Lo nyaka uphawula i-25 ukusukela ngoko I-Star Trek: Uhambo yaqala ukubonakala kumabonwakude. Ngandlela thile, ibifana nezinye Inkwenkwezi yetrek bonisa phambi kwayo-jonga amabunzi erabha, iyunifomu enemibala, kunye nokuziphatha kwiveki-kodwa bekukho into enye ebalaseleyo: UKate Mulgrew waphoswa ukuze adlale ukapteni wokuqala wabasetyhini.
Kwi an Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki inqaku lango-1995 , URobert Beltran (owayedlala umboniso wesibini kwi-command, u-Commander Chakotay) akazange azibambe. Akukho nyani yokwandulela imeko yakhe. Ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi uJoan waseArc, wathi, Kwaye wayenentambiso kaThixo.
Kuyamangalisa ukufunda eli gqabaza namhlanje. Ngaba yayiyeyona nto inkulu ukuba nomfazi kwisitulo somphathi? Kwaye ngoku, kwikota yenkulungwane kamva, ngaba uCaptain Janeway usasebenza?
Njengomfazi oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, uJaneway uhlala ekhona kwindalo yam yenkcubeko. Ndiyakwazi ukuphawula ukuqhubela phambili ngokwesini ngexesha lobomi bam ngokusebenzisa iimpendulo zethu kuJaneway, yonke indlela eya kwinto eqhelekileyo ngoku kubonakala ngathi ndimbona esihlalweni somqhubi. Ngeendlela ezininzi, uVoyager akanguye umabonwakude wangoku. Njengazo zonke ezinye ii-90s sci-fi shows, there is a lot of racism (cue the background flute signing that Chakotay, the only Native American character, was on screen) and uncomfortably voyeuristic shots of female characters.
Nangona kunjalo, uCaptain Janeway uhlala ethandwa ngabantu abaninzi Ukuhamba abalandeli, ngakumbi abasetyhini. Ezinye izinto zomboniso zinokuziva ngathi zithandekile, kodwa akwenzi njalo.
Kuya kuba lula ukubhala oku kuthembeka njengesiqhamo sesimilo esifanelekileyo kwindalo yeklasikhi, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, uJaneway uyinkokeli ekhuthazayo edlalwa ngumlingisi onobukrakra, kodwa ayilo bali lakhe lonke. Kwisithuba samaxesha asixhenxe, wenza izigqibo ezininzi ezingazukuyenza kwiscreen namhlanje. Kwisiganeko esinye esingathandekiyo, uKapteni uyaqonda ukuba ukhawuleze kakhulu ukukholelwa kwibali lelungu labasebenzi lokuhlaselwa.
Ewe kunjalo, kukho iitoni zokuhamba okwenyani kweCaptain Janeway. Kodwa akangomzekelo ogqibeleleyo wokuxhotyiswa kwenkulungwane yama-21 nokuba. Ke kutheni evakalelwa yile mihla nje?
Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ujonge ikakhulu ukufumana isibindi kunye nokukhokela kwabasetyhini kukhokelela kumabonwakude namhlanje. Aba bafazi badla ngokwakhiwa njengabalweli bamalungelo oluntu (nokuba bangabantu abaqhelekileyo), abaphumelelayo nangona isini esibangqongileyo. Naxa abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo bengachaphazeleki ngokwesini, ababhali baya kuhlala befaka iziqendu ezizodwa zesini ukuze babonakale benxibelelana nenyani (cinga ngo-Amy ngesiquphe etyhila ukungcungcuthekiswa kwakhe ngokwesondo kwi IBrooklyn Nine-Nine ). Ewe kunjalo, kusachulumancisa ukuba nabalinganiswa kwiscreen, kwaye oku komelela kuhlala kuyinxalenye yento ebenza banyanzeleke, kodwa kukho into ngokwenene kuyachulumancisa malunga nokubona abalinganiswa babafazi kubo isini esingaze sibe ngumqobo ekoyisweni.
UCaptain Janeway akufuneki aphakame ngaphezulu kwesini soogxa bakhe-ukuba bamthatha ngokungakhathali kunikwa nje. Kwihlabathi lomboniso, imbeko yabo kuye ayothusi kwaphela. Ngale ndlela, ayinguye kanye uKapteni ngokwakhe owayetyhala imida. Yayingabalinganiswa ababemngqongile, kunye nendlela abasabela ngayo kubukho bakhe nakubunkokeli.
Xa izigqibo zakhe ziqikelelwa okwesibini, kungenxa yokuba ziyayigunyazisa, hayi kuba abantu bengabuthembi ubukrelekrele okanye amandla akhe. Naxa ababhali bakaVoyager bekhubeka kwiitrophi zesini, abalinganiswa ababenzileyo zange babonakale bekhuthazwa kukuziphatha kakubi. Kwihlabathi lomboniso, ubuncinci, uKapteni Janeway ukhona ngokwemiqathango yakhe. Kuhle ukuxelela ukuba omnye wabalinganiswa besifazane kuphela onokuthelekiswa nguJodie Whittaker ngokuzalwa kukaGqirha, ngubani isuka kwelinye ilizwe ngokoqobo.
Oku akuthethi ukuba imiboniso yamakhosikazi kufuneka izabalazele ukuba yimfama ngokwesini. Ukuba bayenzile, bangabeka emngciphekweni wokucima amava okwenyani abasetyhini kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye ezinye zeyona TV ibalaseleyo ikhanya ngokuchanekileyo kuba ityhila ubunyani bamaqela ahlelelekileyo. Kodwa kuyadinisa ukubukela abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo bebethwa phantsi ngokuziphatha ngokwesini kwakhona, kwaye kwakhona, kwaye kwakhona.
Okudala ndisiya ndisiya, okona kubalaseleyo uKapteni Janeway ubonakala, hayi ngenxa yokuba singenabo abafazi abaziinkokheli, ii-icon, amagcisa, izazinzulu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba zonke zisachazwa ikakhulu bubufazi babo. Njengoko ndicinga ngazo zonke iindlela ezincinci zesini ezichaphazela ubomi bethu, kuyavakala kungumnqa ukucinga ilizwe apho isini sinokuthi singabalulekanga.
Ukuba nomntu obhinqileyo kwisihlalo sobukapteni akasaziva njengephupha, kodwa ngumfazi osoloko ehlonitshwa, naxa esenza iimpazamo? Umfazi ongajongani nesini kwabo bamngqongileyo, nangamaxesha athile, nkqu nohlobo anokuhlekisa ngalo? Ngubani ongaze acinge okwesibini ukuncoma, azenze mncinci njengembeko, okanye ajonge umphathi, kwimeko apho? Oko kusaziva ngathi yintsomi yesayensi.
Nokuba asifuni ukuba wonke umabonwakude wethu ahambe ngale ndlela, kuyahlaziya ukubalekela kwihlabathi elingenamkhethe ngokwesini. Uvuyo lwentsomi yesayensi-ukuba ungayikhupha-kukuba inika abaphulaphuli bayo imvume yokucinga ngenene ilizwe elingenamda ngokwesini. Abalinganiswa abanjengoCaptain Janeway masicinge iinguqulelo zethu, ukuba nje sinethuba.
(imifanekiso: CBS)
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