Iminyaka embalwa edlule ayiphumelelanga kakhulu emsebenzini we-Oscar-winner Sean Penn. Ngaphambili, iminyango yezikhungo eziningi zabakhiqizi yavulwa phambi kwakhe, zanikeza izindima eziyinhloko, futhi manje "i-black band" ifikile. Ngokumelene nemiphumela engafanelekile, ukwehluleka komqondisi nefilimu ethi "The Last Face", amaqhinga wokuziphendulela, umlingisi wanquma ukushicilela inkaba yakhe. Maye, kodwa leli qembu lalinqotshwa abagxeki emanzini, futhi kwakungekho muntu oseduze owayezomsekela. Ebhekene nokuphendula kukaSean Penn, yena ngokwakhe wayengalindelanga ukusabela okunjalo encwadini yakhe ethi "Bob Hani, owenza konke okwenzayo."
Ngosuku olulandelayo le nkulumo, i-American tabloids I-Huffington Post, iWashington Post neThe Guardian, elandelwa umshini we-yellow, yayigcwele izihloko:
"Misa umlobi uSean ngokushesha!"
"Yikuphi uSan Penn ayekucabanga ngakho, inoveli yakhe yindlela yokuhlukumeza i-madman!"
"Ubuhlanya bokubhala izincwadi kusukela kuSean Penn!"
U-Sean Penn wayezivivinyile ngaphambilini ensimini, kodwa ngaphansi kwegama elimangazayo, yebo, kakade izincwadi zakhe kanye nokuqoshwa komsindo kwakungahlonishwa kakhulu nanoma ubani. Noma kunjalo umlingisi wanquma encwadini evulekile ukuthi yena spodviglo?
I-protagonist yeveli, umbulali othile oqashiwe uBob Hani, osebenzela uhulumeni futhi okhulula izwe "okungeziwe", uhlale efuna izisulu. Uhlu lwalabo okufanele baqothulwe yi-sociopath yedwa, buthaka futhi bugula. Maye, kodwa lesi sigameko sigcwele imininingwane embi yokubona kukaBob Hani, yena uyamzonda intsha nentsha, umfazi wakhe wangaphambili, ukuxhumana nomphakathi kanye nokufuna abantu abathengi! USean Penn akazange ahambise le ncwadi kanye nomlingisi ofana kakhulu noDonald Trump ... Le ncwadi yaqhubeka ukudayiswa kusukela ngo-Mashi 27, ngenxa yesibindi nokugxekwa kabi, ithengisa kahle, kodwa isikhathi esingakanani?
Abagxeki abaningi bathi "baphoqeleka" ukuba bafunde lokhu "ukwesaba okukhulu" ngemizamo emikhulu, abanye baphonsa phakathi kwencwadi. I-blame, ngokusho kwabafundi abafunda, kwakungesiyo i-misogyny kanye nesethulo esithile salesi sakhiwo, kodwa isitayela sikaPennary sokubhala:
"Ukungaboni, into yokuqala efika engqondweni. Ngifuna ukuthola, ukujula, unike ithuba, kodwa ngekhasi ngalinye uhlonywe ekudumeni okwengeziwe. Ngezinye izikhathi kubonakala sengathi kwakungenzeka ukubhala okungenakuqhathaniswa okunjalo nhlobo. "
Noma kunjalo, ngenkathi uSean Penn eba nesibindi ngokuhlaselwa kwabagxeki, abanye abangane bakhe bathola amazwi asekela. Umlingisi uSarah Silverman, njengoba akumangalisi, waqhathanisa umsebenzi kaPenn namanoveli kaMark Twain. Umlobi waseBrithani u-Salman Rushdie, umlobi nomqashi weBooker Prize, eyabhalwa phansi, wathi incwadi ka-actor yamkhumbuza ngemisebenzi ye-postmodernist yaseMelika uThomas Pynchon.
Amanxeba omdala omdala
Umshado kaSean Penn noMadonna wahlakazeka kude no-1989, kodwa kulo lonke le minyaka baye bahlala bebuhlobo obuhle. Umculi akakaze abeke amazwana ekuqaleni komlobi walo wesifazane oshade naye, kodwa wavuma ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi uzizwa ngePenn. Yini umdlali? Ngesikhathi ehambela umbukiso wesikhombisa futhi ekhuluma nohola uSteven Colbert, wavuma ukuthi uthanda umkakhe wokuqala!
- Madonna kanye nezingane zakhe eziyisithupha
- Amadoda angama-25 alabo abakholelwa ekukholelwa emakhosini ababa yizigqila ze-talisman kanye nezibonakaliso
- "Isiqiniseko" izicathulo zeMadonna ezivela kuma-90 zizophinde zivele emashalofini esitolo
Khumbula ukuthi umshado wezinkanyezi ezimbili wahlala iminyaka emine, ngoba kokubili wayenguye wokuqala. Naphezu kwemizwelo nokuhlukunyezwa kobuhlobo, bobabili baye bavuma ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi kungenzeka ukuvuselelwa komshado. Ngonyaka ka-2016, uMadonna, noma ngabe uyajabula, noma ojulile, wathi usekulungele ngisho nokuphinde ashade, uma uPenn adluliselwa esikhwameni sakhe sosizo sama-dollar ayizinkulungwane ezingu-150. Emva kwamagama anjalo kunzima ukukusho ngokubaluleka kwezinhloso, kodwa ucabangani?