After watching Kenyan Television Productions and comparing them to productions from other countries, a viewer is left wondering whether Kenya has professional producers, directors and scriptwriters.I don't have issues with the content but the mode of delivery.
The award winning television shows in Kenya tells it all. Talk of Papa shirandula, Vioja Mahakamani and Vitimbi all of them once won awards. All these television dramas have something in common, they all have clowns involved in the drama. Papa has Otoyo and Jalang'o, Vioja has Olexanda, Makokha and Lijodi and Vitimbi has Chemasunde, Mogaka and Nyasuguta.
The way clothes or shoes tell a lot about a person, the same way television productions tell a lot about a country and its people. Lets take an example like our neighbours Nigerians,their productions are full of witchcraft American productions are full of sex and drugs.You will just know this is American or Nigerian from their clothing. Therefore these Producers using clowns in almost all their productions means most of the Kenyans are made up of clowns. (that's my view)
I am just wondering, if some day Kenyan television productions are taken to an international festival, what picture of Kenya will the productions paint?
Mary
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