The thought provocating Television Soap Opera ‘US’ relayed every Wednesday at 8.00pm by The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) network programme hit the air waves by the last quarter of year 2005 and has carved a peculiar niche in the hearts of over 40 million viewers.
The soap is the brain child of Vicky Amede, The Script writer and producer; a graduate of Theatre Arts, from University of Jos. She recently disclosed in an interview that she weaved the plot around the nouveau rich and the lowest income class in order to strike a balance.
According to her, “inside every mansion, there must be a boys” quarter for the poor who eventually renders important services to the priviledged rich.
The Benue born producer explained Themes Explored in, the soap which include marital problems, lust, pain, poverty etc. Tonye Olawola, Edward Enaibe, Juchiet Ibe, Chinyere Winifred Rykardo Agbo, Perdita Agu Nkine Njoku and Gloria Mba are some of the prominent Artistes in the set of ‘US’.
Vicky Amede who has produced popular soaps such as the rested ‘Ripples’ and Broad street, disclosed that the major challenge facing her career as a producer is cash constraints, adding that with proper funding, the sky will be her limit. She appealed to Government and corporate bodies to come to their aid and sponsor the soap.
‘US’ is directed by Daniel Akinsola with Owolabi Adewale and Ugochukwu Onwugbolu as production Assistants. The soap will run on the network service for the rest of the year.
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