Uche Maduagwu criticizes Netflix series Blood Sisters: Nudity sells like Pure Water.
Uche Maduagwu criticizes Netflix series Blood Sisters: Nudity sells like Pure Water.
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Uche Maduagwu, a Nollywood actress, has criticized the popular Nigerian Netflix series Blood Sisters.
The nude scenes are unnecessary for Maduagwu because there are other, more effective methods to communicate the story without exposing too many sensitive body parts.
Expressing his opinion, Maduagwu wrote an open letter to Kate Henshaw who played Uduak, Kola’s mother.
It reads: “Dear aunty Kate, I am so disappointed with the way you celebrate Blood Sisters movie. The unnecessary nude scenes is preposterously perturbing. I am not surprised. E don reach top 10. Nudity sells faster than good contents.”
He added, “I wept profusely when I saw the scenes of actress Kehinde and Gabriel on BloodSisters movie, like seriously, could NUDITY be the new selling trend in new Nollywood? I laughed uncontrollably when my senior colleague dey jubilate say Blood sisters don become top ten in 30 countries worldwide, my sister, wetin you expect? Nudity sells faster like pure water Sachet. I am the most talked about actor in Africa but when I see something that goes against our shared cultural beliefs as Naija, it breaks my heart, are we saying we can not produce a great movie without adding unnecessary nude scenes to SELL it?’
Blood Sisters is an action thriller set in Lagos that follows best friends Sarah (Ini Dima-Okojie) and Kemi (Nancy Isime), who are on the run after the latter mistakenly kills Sarah's violent fiancé, Kola (Deyemi Okanlawon).
It's no longer news that nudity in 'Blood Sisters' has sparked heated debate online, with some claiming that it had no bearing on the story's premise, while others are ecstatic to finally see performers become convincingly intense in our films.
