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Bernard Dayo

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Bernard Dayo is a pop culture writer for The Naked Convos and a speculative fiction writer. His short stories have been published on Afreada, Brittle Paper, The Kalahari Review and his first novel, The Year of the Space Mission, is forthcoming. When he isn't watching his favourite TV shows, he constructively uses Twitter for anti-oppression work and social justice.

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Mascara Is The Boring Chick Flick Drama We Don’t Need

Mascara is a story about four women who live as friends in a Lagos-based apartment. I had expected Lagos to be an extra, buoyant character on its own, rippling with familiar charm and chaos. But the establishing shot in the first episode was as dull as wet fish. In fact, I’m of the opinion that the shots of tall buildings and the cityscape were grafted from an unconnected, pre-existing source.

Apr 16, 2018

Mascara Is The Boring Chick Flick Drama We Don’t Need

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How Africa Magic Gave Nollywood A Bad Image

Comparatively, Africa Magic is in chief control of what it decides to broadcast, and, put bluntly, it is partly responsible for Nollywood’s bad image. The streaming era hasn’t forced the movie channel into obsolescence.

Apr 3, 2018

How Africa Magic Gave Nollywood A Bad Image

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Are There Films Best Enjoyed at the Cinemas?

For some, a film might demand a bit more attention on their part if they are historical dramas or period pieces, especially if the reason is purely academic. 2017 had a slate of films retelling history, from Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk to Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit.

Mar 20, 2018

Are There Films Best Enjoyed at the Cinemas?

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Marriage, marriage, marriage: Michelle Dele Makes “June” a Bearable Romantic Comedy

At its core, June is about personal happiness and the things we are willing to sacrifice for it. Adewale had to decide between June and his inheritance, June made attempts to rekindling her past relationship with Chudy, so that she can feel the love she once felt and ultimately get back on the road to marriage.

Mar 6, 2018

Marriage, marriage, marriage: Michelle Dele Makes “June” a Bearable Romantic Comedy

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Den of Thieves Makes Gerard Butler Great Again

Den of Thieves even pits Nick against Ray in a sort of impromptu shooting practice contest, with Ray walking languidly away as the winner. But the film’s uncomfortable moments, like Nick putting Donnie in a choke hold in their post-bar encounter, is a signifier of racial America and its destructive politics.

Feb 9, 2018

Den of Thieves Makes Gerard Butler Great Again

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We Need to Talk About How Social Media Is Ruining Films and TV Shows

During the airing of the sixth episode of Thrones’ bombastic seventh season, which I was yet to see at the time, I stumbled on a spoiler on Twitter that one of Daenerys’ dragons died.

Jan 30, 2018

We Need to Talk About How Social Media Is Ruining Films and TV Shows

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Wives on Strikes – The Revolution Might Be Funny, But It Seriously Deals with the Social Illness of Domestic Violence

The reason for this drastic move isn’t funny, though. They are protesting domestic violence against women, the ones who have died from it and the ones whose lives are in current danger. They have had enough and want the state government to intervene.

Wives on Strike Movie

Jan 22, 2018

Wives on Strikes – The Revolution Might Be Funny, But It Seriously Deals with the Social Illness of Domestic Violence

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The Crisis of Bad Nollywood Films

A large chunk of films produced this year hewed closely to comedy, a tried-and-true formula that props humour as the new gold rush, considering how AY Makun keeps making box office-impacting, travel comedy films. By this, we become forgiving of these films and their lapses. Atrocious acting only increases the comedic value.

Alter Ego Movie

Jan 3, 2018

The Crisis of Bad Nollywood Films

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The Untold Appeal of “The Wedding Party” and why The Sequel May Not be as Successful

Like the first volume, The Wedding Party’s pre-Christmas release was an effective strategy plugged into the spending impulse that comes with the season, which of course contributed to its huge financial turnover. And with that formula and from all indications, Destination Dubai is set to replicate that cinematic success…

The Wedding Party Cast

Dec 14, 2017

The Untold Appeal of “The Wedding Party” and why The Sequel May Not be as Successful

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On American Horror Story: Cult, Gender Inequality and Patriarchal Culture in Nigeria

Watching Cult and the episode on shockingly lethal feminism where a gang of women serially kill men in order to dismantle patriarchy (which I found a little distasteful), I began to see how the show’s depiction of the power imbalance between men and women was a facsimile of real life.

American Horror Story

Nov 16, 2017

On American Horror Story: Cult, Gender Inequality and Patriarchal Culture in Nigeria

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The Problem With Yemi Alade’s Mama Africa Moniker

Long before Alade’s pop emergence though, there was Angélique Kidjo, and even Miriam Makeba, whose music was as popular as her activism and whose individuality drew the canonizing Mama Africa identity. And rightfully so. Because of this, there are expectations that Alade’s music should do more than what it’s currently doing

Nov 3, 2017

The Problem With Yemi Alade’s Mama Africa Moniker

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On This Is Me, Niniola Goes For Balance And Consistency

On the whole, the album is a complex artistic work rendered simply, with a lean, laser-focused production. It’s not completely unheard of to have a debut album at 31.

Niniola - This is me

Nov 2, 2017

On This Is Me, Niniola Goes For Balance And Consistency

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Why We Want Tiwa Savage And Niniola To Collaborate On A Song

For a Savage-Niniola collaboration to work, both artistes would have to imbibe small elements of each other’s artistic ethos. The song may heavily lean towards Niniola’s signature afrohouse, brisk and summery with the potential to dominate the dance club circuits.

Tiwa Savage

Oct 31, 2017

Why We Want Tiwa Savage And Niniola To Collaborate On A Song

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Is Nigeria’s Fashion Industry Ready For Individual Fashion Shows?

This month, Lagos Fashion and Design Week will make its return, a flagship platform that has incubated, nurtured, and exported Nigerian designers to rest of the world. As before, many designers from Nigeria and the continent will be hosted under its brand and will continue to be that way for a long time.

Oct 16, 2017

Is Nigeria’s Fashion Industry Ready For Individual Fashion Shows?

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Why We Should Let the “Gay Culture on TV Corrupts Children” Myth Die a Horrible Death

It’s rather sad that, in this post-millennial age, we still harbour the myth that gay culture on TV corrupts children. It’s been cast as an inducer of moral decay – a nasty, terrible leech that feeds off children’s innocence and leaves them as dark, twisted, sentient beings.

Sep 13, 2017

Why We Should Let the “Gay Culture on TV Corrupts Children” Myth Die a Horrible Death

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“Alter Ego” is a Bad Movie Omotola is Allowed to Have

In 1998, best-selling American author Sidney Sheldon published Tell Me Your Dreams, a novel about…

Jul 14, 2017

“Alter Ego” is a Bad Movie Omotola is Allowed to Have

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Add Soma’s “Liquor” to Your List of Drinking Songs

Last month, Big Brother Naija 2017 winner Efe released Somebody, which had all the ingredients of…

Jul 10, 2017

Add Soma’s “Liquor” to Your List of Drinking Songs

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Are Horror Movie Tropes Creeping Into Nigerian Music Videos?

I’m a horror junkie. But I’m not going to bore you about how I…

Jun 20, 2017

Are Horror Movie Tropes Creeping Into Nigerian Music Videos?

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Wizkid Is The Real Star Boy With His Four Billboard Music Awards

There was something arrogant about Wizkid’s 2011-released debut album Superstar. It was mainly about the…

May 23, 2017

Wizkid Is The Real Star Boy With His Four Billboard Music Awards

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The Handover Show On Beat 99.9 FM Is Golden

Since its launch in 2008, Lagos-based, urban radio station The Beat 99.9 FM has operated…

Apr 24, 2017

The Handover Show On Beat 99.9 FM Is Golden

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Bernard Dayo

@bernard

Bernard Dayo is a pop culture writer for The Naked Convos and a speculative fiction writer. His short stories have been published on Afreada, Brittle Paper, The Kalahari Review and his first novel, The Year of the Space Mission, is forthcoming. When he isn't watching his favourite TV shows, he constructively uses Twitter for anti-oppression work and social justice.

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