Yilapho engizithole khona ngeSonto eledlule ekuseni, eBandleni likaMalusi Omuhle e-Santa Monica Boulevard, eMiseni nodadewethu kanye nobaba wami. Inkinga yami ngeMisa LamaKatolika iwukuthi ngezinye izikhathi ngithola umqondo wami uzulazula ngemva kokuzwa okuthile umpristi akushoyo, bese ngiqala ukucabanga yonke le micabango ewumsangano njengokuthi akulungile kanjani ukubulala abantu nokuthi awuvunyelwe ukusebenzisa ubudlova komunye umuntu. ngaphandle uma kuwukuzivikela kweqiniso.
UPapa waze waphuma wathi: Le mpi yase-Iraq akuyona impi elungile futhi, ngaleyo ndlela, iyisono.
Leyo micabango yayinami usuku lonke, kusukela ngesikhathi ngiphuma esontweni futhi ngadlula kwabangenamakhaya becela uguquko (ingane eyodwa kweziyisithupha zaseMelika ephila ngobumpofu ingenye indlela yobudlova), ngaya emigwaqweni ezungeze iKodak Theatre lapho ababhikishi abamelene nempi babeboshwa njengoba ngidlula ngemoto yami yohlobo lwe-limo exhaswe estudiyo.
Bengingakahlelile ukuwina i-Academy Award ye-“Bowling for Columbine” (ayikho idokhumentari eyaba yimpumelelo enkulu yebhokisi kusukela “ku-Woodstock”), ngakho-ke angizange ngibe nenkulumo elungisiwe. Nokho, angiyena umlungiseleli wenkulumo, futhi ngaphandle kwalokho, ngase ngithole imiklomelo ezinsukwini eziholela kuma-Oscars futhi ngasebenzisa amazwi afanayo okwamukela. Ngakhuluma ngesidingo samafilimu angelona iqiniso lapho siphila ezikhathini eziqanjiwe ezinjalo. Sinomongameli oyiqili okhethwe ngemiphumela yokhetho engelona iqiniso. (Uma usakholelwa ukuthi abantu abadala abangamaJuda baseMelika abangu-3,000 - abaningi babo abasinda ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe - bavotela uPat Buchanan eWest Palm Beach ngo-2000, kusho ukuthi uzinikele ngempela ebuhleni bezinganekwane!) Manje uqhuba impi yenganekwane. isizathu (isimangalo sokuthi uSaddam Hussein unenqwaba yezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu kuyilapho eqinisweni sikhona ukuze sithole uwoyela wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni).
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuncishiswa kwentela okudluliselwa njengesipho kwabaphakathi noma isifiso sokubhoboza imigodi emathafeni ase-Alaska, sihlala sihlaselwa ngendaba eqanjiwe ngemva kwenye evela eBush White House. Futhi yingakho kubalulekile ukuthi abenzi bamafilimu benze okungelona iqiniso, ukuze wonke amanga amancane adalulwe futhi umphakathi waziswe. Umphakathi ongenalwazi embusweni wentando yeningi uyindlela eqinisekile yokuphela kwentando yeningi encane noma ungenayo nhlobo.
Yilokho ebengikusho isikhathi eside. Izigidi zabantu baseMelika zibonakala zivuma. Incwadi yami ethi "Stupid White Men" isahlezi ku-No. 1 ohlwini oluthengiswa kakhulu (sekulolu hlu manje amasonto angu-53 futhi iyincwadi engelona iqiniso ethengiswa kakhulu yonyaka). I-"Bowling for Columbine" yephule wonke amarekhodi ehhovisi lebhokisi ledokhumentari. Isizindalwazi sami manje sesithola amahithi afinyelela ezigidini ezingu-20 ngosuku (okungaphezu kwesayithi le-White House). Imibono yami mayelana nesimo sesizwe ayaziwa noma isemaphethelweni, kodwa kunalokho ikhona ngemibono yeningi elijwayelekile. Iningi labantu baseMelika, ngokusho kokuvota, lifuna imithetho eqinile yezemvelo, lisekela u-Roe vs. Wade futhi lalingafuni ukungena kule mpi ngaphandle kokusekelwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene nabo bonke ababambisene nathi.
Kulapho izwe likhona. Ikhululekile, okokuthula futhi isekela umholi wayo kuphela ngoba yilokho okufanele ukwenze lapho usempini futhi ufuna izingane zakho zibuye e-Iraq ziphila.
Esikhathini sekhefu lezentengiselwano ngaphambi kokuba kumenyezelwe i-documentary ehamba phambili ethi Oscar, ngokungazelelwe ngacabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe lo mphakathi wamafilimu nawo wawuyingxenye yalelo ningi laseMelika futhi kungenzeka nje ukuthi uvotele ifilimu yami, okuthi, ngokwengxenye, ithathelwe ukuphatha uBush. ngokukhohlisa umphakathi ngokwesaba ukuze ukwazi ukwenza izenzo zawo zobudlova ngokumelene Nezwe Lesithathu. Ngancika kwabanye engangibaqokile ngabatshela ukuthi, ingabe kufanele ngiwine, ngizokhuluma okuthile ngoMongameli Bush kanye nempi futhi bangathanda ukungihlanganisa nami esiteji? Ngabatshela ukuthi nginomuzwa wokuthi ngase ngiwutholile umzuzu wami ngempumelelo yefilimu nokuthi ngingathanda ukuthi bahlanganyele nami isiteji ukuze nabo babe nesikhathi sabo. (Bonke babenze amafilimu akhethekile futhi bengifuna umphakathi ubone laba bakhi bamafilimu futhi ngethemba ukuthi uyobona amafilimu abo.)
Bavume bonke.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, uDiane Lane wavula imvilophu futhi wamemezela owinile: “Bowling for Columbine.” Isitezi esikhulu sonke sasukuma sama ngezinyawo ukuze sihlabelele. Ngathinteka ngendlela engenakulinganiswa futhi ngazithoba lapho ngikhombisa abanye abaqokiwe ukuba bajoyine umkami (umdidiyeli wefilimu) kanye nami esiteji.
Ngibe sengisho ebengikusho isonto lonke kuleyo micimbi yokuklomelisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi abanye abantu abambalwa bangizwile ngisho lezo zinto ngoba ngaphambi kokuthi ngiqede umusho wami wokuqala ngomongameli wamanga, idlanzana lamadoda (abanye babike ukuthi "izandla zesiteji" ngakwesobunxele sami) eduze kombhobho baqala ezinye. ukumemeza kakhulu. Kwabe sekungena iqembu kuvulandi ongenhla. Okwakungidida kakhulu, njengoba ngiqhubeka namazwi ami, ukuthi ngangiwuzwa lo msindo kodwa ngibheke esitezi esikhulu, angizange ngibone noyedwa umuntu obhuquza. Kodwa-ke iningi kuvulandi - abeseka amazwi ami - baqala ukubhuqa ama-booers.
Konke kwaphenduka kwaba i-cacophony eyodwa yomsindo wokumemeza nokujabula nokuklolodela. Futhi konke engikucabangayo ukuthi, "Hhayi, ngifake i-tux kulokhu?"
Ngazama ukukhipha umugqa wami wokugcina (“Noma nini uma umelana nawe nopapa kanye ne-Dixie Chicks, awulindeli i-White House”) futhi i-orchestra yaqala ukucula ukuze kuqedwe umsindo. (Amalungu ambalwa e-orchestra eza kimi kamuva futhi axolisa, ethi ayefuna ukuzwa engangizokusho.) Ngangihambe imizuzwana engu-55, eyi-10 ngaphezu kwalokho okwakuvunyelwe.
Ingabe kwakufaneleka? Kimina, into engalungile bekungaba wukungasho lutho nhlobo noma ukubonga i-ejenti yami, ummeli wami kanye nomklami ongigqokise - uSears Roebuck. Ngenza ifilimu ekhuluma ngesifiso saseMelika sokusebenzisa ubudlova ekhaya nasemhlabeni wonke. Ukuphawula kwami kwakuhambisana nalokho ifilimu yami eyayikhuluma ngakho. Ukube nginefilimu ekhuluma ngezinyoni noma izinambuzane, ngabe ngikhuluma ngezinyoni noma izinambuzane. Ngenza ifilimu mayelana nezibhamu kanye nesiko lamaMelika lokuzisebenzisa ngokumelene nomhlaba kanye nomunye nomunye.
Futhi, njengoba ngikhuphukela esiteji, ngangisacabanga ngezifundo zangalolo suku ekuseni eMiseni. Mayelana nokuthi ukuthula, lapho ubona amaphutha okwenziwa, kufana kanjani nokwenza lokho okubi ngokwakho. Ngakho ngalandela unembeza wami nenhliziyo yami.
Endleleni ebuyela ekhaya e-Flint, eMich., Ngosuku olulandela ama-Oscars, izisebenzi ezimbili zendiza zangitshela ukuthi babhajwe kanjani ubusuku bonke e-Flint ngaphandle kwendiza - futhi bathola ukuthola ama- $ 30 kuphela ngosuku ngoba bakhokhelwa ngehora. .
Bathi lokhu bangitshela khona ngethemba lokuthi ngizotshela abanye. Ngoba bona, nezigidi ezinjengabo, abanazwi. Abakwazi ukuba abahlaziyi ezindabeni zekhebula njengojenene wojenene asebathatha umhlalaphansi ebesilokhu sibabuka isonto lonke. (Sicela sifune ukuthi amasosha ase-U.S. asuse amasosha awo ku-ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/MSNBC/Fox?) Awakutholi ukwenza amamuvi noma ukukhuluma nabantu abayibhiliyoni ngobusuku be-Oscar. Bayiningi laseMelika elicelwa ukuba lithumele amadodana namadodakazi abo e-Iraq ukuze mhlawumbe bafe ukuze abangani bakaBush bathole uwoyela.
Ubani ozobakhulumela uma ngingabakhulumeli? Yilokho engikwenzayo, noma engizama ukukwenza, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwami, kanye no-March 23, 2003 - nakuba kwakungolunye lwezinsuku ezinhle kakhulu zokuphila kwami kanye nodumo engiyohlala ngilwazisa - kwakungehlukile.
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