Mo Abudu, don’t do it
It has been announced that this brilliant Lady has just won the rights to the Hushpuppi story from one white man and this gives me a lot of concern.
Yes Hushpuppi is all that, but trying to commercialize a story that is still evolving smirks of opportunism of the worst kind.
A story written by a third party, obviously without the subjects consent and definitely not with his own side being told can only be defective and wobbly.
My main issue here is the strengthening of whatever stereotypes or profiling of Nigerians by the rest of the world this story will depict
There is no way Nigeria and Nigerians will come out of this her film with any positives, hence my lack of understanding her exuberance or joy in this misadventure.
We have so many positive stories about us she can use her leverage to tell. If she doesn’t know any, let me name some.
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian Basketball Team that recently beat the almighty American Team and so many heroic feats of Nigerians all over the world.
Why this cesspool of a Hushpuppi story is engaging her is what I don’t understand.
I have always looked at Ms. Abudu from a distant. I respect her achievements and her many feats, but this unbridled rush for global relevance on the back of a leprous story which is not representative of our people beats me.
Madam leave that story, there is nothing to tell there.
Thank you.
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1. Hushpuppi gave his fullest cooperation to US Authorities, and part of that is the confession he gave that indicted a few Nigerians including Kyari.
Suffice to say there’s nothing more for him to say in order not to jeopardize his plea bargain.
Irregardless, who are we to assume his consent will not be sought eventually ?
2. The concern about stereotypes/profiling is subject to perspective, like the writer rightly mentioned there are other Nigerians doing positive things. One bad egg does not necessarily spoil the whole bunch. Hushpuppi will not be the first, neither will he be last of his kind.
3. Mo Abudu or not, a movie would have been made anyways, is it not better that we have one of our own to tell the story of the many African children dwelling in suffering, the millions of unemployed youths, the lack of opportunity and the seeming, unending oppression cum weaponization of poverty by the ruling class.
The Hushpuppi story is one that must be told for the world to know that if Africa is not developed and that if African youths are not empowered to advance the world positively, they are bound to impact the world negatively.
I am not the Duke of anywhere
I am AYOMIDE ALUKO-OLOKUN
Duke of shomolu:
I believe its within her right to do the story and air a movie, having acquired the rights.
There may be potential die hards in such ‘trade’ who may decide to turn a new path and choose a more desirable path.
The Duke, you cannot preempt the pillar Mo will hang her movie on. It is narrow to conclude there is nothing positive to tell about this story. Mo is a veteran of responsible journalism. She could use the story to tell other aspiring Hushpuppies that it is all vanity that leaves you as a miserable puppy in a foreign goal. Besides, as a brother reasoned above, if billions will be made from this story, why not by our Mo? What is positive in all the American thrillers that our people spend billions watching?
Can any moralizing stop them?