Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mana mua o Billy Wilder 'Twilight of the Gods' ma kahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma waho o Chicago. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa. Ma hope o kēlā hala, ua hoʻololi ʻia kekahi mau mea nui o ka lipine. Me ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi, e haʻi hou ka mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma hope, ʻaʻole makemake ka hui i ka hoʻāʻo mua "o kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni sub-Hollywood e hana ʻia i mua o nā mea nānā Hollywood." Eia naʻe, ua hōʻike mai ʻo Javier Chicote iā mākou, ma Moncloa ua ʻike mua lākou i kekahi palapala hōʻikeʻike e pili ana iā Moncloa. Makemake lākou e hoʻololi i kekahi mea. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo 'Sunset Boulevard' he moʻolelo moʻolelo, akā ʻaʻole mākou e hōʻole i ka hopu ʻana o ka palapala hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Pedro Sánchez i ka pelekikena, e like me Norma Desmond, i nā hola haʻahaʻa. Hoʻokaʻawale ka mea hana keaka a me ka mea kālai'āina i ko lākou kūʻē ʻana e hoʻōki i ke aloha ʻia e ka lehulehu. Iā ia, ua hāmau nā kamaʻilio iā ia. Ua lawe ʻo ia iā ia mai ke kahua a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e lilo hou i ka diva maikaʻi loa, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kūʻē i ka ʻae ʻana i kāna hāʻule. ʻAʻole lākou e paʻi hou. ʻO ka pelekikena, ʻaʻole. Hoʻokuke aku nā koho balota iā ia mai Moncloa a hoʻohewa ākea iā ia ʻoiai ʻo ia iho. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu he aha ka mea ʻoi aku ka ʻeha o ka protagonist, inā paha e noho kipaku ʻia a i ʻole e makaʻu i ka kipaku ʻia. I ka makahiki 1950 kiʻiʻoniʻoni, i kāna ʻimi e lanakila hou iā Hollywood, loaʻa iā Norma Desmond kahi alakaʻi i ʻike i ke ʻano o ka uwao. Ma Sepania o 2022, ua hoʻolālā ka mea kālai'āina i kākau i kāna autobiography i kona hōʻea ʻana i Moncloa i kahi palapala i ka wā e hiki ai iā ia ke haʻalele. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Sánchez e haʻalele i ke kukui. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau pono: zero stage fright. ʻAe, ʻae, pono, no ka mea, ʻo ia kā lākou e aʻo ai i nā kula ʻoihana elite a he ikaika ia o nā mea hana keaka. E ʻike pū i kāu pono ponoʻī. No kēia kumu, ʻelua mau mokuna - hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia i ʻehā - e hōʻiliʻili i kona ola stellar he kakaikahi. Ma hope o kona lilo ʻana i mea keaka iā ia iho, ʻaʻole ka nīnau pehea e wehewehe ai ʻo Sánchez, akā ʻo kāna mea e hoʻolilo ai i kona manawa kūʻokoʻa e hana ai. inā ʻo kāu ʻO ka nīnau ʻē aʻe inā ua kauoha ka mea kākau, mea hana, mea hana a me ka pelekikena ʻo Sánchez, ma kāna kuleana alakaʻi, i kāna palapala ponoʻī nona iho a no ka poʻe. ʻO ia hoʻi, inā makemake ʻoe i kahi wikiō hoʻomanaʻo - male, hana kula…– a i ʻole e ʻike nā mea ʻē aʻe o mākou pehea, pehea ka nui a me ka mea āu e hana ai. ʻAʻole mākou kānalua i ka maikaʻi o ka huahana hope no ka mea ua hana maikaʻi ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e nā alakaʻi. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole pono mākou e unuhi i ka Merit mai nā mea hana. "Ke nui nei au, ʻo nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i liʻiliʻi," i kanikau ai ʻo Norma Desmond, e hōʻeha ana i ka lehulehu aloha ʻole a me ka ʻāpana. Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 40, ua kau ʻo Wilder i ka 'Manual of Resistance' a Sanchez ma luna o ka papa pō o Gloria Swanson. ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi ke kōkua ponoʻī, ka palapala a i ʻole ka palapala maʻamau ke nalowale ke kuleana alakaʻi. A i ʻole ke koho balota.
