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But I won't go blackface now, I can't do it. I can't do it because I'll be heavily criticised. It was black people talking to me and you've got to listen. But especially on Twitter they said stay away from the blackface, it's not on.
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If I had a dream come true, my next movie would be Mama Jack 2.
He further stated: "I'm so sorry that I can't make Mama Jack 2. In 2018, the comedian was "unapologetic about playing on every racial stereotype in his films", but openly admitted that he "does have some regrets about having profited from blackface". They also like me to rip off the topical stuff be risky and take chances.and get ' moered! '". They like trouble, and they know when Schuster is there, there is trouble. Comedic style and blackface Īccording to Schuster, his appeal to the public stems from him making "them used to a certain style of comedy that they seem to like. Six Leon Schuster films were targeted for racial sensitivity issues. It received poor reviews, and garnered R4.5 million in the opening weekend from a budget of R20 million. The film was released in 2012 and starred Schuster opposite funnyman Kenneth Nkosi. On 16 September 2011 it was reported that Schuster's next movie, Mad Buddies, would be partly financed by the Walt Disney Company, which would also handle the distribution and marketing of the film. These films were candid camera sketches and Schuster made many more of these films as well as slap-stick films, including Mr Bones, his most successful film, which earned more than R33 million at the South African box office. Schuster's first feature, You Must Be Joking!, produced in collaboration with Johan Scholtz and Elmo de Witt, became popular with South African audiences and gave rise to the sequel You Must be Joking! Too. The prolific South African songwriter, Don Clarke, co-wrote the lyrics. Hey Bokke! was re-released in 2019 - an adaptation of the 1960s song Hey Baby in the hope that lightning might strike twice. His following CD, Gatvol in Paradise, sold in more than 125,000 units and gave rise to the unofficial Gauteng anthem, "Gautengeleng". His hit CD Hier Kom Die Bokke ('Here Come The Boks') garnered an FNB Sama Music Award for Biggest Selling CD of 1995. This was then followed by Briekdans and Leon Schuster – 20 Treffers, which sold more than 270,000 copies. His second album, Broekskeur ('trouser-tearing'), sold in excess of 40,000 units.
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In 1982, Schuster was approached by Decibel Records to compile a series of sports songs which resulted in his first record entitled, Leon Schuster, having sold 10,000 units. During his time at the SABC, he created the Afrikaans radio series Vrypostige Mikrofoon with Fanus Rautenbach – which involved disguising his voice and playing phone pranks on unsuspecting victims. Schuster began working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. He returned to Jim Fouché as a teacher for two years.
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Schuster went to Hoërskool Jim Fouché in Bloemfontein, and then studied for a BA degree at the University of the Orange Free State, where he played rugby for the first team. Pranking is just in my nature, but I’d never thought I’d become a movie star… no, I’m not a movie star, I’m just a local outjie that likes to entertain people. I used to fool my grandma into thinking I’d shot myself in the foot with my pellet gun… tomato sauce everywhere, me squealing like a wild pig.
I was always acting things out, and pulling pranks. I also remember loving Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and the Three Stooges.
He explained, in a 2010 interview about his early life in Bloemfontein, “I remember running down the aisle of the Ritz Theatre, playing cowboys & crooks, which was all the rage at the time. As a child he and his brother would play practical jokes on his family and film it. Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age.