On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:50 AM, saidimu apale
<saidimu@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, so it appears the dude who plays himself in his viral video has
thoroughly impressed me. Here are a few reasons why:
Listen to a sampling of the lyrics:
Serikali haijali so naona mbwa kali afadhali
Dem amejam juu doo haikam
Nasiwezi kumshow ati life ni exam
Juu nitatupiwa sufuria
Na hizo ni aibu ndogo ndogo mi sipendi
So nikikupita tao
Jua siyo madharau
I laughed so hard my 6-week old daughter started laughing, then
switched to crying before I could explain the lyrics ;)
The characters names? Hilariously witty! My personal favs:
- The Askyua Matha Black Militants (fight the power!)
- Abscondita
- Wrong Number
- Britannia Zimeisha (si ununue House of Manji...)
Assorted funnies in the video:
- Presented in CinemaTope (a nod to CinemaScope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope)
- Color by Robbialac
- Available in stereo where available
Just A Band's other videos are equally well thought out (some of them
too well thought out, I couldn't figure out the abstract art themes of
Iwinyo Piny. What does the title mean anyway?)
A few similar strands:
- The ending in "If I Could" and "Usinibore" is up in the air... I
like that. I prefer media that lets me fill in the blanks.
- In both "If I Could" and his viral video, the guy leaves the girl.
These guys are true geeks... they need to get out more ;)
I wish these guys well. I hope such innovative courage succeeds in all
ways. The videos reminded me of aspects of Kenyan culture that I
absolutely love.
Now if only they could launch a web-comic... they may very well be the
Kenyan version of Boondocks.
saidi
PS I've taken great effort to avoid mentioning the "M" word in this
post. It's not a name to be taken in vain ;)
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