Mntundini Kombat izakufika kwimidlalo yeqonga nakwi-HBO Max ngo-Epreli 23, ivuselele i-franchise kwiscreen esikhulu ebiyinxalenye enkulu yenkcubeko ye-pop. Njengomntu othanda uthotho njengemidlalo ebikade ilandela ixesha elithile, icandelo elinditsalele kolu hlengahlengiso kukuba yimbumba yabantu baseAsia, kwaye ibeka abalinganiswa beBIPOC kwimidlalo ngaphambili kwaye center ngendlela engazange yenziwe ngaphambili.
Ukukhula ndidlala imidlalo, bekuhlala kucacile kum ukuba abalinganiswa koluhlu bangumxube weentlanga. Nangona kunjalo, oko akuzange kumise ifilimu yowe-1995 ekuphoseni abadlali abamhlophe njengabalinganiswa baseAsia, okanye ukuthanda ukubamba nokuzikhukhumeza okungakhathali. Ewe kubalulekile.
Uninzi lwe-lore kunye nenkcubeko yase-Asia isetyenzisiwe kwinkcubeko ye-pop kuphela ukuba nabalinganiswa base-Asia kunye nabantu baphawulwe kwaye bakhutshelwa ngaphandle ekubeni babe nesihlalo etafileni xa kufikwa kulungelelwaniso lore. Isigqibo (sokugqibela) sokuba uRaiden aboniswe ngumdlali weqonga waseAsia yayiyinto eyayibeka yonke imveliso kum kuba bekuya kuba lula ukubeka igama lomlingisi omhlophe, okanye umntu onobuhlanga, kuloo ndima kwaye ibize usuku. Endaweni yokuba, umlawuli uSimon McQuoid unamathele ekufuneni le movie ukuba ibe nkulu kuneenkwenkwezi. Ukuba Godzilla vs. Kong isifundise nantoni na, kukuba abadlali babantu bathetha okuncinci kakhulu.
Abadlali be-BIPOC ababandakanyekayo, bayazi ukuba banethuba lokumela kakuhle le vidiyo.
Udokotela uLudi Lin wayeqhelene nemidlalo. Yinxalenye ethandekayo kakhulu yobuntwana bam, kwaye ndiyavuya kakhulu ukuhlawula imbeko kunye nokuhlonipha loo nto, ezo nkumbulo, uLin wandixelela kudliwanondlebe. Kwaye imovie [ifilimu yowe-1995 yayinjalo] ngokwenene yayikhuthaza kakhulu. Ndicinga ukuba nokuba uyazi okanye akunjalo, ndibeka ithemba elininzi, kubadlali beAsia abanokuthi baphakame kwaye babakhokele kwaye babe ligorha lebali kwaye babe ligorha lebali lakho, ekufuneka umntu ngamnye abe nakho ukwenza.
U-Lewis Tan kunye no-Mechad Brooks nabo bathethile malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukudlala la maqhawe kwaye ukhokele kwibali elinje- umbuzo ongafanelekanga ukuba ubuzwe, kodwa okulusizi kukuba uhlala usenza njalo. Ivakala ngathi iyamangalisa, utshilo uTan. Ingathi le yinto ekudala ikho. Kwaye le yinto, uyazi, inayo, ngakumbi ngemozulu yanamhlanje kwaye kwenzeka ntoni kule mihla.
IHollywood ibikhe yanesandla ekugxothweni nasekusebenziseni ezinye kwaye yenza abadlali baseAsia kunye nabadlali abaMnyama kunye nabantu bebala, utshilo uBrooks. Ukuzibeka kwezi ndawo zingaqhelekanga okanye ezinye iindawo kwaye kufuneka siyeke. Kufuneka siyiyeke loo nto. Sifanele ukuza kwamabali obudala. Sifanele ukuba ngamagorha kwiimuvi. Sifanele ukusindisa umhlaba. Sinobomi bokwenyani. Ke masixelele loo mabali. Lixesha.
Damn kulungile.
Kwangoko kule veki, itreyila yeMarvel's U-Shang Chi baphuma, kwaye Intonga Yentsimbi yayihamba ngaxeshanye. Naxa kubhiyozelwa impumelelo ye-Marvel's superhero yokuqala yase-Asia kwiscreen esikhulu, isithunzi samathuba aphosiweyo akhona. IHollywood kunye nemithombo yeendaba ngokubanzi ibonisiwe amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuba abadlali beBIPOC banokukhokelela kuthotho, kodwa kunjalo, uxinzelelo kubo kukuba babe kwisitulo esingasemva.
Kunye Mntundini Kombat ikhutshwe kwakhona kwi-HBO Max, ndicinga ukuba izakunika amathuba angakumbi okujonga le vidiyo, ngakumbi kwabo banokuthi bangaqiniseki okanye bangeva ngefranchise. Oku kuthetha ukuba abantu abaninzi baya kuba nakho ukubona uLewis Tan, uLudi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Hiroyuki Sanada, kunye nabanye abaninzi njengamaqhawe, abenzi bobubi, kunye nabanye babalweli abaphambili eMhlabeni.
Mntundini Kombat ayilungelelanisi nje enye yezona midlalo zidumileyo zokulwa ngalo lonke ixesha; ibeka abadlali beBIPOC njengamaqhawe, abenzi bobubi, kunye neenkwenkwezi zefranchise.
Uloyiso olungenasiphako.
(umfanekiso: Warner Bros.)
