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Originally Posted by vince
Yep!These are sterotypes,cliches.But if the producers don't use these cliches in their homvies and try approach their stories from a different angle and with new and fresh ideas in contents,you guys will be the first to scream foul and condemn the flicks as unrealistic,simply because they do not contain these same cliches that you people are claiming to be tired of.
The question now is,"Do you viewers even know what you really want?".
How open and receptive are you to new and fresh ideas?
You ask for new directions in storytelling,but when they come,you condemn.
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I concur. From my observations, majority of Nigerians seem not to be comfortable with certain issues esp the ones viewed as taboos by societal consensus. I know I have watched plenty movies with fellow Nigerians (esp the older ones) and when certain scenes came up; maybe like a supposedly gay scene or kissing scene, you could feel them squirming in their seats.........and people always want to claim that it is not believable for Nigerian movies to portray certain themes and issues cos they are not obtainable in the Nigerian society........the accuracy of that statement is undoubtedly suspect.........but na naija na!!
I would like to see our movies venture more into otherwise uncharted territory, but the reality is the producers are looking to recoup their investments, so if a certain theme/issue is not going to go down well with the viewing public, best believe it will be scratched out.