I wish to be given a space to comment on the above named article, which appeared in the showbiz. Honestly, it was really boring reading the above name article but then I had to read it because people also read what I write over here and after reading it I was obliged to believe that the writer has spent greater part of last year outside the country, preferably in Nigeria [stand to be corrected though]. Because the issue of Ghanaian actors being rigid, their movies lacks flexibility, diversity is just to an extent and their movies can be predicted from scene one to the last scene is just a thing of the past and moreover it’s a fallacy after all there has been obvious and tremendous changes now.
The assumption that Ghanaian movies can be predicted of how event would turn out in the final part of the story is a wrong and a silly assumption because its not only Ghanaian movies that can be predicted, generally this prediction comes up when one is watching African movie as a whole because most times they all seems to have monotonous story line, same location, same customs and etcetera and the worst of this prediction is on Nigerian movies, they see Ghana as the flooding market so they will use the same story for about 30 movies and my compatriot patronize it at the expense of theirs, is this not foolishness on the part of Ghanaians? Am not a fan of Nigerian movies but I have facts to buttress this point and would be able to predict the outcome of 25 out of 30 Nigerian movies and those of you who patronize these same and boring Nigerian movies would concur with me that there is no single Nigerian movie without you see two people, men or women either on the farm, or on the stream or from the stream, or one doing the other one’s hair gossiping about people and I wonder if Nigerians are naturally gossips huh.
Those of us who patronize the foreign movies want to see something different not the usual killing, poisoning, witchcraft, wrecking of married, oh and this African stuff because so far as am concern watching Ghanaian movie is the same as watching Nigerian movie, so what’s the deal now, is it not the same juju, witchcraft, hatred and those African mentality. Simply put Nigerian movies are and cannot be better than Ghanaian movies and the only different thing about Nigerian moves as compared the Ghanaian counterpart is that its only in former film that you see an actress in a kitchen cooking but have dressed like she have a date with the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, president Olusegu Obasanjo or his vice Atiku Abubakar [sorry] Its bad, preposterous and uncalled for, for the writer to suggest Harry Laud and Bob Smith Jnr should invest their monies somewhere, I personally think they merit some apology, because no one has any right to choose where someone should invest, its strictly their business.
This Agya Koo movies are too much but hey it’s cool because at least it has halted the Nigerian invasion and its making sure we see less of the same story movies from Nigeria and people should leave Agya Koo to enjoy his reign now, is it his fault that producers are using him like that? Those complaining of the Agya Koo era were the same people who loved those Aki and Popor movies year back which weren’t even better than Agya Koo’s own and moreover Agya Koo will be better of them and most of the Nigerian comedian/actors like, the Mr. Ibus, Osuofias, Sam Loco Efes, Victor Osuagyes and the likes if he is able to say all those Twi stuff in the queens language and am sure he will be compared to the likes of Eddie Murphys, Rowan Atkinsons popularly known on our screens as Mr. Bean and etcetera. As an up and coming player in the industry I think the problems are
Wrong Casting: it’s done in how connected you are not how well you can act
Favouritism: people are favoured because they know or have close relationship with the producer or the director or someone close to these people… “Whom you know” seems to do the trick now, on the part of the producers, bad language, their popular saying goes like “there is no script so adlib” altitude are some of the problems with the industry now and people are ripping off money at auditions. I hope the president of the Ghana Actor’s Guide is not taking a nap yet.
© Anangfio : July 2008
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