ʻO kahi kamaʻilio me Comika Hartford kekahi o kēlā mau mea maʻamau ʻole aʻu e loaʻa ai i kēlā me kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he nīnauele. Akamai a ʻike hoʻi me ka hiki ke ʻoki i ka puʻuwai o kahi kamaʻilio e hōʻike i kāna ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Hartford kahi mana hana e helu ai a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono mākou i nā poʻe hou aku e like me ia i ka honua weliweli.

ʻO Hartford, ka mea i kū mai i ka lā Horror Pride Month o ka makahiki i hala me kāna hoa aloha ʻO Skyler Cooper, hoʻi i kēia makahiki e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea weliweli āpau. ʻO ia ka manawa mua ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi nīnauele me aʻu, a ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohoka.

E like me ka hapanui o nā poʻe pā, ʻo ko Hartford aloha aloha i ka weliweli a me ka macabre i hoʻomaka mua, a e like me nā mea he nui, pono ʻo ia e holoholo a puni e ʻoluʻolu. ʻAʻole makemake kāna mau makua "hippie" ponoʻī iā ia e nānā i ke kīwī ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, no kekahi manawa, ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo lākou iā ia e hana wale ana ke kīwī Ke alanui Sesame.

"A laila ua noʻonoʻo wau he bullshit kēlā," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka ʻakaʻaka. “Ua like wau me, 'ʻAʻole, he kīwī kā kaʻu mau hoaaloha e hana nei i nā manawa āpau. Ke wahaheʻe nei ʻoukou! ' Makemake lākou iaʻu e heluhelu mua i nā puke. ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo ua hewa lākou. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ia i ke aloha i nā moʻolelo haʻalulu weliweli pōkole. "

Ma hope ua hiki iā ia ke sneak i kekahi mau hanana o E hiamoe ana? Aie? i kēlā manawa ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e makemake e lilo ʻo Rod Serling i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā moʻolelo kaʻao a me ke kono ʻana i ka poʻe i loko o kahi honua kahi mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ua hoʻopiʻi i kona manaʻo a hoʻohui i kahi papa hou o ka mea haʻi moʻolelo e lilo ana ʻo ia.

A laila hele mai ka pō hope loa e noho ana me kāna mau hoahānau a hiki iā lākou ke holoholo a nānā malihini ma ke kaula uila.

"He mea weliweli loa ia no mākou akā pīhoihoi ia a ʻo ia ka manawa mua aʻu i ʻike ai i kahi wahine e noho aliʻi ana," wahi a Hartford. "Ua lilo ia i mea hoihoi loa. A laila i ka lā aʻe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻokani mākou i Aliens a ʻo wau he luna koa. ʻO mākou kēlā mau keiki i loaʻa i ka moemoeā o ia. Aloha mākou e hoʻokamani. ʻO mākou wale nō kēia mau ʻāʻī ʻeleʻele e holo ana ma luna o kahi moku ʻē a pau ka lā. ”

I kēlā me kēia mea e manaʻo nei he mea ʻokoʻa ia no ka hoihoi o nā kaikamahine ʻeleʻele a me nā keikikāne i ka sci-fi, ka moemoeā, a me ka weliweli, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Hartford ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau kumuhana i nā ʻike a me nā moʻolelo o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, a ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i kiʻi ʻia mai nā kaʻao o ʻApelika. haʻi moʻolelo.

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa o ka hoʻolei ʻana iā Halle Bailey ma ke ʻano he Ariel i ka hana pilikino a Disney ʻO ke kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi. Ua lele nui nā naysayers i ke kaʻa e piʻi mai ana me nā kumu āpau i loko o ka puke i hiki ʻole ke ʻeleʻele i kahi mermaid.

"Maopopo iaʻu ʻo kēia ka moʻolelo wahine mermaid ʻo Hans Christian Anderson akā hoʻi i nā kaʻao o ka Mami Wata e hoʻi i mau kenekulia," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "He kaikamahine wahine ʻeleʻele maikaʻi ʻo ia e launa pū me nā kānaka a he ʻano akua a loaʻa nā huakaʻi. ʻO ka manaʻo o nā mermaids ʻeleʻele i noho mau no ka poʻe o ka Diaspora no laila manaʻo wau he mea hoihoi ia. Makemake nā poʻe e ʻōlelo mai kēia kaao wale nō akā ʻaʻole no kēia mau kaʻao mai nā wahi āpau a ua nakinaki pū ʻia lākou āpau. He mau moʻolelo kēia na ke kanaka. ”

Hiki i kēia mau moʻolelo a me nā poʻomanaʻo āpau ke ʻano like. Ua hana ʻo Joseph Campbell i kahi ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa e aʻo i ka honua e pili ana i nā archetypes i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea āpau mai nā kaʻao o ka epic "huakaʻi hele a ka hero" i nā like i loko o nā kaʻao a me nā kaʻao. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e piliwi iaʻu, e nānā iā Cinderella i kekahi manawa. No kēlā me kēia moʻomeheu i ka honua kahi moʻolelo Cinderella a ane like like nā mea maʻamau.

Ma ke kumuhana o nā moʻolelo kanaka, ua pili iaʻu i ka wā a mākou i hoʻomaka ai i kā mākou nīnauele ʻaʻole wau i nīnau maoli iā Hartford e pili ana i kona ʻano ponoʻī ma ka laulaha mele, a e like me ka mau, mālamalama ka pane.

"ʻIke wau he bisexual a mai ia manawa a puni e ʻōlelo wau i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ke koleke," wehewehe ʻo ia. “Ua like wau me he mea hoʻouluulu lua lā, akā ʻo ia ka manawa i hiki ai iaʻu ke hana e pili ana i ke koleke. ʻIke loa wau he nui nā ʻano ʻokoʻa e bisexual. No laila nui ka poʻe e like me ka iho pono o ka waena i like i ka ʻelua akā ʻaʻole ia e hana pēlā. E ʻōlelo wau manaʻo wau ua ʻoi aku koʻu hoihoi i nā kāne. Manaʻo wau he pākēneka ʻoi aku ia, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole i loaʻa iaʻu nā mea hoihoi loa i nā wahine. "

ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ka bisexuality kahi pilikia ma loko a ma waho hoʻi o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ a hele pinepine mai me kahi hilinaʻi ʻole o nā ʻano a i ʻole kahi holoi holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka pilina o kekahi kanaka i kēlā manawa.

He pilikia ia i ʻōlelo ʻo Hartford ua maopopo iā ia i kahi nui.

"Inā he bisexual ʻoe a laila loaʻa iā ʻoe ke koho e hōʻike ʻia 'maʻamau' a laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hana me nā tone o shit. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e hoihoi ai? He aha ka moekolohe iā ʻoe? He aha kou manaʻo e pili ana i ka wā e hoʻokahakaha ai? Inā he wahine ʻoe a ʻo kekahi o ka manawa āu e noʻonoʻo nei e pili ana i ka wahine e koho ʻoe i ke ʻano o ʻoe! Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pua liʻiliʻi a me kāu hae ponoʻī a me nā mea āpau. ”

ʻO kēia ʻike ʻoi aku iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he lālā o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ ʻaʻole wale ia ka mea i loaʻa ma ke koleke. Ma Emerson ʻo ia i hoʻomaka ai i ka hone i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he mea hana, hoʻolei mua iā ia iho i ka hana, ke ʻike wale nō i kāna mau hoihoi maoli e waiho ana i ke ao kākau.

I ka manawa āna i haʻalele ai iā Emerson, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ke kākau ʻana i nā ʻāpana no kāna mau hoaaloha e hana ai i unuhi ʻia i loko o ke kākau ʻana i hoʻokahi mau hana keaka a e ʻimi ana i kēlā mau taleni haʻi moʻolelo āna e hoʻohanohano nei mai kona wā kamaliʻi.

Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho ma kekahi ala i alakaʻi iā ia i nā kūlana like ʻole i kōkua iā ia e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kāna hana mai ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoihana hoʻolaha e kōkua i ke kākau ʻana i kahi hōʻike keiki a kahi ʻenehana. Ma hope ua lawe ʻo ia i nā hana kākau ʻuhane e kōkua i nā luna a me nā mea hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā manaʻo no nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala i kākau, hana, a hōʻike ʻia i Ka ʻĀina Hina, kahi evocative a i kekahi manawa chilling pāhana i hele ma waena o nā iterations ma kona ala i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.

"Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea kēlā papahana e hoʻomaka me he mea lā a laila lilo ia i mea ʻē aʻe a laila like ʻoe," ʻAe, pono wau e hoʻopau i kēia, "kuhikuhi ʻo Hartford. “Hauʻoli maoli wau me ia ma ke ʻano he pōkole. Pono ʻoe e hoʻopau. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hoʻomaka i kahi mea a pau ʻole. ʻAʻole wau piliwi i kēlā. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻae iā ʻoe iho e pau ʻole. ”

ʻO kēlā ikaika i hoʻolilo iā ia i wahine wahine hana i kēia lā a e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai mai ka hoʻomaka, he hanohano ka noho pū ʻana me Comika Hartford e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēlā huakaʻi.