Ngokweengcinga ezininzi, Ubumelwane bukaMister Rogers bekungafanelekanga ukuba ibe ngumboniso oyimpumelelo. Njengomlawuli omnye wabeka (njengoko kubalisiwe kwividiyo engentla), Ukuba uthatha zonke izinto ezenza umabonakude olungileyo kwaye wenze ngokuchaseneyo ngqo, unayo Ubumelwane buka Mnumzana Roger. Ixabiso eliphantsi lemveliso, iseti elula, inkwenkwezi engenakulindeleka. Nangona kunjalo, kuyasebenza. Kuba wayethetha into ebaluleke ngokwenene.
Uninzi lwethu, loo mboniso wasibumba. Ithethile nathi kwaye yahlokoma kwinqanaba elinzulu kunokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho isiqwenga sokonwatyiswa. Andiqondi ukuba ndiyabaxa xa ndisithi lo mboniso kamabonakude usenze – uninzi lwethu – saziva sibonwa kwaye sikhuselekile kwaye sithandwa ngokwenyani. Umboniso kunye nendoda esemva kwayo yayingumlingo.
Uxwebhu lukaMorgan Neville Awuzukuba Ngummelwane Wam? Uqala kwiSundance kule nyanga, kwaye uthembisa ukujonga ngokusondeleyo ummelwane oyintandokazi waseMelika: Mnumzana Fred Rogers. Rhoqo ezi zinto zingemva kwemiboniso, amaxwebhu ebali ayinyani ayilelwe ukubonisa iimfihlo kunye nobumnyama obenzeka kwiscreen. Kodwa lo mfanekiso wendoda esicinga ukuba siyayazi ayikhangeleki ingenanjongo yayo. Ingenza njani, xa ngeakhawunti nganye endakha ndayifunda, indoda ekuthethwa ngayo apha yayiluthando olumsulwa?
Kwisiqeshana esingentla, kwaye sinethemba lokuba yonke ifilimu, olo thando lungumxholo ophambili. Njengoko uRogers esitsho, Uthando yingcambu yayo yonke into. Konke ukufunda, konke ukuba ngumzali, lonke ulwalamano-uthando okanye ukungabikho kwayo. Kwaye esikubonayo nesikuva kwiscreen kuyinxalenye yokuba siba ngubani. UFred Rogers wazinikezela ekuqinisekiseni ukuba abantwana baziva uthando lwakhe kwizikrini zabo zeTV.
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(imifanekiso: Iimpawu zoJoliso)
