Candyman ya wuce matsayin mai riƙewa a silima ta zamani. Ya fi kawai alamar ƙafa a cikin littattafan tarihin finafinai masu ban tsoro na Hollywood, ya ba da izinin wakilcin baƙar fata a cikin rawar take mai ban tsoro wanda ya ba mutane damuwa, kuma hakan daidai ne. Aƙalla muna magana ne game da shi.

a 1992 Candyman yana kan hanyarsa zuwa samarwa. Kasancewa masu siyen celluloid masu tallafi sun zama masu haske game da fim din ya zama asali; wani ɗalibin farar fata dalibi mai suna Helen wanda ke nazarin fassarorin hotunan ya zama yana damuwa da baƙon almara na birni wanda aka yi imanin zai bayyana lokacin da kuka maimaita sunansa sau biyar a cikin madubi. Hannun zamani ne game da labarin Maryamu mai jini.

Tabbas a ciki Candyman ayyukanda suke so kuma Helen ta kirawo tatsuniyar hulɗa zuwa cikin duniyar corporeal. A can, yana amfani da ƙugiya wanda ya maye gurbin hannunsa a matsayin makamin kisan kai don ɓarke ​​yawancin baƙar fata. Darakta Bernard Rose an umarce shi da ya tabbatar duk abin bai kasance ba wuce yarda sakaci.

“Dole ne in je in yi cikakken taro da NAACP, saboda furodusoshin sun damu matuka, kuma abin da suka ce min lokacin da za su karanta rubutun shi ne 'Me ya sa ma muke wannan taron? Ka sani, wannan wasa ne mai kyau. ' Hujjar su ita ce 'Me ya sa ɗan fim baƙar fata ya zama fatalwa? Me yasa baƙar fata ɗan wasa ba zai buga Freddy Krueger ko Hannibal Lector (sic) ba? Idan kana cewa ba za su iya zama ba, to hakika karkatacciya ce. Wannan fim ne mai ban tsoro. . . ” In ji Rose.

Ko da tare da albarkar NAACP Candyman a lokacin ya tsokano masu gwagwarmaya da zuga da suka. Dangane da labari daga marubucin tsoro Clive Barker da ake kira Wanda Aka Haramta, an saita asali a Liverpool. Ga fassarar Amurkawa aljanin ya ba da izinin wasu rikice-rikicen launin fatar Amurka da suka gabata.

Wannan ya kasance matsala ga wasu waɗanda suke tunanin canjin ya ɗore wasu maganganu, musamman al'ummomin da ke fama da ƙarancin kuɗi. Daraktan launi Carl Franklin wanda ya taimaka wa 1992 Falaya searya ,arya, ya damu musamman. 

"Babu wata tambaya cewa wannan fim din yana wasa ne da fargaba game da tsoron matsakaicin aji game da bakaken fata," in ji Franklin a shekarar '92. ”Ba tare da ɓata tsoro ba yana amfani da maganganun launin fata da tatsuniyoyi masu halakarwa don haifar da damuwa. Na same shi hokey da damuwa. Hakan bai yi min aiki ba saboda ban yarda da wannan tsoron ba, saye da waccan tatsuniyoyin. ”

An la'ane shi idan ya yi kuma ya la'anta idan ba haka ba. Ya zama kamar yin “baƙar fata” Freddy Krueger yana nufin ba zai iya kashe kowa ba. Idan ya kashe farar fata wannan matsala ce. Idan ya kashe bakar fata wannan matsala ce. Shin duniya a cikin '90s za ta iya ɗaukar farkon saƙar slasher na allahntaka? Wannan tambaya ce mai wahala a lokacin kuma tana da wahala yau.

Gaskiyar ita ce, lokacin da laifukan baƙar fata suka faru a cikin al'ummomin baƙar fata babu wanda ya kula. Helen bata da masaniya game da almara na al'adu har sai ta zama wani ɓangare daga gare ta wanda zai iya kwatanta ɗayanmu da ke da gaskiya a ce muna makanta kuma muna jin tsoron batutuwan da ba namu ba.

Dangane da alaƙar al'adu duk da haka, Rose ta fara yin fim dinsa. Dan wasan kwaikwayo Tony Todd an jefa shi a matsayin dodo mai ban mamaki tare da Virginia Madsen a matsayin abin da yake sha'awa. Tsoron Tsakiya sun yi hira da Todd a cikin 2019 kuma sun tambaye shi ko ya sami rubutun da ya dace da saƙonnin jama'a a lokacin.

“Haka ne, na yi. Ba ni da gajiya sosai, ”in ji Todd. “Kamar Bernard ya samu sassauci daga NAACP. Suna son ganin rubutun gaba. Suna kawai tsoron cewa hoton bakar boogeyman zai bata rai, amma ba su san irin fim din da muke yi ba. Wannan fim ne mai hankali. ”

Dayawa sunyi tunanin haka. Roger Ebert ya ba fim ɗin nasara mai kyau ba tare da ambatonsa ba launin fata a cikin bita. Ya mai da hankali ga bayar da labaru da kuma cewa ko imani mai ƙarfi a cikin wani abu na iya haifar da shi ko kuma idan daɗi, barazanar ɓoyewa, za ta yi yaƙi don rayuwa. "Idan kowa da kowa ya yi imani da cewa akwai mayukai a cikin magudanan ruwa, shin da akwai?" Ebert ya tambaya. "Shin Candyman zai iya zama mai ɗan kallo game da yunƙurin mai binciken don lalata shi?"

Daga qarshe, bayan Candyman bude kungiyoyin kare hakkin dan adam da kungiyoyin daidaito ba su ji kararrawa ba. Ba su ma nuna mahimman jigogi na ladabi wanda zai iya zama mafi ban mamaki a kasuwar yau ba.

Candyman ya ga nasarar nasarar akwatin ofis yana kayar da star Trek mabiyi da Iyayen Addams a cikin manyan shekara-shekara don 1992.

Abubuwa biyu Candyman: Ban kwana da Jiki da kuma Candyman: Ranar Matattu zai ci gaba da gado-hannun gado amma don ƙarami yabo.

A shekarar 2020, Candyman ya zama abin ban tsoro na gargajiya. Abinda ya fara daga damuwa ya ƙare ya zama mai fa'ida. Todd's mythical dodo ya zama wani ɓangare na tarihin silima na baƙar fata a matsayin farkon mai kisan gilla mai baƙar fata.

Tananarive Saboda, furodusa ne a shirin shirin Shudder Noire mai ban tsoro: Tarihin baƙar fata,  ya ce a cikin wata kasida game da finafinai masu ban tsoro na ban tsoro, “Tony Todd ya tsoratar da abin duniya. Mutane har yanzu suna tsoran faɗin 'Candyman' sau biyar a yau. Kamar yadda Jordan Peele ya fada a cikin shirin - cewa muna iya zama Freddy [Krueger] a cikin fim yana da girma. ”

Kusan shekaru 30 daga baya Peele yana samar da ci gaba kai tsaye ga asali amma a wannan lokacin tare da ƙungiyar mahaɗan Afirka Ba'amurke. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II ya jagoranci kuma Nia DaCosta ya jagoranci.

"Tabbas akwai ma'anar mallakar mallaka, da kuma ba da labari game da Bakar fata game da Bakaken fata," in ji DaCosta zuwa Empire. “Yana da matukar mahimmanci a gare mu duka mu kasance da halayenmu na farko su zama Baƙi, kuma don wannan ƙwarewar ta kasance ta cikin baƙin tabarau. Bari mu tabbatar mun canza tabarau yanzu. ”

Wannan tabarau tabbas yana da mahimmanci a yau fiye da yadda yake. Creatananan masu kirkirar kirki waɗanda suka girma tare da ƙananan jarumawan kafofin watsa labaru suna gyara manyan saɓani a cikin bayanan Hollywood. Yana jin kamar wannan ƙarni na baƙar fata masu zane suna kusa da canjin canji wanda zai haifar da sahihan labarai na gaskiya game da tsiraru.

“Alaka ta da Candyman abu ne mai sauki, ” In ji Peele. “Wasaya daga cikin onean fina-finai ne da suka binciko kowane irin yanayi na baƙar fata a cikin yanayin tsoro a shekarun 90s, lokacin da nake girma. Wannan misali ne mai kyau a gare ni na wakilci a fagen wasan kwaikwayo kuma fim ne da ya karfafa min gwiwa. ”

Duk asali guda uku Candyman fina-finai a halin yanzu akwai don yawo.