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4.13.2011

TONTO DIKE - to act or not to act??

To all my folks, and all those who watch Nigerian/African movies, many of you are very familiar with the very popular Ms. Tonto Dike.  I guess you can call her Nigeria's new blend of Rihanna/Angelina Jolie and even a blend of Madea attitude.  It seems like our Nollywood actress has found herself twisted in an "image" war of what her fans believe she should be.  Tonto is known for playing not only the scandelous, but the sexy, risky, outwitted, flamboyant, rude, loud, raz, and many a times deviously intelligent roles. 
Soon to be 26 year old Tonto hails from Ekwere, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, a beautifil lady who's features stand out, her roles in the Nollywood movies has taken her quite far, movies such as Beyond Conspiracy, The Plain Truth,  and Garden Love.   Maybe you dont know, but one of her recent movies "DIRTY SECRET" has the whole of Naija & Ghana chatting loud.  Now I watched that movie, and that title fits perfectly.  Not only does that movie hover a great secret, but boy, that secret is believely dirty!!!!  The movie was produced by Sanga Entertainment where Ms. Tonto goes what you may call semi nude and uses alot of "tongue," who she uses the tongue with i wont tell, i say watch the movie yourself.   The explicit scenes (meaning plenty of skin & lude language) in this movie has Tonto's religious fans talking, attacking her role and calling it soft porn.  Many are wondering why the well known fab actress engages in such role and question of whether she draws the line of what role she does and does not play.
Now, I have watched this movie, all of its 2000 parts (like every niaja movie lol) and I can say my jaw dropped at the "secret."  It is actually a very good movie, interesting story twist, and I enjoyed the suspense.  Tonto did her thing as she usually does, but many ask... is she going to far?  Some accuse her of thinking she is a "Hollywood" star and that she is trying to hard.  Many ask where is the professionalism? Or would you say that her being open to play any role is what makes her the true professional she claims to be?  Tonto quotes, "how else do you want our movie industry to improve?  Americans do it and they are better than Africa on all grounds."  Wait.... is she seriously comparing American movies and African movies???????  I really hope not, because it is two different cultures and two types of expectations.  One fan had replied and quoted "there are better ways to make the industry grow, where have we thrown our sense of decency?" Another fan states how she finds such roles disgraceful, she quotes in question, "Nigerians are doing the porn thing now?"   Tonto continues to receive backlash and criticism on her "out there" roles ...but you as my reader tell me what you think.

*Does Tonto take her roles too far?  I mean she does show quite a bit of skin, and her foul language, well you could call it Hollywood inspired (though I havent watched many American movies where they curse that much) and seriously *it seems as though she is trying hard to go from Nollywood style to Hollywood style, is that the Naija way, oh and whats up with the Rihanna tatoo she has imitated on the side of her neck????

GONE FOR A MINUTE,.... NOW IM BACK!

Good evening ladies & gents.  Wow, so its been quite some time, last posting was pretty much a year ago!  I wonder what the great distraction was, but nevertheless my continuous writing i never did stop.  As you all know poetry I've deemed my second language, and so though I may not have been updating my blogs I made sure to continue creating my poetic visions on lined paper, blank paper, journals & notebooks, even on a styrofoam cup once :)    So, as previously mentioned, I'm back, it is now 2011, a year of fulfillment, prosperity, enjoyment and irieness, I'm happy to say I have been blessed thus far plus sure there is much more to come.  The next blog will be up in a bit, but here are some interesting laws I came across to start you off.
 -PS:  some of these laws are a tad weird & uncalled for!

* ALABAMA
         -it is illegal to play dominoes on a sunday
         -it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church
         -masks may not be worn in public
* ALASKA
         -no child may build a snowman taller than himself on school property
* ARKANSAS
         -a man can beat his wife, yet only once per month
* CALIFORNIA
         -it is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting liscence
         -bathhouses are against the law
         -in the area of Pacific Grove, molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine
         -in Los Angeles it's illegal to cry on a witness stand in any state court
* COLORADO
          -in Logan County it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is sleeping
          -in the Denver area, it is illegal to mistreat / maltreat rats      ....... (ha, i couldnt live there)
*DELAWARE
         -in the Rehoboth area, one may not whisper in church
         -"R" rated movies cannot be shown in drive in theatres
*FLORIDA
         -women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer in a hair salon
         -it is considered an offense to shower naked (???huh, i dont believe that???)
*HAWAII
        -twins cannot work for the same company (that's a funny one)
*KENTUCKY
         -it is illegal to remarry the same man 4 times (now this i agree with....what is the point?)
*MASSACHUSETTS
         -hunting on Sundays is prohibited
         -in Boston, two people cannot kiss in front of a church
         -in the area of Malboro, a person cannot own more than two dogs
*MONTANA
         -it is a felony for a wife to open her husbands mail
         -in the city of Billings, One cannot raise pet rats
 .....................ok im done, really awkward laws, I mean it is evident most of these laws came to pass when the America's were first established, because they dont make much sense now!