I-NBC's Live Bye Bye Birdie Hopes zokuba zingaphantsi kwezesondo (kunye nangakumbi ePuerto Rican) kuneeNdawo eziHlaziyiweyo zangaphambili

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umfanekiso ngeTinseltown / Shutterstock

I-NBC iyabathanda kwimicimbi yabo yomculo, kwaye sivale umnikelo wabo olandelayo, Sala kakuhle Bhayi , ezo zombini iinkwenkwezi, kwaye yiGosa eliLawulayo eliveliswe nguJennifer Lopez. Ibali le-Broadway, uHarvey Fierstein, uyilungisile incwadi yomculo, kwaye wenze ii-tweaks ezinkulu ukuzisa lo mfanekiso we-1960s Americana kwi-21st Century.

Kulabo abangaqhelekanga, Sala kakuhle Bhayi libali learhente yomculo egama linguAlbert omele imvumi efana noElvis ogama linguConrad Birdie, onjengoElvis, oya emkhosini. Ngaphambi kokuba abhalise, uAlbert uza nombono wokuba uConrad anike umntu ophumeleleyo ukhuphiswano lokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba aye emfazweni. Umculo ke uqhubeka nokuphonononga ukuza-kobudala balowo uphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano, uKim MacAfee oneminyaka eli-15 ubudala; ubudlelwane phakathi kuka-Albert nonobhala wakhe / intombi yakhe uRosie; kwaye yonke idolophu yaseSweet Apple, eOhio ijongana neBirdie Fever.

UDick Van Dyke kunye noChita Rivera njengoAlbert noRosie

UDick Van Dyke kunye noChita Rivera njengoAlbert noRosie Sala kakuhle Bhayi

Into endihlala ndiyithanda malunga nemveliso yoqobo ye-Broadway (ephumelele eyona Musical Tony ngo-1961) yayikukuba yayijolise kumava omfazi wasePuerto Rican. UDick Van Dyke obekade edlala indima ka-Albert no-Broadway uChita Rivera obekade engu-Rosie Alvarez, efumana u -onyulwa kuka-Tony ngendima yakhe kwaye ebonisa umfuziselo we-Latina e-U.S.

Ingoma iSpanish Rose, eyayikwimveliso yokuqala ye-Broadway kwaye yahlengahlengiswa kumdlalo bhanyabhanya we-TV ka-1995 obedlala phambili noVanessa Williams njengoRosie kukuphikiswa okungafunekiyo malunga nalo lonke uhlobo lwesiLatinx ekuphenduleni kumamazala onokubakho ngokobuhlanga. Ngelixa iipropu kufuneka zihlawulwe kwimvelaphi yoKumkanikazi…

… Ndikhetha utshintsho lomculo kuhlobo lowe-1995:

Nokuba yeyiphi na inguqulelo, i-Rosie yasePuerto Rican yesazisi yasekwa kwimithombo yendalo ngokunika umlinganiswa igama lokugqibela lesiLatinx kwaye ephosa umdlali weqonga wasePuerto Rican ukuba amdlale. Ukusukela ngoko, izinto ziye zanwina kwelo sebe. Kwifilimu yowe-1963, uVan Dyke wamenywa ukuba abuye kwindima yakhe njengoAlbert, ngelixa indima kaRosie yayingagcinwanga nje ngoJanet Leigh, kodwa igama lakhe lasePuerto Rican lasuswa, igama lakhe lokugqibela latshintsha ukusuka kuAlvarez laya eDeLeon, ukuze amenze ubuhlanga buncinci. I-Spanish Rose yayingasetyenziswanga kwifilimu.

Kwinguqulelo yowe-1995, uRose waseSpain wabonakala, kodwa indima yadlalwa nguVanessa Williams, ongenguye uLatina. Ubuncinci umfazi onemibala owayedlala le ndima? Kwaye, ukunyaniseka, ndandimthanda kakhulu ukusebenza kwakhe.

Okwangoku, le nguqulelo izayo iphilayo lithuba lokuba kubekho uhlobo olwenziweyo olufunyenweyo yonke into kunene. UHarvey Fierstein uxelele IThe Hollywood Reporter ukuba zininzi izinto ezimkhathazayo xa ethatha olu tshintsho.

Ndifuna ukunyaniseka ngexesha elenzeka ngalo kodwa kwangaxeshanye, ukuba noRosie abe ngunobhala ka-Albert ahlangana naye ngumntu wesini esincinci kunye nendala. Khange ndibone nasiphi na isizathu salonto. Ke ndiyitshintshe. Ndabenza bobabini ootitshala besikolo esiphakamileyo.

Ngutitshala wesiNgesi obhala ingoma, kwaye ngutitshala womculo othi, 'ndinomntwana omkhulu onelizwi elikhulu. Ugqiba ekubeni nguConrad Birdie, ekufuneka athathe ihlobo elinye kuphela ukukhuthaza irekhodi kodwa ajike abe yinkwenkwezi. Sele kuyiminyaka esibhozo kwaye uRosie ufuna nje ukubuyela ebomini babo bokwenyani. Ngokwenene yenza ingqiqo ngakumbi ngaloo ndlela.

Ngokwenene yenza ingqiqo enkulu, nangona iya kufuna isuntswana lengoma Utitshala wesiNgesi . Okwangoku, kuyamangalisa ukubona ukuba uAlbert noRosie baya kulingana kule nguqulo.

Ngokuqinisekileyo iyamangalisa inyani yokuba uRosie uza kudlalwa sisisongelo esiphindwe kathathu ePuerto Rico! Ngeli xesha, uJennifer Lopez wenza iwonga, kwaye njengoko enguMvelisi oLawulayo kule projekthi, le nguqulo intsha iya kuhlala inqwenela umnqweno kaLopez wokubhengeza ukuqaqambisa umzabalazo kaRosie njengowasetyhini wasePuerto Rican malunga nokubetha phakathi kweminyaka kunye nobudlelwane Indoda esoyika ukuzibophelela, njengoko kubonisiwe kwincwadi yokuqala yomculo kodwa yalahleka kwifilimu yowe-1963.

Andikwazi kulinda. Sala kakuhle Bhayi ngumculo wokuqala ophilayo ovela kwi-NBC endonwabe ngokwenene! Ngaba uya kujonga?

-UMary Sue unemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokuphawula engavumiyo, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —