Comedy club comes to Uganda
DSTV’s Comedy Club has been in Kampala throughout the week. But only a lucky 60 people per day were able to watch the shows that will later be televised on DSTV’s M-Net East channel.
By Emmanuel Ssejjengo
DSTV’s Comedy Club has been in Kampala throughout the week. But only a lucky 60 people per day were able to watch the shows that will later be televised on DSTV’s M-Net East channel.
These were studio recording sessions where “cut, cameralights- action” interfered with the intensity of the shows. Although the comedians came from all over East Africa, they related more to the Ugandan experience.
Zambian Bob, the only non- East African, gave our very own Straka Mwezi a larger-than-life representation in physical and symbolic terms.
On getting cheers when coming on stage, he warned: “All you cheering girls should be wary of my ex-wife, Straka Mwezi.” His story about women and mirrors carried the universally accepted appeal to selfappreciation.
To fit into the topical feminist movement, he praised the women and funnily made an elaboration of how boys remain boys till death. He also made the host, Gaetano Kaggwa, the centre of some of his jokes. Magic Horns provided the music interludes throughout the show.
On Wednesday’s show Uganda’s Deogratius Ojangole, aka O.J, mimicked Indians to the dot. In an interview with Gaetano, he revealed that he does not know any Indian language; a fact that gives him confidence to mimic the culture. Several other comedians including Herbert “Museveni” Ssegujja, Patrick Idringi, Daniel Omara, Prynce Emma, Emmanuel Ssebakigye, Sam Okello Okello, Kwezi Kaganda, Pablo Kimuli, Ann Kansiime and Veronica Tindi have also been lined up to perform.