Satirical look at BEE
Tonight Extra has already heard good things about Big Fellas, a local comedy movie releasing next Friday, written and produced by Ross Garland.
The plot revolves around SA two white guys, Zed and Jake, who have made a documentary expose about the modelling industry, and go on a SA road trip to get some money from the government.
One problem - they need a BEE partner, and they need one fast. On the trip the boys are continually sidetracked, by their nemesis Ray and his femme fatale assistant Lola, Karoo serial killers, supermodels, mannequins, Gatberg darts champions and the curiously named Ronnie’s Sex Shop…but still no BEE partner in sight. When the boys arrive in Jozi, their dreams come true, and they find a partner in the most unusual place.
As one reviewer put it: “You know when a South African movie comes out and you feel you should probably see it, because it’s your duty? Big Fellas is NOT one of those movies. The film is a genuinely hilarious road trip comedy movie…a bold and satirical take on both white attitudes and BEE.”
Big Fellas co-stars another DHS old boy and stand up comic Cokey Falkow. Also on the bill are Marc Lottering, Colin Moss and Hakeem Kae-Kazim (the latter is now based in Los Angeles and had a cameo in Lost recently). The sound track is full of cutting edge and diverse young South African music, from Afrikaans reggae to Joburg kwaito to English electronica to Western Cape ska. Joel Assaisky (Bunny Chow) composed 6 original music pieces for the film which is part rock ‘n roll to contemporary South African music.
Big Fellas releases in Nu Metro cinemas on 23 November. Check out www.bigfellasmovie.com and join the “Big Fellas movie” facebook group.
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