Nollywood owes Hollywood no explanation – Yul Edochie
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has compared the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood with Hollywood.
In a tweet he shared via twitter, he stated that we do not owe Hollywood any explanation on the kind of movies produced in Nigeria.
According to him this comes after he was asked how he can explain to a white person that Nollywood movies are not the representation of Nigerian.
His tweet:
“A Nigerian asked me, ‘how do I explain to my white friends that what we do in movies is not how we are? My reply, have they explained to u anything about the gun violence, witchcraft & vampire movies they do?”
Every nation with their own business, therefore, every nation mind their businesses.
Thank you for depicting and clarifying this issues
The simple truth lies that We don’t owe anyone an explanation of how our movies are produced
In as much as they depict our cultural setting, it still doesn’t mean it’s the entirety of the Nigerian culture
Nollywood movies is more in tandem to realities to happenstance to Nigeria everyday life than Hollywood. Hollywood of recent produces movie that can never be related to human life. How can one explain Hollywood movie of flying human beings. Or one person killing millions of people in battle of gun duel without a scratch.