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Originally Posted by michelin89
Maybe I am the one mentally masturbating myself but there is something I have noticed in the movie industry that somehow reflects the way we African percieve ourselves.
Has anyone taken time to ask why all the dark-skinned ladies are ecceptionally pretty unlike the light ones?
A lot has been discussed about skin colour issue but I can't ignore what i see on homevideos. I find it disgusting that a dark-skinned woman must be very pretty to be able to have success in the movie industry, while the yellow ones are picked even if they are "wowo".
Examples are Oge Okoye, Rita Dominic, Nkiru Sylvanus, etc... just to mention a few. To me these women are far from being pretty but yet they are compared to real beauties like Gene, Chioma, Uche, Bimbo, etc...
Of course we also have light-skinned goddess like Omosexy and SDA but they are ecceptions in this case.
Why is Nollywood so colour conscious?
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I have wondered about that myself, the bolded. Someone mentioned easier lighting being the reason. My thought is if they can light Genny, Ini, Choima, etc they can light others. I don't have a problem with fanta leading ladies, but let them be beautiful as well as talented too instead of just picking them because of color.
And please get rid of those with the horrible, visible size effect especially on their faces. It just looks horrible on screen and they not only look ugly, but sort of sick. It is just horrific to watch, ones starts mentally re-arranging their faces or coloring instead of watching their acting.
If Rita used to be a dark lady, then if you are going to bleach, one should do it like her. It is very well done.