Me in a minute: Leon Schuster by Jason Von Berg
There isn’t a big secret to making a successful film, other than sticking to the basics and giving the people what they want.
Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to South Africa is a fun joyride through the current SA. It has a topical theme about the World Cup and is “skelm” camera, which is what my audience wanted. …READ MORE
Interview with Leon Schuster: Mr Bones 2 by Shaheema Barodien
A Bollywood Mr. Bones, racist filming locations and getting klapped around for fun. The SA comedy icon, Leon Schuster opens up about Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past and his plans for the future. We had a chat with the star ahead of the return of his much-loved character Mr. Bones.
Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past comes seven years after the original. Why did it take so long for a follow-up?
Basically it was intense fear that I couldn’t top the first one, so I kept postponing it. I couldn’t come upon the right idea for a follow-up and then finally I decided I’m not going to do a sequel, I’m going to do a prequel set before the events of the first Mr. Bones. Now the story is set in Kuvukiland in 1879. And as soon as that story came about we could get a new cast, new characters and it was a fresh, new idea. …READ MORE
Op Dun Eish Review by Channel 24
What does the fact that by mid-December Leon Schuster’s new album was already sold out on Kalahari.net say about South Africans?
Leon Schuster, love him or hate him, is very very good at making people laugh at South Africa, and on this album, as always, he’s found a way to access everyone’s laugh trigger. He’s even good enough to do it against your will. But, depending on how sensitive and politically correct you are, some of the material is genuinely offensive. …READ MORE
Leon Schuster betoog voor Eskom-hoofkantoor
Die gewilde grapmaker Leon Schuster het gisteroggend die draak met Eskom gesteek toe hy voor hul hoofkantore in Johannesburg “betoog” het as deel van ’n weddenskap tussen hom en die radiostasie Jakaranda 94.2.
Schuster, bekend as Suid-Afrika se koning van komedie, het omstreeks 07:00 in ’n ligblou oopknoophemp en blou jeans by die verkeerslig reg voor dié energieverskaffer se hoofingang in Maxwellweg kamp opgeslaan. Omstanders het nuuskierig saamgedrom terwyl sy liedjie, “Gee my krag”, op maksimum volume uit luidsprekers geblêr het. …READ MORE
