Yoruba Actors And Actresses In Nollywood Are Better?

Donzman,
You said I don't appreciate my Igbo heritage, so I've shown that I am proud of my native language and tribe.

I never mentioned that Igbo actors don't excel in other aspects of film production.
Please, read my posts.

I know Nkem Owoh to his office in Surulere.  But, I don't find him funny.
I regarded the late Jegede funnier than other Igbo actors.

Nigerian comics are not even really funny.
They know nothing more than tribal jokes.
Today is Night of A Thousand Laughs here on Bonny Island and my sister is going. But I am staying back. Because, I have better things to do online when most of the residents will be cracking their ribs over rubbish.

A black African was shown on the CNN yesterday for his famous funny facial expressions alone.
Eddie Murphy, Jamie Fox, Will Smith and others actually started as stand up comics on stage before moving on to films.
How many of our Nigerian comics have been able to make it to the world stage.
They are only using their Godfatherism and playing to the gallery to make money in Nigeria.

How many of them have you seen making it from Nollywood to Hollywood since 1992 to date?

Nollywood is a recycle bin.
Even Bollywood films beat British films at the box office, and they don't speak or act in the English language.

Let us make Chinua Achebe's novels into films instead of producing the rubbish they are making like a mass production factory.
But as you already know that only few of them can appreciate the genius of Achebe, Ekwensi, Munonye, Nwapa, Emecheta, Amadi and others. And even Ebereonwu who is a member of our Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has never thought of this.

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Again facts stare people in the face but they fail to appreciate it. Doesn't that prove my point that Yoruba movies are just as cliche and predictable as the Nollywood films they choose to deride? 


A Nigerian kid that is unexposed to American culture won't find any of Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx or Will Smith funny either. An American kid unexposed to Nigerian culture won't find neither of our Nigerian comics funny. That's it for you, cultural differences, I wonder why you didn't think of that. . . Ehh Mr. Genius?. . . How many proper Naija boys will find all the jokes about race funny? That's what most of the comedians you listed above do with the exception of Eddie Murphy. By the way, how can you call comedians and add Will Smith? 

Will Smith is best known for going from rap to sitcom to movies. Comedy was never his forte!

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television, as one of its dominant narrative forms. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a common environment such as a home or workplace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom

Most of his films have been comedies too. From Independence Day to Hitch.
Will Smith's easygoing charm makes Hitch the kind of pleasant, uplifting romantic comedy

Eurphoria,
Even Will Smith would have laughed at Donzman.

donsman no mind them jore! which kind laugh

Did he do it after highschool?. . . Most comedians in America has stand-up shows and have done some special once in a while. I'm yet to see one from Will Smith, he acts in comedies but that doesn't make him a comedian.

Again, thread has derailed. You're yet to prove that Yoruba actors and actresses are better, there's no evidence of it. From best actor/actress awards to monetary compensation, NOTHING proves your point. Keep trying to derail the thread.

No, Nkem Owoh is an actor and a comedian who acts in comedies. Most of his roles are due to the comedic value and you know that. Compare that with Will Smith, he's often there for more than the comedy. 

This thread is getting longer than Nollywood from Idumota to Iweka Street in Onitsha.

Omotola Ekeinde is one Yoruba actress who earns as much as any Nollywood top actor or actress.

Great.  ,  How are any of those actors better than the Igbo Nollywood actors and how many of them feature in Yoruba only movies?. . . Most of those guys act in English Nollywood movies. See, you're just biased and always confusing yourself, you don't even know what you're arguing for or against.

Clear up your stance before I continue with this!. . . What exactly are you arguing?. . . Seems like you're saying another thing while ThiefofHearts and co. are saying another thing.

@ orinkila,

I still believe that one cannot in all sincerity compare 2 actors and proclaim that one is better than the other, because no 2 persons can interprete a script the same way. Even the people you are trying to defend know their worth and are never involved in this dichotomy argument. They are professionals in their field and they are there to act. If you bring a script and they like it and the fees are good, the star in your film. Their being good at what they do has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with their genetic origin.

They are good not because they are yoruba actors acting in yoruba language. They are, because they have the talent, and have developed their talents. We are proud of our nigerian actor(ess)s, irrespective of where they come from. But I still don't believe that they are better than their contemporaries in the english genere of Nollywood - that is, if you accept that Yoruba films are part of the industry.

My only problem with the Yoruba films is that I don't get the whole depth, even with the subtitles - but that doesn't stop me from watching them if I go to a friend's house - though I don't really agree with the way they interprete their roles in the film, too much exuberance.

Crucify me if you want!

You'd have to find someone who cares first.

Havent heard that one before.

haha