Nomaphi lapho uMarlee Matlin , umdlali wezithulu ogxile ezitheni , uhamba, umhumushi wakhe wolimi lwezandla uJack Jason usehlangothini lwakhe. UJason noMatlin bebeyiqembu kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi kaMatlin. Wayekhuluma ngokuhumusha futhi abe ngumlingani wezamabhizinisi kaMatlin.
Ungumntwana wabantu abayizithulu (CODA)?
UJason: Ngiyi-CODA eyaziqhenya. Abazali bami bafika eSikolo SaseCalifornia Sabantu Abayizithulu eBerkeley, eCalifornia.
Umama wakhulela eCalifornia futhi ubaba wami wakhulela eNew York, futhi bahlangana eBerkeley ngaphandle kokuthandana kakhulu. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, bahlangana futhi e-Idaho emncintiswaneni wezitokisi wezitembu, [futhi] bathandana.
: Ube kanjani umhumushi?
UJason: Ngosuku lwami lokuqala ekolishi (California State University, Hayward, 1974 kuya ku-1978), ngatshelwa ukuthi ngingathatha iklasi lolimi lwezandla njengelungelo lami lolimi lwangaphandle. Omunye udinga umhumushi ekilasini lesilulumagama lesiNgisi futhi ngiphonswa ngaphandle kokukwazi into yokuqala mayelana nokuhumusha.
Kwakuvivinywa ngomlilo. Ekugcineni, ngafunda ngaphansi kukaLou Fant, uVirginia Hughes noBarbie Reade abafika [babe] yingxenye yohlelo lokushintshanisa phakathi kwekolishi lami ne-CSUN. Akuzange kube yilapho kamuva [ngemuva kwekolishi] ngathola ukuthi ngine-knack yokuhumusha emibonweni yobuciko, ukusebenza kuqala nge-DEAF Media endaweni ye-Bay futhi njengesekuhumusha kwesikrini kwezindaba ze-TV.
Isabelo sami esikhulu sokuqala "udumo" sasihumusha uLinda Bove ochungechungeni lwemibukiso yenkulumo yasendaweni ngesikhathi seNational Tour of Children Of A Lesser God .
: Wenzani ngaphambi kokuba ube ngumhumushi wakhe kaMarlee nomlingani webhizinisi?
UJason: Umsebenzi wami wangempela wangempela ngemva nje kokuba ngiqiniseke [njengomhumushi], ngixhumanisa izinkonzo zokuhumusha ku-DCARA eFranmont, eCalifornia.
Ukusuka lapho, ngathuthela eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia Berkeley, lapho ngahlela khona ukuhumusha izinsizakalo, futhi wayengumeluleki wezemfundo wabafundi abayizithulu . EBerkeley, ngenza umkhosi wezobuciko obizwa ngokuthi "Ukugubha: Abaculi Abadakayo nabaBenzi." Kungakabiphi emva "Umkhosi," nganquma ukuthola i-MA yami ku-TV nakuFilimu eNew York University (NYU). Ngahumusha ohlangothini lwezemidlalo, kokubili naku-Broadway.
: Waba kanjani umhumushi kaMarlee?
UJason: [Umcwaningi] umsizi kaWilliam Hurt wabiza eNew York efuna umuntu ozohumusha uMarlee ngemuva kokuba ifilimu Izingane I-A Lesser God igcwaliswe. [Wabiza] i-NYU ngoba wezwa ukuthi kukhona inqwaba yabafundi abayizithulu nabahumushi. Unobhala eMnyangweni Wezobuchwepheshe Zokuvuselela Ukuzizwa Nganginakekela wanginika ifoni futhi ngazinikela!
Ngeshwa, ngatshelwa ukuthi uMnu. Hurt wayefuna owesifazane ukuhumusha uMarlee. Ekugcineni, wangibiza futhi wanginika umsebenzi wosuku olulodwa. Ngangingazi ukuthi isabelo sami kuMarlee sasingeke sibe njengomhumushi wakhe, kodwa ukuhamba naye ethengisa. Wayeneminyaka engu-19 futhi wayeseyinto entsha eNew York futhi ngangingumholi wakhe. Siyishaya ngokushesha, futhi ngamcela ukuba ngimhumushe noma nini lapho edinga khona futhi nginikeze njengomqeqeshi wolimi lwezandla uWilliam Hurt.
: Ube kanjani umlingani webhizinisi likaMarlee?
UJason: Ngemva kokuba uMarlee anqobe i-Oscar, nganquma ukuphuma ku-Ph.D. wami. izifundo futhi zamlandela. Ngiqaphele ukuthi abalingisi abaningi banezinkampani zabo zokukhiqiza ezibavumela ukuba bakhiqize futhi bahlele izikripthi. Njengoba ngangiqala ukufaka imibono futhi ngiphakamise uMarlee ngezikripthi, saqaphela ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuba uMarlee aqale inkampani yakhe ngakho angeke ahlale phansi futhi alinde umsebenzi. [Ngenxa] yezemidlalo yami yezemidlalo kanye ne-TV, ngazinikela ukuba ngisebenzise inkampani, futhi [uyayithanda] umqondo. Wayiqamba ngokuthi uSolo One ekuhlonipheni inja yakhe yeSolo.
: Wenzani u-Solo One?
UJason: Usuku lwezinsuku luqala ngokuhlola izindaba, futhi ubukeka ngokukhipha izaziso ukuze ubone ukuthi yiziphi izikripthi uMarlee ezizobe zilungile. Ngihlakulela imibono yezindaba futhi ngikhuluma nama-agent, ngilawula abaqondisi nabakhiqizi, ngihlola izindlela ezehlukene zokufaka uMarlee zibe izindaba ezingabhalwa umdlali oyisithulu. Ngiphumelele ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi ifilimu ethi "Lokho Okushiwo Yi-Bleep We Know," futhi uye wakhiqiza amafilimu ambalwa ahambisana noMarlee kanye namafilimu [lapho] angazange abe khona inkanyezi. Njengamanje, ngisezigaba ezihlukahlukene zokuqala kokukhiqiza kumaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene kaMarlee kuya kunkanyezi [ku], ukukhiqiza noma kokubili.
: Ingabe nawe wenza? Ngithole leli khasi le-IMDB likaJack Jason. Leli khasi likhuluma ngendima njengomfundisi wezandla, futhi enye indima njengomhumushi.
UJason: Yimi. Ngenze okuthile futhi ngenza izwi elikhulu phezu komsebenzi. Indima yami yokuqala yayifana nommemezeli wezinyathelo kwifilimu uMarlee wabiza ngokuthi The Man e-Golden Mask. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngizidlale ekuboniseni "I-Larry Sanders", futhi ngibe noMarlee ekuboniseni imibukiso nemiklomelo. Uma ubukeka kanzima ungangibona futhi ngenza umugqa lapha nakwezinye iziboniso ezifana ne- Arrested Development . Futhi ngithokozile ngokuba ngumqeqeshi wezinkhulumomphendvulwano zolimi lwezandla kumafilimu amaningana afana neThe Family Stone .
: Ingabe unakho okuhlangenwe nakho okungazikhunjulwa ukuhumusha ukuze wabelane?
UJason: Kwakumdumo ukuhumusha uMarlee lapho ephumelela umklomelo we-Academy. [Lapho] ngimkhulumela, ngiphinde ngibheka lapho ngineminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ubudala futhi ngibhala ephephandabeni yesikole ukuthi kwakuyisifiso sami ukuba izwi lami lizwakale yizigidi zabantu njenge-DJ noma ummemezeli we-TV. Lapho ngangenza lokho nje. Umzuzu wawubumnandi njengoba uMarlee ebonga abazali bakhe futhi ngikhulume lawo mazwi, ngiyazi ukuthi abazali bami nabo babezilaleli. Kwangomzuzwana angisoze ngikhohlwa.
Esinye sezikhathi ezivusa amadlingozi ukuhumusha uMarlee kufika lapho esanda kubeletha ingane yakhe yesibili, futhi wenza [ukubonakala] eMhlanganweni weNational Girl Scout. UMarlee wamemezela eqenjini lamantombazane ukuthi kufanele afune ukuzitholela "ukupompa" amabele akhe. Ngikhulume lokho, futhi masinyane amantombazane aphendukela kimi futhi agubha sengathi nginguye owadingeka aqhume. "Marlee, hhayi mina!" Ngamemeza. Kwakuyi-hilarious!
: Noma yini enye ongathanda ukuyengeza mayelana nokuhumusha kwe-Marlee Matlin?
UJason: Konke okufanele ngisho ukuthi nginomsebenzi opholile kunazo zonke engingacabanga.