PARIS, JANUARY 24, 2016
naLUKE LEITCH
Mukadzi ane tattoo anoyevedza akashama akafukidzwa nesushi akarara kumagumo kwenzira yekufambisa ndege, kosi huru patafura yakaderera yakagadzirirwa vasere. Vanhu vekudyira vakasvika vakapfeka matrack pants nema tank tops, vakapfugama panzvimbo dzavo ndokubatikana nezvimiti zvavo. Pavari pakabuda zvitarisiko mune uku kusaremekedza uye kunodikamwa kwakasununguka rukudzo kuJapan uye gaijin pfungwa dzisiridzo pazviri. Benan's inoshamisa motley crew yemamodhiro emumugwagwa-vamwe vacho vakabatwa nemugadziri wacho nezuro chaiye-vaitaridzika sevanhu vakaipa muParisian spaghetti kung fu flick: Dambudziko Guru mudiki French-Japan, pamwe.
Bhachi rejudo rekugera rinopfekwa nebhachi rejudo chairo pasi paro, bhasikoro re caramel iro ribvururu rine mupendero wakaita seape bhandi reobi, sutu yejudo yeherringbone, uye bhachi rejudo muvelvet rakaputira zvipfeko. Paive zvakare nemabhurugwa akakwenenzverwa uye anopenya uye majasi mune yakashongedzwa corduroy uye peacock feather velvet, pamwe nemamwe matangi epamusoro uye etrack pants. Paive neshangu, asi mushure mechinguva pakanga pasisina; pachinzvimbo vakapfeka masokisi echubhu machena akachekwa zvigunwe. Ichi chaive chipfeko chakasiyana-siyana zvekukutora kubva kudojo kuenda kubhawa kuburikidza nefistfight uye strip kirabhu, uye yairatidzika kunyanya kukwenenzverwa nemashavi asina kujeka. Zvakanga zvisina kururama—zviri pachena—asi zvakaruramawo.
Benan akati akanga akurudzirwa neshanyo dzake dzokudzokorora—dzose dziri 16—kuTokyo gore rakapera umo aigara achicherechedza vadzidzi vepachikoro chekarate vakapfeka giya ravo mumugwagwa kana makirasi apera. Yakanga iriwo, iye akadaro, mugumisiro wepwere yakapedzwa ichiona chisimba chakaitwa paVHS; "Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tarantino . . .” Ari muTokyo, akambodya hove mbishi pamukadzi asina kupfeka here? “Kwete! Asi ndaigara ndichida kuenda.” Zvokudya zvine hutano, zvinokatyamadza zvinotaurirwa zvematongerwo enyika zvepabonde, zvipfeko zvakanaka.