Alex Burger | Author, Screenwriter, Playwright
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright
So last week on Umlilo we began the lesbian plot line – two of the patriarch Mnqobi’s wives begin a secret affair with one another. The response was huge, we trended globally twitter – one of the top 50 things talked about all over the world.
This is why I love TV – reaches millions, can at times challenge and spark. We’re running this line in a country where lesbians are still “correctively raped” to try and fix them. See the responses below, a mix of excitement, misogyny, intrigue . . .
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“I don’t think about art while I work. I try to think about life.” |
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“If you haven’t forgiven yourself for something, how can you forgive others?” |
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“When two men are fighting and the wife of one of them intervenes to drag her husband clear of his opponent, if she puts out her hand and catches hold of the man by his privates, you must cut off her hand and show her no mercy.” |
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“They promised us Game of Thrones and they gave us Game of the Folding Chairs” |
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” |
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“Every convention will outlive its validity.” |
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“The habit of looking at the spectacle has forced us to gloss over the nooks and crannies.” |
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“I went so numb on Christmas day |
Umlilo Season 3 already here! Very proud of the work everyone has done. But Season 4 then starts right up, cant’ wait – by far my favorite Season. We got to take the show in new, unexpected, and I think very rich directions. A big shout out the cast, crew, director, writers, and producers for making this happen.