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| Bose Arowosegbe |
It does appear that busty and
beautiful Yoruba actress, Bose Arowosegbe, is fast becoming a controversial
personage. No one can question her boldness. But not many of her colleagues
thought it was boldness when she brazenly disclosed in an interview with Vanguard,
sometime ago, that lesbianism also exists in the Yoruba sector of Nollywood
just as it does in the English-speaking sector. Now, it seems some women may be
calling for her head for asserting with strong conviction that all women are
prostitutes.
So strong is Bose’s conviction that
she made a movie about it. In fact her fifth self-produced film titled ‘Tani
Asewo’ literally meaning ‘Who’s a Prostitute’ is to drive home her belief that
all women, bankers, actresses, lawyers, businesswomen are all prostitutes.
“It’s because people think that
actresses are prostitutes. To say the truth, I believe that all women are
prostitutes. People who think it’s only actresses should go to other fields and
see what they do there” she told our reporter, explaining the inspiration
behind the film.
When the reporter suggested she
should have used another title for the film instead of calling all women
prostitutes, she shot back, “Like which one? Maybe you should give me a title
to use. To me, I still insist that every woman is a prostitute. People
should go and watch my film, and they’ll know how. They should go to other
fields, and they’ll see for themselves that those people are even worse than
actors. God gave me the inspiration and I did it. It was God’s saying. Besides,
this is the fifth film I’m producing by myself. Besides, I noticed that
everybody, both in the industry and outside, loved the title and the concept.
The movie aims to dispel the notion people have that all actresses are
prostitutes. Between a banker, actress and police, who is the prostitute? I
worked with people like Faithia Williams, Biodun Okeowo, Aremu Afolayan, Ope
Olusanya, among others in the film”
When she was told it seemed she
believed that actresses are glorified prostitutes, she replied tersely again, “
No! Every woman is a prostitute.
Credit: Vanguard
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