Si ʻO Tom Wolfe e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kona poʻo... (he would hit the stone, the joke ended). ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea kou manaʻo ke ʻike ʻoe i kāu puke i hana ʻia i kahi moʻo ma Netflix. No ka mea, he kanaka kū hoʻokahi ʻo Wolfe. Impeccable i kona helehelena keʻokeʻo, me he ʻānela lā i hāʻule i Gehena me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopā ʻana i ka ʻāina a mākou e noho nei. ʻAʻole ʻo Tom Wolfe i kēia ao ma ke ʻano a me ke ʻano, ma ka helehelena a me kāna peni lua ʻole.
A ke hele nei ʻo Netflix a hoʻāla hou i kekahi o kāna mau hana maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻohe kānalua e ʻimi hou i ka ʻaila. Nā moʻolelo mai nā palapala maikaʻi loa e hana ai i nā palapala no ka lehulehu pau ʻole o nā hui. Ke makemake mau nei kēlā mau piranhas i nā mea hou.
Heluhelu au i kēia moʻolelo na Wolfe he gazillion makahiki aku nei. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā Conrad Hensley, kahi ʻano i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ka pā. Ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaka. Ua komo au i loko ona i koʻu ʻike ʻana iā ia e auwana ana ma kahi hale hana me ka ʻeha nui ma mua o ka nani. ʻO ia kaʻu mea e hana ai i kēlā mau lā o ka hana ʻōpio e uhi ai i nā haʻawina a me nā pāʻina. No laila, i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana me "A Whole Man" Netflix series version, ua manaʻo wau: damn, i kēia hoʻololi ʻana i ka odyssey o kaʻu alter ego e lilo ana ka mea paʻahana i apotheosis! A hoʻomaka koke wau e nānā.
ʻO ka maikaʻi o nā moʻolelo ma mua o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka manaʻo o kahi moʻolelo o nā haneli mau ʻaoʻao, synthesized i loko o 2 a i ʻole 3 mau hola o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā hana nui e hana i nā amputations koʻikoʻi i nā mea kākau kiʻi kiʻi ʻole loa. Hiki ke hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi moʻolelo i hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻia mai ka mokuna 1 o kahi moʻolelo a i ka mokuna 300 ma ke ala kūpono loa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻonui ʻana, inā maikaʻi nā mea i nā manaʻo, ʻoi aku ka kūleʻa o Netflix a i ʻole nā mea āpau. Welina mai i kahi moʻolelo o nā haneli a me nā haneli o nā ʻaoʻao e hōʻoluʻolu i nā pili piranha.
No laila i loko o "Quite a Man" mākou e haʻalele me ka tycoon Charlie Croker i hoʻokani maikaʻi ʻia e Jeff Daniels kahaha (ka blonde mai "Dumb and Dumber"). A ua ʻike koke mākou ma Charlie i ke ʻano o ka lanakila ma waena o ka ʻaiʻē, he kanaka koa me nā wāwae lepo. Ma 60 mau makahiki, ua like ʻo ia me Gil mai nā makahiki 80 ma Sepania, aia wale nō ma Atlanta. No laila me kahi ʻoi aku ka nani akā ʻano like ʻole ...
Akā ʻo ka mea a Netflix e haʻi mai ai iā mākou, ʻaʻole like me ka puke, ʻo Charlie he ʻumi mau lā mai ka nānā ʻana iā ia. E pili ana i kēlā ʻono no ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma ka hopena e lawe nei nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā moʻolelo i kēia mau lā. He ʻano makau e kono iā mākou e noʻonoʻo pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hiki i laila... A ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea a pau ʻo Charlie e waiho ana ma luna o kāna ʻeke me kahi mea ʻoi aʻe. hāʻule ʻole. Hoʻokahi wale nō, ʻaʻohe mea a puni iā ia e mālama iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa i ka pāʻina lā hānau i hoʻomaka ai ka moʻo.
Ma waena o Charlie Croker a me kāna mea hana mamao ʻo Conrad Hensley, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka chasm ma ke alapiʻi kaiaulu. Akā ke ʻimi nei nā laina wiliwili o ka hopena i kahi hālāwai ma kekahi wahi huli ʻē. No ka mea, ʻike ʻo Charlie i ka ʻoluʻolu ma Conrad, kahi kumu ʻē aʻe o ke alo i ka honua.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole like nā mea a pau ma waena o nā mea ʻelua. ʻO ka hoaaloha a Conrad, a me ka mea hoʻokipa ma ka hale nui o Charlie, e noi ana i kāna kōkua. Ua hopu ʻia ʻo Conrad e nā mākaʻi no ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hopu ʻia ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo ana ke kaʻa huki e huki i kāna kaʻa. Ma waena o kēlā pono ʻole a me ka kipi ʻana o nā mea a pau iā ia e lawe i kona mana, ʻike ʻia ʻo Charlie Croker e kālele ana i ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o kāna limahana mamao me nā mākaʻi ma ke ʻano he hana nui loa a Charlie Croker. No ka mea, maopopo paha kona haule ana.
Aia kekahi hiʻohiʻona paʻakikī akā kūleʻa i ka hana ʻana o kēia moʻo. Ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi, ʻaʻohe kānalua kāna aesthetics i nā makahiki hope o ke kenekulia 80 i hana ʻia ai ka moʻolelo kumu. Akā ʻo kekahi ʻāpana: nā kaʻa, kamepiula, kelepona a me nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ko mākou mau lā. He mea hoihoi ia e ʻike pehea e hoʻololi ʻia ai kahi moʻolelo i hōʻike ʻia e Wolfe e like me kahi mea i hoʻoponopono ʻia i kona manawa, ʻo Atlanta o nā ʻoihana shady a me nā makemake nui, e hoʻololi ʻia i ko mākou mau lā me ka mana like. Ma laila paha ka pāʻani o nā ʻokoʻa. Ma ke ʻano he hope hope, ʻo ka bullshit like, ka politika like, ka holoi lepo like, a me ke ahi pau ʻole o nā mea lapuwale (wink, wink) e mau ana i ka XNUMXs, i kēia manawa a hiki i ka hopena o ko mākou mau lā.