خب اينم از 8

خب اينم از 8 mile با بازي Eminem. خيلي وقته که مي خواستم حسابي بهش بتوپم و بگم که يکي بايد اين پسر رو بکشه ببره جلوي آينه و بهش بگه هي اون يارو رو مي بيني تو آينه؟ چه رنگيه؟ آهان دقيقا سفيــــــــــــــــــد! البته شايد بيشتر به خاطر اينکه خيلي با موسيقي رپ حال نمي کنم با Eminem هم خيلي ميونه خوبي ندارم.

به نظرم اين يک فرم موسيقي نيست بلکه دکلمه است. دکلمه اي که گاهي بسيار خردمندانه و هوشمندانه است،‌ اما هنوز هم يک دکلمه است و نه موسيقي. درسته که ريتم و قافيه در شعرها کاملا رعايت ميشه، حتي بيشتر از موسيقي پاپ يا راک اما از سطح شعر بالاتر نميآد و اون موسيقي فقط يک پيش زمينه است که مي تونه نباشه و باز هم هيچ فرقي نمي کنه.

در هر حال فيلم جالب بود. مثل اينکه که فقط من نبودم که احساس مي کردم بايد به اين پسر گفته بشه که سفيده و نه سياه. و شايد هم من اشتباه مي کردم مثل همه اونايي که اينجا اشتباه مي کردن. شايد من هم يک نژادپرست يه دنده و احمق هستم که نمي خواد قبول کنه اگر سياه پوستها الآن از ماها نژادپرست تر شدن تقصير خومونه. البته اين زياد ربطي به ما ها که تو ايرانيم و رابطه چنداني با رنگين پوستها نداريم، نداره اما خب تاريخشون رو خوندم و با اين همه کتاب و فيلم و نوار و کار کردن روي زبانشون فکر کنم يه کمي مي دونم اوضاع از چه قراره.

مسيري بوده که همه بشريت درش سهيم بوده. اگر در ايران ما با افغان ها رفتار ناموزوني داريم مطمئنا اگر سياه پوستي هم قرار بود اينجا باشه با همين نوع رفتار پذيرايي ميشد. کلا ملت نژادپرستي هستيم و ادعامون گوش فلک رو کر کرده. مثلا خود من با اينکه مي دونم اين حرف بوداريه اما نمي تونم نگم که ايرانيها خيلي باهوش هستن، و بعد هم استناد کنم به تعداد متخصصين و دانشمندان و نابغه هاي ايراني سرتاسر دنيا. استناد کنم به برنده شدن هاي متوالي بچه هامون در المپياد هاي مختلف. اشخاصي با هوش سرشار. کساني مثل علي عسگري عزيز که مدال طلا داره در المپياد جهاني رياضي و استعدادش به همينجا ختم نميشه و نوشته هاش من رو ياد يه نابغه اي مثل صادق هدايت مياندازه.

به هر صورت هممون ته دلمون اين اعتقاد رو داريم که آرياييهايي باهوش و برتر هستيم و فکر کنم بقيه ملل هم همين اعتقاد رو در مورد خودشون دارن. اين وسط يه جورايي تا چند وقت پيش سر سياه پوستها بي کلاه موند تا موقعي که بالاخره خودشون رو کشيدن بالا و حالا خودشون يه پا نژادپرست شدن و white trash, white trash مي کنن. محله ها و ديسکو هاي مخصوص خودشون رو دارن که توش تا دلتون بخواد پرنده پر ميزنه اما سفيد پوست ديده نميشه، اگه هم بشه از نوع توسري بخورشه. خواننده ها و شو هاي مخصوص خودشون رو دارن و زبان مخصوص خودشون. و از همه مهمتر They've got attitude baby!!!

اينجاست که يه نيمچه نژادپرست مثل من ميآد و ميگه آهان ديدين اينا لياقتشون همون بود که قبلا بودن و بيخودي تحويلشون گرفتين اينطوري شدن! بعد ياد کتاب ريشه ها ميوفتم و دهنم رو مي بندم. بعد ياد فيلم American history X ميوفتم و خودم مي زنم تو دهن خودم. هر دو طرف گند زدند و مي زنند و خواهند زد. فکر کنم اين خصيصه بشره که آرومش نمي گيره و همش بايد به بهانه هاي مختلف به پر و پاي هم بپيچيم.

فيلمي بود که ارزش يه بار ديدن رو داشت و براي آدمي مثل من تونست کمکي باشه براي شناختن بهتر يه آدم. شايد هنوز هم از آهنگهاي رپ خيلي خوشم نيآد اما خب الآن ديگه هي با خودم نمي گم که اين پسرک ديگه اون وسط چي ميگه؟ مثلا مي خواد اداي باحالها رو دربيآره که هي با سياه پوستها مي پره؟

البته خودمونيم اين Eminem صورت بامزه اي داره ها D:

مي خوام يه امتحاني بکنم امشب، البته فکر نکنم وقت بشه هر دفعه اين کارو بکنم اما خب سعي مي کنم. از همين الآن بگم که انگليسي من در حد بسيار پايينه و به هر حال در ايران اين زبان رو ياد گرفتم و زبان مادريم نيست پس لطفا بي خيال اشتباهات فجيعم بشيد و هر وقت ديديد نمي تونين تحملش کنين اصلا نخونينش، باشه؟ مرسي.

So, this is the 8 mile, starring Eminem in his first lead role that everyone is talking about. Actually it's been quite some time that I wanted to criticize the guy, saying: you know what this pal needs? Somebody to take him in front of a mirror and asking him: Ok hon, what color is that guy you see in the mirror? Suprise suprise!! bingo! He is WHITE! or maybe it's just that I don't dig Rap that much and as a result I don't admire Eminem as much as everybody else seems to do so.

I believe that Rap is not music at all. It's mere improvisation and recitaion that is sometimes witty and clever indeed, but still not music. Although there is rhythm and rhyming even more than it is seen in lyrics of Pop or Rock songs, but it never becomes more than lyircs and the music is merely a background that could very well not be there at all as nothing would change in its absence.

Anyways, it was an interesting movie. It seems that I wasn't the only one who wanted to inform this chap about the color of his face and perhaps I was wrong just as they were in the movie. Maybe I'm also a pig-headed, stubborn racist who doesn't want to realize that if blacks are more of racists than we were once, we (we as in whites) are to blame. Of course, for us Iranians living in Iran away from colored minorities it's not a matter of much importance, but I for one have been studying about their history for quite some time, worked on their language and culture a bit so I may have a couple of ideas about what they're about.

It's a path all humanity walks through. Regarding our behavior towards Afghanis in Iran if there were to be black people here too the same attitude would've awaited them. Generally we are a, euphemistically expressed, patriotic nation and our claims go high up to the sky. For instance, although I know it's a problematic thing to say I can't help but say that Iranians are the most intelligent and then justify it by referring to all the Iranian professionals, scientists, and geniuses all over the world. I boast on our students' continuous success in international competitions, people like our very own Ali Asgari who holds a gold medal in Maths and not only that but also writes so that reminds me of a great writer like Sadeq Hedayat.

All in all, deep inside we think of ourselves as the superior Arians and I think most nations have such notions about themselves. Now for different reasons the AFRICAN AMERICANS, as they call themselves now, have had it really tough until they stood up for their rights and got them alright. Now it's their turn to say white trash in return for nigger! They've turned into this racist community with their exclusive streets, bands, clubs and discos; places where there are no white people seen except maybe the trashy ones. Their own singers, music and language, and most importantly they've got attitude baby!!

Now this is where a semi-racist such as myself jumps in to say: see, I told you so! They didn't deserve this freedom and belong where they were before, pay too much attention to them and this is what happens! But then I remember the book, The Roots and go silent. The scenes of the movie American History X waltz in front of my eyes and I shut myself up. Both sides have made mistakes, have gone astray and most probably will continue doing so, that's the way it's always been with human beings and that's the way it's gonna be, I guess; messing with each other for the most ridiculous reasons.

The movie is worth watching at least one time and for a person like me it was good to find out more about a person I did not understand very well before and did not judge so fairly. I may not like Rap any more than I did before the movie but at least now I won't be barking what's that white boy doing amid all these blacks? Why is he trying so hard to play it cool by hanging out with these guys?

Oh, mmmm by the way, this Eminem guy has a cute face, doesnt' he? :D