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I write in relation to all the
questions that have been directed to my table regarding the supposed multiple character
of the Areafada. I write to respond to the growing concern over the Linda’s
character that will supposedly sit on the judges’ table of the Nigerian Idol. I
write to talk about the ingenuity of Charles Oputa, the brand creator who has
given us the essence of his existence, using different imageries in order to
bring to bare the reality we seek. I write to also assert that unless you have
the foresight of reading ahead of the book placed before you, thinking ahead of
your head, and of course with the capacity to live ahead of your time, you will
continue to wonder at every philosophy developed by the brand. His ways are not
conventional. Charlyboy has his face covered with an imaginary mask, and until
you have the mask unveiled professionally, you will continue to overwork your
brain. My dear, take it easy before you run amok with all that talk of schizophrenia
(mental disorder) because you obviously need indebt knowledge to get through to
the other side of the Areafada’s life that you have little or no knowledge
about.
However, from an inside understanding
of what the Charlyboy brand represents, I want to state that Linda as it is
called is not a different character nor a separate entity from Charlyboy brand. Linda is only an attitude, that
emotion; that goodness personified. Linda is that individual who is closely
associated with the emotion of a woman. Linda is domesticated. Linda is an
interesting individual with all the ability to handle all domestic issues.
Linda is a philosophy of the Charlyboy brand that tends to break away from the
feminist theory that certain jobs are meant for the women and some others are
reserved for the men. Linda is a philosophy that does not differentiate the
duty of a wife from the duty of the man of the house. The philosophy is in
agreement with the universal theory of “what a man can do a woman can do even
better”; “invariably, what a woman can do, a man can do much better”. Have you seen Charlyboy in the kitchen before?
He is so domesticated that you will begin to mistake him for Lady Diane. The appearance
is only a creation of that feminine picture in the mental faculty. The appearance
does not really define in exactitude the message the brand tends to send
through Linda. The lipstick, the pancake, and the eyelashes are not really the
emphasis of the message; they are mere symbols. It goes far beyond all that paraphernalia.
If you like, you can also refer to Linda as a message, a message that is
against the feminist theory that depicts the sociological invisibility of women.
To get his position straight, you must recall that one universal line of
criticism of the feminists is that women are not present in the social analyses
and social world of sociology. The language and analysis of classical
sociologists is that of men, male activities, and experiences, and that of the
parts of society dominated by males. Even till today, Nigerians assume that the
social world is primarily the public world of male activities, the labour force,
city life, and politics, and that women only dominate in domestic arena. Nevertheless,
because of what he is set out to do; because of his departure from the norm as
a lefty, he has created a platform and a philosophy to promote one of the indispensable
areas in the woman's world that the men folks must emulate. It is as simple as
this; that the men too can cook, take care of the children, and nurse their
babies; that the women on the other hand can as well be resourceful and
hardworking. She can equally go all out to struggle for the family if she has
the capacity to that as long as there is an understanding. This is why
Charlyboy can sometimes remain in Nigeria, taking care of the kids, while Lady
D runs around for the family. Charlyboy is so close to his mum and his dad,
contrary to most male children. Linda-that philosophy has imparted him to do
so; the place of the man and the woman in the family according to the Linda
philosophy is watertight, and cannot be totally separated, as any man who tries
to separate same will have his family crashed. Instead of saying Linda is going
to sit on the judge’s seat during the next Idol show, I would rather say peace,
humility, kindness, love, caring, understanding and most importantly hope will
occupy the seat even as the show is about to kick off. These are the basic
qualities in an ideal woman, and these, all the judges must possess in order to
find a way to encourage the youngsters who will set out with all their hope
just to grab the opportunity that will be created for them through the Nigerian
Idol musical contest. Linda is the philosophy that says that the woman’s
presence dominates and overshadows all other persona. That obviously could be
why he tries to bring Linda fought to the glare of the public for a better
appreciation of the womanhood.
We have all seen the philosophy of
the brand from a gory and demonic perspective. We have winked our eyes in
rejection and crossed our minds in acceptance, yet we have never appraised the
situation from an artistic perspective. Imagine that you are an artiste, and
just on stage to act out your role. Would you say that you only mounted the
podium just to scare people with horror acts without a message? I am not in doubt that many will continue to
wallow in ignorance, and will refuse, even if they understand, to accept this
reality. However, it cannot be disputed that messages of this nature are not
meant for the feeble and corrupt minds, because the only thing you will pick
out of the entire message and its attendant lessons is ‘evil’. Too bad, but it’s still very good for the few who
understand because “all creative people need something to rebel against, it’s
what gives their lives excitement, and it’s creative people who make their fans
and followers’ lives exciting” Think
about this!
From Adoyi Abah Ali (dgr8t Ali)
Content Editor,
Dailypost,
Nigeria Online Newspape -->
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