Akwai lafuzzan Amurka, riguna masu sheki, da kuma kamannin yaki mai laka na Dunkirk. Sannan akwai Lupita Nyong'o a matsayin Helen na Troy—zaɓin simintin da kwanan nan ya jawo martani na wariyar launin fata daga masu korafi na yau da kullun, ciki har da Elon Musk, wanda ya ce ba gaskiya ba ne. Gaskiya tana da muhimmanci. Kawai ya mai da hankali kan abin da bai dace ba gaba ɗaya. Ga Helenawa da yawa, abin da ya fi fice game da kallon farko na daidaitawar Christopher Nolan na Odyssey na Homer shine rashin Billy Zane.
Zane, kamar sauran taurarin Helenawa da ake so a Hollywood, yana bayyana a jerin "Alternative Odyssey" a duk faɗin kafofin sada zumunta na Girka, yana haifar da muhawara a kan teburin cin abinci daga Patras zuwa Palmers Green. (Theo James, Jennifer Aniston, Hank Azaria, da Dave Bautista suma suna cikin takara.) Kafofin watsa labarai na Girka da na Cyprus na Girka suna rubuta wasiƙun budewa. Alama ce ta jin an bar su a waje da Hollywood—ba tare da wani bayani ba—daga tatsuniyoyinmu na asali da almara. Jerin simintin bai ƙunshi ko da suna ɗaya da ke ƙarewa da –opoulos, –edes, ko –iannou ba. Babu ko ɗaya Girka.
Wannan ba sabon abu ba ne. Daga Jason and the Argonauts (1963) zuwa Troy (2004), Hollywood tana hako labaran Girka tsawon tsararraki ba tare da damuwa da wakilcin Girka ba—sai dai idan ya dace da wani nau'i.
A matsayina na mai sukar fim, na sha jin kunya a cikin rabona na halayen "Zorbas" masu surutu, masu fasa faranti, marasa taimako a cikin Mamma Mia! (2008) da Shirley Valentine (1989). A halin yanzu, a cikin almara na takobi da takalmi, Hollywood sau da yawa ba ta iya haɗa Helenawa na zamani da manyan mutane kamar Achilles da Odysseus, ko na tarihi kamar Alexander da Leonidas. Ko ta yaya, Helenawa na yau da tsohon zamaninmu koyaushe ana raba su. Don haka, shin ba mu cancanci tatsuniyoyinmu ba?
"Gaskiya ne cewa hoton duniya game da Helenawa ya fi Zorba fiye da Achilles," in ji Thodoris Koutsogiannopoulos, babban mai sukar fim na Girka. "Ina ganin abin takaici ne—kuma wani nau'i ne na rashin himma—cewa mafi yawan mutane suna manne da wannan maimakon nau'ikan tunani masu zurfi na abin da Girkanci yake da gaske. Zai yi kyau a ga Girka ɗaya ko biyu a cikin manyan jaruman, amma zai zama abin mamaki idan hakan ta faru."
Da yawa daga cikinmu—ni ma ina ciki—mun ɗauka cewa almara na Nolan zai iya karya tsarin, kuma a ƙarshe ya ba da aƙalla ɗan wasan Girka na gaske rawar da ta wuce nishaɗi. Bayan haka, labarin Homer ba shi da ƙarancin haruffa.
Amma idan ka kalli manyan taurari—daga Matt Damon (wanda kawai ya yi hoto kamar allahn Girka a kan ginshiƙi don sabon shirin GQ) a matsayin mai wayo na Ithaca, zuwa Zendaya, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, da Jon Bernthal, tare da masu tallafawa Himesh Patel, Will Yun Lee, da Travis Scott—yana bayyana cewa Nolan ya zaɓi simintinsa don ya zama "wakilin duniya," kamar yadda Nyong'o ta faɗa.
Wannan manufa ce mai daraja. Amma a gare mu Helenawa, yana sa rashinmu ya fi fitowa fili—musamman a cikin babban fim na shekara. Idan fim ɗinka yana nufin wakiltar duniya, shin ba zai zama bayyane ba don a ajiye wuri a waccan babbar tebur mai ban sha'awa ta al'adu daban-daban ga mutanen da suka fi dacewa da tushen labarin?
Abin ban mamaki shi ne cewa waɗanda suka fi yin surutu game da simintin "gaskiya" ba su ma lura da cewa babu ko ɗaya Girka a cikin fim ɗin ba. Ba wai yana da muhimmanci ga mutane kamar Musk da dalilansu na shakku ba—amma ba zai iya yin kuskure fiye da haka ba.
Ga Helenawa, wannan rashi yana ɗaukar wata ma'ana: cewa tsoffin labaran Hellenic ana ganin su a matsayin wani ɓangare na gadon Yammacin duniya—adabin duniya—yayin da Helenawa da kansu ba su da muhimmanci. Mafi muni, yana nuna cewa Helenawa na zamani (musamman bayan shekaru na rikicin tattalin arziki) ba a gan su a matsayin masu kula da waɗannan labaran da suka cancanta ba—wani ra'ayi da ba ya bambanta da hujjar da ake amfani da ita don kin mayar da duwatsun Parthenon.
Wannan fim kuma ya zo a wani lokaci daban idan aka kwatanta da fina-finan takobi da takalmi na baya, kamar Troy na 2004. Yanzu Hollywood ta fi kula da mutunta labaran al'adu, kuma Helenawa sun lura. "Abin da muke magana a kai ke nan," wani abokina a Athens da ke aiki a fim ya gaya mani. "A Hollywood, labaran Girka sun zama kaɗai da aka bari a waje daga tattaunawar wakilci da yanzu ta shafi sauran al'adun gargajiya." Babu ɗayanmu da ya sa ran samun manyan rawar jagoranci. Amma masana'antar fim ta Girka tana ci gaba a hankali—tare da daraktoci kamar Yorgos Lanthimos da Athina Tsangari, da 'yan wasa kamar Angeliki Papoulia suna samun karɓuwa. Game da 'yan Helenawa na waje, wasan Theo James a cikin The White Lotus ya nuna zai iya zama Antinous mai kwarjini. Idan Nolan ya so, basirar tana nan; da wuya wani ɗan wasa a yau ya ƙi wannan damar.
Tabbas, da yawa waɗanda ba Helenawa ba za su yi tambaya: menene babban abu? The Odyssey almara ce, bayan haka. Amma yana da wuya a wuce gona da iri yadda waɗannan labaran suke da zurfi a cikin al'adunmu a yau. Da yake girma a gidan Girka a Landan, ana ba da tatsuniyoyi ta yadda na yi imani da gaske cewa akwai babban yaƙin Trojan kuma watakila wata dabara da ta shafi babban dokin katako. Mahaifiyata tana sanya tukwane na yumbu da sunayen jaruman tsoho a ƙarƙashin gumakan Orthodox, ina da 'yan uwa masu suna Achilleos, inna biyu masu suna Athena, da aboki daga Crete mai suna Odysseas. A makarantun Girka, yara ƙanana suna koyon karanta waƙoƙin Homer a tsohuwar Hellenanci, kuma ana amfani da jimloli daga gare su a cikin tattaunawar yau da kullun.
Labarai kamar The Odyssey, yayin da suke ginshiƙan adabin duniya, suna da ma'ana mai zurfi, ta sirri a cikin tunanin Girka da kuma cikin ma'anar asalinmu—a matsayin mutane, ba kawai al'umma ba. Ina tsammanin zai zama haka ga Hindu Indiyawa da Mahabharata ko tatsuniyoyin Polynesian da suka zaburar da Moana na Disney. Duk da haka, na tabbata masu kallo na Girka ba za su iya jira su ga fim ɗin Nolan ba—ban da maganganun intanet na ban mamaki da ƙirar makamai marasa daidaito—domin bayan duk farin jinin Christopher Nolan, muna son ganin gadonmu a kan allo.
Amma yayin da Hollywood ke ƙara ba da muhimmanci ga wakilci, jin an bar mu a waje yana da zafi sosai. Muhawarar da ake yi a Girka game da simintin The Odyssey yana tuna mini da babban jigon waƙar: nostos—komawa gida, bayan shekaru na gwaji da cikas. Mu Helenawa kawai muna neman kada a rubuta mu daga tafiyar.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa ga tambayar Menene wannan Me yasa sabon almara na Girka na Christopher Nolan ba shi da Helenawa kwata-kwata
Tambayoyi na Farko Gabaɗaya
Q Jira wannan gaskiya ne Shin da gaske Christopher Nolan yana yin almara na Girka ba tare da 'yan wasan Girka ba
A Ee an sanar da simintin don daidaitawar sa na The Odyssey mai zuwa kuma manyan rawar suna wasa da 'yan wasa kamar Matt Damon Tom Holland da Anne Hathawaybabu ɗayansu Girka
Q To menene fim ɗin game da shi idan almara ne na Girka
A Daidaitawa ce ta The Odyssey na Homer wanda ke bin jarumin Girka Odysseus yana ƙoƙarin komawa gida bayan Yaƙin Trojan Don haka labarin tabbas na Girka ne
Q Wannan matsala ce ta gama gari a Hollywood
A Ee wani zargi ne na gama gari da ake kira farar fata ko shafe al'ada Hollywood sau da yawa tana jefa manyan taurari waɗanda ba Girka ba a cikin rawar da ya kamata su wakilci wata al'ada ta musamman
Q Me yasa yake damun mutane haka
A Domin yana jin rashin mutunta al'adun da suka ƙirƙiri labarin Hakanan yana ɗaukar dama ga 'yan wasan Girka kuma yana ƙarfafa ra'ayin cewa manyan taurarin Amurka/Biritaniya ne kawai za su iya sayar da fim
Tambayoyi Masu Zurfi
Q Shin akwai wani dalili na tarihi ko fasaha da Nolan zai iya yin haka
A Nolan yana da tarihin jefa manyan 'yan wasa da ya yi aiki da su a baya Wataƙila ya ba da fifiko ga taurari masu siyarwa da 'yan wasan da ya amince da su fiye da gaskiyar al'ada Wataƙila kuma ya yi imani cewa labarin almara ne na duniya wanda ya wuce ƙasa
Q Shin tsoffin Helenawa ba su bambanta da Helenawa na zamani ba Shin wannan uzuri ne
A Ba da gaske ba Tsoffin Helenawa mutanen Bahar Rum ne masu fata mai ruwan zaitun gashi mai duhu da siffofi daban-daban Helenawa na zamani zuriyarsu ce kai tsaye Jefa 'yan wasa masu fata mai haske daga Arewacin Turai bai nuna tsoffin mutane da kyau ba
Q Menene fa'idodin musamman na jefa 'yan wasan Girka a cikin almara na Girka
A Yana ba da gaskiya yana tallafawa masana'antar fim na gida yana ba da dandamali ga basirar da ba ta wakilta ba kuma yana nuna mutunta gadon al'ada Hakanan yana sa duniya ta zama mai aminci
