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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????

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Truth is stranger than Fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.