| 词条 | New Masquerade |
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| creator = James Iroha | writer = James Iroha | location = Enugu, Nigeria }}The New Masquerade was a Nigerian sitcom that aired on the Nigerian Television Network on Tuesday nights from 8:30pm - 9:00pm during the 1980s until the mid-1990s. It was created and written by James Iroha who also acted in the sitcom.[1] It is one of Nigeria's longest running sitcoms.[2] The TV show started out as radio program known as The Masquerade transmitted on the East Central State Broadcasting Corporation, Enugu.[3] SynopsisThe show started out a segment called Masquerade aired on In the Lighter Mood, radio program of the East Central Broadcasting Corporation.[2] It was created after the civil war as a means to bring laughter to the homes of citizens after the devastation caused by the Nigerian Civil War.[4] The creator was James Iroha who also played Giringori on the TV show.[5] The protagonist of the show is Chief Zebrudaya, a World War II veteran who has visited various foreign countries and he is perceived by other characters to have attained some level of sophistication and enlightenment. Many of the shows' plot take place in Zebrudaya's sitting room. Zebrudaya has a wife, Ovularia, a daughter, Philo and two Houseboys, Clarus and Giringori.Though a comedy, the show also incorporate melodramatic plots about teaching morals and the consequences of some of society's problems if they are not corrected.[4] Cast and characters
References1. ^{{cite book |last=Haynes |first=Jonathan |date=2016 |title=Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres |url=https://books.google.de/books?id=cHUpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=james+iroha+producer&source=bl&ots=NDoXC2dguX&sig=nAIHEbr0qw00QG1d82XYrPgYRSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA_qTY29TfAhUJ26QKHeobD0c4FBDoATABegQIABAB#v=onepage&q=james%20iroha%20producer&f=false |location= |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |page=80 |isbn=9780226387819 |author-link= }} 2. ^1 {{cite journal |last= Oko-Aja|first=Richard |last2= |first2= |date=2014 |title=Chief Zebrudaya as an Archetype of Molièresque Persona: A Satire of Nigerian Postcoloniality |journal=Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences |publisher= |volume=5 |issue= |pages= |doi= }} 3. ^{{cite news |last=Ogbonna |first=Amadi |date=February 29, 2012 |title=Poverty, ill-health killed Giringori Akabogu|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/poverty-ill-health-killed-giringori-akabogu/ |newspaper=Vanguard |location=Lagos |access-date= }} 4. ^1 Timothy-Asobele, S. J. (2003). Nigerian top TV comedians and soap opera. Lagos: Upper Standard Publications. 5. ^{{cite news |last=Njoku |first=Benjamin |date= |title=Nigeria: How Destiny Brought Giringori and I Together - Zebrudaya |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201203050950.html |newspaper=Vanguard |location=Lagos |access-date= }} 1 : Nigerian comedy television series |
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