I love Muvhango and I somewhat believe it's way better than Generations and other soapies for that matter...
(Just to set the record straight) BUT when they pull a "kinda" Thamsanqa Jantjie on us, one can't help but jump up with shock... and laughter - all in the same breath.
Okay... this all happened during last night's episode, where Khomotjo comes clean to her cousin about murdering her hubby, Phathudi. Little do they know that Tryphina, is behind the staircase, recording the conversation, whilst pretending to be cleaning.
We are shown the moment Tryphina clicks on the record button on her phone. Khomotjo talks away with her jaw-dropping confession oblivious to the fact that her sins are being recorded. Once Tryphina gets the confession on the phone, she sends it to Nandi, who hired her to be the "ultimate spy."
All was good until later on in the same episode, when Nandi plays back the recorded conversation...
Eeeeh...Something was wrong. Very wrong.
So wrong that I stopped the show and had to go back again and again, until I figured out what was really wrong with this recording Nandi was playing.
To make a long story short, the recording sounded "similar" to the original convo... but was not quite the actual conversation.
I'm not sure how this blunder occured because last I checked, whatever you record must sound identical to the original material. Or maybe Tryphina's phone is a fong kong of some sort, that has gremlins that alter original recordings.
Are you as confused as I was?
Well...
Check out how the original conversation goes and see how those gremlins in the phone distort the recording Nandi is playing:
(IN THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION "THEY" HAD NAMES... I GUESS THESE BUNCH OF GREMLINS SWALLOWED THEIR NAMES)
(I GUESS SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYMORE)
(WHO DOESN'T TRUST YOU?)
(HIS MOTHER IS NANDI... WE DON'T BLAME ANYTHING ABOUT THIS)
(I GUESS THIS WAS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE RECORDING NANDI PLAYED...)
(Sigh...)
(FINALLY, THE SCRIPT IS IDENTICAL!!!)
(OMITTED FROM THE RECORDING NANDI PLAYED...)
(YET ANOTHER OMISSION FROM THE RECORDING... #TripleSigh)
(TJO! I'M ALSO SHOCKED THAT HE WAS SHOCKED TO DEATH)
(SHE PROBABLY STOPS THE RECORDING RIGHT HERE...)
(TRYPHINA'S MOVING AWAY... BUT THEY ARE STILL TALKING)
(TRYPHINA'S CONTINUES TO WALK AWAY FROM THE CONVO... KHOMOTJO REAFFIRMS THEY KILLED HIM... BTW, THIS IS NOT IN THE RECORDING EITHER)
(Eeeeeh... Maybe Tryphina didn't stop the recording afterall. But... how did she record when she's almost left the room?)
(OKAY... WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? KHOMOTJO NEVER SAID THIS IN HER CONVO?)***Throws in the towel... and walks away***I re-affirm. We love Muvhango... but damn they got us on this one. Almost one month before April Fools Day. Wow!
Did any of you notice this blunder?
What are your thoughts on this "Not so April F00ls" Joke"?