Ngaphandle kokuba uqhelene nendlela uBrian Vaughn kunye noPia Guerra abayila ngayo i-titular protagonist uYorick Brown ka "Y: The Last Man," lo mntu unokukwenza uvalo.
UBen Schnetzer, umdlali weqonga owayedlala uYorick kumdlalo kamabonakude othatyathwe kwinoveli yegraphic, akufuneki athwaliswe uxanduva ngalo mbono. Enyanisweni, wenza uYorick wanyamezeleka njengengcali yemilingo ekwiminyaka yakhe yama-20, nto leyo encomekayo.
UYorick ungumhlohli ozisebenzelayo, akakwazi ukuhlawula irente ngaphandle koncedo lwabazali bakhe, kwaye akafuni ukufundisa abathengi izakhono zamakhadi ezisisiseko kuba ecinga ukuba baphantsi kwakhe. Xa isiphelo sesiganeko sehlabathi satshayela zonke izidalwa ezine-Y-chromosome emhlabeni, wayekuphela kwendoda ye-cisgender ephilayo. Ukwayinkcazo ephilayo esemgangathweni ye-mediocrity.
Ngethamsanqa, uhlengahlengiso lukamabonakude lwale comic alujikelezi ngokupheleleyo kuYorick, nangona ukusinda kwakhe kusembindini wokuphendula umbuzo ophambili osembindini webali. Endaweni yoko, umamkeli u-Eliza Clark kunye nababhali bayishiyile i-glitz kwaye endaweni yoko ngobulumko nangobuchule bakhe ibali elijikeleze abasetyhini abaphilayo kunye namadoda atshintshe isini ukuze abuyisele eli lizwe laphukileyo. .
Kwakukho ukuqhuma okukhulu ngexesha lokuvula, kodwa kwakucetywa ngamabomu kwaye kwabulawa ngokungenalusini nguChameleon Agent 355 (Ashley Owens). Unokuba ngoyena ubalaseleyo kolu chungechunge ecaleni kukaDiane Lane uMongameli uJennifer Brown. Indoda enobuchule.
Kuyo yonke le nto, uYorick uyamangalisa, u-355 ubiza inyhweba yakhe yesini ngokugqabhuka okothusayo.
“Ukususela kumhla oqalekisiweyo ngawo, umhlaba wonke ukuxelela ukuba ungoyena mntu ubalulekileyo emhlabeni. Uyazi, unokwenza nantoni na oyifunayo ngaphandle kwemiphumo! Ubomi bonke bunikiwe * *Andithandi, andazi, Ukulunga kwamathandabuzo! Watshaya. "Njengoko ungena kulo naliphi na igumbi, uya kulithatha njengento elula."
Ekubeni uYorick engoyena mntu ubalulekileyo endlwini, akukho nto ayikhathaleleyo ngaphandle kokubuyela kwintombi yakhe. Ukuba ngokwenene simkhathalele uYorick, kungenxa yokuba uSchnetze akazange azifihle iintloni zakhe zangaphakathi zokungabi nakuzinceda. Wayibonisa ngokusebenza kunye nokungahoyi i-355.
Ukuba sikhathalele malunga ne-355, ukusebenza kuka-Owens okunomdla, nobundlobongela kuqinisekisa oku, kungenxa yokuba abaninzi bethu banyanzeliswa ukuba banyamezele kwaye baxolise iinguqulelo ezithile zeYorick kwaye babukele loo mfo engaphumeleli.
Ikamva lakhe noYorick lalixakwe kwasekuqaleni: I-Agent 355 yabelwa ukuba ichwechwe kwindawo ye-arhente njengesazisi esicingelwayo ngezizathu ezingaziwayo. Oku kuthetha ukuba yena nomama kaYorick, owayesakuba nguNkongolokazi uBrown, babekwigumbi xa kanye nalapho oku kwenzeke khona. Iiarhente zenyuka zaya kunceda uMongameli uBrown osandula kuqeshwa emva koko, ngokuchanekileyo ecinga ukuba inkokeli iya kucela umntu ukuba enze umsebenzi omdaka.
Ekuqaleni ama-355 wabelwa ukuba alandele iqhawe lentombi kaMongameli Brown elahlukileyo (u-Olivia Thielby), kodwa wakhubeka kuYorick kunye nenkawu yakhe eyi-capuchin u-Amperand, enye indoda eyasindayo. Ukufunyaniswa kwabo kufanele kuzise ithemba eluntwini, kodwa umongameli kunye nabameli babona eyona politiki yale meko baza baqonda ngokufanelekileyo ukuba ubukho bukaYorick bubangele ezinye iingxaki ezininzi.
Ngale kunye namanye amayelenqe amancinci, olu ngcelele lumema ababukeli ukuba bacinge ukuba zeziphi izimvo eziqhele ukubanjwa malunga nongquzulwano, ubuhlanga, kunye nokusinda ngokwako kungokwesini. Oku asikobuxoki nje obusoloko buphakanyiswa ngabafazi bokuba ihlabathi elilawulwa kwaye lilawulwa ngabafazi ngenene liya kuba yindawo enoxolo ngakumbi. Kukho uqikelelo oluqhelekileyo-okanye bekukho, okungaziwayo kangako kwixesha lethu lamaqela-abasetyhini ngokwemvelo kunokwenzeka ukuba bavale iiyantlukwano zeengcamango kwaye basebenze kunye ukuze kulunge.
Ngokwenyani engazange ikhe ifumane ingcinezelo yobusolusapho bamaJudeo-Christian, oku kunokuba njalo. “Y: Umntu Wokugqibela” akazange alichaze elo hlabathi. Le yimveliso yenoveli eqikelelwayo eyenziwe yindoda (uGuerra ligcisa eliphambili). Isebenza ngokwembono. Ukuba intlekele androgenic ngequbuliso isusa phantse zonke izilwanyana ezanyisayo ezizalwe nge-Y chromosomes emhlabeni, kwaye ukusuka Yintoni eya kwenzeka ukuba i-patriarchy isusiwe. uluntu.
Ngokuchasene noko-kuya kunciphisa imiphumo yokungalingani kwexesha elide. Kulwakhiwo oluseleyo lukarhulumente, amaqela eengcamango avela ngokukhawuleza; owayesakuba ngumongameli kunye nomongameli ongasekhoyo ngoku ungumgcini we-McCain-esque, intombi yakhe uKimberly Campbell Cunningham (Amber Tamblyn) ) Uzibophelele ekukhuseleni ilifa lakhe kunye nokulwela ikamva labasetyhini abalondolozayo.
Ngaphandle kwetempile yamandla, abanye abantu ababesondele kwisenzo, njengomcebisi wangaphambili kamongameli uNora Brady (Marin Ireland), banokufumana indlela yabo kuphela. Ngabo, sibone ngamehlo ethu indlela ebhitye ngayo imaski yodidi oluphezulu, kwaye xa izixhobo zinqongophala, ziya kutshabalala ngokukhawuleza kangakanani, ukuqala ngokungcatshwa okulandelayo.
Ukujongana ngezikhondo zamehlo namanye amaqela axhobileyo nalambileyo kuza kwenzeka kungekudala, nto leyo eyinxalenye yokwehla okuqhelekileyo nokuncipha kobalo-maxesha. Ukongezelela, kukho ezinye iimpawu eziqhelekileyo ze-apocalyptic, ezifana neenqwelo-moya eziwa esibhakabhakeni kunye neengozi zeemoto, ukubukela impembelelo ebonakalayo yokungalingani ngokwesini kwenkqubo, ukubonelela ngenyama kunye newayini kwi-charm yalo mboniso.
Ukuze ubone kwangaphambili ukuba oku kuthetha ukuthini, khangela iinkcukacha-manani ezisandul’ ukurekhodwa ngamabhinqa akurhulumente namabhinqa asebenza kwinzululwazi, iteknoloji, ubunjineli nezibalo—oko kukuthi, abantu abalawula izinto, nabantu abakwaziyo ukuzenza. baleka.
Ukuba intlekele enjalo yenzeke namhlanje okanye ngomso, malunga neekota ezintathu zeCongress ziya kucinywa. Enkosi kuKamala Harris ngonyulo lwembali kasekela-sihlalo, umgca welifa awuzu kucinywa ngokupheleleyo njenge “Y: Indoda yokugqibela.”
Sonke siyazi ukuba uHarris uya kujongana nenkcaso yakhe emandla kumsitho onjalo, kodwa ukuvumela iofisi iwele ezandleni zabameli bakaRyan ngumzabalazo owahlukileyo. Umongameli uBrown kungekudala wakwazi ukuququzelela iqela elimjikelezileyo, kodwa wayekwayiDemocrat eyazuza njengelifa isikhundla sikarhulumente waseRiphabhlikhi. Abadlali abadlala njengomongameli kumabonakude bathanda ukutsala ummandla wabo, kwaye ukuzithemba kukaLane kunye nomdla kwimidlalo kuqinisekisa ukuba uzakuqhubeka nesi siko.
Yintoni eluncedo nguKimberly waseTamblyn. Nangona ingenaluvelwano ngokupheleleyo, bubuhle obunobuso obubini. Ungumchasi othi uluncedo xa uzama ukubamba into ecocekileyo kumqolo weqhawe lethu. Le nxaki inencasa yencasa yenkampu, kodwa ukuba uyamkhumbula uMegan McCain “kwimbono”, iTamborine ingene kakuhle kulo msantsa.
Kwabo baqhubeka bebala, ukuqhubeka kokunqongophala kwabasetyhini kwi-STEM kuyakhathaza ngakumbi kune-vacuum yethu yezopolitiko. Ngokwengxelo ka-2019 nguMbutho weeNjineli zabasetyhini, ngokwenyani yethu, abasetyhini bajonga kuphela i-13% yeenjineli ezisebenza kunye malunga ne-26% yezazinzulu zekhompyuter. Khawufan’ ucinge ukuba bekuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi bebengabandakanywa.
UVaughn noGuerra baye bayenza loo nto, kodwa uClark (othathela indawo owayesakuba ngumamkeli wemiboniso uMichael Green) wayiqonda le meko ngokujolisa abasetyhini njengabantu abakwaziyo, abanobuchule, nabanobuchule. Ezinye izinto kumsebenzi wokuqala ekufuneka zihlaziywe ngokungxamisekileyo zibandakanya imbono yawo emibini yesini.
Umbhali wesikrini womdlalo wasebenzisa i-transgender Benji edlalwa ngu-Eliot Fletcher ukulungisa oku ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithile, kwaye wabaleka kwi-Manhattan ezika kunye neqhawe. Ngendima yakhe, ababhali babonelela ngefestile kucalucalulo olujongene nabantu abagqithileyo ngoku, kwaye kwintlekele elawulwa ngabafazi be-cisgender, kunye ne-geneticist uKateman, onoxanduva lokusombulula imfihlakalo kaYorick kunye ne-ampersand (Diana Bang) Breaks. iingcamango eziphosakeleyo eziqhelekileyo malunga nesini ngokufutshane.
“Ayinguye wonke umntu one-Y chromosome oyindoda,” utshilo ngaphambi kokuba athethe inyani yentlekele, ebonisa imiqobo ethintela ukuqondana nangoku. "Silahlekelwe ngabantu abaninzi ngaloo mini."
Ngokuphuhliswa kochungechunge lwe-post-apocalyptic, "Y: Indoda Yokugqibela" yakhiwe ngendlela ezinzileyo. Uvavanyo olungenabuhlobo kakhulu lunokuchaza njengokucotha, okanye kude kucothise ngexesha elithile. Xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elinzima kunye neeyure ezoyikeka phambi kwenkcazo ethi "Abafi Abahambayo" okanye "I-Battlestar Galactica," isandulela sesiphelo sayo yonke into izolile.
Nangona kunjalo, le drama ye-dystopian ayikho malunga nombono wesiphithiphithi, kodwa malunga nendlela i-chaos ebonisa ngayo eyona nto ibhetele kwaye imbi kakhulu phakathi kwabo banyamezelayo. Unokuthetha okufanayo nakuwuphi na umboniso malunga nokuphela kwehlabathi, kodwa ukuxhomekeka kumlinganiswa uziva kubaluleke ngakumbi apha.
Ukuba abaphulaphuli abazifumani iinxalenye ezithile ezichanileyo nezinyanisekileyo kubalinganiswa babo, akukho lungcelele luya kusebenza. "Y: Umntu wokugqibela" ayigxininisi ingqalelo yethu kwiimpawu ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo kunye nezibonakalayo zokuhlukana koluntu, njengokutshisa izakhiwo kunye negazi, kodwa kunoko unikezela onke amandla alo ukuze asenze sikhathalele abo bakwiintlekele. Abantu abaye bachitha ixesha.
Akukho zombies zizingela abasindileyo, ngabantu ngabanye kuphela abalwela amandla. Oku kuyenza ibali le-dystopian, elikude kakhulu kwizinto zokwenyani zofuzo, ezinomdla kwaye zoyikeka, kwaye zinokufaneleka ukuzibona njenge-simmer kunokutshisa ngokupheleleyo.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-14-2021