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Rank: Member Joined: 7/31/2007 Posts: 341
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I think I'd give Dan Oloo a B+ for the effort. The acting is poor at times but the idea is superb...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2009 Posts: 7,452
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In Kenya there are no actors, no directors, no producers no nothing!!! Just a bunch of Idle/jobless Kenyans who decide, Hey, how about we come up with a ka-program like this? Acting is so poor it makes me wanna throw up!!! Okay, okay, there is a ka-loose 10% of 'actors' who can actually act - Papa Shirandula (?), the 'luo' & 'masai' guys on vioja - don't remember their names and one or two here and there. The rest, ABK - Absolutely Bure Kabisa!!! Ati "Mpenzi, mpenzi, mimi nakupenda.". "Mpenzi mpenzi, mimi nakupenda pia...." Tired dialogue, poor acting, non-existent story line... I'd rather eat saw dust and oil from guka's bijuti! Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2007 Posts: 8,776 Location: Cameroon
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I recognize the talent in the following: Njoroge (of papa), Jalas, Otos, Wiruproda, Omosh, OJ, Freddy, Abdi (of mwala), Olexsander Chosfat, Ondieki Nikakuota, Topayas Richati Kokoto, Makhoha... TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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Olexander Chosfat anytime....This guy catches my sense of humour anytime.Take this day he killed two lions for "murdering' his cows.The judge fines the guy 14K and he retorts,"Unaona?.Kumbe hata simba haina bei"....To him,the fine was the worth of the two lions. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/31/2008 Posts: 7,081 Location: Kenya
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...hey...what about yukakwota...quite funny!!! Our Chris Rock...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2007 Posts: 8,776 Location: Cameroon
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Vioja beats all local comedies hands down! TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/8/2007 Posts: 675
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Olexander Chosfat kabisa. By the way, I believe Kenyan acting has come a long way. Apart from Cobra squad that chose the least talented actors and directors, many programs have been on the up. And I believe that in 5 - 10 more years, the acting will be top notch. It's not as bad as people put it. Form is temporary, class is permanent
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/30/2009 Posts: 1,390
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...Jobu,Jenerali and Tasha of Bebabeba also rank well What a wicked man I am!The things I want to do,I don't do.The things I don't want to do I find myself doing
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/19/2008 Posts: 4,268
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Naomi kamau (alison), mother in law, mustafa, Ms morgan, Siri also has some great characters but i havent mastered their names yet.
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/19/2010 Posts: 227 Location: Nairobi
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The title for the thread is irrelevant..
Anyway..I find myself loving Wash and Set..in my opinion, it has great actors/actresses, it doesn't sound like they're reading a script, they flow well.
Beba beba has funny characters but it has no script..its like they're just told to speak whatever comes to mind. Its really funny though, especially the ka housegirl who has a crush on Majes..."Sua, suare...."
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2009 Posts: 7,452
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simonkabz wrote:Vioja beats all local comedies hands down! I second you! Alexander Chosefat!!! That dude takes the Kenyan Oscar. By the way have you noted the number of 'actors' trying to imitate him? Can't we just be original? Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2009 Posts: 7,452
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Pretentious, plastic-ish, un-imaginative storyline, etc. etc. But guess what, I watch it occasionally. It's either that or I watch Bishop, Dr., Reverend, Former Honourable Maggie!!! My telly is always on 'auto change'!!! Anytime the tune to introduce her program plays, the tv goes on auto search. Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/18/2007 Posts: 159 Location: Kenya
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Worst Kenyan Soaps: 1. Tabasamu 2. Be the judge. 3. [of late] Mother-in-law. Admin, Luckily; age will one day transform me into an Elder.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/2/2009 Posts: 2,458 Location: Nairobi
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PLOT 10! PLOT 10! PLOT 10!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/24/2008 Posts: 781
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There is this progi in ktn I think its called mheshimiwa...brilliant characters especially that very brown mzee who shaves jordan. The utimate goal of investing is to buy low sell high;if we re-write this core equation in psychology terms it becomes buy fear sell greed.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 1,491 Location: Nairobi
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Braza wrote:Worst Kenyan Soaps: 1. Tabasamu 2. Be the judge. 3. [of late] Mother-in-law. @Braza i believe Be the judge is not a soap opera unless i dont know the meaning of a soap opera. Secondly i do think Be the judge is really trying as it exposes how our judicial system works and gives a rough idea of how justice is served in the courts. Thirdly i think he should change the Jury once in a while as in most cases i have watched the jury tends to be biased and the arguements sort of results into alot of yelling/shouting. Kenya ni yetu sisi sote
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/11/2009 Posts: 302
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I think "Be the Judge" is a good way of doing public education on how the justice system functions and I also tend to think that it mirrors the realities. They bring in wide range of cases which are in our lives.
Please don't cast it together with "soaps". I also think it is should be treasonable to dismiss the local productions on short sighted premises. The entertainment and Arts industries is emerging as one of the alternative sources of employment and that local TV is incresaing "local" content is a step in the right direction. It is actually in sync with the Vision 2030, which many Kenyans have learnt to dismiss even as it slowly unravels in real terms before their eyes. We love to criticise, Don't we?
To be quite Honest, I think "Be the Judge" is a very promising production especially if the production team will embrace dynamism.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/11/2010 Posts: 1,588
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I think 'Be the Judge' is not some entertainment show to be grouped together with vioja or shirandula or other 'soaps'. I dont watch it expecting to laugh or to get punchlines in broken Kiswahili...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/6/2008 Posts: 3,548
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We are not ready for a jury system, Kenyan public always feels sorry for the crooks. Public prosecutors are useless. But i give it a clean 10/10 A New Kenya
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