Umdaniso omkhulu ka-Abraham Lincoln, iGay Dance Party: Eso sihloko, esiye sagqama ngokucaphukisayo kwishedyuli yeNkampani yeCity Lights Theatre kweli xesha lonyaka, ayisiyiyo nje eyona igqwesileyo kwiminyaka. Ngokwenene ichaza umdlalo we-loopy kodwa onzulu.
Ngubani ongcono ukumanyanisa isizwe sethu esine-polarized kunendoda yase-Illinois? ULincoln uhlonitshwa ngamaRiphabhlikhi njengomongameli wabo wokuqala kwaye uhlonitshwa ngabademokhrasi ngayo yonke enye into ekwiCV yakhe. Njengesiseko sokuphelisa iyantlukwano yenkulungwane yama-21, ngubani onokuba nocalucalulo olungakumbi?
Okanye sibini?
La mahemuhemu malunga noLincoln kunye negumbi lakhe lokulala elihlala ixesha elide uJoshua Speed unokunika ixesha elininzi lokunqumama kwabanye babaxhasi baka-Abe abakhankanywe ngaphambili-kodwa bavuse i-shrug kwabanye abaninzi. Le yokugqibela mhlawumbi iquka uninzi lwabazinikeleyo beZibane zeSixeko, abanokuthi bafumane olu phononongo olungcolileyo lwemiba ye-gay, elawulwa nguGina Marie Hayes, umzekelo omhle we-City Lights 'umsebenzi we-freewheeling.
Indlela umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga u-Aaron Loeb azabalazela ngayo ukubamba isandla ivulelekile kwingxoxo ye-apres-play yobukrelekrele. Uluvo lukaLoeb lubandakanya inxaxheba yabaphulaphuli kwincoko enyanisekileyo phakathi kwakho nabachasi bakho-abantu abangafani nawe. Likhwelo elicacileyo lengxoxo-mpikiswano evulelekileyo. Kukho iinguqulelo ezintathu zebali elinye, elenziwe ngokomyalelo ilungu labaphulaphuli likhethwa ukuba lithathe isigqibo ngokungenamkhethe.
Kodwa umdlalo nangona kunjalo ugxile kwingqondo enye ngendlela eqinisekileyo ukuba ayivakali ngokulinganayo kwicala ngalinye lendlela yezopolitiko. Ukuba yenzelwe ukuvakala ngokulinganayo, kodwa akunjalo, eso sisiphoso esinzulu. Kodwa ukuba ayenzelwanga ukuba iphinde ivuse, imida kwi-diatribe yezopolitiko eyona nto ilunge kakhulu.
Iqela leRiphabhliki lilo likhulu, iqela lomdaniso we-gay ekuthethwa ngalo, kwaye amaRiphabhlikhi ayithatha kwiibhulukhwe ezimfutshane. Ngokucacileyo bangabantu ababi kumazantsi e-Illinois'Menard County (apho uLincoln wayehlala khona okwethutyana) njengoko owayesakuba yi-gay-baiting kwi-congressman etshutshisa utitshala wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ngokuthethelela ithiyori ye-Lincoln-was-gay, kunye nohlobo lwe-Scopes. liyaqhuba ityala. Igqwetha elikhuselayo laseRiphabhlikhi elivela kwindawo yaseChicago, iSenator yelizwe elimnyama, elibhinqileyo, aliyiyo naleyo.
Bobabini basendleleni yokuba yirhuluneli kwaye banabaphathi abaphezulu abanganqweneliyo nangakumbi njengoko besebenzisana nabagqatswa kunye nomnye kwintsimi yombona yasekhaya.
Kukho ulungelelwaniso oluthile kwiskripthi. Utitshala uli-gay, kwaye ukumtyhola ngokuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yobufanasini kunokuba semthethweni. Intatheli ye-New York Times igay, nayo, kwaye ineezembe zayo zokusila. (Sonke sineezembe zokugaya, emva koko.) Unyana womtshutshisi naye uyindoda, kodwa ukunyaniseka kwakhe kuninzi kwintsapho yakhe kunye noluntu lwakhe.
Edlala ngokuyintloko unyana (ilungu ngalinye labadlali abasixhenxe lidlala indima eliqela), u-Alexander Prather uhlala echasa izinto ezininzi ezinokuthi zibonakalise umntu wokwenene oneempawu ezintle zedolophu encinci. Njengomfundisi-ntsapho nanjengomfazi womtshutshisi ogula kakhulu, uKaren DeHart ubonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba msulwa nokuthe tye.
K. Michael Riley unobuso bukaJohn Boehner ukuzalisekisa ingcamango yethu yezopolitiko yaseMidwestern Republican. Edlala umphathi wakhe oyintloko, uJames Mantell ubonisa ukuqonda okunzulu kwesikolo saseDick Cheney sokulungela.
Njengomnye umqeshwa weqela, u-Alika Ululani Spencer unencasa emnandi kodwa unokufihla ukucaphuka kwakhe ngomlinganiswa wakhe kunye nomgqatswa werhuluneli uRegina Lincoln, ozotywe nguLani Wong.
Njengegqwetha elinobugqwetha-usopolitiki onxiba iManolos yakhe kwintsimi yombona, uWong akasoloko etyibilika njengoko umlinganiswa ebeya kuba njalo, kodwa uyinxalenye yesiganeko esibalulekileyo apho yena kunye nentatheli (uNowa Averbach-Katz) bexoxa malunga nokukhubazeka. amagcuntswana abo ngokwahlukeneyo kufuneka boyise. Le ntatheli ine-clincher, ulutsha apho wonke umntu endakha ndamthanda wasweleka.
Kwanomdlalo onesikali somzuzu onzima unokuba nokukhanya okuyimfuneko kwesiXeko, kwaye lo unento eninzi yoko kwasekuqaleni. Kukho umdaniso omninzi, ochongwe ngokukhululekileyo, kwaye bonke abadlali abasixhenxe bavela rhoqo njengo-Abe Lincoln, iindevu, izitovu kunye nazo zonke. Kodwa iiLincolns zokudanisa kunye neepropu zabo ngamanye amaxesha zibonakala zincanyathiselwe ngokukhululekileyo kwiskripthi, njengokungathi ziphazamisa amaqhinga e-didactic.
ULincoln wenzela i-heckuva conceit, ngokufanayo. Umdlalo, nokuba ufanelekile na, uphantse ungabi nakuphikiswa njengesihloko sawo.
'Iqela elikhulu lika-Abraham Lincoln, iGay Dance Party'
NguAron Loeb
Ukutyhubela: nge-19 kaDec
Apho: City Lights Theatre Company. 529 S. Second St., San Jose
Ixesha lokubaleka: iiyure ezi-2, imizuzu engama-20 (ikhefu elinye)
Amatikiti: -,
www.cltc.org okanye 408-295-4200.
