Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo mna nomhlobo wam besibukele iimovie zodidi kwaye sagqiba kwelokuba sibeke Apho Amakhwenkwe Aphi kwi DVD player. Ndizamile ukumlumkisa ukuba le movie intle kakhulu, kodwa izilumkiso zam azimlungiselelanga umboniso bhanyabhanya awathi kamva wandixelela ukuba ungoyena bhanyabhanya wayekhe wabona - kwaye wayesandula kundibonisa Umnyama omnyama . Apho Amakhwenkwe Aphi Yimifanekiso bhanyabhanya yeklasikhi, emnandi ye-MGM evela kuMvelisi uJoe Pasternak (umntu waseHollywood onomtsalane), kodwa ikwangumdlalo wesini malunga neekholeji zeekholeji eziya eFort Lauderdale ngekhefu lentwasahlobo, zijolise kwinkxalabo yezesondo kunye nokuqhutywa kwabafazi.
Abafazi be Apho Amakhwenkwe Aphi bakrelekrele, banoluvo, kwaye bahlekisa abaneminyaka eyi-19- kunye nama-20 abaneminyaka emininzi abavela kwikholeji yamantombazana onke. Abalingisi abalinganiswa baquka iTuggle (uqinisekile ukuba elo ligama lesidlaliso), elidlalwa nguPaula Prentiss; UAngie, odlalwa nguConnie Francis (bobabini abadlali beqonga benza ifilimu yabo yokuqala); UMelanie, odlalwa nguYvette Mimieux (inguenue engunaphakade yaseHollywood); kunye nenkokeli yepakethi uMerritt, edlalwe yintombi yangaphambili ka-Elvis kunye noonongendi wexesha elizayo uDolores Hart. UMerritt ngokuqinisekileyo ngoyena ukrelekrele kumantombazana, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ujolise kakhulu kwimfundo yakhe, kodwa ufikelele kwinqanaba lokudana ngolindelo lokuba amantombazana akufuneki athethe ngesondo… ngakumbi ubuxoki obuvulekileyo bokuthi amantombazana akufuneki Yonwabele ngesondo, kunye nembono yokuba ukuyifuna ngaphandle komtshato kubenza baziphathe kakubi. Mhlawumbi umkhuhlane umqhubela ukuba athethe, kodwa eneneni ubonakala ekhathazekile zizifundo eziphelelwe lixesha ezinikwa amantombazana kwiklasi ebizwa ngokuba yi-Courtship kunye noMtshato (ngokungathandekiyo, kufuneka bayithathe loo klasi).
Into enomdla malunga nomxholo webali likaMerritt, kwaye kutheni le bhanyabhanya ingumtsalane obalaseleyo wangaphambi kwesibini wobuchwephesha bobufazi, kukuba uMerritt akathethi ukuba ufuna ukulala ngesondo, okanye ukugweba isigwebo kumantombazana enza okanye angacimi kancinci. Into ayifunayo ilungile (kunye nelungelo elililo ngokusisiseko kuloo nto) ukuba nincokole malunga nokwabelana ngesondo ngaphandle koloyiko lokuba isigwebo sidluliswa ngabaphathi, oontanga, okanye amadoda. Ngelixa utitshala wakhe ezigxotha izimvo zakhe aze amthumele kumlawuli ukuba aqeqeshwe, uMerritt uneqela elaneleyo labahlobo abanokuthetha nabo ngesondo nangamadoda ngaphandle koloyiko ngegama lakhe. Kwaye kuhambo lwabo oluya eFort Lauderdale kwikhefu lasentwasahlobo, usebenzisa eli thuba njengomnye wabantu abaninzi angabaziyo ukuvavanya izimvo zakhe malunga nokwabelana ngesondo ngaphambi komtshato noRyder Smith omkhulu waseBrown (ndiyawathanda amagama kule) idlalwe ngu-pre-super tan uGeorge Hamilton.
Ukuba uMerritt akaqinisekanga ngezimvo zakhe malunga nokwabelana ngesondo kunye nomtshato, iTuggle ngokupheleleyo Qiniseka ngaye. Ufuna ukuphulukana nobuntombi bakhe kumyeni wakhe kwaye ahlale ekhaya umfazi kunye nomama. Intombazana ekrelekrele, ethetha ngokucacileyo, uTuggle uxelela abahlobo bakhe ngolonwabo, Amantombazana anjengam awakhelwanga ukuba afundiswe. Senzelwe ukuba nabantwana. Yinjongo yam leyo: ukuba ngumntwana ohambahambayo, othethayo. Zomthetho, kunjalo. Kwaye kunye nomanyano lwabasebenzi. Ngelixa ndixakanisekile yintombazana yasekholejini njengoTuggle ethetha ngokungakhathali malunga nemfundo, kukho into enomdla enomdla malunga nembono yakhe ngomtshato njengokhetho, kunokuba ibe sisigqibo esenziwe kwangaphambili, kunye nokujonga kwakhe imipu ngesondo kwaye umtshato, ngaphandle kokuhlekisa ngamanye amantombazana athatha isigqibo sokuzibandakanya kwisondo ngaphandle komtshato okanye angacwangciseli umtshato kunye nosapho. Ngo-1960, olo luvo loluntu njengento enkulu ukuba umbono wakho wobuqu, kwaye ungazami ukunyanzelisa ezo mbono kwabanye, lwalunokutshintsha okuthile.
I-Tuggle ayizukutyhalwa, nokuba kunjalo, njengoko sibona kubudlelwane bakhe nomdlalo weTV webhola ekhatywayo uThompson (Jim Hutton). Umabonwakude weza eFort Lauderdale kunye nomsebenzi ocacileyo wokuba neentlobano zesini, kodwa uyadibana aze awe kwintombazana efuna ukuzigcinela umtshato. Ngamanye amaxesha ulungile ngombono, efuna ukuba naye ngaphandle kokukwazi ukwabelana ngesondo; kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, umabonwakude ubeka uxinzelelo, ade abeke umngxunya kwinto eqinisekileyo. Ngaba ke ungumntwana ojongiweyo okanye ijezi edlayo? Mhlawumbi incinci yazo zombini. Kodwa isizathu sokuba ndithande ngokusemthethweni umlingiswa kaTuggle kukuba unamathela kwikhampasi yakhe yokuziphatha, nokuba oko kuthetha ukuphulukana nomfana wakhe; umntu wokuqala onenyawo ezinkulu kunezakhe.
Nangona uHutton noHamilton bobabini besabelana ngesondo kwaye bezimisele kakhulu ukuba kunye namantombazana, abayonto xa kuthelekiswa nomdla wothando owabelwe uAngie noMelanie. U-Angie ngoyena mntu unobunzima kule movie: yinkcazo yokuzijongela phantsi, kodwa izinto zobuntu bakhe azithathela ingqalelo njengokudlala ngokungafunekiyo kwiingcinga ezingezizo malunga nobufazi. Umzekelo, u-Angie uhlekisa ngo-Melanie ukuba abazali bakhe abakhathalelanga intlalo-ntle yakhe phakathi kwamadoda kuba ungukapteni weqela le-hockey, edlala uluvo lokuba amantombazana eembaleki awathandeki. Ngokuqinisekileyo uyawathanda amakhwenkwe kwaye ufuna umntu athandana naye, ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba lokuba aphume kunye no-Frank Gorshin (Riddler wodumo lukaBatman) ongenamdla kuye kwaye ucinga ukuba mhle xa elahlekile Iiglasi zakhe, ezonwabisa u-Angie ngenxa yokuba engathandeki nangona edlalwe nguConnie Francis omnandi nohlekisayo.
Umcimbi endinawo ngale nto, nangaphezulu kokucebisa ukuba uConnie Francis wayeluhlobo oluthile lwetroll, kukuba unoluvo oluphantsi ngaye kwaye unqwenela kakhulu ukufumana isoka - ngakumbi xa kuthelekiswa nabahlobo bakhe, njengoMerritt, ngubani ayizinzanga okanye izingela amadoda. U-Angie ubonakala engenakho ukuzithemba, kwaye xa uGroshin's Basil efika njengendoda ene-nerdy kwaye engazi ngokwaneleyo ukuba angamthanda, uya kugxila kwi-laser, angaze acinge ukuba akanakuwufanele umzamo. U-Angie ufuna ukukhohlisa indoda emtshatweni, kwaye uqinisa oyena mhlobo usenyongweni njengento engathandekiyo nengathandekiyo, into esiyibonileyo kunyaka ophelileyo I-Duff .
UMelanie ubotshelelwe lelona bali linzima kakhulu kuba, ngelixa wonke umntu esiba yinto ehlekisayo kunye nendalo ekuthandaneni kwabo, uyintombazana ezilahlekayo kumzamo onzima wokufumana inkwenkwe. Umboniso bhanyabhanya ugxininisa ukuba akanamava amaninzi namakhwenkwe, kwaye nokuba iklasi efana neCourtship noMtshato ayiniki ngcebiso ngobomi obusebenzayo. Ukugxila kukaMelanie kukufumana amakhwenkwe anayo iveki enye ukuba amthande, kwaye uzinikela emadodeni athi ayamthanda. Nangona uMerritt ubona ingozi kwi-psyche kunye nokuphila kakuhle kukaMelanie ngokuxhuma ebhedini kunye nawuphi na umntu othi uyamthanda - kuba abanye babo abayithethi. Kodwa uMerritt akamgwebi uMelanie ngokulahlekelwa bubuntombi bakhe bokulala nabafana ababini, nangona enomdla wokwenene, kwaye inkwenkwe Ngaba kuyahlaziya ukubona ubuhlobo obunyanisekileyo babasetyhini kwiscreen apho amantombazana angafumani manzi okanye ukhuphiswano malunga namadoda.
Into engaqhelekanga, kwaye isizathu sokuba ndicinge ukuba umhlobo wam uthathe isigqibo sokuba le yeyona movie imbi kakhulu awakhe wayibona, ngaba le bhanyabhanya inayo ibali elibonisa ngokucacileyo ukudlwengulwa komhla- iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ngaphambi kokuba eli xesha liqulunqwe. Alithandabuzeki elokuba okwenzeka kuMelanie akulunganga, akukho semthethweni, kwaye ayilotyala lakhe, nangona eziva exakekile kangangokuba uzama ukungena kwizithuthi kwaye azibulale. Ndiyayithanda inyani yokuba uTuggle uxela ulwaphulo-mthetho, uthetha ngalo njengolwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela, kwaye ufuna ukohlwaya umntu onoxanduva, ungaze ucebise ukuba uMelanie ulungile ngokukhokela amadoda okanye akhululeke. Kwaye ngelixa ndivile abantu besithi udlwengulo lolunye umzamo wokuziphatha okanye ukohlwaya intombazana eyabelana ngesondo, kukho umahluko ocacileyo ozotywe phakathi kwesondo esivumayo nesinyanzeliswayo. Njengokukhohlakala njengoko kunokubonakala ngathi, ubuthathaka bukaMelanie yayingeyiyo inkanuko yakhe yesini, kodwa ukunqongophala kokuqonda okunyanzelekileyo kumantombazana alungileyo luluntu. Akanatyala okanye akafanelekanga ngenxa yesiphelo sakhe, nokuba intombazana enamava athe kratya sele ibonile ingozi ngaphambili, njengoMerritt noTuggle.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1960, Apho Amakhwenkwe Aphi Yayiyimboniso bhanyabhanya yeseminal yokuzalela umntwana. Phambi kwexesha lasehlotyeni lothando olukhululekileyo, ukuhleba ukuba isondo yinto engaphezulu koxanduva lomtshato kwaye kufanele ukuba uyonwabele yayiyimfihlo evulekileyo- kwaye inkanuko yesini yabasetyhini yagqitywa ekugqibeleni. Incwadi yabhalwa ngo-1959 (kwaye iyothusa nangakumbi ukuba imovie ngenxa yesiqendu esothusayo saseCuba), kodwa ugxininiso lwefilimu kwincoko yababini, kunye neencoko zabucala phakathi kwamantombazana, iyenza ibe ngumdla wokwenene onomdla. Yayiyimpumelelo entle ebhokisini-ofisi, kwaye yaqala imisebenzi kaConnie Francis, uPaula Prentiss, noJim Hutton; kwaye kukhokelela kuhlobo olutsha lwemovie, ifilimu yolwandle yabakwishumi elivisayo, enje I-Gidget kunye neBlack Blanket Bingo . Ikwancede ukutsiba iqonga laseFlorida lokuphuka kwentwasahlobo, apho ekugqibeleni siza kubona isimilo esibi kakhulu, sabanjwa kuhlobo oluthile ngo-1984, imovie ebonisa izimvo zamadoda abukhali, umbono weT & A wokwenyani wabasetyhini kwii-80s kwiHollywood ngokubanzi.
U-Lesley Coffin ukufakelwa kweNew York ukusuka kumbindi mpuma. Ungumbhali / umhleli wepodcast osekwe eNew York Ifilimu negalelo lefilimu kwi I-Interrobang . Xa engakwenzi oko, ubhala iincwadi kwiHollywood yakudala, kubandakanya I-Lew Ayres: I-Hollywood's Objector ngenxa yesazela kunye nencwadi yakhe entsha Iinkwenkwezi zikaHitchcock: UAlfred Hitchcock kunye neHollywood Studio System .
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