ʻO nā hakakā, nā mea huna pouli, a me nā haunaele moekolohe i hāʻule pū i loko o Rob Grant Pūnaewele, kahi mea hoʻohenehene comedic ʻeleʻele a ʻoliʻoli hoʻi. Hahai ke kiʻi ʻekolu mau hoa aloha e holoholo ma ka moku peʻa no ka lā huakaʻi, ʻike wale ʻia lākou i ka moana a me nā ʻāʻī o kekahi.

Pūnaewele ʻimi i ka pilina a me nā ʻano a mākou e kau ai i kā mākou pili. Nīnau mākou iā mākou i ke ʻano a me ka mōʻaukala o kā mākou pili pilikino a no ke aha mākou e koho ai e mālama iā lākou.

ʻO nā alakaʻi ʻekolu o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni - ʻo Richard (Christopher Gray), kāna ipo wahine ʻo Sasha (Emily Tyra), a me ka hoa aloha ʻo Iona (Munro Chambers) - paʻa i loko o kahi pōʻai mau loa e hiki ai i nā hana maikaʻi ʻole. He ʻōlelo hoʻomaka i loko o ka moʻolelo - hāʻawi ʻia na Brett Gelman me ka hanohano - e wehewehe ana i ke akeakamai o Aristotle o nā ʻano hoaaloha ʻekolu; nā hoa aloha o ka pono, nā makamaka o ka leʻaleʻa, a me nā hoa aloha o nā mea maikaʻi. Ma o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, maopopo leʻa ʻaʻole pili pono ʻo Richard, Sasha, a me Iona i kekahi o kēia mau ʻaoʻao ʻekolu.

Aia lākou i kahi hawewe o kā lākou pono ʻole, kaomi mau a huki kekahi i kekahi i kahi ala e hōʻike ai i ko lākou hilinaʻi maʻi. ʻOiai he ʻona maoli kēia pilina aloha no nā mea āpau e pili ana, hana ia i hoʻokahi ahi o kahi kiʻi koi. 

No kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni me hoʻokahi kau a ʻekolu mau huapalapala, Pūnaewele hana mahalo pū me ka mahalo i kāna kuhikuhi paʻa e Grant a me ke kemika maikaʻi ma waena o ka poʻe hana keaka. ʻO ka mea nui loa, hāʻawi ʻo Chambers i kahi hana heu e like me Iona, e kālai ana i kēlā me kēia ʻano noʻonoʻo me ka kikoʻī kupaianaha. 

Maikaʻi ʻo Tyra e like me Sasha, ka luna loiloi exasperated ma waena o kāna ipo kāne a me kāna hoa aloha. ʻOiai ʻo ia e paʻa ana i ka lewa o ka pono, mamao loa ʻo ia mai iā ia iho. Kūpono ʻo Gray e like me Richard, ke lawe nei i ke ola a me ke kanaka i kahi ʻano hoʻopailua. Hana pū ka ʻekolu i ka laulima maikaʻi e hana i kahi hui o nā kānaka kīnā ʻole loa me ka hoa aloha e hele ana i ka laina ma waena o ke aloha a me ka hoʻowahāwahā. 

Ke holo nei ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, hoʻomaka ka moku e kūlike i nā manaʻo wehewehe o ko mākou mau castaways ʻilihune; hele ka papa lalo mai kahi ʻoluʻolu a i ka crazed mahalo i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho hoʻololi. Ke neʻe nei ke kukui i waena o ka ʻeha a me ka haʻahaʻa o ke kaumaha, akā hana ʻia ia i kahi ala e hōʻike ai i nā mea ʻoi loa i ʻike ʻia e nā mea me ka ʻole o ka pana ʻana i ka pū. holoi ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona me nā melemele a me nā polū e hoʻokau i kahi kani.

Akamai ʻo ka script me kahi leʻaleʻa leʻaleʻa o ka hoʻomākeʻaka ʻeleʻele. ʻO Gelman's haʻi moʻolelo pitch-perfect hāʻawi i kekahi mau kikoʻī hou aʻe e pili ana i nā huapalapala a me ko lākou kūlana, ʻoiai e hoʻomāmā iki i ka leo o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i mea e weliweli loa ai. Akā mai hoʻokuʻu i ka leo laumania, dulcet o ka leo o Gelman iā ʻoe - Pūnaewele ʻeleʻele lawehala a hōʻoluʻolu loa ia. 

Ua loaʻa i nā mea kākau ʻo Rob Grant lāua ʻo Mike Kovac i ke kaulike kūpono o ka hoʻomākeʻaka a me ka ikaika e hana maoli ai i ka paʻi kiʻi. Aia kahi kaomi hale e hoʻomau i ka neʻe o ka wikiwiki, e hoʻokele nei i ka moʻolelo i mua o ka hiʻona kū ʻole. Me he mea lā ka hope loa ʻāpana ʻōmole, ke hoʻohana pono nei i nā kūʻokoʻa makakū i hiki ke loaʻa ma waena o kēlā wahi kaʻawale. 

Hoʻopiʻi ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i mea e māʻona ai ka makemake o ka poʻe e hoʻolohe nei i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei i ke kaohi e hiki ʻole ke hele i waho loa o nā ala hao. Mālama ia i hoʻokahi wāwae haʻalulu kai i ke ao o ka realism ʻoiai e hula ana kekahi i kahi dervish huhū o nā hanana kūlana maikaʻi loa. 

ʻO ka maikaʻi, Pūnaewele hāpai i kekahi mau nīnau e pili ana i ka minefield o nā pilina. Ua lawa anei ka mōʻaukala pilikino e mālama pū ai i nā hoaaloha? Pehea mākou i pili kokoke ai i ka hōʻino mau ʻana i kā mākou aloha? Ke wāwahi ʻia kahi paʻa, hiki ke hoʻoponopono hou ʻia? 

Ke ʻike ʻoe i ka mea maikaʻi loa i loko o kekahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi?

ʻAʻole maʻalahi nā pane e like me kāu e manaʻo ai.

Pūnaewele he moana huʻupuʻu o ka huhū hohonu, hoʻomākeʻaka ʻeleʻele, a me nā superstitions moana kai hele hewa. Mai ka palapala i ke kuhikuhi, nā hana, a me ka hoʻolālā, he ʻoi, ikaika, a make ia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa kūpono, makemake wau iā ʻoe e lawe i ka pū. 

 

Pūnaewele ke pāʻani nei ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ʻO ka lālani 2019 o Fantasia Festival. No kahi nīnauele me ka mea kākau / luna Rob Grant, kaomi ma aneʻi. ʻO kaomi ma aneʻi e heluhelu ko mākou nīnauele me kekahi o nā hōkū o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo Munro Chambers.