Gringo says comedy skits now flooding social media are amateurish. “Those are just people trying to market themselves but they are missing it by failing to engage experienced comedians in order to improve on the art and as a result, what they do ceases to be comedy,” he said.
Some comedians like Marabha and Baba Tencen have risen to prominence and raked in thousands of followers through physical features like tooth gaps but Gringo believes this is a sign of mediocrity.
Referring to the features as “natural disasters”, he slammed flaunting of physical deformities by jesters to gain artistic mileage as myopic conduct unworthy to be termed comedy. “Those are natural disasters and hayisiyo inoita kuti munhu aite [that’s not what makes one a] comedian. Comedy is an inherent art, that is why
even some who go to school to learn about it have failed,” he added while explaining that funny characters were usually directed by a well-defined script.
Meanwhile, Gringo’s once flourishing career has lost its glint, and he blames the misfortunes on lack of proper structures to enhance talents.
“As artists, we have no substantive organisations and a strong ministry which supports our work because usually the leaders of such are not artists, hence they do not understand our struggles,” he said while suggesting veterans like Aaron Chiundura Moyo would do way better.
source: standard
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