayo
wayefuna ukuthatha amathuba, uJackie usenokuba wayezotywe nabanye
ukungazithembi (okanye ukucaphuka) ngokungabi namsebenzi, ukungabi nasithandwa,
kakhulu nantoni na. Kodwa ifilimu kunye nomdlali weqonga / umvelisi bazimisele kakhulu
ukugxila kwiipali zikamama / umama wesibini, owayesakuba ngumfazi / intombi, umenzi wekhaya / umsebenzi-
umfazi ukuba ifilim iyazibamba.
ukwenza
ifilimu yakhe yaqala ngo-1986 (inxalenye encinci kwi Ibali loLwaphulo-mthetho, onobubele,
Umboniso bhanyabhanya owenzelwe i-nervy, uJulia Roberts wangena kwishishini kanye
USarandon wayebetha umkhondo wakhe ngeefilimu ezinjenge Amagqwirha ase-Eastwick
kwaye Inkunzi Durham. Ngenkangeleko yakhe yamehlo abanzi kunye nokuthe ngqo kwakhe,
uhlobo olungalingisiyo, uRoberts wayesoloko "ekwimifanekiso yabasetyhini." Yena
ngokukhawuleza ukusuka ngo-1988 I-Mystic Pizzaโukrelekrele, neemvakalelo
ifilimu enzima-ukuya kuthi ga ngo-1989 I-Steel Magnolias (apho afela khona
emncinci kwaye emhle) kwi-star-turn yakhe ngo-1990 Ibhinqa elihle apho
udlala ihuka enentliziyo yegolide ekwaziyo ukurhwebesha usozigidi. Yena
emva koko waphuma kwi-thrillers (Ukulala noTshaba, I-Pelican
Ngokufutshane) kwingcinga yabantwana (Tinkerbell in umkhala, Speilberg's
yenza kwakhona ye Peter Pan) kwidrama yembali (UMichael Collins) ukuya
uloyiko lwethoni ephezulu (UMary Reilly, i semi-feminist remake of UGqr. Jekyll
kunye noMnu Hyde). Ngo-1997 Umtshato woMhlobo wam osenyongweni, njenge
umfazi ozingcayo ngomsebenzi ozama ngokuzingca ukuhlutha idangatye elidala
kwintombi yakhe, uRoberts ufumana i-niche yakhe, edlala kwakhona uJoan Crawford
shop-girl-makes- isiza esihle (kuphela umabhalana wentengiso owayelihenyukazi ngoku).
Emva kokufa, kuba
egrogriswa, engowembali, kwaye engumntu obhinqileyo, uhlala phezulu Okwam okugqibelele
Umtshato woMhlobo njengomfazi okhohlisayo ongafumani thando. Kwi
Umama wesibini URoberts ngumfazi womsebenzi ofumana indoda yakhe, kodwa ke
ufumanisa ukuba akafanelekanga (ekuqaleni) ukuba ngumama njengenkosikazi.
Ekugqibeleni, ufunda indlela yokwenza oku njengoko umama "wokwenene" esifa
ngokubetha (nangona kuyinyani, lo ngumboniso bhanyabhanya onzima) womhlaza.
Umama wesibini
"izama" ukujongana nemiba enzulu kwaye iyakuqonda ukuntsonkotha kwe
ubudlelwane, iimvakalelo, kunye nokuphila ngokupheleleyo ngakumbi iifilimu ezininzi zabasetyhini
kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo. Kodwa sisasele nala mabhinqa anesiqingatha, abonakaliswe ngo
kwaye zibanjiswe kwiiparadigms ezingabavumeli ukugcwala komlinganiswa kunye
imvakalelo ukuba abadlali of Sarandon kunye Roberts ubume kunye netalente kufuneka
babe, kwaye kufuneka bachume kuyo. Z