Kukambirana ndi Comika Hartford ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zosowa zomwe ndimalandira nthawi ndi nthawi ngati wofunsa mafunso. Wanzeru komanso wozindikira yemwe amatha kucheka pamtima pazokambirana kuti apereke zowona zake, Hartford ndi gulu loti liziwerengedwa moona mtima, tikufunikira anthu ambiri onga iye mdziko loopsali.

Hartford, yemwe adawonekera mndandanda wazaka zatha za Horror Pride Month ndi mnzake wokondedwa Skyler Cooper, abwerera chaka chino kudzalankhula za zinthu zonse zowopsa. Inali nthawi yoyamba kuti ayankhule ndi ine payekha, ndipo sanakhumudwitse.

Monga okonda mitundu, Hartford amakonda mantha komanso macabre adayamba msanga, ndipo monga ambiri, amayenera kuzembera kuti asangalale. Omwe amadzinenera kuti ndi "hippie makolo" sankafuna kuti aziwonera TV zambiri ali mwana. M'malo mwake, kwakanthawi, adamupangitsa kuti akhulupirire kuti TV imangogwira ntchito Sesame Street.

"Kenako ndidazindikira kuti zinali zopanda pake," adatero akuseka. "Ndinali ngati, 'Ayi, anzanga ali ndi ma TV omwe amagwira ntchito nthawi zonse. Akunama inu! ' Amafuna kuti ndiwerenge kaye mabuku. Sindikunena kuti anali kulakwitsa. Izi zinapangitsa kuti tizikonda nkhani zopeka zazifupi. ”

Pambuyo pake adakwanitsa kuzemba m'magulu angapo a Malo a Twilight panthawi yomwe adaganiza kuti akufuna kukhala Rod Serling kuyambitsa nthano zosangalatsa ndikuitanira anthu kudziko lomwe kunalibe chilichonse. Zinakopa chidwi chake ndipo zidawonjezeranso gawo lina la wofotokozera yemwe angakhale.

Kenako kunadza usiku wosangalatsa pomwe anali kukhala ndi abale ake ndipo adakwanitsa kuzemba ndikuwonerera mlendo pa chingwe.

"Zinali zoopsa kwambiri kwa ife koma zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri ndipo inali nthawi yoyamba kuwona mayi woyang'anira," adatero Hartford. “Chinakhala chinthu chosangalatsa kwambiri. Ndipo tsiku lotsatira, zachidziwikire, tidasewera Alendo ndipo ine ndinali wamkulu. Tidali ana aja omwe tidatengeka ndi malingaliro ake. Tinkakonda kunamizira. Tinkangokhala timadzi tating'onoting'ono tomwe timayenda tsiku lonse sitima yapamtunda. "

Kwa aliyense amene akuganiza kuti si zachilendo kuti atsikana ndi anyamata achichepere akuda azisangalatsidwa ndi zozizwitsa, zozizwitsa, ndi zochititsa mantha, Hartford akunena kuti mitu imeneyi inali yokhudzana ndi zochitika ndi nkhani zakuthambo, zambiri zomwe zimachokera ku nthano zaku Africa ndi njira zake nthano.

Adakumbukira makamaka mkangano woponya Halle Bailey ngati Ariel pakusintha kwa Disney's The Little Mermaid. Otsutsa ambiri adalumphira pagulu ndikubwera pazifukwa zonse m'bukuli chifukwa chosangalatsa sichingakhale chakuda.

"Ndikumvetsetsa kuti iyi ndi nkhani yachisomo ya Hans Christian Anderson koma nthano za Mami Wata zidayamba zaka mazana ambiri," adatero. “Ndi msungwana wokongola wakuda yemwe amalumikizana ndi anthu ndipo ndi mtundu wa mulungu ndipo amakhala ndi zochitika. Lingaliro la chisangalalo chakuda lakhala likupezeka kwa anthu akumayiko ena kotero ndikuganiza kuti ndizopatsa chidwi. Anthu akufuna kunena kuti nthanoyi idachokera kuno koma ayi nthano izi zimachokera konsekonse ndipo zonse zimangirirana. Izi ndi nkhani za anthu. ”

Nkhani ndi mitu yonseyi zitha kukhala zofananira modabwitsa. Joseph Campbell adapanga ntchito yonse yophunzitsa dziko lapansi za archetypes omwe adagawana nawo chilichonse kuyambira nthanthi za "ulendo wa ngwazi" mpaka kufanana pakati pa nthano ndi nthano. Ngati simukundikhulupirira, yang'anani Cinderella nthawi ina. Pa chikhalidwe chilichonse padziko lapansi pali nkhani ya Cinderella ndipo zoyambira zake ndizofanana.

Pankhani zankhani zaumunthu, zidandigwera pomwe tidayamba kuyankhulana kuti sindinamufunse Hartford kuti amudziwe bwanji, ndipo mwachizolowezi, yankho lake linali lounikira.

"Ndimazindikira kuti ndimakonda amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ndipo kuyambira nthawi imeneyo ndimanena kuti kusekondale kapena koleji," adalongosola. "Nthawi zonse ndimakhala ngati wokopa awiri, koma ndipamene ndidakwanitsa kuchita zomwe zinali pafupi ndi koleji. Ndinawona kuti pali njira zambiri zosiyana zogonana. Anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti zili ngati pakati pomwe zimakopeka ndi onse awiri koma sizigwira ntchito mwanjira imeneyi. Ndidzanena kuti ndikuganiza kuti ndimakopeka kwambiri ndi amuna. Ndikuganiza kuti ndiwokwera kwambiri, koma sizitanthauza kuti sindinakopeke kwambiri ndi akazi. ”

Kulandila kugonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ndi vuto mkati ndi kunja kwa gulu la LGBTQ ndipo nthawi zambiri kumadza ndi kusakhulupirika kwamtundu wina kapena kufufutidwa kwathunthu kutengera yemwe munthu ali pachibwenzi naye panthawiyo.

Ndi nkhani yomwe Hartford akuti amamvetsetsa mpaka pang'ono.

"Ngati umagonana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ndiye kuti uli ndi mwayi woti ungakhale 'wabwinobwino' kenako osakumana ndi zovuta zambiri. Chowonadi ndi chakuti kodi mumakopeka ndi ndani? Kodi kugonana ndi chiyani kwa inu? Mukuganiza chiyani mukakhala ndi vuto? Ngati ndinu mkazi ndipo nthawi zina mumaganizira za amayi mukuganiza kuti ndinu ndani! Utenga duwa laling'ono ndi mbendera yako ndi chilichonse. ”

Kumvetsetsa kwakukulu kwake monga membala wa gulu la LGBTQ sikunali kokha komwe kunapezeka ku koleji, komabe. Anali ku Emerson komwe adayamba kukonza luso lake ngati luso, poyamba adadziponyera kuti azichita, kuti azindikire kuti zomwe amakonda zimangokhala zolemba.

Pofika nthawi yomwe amachoka ku Emerson, anali atayamba kale kulemba zidule kuti abwenzi ake achite zomwe zidamasulira polemba zomwe amachita ndikusanthula maluso omwe amafotokoza kuyambira ali mwana.

Adapezeka kuti ali panjira inayake yomwe idamupangitsa kuti apite kumaudindo osiyanasiyana omwe adamuthandiza kupitilizabe kukopa luso lake pogwira ntchito yothandizira kutsatsa kuti athandizire kulemba ziwonetsero za ana ku kampani yopanga ukadaulo. Pambuyo pake adayamba kugwira ntchito yolemba zamatsenga kuti athandize owongolera ndi opanga kuwongolera malingaliro amakanema, ndipo mzaka zingapo zapitazi adalemba, kupanga, ndikuwonekera Malo Amdima, ntchito yolimbikitsa komanso nthawi zina yotopetsa yomwe yakhala ikuchitika maulendo angapo panjira yakwaniritsidwa.

"Aliyense ali ndi mapulojekiti omwe amayamba ngati chinthu chimodzi kenako chimakhala chinthu china kenako mumakhala ngati," Chabwino, ndikungofunika kumaliza izi, "anatero Hartford. “Ndine wokondwa ndi izi mwachidule. Muyenera kumaliza. Simuyenera kuyamba chinthu kenako osamaliza. Ine sindimakhulupirira zimenezo. Simudzipatsa chilolezo choti musamalize. ”

Kulimba mtima kumeneku kwamupanga kukhala mkazi waluso lero ndipo monga ndidanenera kuyambira pachiyambi, unali mwayi kukhala pansi ndi Comika Hartford kuti tikambirane za ulendowu.