ʻO Comika Hartford a ʻo Skyler Cooper i hui mua ma OutFest ma Los Angeles. Ma laila ʻo Hartford me kahi moʻo āna i hana ai i kāhea ʻia ʻO Dyke Central, a ke hōʻike mua nei ʻo Cooper i kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni pōkole, ʻO Hero Mars.

Loaʻa ka hopena hohonu o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni iā ​​Cooper. ʻOiai ʻo ia e hana ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ua hiki ʻo ia i ka hopena me kāna ʻike trans, a ua kamaʻilio ke kiʻi iā Hartford. I ka ʻike ʻana, pono ʻo ia e launa me ke kāne ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

"Ua aloha au i ka mea a Skyler i hana ai," wahi a Hartford. "Ua holo wau iā ia, kuʻi iā ia i ka lima e like me mākou ma ke kahua pāʻani, a ʻōlelo aku" He mau hoaaloha mākou i kēia manawa! " A laila huli aʻela au a holo akula. ”

E like me ka mea i puka, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka o kahi pilina hana nani a me ka launa aloha. E kamaʻilio ana i nā mea ʻelua i ka wā o kahi ninaninau no Mahina Haʻaheo, aia ke aloha hilahila ʻole a me ka mahalo ma waena o lākou, akā he hoʻomākeʻaka maoli nō hoʻi e lele ana.

ʻO Hartford, kahi mea aloha weliweli lōʻihi, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mea ma Cooper, kahi gravitas inā makemake ʻoe, ua ʻike ʻo ia he kūpono no kahi papahana āna e hana nei i kāhea ʻia. Ka ʻĀina Hina, kahi moʻolelo pouli epic o ka mea pohihihi a me nā ʻānela.

"Ua hoʻouna ʻo ia iaʻu i ka palapala, a he mea kupaianaha ia," wahi a Cooper. "Loaʻa iā ia kēia kūlanakauhale, paranormal hohonu iā ia. Ke hoʻouka nei ʻo Comika i ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi ʻole i kahi hoʻonohonoho hou. He mea kākau kupaianaha ʻo ia a ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi moʻolelo maikaʻi loa. ”

Ke hana nei ʻo Hartford i ke kālā no ka mokuna aʻe o ka papahana, akā ʻaʻole kekahi e kau i kā lākou laurel i kēia manawa. Ke kākau nei wau i kēia, ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo Cooper e hana i kāna debut me ke kāne trans mua, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei, ʻo wai ka mea i komo i ke kuleana o Shakespeare's Othello. E hana ʻia ka hana ma ka Livermore Shakespeare Festival ma Kaleponi.

Ke hele nei i loko o ka wahi weliweli kahi mea hou loa no Cooper. ʻO ia wale nō i ka makahiki 2018 i hōʻike ʻo ia i lasso, he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni na Evan Cecil. He moʻolelo ia no kahi rodeo diabolō a me nā kāne a me nā wahine hewa e holo aku iā ia.

Ua ʻae ʻo Cooper i kāna mea mua i hana ai i ka wā i hoʻolei ʻia ai i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ke nānā a ʻike i ka lōʻihi o kona ola ʻana.

ʻO ka mea āna e manaʻo ʻole ai ka hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ia e hana ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻO ia ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mua āna i kiʻi ai ma hope o ka puka ʻana ma ke ʻano he trans, akā ke pāʻani nei ʻo ia i kahi wahine cis i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻO Karen Grassle kekahi o kāna mau hoa pāʻani i hoʻokani iā ​​Caroline Ingalls Hale liʻiliʻi ma ka Prairie. Lohe ʻo Grassle i kahi kamaʻilio a Cooper me ke alakaʻi i ka wanaʻao a hele aku i ka mea hana ke noi nei pehea ʻo ia e kamaʻilio ai.

E like me ka mea i puka aʻe, he keiki kāne kā kā Grassle no laila ua loaʻa iā ia kahi manaʻo i ke alo a Cooper, a makemake ʻo ia e hōʻoluʻolu iā ia i ka manawa i hiki ai.

"He neʻe ia e loaʻa ai kēlā hōʻoia mai iā Karen," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea hana keaka.

*** OLOPAU SPOILER: He mea pakele ke ʻano o Cooper ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, kahi hana laha ʻole no nā kala o ke kala i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli kahi i ulu nui ai ka tokenism, keu hoʻi i nā paʻi kiʻi nui nui. ʻO ia wale nō kekahi o nā mea a Hartford, e hana nei e hoʻopau. Pau SPOILER ***

“He mea nui ka moho. ʻOiai he nui kā mākou mau huapalapala ʻaʻole ia he punchline, ʻoiai he nui kā mākou mau huapalapala maoli ʻaʻole he mea hoʻomākeʻaka a i ʻole kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona, ​​ʻo ka mea a mākou e hana nei he kīʻaha ia ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka mālamalama, akā he mau moʻolelo kā mākou e hoʻopuni nei a weliweli maoli hoʻi, " ua wehewehe ʻo ia. “Me Ka ʻĀina Hina, Ke hana nei wau i nā huapalapala e noho nei iā lākou iho a he ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo me ka ʻole o ka parody. ʻO ia ka mea nui e pili ana i ka ʻano. Aia kahi lumi no kaʻu ʻano moʻolelo e pili pono ana me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Rob Zombie a me nā slasher 80s. ”

Ua wehe kēia i ka puka i hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli a me nā mea ʻaʻole i haki honua wale nō, akā he mea ia no Hartford a me Cooper.

“ʻO ia ke kumu a Romero ʻO ka pō o ka Mea Ola kupaianaha loa ia, ”wahi a Hartford. "E nānā i ka hana a Duane Jones me kēlā kuleana. E nānā i ka hana o kēlā kaʻina hope loa. E nānā i kēlā ʻōlelo manaʻo. Ua hanaʻino iaʻu! ʻO ia kahi moʻolelo moʻolelo! Ua hana hewa ʻo Romero iaʻu, e ke kāne. He keiki maʻamau wau, ua ʻike wau i kēlā, a ʻano ʻē wau ʻano ʻē. ʻĀhewa wau iā Romero. ”

“E hele kāua i ʻO ka Omena a ʻO ka Exorcist, ”Wahi a Cooper. "He ʻano koʻikoʻi ko kēlā mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻAe lākou iā ʻoe e hoʻokokoke aku i nā huapalapala no laila ke hiki mai kekahi mea iā lākou, hoʻohui maoli ʻoe iā ia a pili iā ʻoe. E like me ʻO ke kaikamahine a Rosemary... "

"Ae! E pili ana i ke kanaka, "lele ʻo Hartford i loko." Ke kūʻai aku nei kāna kāne iā ia i ka hana kauā wahine ma waho o ka avarice a me ka makee no kahi ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Manaʻo wau he nui ka lumi no kēlā ʻano moʻolelo. Ua aloha mau wau me ka weliweli. ʻAʻole wau i hana nui i loko o ka gore, akā ʻike koke wau i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i kāhea ʻia ʻAukā a pono wau e noho i loko o koʻu lumi ma hope. He nani a weliweli hoʻi ia! ”

No ka ʻike ʻana iā mākou iho i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo Hartford lāua ʻo Cooper ke hana pū nei me ia Ka ʻĀina Hina a ma ʻō aku hoʻi. No Cooper, hoʻomaka ia me ka hana loiloi.

"Manaʻo wau ʻo ka mea nui loa no nā mea hana ʻeleʻele, trans mea hana keaka, a pēlā aku e hōʻike," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Aia paha he mau papa hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kahi hana a lākou i noʻonoʻo ʻole ai i ka wā i kau ai lākou i nā leka. E noi me ka mahalo i kēlā loiloi a inā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa iā ia e hōʻike iā lākou i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēlā kuleana i kākau ʻole ʻia nāu. "

"I ka wā aʻu e hana nei i kaʻu palapala hiʻohiona ponoʻī," ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ua haʻi mai kahi hoa e hana ana ma Dreamworks inā ʻoe e kākau nei i kahi palapala a makemake ʻoe e hoʻolei ʻia kahi ʻano e like me ka ʻeleʻele, a laila pono ʻoe e kākau i kēlā, no ka mea inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana ʻia e keʻokeʻo lākou. Manaʻo wau he hoʻokahi wale nō makahiki i hala aku nei ua lohe wau i kēlā. ”

"ʻO ia no ka mea ʻo ke keʻokeʻo ka paʻamau," wahi a Hartford. "Inā hana ʻo Clint Eastwood lāua ʻo Tim Burton i nā kiʻi keʻokeʻo keu, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui akā i ka wā a Jordan Peele i ʻōlelo ai makemake wale ʻo ia e hoʻolele i nā alakaʻi ʻeleʻele aia kahi haunaele. Keʻokeʻo a pololei hoʻi nā hemahema. ”

"ʻAʻole ia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni wale nō," i kuhikuhi ai ʻo Cooper. "Noho mākou i kahi ʻāina e hoʻāʻo nei e holoi i ka poʻe trans. ʻOiai he kanaka trans, ola a make paha ia. Ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e holoi iā mākou mai ke ola ʻana. ”

Minamina, he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka mea a Cooper i ʻōlelo ai.

Ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ua ʻike mākou i ka hoʻi ʻana o nā kuleana trans, mai ka hiki ke lawelawe i ka pūʻali koa i nā pale ākea e kūʻē i ka hoʻokae ke ʻimi nei i ke olakino. Ke pepehi ʻia nei nā wahine Trans o ke kala me ka wikiwiki weliweli, a ke hana nei nā luna kānāwai i mea e hōʻoki ai iā ia.

Ke hāpai mākou i kēia, hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻia mākou no ka politika, akā ʻaʻole na mākou mai kēlā stigma. Ua politika ka poʻe politika i kā mākou ʻike i ka wā a lākou i hana ai i nā kānāwai ākea e hōʻino ana i ko mākou ola. Ua politika ka poʻe politika i kā mākou ʻike i ka wā a lākou i hoʻolilo iā mākou i "ʻē aʻe" e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohuli i nā poʻe koho balota mai nā pilikia nui aʻe.

ʻO kēia ke kumu o nā mea e hōʻike maʻamau ʻia a no ke aha e luku nui loa ai ka tokenism. ʻO nā kānaka o ke kala, nā kāne a me nā wahine, nā kāne a me nā wahine. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana iā mākou iho ʻaʻole no ka moʻo wale i ko mākou hilinaʻi ponoʻī, akā hōʻoia i kēlā ola i ke koena o ka honua.

ʻAe, ʻoiai i ka paʻi kiʻi hoʻoweliweli.

Mahalo, loaʻa iā mākou nā kāne a me nā wahine e like me Skyler Cooper a me Comika Hartford ma nā laina mua i kēia ʻimi.