The Coconuts

Posted by Michael at 5:10 pm on November 9, 2008 in Television

My global television tour has taken me somewhere unexpected this week: the sitcoms of post apartheid South Africa.  The first show I started with was The Coconuts, which debuted this January on M-Net.  Heading in I had some idea what to expect thanks to the lyrical work of Sri Lanken rap trio Jahcoozi.  Clearly this was going to be a show that dealt with race issues (as I kind of imagine all shows in South Africa do.  Either that or HIV denial).

What I wasn’t prepared for was this:

Philicity Reeken in unsettling white face.

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