Inyanga Yokuziqhenya ilapha futhi. Kulo nyaka sigubha iminyaka emibili selokhu isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme sokulingana emshadweni. Sigubha ukubonakala okwandayo kuthelevishini nakwifilimu yezinhlamvu nezinkinga ze-LGBTQ. Kusekude ukuthi sihambe nePhini likaMongameli elikholelwa ekwelashweni kokuguqulwa kanye noMongameli owenza sengathi asikho nhlobo ngaphandle kokuthi angasisebenzisa ngandlela thile, kodwa besilokhu senza izinyathelo.

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Njengendoda eyisitabane engumlandeli we-horror ovuthayo, angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngiqaphele ukuthi omunye unyaka ufikile wadlula ungenanhlamvu eyodwa we-queer kwifilimu eyethusayo ejwayelekile. Akukho noyedwa, futhi ngaphambi kokuthi weqe icala lami, cabanga ngalo. Angikhulumi nge-subtext. Angikhulumi izikhathi ukuthi ukusikisela ngesikhathi kungenzeka lowo mlingiswa lokhu okuhlanganisiwe akutholakalanga in ngandlela thile kuqondwe njengelungu lomphakathi we-LGBTQ. Ngikhuluma ngomlingiswa we-LGBTQ obhalwe futhi wenziwa ngaleyo ndlela.

Kuze kube muva nje, bengingakwazi ukubeka umunwe wami ngqo kokuthi kungani kwakungukuthi sasishiywa njalo. Ngokuqinisekile sifakiwe kumafilimu e-indie ngaso sonke isikhathi. Eqinisweni, kunenqwaba yamafilimu azimele angavezwanga kuphela abalingisi abanohlonze ngonyaka odlule, kepha wonke amafilimu akhiwe azungezile, kepha inkinga ukuthi iningi alinazo izinsiza noma ukufinyelela izethameli ezisabalele.

Bangaki kini asebake babona ifilimu emfushane kaDominic Haxton ethi “Tonight Nguwe”? Amafilimu amafushane ka-2016 azungeze i-CJ ophuma ngobusuku obubodwa eyokuxhuma futhi azithole esenkabeni yokukhipha amadimoni ngokungahambi kahle. Bangaki ababonile Pitchfork okugxila kumfana osemncane oyisitabane oya ekhaya ukuyovala isivumelwano ngokuphuma emndenini wakhe, athole ukuthi babulewe yena nabangane bakhe balandelwa umbulali wasendle ophethe imfoloko ngesandla?

Kukhona okuhlukile kulokhu, kunjalo. Umuntu kufanele ashaye ihlombe Ukuthatha kukaDeborah Logan kusuka ku-2014 ngokungafaki nje kuphela umlingiswa wobungqingili kwifilimu yabo, kodwa futhi nokumenza abe ngungqingili wangempela engake ngambona kwifilimu eyethusayo. Wayengekho ukuhambisa inani labantu besilisa abancane ngokugijima cishe uhhafu enqunu futhi enze ukudlula kwabanye abalingiswa besifazane. Esikhundleni salokho, wayengumlingiswa wesifazane okhule ngokugcwele obhekana nezimo ezinyantisayo ovele waba ngungqingili.  UDeborah Logan iqhume ngenxa yezwi ngomlomo mayelana nefilimu enhle kakhulu futhi yafinyelela kubabukeli ababanzi kakhulu kunalabo abenzi bamafilimu abebelindele.

Abaningi balaba abenzi bamafilimu abakaze balubone lolu hlobo lokulandela, kepha bayaqhubeka nokusebenza, bakha izinhlamvu ezintsha ze-queer zezethameli zokucwila amazinyo abo, futhi siyabamemeza noma bengewona amafilimu amahle kakhulu ngoba silambele ukumelwa .

Kepha ake sibuyele odabeni olusondele. Yini egcina abalingiswa be-queer baphume kumafilimu asabekayo ajwayelekile? Ngabe nje asibhalwa kwizikripthi noma ingabe amakhanda nabakhiqizi besitudiyo bangenela ukwenza ushintsho? Futhi kungani kubalulekile noma kunjalo?

KULUNGILE, ake sihlukanise lokhu:

 Ngabe izinhlamvu ze-queer azibhalwa kwizikripthi noma izinkomba zethu ziyalungiswa ukwenza amasudi we-squeamish aphethe akhululeke kakhudlwana?

Ngibe nenjabulo enkulu yokukhuluma nombhali wesikrini waseHollywood owaziwayo muva nje futhi sazithola sikule ndaba ethile. Ubalule ukuthi kuwo wonke umbhalo wakhe, uhlala efaka uhlamvu olulodwa noma ezimbili ze-queer. Ukhale ngokuthi isikhathi esiningi izinhlaka zalezo zinhlamvu zishintshwa futhi ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili.

1. Umlingisi odlala indima akukhululekanga ngokudlala isitabane noma ukumelwa kwakhe akufuni ukuthi abe yicypecast ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Ngithi nkunzi kulokhu. Uma umlingisi engakhululekile ukudlala isitabane, bekungafanele ukuthi ahlolisise le ngxenye. Baningi kakhulu abalingisi abaphambili lapho futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kufanele kube khona omunye wabo ongagxuma ethubeni lokubamba iqhaza. Uma ungowesilisa oqondile ongakwazi ukudlala isitabane ngoba wesaba ukuthi abantu bazothini noma ungacabangi ukuthi ungakwazi ukuyisingatha, khothama ngomusa noma, okungcono nokho, ungacwaningi iqhaza indawo yokuqala ngethemba lokuthi izoshintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
2. Abakhiqizi bathola i-squeamish. Umbhali engikhulume naye uthe akakaze abe nenkinga nomqondisi ofuna ukushintsha ukuma kwezinhlamvu zakhe, futhi nakanjani akuveli kubaphathi bamakhamera nakwabanye abasebenzi abahlukahlukene. Cha, izinkinga zakhe cishe zihlala zivela kubakhiqizi. Abakhiqizi “abakhathazekile bazolahlekelwa abanye bababukeli” uma benomlingiswa ophambili oyisitabane. Abakhiqizi abakhathazekile ngeke bakwazi ukuthengisa ifilimu ezindaweni ezithile ezweni / emhlabeni ngoba umlingiswa uyisitabane. Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngokusho kwelungelo lenkolo esibhekene nokuzamazama komhlaba, ukuphahlazeka kwezitimela, nezinye izinhlekelele ezahlukahlukene, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi akuyona into engelona iqiniso ukuthi ibhayisikobho ingalahlekelwa ngamarandi ambalwa. Umbuzo wami kubo, noma kunjalo, ukuthi ngabe bazisikelile izinombolo ukuthi bazokwenza malini kumphakathi we-LGBTQ uma BENGABAGCINA labo balingisi njengoba babebhaliwe.

Kungani kubalulekile noma kunjalo?

Ukukhuluma ngokuphelele, ngoba kuyakwenza. Izithameli ezihlosiwe zamafilimu asabekayo ngokusho kwe- I-SlideShare.com iphansi kuya kwesigaba esiphakathi besilisa abamhlophe abaneminyaka eyi-15-25. Kungakumangaza noma kungakumangazi ukuthola ukuthi kunokugqama okukhulu kwabantu kanye nalawo maqembu abhalwe ohlwini lwe- Ukubambisana Kwamalungelo Abantu njengoba kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi enze ubugebengu benzondo emphakathini we-queer.

Manje, ake ucabange uma besingakwazi ukujwayela izinhlamvu ze-queer zale nhlobo yabantu. Cabanga nje uma bebona, kaningi, abalingiswa kumafilimu asabekayo abebeyi-LGBTQ empeleni. Lokho akuyona into ebaluleke kakhulu ngazo. Akuyona into evelele kakhulu ngabo. Kuvele ukuthi bathule futhi babhekane ne-slasher / usongo olufanayo njengabo bonke abanye abakwifilimu.

Futhi, labo balandeli abasha abesabekayo, njengabo bonke abanye abantu, bazifunela ifilimu. Ungamangala ukuthi kusho ukuthini enganeni encane ukuthi ibone umuntu onjengaye kwifilimu futhi yazi ukuthi ayodwa kulo mhlaba. Kungani ucabanga ukuthi i- "American Horror Story" iqhubeka nokwenza kahle kakhulu kuzilinganiso ezinezethameli ezisencane? URyan Murphy, ngoba uyisitabane uqobo, uyaqhubeka nokubhala abalingisi abangozakwabo bohlelo ngalunye. Ungamangala ukuthi ukuzibona kwabo kwifilimu kungasho kanjani umehluko phakathi kokuphila nokufa.

Futhi ekugcineni, iyiphi impendulo?

Yebo, ekuqaleni, lokho akucaci kahle. Yebo, sifuna ukumelwa ngokuthuthumela, kepha kakhulu njengabalingisi abambalwa abalungiselela i-Oscar, asifuni ukuthi izwakale njengomklomelo wenduduzo noma ukuthi yanikezwa thina ukusivala umlomo. Kodwa-ke, ngizizwa sengathi ukuhlehliswa okuvela ezinhlangothini zombili kuzodingeka kwenziwe ngaphambi kokuba konke lokhu kushiwo futhi kwenziwe.

Phakathi kokunye, kufanele sizimisele ukwamukela ukubonwa ngezinkani okungenani ezingeni elithile, ikakhulukazi ekuqaleni. Wonke umuntu oku-movie esabekayo uyinkolelo ethile yohlobo oluthile. Kusukela ku-blonde oyisimungulu kuya ku-jock horny kuya ku-wimpy nerd ngenhliziyo yegolide kuya entombazaneni yokugcina, uhlobo lususelwa kulawa ma-tropes. Yiso sonke isizathu Cabin ehlathini ikhona. Kuyindelelo, kepha okumele kuhlushwe ngakho uma sifuna ukuthola unyawo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kubo bonke abakwaLaurie Strode abaphendukayo balwe, kunabayikhulu bakaLyndas noAnnies abaphakelwa phezulu endaweni yokunqamula.

Ngokunjalo, abakhiqizi, ababhali, njll. Kufanele bahlangane nathi maphakathi. Siyathembisa uma usibhalela kumafilimu akho futhi usikhombisa ngelensi efanayo njengawo wonke umuntu, sizovela. Sizobuka futhi silethe abangani bethu.

Asikwazi ukwamukela ithokheni ngokuqondile, noma kunjalo. Ukuba yisimangaliso sethokheni kungaba yingozi njengokungamelwa nhlobo. I-blogger ye-Horror uWendy N. Wagner usho lokhu ngamathokheni:

“Okwenza kukhungathekise kakhulu lapho izinto ezimbi zenzeka kubalingisi abasebancane ukuthi imvamisa ukuthi izithandani — noma umlingiswa oyedwa — yilokho kuphela, yizo kuphela ezimelele esikrinini, futhi zifana nophawu . Futhi noma kunini lapho unesimo lapho othile eyilona uphawu, bafana nokuma kuwo wonke umuntu omangele obukele i-movie. … [Kodwa] uma uneqembu elikhulu labalingisi abenza izinto ezimbi kanye nezinto ezimbi ezenzekayo, kufana nokuthi, kuhle, ukwesaba kuyabheda. … Uma unabalingiswa abaningi abanohlonze endabeni yakho, akunandaba ukuthi omunye wabo unqunywa ikhanda bese uCthulhu wamunca igazi labo, ngoba lokho kuzokwenzeka kuwo wonke umuntu. ”

Kulabo abafunde kuze kube manje futhi bazibuza ukuthi siyini isisombululo, nginovalo lokuthi ayikho impendulo ecacile ngaphandle kwabalandeli abesabekayo lapho yonke indawo bafuna futhi kwezinye izimo badinga ukuzibona besesikrinini.

Ngiyakwazi lokhu: Eminyakeni engama-20, asifuni I-Nightmare ku-Elm Street 2 futhi I-Hellbent ukuthi kube yiwona kuphela amafilimu avele ngokushesha engqondweni lapho sikhuluma ngamafilimu ama-horror we-queer. Singaphezu kwalawa mafilimu amabili futhi sifuna okuningi kubenzi bamafilimu abesabekayo.