Veteran Comedian and TV Host, Kwaku Sintim Misa (KSM) has pleaded with Ghanaians to stop judging comedian DKB based off one bad night.
The latter in the past few days has come under severe criticism after comments by Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings who called him “boring.”
Mrs. Rawlings left the Accra International Conference Center during the Easter Comedy Show minutes into DKB’s performance.
“I think the issue here is where the criticism came from and because it came from somebody powerful and very influential in society, it magnified the news. The question is, is DKB funny or not? And the answer is, it’s very subjective.” explained KSM to Hitz FM‘s MzGee.
He defended DKB’s choice of words during his performances comparing it to that of Bill Cosby and Eddy Murphy.
“You have to know your audience. There are people in the audience that do not like vulgar language and when you use vulgar language, they will walk out. Bill Cosby was one of my icons because his language was also clean yet he was so funny as opposed to Eddy Murphy who is also extremely funny but his language is adult. The point is, the audience that you are playing to, do they accept that kind of comedy and if the First Lady does not want to hear vulgar words in comedy she has every right not to like it.”
He believes that DKB is the king of comedy in Ghana: “He has an amazing sense of humour. DKB is a very funny person. He is very hilarious. When he did his show called Point of View, he practically filled up the National Theatre. His last show I saw at Silverbird, he got a standing ovation. So, he has one bad night and all of a sudden, it’s like he is the worst that ever happened to Ghana comedy, I don’t think it is a fair assessment.”
Read below Vanessa Gyan’s interview with Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings about her comments.
Last Thursday, Former First Lady Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings not only made headlines but became a trending topic. According to multiple sources, Mrs. Rawlings was overheard calling a recent Easter Comedy Show, which featured comedian DKB, ‘boring’. Mrs. Rawlings is known for not only having a strong opinion but for saying what’s on her mind but I needed to find out from the source herself, ‘Did she really think the show was boring?’
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