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Technology Is Killing Acting In Nollywood – Ramsey Nouah
Nollywood’s grand playboy Ramsey Nouah says the movie industry is growing and has moved from the era of good stories and gifted actors without good technical input to the point where we now have great technology but the acting standard is fast reducing.
The Nollywood “idol” in a recent interview said. “Emm…for Nollywood, there have been phases of growth for us. It seemed that we started off on a very good note but everyone is thinking …No no, its not as if it’s not a good note. It is, but there was a good start. There was influx of stories and it became saturated such that people got tired and everybody just felt like the industry has reached its peak and there’s nowhere else to go.
From that point in time was when everybody began to ask, are we growing or falling? But this is what it is, we had good performances acting in the beginning. The industry became saturated because there were too many movies outside. Technicals didn’t grow from where we began. It was going to get better, but midway things got worse. Now technical is growing.
What’s giving birth to good technicals are the cinemas. There has to be capital of course big screen and you have to get everything and every detail right. But there is a nose dive with the performances now. Where we have gotten to now with good technical acting is getting better. There is need for that bridge for technical and acting to synergize for us to have a smooth and perfect production”.
On the lowest moment in his career, Ramsey Noah took a journey down memory lane to 2012 where he was banned alongside other actors. “Yeah; in 2006 a couple of us were blacklisted by the film marketers for no good reason. Of course, at that moment there was a turnaround in my faith in the industry.
I was like what the hell. Why should we have this? When the cinema thing came in, I was very happy because it helped curb our industry. Because we lack structure, we lack regulation and regulatory bodies to actually checkmate certain things, a whole lot of things went haywire. That was one of my low points in the industry”.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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