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Puno finaly bites the dust? Maloro goes midevil on the people of Mallowmetsing and Grace shows a human side ( I did’nt know it existed?). You all know I’ve been loving DOAQ ,it even got me to buy Drum magazine bathong. Eish miracles do happen and according to the featured article, yes the ladies of Mallowmetsing are on the cover, DOAQ is running only 2nd to generation as the most viewed show in the country. So congrats to all involved in making it .Enough praise now lets get back to last nights episode.
The episode was intriguing as always aside from one or two minor mis-steps but entertaining none the less for me. At long last the true colours of Maloro are out, and hence the change of costume. He is no longer the benevolent uncle, in the brightly yellow jacket and tie but the classical African dictator complete with his camouflage and hat. He kinda reminded me of Jonas Savimbi from Angola. The intriguing part is that the more “evil” old Maloro gets the more human poor Grace gets. Kudos too Shoki, She’s been able to handle the transition and systematic breakdown of her character very well. It seems all those heartless and conniving ladies in the world only need to get pregnant to chase away their “evilness”. So if you are mom and you are as evil as Grace was,your are beyond hope lol.
I’m actually starting to feel sorry for Grace, cause we all know that lady McBeth kinda breaks down towards the end and the way I see it. In DOAQ it’s going to be due to the pregnancy,probably a miscarage in this case. Looking at how fragile she has become,I doubt if she would be able to handle loosing the child upon handling a murderous husband whose quest for ultimate power holds no bound.
Maloro has now taken centre stage that was reserved for Grace as badass #1 of the show. I really enjoy watching him. People who does not like a bad guy who is determined to do anything to get his way. Who’s charming ; check how he handled the press. Playing the sympathetic uncle and blaming all the evil on the Foreigners. A bad guy who’s ruthlessness is only out matched by his determination to succeed. I loved the whole King Herod – Baby Jesus reference when he was collecting all the girl childs to the royal house in search of Puno. Or how he handles the whole confratations with the ancestors,with no fear and a lot of bravado.
But the talking baby was handled very badly.I’m a fan but a superimposed mouth in 2008,that’s like Simon Sabela Udeliwe effects of the 80’s.It was pure and utter dodgy -ness.The guys could have done better but I loved the symbolism of the scene though. Maloro gets to speak to his “ancestors” who are represented by his own unborn child who is feasting on blood. Now if ancestors are supposed to be dead and Maloro is busy talking to his ancestors through an unborn child does that not mean the child won’t live to see the day. The three prophets/spirits/ ancestors seem to be more devious than poor Maloro gives them credit for,cause if anyone was listening carefully they were referring to an eclipse. When the eclipse happen poor Maloro’s Kingship will come to an end but the man is so blinded with power that he only rationalises what he wants to hear, that day and night can never be mix. His being set up and he can’t see it.
So where does this leave us, I won’t be surprised if the show has two or three more episodes left? Puno has like Luke Skywalker joined the foreigners who may work like the obligatory “rebel force”,which she may use to topple Maloro. I don’t buy that she was killed by the soldier, which I think it was a nice touch by the script writers but we will see if my intuition is right or not. Grace is tinkering at the verge of a breakdown and Maloro, although he claims to be the Rain King still hasn’t made it to rain. In his new found security of thinking that Puno is dead, will he prosper or will all the blood he has spilled give his character more sleepless nights and we start to see Maloro crumble just like poor Grace? Cause the dreams of blood are a sure sign that the blood and murder is slowly getting to poor uncle Maloro’s soul the unfortunate part is that he has not yet realised it.I am still intrigued ,can’t wait for next week.
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