It was an unusual night of comedy, from the moment we arrived past 7PM
and the comedy was scheduled to start at the aforementioned time – but attendees
seemed like droplets of rain!
Vaal Comedy night kicked off with a very slow phase that turned to loads
of laughter as the night went by. The comedy that took place at the Vaal Civic
Theatre was hosted by MSP.
The show that turned out to be great was MC’d by Thapelo ‘Tips’ Semeese
who joked about ‘Gays’ as if there's some experience in that department. The
show was indeed dedicated to vernac, in particular Sotho, which left me
laughing when the language was obvious!
Tip: Comedy should cater for everyone unless stated otherwise, and then
one would understand.
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| Local Comedians: Weez |
Tips broke ribs and twisted intestines as the host - too funny. I don't
know if he can crack other markets that aren't Sotho speaking, he can't even peel
off that Pretoria Kasi swag. He's pretty amazing though.
The opening act, Wezz or something looked lost and unsure of what was
expected of them. They are a trio dressed in some dirty and cheap-looking cowboys’
props - they'd do amazing as black clowns for Marikana kids. Anyway, at the end they gave us a DVD
that gave us hope of something prepared with time.
The supposedly main acts then dazzled on stage starting with Pule, the
white Tswana and Kasi-lingo speaking Mlungu. Pule, Pule, Pule... When he
debuted on the Strictly Vernac DVD, I thought he had something special and will
carve a promising path in the industry but it seemed like he's stuck in his
debut act.
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| Pule! |
He's been repeating material he did on that DVD and some that I've seen
him do repeatedly on other gigs. In full Skhothane gear, the clumsy Pule looked
like an Albino Skhothane or Warras of Live AMP on SABC 1, just with some poppy
and fluffy hair. Work on content please Pule and stop using the excuse of being
a white-shell who speaks vernac!
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| Skhumba! |
Great act of the night has to go Skhumba, featured on Mzansi Magic's
Taxi Ride; man killed the audience, buried them, and enjoyed the funeral cover
money. He had such a great material and stage management. SK is a force to be
reckoned with.
Then lastly there was Mashabela, another funny Limpopian after the death
of Ashiffa Shabba's comedy career. He came on stage nearly 3 hours to the show
and we were starting to yawn!
Word says he's got an ego bigger than Nicki Minaj's behind, for what
though? Not now Mashabela, Limpopo isn't a continent, being big there is like
competing with other Limpopians in genital sizes, okay.
Besides the turn-out of the people, Tropika and Red Bull sponsored the
free drinks that kept us awake for some boring acts. They might have bored us
to the core but locals seemed to relate with showers of laughter.
Thanks to comedians Skhulu and Thulani who also brought a bit of fun combined with shyness!
Thank you to MSP for the hilarious celebration of comedy. We are looking forward to having Trevor Noah hopefully next year and the venue will be filled to its ribs!
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