I don’t mean to act the devil’s advocate but I don’t think I can stand silent on this issue. I have had to read opinions and articles on how our beloved Nollywood is gradually turning into Pornywood according to some quarters. When I saw this, the first question that came to my mind was what exactly defines porn in the average Nigerian’s mind? I have been unable to get a satisfying to this question because all I seem to get are answers coming from close-minded people.

First the issue of the intensity of movies being released these days have been raised. Many people are of the opinion that most of these movies contain too many pornographic looking scenes with maybe the characters (actors and actresses) in the movies going to deep in romantic scenes. I am perplexed at what exactly Nigerians want because in times past I have been bombarded with complains about how movies in Nollywood are so unrealistic. I can still recall vividly as if it were yesterday when one of my friends complained that Nollywood presents couples who barely kiss or touch in movies and expect us to believe they are in love. Now we get such things and we cry out that the movies are set out to corrupt the society.

This brings me to my next issue, which society is being corrupted? The already corrupted society with little or no more respect for traditional institutions or value for customs and traditions. After all, it is the traditions of our people that the pretentious critics claim they are fighting for. A good population of the youths watched such movies like ‘Spartacus’, ‘True Blood’, and some others to mention but a few. These series movies all contained explicit nude scenes in them and I don’t hear any word of complain from anybody about it. Rather they received such raving reviews and acceptance by the public that complaints about such movies like ‘Dirty Secret’ and ‘Strippers in Love’ only portrays us as a two-faced society. The criticism that met ‘Strippers in Love’ for example was so high that some media channels even went as far as taking clips from the movie where one of the actress, Tonto
Dikeh was kissing another girl and presented it in such a way to make the actress look like a lesbian.
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