24 Nov 2016

Eugene Khoza writes an open letter to comedy

Johannesburg – Comedian Eugene Khoza woke up on a mission on Thursday when he decided it was time to write an open letter to comedy.

The star posted several tweets about his thoughts and opinions on the comedy industry using the hashtag #ComedyOpenLetter.

“If there’s one thing I know for sure funny is funny and funny translates so lets get that excuse out of the way,” he started his “open letter” with.

1.If there's one thing I know for sure is that funny is funny and funny translates so let's get that excuse out of the way #Comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

2.Being funny and looking funny are two different things and later on I'll tell you what I mean but it's simple really #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

3.some bypassed the system because of race for example I wouldn't be here doing comedy in 1993 there was no room for that #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

4.Some by gender and religious beliefs believe it or not managed 2 bypass the system thus only a handful of female comics #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

The comedian also shared his thoughts on TV stars “taking chances in comedy”.

5.Some TV spill over fame as I'd like to call it actors taking chances in comedy lol that's always fascinated me epic fail #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

In another tweet Eugene seemed unimpressed with the material produced by some comedians.

6.Ability to generate material is still the undoing of many it's Like pilots that play flight simulator and then allowed to fly a plane.
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

Seems not everyone was happy with the comedian sharing his opinions though.

But Eugene wasn’t having it, threatening to expose any negative DM’s sent his way, saying, “even in war there’s rules”.

Now I'm getting DM's lol please stop coz I'll screen grad and then it won't be funny WARNING..!,even in war there's rules #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

But even that didn't stop him from sharing even more.

7.General codependency Safety in numbers is just insecurity and fear disguised as industry friendships & keeping tabs #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

8.Titles that are given or mostly self acclaimed really example "up coming" or "legend" and the new one "international" ?? #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

9.i have warned against being dependent on ensemble shows and the handing over of comedians power to promoters and others #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

10.ensembles are sort of like the comedy stokvel it keeps going around until it's your turn but even that was difficult #comedyopenletter
— Eugene Khoza (@eugenekhoza) November 24, 2016

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