Ngabe kukhona owake wabona ingxenye ka-Anthony Bourdain evela eBaltimore ebusuku kusikhombisa, Akukho Ukubhuka ?
Ngenkathi bengingazibizi ukuthi ngingumuntu ovuthayo kaBourdain, ngimhlonipha futhi ngithokozela umbukiso wakhe (nokubhala kwakhe). Ngezinye izikhathi ngizizwa sengathi uzimisele ukugcina ukuhlolwa kwakhe, kepha ikakhulukazi ngiyayithinta futhi ngiyaqhayisa ukuhamba kwakhe nokulangazelela ukuzwa amasiko nezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene. Ngemva kokufunda ukubuka kuqala kwesiboniso se- Sun blogger uDavid Zurawik izolo, ngamesaba okubi kakhulu.
Kodwa ngemva kokubuka isiqephu sangempela ebusuku, sinegama elimangalisayo elithi "I-Rust Belt," kuyilapho ngivumelana nokuningi kwalokho uZurawik akhuluma ngakho mayelana nokuthatha kukaBourdain edolobheni lethu elihle, ngivame ukumnika isikweletu esincane.
Ngokubikezela, uBourdain wasondela kulesi siqephu ngokuphazamisa iBaltimore, kanye namanye amadolobha "eRust Belt" ayezovakashela, eBuffalo naseDetroit. Waqhubeka ebiza iBaltimore f *** ephakanyisiwe, futhi wakhuluma ngenkinga yayo yokuphazamiseka izikhathi eziningana. Yilokho konke kuhle futhi okuhle, kodwa ukudweba noma yikuphi umuzi onalo obanzi obhulashi kungcono kakhulu. Umlingisi we-series evelele ye-TV, i- The Wire , kubonakala sengathi uBourdain ucabanga ngani ngeziqu zeBaltimore kusukela ekuboniseni nasezinyangeni ezimbalwa azisebenzisayo lapha kuma-80s.
Ngemuva kokumba okunye okuncane, i-Bourdain ivakashela i-Chaps Pit Beef noJay Landsman, umlingisi weThe Wire , kanye no-Mo's Seafood noFelicia "Snoop" Pearson, naye ongumdlali we- Wire . Ujikeleza ukuvakasha kwakhe kobuciko nohambo oluya e-The Roost ye-trout echibini, imifino ye-collard, nama-mac kanye noshizi (konke okwakubhekwa okumnandi).
Ukuthatha kukaBourdain kuBaltimore kwakubonakala kuguquke, futhi ekugcineni wayevuma abantu abanobungane, ukudla okuyingqayizivele, nobuciko obubucayi besimo, ngenkathi kungabonakali ngezinkinga zayo.
Idolobha liphuma libukeka sengathi, kahle, i-Baltimore, i-warts nayo yonke. Kwakungenaso isibhamu seSikhumbuzo sangaphakathi se-Inner noma i-Fort McHenry, kodwa asizange sibone lokho okwanele?
Ngangithokozile ukubona uBourdain engchingana nento ngaphandle kwekhekhe lezinyosi (akekho othanda amaqebelengwane angaphezu kwam, kodwa kunezintambo zokudlela ezinhle nezitsha eziseduze lapha ezifanelwe ukuphuma emgqonyeni wekhekhe). Kungaba usizo uma isimo sesimo sezulu sasingenasisindo futhi sishaywa (kubonakala sengathi abakhiqizi balinde isimo sezulu esibi kakhulu ukuze izibukeli zivumelane nendaba yabo), kodwa kunjalo.
Uma ungakuphutheli, isiqephu siphezulu ngoLwesine ngo-11 ntambama ku-Travel Channel.
Isithombe: U-Anthony Bourdain kungenzeka angabi fan of Baltimore, kodwa ubonakala ehlonipha. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)