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Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 5:51am On Dec 07, 2009

FL Gators:
you're right am not getting your drift.
Ever watched BLOOD SISTERS?

Yes. And I liked it. Initially Genny eclipsed her in the earlier stages with her nosy reporting antics. But Omo eclipsed her as a ghost. Frankly, this one of the movies I truly appreciate. Tony Umez was okay though and played a perfect foil to Genny's machinations.

I also liked her role in this other movie where as Zack Orji's wife she mistreats her younger sister (played by Rita Dominic) whom she coaxed into being her co-wife ostensibly to bring forth a son.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 5:33am On Dec 07, 2009

FL Gators:
Ehrrrm I'm not trying to change your mind, but if you can remember, it'd help to name her movies that you think were crappy.

Rhymz, you cant use one crappy movie to brand her career

There are roles I would not have advised her to take considering the transformation required to fit in (her age). where she teemed up with Genny in "Sweet Sisters" where she plays the wayward daughter would have been better if they swapped roles with Genny.

Similarly in "Reckless Heart" She was to big (age) for her role and in actual fact she was cast as a daughter to a visibly younger woman.

Beyonce and Rihana was a big joke and amateurish and The last celebrity salvaged her a bit although it wasn't the best.

But on the flip side, her teaming up with RMD is "soul provider' reveals the depth of talent in that lady.

her movies about Liberia, with Uche Jombe and Duru did not give her enough character meat other than the background circumstance to the action. It could have done with a lot more movement of character.

Sure Omo has her worst moments, like all of them.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 5:24am On Dec 07, 2009

FL Gators:
Don't you think real "acting" helps with the quality of Nollywod?

If we can delete actors like Van Vicker, Nadia and Jim Iyke, and add them with more Omotola, Gene, and other good actors, then Nollywood will upgrade.

From there, we can tell with the directors and producers.

On a serious note. You have touched the heart of what kills Nollywood. The contribution of actors to the success of the industry cannot be overstated. But the problem with Nollywood (if it is a problem) is not that Jim Iyke, Vicker, Nadia etc are bad actors. No. I think the problem has to do with the economy casting where we begin to associate specific actors with specific roles to the point where they become character types in spite of their talents. remember the overplayed Ramsey Nouah/Genny romance typecasting; Nkiru's crying; Ohamenze's ritualizing; Stella Damsus widowed agony etc etc.

This is what has made some of the actors appear so one dimensional. there are some two actors whose names I cannot recall who are condemned to playing the role of hired assassins or private body guards. It kills talent. If for example, you watch Jim Iyke's recent teaming up with Tchikere in the movie Fighting over Nothing" which cast him in a role we usually don't associate him with, you will begin to appreciate the depth of talent and character that he has.

This places the blame squarely on script writing and production and the actors may have little say about these.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 5:12am On Dec 07, 2009

!amebo no1:
Be Still

i only tell the truth the way i see it, i am not saying it to please you or anybody

I am very still, like pot water, lips sealed. But you also know that there is always the law of unintended consequences. That I am pleased with what I read is a result of that law. And my! my! how true that statement is.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 4:57am On Dec 07, 2009

!amebo no1:
Omotola contributed to nollywood, the truth be told, she and genny did, they started quite early, name two popular old "young actresses" and i will tell you omotola and genny will come up.omotola started b4 genny, so she contributed a lot before other actresses came in

DITTOED
And I promise never to criticize Amebo again, ever.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 2:40am On Dec 07, 2009

Ooh. They are out of the woodwork again. My my, my, my, !!
I have to go into hiding now and fast.

Foreign Affairs › Re: Speculation About Yaradua A Foreboding Sign For Nigerian Democracy by naliakar(op): 11:45pm On Dec 06, 2009

Akanniade:
If perchance Yaradua dies or becomes a vegetable, our phantom democracy will be exposed to the true test of fire.
Lets see how long the charade goes on.

God forbid!!

A phantom indeed. What is really unsettling is the tone of resignation, nay, of utter apathy with which most of us approach the subject of democratic transition. The most populous and probably most educated nation state in Africa nurtures a virulent civic underbelly so much so that, matters of democratic transition are left to perchance.

It is amazing the kind of patriotic zeal I saw threaded through another topic on this forum which showcased Nigeria's military hardware. The fondness with which most contributors embrace the modest military possession as a true mark of Nigeria's progress, left me puzzling over the question whether or not the history of military take overs in Nigeria, with a civil war to boot, has bred fear and a mindset that privileges military might as the best form of political power and expression. What eventuality awaits Yaradua does not matter relative to who will have control of the coercive machinery to force through another democratic still birth?

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Is The Greatest Nollywood Celebrity Of All Times by naliakar(op): 3:06pm On Dec 06, 2009

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Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 3:01pm On Dec 06, 2009

!amebo no1:
even with all this grammar of urs, you are yet to achieve quarter of what these ladies have achieved? if you were not as dumb as the day the devil was castrated, you will know that i am more of omotolas fan than genny, but that does not stop me from speaking the truth when i see one, genny grew faster than omotola even when she had nobody to lean on in lagos, omotola is good, but can never gain the fame and popularity genny's gained

If she was so good, then i wonder why oprah omitted her name and put genny's instead

heheheheh

I thought I was a circumcised she goat and I liked that. Now you've remoulded me into a castrated devil. Where did they get the balls to castrate, I am salivating at what I will morph into next Amebo. You are simply lovely.

The trouble with having dimorphic thought system is that something must be Either/Or. I do not see things that way and applauding Omo's achievements is not at the expense of Genny. Yet this is the tunnel vision of the worst specimen of Genny aficionados. I read from your presentation, a fine mind only occasionally irritated by contrary views. So I will momentarily agree with you that Genny is good and that is why Oprah acknowledged her. Sure I get sick if in one month I do not watch a Genny movie (they are getting increasingly rare of late). Geez, the girl is good. No doubt about that.

The point, upon which you seem to gloat by throwing all manner of invectives my way, is that set down and I mean truly set down, OMOTOLA IS LARGER, INDEED FULLER than the proliferate one dimensional actors most of whom dot the surface of Nollywood. As an actor, parent, mother, UN ambassador, social justice and change activist, model, and beauty.

this is my last singular rejoinder to you Amebo. Be blessed and merry xmas in advance

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 2:38pm On Dec 06, 2009

!amebo no1:
Genevieve did greater works than omotola, it took genevieve a flick of her fingers to rise to stardom, omotola did not rise so fast, if omotola is the so called best, how come genny earns 50 times more than her

let it go already naliakar, get something to do with your life, you are here glorifying someone that has a fulfilled life already, where do you fall into? an undergraduate looking for a career to cover her head with?

For heavens sake i like omotola, but your obsession with her makes me feel like spanking you like the little pathetic kid you are

Amebo

I go tire oooh. That spanking is probably what I need. Are anywhere near Boston, I could make myself available. Now, your caveat has a palindrome element to it. On the one hand you decry obsession with personalities who have already achieved it (when I am the one deemed to have that inclination). And the other hand, with appearances of maturity, you spew the kernel of your obsession with Genny. Ehe, so like a petulant child you wish to play the good parent to Naliakar. May be you can.

Now who between Genny and Omotola is into effective community leadership (in 9ja and beyond)
Secondly When you run down the whole gamut of Nollywood's output and single out those movies with decidedly public issues as care, civil war FGM as themes and tell me the female character and actor you see. Omotola is much larger than Genny in scope. Can't you just see before you spank Naliakar?

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 8:52am On Dec 06, 2009

rhymz:
Let's face the truth,even in terms of professional acting skills,she's just average.Jeny is way better than Omo when it comes to skillz,Omotola to me,sometimes over-reacts and doesn't know how to bring out emotions,this is where I score Jeny and stella damascus high.Like I ve always said,Omotola is a stereotyped actress,she's yet to move out of her comfort zone and do some real emotional poo.Her delivery is also just average jeny beats her hands down on that.Jeny's command of English is way better than Omotola's.I heard her once, 'say put off the stove' in a movie,'instead of put out the stove',her grammatical construction is usually very simple and common place,too ordinary for an actress of her status.I want to see her do more challenging roles that will bring her best and show us some real talent besides a pretty face.

Well, as usual it is the Genny aficionados who, true to habit, cringe at being made to play the second fiddle. I encourage you to keep on the Genny hype in perpetuity. Well she acts and I love her professionalism, but it is CERTAINLY a wee lower than Omo's excellence. It is self evident and you can take that to the bank.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 8:46am On Dec 06, 2009

!amebo no1:
For heavens sake naliakar will you shut the hell up and stop acting like a circumcised she goat

A circumcised she goat

Heheheheheheheh,

Jumping everywhere dreaming of glorious fulfillment in vain. That is what she does.

Poor Amebo. The logic na transcend your level abeg. For your sake I will shut up, but not before iterating that Aloy-Emeka is right representing Omo's interview thus. And (this is important) Omo is undeniably the face of Nollywood's progress. well others contributed but she shaped it.
And what is this about her arrogance. since when did talking straight, and looking someone in the eye become arrogance abi?

Now, Ahem. I can shut up

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 7:16am On Dec 06, 2009

FL Gators:
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO SPEND less TIME trying to blow stories out of proportion.

She said she was one of the people that brought nollywood to its position.

The headline suggested that she thinks that without her, nollywood woulndt have reach its status [whatever status that is], an insult to her person.

Not so by any stretch of the imagination. If only you jettison that sense of obtuse reasoning, you will read the interview and Omo's utterance thereupon as they should be read.

I could use the analogy of jazz music to explain further. Tell me you are game and i will explain it.

Celebrities › Re: There Is Something About Genny: by naliakar(op): 6:06am On Dec 06, 2009

C2H5OH:
Does nollywood now only refer to the English-speaking sect of the Nigerian film industry?

Good question. Nollywood encompasses the entirety of the movie industry in Nigeria. Thus its use is invariably inclusive of all the non English titles and the respective contingent processes.
But in the context of this thread, there is an expectation (at least one that I had as the poster) that most of the comments in support of "something about Genny" would draw from the English speaking repertoire of Nollywood since this is where Genny visibly cut her teeth and later excelled.

Having said that, I also wish to continue pointing out some of those characteristics that make Genny tick. She is a great actor no doubt, but the movie industry has this default requisite of appearances and physical beauty. While she has both and more, there is just this thing about her cheek-bones that give her face a singular attractive charm that is difficult to find with others. Perhaps the only other actor (female) who comes closer to Genny in respect of this endowment is Funke Akindele. That is a quality that contributes to Genny appeal in physical term, which is by no means the only level of appeal that matters.

So you see there is just something about Genny one cannot ignore. I will tell you an even bigger intriguing quality to this great actor that you may not have thought of. Just wait.

Celebrities › Re: Wwe's Umaga Dies Of A Heart Attack by naliakar: 1:13am On Dec 06, 2009

SeanT21:
When did he die?? I used to hate him when we was up against Triple X or John Cena. RIP Umaga.

Ditto. Which is why one of the greatest fights for me in wwe was the "No holds barred" action against the champ where Cena almost choked him to death. the hilarious moment involving him was the one in Italy where some Italian audience member dethroned him with the help of lashley. WWE will miss him.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Is The Greatest Nollywood Celebrity Of All Times by naliakar(op): 1:09am On Dec 06, 2009

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Celebrities › Re: There Is Something About Genny: by naliakar(op): 1:01am On Dec 06, 2009

chiogo:
LOL Hanks Anuku is now Yoruba??

He sucks with his fake-ass accent anyway, so Naliakar, Nollywood won't be anywhere without him? Chai, Abeg take him away. One down, more to go!!

WTF is all this crap on Nairaland sef? smh.

Ramsey is half Israeli, half Yoruba

Desmond Elliot, his father is Yoruba, his mom is from Delta.

Just letting you know.

Your corrections appreciated and there is no dispute with what you point out. At some point there is a degree of hybridity in all of us. But usually the way one self identifies supersedes all the others. those actors will not deny the delta or Israeli blood in their vein, but they self identify as belonging to one ethnicity.

I brought up their ethnicity when the thread veered toward suggesting that you needed to be an Igbo to be great in Nollywood. That was the trigger. It wasn't a self initiated assertion. Otherwise, as a fully bloodied Igbo, I have no business acknowledging Omo's greatness.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 12:49am On Dec 06, 2009

FL Gators:
My friend, what standpoint?

The headline is misleading. And its obvious that the yeye tribalist here would come running their mouth like runoff gutter.

If the writer thought that the headline is not going to be controversial in any way, he/she would have used it to sell his/her story.

What makes you pick up a book from a shelf? The title or the story itself?

I have explained in what way the title stands. In what do you find it misleading given my predicate. Look at it this way; the title begins with
Omotola Jalade followed by a punctuation mark, a colon. This anticipates an explanation. Aloy chooses to offer that explanation with a paraphrasing of Omo's utterance. The clause " I put Nollywood where it is today" is that paraphrase tempered wth sensitivity to the demands of precis. I think you could begrudge Aloy Emeka for embedding his perspective in the title with the singular contribution to Nollywood by Omotola rather than those of the collective. here again his discretionary disposition is that the thread should focus on on contributions to Nollywood as would singularly implicate OMO, not at the expense of the other actors but in spite of their equally noteworthy contribution-which she in her selfless nature acknowledges.

This argument should make sense if you consider that "actors" is the sum total of individual actors. All the poster has done is to foreground the individual actor without foreclosing the credit to the rest of them. No quibbling will take away from the accuracy of the title to the utterance Omotola made abe. And sure, she put nollywood where it is.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 12:01am On Dec 06, 2009

FL Gators:
Thank you.

Aloy. Emeka loves what he does. Mislead people into thinking the worst about these actresses . Yes, I said it, plain obvious

You are being unfair to Aloy Emeka.
Look
It is true she said "she is one of the, " who put Nollywood where it is today. She acknowledged her singular contribution within the collective group contribution to Nollywood's growth. What Aloy Emeka has done is take a perspective of Omo's singular contribution and is speaking from that standpoint. Reflecting the title thus, is accurate even with Omo's quote as referent. the blame should not be on the title but on Aloy's embeddedness with Omotola's recognition of own singular effort within others.

I love it when Omo's utterances become enigmatic even to schooled Nairalanders. Oh , this great actor!! na too much ooo.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Is The Greatest Nollywood Celebrity Of All Times by naliakar(op): 11:16pm On Dec 05, 2009

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Celebrities › Re: Wwe's Umaga Dies Of A Heart Attack by naliakar: 11:07pm On Dec 05, 2009

This is sad. I liked his moves and he was very young and promising.
Where is the link to the story

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 11:00pm On Dec 05, 2009

michelin89:
It doesn't say anything or didn't you read this part?

Nor follow me play that kind play. I have better things to do with my time than discuss with an omotola obsessed.

That is the mystical allure about any subject about Omo. It attracts even the unwilling. It captivates even those who should be busy elsewhere. It is okay. I am comfortable sharing my views with those willing to one at a time and I agree it should not be a debilitating obsession so best wishes.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 10:56pm On Dec 05, 2009

mama-gee:
Don't misuse words here.
Since when did Omotola putting Nollywood where it is become a fact?
Okay I see it she put Nollywood in the state of making
awful movies with crappy storylines and garbage-ish music themes.

In other words, without the the professional embellishments that Omo's participation in movies laced those movie scripts with, they would not have seen the light of day and Nollywoood would be tottering on the precipice of extinction.

Can't you see, she even gave Nollywood a face. And what a pleasantly radiant and charming face that has been.

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 10:51pm On Dec 05, 2009

michelin89:
I didn't even read the interview.

That says it all

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Jalade: I Put Nollywood Where It Is Today by naliakar: 10:42pm On Dec 05, 2009

mama-gee:
Omotola needs to drop that ulter ego of hers
she didn't put Nollywood anywhere
Genevieve did,
so every other poser in Nollywood needs to put their hands where their money is.

Really?? the lady is simply stating the facts. Disabuse your mind of the thinking that Omo is egotistical. She is not. Just a plain simple achiever

Fashion › Re: Nigerian Girls Are The Most Beautiful In Africa! by naliakar: 2:44pm On Dec 05, 2009

Nigerian Girls and Beauty: Oil and water
Except of course Calabar ladies and a sprinkle of Yoruba ladies here and there. But only if the competition is within Nigeria. They will have to create a different category for Nigerian ladies once the highly competitive East Africans are on show.

Travel › Re: West African Countries Hate Nigerians? by naliakar: 2:38pm On Dec 05, 2009

lovemoi2:
[size=15pt]nigerians are hated by the whole world, thanks to the fraudsters and scamers that have succeeded in destroying our names[/size]

are you sure yah brains are in the right place, this has noting to do with jealousy, why will anyone be jealous of crime and fraud,

you compare nigeria to biblical isrealites naijas wunt kill me with their religious fantasies

Are you forgetting that Igbos are Jews who morphed into African. Some are still tanning

Celebrities › Re: ~Pictures From The Private Screening Of Movie 'ije' In L.a. . . .~ by naliakar: 11:54am On Dec 05, 2009

cruiser:
OMOSEXY is Hot! Haters go and DIE!!! Omotola looks Great and is souring Higher, Una haters go die of Heart failure soon oh!

You bet

Celebrities › Re: Omotola Is The Greatest Nollywood Celebrity Of All Times by naliakar(op): 11:25am On Dec 05, 2009

See also this thread and acknowledge there as well. Okay!!

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-361935.0.html

Travel › Re: Nairobi Photos (kenya): A Beautiful East African City by naliakar: 10:42am On Dec 05, 2009

@ Mwanamwiwa
So much for the outdoor tour of mountains and mountain ranges in east Africa all within (one hour or less) reach from Nairobi and within the east Africa tourist circuit. Mwanamwiwa sorry for nosing my love of your region into this thread again. But Fellow Nigerians and lovers of nature should know that there is great scenery out there worth exploring and Nairobi offers the best take off point.

Travel › Re: Nairobi Photos (kenya): A Beautiful East African City by naliakar: 10:35am On Dec 05, 2009

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