It has been a while since you heard from your intellectual entertainer. And no. I am not dead. I have just been doing my stuff, making you laugh. Now it’s time to make you whimper, maybe cry...when you find out why English Cameroon may NEVER benefit from the first-rate profits that crop up with Intellectual Entertainment. I have been known to post somewhat vituperate reviews, that I denigrate the level of entertainment in English Cameroon and so on. But I rebuff such a myriad of insults, because I am not beleaguered by namby-pamby insinuations. I seek to fashion-out a conducive atmosphere for constructive entertainment in Anglophone Cameroon. I am a freedom fighter for quality entertainment in English Cameroon. (Call me Hansel Mandela!).
Now to the main problem. I have studied a lot about Media and Performance in various levels, and I hate to break it to you: Entertainers are doing their stuff, but we are NOT reaching the final consumer- THE GENERAL PUBLIC. As an entertainer, I have a lot of reviews, updates and fan mails. Why? Because I reach out to the general public. I am tired of attending shows where 90% of the population is made up of entertainers. 7% are friends of the performers. Not even fans or lovers of entertainment. Just friends. If you are wondering about the residual 3%, it comprises of the technical crew. So... no fans. And that, my friends, is our problem. We alienate the general public. We correlate with ourselves, so the general public cannot identify with us.
We should not forget that the general public is ancillary to the growth of entertainment in wherever we are. The myopic tendencies of some entertainers have befuddled me for ages because their publicity, their events and their popularity starts and ends with other “celebrities “. The general public is never involved in entertainment show. We as entertainers need to rectify this point if we need to move forward. Performing every day in front of the same people will never propel you. Rather, it will instead make you common, cheap and boring. If you desire to repudiate this fact, then go on doing the same invidious routine that makes you popular to only 100 people. And that’s the same number of people who knew you last year.
We need the public as much as they need entertainers. Do what ever you can do to make them come to your shows. Increase your fan base. Connect with your audience; let them be your launch pad. I would rather have a room half-full with people I don’t know during my stand up comedy routine, than a room full with only people who know me. That way, I would have a chance to make an impression on those new fans. If you are an entertainer, take my recommendation. If you are a fan of intellectual entertainment, keep the hope alive.
