Kopano & Nick love TV shows. And movies. And books. And video games (well, actually that's just Nick - Kopano not so much). Every week, the pair of them get tog...
How real is Reality TV? Kopano know quite a bit about this since she's produced numerous reality TV shows - Date My Family and Married At First Sight among them. So after she and Nick have watched a couple of shows - Love Is Blind on Netflix and Love Triangle on Showmax - the pair of them sit down to discuss how contestants can learn to game the system in these shows, and how this can affect what viewers see on screen.
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Township Actors & American Royals
This week's pod sees Nick & Kopano going from Soshanguve in Gauteng to Montecito in California! First, they take a look at "Sterring", a movie that just opened at the Johannesburg Film Festival in which a young actor takes a shot at the big time after foiling a mugging. Then it's off to Meghan Markle's kitchen to see how the Duchess of Sussex entertains at home. One of these shows has no budget and is bursting with life and authenticity. The other is phonier than a Telkom warehouse. Enjoy!
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The American Nightmare
Is it the USA's final season? No, we're not talking about what's going on in the news. But Netflix recently released Zero Day, a tech thriller in which the USA goes to hell in a handcart, thanks a technology flame out. Nick and Kopano review the new show (helmed by the ever-virile Robert De Niro) and how it's just the latest Netflix property that shows the end of the USA as we know it.
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Welcome back to White Lotus (for a third time)
Kopano and Nick check into the Thailand branch of the White Lotus for Season Three of HBO's exotic drama. Nick is new to this luxury hotel but Kopano is an experienced hand, happy to explain all about awful rich guests, harried and put-upon staff and impending violence. ...
Kopano & Nick love TV shows. And movies. And books. And video games (well, actually that's just Nick - Kopano not so much). Every week, the pair of them get together to discuss the entertainment that has been keeping their occupied and away from the mess that is current affairs.
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