** Bayanin Edita: James Whale: Mahaifin Luwadi na Frankenstein ci gaba ne na iHorror's Watan Girman kai na Firgici bikin Lungiyar LGBTQ da gudummawar su ga nau'in.

A cikin dukkan maza da mata waɗanda suka taimaka wajan faɗar farkon lokacin firgita a fim, 'yan kaɗan ne za su iya yin abin da James Whale ya yi lokacin da ya sami damar tausaya wa “dodo” wanda ya ɓace a cikin 1931's Frankenstein.

Wataƙila, saboda 'yan kaɗan daga cikin waɗanda suka kirkiro abubuwan ne suka san abin da yakamata a ɗauke su a matsayin masu girman kai.

Rayuwa daga cikin ɗan gay mai kabad a cikin 1930s ba ta da sauƙi, har ma a Hollywood. Akwai fiye da wulakanci. Akwai ƙiyayya kai tsaye.

A hanyoyi da yawa, ba a canza abubuwa da yawa ba, amma har yanzu akwai James Whale, ya fita kuma ya yi alfahari kamar yadda ya iya a cikin 1930 lokacin da, bayan babban nasarar da ya jagoranci wasan kwaikwayo da ake kira Arshen Tafiya ba tare da kowa ba sai Colin Clive, an ba shi kwangilar shekara biyar tare da Universal Pictures kuma an ba shi damar jagorantar duk wata kadara da suka mallaka a lokacin.

Whale kasancewarsa wanene, zaɓi Frankenstein. Wani abu a ciki ya yi magana da shi, ya haifar da tunaninsa, kuma ba da daɗewa ba yana ƙirƙirar hoton motsi wanda ya ƙirƙira daidaitaccen gwal kaɗan waɗanda suka sadu tun.

Ya kawo Colin Clive tare da shi don yin tauraro a matsayin Henry Frankenstein, kuma shima yana da wani ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a zuciyarsa game da gwanintarsa: Boris Karloff.

"Fuskarsa ta burge ni," in ji Whale daga baya. "Na yi zane a kansa, ina kara kaikoki masu kaifin gaske inda na ga kokon kansa ya hade."

Boris Karloff a cikin Frankenstein (1931)

Duk da cewa Karloff shine abin da ya zaba, amma har yanzu akwai mummunan jini tsakanin darakta da jarumi yayin da aka fara fim. Masanin tarihin fina-finai, Gregory Mank, ya ba da shawarar cewa Whale ya yi kishin kulawar da Karloff yake samu yayin yin fim kuma ya tsara nasa fansa don mayar da martani.

Yayin da ƙarshen fim ɗin ke gabatowa, Monster ya ɗauki Henry Frankenstein a kafaɗarsa zuwa wani tudu mai tsayi zuwa wani babban dutsen niƙa. Whale ta sanya Karloff dauke da 6'4 ″ Colin Clive a cikin dutsen sau da yawa a maimaita ɗaukar hoto wanda hakan ya haifar da cewa ɗan wasan yana fama da ciwo mai tsanani har tsawon rayuwarsa.

Ba tare da la'akari da waɗanne batutuwa za su iya faruwa a bayan fage ba, Frankenstein babbar nasara ce ga Whale, Karloff, da kuma Hotunan Duniya.

Fitattun labarai sun birge masu sauraro madaidaiciya, kyawawan shirye-shiryen fina-finai, da kuma mummunan labarin mutum wanda yayi ƙarfin halin yin Allah.

Masu sauraro 'yan luwadi, a lokacin da yanzu, suna ganin waɗannan abubuwan da ƙarin abu. Kodayake jigon jigon bayanan zai zama da ɗan rahusa a ciki Amarya ta Frankenstein, Whale na farko da ya fara shiga cikin nau'in har yanzu yana magana da yawa.

Kin amincewa da Monster ta wurin “mahaifinsa” ya faɗo cikin hanzari. In yarda da dangin mutum lokacin da suka gano cewa kai mai biji ne har yanzu yana faruwa sau da yawa kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi munin babi a cikin labaranmu, kuma yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa Monster yana faɗuwa ne kawai da halaye masu halakarwa ta fuskar wannan ƙi, wani abu wanda kuma yake damun al'ummar mu.

Hakanan, kodayake an zana shi kamar dodo, akwai wani ƙwarewa ga halittar Frankenstein. Mutum zai iya kallon sa a matsayin ingancin mata, don haka ya ɗauki wasu halaye na ruwan jinsi.

Kuma kada mu manta da wannan lokacin da ya faru lokacin da wasu kauyawan mahaukata suka bi shi da tocila da sandunansu a kan halakar sa. Kowane mutumin LGBTQ a duniya ya san wannan tsoron sosai.

Kodayake kayan tashin hankali na iya canzawa - wasu ma ana kiransu "dokoki" - cewa tsoro da damuwa suna nan zuwa yau.

Ba abin mamaki bane, sanin cewa Whale ya ƙirƙiri waɗannan da waɗancan lokutan a cikin fim ɗin, cewa Monster ya zama ɗan alama na zane-zane kuma an rubuta wannan gadon a cikin mujallu da labaran masana akai-akai a cikin shekarun da suka gabata.

Wasu membobin ƙungiyar ta trans sun ma sami aboki a cikin “dodo” na Whale, tare da marubuta da 'yan gwagwarmaya kamar Susan Stryker waɗanda ke nuna kamance tsakanin halittar halittar da tiyata don zama wacce aka nufe ta.

Kuma kada mu manta da babbar girmamawa ga yadda Whale ya dace da ƙirar Shelley: The Rocky Horror HOTO Show.

Zamu iya fahimtar abin da Whale zai yi tunanin wannan gadon ne kawai, amma yayin da muke hango hanyar bude hanyar da ya yi rayuwarsa, ina ganin babu matsala idan muka yi tunanin cewa zai yi alfahari.

Bayan 1931's Frankenstein, Whale ya ci gaba da jagorantar wasu nau'ikan litattafai guda uku: Gidan Duhu Mai Duhu, Mutumin da Ba Ya Gano, Da kuma Amaryar Frankenstein. Kowane ɗayansu ana girmama shi don irin salon sa kuma kowannensu ya cika da azancin luwadi da darakta.

Boris Karloff da James Whale akan shirin Amaryar Frankenstein

Ya kasance mai son ci gaba da aikin jinsi a lokacin Bride ya fara jin tsoron cewa za'a sanya masa kurciya a matsayin darektan tsoro. Abin baƙin ciki, a cikin 1941, aikin fim ɗinsa ya ƙare, amma ya kasance mai hikima da kuɗinsa kuma yana zaune a kan kuɗi masu yawa.

Dangane da roƙon abokin aikinsa, David Lewis, daraktan ya ɗauki zane kuma ya yi rayuwa mai daɗi a cikin kyakkyawan gidansa.

Yawon shakatawa ne a Turai cewa Whale ya sadu da Pierre Foegel ɗan shekara 25 kuma ya sanar da Lewis cewa yana da niyyar ƙaramin ya zauna tare da shi lokacin da ya dawo. Lewis ya firgita; shi ne ƙarshen dangantakar da ta wuce shekaru 20. Abin mamaki, su biyun sun kasance abokai daga baya.

Zuwa 1956, Whale yana fama da matsanancin damuwa na rashin ƙarfi kuma a saman wannan ya sha wahala shanyewar jiki biyu. A ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1957, an tsinci gawarsa a gidansa. Ya nitse a cikin wurin waha.

An yanke hukuncin mutuwar a matsayin haɗari amma shekaru bayan haka, jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarsa, David Lewis ya bayyana bayanin kashe kansa da ya samu kuma ya ɓoye.

Whale yana dan shekara 67 ne kawai a lokacin mutuwarsa, kuma duk da cewa karshensa ya kasance mai ban takaici, rayuwarsa rayuwa ce mai kyau, kuma daidai ne mu girmama shi a lokacin bikinmu na Watan Girman kai na Wata.

Ina so inyi tunanin hakan zai sanya shi murmushi.