Soap operas with a social message

Published in the New York Times on Thursday, January 26, 2012. Read the original article here. Every Sunday evening, seven million Kenyans sit in front of their television sets to watch “Makutano Junction,” a soap opera set in a fictional village. In one episode, audiences watch as a woman, Mama Mboga, holds her crying infant. [...]

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Using “chick flicks” as a mirror

100 giggling women, all looking for a relaxing night with the girls. 85 mobile phones on silent mode. 62 cups of Diet Coke. 43 buckets of caramelized popcorn. 12 packets of tissues, for those with particularly high levels of internal emosonal attyachar. And 1 standard-issue chick flick, with correspondingly standard-issue character clichés, “funny enough” situations, [...]

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Yet another blog entry on Slumdog

based on links my friends have been sending me, it seems like many have been sharing their thoughts on the newest film that appears to be able to walk on water. but oh well, a barrel can never have too many monkeys, can it? oh slumdog millionaire, that which can part the seas, bridge the [...]

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