REVIEW: PO Box invade Zim entertainment

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REVIEW: PO Box invade Zim entertainment PO Box crew

The Sunday Mail

PO Box crew

PO Box crew

Andrew Moyo

British actor, Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov once said, “comedy is simply a funny way of being serious”.

Comics have their way of telling serious stories in such a way that audiences will end up laughing at their own problems.

The Zimbabwean comedy scene has been on the rise, with an abundance of upcoming talent and a following that is growing by the minute.

Comedy clubs and shows are springing up and some of them are becoming household names on the entertainment scene.

In this vein of comedy, an upcoming pair of cut-throat comics have invaded and taken over social media with their hilarious depiction of various issues surrounding today’s Zimbabwean.

Admire Kuzhangaira aka Bhutisi and Roland Lunga aka Kedha, running under the banner of PO Box, may as well be the most-talked-about comedians on social media at the moment and every week they are dishing out explosive skits that are cracking people’s ribs while at the same time informing them about various topical issues.

Having amassed over 15 000 likes on their Facebook Page in a space of about two months and with the speed at which videos circulate on other platforms like WhatsApp, the PO Box brand is slowly becoming a force to reckon with.

Some of their popular skits include “Boys Dzetonaz”, “International Stuff” and the recent “Wenera”, among others, and in all of these, situations that occur in day-to-day lives are replayed in ridiculously hilarious fashion.

Despite their huge popularity on social networks, these guys are trying by all means to stay away from mainstream media and they have made it clear on several occasions that they do not want to talk to journalists.

Efforts to convince the PO Box crew to agree to an interview were fruitless, as they continue to shun conventional media while maintaining a mysterious persona and whetting the appetite of their followers and comedy lovers in the process.

Undaunted by the PO Box crew’s snub, The Sunday Mail Leisure pieced together bits and pieces of information gathered from various sources to put together a brief background.

Kuzhangaira and Lunga met in college when they were studying film at the Zimbabwe Film and Television School of Southern Africa and have been close friends ever since.

Sources indicate that the man behind the camera is one Lucky Aroni, who is well known as a wizard of sorts in the world of photography and editing.

Various close friends who have chosen to remain anonymous say that it was not a surprise to see these guys doing comedy as they have always been hilarious characters.

During their internship at Mighty Movies, Kuzhangaira and Aroni were behind the scenes on a number of television adverts and they have since worked together on various projects.

Being a talented actor by nature, Kuzhangaira went on to star in the popular Chicken Slice advert, “Mukwasha Chaiye”.

Kuzhangaira, who specialises in cinematography, and Aroni, a jack of all trades, have worked on numerous projects that have even gone on to be screened at various local and international film festivals.

The former was the man behind the camera while Aroni was the production manager on Two Villages Apart, a film which went on to win the Best Zimbabwean Film Award at the International Images Film Festival for Women last year.

Other productions which Kuzhangaira has worked on include “Makomborero-Blessings” and “Ndiriwako”, among others.

Lunga is a self-confessed script writer and might as well be the light weight in the crew when it comes to experience in the motion picture industry as he does not have much to show for his talent besides the PO Box skits.

The trio was also behind the scenes on “Minibuzz”, Made in Africa’s current affairs programme that was set to air on ZBC last year.

From the time they were in college, it was evident these guys were going to make it in the film industry and it is not by accident that these guys have teamed up to make their voices heard on the entertainment scene.

When he was contacted for a comment Admire Kuzhangaira said the PO Box crew did not need the media to help them put their message across.

“We do not talk to the media because we want our work to speak for itself while at the same time getting feedback from the audience,” he said.

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