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ʻO Schenectady-hānau ʻo Ato Essandoh ma nā wahi āpau; I kēia manawa e hele ana ʻo ia i Mars
MA PHOTOS: ʻIke ʻia ʻo Ato Essandoh i kahi kiʻi hoʻolaha hou loa a, inset, mai ka wā nui mai, e lana ana i kahi hanana mai ka papa Netflix e hiki mai ana, "Away," ʻoiai e ʻōpio ana i Glenville a ʻo Main Trey Ferry ma loko o ka hana keaka CBS. "Ke Kānāwai."
Pono ʻo Ato Essandoh e kuhi.
ʻAʻole e pili ana i ka mea e hana pū ai me kona ola. Ua kuhi ʻo ia i kēlā. ʻAʻole e pili ana i kāna kūlana ʻike nui aʻe. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia mau mea āpau, no ka hapa paha.
Ma ke ʻano he koho ʻē aʻe, ma hope o kaʻu nīnau ʻana iā ia i kahi o kāna hōʻike ma ka pā ʻoi loa ka paʻakikī e hoʻonohonoho no kāna ʻoihana 25 mau makahiki, manaʻo maoli ʻo ia. Iā ia nō naʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu. ʻO ia ke kumu ua hana ʻo ia iā ia.
A i kona pale ʻana, aia nō kekahi mau hana e hoʻoluliluli e nā manaʻo. Ua hana ʻo ia iā Tanis ma loko o ka comedy "Will Hitch" ma 2005 Will Smith. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me Leo DiCaprio ma ka 2006 Thriller Battle “Thriller Blood”. Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano DʻArtagnan ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Oscar-lanakila ʻo Quentin Tarantino ʻo "Django Unchains" - ʻo ia kāna i ʻōlelo ai ma ke ʻano he kūlanakauhale kūlanakauhale, ʻo kāna mea paʻakikī e hoʻonohonoho. A he mea hou ia i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka collab Scorsese-Jagger 2016 "Vinyl," me kahi kūlana e hiki mai ana ma Netflix "Away," e hiki mai ana i Kepakemapa.
Eia nō naʻe iā ia e hele ana no Mars i kāna hana hou loa ma ke ʻano he astronaut, a ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻolauleʻa nei i kahi ʻoihana o ka ʻānai ʻana i nā poʻohiwi a me ka hana pū ʻana ma waena o nā mea hana keaka a me nā luna hoʻomalu nui o ka wā kū, he mea nui ia e hoʻomanaʻo i kahi i hoʻomaka ai kā Essandoh moʻolelo: Schenectady.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Essandoh i loko o ka wahi i ka makahiki 1972, i ka poʻe i neʻe mai i ka US mai Ghana. Ua hui kona makuahine a me kona makuakāne ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Schenectady i mau makahiki ma hope mai, i ka wā i loaʻa ai kahi hana a kona makuakāne ma Basic Electrical.
"E hele ana koʻu makuahine i varsity ma Wakinekona a kū aʻe koʻu makuakāne ma Cornell," i ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh. “Ma hope o ko lāua hui ʻana me kahi ma waena. A laila koʻu makuakāne, ka mea e ʻimi nei i ka ʻenekini uila ma Cornell, i loaʻa kahi hana ma Basic Electrical. I ke kauoha ʻo ia ke kumu i neʻe ai lākou ma laila a ʻo ka mea i ʻoi loa i ko lākou ola. Loaʻa iā lākou iaʻu. A noho mākou ma Schenectady, Woodcrest Drive. "
I ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kona wā kamaliʻi, lele wikiwiki hou nā hoʻomanaʻo a Essandoh. Ua noho ʻo ia ma Glenville a hiki i ka papa ʻelima (ma kahi o 12 mau makahiki). Ua hele ʻo ia i Glencliff Elementary College ma Alplaus a ua hoʻouna ʻia i St. Helens [i kēia manawa ʻo Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish School]. ʻO ka mea e kū mau ana ma mua iā ia, ʻae ʻo ia, pehea ka pololei o ka huakaʻi ʻana i kāna kaʻa kaʻa a puni kona hale noho ʻo Glenville.
"ʻO ka mea aʻu e noʻonoʻo ai e pili ana iā Schenectady ke hoʻohana maʻalahi nei i nā paikikala ma nā wahi āpau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Essandoh. "A ʻo ia hou ia i loko o ka lā o ka wahi, ua ʻike ʻoe, kipaku wale aku kou makuahine a me kou makuakāne iā ʻoe mai ka home ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana iā ʻoe i ka hopena pule e hoʻi hou ʻoe no ka ʻaina ahiahi."
ʻO kahi punahele a Essandoh e huakaʻi ai i kāna paikikala kahi lua o nā ʻiliʻili ma mua o Woodcrest Drive, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo “nā lua.” "Hele mākou i laila me ke koena o nā ʻōpio kaiāulu no nā hola a haehae wale ia."
Ua neʻe aku iā New Rochelle
ʻO ke kaumaha, ua loaʻa ka manawa o Essandoh ma Schenectady ma aneʻi e hoʻopau a puni 1984, i ka neʻe ʻana o kāna ʻohana i New Rochelle. Ua hele ʻo ia i Cornell, e ukali ana i ka wāwae o kona makuakāne, a hoʻoholo e nānā i ka ʻenekini ʻenekini.
ʻO ia a i kekahi lā i ke kula, kahi puni i ka makahiki 1993, ke loaʻa iā ia kahi inoa.
"He alakaʻi ʻo ia e hana nei i kēia pāʻani a ʻo ia a i ʻole ke kiaʻi nei ʻo ia no kaʻu hoapili ʻo Marcus ʻo ia ka ʻenekini. Ua like wau me, 'ʻAʻole noho ʻo Marcus, hiki iaʻu ke lawe i kahi leka?' A laila hāʻawi ʻo ia iaʻu i kahi mea i loko o ka pāʻani. ʻAʻole wau i hana a i ʻole kekahi mea ma mua o, no laila like wau me, 'Pono ʻoe iaʻu e hana i kahi pāʻani, ʻaʻole wau i loaʻa?' Kū paʻa au i ka hau. ”
No laila ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Essandoh ʻo kāna ipo aloha, ua wehewehe ʻo {kahi} malihini i hāʻawi iā ia i kahi hana i kahi pāʻani a ua ʻakaʻaka kāna ipo wahine. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻa ʻo ia iā ia e hana a kau i ke kelepona paʻalima.
"A no laila ua pau wau i ka hana ʻana i ka pāʻani," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Essandoh. “A ʻo ia paha ka mākaukau ʻoi loa loa i koʻu ola. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo ʻia e ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea aʻu e ʻike nei ma ka hōʻike, e like me Denzel Wakinekona. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he mea nui ia e hana ai ʻoe ma ke ʻano he hopena. "
Akā nō naʻe ia i hana ai. A ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi ola ma ke ʻano he ʻenekini a neʻe i Rhode Island, ua kākau ʻo ia iā ia iho i kahi ʻōlelo a ka mikionali.
"A laila mālama wale ʻia nā mea i hōʻike ʻia e hoʻi hou mai ana iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh. "No laila ke ʻike wau iaʻu iho ma New York Metropolis, ʻekolu paha a 4 mau makahiki ma hope [ma kahi o 1997], ua hoʻomaka wau e hele i kahi papa hōʻike. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo i ke ʻano o ka papa e hōʻike ʻia nei, eia naʻe ua like wau me he mea lā ma kahi noho, e ka hoa, me he mea lā, ʻo kaʻu mau kānaka kēia. Loaʻa iaʻu. ʻIke kēia mau kānaka iaʻu. ”
Hoʻomaka ʻo Essandoh e lawe i nā hana keaka ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma o Nu Ioka i ka mua. ʻO kāna gig mua i hōʻike ʻia, i kahi makana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Third Watch," me he ʻelele mokokaikala lā i ku ʻia e kekahi kaʻa e ka mea kaʻawale mai ka mea hana keaka ʻo Bobby Cannavale e ala aʻe ana. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Essandoh i ka haʻi ʻana aku i kāna mau wahine āpau e pili ana i ke kūlana - a me kāna uē nui ʻana i loko o kēia manawa - makemake ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi loa ma kēia honua. A hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka hui ʻo Cannavale i kahi manawa ma kahi o ka vinyl. "He ʻumikūmālima mau makahiki a ʻoi paha ma hope, aia mākou ma 'Vinyl," i ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh. “A like wau, 'Yo, Bobby he aha ke kāne? Hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i ka hōʻike 'Third Watch' āu i hana ai? ' A ua like ʻo ia, 'ʻAʻole, e ka hoa.' ”
ʻO ke kūlana 'Hitch'
ʻO ka hoʻomākeʻaka, ua lawe koke kāna ʻoihana ʻo Essandoh iā ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe maikaʻi, ʻoiai ua hōkū ʻo ia me Will Smith ma 2006 ʻo “Hitch.” Ma o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻana ma NūIoka, hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Essandoh i nā lehulehu he nui e pili ana iā Smith, a ma hope e hoʻopuni ana iā ia i loko o nā hanana e nānā ai, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai ma ke ʻano hemo no ka aura kanaka kaulana a Smith.
I ka wā e pili ana i nā kiʻekiʻe maoli, akā naʻe, ʻo kāna moʻolelo punahele ʻo Smith mai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻaʻole ia he ʻano nui o nā racks freestyle a lākou e hana ai ma waena o nā hanana. ʻO ia ka manawa e noho pū ana ʻo ia me Smith ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa.
"Ke holo nei mākou i ke alanui Fifth a i ʻole hoʻokahi mea e like me kēlā," i ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh. "A ua ʻike ʻē ʻoe, ʻo ia ʻo Will Smith ma ke poʻo o kona ikehu no laila manaʻoʻiʻo wau ke hana nei ʻo ia i kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni," ʻO wau ka Legend. " Aia mākou ma hope o ke kaʻa a kī mākou i kekahi o nā hanana i loko, a ma hope e noho maʻalahi mākou ma laila e mākaukau no ke kaʻa hou e hana hou mākou i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. Kū wale mākou ma lalo o kahi pepa he 300 kapuaʻi [of Smith] ma ke alo o ke kūkulu ʻana. ”
"Ua like ia me kahi kiʻi kūpono: ʻōwili ke kaʻa a ʻike wau i ka silhouette a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻike ma muli o ka hopena e hele nei i loko oʻu. Ma hope o ia, i ke kaʻina o ka kamaʻilio, ua ʻike maʻalahi ʻia ʻo ia ma luna o kona poʻohiwi, kū i luna, ʻike i ka pepa a hele hou ʻo ia i ke kamaʻilio. Ua nānā ʻoi aku ʻoi aku ka makemake ma mua o ka manawa maʻamau. A like wau me, 'ʻOi loa kēlā.' ”
Ua ulu ka pīhoihoi o Essandoh i kona hoʻomaka ʻana i nā hana touchdown i waiho a kūpono ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Eia naʻe kāna mea ʻoi loa e hoʻonohonoho, ʻae ʻo ia ʻo "Django Unchained."
"Ma muli wale nō o ke ʻano kaumaha o ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka i ʻike e make ana ʻo ia, ke noi nei no kona ola," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Essandoh. "Ua hoʻokahe ʻia ka naʻau a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e hoʻāʻo wau i kēia i ka lōʻihi o ka lā."
Manaʻo kamaʻāina
Eia naʻe, no Essandoh, ʻo ka hoʻomākaukau ka mea e hoʻohauʻoli ai iā ia no kēlā me kēia kūlana. No nā mahina he nui loa - e like me ka hapa nui o ka honua i koe i ka quarantine - ua hui pū ka mea hana i nā mea āpau i ka noho kaʻawale ʻana, ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona no "Away" i Ianuali. ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene kāna ʻano, ʻo Kwesi, i lawelawe i kēia ʻano mehameha ʻoiai ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia i Mars - kahi ʻano i loli i kēia manawa i ke ʻano maʻamau no nā poʻe he nui i ka laka.
"Manaʻo wau ua hana kāua āpau i kahi hana kūpono ʻole ma luna o ia mea," i ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh e pili ana i ke kaʻina 10-ʻāpana "E hele." "Ma ke ʻano he mea hana keaka, ke nānā nei ʻoe i nā manawa a pau i kāu mau hana a e hele ana ʻoe, 'ʻĀ, ua hoʻokō paha wau i kēia.' I kēia manawa he ʻikepili hou aku kaʻu. No laila inā loaʻa iā mākou kekahi kau ʻē aʻe a inā ola mākou āpau i kēia kau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea e hāʻawi aku ai i kēia kūlana. ”
ʻO kēia kau - o ke ola ma ka liʻiliʻi o - ua hectic maikaʻi loa ia no Essandoh. ʻOiai e pono ana ʻo ia e hoʻolilo manawa ana me kona ʻohana ma Ghana, ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i kēia manawa manawa manuahi e hui pū ʻelua mau podcasts.
"Pili ʻole," i hoʻopaʻa pū ʻia me kāna hoaloha ʻo Chris Cecot, ka mea āna i launa ai i kona manawa a pau ma Schenectady, ma hope o nā kāne 2 - keʻokeʻo ʻo Cecot a he ʻeleʻele ʻo Essandoh - ke kamaʻilio nei lākou e pili ana i ka lāhui, ka ʻike a me ka honua. "Ma muli o ka hānau ʻia ʻana ma kahi kūlike, ua makemake mākou e hoʻopihapiha i ko mākou ola ʻelua a hoʻāʻo e hana i kahi ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā ʻano e piʻi aʻe nei ma kahi kūlike, pehea wau e pili ai, a me ka hopena o ka hopena." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Essandoh.
ʻO kāna makana ʻokoʻa, "Radio Zamunda," e ukali iā ia a me kahi hoa ʻē aʻe i ko lākou luʻu ʻana i ka hana kiʻi, nā kuʻuna a me nā mele. Hāʻawi ka pālua i nā malihini kipa e ʻike wale ana kekahi o lākou, a he mau kamaʻilio noʻonoʻo hohonu e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ua kanaka nei i kahi a lākou i kēia manawa.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Esssandoh, kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī e hana pololei i ka podcast. ʻOiai ke pale nei kēlā me kēia mea iā Essandoh e hana nui nei, mahalo ʻo ia i ka hiki ʻana iā Schenectady ke lilo i ʻāpana o kona ola me kāna hana ma "Pili ʻole." A ma luna o nā mea āpau, inā hopu paha ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia ma ka hōʻike ʻana ʻaʻole paha, pono ʻoe e ʻike ʻo ia ʻo "Schenectady hānau a hānai ʻia."
“Aia kahi lepo momona o ka hoʻomeamea ma uka, ma laila ʻoe e hānau ai. Aia i nā manawa āpau nā moʻolelo ʻoluʻolu ma kahi āu e hele ai. ʻO wau kekahi o nā hanana ʻē aʻe o kēia mau pilikia. ”