Uphononongo: Uxolo ngokuKhathaza wena yiSatire eQhelekileyo yokuNxibelelana neMelika eyandayo engabonakaliyo

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Zininzi iindlela ezahlukeneyo apho ifilimu inokuchaphazela abaphulaphuli bayo. Kukho iifilimu, ezibizayo kunye ne-bombastic, ezikhupha kwingqondo yakho ngelixa uhlala kwindawo yokupaka i-theatre. Kukho iifilimu ezikushukumisayo, ezenza ukuba ulile, kwaye uchukumise iimvakalelo zethu sonke esiziva. Kukho iimuvi ezikoyikisayo, zigcine kwiiyure ezimnyama ujonge izilo eziphantsi kombhede wakho. Emva koko, kukho iifilimu ezinqabileyo ezingena ngaphakathi kwengqondo yakho kwaye ziyaphule zivuleke, zikukhumbuze ngamandla ezoyikekayo zobugcisa eziphakamise isipili sokuzonwabisa eluntwini ukuveza iinyani ezikhoyo.

Uxolo ngokuhlupaha yifilimu enjalo. Ndisandul 'ukuyibona izolo kwaye ndisaqhubekeka ukucwangcisa i-tome exineneyo evela kumculi kunye ne-activist Boots Riley. STBY Ukucofa kwimbali ezukileyo ye-cinema, ukujoyina uluhlu lweefilimu ezinje UGqr Strangelove , Inethiwekhi , Iklabhu yokulwa , kunye Ukuba nguJohn Malkovich njengamatye achukumisayo achaza ixesha lembali yaseMelika.

Amaziko efilimu kwiCassius Cash Green (iLakeith Stanfield) indoda yase-Oakland esokola ukuziphilisa. UCash uhlala kwigaraji likamalume wakhe kunye nentombi yakhe uDetroit (okhanyayo uTessa Thompson), igcisa lokusebenza kunye nomzabalazo. Xa uCash ethatha umsebenzi kwinkampani yokuthengisa ngomnxeba iRegalView, wakhawuleza wafumanisa ukuba angonyusa ukuthengisa kwakhe ngokwamkela ilizwi elimhlophe (elibizwa nguDavid Cross) kunye nabathengi. Njengokuba uCassius enyukela kwinqanaba leRegalView, impumelelo yakhe yezemali iya isiba ngokuchaseneyo neenqobo ezisemgangathweni kunye neenkolelo zakhe.

STBY sinike iMelika apho yonke into ikwi-kilter. Njengo Isibuko esimnyama , isibonisa ilizwe elifana ncam nelethu, elijijeke kancinci. Kwihlabathi likaRiley, iibhotile ezinkulu zewhiskey ziyavuleka ukuveza ezincinci. Inkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiWorryFree, ekhokelwa ngu-billionaire onobukroti uSteve Lift (u-Armie Hammer owenza eyona nto ibalaseleyo ku-Elon Musk), inika abemi ukutya kwasimahla kunye nendawo yokuhlala ngokubenzela iifektri, ezibonakala ngathi ziintolongo ezinemibala eqaqambileyo. Owona mboniso udumileyo kumabonwakude luthotho lokwenyani olubizwa ngokuba yi-Got the Shit Kick Out of Me! apho abantu babethwa khona baba ngumdaka kumabonwakude wesizwe phambi kwabaphulaphuli abavuyayo.

Ukuthetha nangakumbi malunga nesiqwenga kungonakalisa isenzo sayo sesithathu sokuqamba, ethi iBhoots Riley ikhuthaze abavavanyi ukuba bangenzi (kwaye ngesizathu esivakalayo). Njengoko umboniso bhanyabhanya uthatha umjikelo wasekhohlo woburhalarhume, uthatha ubuhlanga, ubukapitali, ukutshintsha ikhowudi, ukuthenga abathengi, kunye nolwabiwo lwenkcubeko, ukuluka yonke into kunye isiphelo sokuqhuma nokungalindelekanga. Njenge-surreal njengowokugqibela, umhlaba ubekwe kakuhle kuyo yonke ifilimu. STBY imibuzo yokuphumelela eMelika ngaphandle kokuphulukana nomphefumlo wakho.

Siphila kwihlabathi eliya lisoyikisa kwaye lingenangqondo. Umongameli wethu usebenza ngokungafihlisiyo namagunya angaphandle. Indlu kunye neNdlu yeeNgwevu ayikhathaleli. Iibhiliyoni ezifana noJeff Bezos bavuna ingeniso engenakubalwa ngelixa abasebenzi babo besebenza ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezingama-80 ngeveki kwaye Awunakho ukuhlawula irente . Iintloko zobomi bokwenyani ziye zahlukaniswa Itswele . Kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kokukhona kusenzeka oku kuhlaselwa, kokukhona siya sikhuseleka ngakumbi. Ukungabi namdla kwethu kusibulala ngokusika iwaka.

Uxolo ngokuhlupaha Iimpawu ze-hypnagogic zenziwa ukuba zihlasele ngokufana kwazo neMelika esihlala kuyo ngoku. Xa sijonga emva kwixesha likaTrump, lo iya kuba ngumzekeliso ocacileyo. Ngokufumana inyani kwi-surreal, Iibhothi zikaRiley zenze ukuba abaphulaphuli befilimu bazokukhupha izinto ezizayo kwiminyaka ezayo. Hambani niyokuyibona, kwaye nilungele ukuba nivuthelwe ingqondo.

(umfanekiso: I-Annapurna Imifanekiso)