Hugh Jackman ya rera wani salon wasa na waƙar Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline." Bette Midler ta yi wani salon izgili na "Wind Beneath My Wings." John Lithgow ya rubuta kuma ya karanta wata waƙa mai suna "The Mighty Colbert." Jake Tapper da kansa ya kawo wani zanen Colbert a matsayin Gollum daga The Lord of the Rings. Kuma Jimmy Fallon ya ba da wani salo mai kaifi na waƙar Frank Sinatra "My Way": "Kuma yanzu ƙarshen ya kusa / Don haka kana fuskantar labule na ƙarshe / Amma Trump, ya bayyana a sarari / Yana son ka tafi / Na tabbata da hakan."
'Lokacin cikar da'irar': me ya sa Stephen Colbert ya dace da Lord of the Rings
Kara karantawa
A cikin 'yan watannin nan, jerin shahararrun mutane sun yi tattaki zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ed Sullivan a New York don shiga wani bankwana mai tsawo ga The Late Show With Stephen Colbert na CBS. Suna girmama wata murya da za a yi kewar ta sosai daga tattaunawar ƙasa lokacin da fitilu suka kashe a ranar 21 ga Mayu.
Colbert, mai shekaru 62, ya kasance ta'aziyya ta dare ga miliyoyin masu kallo waɗanda ke jin rashin kwanciyar hankali bayan wata rana a cikin duniyar Donald Trump ta dystopia. Ya yanke ta cikin hargitsi mai guba don tabbatar musu da cewa a'a, ba su haukace ba—duniyar da ke kewaye da su ce ta haukace. Kuma ya ba da bambanci a hali: inda Trump yake da girman kai, Colbert ba shi da mutunci; inda Trump yake son kai, Colbert yana nuna tausayi; inda Trump ba shi da mutunci, Colbert yana da mutunci a zuciya.
Lokacin da CBS ta sanar a watan Yulin da ya gabata cewa za a soke The Late Show—wanda ya kawo ƙarshen wata cibiyar talabijin ta shekaru 33 da David Letterman ya fara shiryawa sannan kuma Colbert—mutane da yawa sun ga lokacin yana da shakku. Shawarar ta zo ne kwana uku kacal bayan Colbert ya yi amfani da jawabinsa don yin ba'a ga wani sasantawa na shari'a na dala miliyan 16 tsakanin kamfanin iyaye na CBS, Paramount, da Trump—kuma mako guda kafin hukumomin tarayya su amince da haɗin Paramount na dala biliyan 8 da Skydance.
CBS ta yi iƙirarin cewa "yanke shawara ce ta kuɗi kawai a cikin wani yanayi mai wahala a cikin dare." Amma Letterman, a matsayin misali, bai yarda da hakan ba. "Zan kawai rubuta a matsayin cewa: Suna ƙarya," in ji shi ga New York Times a farkon wannan watan. "Su 'yan ƙarya ne."
Ga wani tsara, talabijin na dare ya kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin Johnny Carson a NBC. Carson ya yi ritaya a 1992; shekara guda bayan haka, CBS ta ƙaddamar da The Late Show tare da Letterman a matsayin mai shiryawa (yanzu ya wuce sigar Carson na The Tonight Show). Colbert ya karɓi teburin a 2015, bayan ya taka rawar wani mai fafutuka na hannun dama a kan The Colbert Report na Comedy Central.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Stephen Colbert tare da baƙo Ian McKellen. Hoton: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images
Bill Carter, marubucin littattafai huɗu game da talabijin, ciki har da The Late Shift, ya ce: "Na yi tunanin yana da hazaka wanda ya wuce misaltuwa a cikin shirinsa na dare na baya. Ya kasance kamar wani abu da babu wanda ya taɓa yi. Ya kasance yana yin wasan kwaikwayo na shekaru tara. Ya kasance izgili a matsayi mai girma."
Carter bai yi mamakin lokacin da Colbert ya sami aikin Late Show ba kuma ya tuna ya yi hira da shi game da shi. "Na ce, dole ne ka sa ido ga wannan domin kawai za ka zama kanka, sai ya ce wani abu kamar, to, ka sani, ban tabbata ba tukuna, zai bambanta."
"Kuma hakika, an jefa shi cikin rashin daidaituwa lokacin da ya fara. Na tuna ina tunanin bai ji daɗi ba kwata-kwata. Ya yi gwagwarmaya sosai kuma tabbas yana cikin matsala. Yana ba da kunya ga gudanarwa, kuma ina tsammanin Les Moonves, wanda ke tafiyar da CBS a lokacin, ya ba Stephen wa'adi: dole ne ka sa wannan abu ya yi aiki."
Kuma ya yi, tare da taimakon mutane biyu a 2016. Na farko, akwai Chris Licht, mai shiryawa wanda ke da asali a labarai maimakon nishaɗi, wanda Moonves ya kawo a matsayin mai gudanar da shirin. A ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, Colbert ya daina ƙoƙarin zama mai shiryawa na gargajiya kuma ya karkata ga basirar izgili.
Carter ya yi sharhi: "Ya fi mayar da hankali kan siyasa. Ya ba kansa murya kuma ya ƙara kyautatawa a matsayin mai magana, wani abu da bai taɓa yi ba; ya kasance mai yin wasan kwaikwayo a rayuwarsa duka. Da zarar ya fara fahimta—ya fahimta sosai. Mutum ne mai hankali sosai tare da kyawawan dabi'un ban dariya. Na yi farin ciki a gare shi da ya gano hanyar, kuma ya ci gaba da samun mafi girman kima a cikin dare."
Na biyu, kuma mafi ban mamaki, shi ne Trump. Hawansa a siyasa ya canza komai. Kowane dare, Colbert yana gabatar da wani ɗan jawabi na yanayin ƙasa da aka tsara da kyau—mai kaifi, mai cizo, mai wayo, kuma mai fansa—tare da nasa salon kwaikwayon muryar Trump. Masana tarihi na gaba da ke ƙoƙarin fahimtar wannan zamani za su iya yin muni fiye da nazarin waɗannan jawabai. Ga wani ɗan wasan barkwanci da ke neman muryarsa ta gaskiya, shugaban ƙasa na 45 da 47 shine babban abin motsawa.
Stephen Farnsworth, mawallafin Late Night With Trump: Political Humor and the American Presidency, ya ce: "Idan barkwanci na dare ya so ya ƙirƙiri wani manufa cikakke, zai yi kama da Donald Trump. Kana magana game da wani wanda yake da arzikin abubuwa masu yawa don barkwanci na dare—farin cikinsa, halinsa, rashin daidaitonsa, tashin hankalinsa—duk waɗannan abubuwa suna haifar da yanayi mai kyau don ba'a. Arc de Trump, shan bleach, da'awar zaɓen da ya rasa ba a rasa ba. Wannan lokaci ne na kallon madubi a siyasar Amurka."
Wannan ya nuna canji daga salon Carson mai laushi, mafi yawan ba siyasa. Amma a wata hira ta New York Times kwanan nan, Colbert ya ƙi ra'ayin cewa masu shiryawa na dare sun zama masu son siyasa. Ya ce: "Ba ni da wata matsala da Trump zama ɗan Republican. Ina da matsala da Trump zama cikakken mai son kai wanda kawai yake aiki don bukatunsa kuma bai damu ba ko duniya ta ƙone. Wannan ba matsayi na siyasa ba ne. Ina da idanu da kunnuwa, kuma kiran barkwanci na dare a matsayin son siyasa kawai cin zarafi ne ga alkalan wasa. Ba ma ma so mu zama alkalan wasa, amma suna ganinmu haka. Na ƙi wannan lakabin. Son siyasa yana nufin ba ka taɓa yin ba'a game da ɗan Democrat ba, kuma wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. Babu kwatanta yadda filayen suke da albarka."
Colbert ya ba da fiye da ba'a kawai. Jawabansa suna da ginshiƙin ɗabi'a—suna yanke ƙauna game da Trump amma ba game da Amurka ba. Akwai hira masu mahimmanci da kowa daga Anderson Cooper zuwa John Oliver, daga Bernie Sanders zuwa Neil deGrasse Tyson. Ya yi nuni ga bangaskiyarsa ta Katolika, bai nuna haushi game da korar sa ba, kuma yana da wani shiri na yau da kullun tare da matarsa, Evie McGee Colbert, wanda ya kasance kamar talla na yadda aure zai iya tsufa da kyau.
David Litt, marubuci kuma tsohon marubucin jawabai na Barack Obama, ya ce: "Ya kasance muhimmiyar murya ta izgili, amma a gaskiya ina tsammanin ya kasance muhimmiyar murya ta ɗabi'a. Ba mu rayuwa a cikin lokuta masu kirki, kuma Colbert koyaushe yana da ra'ayi mai ƙarfi—shi ya sa Trump ya yi aiki tuƙuru don a soke shi. Amma kuma ya kasance yana da kirki da karimci na asali. Abu ɗaya da na fi tunawa shi ne hirarsa da Joe Biden, inda dukansu suka yi magana game da bala'o'in da suka fuskanta da abin da baƙin ciki yake nufi a gare su. Wannan tattaunawa ce mai wuya a yi tunanin za ta faru a talabijin na dare gabaɗaya. Colbert zai iya yin ta, kuma ban san nawa wasu za su iya ba. Wannan ba zargi ba ne a gare su; kawai yana cewa yana da iyawa ta musamman ta zama ɗan adam."
Colbert yana da shekaru 10 lokacin da mahaifinsa da 'yan uwansa biyu suka mutu a wani hatsarin jirgin sama. Ya kawo gaskiya ta motsin rai ta musamman ga talabijin na dare. Carter ya lura: "Kamar yadda Johnny Carson ya taɓa cewa, idan ka yi wannan shirin na dogon lokaci, wanda kake zai fito ya bayyana ga mutane. Wannan gaskiya ne game da Stephen. Mutum ne mai ɗan adam sosai, mutum mai zurfi sosai, kuma ya sha wahala mai tsanani a matsayin yaro wanda ya tsara shi. Mutanen da ke kallon waɗannan shirye-shiryen dare suna son ganin ɓangaren ɗan adam na shi. Idan za su yi zamani da shi akai-akai, suna son sanin wanda yake da gaske."
Duk da haka wannan dangantaka mai zurfi da masu kallo, mafi girman kima a cikin dare, da Emmy na bara don fitaccen shirin tattaunawa bai isa ya ceci Colbert daga zama abin lalacewa a harin Trump na gaba ɗaya kan dimokuradiyyar Amurka ba.
Trump ya kai Paramount kara kan wata hira ta 60 Minutes da mataimakin shugaban ƙasa Kamala Harris. Masu suka sun ga sasantawar a matsayin ƙoƙari na share cikas kafin siyar da Paramount da aka tsara ga Skydance Media — haɗin da ke buƙatar amincewa daga gwamnatin Trump. Colbert bai yi shiru ba, yana cewa a kan iska cewa kalmar shari'a don yarjejeniyar ita ce "babban cin hanci." Ya ƙara da cewa, "Ban sani ba ko wani abu—wani abu—zai gyara amanata ga wannan kamfani. Amma, kawai ina tsammani, zan ce dala miliyan 16 za su taimaka."
Amsar Trump ga ƙarshen The Late Show ta yi sauri kuma mai ɗaukar fansa. A kan dandalin sa na Truth Social, ya rubuta: "Ina matuƙar son cewa an kori Colbert. Hazakarsa ta ma fi ƙasa da kimansa. Ina jin Jimmy Kimmel ne na gaba. Yana da ma ƙarancin hazaka fiye da Colbert!" Lallai an cire Kimmel daga iska ta ABC na mako guda kuma kwanan nan ya fuskanci sabbin hare-hare.
Talabijin na dare ya kasance ƙarƙashin matsin tattalin arziki na shekaru. Kima da kudaden shiga sun ragu, kuma yawancin matasa masu kallo sun fi son abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a kan layi, waɗanda cibiyoyin sadarwa ke wahalar samun kuɗi. Duk da haka, Carter yana cikin waɗanda ke shakkar dalilan CBS na ƙare shirin Colbert.
Ya ce: "Sun ce ba shi da alaƙa da siyasa. A wani lokaci dole ne ka ce, zo mutane, mun ga shugaban ƙasa yana kai hari ga waɗannan mutane kuma yana yin duk abin da zai iya don cire su daga iska. Kuma suna buƙatar amincewar gwamnati don kammala siyar da su. Ba shi da wuya a haɗa maki."
The Late Show za a maye gurbinsa da Comics Unleashed, wani shirin tattaunawa da aka haɗa inda masu wasan barkwanci suke yin barkwanci tare da mai shiryawa Byron Allen. Carter yana ganin wannan matakin a matsayin nuna tutar farin don talabijin na dare. "Suna gaya wa jama'a: ba za mu sake gwada wannan ba. Ba za mu sami shirin nishaɗi a 11:30 tare da tauraro wanda yake mutum mai alama kuma ainihin fuskar cibiyar sadarwa ba."
Farnsworth ya yi gargaɗi game da wani tasiri mai sanyaya rai. Ya ce: "Ya kasance yanayi mai wahala ga barkwanci na dare saboda matsin kasuwanci na girma. Kana da yanayi inda Kimmel ake kai hari akai-akai, kuma tambayoyi game da sabunta lasisin ABC da buƙatun cire shi daga iska suna tasowa lokaci zuwa lokaci.
"Kuma kana da haɓakar mallakar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na manyan kaddarorin watsa labarai da kuma shirye-shiryen yin amfani da FCC a matsayin makami don rage sukar shugaban ƙasa. Wannan yana haifar da yanayi mai wahala sosai ga kamfanonin watsa labarai. Amma har yanzu akwai sarari don abubuwa masu tada hankali daga cibiyoyin talabijin, a kan kebul."
Farnsworth ya yi hasashen wannan zai iya zama mataki na gaba na Colbert. "Wataƙila akwai mataki na uku ga Colbert, amma har yanzu ba a bayyana yadda zai kasance ba. Tabbas akwai masu sauraro da za su bi shi idan ya tafi HBO ko wani wuri. Don haka dole ne mu ga inda ya sami mafi kyawun tayi."
Mai son JRR Tolkien ya riga ya yi aiki kan rubutun fim na Lord of the Rings na Warner Bros. Kuma a wata hira kwanan nan da aka yi a sabon cibiyar shugaban ƙasa ta Barack Obama a Chicago, Colbert ya ce: "Yaya wauta kuke tsammani yake ga mutane su ce in tsaya takarar shugaban ƙasa?"
Obama ya amsa: "Ma'auni ya canza. Bari in faɗi haka: Ina tsammanin za ka iya yin aiki sosai fiye da wasu mutanen da muka gani. Ina da babban kwarin gwiwa game da hakan."
Colbert ya gode wa Obama kuma ya tambaya ko wannan goyon baya ne na hukuma. "Ba haka ba ne," in ji shugaban ƙasa na 44.
Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Colbert zai zama ba wauta fiye da na Trump ba, wanda a baya ya kasance tauraron talabijin na gaskiya a kan The Apprentice. "Colbert mutum ne mai tunani, mai hankali wanda ba shi da mata 20 da ke zarginsa da rashin ɗabi'a ko wani abu makamancin haka. Yana da isassun cancanta don tsayawa takarar shugaban ƙasa: yana da hankali, yana da kyau a talabijin, da sauransu. Mutum ne mai hazaka sosai."
Carter ya ƙara da cewa: "Ba na tsammanin yana son yin ritaya. Bai faɗi wani abu game da hakan ba. Idan yana da shiri, ban ji labarinsa ba. Akwai abubuwa da yawa da zai iya yi, daga aiki a kan kebul zuwa shiryawa da podcast kamar Conan O'Brien, ko ma Broadway. Me ya sa ba zai iya yin wasan kwaikwayo na mutum ɗaya ba? Yana da fasaha sosai kuma yana iya yin duk abin da yake so, amma ina tsammanin ya fi son ci gaba da yin abin da yake yi, don haka wannan abin takaici ne."
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa kanun labarai Yana da iyawa ta musamman ta zama ɗan adam latenight TV ya yi bankwana da Stephen Colbert
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Shin Stephen Colbert da gaske yana barin The Late Show
A'a, kanun labarai yana da ruɗi Yana nufin wani takamaiman lokaci a tarihin latenight TV—wataƙila girmamawa ko bankwana ga baƙo ko wani shiri—ba Colbert da kansa yake barin shirinsa ba
2 Menene "iyawa ta musamman ta zama ɗan adam" ke nufi a wannan mahallin
Yana nufin cewa ana yaba Stephen Colbert don kasancewa na gaskiya, mai rauni, kuma mai iya dangantaka a kan allo maimakon kawai yin barkwanci ko zama a cikin hali Yana nuna motsin rai na gaske kamar baƙin ciki ko farin ciki wanda ke sa shi ji kamar na gaskiya ga masu kallo
3 Wanene ya yi bankwana da Stephen Colbert a wannan labarin
Labarin yana game da wasu masu shiryawa na dare ko babban baƙo da ke girmama Colbert Suna yi masa bankwana bayan wani lokaci da aka raba ko wani shiri na musamman
4 Me yasa latenight TV zai yi bankwana da wanda ba ya yin ritaya
Bankwana a nan magana ce ta alama Zai iya nufin ƙarshen wani shiri mai tsawo, bankwana mai zuciya ga abokin aiki da ke barin cibiyar sadarwa, ko girmamawa bayan wani babban taron
Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba
5 Shin wannan kanun labarai yana nufin wani takamaiman taron kamar ƙarshen shiri ko hali
Ee, wataƙila yana nufin ƙarshen wani babban labari ko wani shiri na dogon lokaci a shirin Colbert Ko kuma yana iya zama game da wani mai shiryawa na dare da ke barin masana'antar kuma Colbert shine aka mayar da hankali a bankwanansu
6 Yaya iyawar Colbert ta zama ɗan adam ta bambanta da halinsa na farko a The Colbert Report
A The Colbert Report ya taka rawar wani mai sharhi na mazan jiya mai wuce gona da iri na izgili Bangaren ɗan adam nasa ya ɓoye a bayan hali A The Late Show ya bar wannan hali, yana nuna halayen gaske kamar kuka yayin hira masu motsin rai da yarda lokacin da yake kuskure—bambanci mai tsauri da aikinsa na farko
7 Menene wannan kanun labarai ke nufi game da yanayin latenight TV a yau
Yana nuna cewa masu sauraro yanzu suna daraja gaskiya fiye da
