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Kunzima ukwamkela iyelenqe le Isigebenga sepati njengenyaniso. Kodwa ngobusuku bango-Matshi 17, 1996, u-Michael Alig-indoda e-snide-boy & ampos; d ibilawula indawo yeklabhu yase-New York ukusukela emva kweminyaka yama-80s-yabulala umthengisi wayo weziyobisi u-Angel Melendez ngenxa yetyala. Kunye nesandla sikaRobert 'Freeze' Riggs, uAlig wawakhulula umzimba wawuphosa kuMlambo i-Hudson (kwibhokisi enezinto ikhokho ) ukubulala ngokufanelekileyo ixesha esele lifile lesekethe yeklabhu yaseNew York.

UAlig noRigg babanjwa kwiinyanga ezisibhozo kamva, kwaye kwathatha eminye iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba ibali lenziwe ifilimu Igongqongqo leQela— i-kitsch egqithisileyo, eyenze kakubi, eyilahlekileyo engaqhelekanga, idisco ephantsi yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali eyakhutshwa ngo-2003 ngokungathi yayiginye ibhombu ebengezelayo. Iinkwenkwezi zikaMacaulay Culkin njengo-Alig, kwaye kufanelekile ukubukela ukuba ngaba uMarilyn Manson kunye nokusebenza kwakhe njengoko iqela lakhe elirhuqwayo lokumkanikazi uChristina Superstar.

Isigebenga sepati ipakishwe njengesifundo sokuziphatha esifana nesentsomi kwixabiso lokwenyani lokugqitha. Kodwa, enyanisweni, konke okwenzayo kukwenza ukuba uzifunele isilayidi esincinci. Ndisoloko ndiyifumana inkampu yayo, umoya onobuqhetseba omlutha ngokumangalisayo, kwaye uthanda URuPaul & apos; Tsala umdyarho— eyayikukuba, ngelishwa, iveliswe liqela elinye-indinyanzelisile ukuba ndicinge kwakhona ngeenkolelo zam kubuqaqawuli nakwimpumelelo.

Njengoninzi lwe-20 yase-Bhritane, ndiye ndaphuma kumama kunye ne-apos; s vagin kumngxunya omileyo owawusemva kwe-Thatcher yase-Bhritane. Ukungalingani kunye nentlupheko zaziphambili kwaye, njengontanga yam (nangona yayingengobethu sonke), ndakhuliswa ukuba ndijonge izimvo zongxowankulu ngendelelo. U-Irvine Welsh uchaze oku 'njengexesha laxa, emva kwemfazwe ekrakra, yeklasi yama-80, i-Bhritane yakhumbula ngesiquphe indlela yokonwaba kwakhona.

Njengaye, andizange ndicinge ukuba kufanelekile ukubandakanya uluntu elitist olushiye lonke iqela labantu kwimfumba ye-shit.

Bekude ndibukele Isigebenga sepati , Umboniso bhanya-bhanya osisiseko sayo sikukushiya abantu kwimfumba yamashiti. Umboniso bhanyabhanya awuyiyo malunga nokubulala- kwaye loo nto iyabonakala ngokucacileyo kwindlela ekuthiwa yi-apos ayicetyiswanga ngayo-kodwa ingokuzonwabisa kunye nokuzikhethela. Ibonisa inkcubeko ebonisa ukuba ngumthengi, inkcubeko ebalaseleyo yama-80s-eyaphumelela kwimikhuba yefashoni yokulahla neyayitshicelwe ngaphambi kokuba ingeniswe ngokupheleleyo.

'Iiklabhu zaBantwana zazikhona ngoku ukuya kwi-80s. Kwizinto zokupakisha, ezokushicilela, ezokuzibandakanya, ezokuzenzela, imali-yento, utshilo uMichael Alig kuxwebhu lwe1998 I-Monster yeqela: I-Shockumentary . 'YayingumMelika kakhulu: & apos; Ndinike imali kuba ndinamandla kuba ndisitsho njalo. & Apos; Kwakumnandi njengobuqhetseba okwethutyana, kwaye ii-80s zazimalunga nobuqhetseba.

UChloe Sevigny, ovela njengeGitzy kwi Isigebenga sepati , uchithe i-90s yokuqala yomnini weklabhu yasebusuku uPeter Gatien kunye ne-apos; s empire (Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium). 'Kwakukho ulawulo oluphezulu kwindawo yeeklabhu,' utshilo malunga nexesha. '[UMichael] akangekhe andihlonele nangayiphi na indlela, kuba ndandiphantsi kakhulu kwipali yetotem.'

Ngokufanelekileyo, yonke into eyilahleko kufuneka indishiye ndiziva ndilusizi kwaye ndingenanto: Ishumi leminyaka lakhiwe phezu kweefrenies kunye nokufaka imingxunya ye-K kuya kuthi, ngokuqinisekileyo, kube mfiliba. Kodwa Isigebenga sepati waye, kwaye kusenjalo, uyamangalisa. Kundenza ndifune ukunyuka ileli yodumo lwasentlalweni ngelixa ndiphosa iibhili zeedola ezili-100 'kwizinto eziqhelekileyo.' ' (njengoko bebabiza njalo kwifilimu), befaka isithende kwizithende zeesentimitha ezisixhenxe apha ngezantsi. 'Akukho bantu babi nabahluphekileyo abavunyelweyo!' ifunda enye yeeposti zokunyusa iqela Alig & apos kwifilimu. Zombini zibalasele kwaye ziyathandeka.

Sicinga ukuba izimvo zabo zinobunkunkqele, utshilo uRandy Barbato, umlawuli-kunye Isigebenga sepati . 'Bebephawula ukuba udumo luya phi, ngolu luvo lokuba siyazibeka igama. Yayingumbono wasemva kukaWarhol wokuziguqula ube luphawu kwaye uluse phaya, kwaye awunakuba nodumo kuphela, kodwa uqhubele olo dumo kuhlobo oluthile lweshishini. '

Okwangoku, kufanelekile ukuba uchaze ukuba i-elitism iboniswe kakuhle Isigebenga sepati unomahluko ophambili ongundoqo, yithi, woluntu ngokubanzi. Abantwana beklabhu babengaphandle ngokungagqibekanga: ookumkanikazi, ookumkanikazi, abantwana ababengengabo abathandekayo. 'Ayinamsebenzi into yokuba ukhangeleka njani!' iya kwifilimu & apos; esona silinganiso saziwayo. 'Ukuba une-hunchback, yiphose kancinane kuyo, sithandwa, kwaye uye kudanisa!'

Iklabhu yomntwana u-Ernie Glam wayishwankathela kakuhle, esithi, 'Umyalezo wawukhona, nangoku, ukuba uziva ngathi ulahliwe kwidolophu yakho encinci ungafudukela kwisixeko esikhulu njenge-NYC kwaye ube ngumyili, isitayile Ukukhuthaza iklabhu yasebusuku, okanye ijunkie. Konke kuxhomekeke kwinyathelo lakho, ubuchule, kunye nokugxila. '

Izakhiwo ezilambile eziludumo njengoko kubonisiwe kwi Isigebenga sepati zenziwe ngaphakathi ngaphakathi. Basebenza phantsi kwemithetho yabo, hayi imigaqo yoluntu eyayisithi akulunganga ukuba ube li-gay, okanye awunako ukusika izidlele zeempundu kwibhulukhwe yakho, okanye unxibe njengehlazo elihlekisayo. Ubukhulu obubeka ezi ntlobo zabantu phezulu kwipali yetotem luhlobo lwam lobungangamsha. Ndiyayithanda Igongqongqo leQela— kwaye urhuqe inkcubeko ngokubanzi-kuba ibandakanya ukhuphiswano lolwimi-esidleleni, hayi olokwenyani, ukhuphiswano lobomi lokufunxa umphefumlo olukhokelele kum kukutya iimbotyi kuphela kwaye ndingabinakho ukuhlawula irenti yam.

Kwimemori yakhe ka-1999 Disco Igazi , UJames St. James (odlalwa nguSeth Green kwifilimu) ubhala athi, 'Ngokuqinisekileyo isizukulwana sonke solutsha sibona iihomos kunye neeweirdos kunye neegosos kufutshane nezobuqu, kubo bonke ubungangamsha nobungangamsha babo. Kwaye bafunda ukuba, amaxesha amaninzi, abantwana abafanayo ababakhetha esikolweni esiphakamileyo ngabo babambe amatikiti okusela, iziyobisi, kunye noluhlu lweendwendwe kwiklabhu epholileyo eNew York City. Kwaye mhlawumbi ibangele ukuba baphinde bacinge ukuba ngubani & apos; ezipholileyo kunye neapos; ngokwenene kunjalo. '

Ifilimu iya kuhlala inendawo entliziyweni yam kuba imele i-underdogs ibuyisa ingubo kwaye yenze umhlaba ube mhle ngakumbi kwaye ubenamanyala. Kusapho nakubahlobo baka-Angel Melendez, ndiqinisekile ukuba oku akunamsebenzi kwaphela, kodwa imeko yezopolitiko kwifilimu ayinakuphikiswa; Ukuphuma kwegazi kunye nomlingisi kaMichael Alig kwaye kuphuma kwisandi esimnandi kakhulu: 'Imali, impumelelo, udumo, ubuhle! Siphila kwixesha lale nto. '

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