I have watched “Elesin Oba” and I do not blame the people who expected entertainment but got confused instead.
I am an art student, who majored in literature, I understand the movie, seeing as I’ve read the book.
However, when filmmakers adapt plays into motion pictures,
they must imagine that no one has read the book and for that reason, simplify the story to an acceptable extent and give the story better artistic expression.
Real intellectual art can be entertaining too. I believe this is where we must take serious lessons from Hollywood.
Odunlade’s acting was TOP NOTCH, he gave us all the feels.
I watched to the end and I knew that this wouldn’t be a widely
accepted movie.
Still, for once, Ebony Life chose not a make a commercial movie, and even though only a few people will understand the movie,
I respect their effort to create real art.
I have seen Elesin Oba as a stage play and now as a movie, I’d rather watch the stage play again, it didn’t make me feel as though I mixed Ribena with too much water.
Online and offline, I got you. Let me give you quick gist about how I hung out with Dang! Community members last night in Budapest and I tried my best to help them solve a quick problem but it ended in “AH!”
As you may have seen on my Insta story, My friend and I went Pub crawling last night with our handsome tour guide, Levi. We were joined by two other DANG! Members. They are a delight I must tell you.
As we arrived at the 3rd club, one of them said, “Ife, look at that cute guy,
we were on the same flight with him but he was forming.”
I looked across me and saw the duke mixed with Michael B Jordan but taller. Smooth dark chocolate.
Yeeeeeee.
I gathered the girls and moved them closer to where he was, to ri pe may be out of sight is out of mind, abi?
In 2007, I borrowed money from a friend - N9,000. It was a lot of money for me back then. I had exhausted my borrowing and dashing Grace from my siblings so I had to fall back on a friend to loan me some money.
I was going to pay her back from my allowee.
However, life happened and I couldn’t return the money in full when I promised I would. I told her. “Please let me give you 5k now and balance the remaining next month.” She disagreed and said she wanted all her money at once and immediately,she didn’t want to “spoil” the money.
I kept the 5k I had and suffered through the month while I avoided her numerous calls. I just wanted the month to end so I could pay her back. I remember sending her a text, promising her that the 5k I had would not be touched and I couldn’t pick her calls because I was ashamed.
Remember I posted this morning about how you can pray for anything? As soon as I saw President Obasanjo at the airport, I asked God to allow me to speak with him, I went further to pray that I’d be sitting beside him.
As we boarded the flight,
I found that I wasn’t seated beside him, still I asked the white guy beside him if he’d like to swap seats with me, he agreed without fuss.
I knelt beside president Obasanjo as a sign of greeting, I couldn’t see his lips move behind the mask, but I saw his eyes smile.
If you were at O2 today wearing a Versace shirt and black Denim, walking with a lady wearing a white shirt and blue Denim, my Lord will judge you. I know both of you are Nigerians.
DANG Community, thank you for asking me what happened, I’ll tell you.
Was I not by myself, walking towards my friend after a rigorous climb to the top of the O2 when I saw these two people, well I saw the lady’s big bum bum first. Then I saw a big black hand rubbing the bum as they walked in front of me.
Not only that, the girl was making a video,
I saw myself in the video o, and instead of ducking, I smiled at the camera. Uncle with the big black hand saw me, frowned, used his big head to block the camera and kissed the girl, with tongue!
I felt offended sha. Why did he block my face from the romance that was happening?
One time, months after we’d broken up, someone I dated said to me, “You expressed your love way too much and it kind of scared me. Also, you were too understanding, I used to be afraid that there’s something else or that you were pretending.”
Translation: “I prefer people who hold back and play games,
I also prefer drama over peace and quick settlement of issues.”
I hated to fight so I accepted apologies quickly and just expressed my love exactly how I felt it. Guess what? That was a problem.
Months after we broke up, he came back, apologising profusely, because he realised he took all of that peace & love for granted.
However, I just couldn’t go back to that situation anymore.
When you think you prefer manipulation, games, and drama over peace, ease, and honesty,