Babban abin mamaki na Nuwamba 2024 - kuma ku tuna, wannan babban babban mashaya ne - shine ban ƙi gaba ɗaya ba. Mugu: Kashi Na Farko.
Shin wakokin ba su da tushe kuma ba za a manta da su ba? Allah eh, ban da “Tsarin nauyi,” wanda yake da kyau. Shin palette mai launin gumdrop mai banƙyama yana da ban haushi kuma kaɗan kamar ana shawa a ciki Karamin Pon nay amai? Sake, eh. Shin abubuwan da ke faruwa a Jami'ar Shiz suna kama da CGI knockoffs na Hogwarts daga Harry Potters 1-76? Lallai.
Amma bayan duk wannan drek na ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani yana da labari mai kyau, da gaske manyan wasan kwaikwayo, da saurin tafiya wanda ke sa fim ɗin ya yi tafiyar awa biyu da mintuna 40.
Ariana Grande tana wasa da narcissistic "mai kyau mayya" Glinda tare da takalmi mai laushi mai laushi mara kyau. Jeff Goldblum yana da hankali kuma yana da hankali a matsayin charlatan Wizard. Michelle Yeoh tana da ban al'ajabi a matsayin kwazazzabo, sulke, farfesa na sihiri.
Amma jagora da gaske is tauraron wannan wasan kwaikwayo. Ba zai yuwu ba muryar Cynthia Erivo da karusar Cynthia Erivo ta motsa su, kamar yadda Elphaba, ƙarami kuma a zahiri kore sigar Mugun Mayya na Yamma. Lambobin kiɗan sun gundure ni sosai har sai da kusan mintuna 40 na shiga (Ba na son yin rashin kunya da kallon wayata), lokacin da Erivo ya fara rera waƙa cikin ƙarfi, ruhi, da tsanani.
Akwai lokutan tashin hankali a cikin fim ɗin, musamman game da makomar Dabbobi, waɗanda ke bayyana ƙungiyoyin 'yancin ɗan adam na baya-da a yau. Peter Dinklage, yana bayyana farfesa na ilmin halitta kuma akuya, Dokta Dillamond, ya bayyana halin shahadansa a sarari kuma abin ƙauna kamar Tom Robinson a cikin Ya kashe wani Mockingbird. Ana magance son zuciya bisa launin fata (Elphaba's) da nakasa ('yar uwarta, Nessarose's) da wayo, wanda kusan ba zai yiwu a yi ba.
miyagun, fim ɗin, gwaji ne mai sauƙi na nagarta da mugunta wanda ke yin zance da wayo ga wasu irin waɗannan ayyukan. "Shin an haifi mutane mugaye ko kuwa muguntar da aka ɗora musu?" Glinda ta yi tambaya cikin faffadan ido akan Malvolio-daya daga cikin mafi kyawun miyagu na wallafe-wallafe-daga Shakespeare's"Na goma sha biyu Night. Daga baya, akwai wani ƙarin muni game da Orwell lokacin da Dokta Dillamond ya jujjuya allo don fara darasi kuma wani ya rubuta, "Ya kamata a ga dabbobi kada a ji."
Lokacin da ma'aikatan jirgin daga Shiz suka je gidan wasan kwaikwayo na OzDust, ba tare da ka'idojin makaranta ba, gungun jama'a na farin ciki, fushi, da ruɗewa dalibai sun fashe cikin rawar haɗin gwiwa tare da busassun "mai ban sha'awa.” Lokaci ya rushe kuma yaran 80s, na yau, da na zamanin masana'antu Oz duk suna raba wannan bege mai daɗi cewa, a ƙarshe, za su ci nasara - lokacin da a gaskiya, mutane da yawa za su zama hakan.
Amma duk da haka… kamar yadda na ji daɗin fim ɗin, na yi baƙin ciki game da abin da ya ɓace. Addini, siyasa, nuance, sufanci, kimiyya, yakin aji, da Allah.
Na girma a kan Oz littattafai— duk 12. Kuma ban mamaki kamar yadda sauti, sun irin ceton raina.
Ni yaro ne mai kunya, baƙon abu, galibi ke kaɗaici kuma waɗannan littattafan sun ba da dukan duniya waɗanda suka bayyana tawa. Abinda na fi so shine "Ƙasar Mamaki ta Oz, mabiyi zuwa Mawakin Al'ajibi na Oz, inda wani yaro mai suna Tip da ke zaune da wata mayya a cikin dajin Gillikin ya farka da cewa shi gimbiya ce mai suna Ozma, wadda aka daure a cikin jikin namiji.
An ɗauki ƙarni don transgender don ɗaukar Tukwici azaman alamar su. Kuma tabbas ban sami suna ba sa’ad da nake ɗan shekara 8. Batu na ba jinsi ba ne, amma tarin wasu halaye waɗanda Tip—da kuma daga baya Billina, Gump, da ‘Yar Patchwork—sun taimaka mini in fahimta.
Jerin ya fara ne da taswira da ke nuna muradun ƙasar Oz: Gillikan, Winkie, Quadling, da Munchkin. Labari ne game da feudalism da fadace-fadacen yanki, game da kabilanci da son zuciya da cin zarafi. Har ila yau, game da sihiri, ainihin nau'in da muke da shi da kuma gyaran karya da 'yan siyasa suka yi alkawari. A cikin 1900, yayin da baron jirgin ƙasa ke kan hanya don samun moneting na Yammacin Amurka kuma ana yaudarar manoma zuwa cikin ɓarke filaye da ƙirƙira Dust Bowl, L Frank Baum ya yi tunanin wata gaskiya ta dabam - gaba, cike da mutummutumi, nau'ikan da ba a taɓa gani ba, da sihiri na daji. Oz ya ɗan yi kama da duniyarmu amma an fi so, mahaukaci tare da haɗari da dama. Wurin da mai mulkin mallaka ɗaya na duniya zai iya shiga ya daidaita komai.
A cikin 1995, Gregory Maguire ya buga "Mugaye: Rayuwa da Zamanin Mugun Mayya na Yamma.” Na karanta shi jim kadan bayan fitowar shi, saboda na bi komai Oz an yi nazari sosai, ciki har da John Updike, wanda ya kira shi "labari mai ban mamaki." Amma barci ne, littafi mai ban sha'awa har Winnie Holzman ta sake rubuta shi don mataki a farkon matakan.
A yau, ina jin ana kiran aikin Maguire a matsayin 'fan fiction,' wanda ina ganin ya rage shi. miyagun novel din ya fi karbuwa, a tsaye prequel zuwa The Wizard of Oz— yadda Jean Rhys ya lashe kyautar Wide Sargasso Sea ya kasance Jane eyre.
Kuma a nan, mun kai ga korafina game da fim ɗin (da kuma waƙar Broadway maras kyau da aka dogara da shi): Yawancin abin da aka yi miyagun babban labari mai girma shine duhun duhu da sarkakiyar sa, bayyanar al'adunmu da rudani, rashin tausayin wannan zamani a tarihi kamar dai sauran su. Yana da tsinkaya kamar yadda "1984 kuma a matsayin misali kamar Frankenstein. A cikin mataki da sigar fim, 95% na abin an cire shi.
Maguire ya juya yankuna hudu na Baum zuwa addinai hudu: Unionism, Lurlinism, Tiktokism (daga halin Tiktok a cikin jerin asali), da kuma Imani mai dadi. Amma maimakon tauhidi kai tsaye, ya shigar da siyasa da haƙƙin ƙasa cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na tushen bangaskiya (wanda aka sani?). Ƙungiyar Ƙungiya ta yi wa'azin tsarin gurguzu da Allah wanda ba a bayyana sunansa ba; Lurlinism ya kasance mahimmancin girmamawa ga abin bautar sarauniya; Tiktokism ya ƙunshi bautar fasaha da Agogon Lokaci Dragon; Inda bangaskiyar jin daɗi ta kasance daidai-hedonism da sihiri da aka yi wahayi daga mayya ta Kumbric.
In miyagun littafin, babban tashin hankali yana kewaye da haƙƙin Dabbobi (babban birnin 'A'), ma'ana halittu masu rai; da dabbobi (kananan 'a') waɗanda ba su da ruhin tsari kuma ana iya amfani da su azaman ma'aikata, cake, ko ci. Lokacin da bebe kuma mayen Wizard ya nemi haɓaka ikonsa akan proletariat (manoma na Munchkin, ma'aikatan Quadling, 'yan kasuwa na Winkie), ya sanya Dabbobin a cikin sarƙoƙi kuma ya ba su azaman ƙaramar manufa don mutane su yi amfani da su.
Ire-iren wariyar launin fata, kyamar Yahudawa, kyamar Islama, da nuna wariyar LGBT sun shiga cikin littafin. Halayensa na addini sun damu sosai da tsaftar ɗabi'a, kamar yadda kowace ƙungiya ta fayyace ta. miyagun Ya buɗe da Tin Man—jarumin aiki a asalin Baum—yana cewa game da mayya na Yamma, “An jefa ta a lokacin haihu. An haife ta a matsayin hermaphroditic, ko watakila gaba ɗaya namiji.” A tsorace ya ce, "Mace ce da ta fi son haduwa da wasu mata." 'Sauran' su yana goyan bayan ra'ayin ɗabi'a na Elphaba a matsayin mugunta. Hasali ma, za ta tabbatar da cewa ta zama jarumta maras kyau amma mai ɗa'a.
Wannan wani korafi ne, karami: A cikin novel, Elphaba bai cika cika ba. Ba ta da kirki kuma a wasu lokuta ba ta da kirki, musamman ga Munchkin Boq wanda babban amininta ne. Haihuwar waziri mai ruhin dutse da buguwa, batacciyar mace mai zuriya, ta girma a waje. Fatanta kore ne; babu wanda yasan waye mahaifinta na gaske. Kyautar sihirinta suna da girma amma marasa tsari, kuma mutumin da ya rene ta yana zagi. Ba ita ba ce mai juriya, rawa, kyakkyawar yarinya mai kyau da kuke gani akan allo.
Watakila babban hasara a fassarar labari zuwa kiɗan kiɗa sannan kuma allon shine nazarin kimiyya da rawar da yake takawa a cikin yadda ake tara ƙarfin al'umma. Lokacin da binciken Dokta Dillamond ya nuna cewa akwai bambance-bambancen salula tsakanin Dabbobi da dabbobi, wani jami'in gwamnatin jihar ne ya kashe shi kuma ya maye gurbinsa da wani farfesa wanda ke isar da saƙon da gwamnati ta amince da shi, yana lalata sihiri.
"Kimiyya shine tsarin rarraba dabi'a, don rage shi zuwa sassan aiki waɗanda ko žasa suke yin biyayya ga dokokin duniya. Sihiri yana tafiya akasin hanya. Ba ya rege, yana gyarawa. Haɗawa ne maimakon bincike. Yana gina wani sabon abu maimakon bayyana tsohon."
Rushewar da ke tattare da ikon gwamnati a cikin abin da ake ganin kimiyya ce mai karɓuwa, ƙaryatãwa game da gaskiyar da ba su dace da nassi mai tsarki na manyan mutane ba, da la'antar duk wanda ya kawo shaidar da ba ta dace ba? Duk yana cikin littafin.
miyagun fim ɗin—ta larura, na tabbata—ya rage da yawa daga cikin waɗannan abubuwa masu sarƙaƙƙiya zuwa tropes na zamani.
Uban wani lambu ne-iri-iri 'mai guba, narcissistic' uba wanda ya ƙi Elphaba saboda launin fatarta kuma yana son 'yar'uwarta, kyakkyawar yarinya mai ɗaure keken hannu (wanda, a cikin littafin, ba ta da hannu kuma ba ta da tsabta). Yarima Fiyero jarumi ne, kyakkyawa mara kyau, maimakon Winkie da aka tsige kuma a firgita. Bambancin aji tsakanin Dabbobi da dabbobi; bincike kan fifikon kwayoyin halitta; Hatsarin da ke tattare da yanke hukunci kan al'amuran da suka shafi imani da kimiyya; da bawdy, transhuman trashiness na Time Dragon Clock-duk ya ɓace. Akalla a gare ni.
Abin da ya rage shi ne labari mai daɗi da haɗin kai wanda ya biyo bayan wani shiri kai tsaye ba tare da mamaki ba, wanda ya tuna da fim ɗin 1971. Willy Wonka & Kamfanin Chocolate amma ba tare da bushewa ko jujjuyawar Gene Wilder ba. Maimakon haka, miyagun kitsch ne tsantsa da kyalli. Kyawawan mutane masu ban sha'awa-har ma waɗanda aka ɗauka a matsayin masu girman kai-wadanda duk suka daidaita kuma suna ƙoƙarin ƙoƙarin yin abin da ya dace.
A takaice dai, kida ce ga masu sauraro wanda, na yi mamakin gano, yana so ya rera waƙa tare. Fim ne mai dadi da sako mai kyau wanda zai gamsar da manya da yara marasa kulawa. Ta yadda har ma zan iya barin amincina ga littattafan na tsawon sa'o'i biyu da fiye, in kwanta a kujerar wasan kwaikwayo, in ji daɗi.
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Ann Bauer ta rubuta litattafai guda uku, A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards, The Har abada Aure da Gafara 4 Kai, da Damn Good Food, memoir da littafin girke-girke tare da marubucin Hells Kitchen, Chef Mitch Omer. Rubuce-rubucenta, labarun balaguro da bita sun bayyana a cikin ELLE, Salon, Slate, Redbook, DAME, The Sun, The Washington Post, Star Tribune da The New York Times.
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