Inkqubo ye- UNancy Drew Ukuqalisa kwakhona kulungile, kuqale kwakhona. Nangona i-CBS yayicwangcisiwe ukuba ihlengahlengise olu chungechunge lweentombazana ezithandekayo kumabonwakude, i-NBC iyithathile yaya nayo kwicala elitsha. Ngokukahluka , ukucinga okutsha kuya kuthatha isuntswana le- Inqaba jikeleza kwaye ulandele […] umbhali weyona ncwadi idumileyo yabasetyhini abecuphi kwincwadi ethi iphoselwe kwimfihlakalo yobomi bokwenyani. Edinga uncedo, uphethukela kubahlobo bakhe ababini abasenyongweni ukususela ebuntwaneni, ababenempembelelo kuzo zonke ezo ncwadi, kunye nabasetyhini abanesembe sokwenene sokugaya malunga nendlela umhlobo wabo osenyongweni akhethe ukubabonisa ngayo yonke loo minyaka idlulileyo.
Kuya kufuneka ndicinge, sele ndikhulile ndifunda ifayile ye- UNancy Drew Iincwadi, ukuba aba bahlobo babini babalaseleyo ukusuka ebuntwaneni iya kuba nguGeorge noBess - kwaye nantsi apho ndinethemba lokuba uthotho lweTV alwenzi mpazamo zincwadi. Ndiyacela lahla izinto ezinobungozi ze-30s-'50s-ukungabikho kwabantu abanemibala, iziqhulo malunga nomzimba kaBess kunye nokunxibelelana nokutya, ii-hang-ups ezijikeleze ukufumana imihla - kodwa kukho ukubuyiswa kwakhona endinethemba lokuba bayakugcina. Kwiincwadi ezindala, uGeorge… ngokuqinisekileyo akangowesini esahlukileyo. Kodwa xa baphinda bavula uthotho lwee-80s kunye nee-80s, ukuboniswa kwakhe kwesini ngesiquphe kwaba yinto enkulu kakhulu.
Ngaba endaweni yoko singagcina ubungqingili, nceda?
UGeorge wayehlala eyintandokazi yam UNancy Drew abathathu bekhula, kuba ngelixa uNancy wayengumntu obomvu obomvu (okanye iinwele ze-titian, njengoko babebhala ngokungaqhelekanga) kwaye ngoko ke ndiyintandokazi yendalo, wayengenangxaki, U-Anne weGreen Gables umbala obomvu. UNancy wayemhle, kwaye enentloko kwaye epholile. Bendifuna kuba UNancy, kodwa mna bendizalana kakhulu noGeorge.
UGeorge wayengoyiki kunye neenwele ezimfutshane (i-epitaph yam yexesha elizayo), echazwe kuyo Imfihlelo yeNkosikazi yeenkuni Njengobuntwana njengegama lakhe. Iinwele zakhe zazimnyama, ubuso bakhe bubuhle. Wayengumsipha wesithathu, ekhwaza izinto ezinje Jonga kum brawn wam! kunye nokuthulula uBess nanini na xa enoloyiko malunga nophando. Ulwimi lomzimba wakhe luyinto edlamkileyo nenengcwangu; ungumlomo kwaye uhlala ewela phezu kweengcingo kunye nokulahleka kwezinto.
Kodwa uGeorge wayengenguye nje onomdla kwaye onobunzima; waye ibhokhwe . Kwi Imfihlelo kwi-Old Attic , Ngokwenene uNancy uyamlumkisa, Ukuba uneenwele ezininzi ezithe zachetywa, abantu baya kucinga ukuba uyinkwenkwe. UGeorge ucaphukela ngokukodwa xa abantu bezama ukuguqula igama lakhe ukuze balibeke endaweni yalo: Yeha kulowo ubize… iGeorgiana okanye ubufazi obuthile begama lakhe!
Ngoku, unokufunda uGeorge ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Wayekucaphukela ukubizwa ngegama lobufazi, kwaye uchazwa ngokufuthi njengobukhwenkwe kwaye enxibe iimpahla ezilula nezinokufundwa ngokulula njengendoda ehambisayo, okanye isini. Ufika emadodeni, ukuba ngokungakhathali kwaye ubukhulu becala ngaphandle kwephepha, ukuze abenokwabelana ngesondo. Uyakha intsingiselo njengoko ufunda, kwaye ndiyazithenga zonke ezo zinto. Kodwa ukutolika okukodwa kukaGeorge ndisakwenza hayi Thenga ngumfazi wesini esahlukileyo. (Nangona ndivuma ukuba wena, njengomfundi, unelungelo lokungavumelani noko… kwaye uyaphazama.)
Kwaye, iincwadi ezingama-90 zazama ukumhlaziya, ethengisa inkwenkwe yakhe ngeenwele ezimfutshane, ezigobileyo, ezimdaka ngombala [ezazizele ziibhampi kwaye zimnika umdla ongakumbi ekuthandaneni nasezidudeni. Ndikhumbula ndicaphuka xa uGeorge ehlala ngakumbi, onwabile yinkwenkwe kwezi ncwadi ziphinde zanikezelwa. Ndade ndenza uluhlu olungenangqondo kwidayari yam apho UNancy Drew Iimfihlakalo ndizithandile kwaye ndingazithandi, ke ndiyakhumbula. Sele ndikho ndinayo uninzi lwamanye amaqhawekazi - endandimthanda! -Ukufunda malunga nobani abanje entsha UGeorge. Ndifuna i-butch girl eyayilahla umhla wayo ukuba iye kusombulula iimfihlakalo nabanye abafazi.
Nantsi ke into. Olu tshintsho lutsha lweTV lunokhetho lokwenza njengoko luhlengahlengisa ezi nguqulelo zimbini zemithombo yolwazi. Nokuba banokuyamkela yonke i-queer undertones yothotho oludala, okanye banokuxhomekeka kwi-hetcon-retcon. Kwilizwe apho sisalambele ukumelwa kwe-LGBTQIA, apho indoda ehlekisayo ithiyile abantu abangafuniyo ukubetha kwentliziyo engazinzanga kude nobongameli, ngaba singacela ukuphazama kwicala labameli? Ngaba singamvumela uGeorge Fayne ukuba aqumbele, abe yinkwenkwe, abe nesibindi kwaye abe ngummelikazi?
(Ukuhamba Ezahlukeneyo ; umfanekiso ngeGrosset & Dunlap)
