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Jazz comes alive in ghetto
EVERY weekend is increasingly serving as a cue for boldly inscribed banners that paint the city’s sidewalks and streets in the city of Francistown. The phrase ‘Sunday Jazz’ is attaining a status of the staple. On seeing these pieces of manila, one’s mind is stimulated to hark back to the golden jazzy 80s when the now defunct Ritzmar was a hub of live musical expression hosting artists such as Alvin and Errol Dyers, Jimmy Dludlu, the late Basil Mannenberg Coertzee, Dave Bestman, Hugh Masekela, Sankomota, Jonas Gwangwa to mention just a few fluent speakers of the jazz language who are now stars in their own right.A teen comedy with wit
Mean Girls is at the New Capitol Cinemas, Game City.
All too many movies directed at the teen market end up being sentimental goop. Mean Girls (2004) is an exception. Perhaps its originality lies in the mix between its origin, a guide to understanding teenage daughters, and to the abilities of its writer Tina Fey, who also plays the part of a mathematics teacher who wants her pupils to see what is possible in life.
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